It has come to my notice that Warwick District Council, as part of the ‘51M’group opposing HS2, having already budgeted £100,000 of council taxpayers’ money, now requires a further £19,000 due to the length of the (unsuccessful) court hearing and it could have to find another £20,000 as its share of paying the government’s costs of defending 51M’s unsuccessful challenges in the High Court. It is also likely that further costs could arise if the group continue to attempt to challenge the project.

I wish I shared Mr Alan Marshall’s confidence in the ability and motivation of HS2 Ltd to look after the interests of the town and people of Kenilworth (KWN last week).

Thank you to all those in Kenilworth who turned out during a grey, wet week to support the Kenilworth Festival this year.

Please give our thanks to all those people who worked to make the Kenilworth Festival such a success.

I am a member of Kenilworth Rotary and was collecting money for Helen Ley House outside the Wilkinsons store in Kenilworth on Saturday morning.

I wonder if you would be kind enough to print this letter this week, to allow me to invite your readers to come to “Praise in the Park” on Sunday May 19?

The account of the experiences of asylum seeker Souren Mousavi (Courier last week) makes shameful reading.