HERE is your morning news round up from across the North Worcestershire and the Black Country division.
Severn Valley Railway will welcome HRH the Princess Royal to the popular attraction this afternoon. Princess Anne will be making her first ever visit to the Kidderminster tourist attraction on Monday, April 13, to help it celebrate its 50th anniversary. The princess is due to arrive at the Bewdley station at 1.50pm, with her escort, the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, and travel on the train to Kidderminster, arriving at 2.20pm, where she will be given a behind the scenes tour of the carriage works. Read more on the Shuttle here.
Police are appealing for help to trace a man who is wanted in connection with a serious sexual assault in Dudley. Darren Abraham, aged 36 from Wednesbury, was arrested and charged in connection with the attack on a 21-year-old woman in June last year before being released on bail. But he has subsequently failed to comply with his bail conditions and is now wanted by the Sandwell Sex Offences Team. Read more on the Dudley News here.
People across the borough are invited to a spring fair to help raise money for Age Concern Stourbridge & Halesowen. Taking place from 10.30am on Saturday April 25 at Age Concern's Elton Centre, off St John’s Road, Stourbridge, the event aims to raise awareness of the services available at the centre and raise cash to support the activities held there for elderly people from across Stourbridge and Halesowen. Read more on the Halesowen News here.
A Bromsgrove genealogist has written a new book offering a guide to tracing people's roots in the Birmingham area. Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors, introduces researchers to the wealth of information available at the Library of Birmingham, and provides a self-help guide for anyone just starting out on their family history journey. The book has been written by Mike Sharpe from the town, who runs the websites for the Bromsgrove branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry, the Bromsgrove Society, and the Romsley and Hunnington History Society. Read more on the Bromsgrove Advertiser here.
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