It's Atherstone Ball Game day ... Life as we know it will stop once more in the heart of this north Warwickshire town for a centuries-old tradition to take place. Thousands of people will be ...

The Atherstone Ball Game is back for its 822nd ... Tuesday event resumes its rightful place in the heart of this north Warwickshire town. Here's what you need to know if you are thinking about ...

The game is an historic one, and has been played out for centuries on Shrove Tuesday in the town of Atherstone between two rival counties in Warwickshire and Leicestershire. The 2023 edition ...

Every year the Atherstone Ball Game takes place on Shrove Tuesday in the Warwickshire town of Atherstone, commencing at 3pm. This means the 2024 event will be held on Tuesday, February 13.

This is the Atherstone Ball Game, an 826-year-old tradition in this Warwickshire town, and one of a dwindling number of ancient football games played across Britain on Shrove Tuesday, known as Fat ...

The time trial stage began on Long Street in Atherstone, Warwickshire Cyclists have taken on a time trial race in the latest stage of the Women's Tour of Britain. Demi Vollering took the race lead ...

Two men, aged 18 and 19, and an 18-year-old woman died when their car came off the road and hit a tree in Atherstone, Warwickshire, on Sunday. A fourth passenger in the BMW three series car ...

But Det Supt Ken Lawrence, of Warwickshire Police, who led a £4.6m investigation into the Atherstone-on-Stour blaze, said holding the inquiry had been the "right thing" to do. "I promised that we ...