Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a county in the United Kingdom. It is newsworthy due to a recent incident involving the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Leamington by two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan. The victim was in Leamington with friends when she met the perpetrators, who subsequently led her to a park and committed the assault. This incident has brought attention to the area and raised concerns about safety and security. Separately, while not directly in Warwickshire, the chair of Warwickshire county council, Edward Harris, resigned after being found to be illegally running unsafe rental properties in Staffordshire, a neighboring county. This event indirectly connects Warwickshire to a political scandal involving Reform UK.