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THE team of volunteers who support the delivery of Rugby Art Gallery and Museum's ground-breaking Good Times project have been recognised by Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (CAVA).

FIVE of the borough's parks have retained prestigious Green Flag Awards.

NEW rules mean electors must now renew postal votes every three years, the Returning Officer for Rugby has warned.

THE council has launched a packed programme of summer sports courses for the school holidays.

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RUGBY Art Gallery and Museum has secured a £25,000 grant to preserve its Second World War collection for future generations.

RESIDENTS can now have a say on a blueprint to revamp a Bilton play area.

COUNCILLORS at Rugby Borough Council have approved a major subsidy of business rates for qualifying town centre businesses, to be funded from the council’s town centre reserve fund.

A PUBLIC consultation has been launched on the council's plans to adopt new Government powers to bring long-term vacant commercial units in the town centre back into use.

TORRENTIAL rain failed to dampen the spirits of hundreds of runners who took part in Sunday's inaugural Love Rugby Festival Couch to 5K run.

THE owner of Combe Fields' Grade II listed Peter Hall has been landed with a near £7,500 legal bill after renovation and repair work on the building was carried out without consent.

Residents now have access to a free service that makes it easy to responsibly dispose of unwanted household items.

Farmers within the local authority's boundaries interested in receiving free trees as part of the scheme should apply before the deadline.

RUGBY Borough Council has issued a second Call for Urban Sites, requesting any developers and interested parties to submit details of sites in the Rugby town area with potential for housing development.

A PAINTING by acclaimed artist Barbara Walker has been acquired for The Rugby Collection of contemporary British art.

FROM Monday 23 June 2025, residents in the borough of Rugby will be able to recycle more from their doorsteps.

'Nature in Focus: Rugby,' Sunday 20 July 2025

RUGBY Borough Council plans to adopt new Government powers in a bid to bring long-term vacant commercial units in the town centre back into use.

RUGBY Art Gallery and Museum marks its 25th anniversary with a new exhibition tracing the foundations of the building and the iconic collection of contemporary art it houses.

Rugby Borough Council has teamed up with leading UK charity Betknowmore UK, with the charity set to hold two community events for residents. The measure follows a study which reveals that people from the West Midlands are 25 per cent more likely to suffer gambling harms than the rest of the UK.