A RARE leopard left Twycross Zoo for a new home in America, as part of a worldwide breeding programme.

TWO 31-year-old men from Coventry are to stand trial on charges of attempted murder, following a stabbing in a Nuneaton pub five months ago.

PEOPLE in Nuneaton and Bedworth have benefitted from more than £400,000 of free energy-saving measures in the last eight months.

LOCAL businesses and the police are being asked to help pay towards the cost of keeping close circuit TV cameras on the streets of Nuneaton and Bedworth.

A PLANNED strike by fuel tanker drivers was postponed yesterday to allow fresh talks aimed at resolving a dispute over pay and conditions.

CASH is being made available to help people in North Warwickshire celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

BUDDING apprentices are invited to attend a special careers event at a Nuneaton nightclub.

A FORMER deputy head of The Coleshill School, in North Warwickshire, Elizabeth Sigley, has died aged 74.

A £1 MILLION-plus project is underway to transform Bedworth Water Tower into luxury apartments.

NUNEATON MP Marcus Jones has cautiously welcomed new unemployment figures for the town which show that it is slowly reducing.

NUNEATON Town Hall is being turned red for 29 nights, as part of a promotion for the British Heart Foundation.

TWO men from Nuneaton caused chaos for commuters by stealing railway cable 30 times in an eight-month period.

THREE sisters had their breasts and wombs removed to cheat a hereditary cancer that killed their mum when she was just 32 years-old.

FAMILY and friends have been left shocked by the death of a popular 25-year-old who was struck by a speeding train just hours after enjoying a night out.

BUCKET-shaking volunteers raised £500 from shoppers in aid of a children’s hospice.

MORE than 850 patients developed bedsores at George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton in just one year.

A WOMAN who kept 69 animals in “filthy and appalling conditions” has been given a life ban.

PARENTS of pupils at a sixth form college can log on to their computers to find out if their son or daughter has turned up to classes and what grades they have got.

A COMPANY has made inquiries about taking over the former Marks and Spencer store in Nuneaton, which closed its doors exactly a year ago.

A BOWLS club near Coventry is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a prestigious exhibition match.