Three Warwickshire Police officers have been suspended after allegations that they sent inappropriate messages over WhatsApp. The incidents occurred from 10 February, 2025 until 12 February, 2025. Warwickshire Police disclosed that the suspensions were linked to an ongoing internal investigation already happening. A spokesperson for the force said: “The suspensions...
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In the run-up to the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections, The Boar and RAW 1251AM collaborated to offer all Full-Time Officer (FTO) candidates the opportunity to be interviewed. Muneeba Amjad, current Vice President for Education, and one of four candidates running for President of the SU, was interviewed by student media...
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Police and emergency services including an air ambulance were called to campus today after an incident in Cryfield Townhouses. Police and ambulance services were seen on campus from around 2pm today (Thursday 27 February). A Boar reporter counted two ambulances and two police cars, as well as an air ambulance...
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The Warwick Athletics & Cross Country Club (WUAXC) has completed a 24-hour run in the piazza, to raise money for the Coventry Food bank as a part of a charity week. The 24-hour run was able to raise £650 for the charity within the first six hours, meeting nearly 90%...
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A dress handmade by refugees and asylum seekers has been put on display in the Market Hall Museum in Warwick to symbolise “unity and collaboration”. The dress shall remain on display until late April. A series of sewing workshops were hosted by a local fashion designer, Libby Esler, for the...
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A LEGO Suffragette named ‘Hope’ has visited the University of Warwick’s Faculty of Arts Building (FAB) to mark the 75th anniversary of Coventry’s first female MP. Hope is a life-size LEGO statue which was crafted for the UK Parliament in 2018 to mark the 100-year anniversary of women receiving voting...
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Four Labour MPs who were suspended for voting against the two-child benefits cap have been readmitted back into the Labour Party after six months. The readmitted MPs include Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Richard Burgon, and Imran Hussain. Three other Labour MPs who were considered “rebels” by the Labour Party leadership...
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E-scooters have returned to the University of Warwick, nearly two years after an initial trial was discontinued in June 2023. Over 50 e-scooters, operated through the West Midlands Cycle Hire scheme, are available to rent across campus via the Beryl mobile app. The e-scooters can only be used within the...
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A Coventry man has been sentenced to more than two years in jail for stealing £8,000 worth of school equipment, including iPads, and computer equipment. Darren Reid was sentenced to two years and eight months in jail on 16 January following his conviction for stealing laptops and valuables from various...
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Sheila Fox, who disappeared from Coventry in 1972 aged 16, has been found alive and well in one of the longest missing person cases in West Midlands history. Now aged 68, Fox was found in another part of the UK 52 years after her disappearance, as a result of a...
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Birmingham Airport has gained new destinations after flight operator EasyJet announced the arrival of two new aircraft for the travel hub, creating 800 new jobs. Recent new destinations unveiled by the company include services to cities like Marrakech, Reykjavik, Hurghada, Prague, Krakow, Rovaniemi, and Innsbruck. These took off for the...
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Coventry has been ranked as the 16th poorest area in England for 2025, due to the financial struggles that most of its residents face. A recent study conducted by Fair4All Finance ranked towns and cities based on the number of adults living in “financially vulnerable circumstances”, providing insight into places...
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Several Warwick University academics were involved in the discovery of two new planets beyond the solar system, as part of a collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The discovery of the two new exo-planets within the WASP-132 system – an inner super-Earth and a distant icy giant planet –...
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