WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's fleet of gritters will hit the streets for the first time this season tonight with forecasts predicting a freezing bonfire night. All 31 vehicles will roll out from depots at around 7pm this evening to cover designated
WITNESSES and information are sought following a racially motivated assault on a Redditch taxi driver. It happened at about 12.30am on Saturday, November 3, in Bromsgrove Road. The driver picked up four youths from the Red Lion pub in Enfield
THERE was fun, fireworks and fairground rides to enjoy as Redditch Council held its fireworks spectacular on Thursday, November 1. The annual event, held at Arrow Valley Lake, once again proved a crowd pleaser, as residents flocked to enjoy the
BROMSGROVE and Redditch residents are being encouraged to support a shoebox appeal for a soldiers’ charity. Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid and Redditch MP Karen Lumley are backing this year’s Christmas Parcel Appeal for the Support Our Soldiers charity
OFFICIAL figures show that more than £100,000 was injected into Redditch's local economy from a Halfords Tour Series cycle race in May this year. Local businesses benefited from the 10,000 visitors attracted to the event, of whom two-thirds travelled
REDDITCH MP Karen Lumley is meeting with the chief executive of London Midland Rail to discuss the recent delays and cancellations on trains, which have affected Redditch commuters. A shortage of staff on the line running to Birmingham, means that
BUSINESS owners and residents in Alcester are being urged to make sure they don’t miss out on new superfast broadband capabilities in the town by filling out an online questionnaire. The new broadband service will not be universal and areas will
COURT workers made their feelings clear outside a county magistrates court, in a protest against potential job losses. Public and Commercial Service Union (PCS) members shouted “We want justice” and “save our jobs” as they held up signs saying
FLOOD alerts have been placed on the river Avon at Bidford and Salford Priors, with locals on low-lying land, caravan parks and farmland, being told to be prepared, and that flooding is possible. The river levels rose overnight and the alert was
PUPILS from Feckenham First School are preparing for the coming spring next week, by planting bulbs on the school grounds. The school has had a little help from Redditch Borough councillors, who are stepping in to help the children with their planting
FOLLOWING its world premiere in Birmingham in 2010 and subsequent Christmas Day BBC Television broadcast, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella, will return to the Hippodrome this Christmas. Directed by David Bintley, this classic fairytale tells
ALCESTER’S annual Remembrance events are taking place in the town this weekend. Tickets are already on sale for the now traditional Festival of Remembrance concert at the Greig Sports Hall on Saturday, November 10 with all profits going to the
LAST year in the days running up to, and after, bonfire night, almost double the monthly average number of people were treated for burns at A&E departments and Minor Injuries Units across Worcestershire. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
PEOPLE with learning disabilities in the county are being asked to let the county council know which services they value the most. Worcestershire County Council is launching the Big Learning Disability Conversation, as a way of focusing its reduced
