LATEST Press Releases

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BARD offers Shelter affordable housing solutions

This press release follows a meeting between the Bard Campaign and Shelter to discuss affordable housing in Wychavon and Stratford districts

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Blurred vision for Middle Quinton

A press release refuting the St Modwen and Bird Group document about the sustainability of eco-towns

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Bard successfully secures eco-town judicial review

This release outlines the ruling by Mr Justice Collins which backed the BARD Campaign's bid to judicially review the government's eco-town policy

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A day in the life of a Middle Quinton resident...

In response to the eco-town challenge panel request that developers envisage a 'day in the life' of a Middle Quinton resident, BARD imagines what life will be like in the new town

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Julian Lloyd Webber backs BARD campaign

Celebrated cellist Julian Lloyd Webber anounces his support for the BARD Campaign and its opposition to the proposed eco-town at Long Marston

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Jilly Cooper Backs BARD Campaign

Author Jilly Cooper expresses her support for the BARD Campaign

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John Nettles backs BARD campaign

Actor John Nettles, who has lived in the Stratford area for 16 years, joins Dame Judi Dench in adding his support to the BARD campaign

The BARD Campaign's sonnet being read

On Shakespeare's Birthday, A Plea to DCLG!

On the anniversary of Shakespeare's birthday, the BARD Campaign sent the following sonnet to the offices of the Department of Communities and Local Government

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Press Release: BARD Campaign instructs leading experts

A BARD Campaign press release about the anonymous donor of GBP100,000 and the appointment of one of the UK's leading planning solicitors

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Press Release: residents respond to Long Marston's shortlisting

Press Release outlining the local residents' response to the shortlisting of Long Marston eco-town in Stratford-Upon-Avon