The Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 came into force on 1 October 2019. The new Regulations place a duty on registered medical practitioners to notify the Coroner of a death if one or more of the circumstances set out in Regulation 3(1) apply. Until now, there was no clear statutory duty on doctors to report […]


Singh on Song with 14 Wicket Haul
Warwick’s Jorjeet Singh is celebrating a double triumph after his happy haul of 14 wickets in three matches pushed his side to the brink of the league title and earned him the Courier’s Player of the Month award for August. The 33 year old, slow left arm bowler began his remarkable run with an impressive […]

Young Kenilworth Cricket Star Wins Courier Award
An incredible run of form has seen young star George Baines crowned the Courier’s June cricketer of the month. George, 14, has starred with the bat for his side Kenilworth Cricket Club over the past few weeks, racking up hundreds of runs as the club battles to steer clear of the lower reaches of the […]

Donna goes to great lengths to support Myton Hospices
An intrepid Leamington solicitor went to great lengths to raise thousands of pounds for The Myton Hospices, by walking part of the Great Wall of China. Donna Bothamley, who is head of wills and probate at Leamington law firm Berrymans Solicitors, got to see parts of the wall that few people will ever be […]

Strep-B Clinical Trial to help prevent harm to newborn babies
Group-B Strep is the most common cause of life-threatening infection in newborn babies and yet it can often be prevented by giving IV antibiotics to women during labour. This can reduce the risk to the baby by up to 90%. Research has shown that the current approach of identifying pregnant women with ‘risk factors’ is […]

The Rotary Club of Kenilworth Two Castles 10km Run 2019
Sunday’s 37th Two Castles Run took place in ideal conditions for competitors with the temperatures cool. The race, organised by Kenilworth Rotary Club and Leamington Cycling and Athletics Club, and sponsored by Berrymans Solicitors, had a full entry of 4,000 and again provided Kenilworth with its biggest annual sporting spectacle; living up to its well-established […]

Top Wicket Taker – Josh bowled over to win cricketer of the month
Sixteen wickets in four matches has seen a young Warwick seamer crowned the Courier’s first cricketer of the month for the 2019 season. Josh Osborne, 24, is part of a Warwick CC bowling attack which has seen the club bag back-to-back promotions over the past two seasons and his rich vein of form now sees […]

Leamington Courier cricket balls competition – 2019
This month (May) we are launching the fourth year of ourPlayer of the Month competition, in association with sponsors Berrymans Solicitors of Leamington. Each month during the season we will be celebrating the deeds of our cricketers and awarding a box of six new cricket balls to the club whose batsman, bowler or all-rounder has given the […]

Two Castles Run
Preparations for next month’s (June) 4,000-strong annual Two Castles run between Warwick and Kenilworth are well under way. The event, which is organised by Kenilworth Rotary Club and Leamington Cycling & Athletics Club and raises around £100,000 for charity each year, will start at Warwick Castle at 9.00 am on Sunday June 9 with the winner expected […]

Dental Negligence
When you attend the dentist you are entitled to expect that they will provide you with proper care. Unfortunately not all procedures are successful and when things go wrong the effects can be extremely distressing, both physically and financially. When a dentist does not provide proper care and an avoidable injury occurs, this is considered as negligence and a patient should be compensated for their pain and suffering. There are […]