NEGOTIATIONS via a satellite phone link with a yachtsman on the high seas have resulted in the sale of a commercial property in Leamington.

ABOUT 350 students celebrated their success as they were presented with their qualifications at Warwickshire College's annual higher education graduation ceremony. They graduated with qualifications including HNCs, HNDs, Foundation Degrees and BA Honours and BSc Honours degrees.

By Marc Meneaud PLANS for patients to undergo surgery in the car park of a Warwickshire sports club have been turned down. A private firm had hoped to treat patients in a mobile operating unit, outpatient unit and diagnostic test centres as part of an effort to cut waiting lists.

By Marc Meneaud THE memory of a muchloved Warwickshire man is helping to drive a national campaign to find more black and Asian organ donors. Gurpreet Singh Mundy, known as Gilly, died on March 17 after a brain haemorrhage. He was aged just 36.

BUS services between Warwick, Leamington, Kenilworth and Coventry are to be boosted by a pounds 1 million investment. Between Monday and Saturday, the XI7 route will run every 15 minutes between the towns using 11 new low-floor vehicles.