Tamworth

A TAMWORTH school is set to join a new academy trust as part of an 'exciting' opportunity. Wilnecote High School will become part of a multi academy trust with The Polesworth School and Birchwood Primary School on September 1 – and is believed to be ...

TAMWORTH boxer Ryan Hatton takes on the best in England at the Echo Arena this weekend, writes Matt Panter. Hatton is seeded number two in the 91kg category with the quarter-finals of the Elite Championships, taking place in Liverpool on Friday.

TRAVELLERS have illegally set up camp in Atherstone, taking over car parks outside shops and a doctors' surgery. Residents of the town took to social media to state the arrival of the itinerants and it is believed they hit the car parks in South Street ...

MOTORWAY users on the M6 in the West Midlands are being advised of likely delays this morning (Thursday). A single lane closure is in place between junctions 9 and 10 northbound following the discovery of two broken and exposed manhole covers.

FORMER Tamworth FC youth striker Kane Hemmings is among the contenders for PFA Scotland's Player of the Year award. Hemmings has scored 25 goals for Dundee this season and is nominated alongside team-mate Greg Stewart and Kane Hemmings.

All of them have been playing first grade for their respective club sides, even the babies of the side – Calvin Farmilo and Toby Whitten. They're both stepping up from the U15s but have been “playing pretty well”. The ace in Tamworth's sleeve, Farmilo ...