TOWN bus operator First has sold off its depot near the Kingfisher Centre and handed over its operations in Worcestershire. The company was bought out by Rotola, which also operates the Diamond service in Redditch, for £1.5m it was announced today
MEDICAL experts have unanimously backed centralising A&E and other key NHS services at a Worcester hospital and closing them at Redditch. Although no formal options have been drawn up and no decisions have yet been made in the joint services
THE number of students gaining the English Baccalaureate in Alcester has failed to make a marked increase in this, the certificate’s first year of authenticity. The EB was introduced with the GCSE League Tables in 2010, and was retroactively applied
REDDITCH BMX star Libby Smith is The Advertiser/Chronicle’s Sports Personality of the Year after topping our online vote. The gifted Greenlands girl emerged triumphant to win a fierce battle. She saw saw off the challenge of Alcester Olympic
NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has received the green light to take control of the local NHS budget, following an announcement by the NHS Commissioning Board. A summary document released by the board shows that Redditch
AT the January meeting, Bernard Pumphrey gave an illustrated talk about Bath and Wells. The Romans discovered hot springs, and built an important town around them from which the town of Bath got its name. In the 18th century “taking the waters”
HEARING that part of the probation service is to be privatised I have the following concerns. What qualifications have these new companies got? How many MPs have shares in these companies or are on the board of directors? If G4S is one of them
LEADERS in Redditch and Bromsgrove have joined forces in a bid to raise the profile of the Save The Alex campaign. Redditch Borough Council Leader Bill Hartnett and Bromsgrove District Leader Roger Hollingworth have written to Health Secretary
REDDITCH Council's waste collection crews are going out today but snow and frozen ice is still causing problems, particularly in side roads. Where vehicles can get through, snow and ice underfoot is making it difficult for crews. The council
MASTER storyteller Andrew Meller has been begged by psychologists to dilute his retellings of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic ghost stories, as audience members have been leaving theatres gripped in fear and paranoia. Edgar Allan Poe is the undisputed
WORCESTERSHIRE Health and Well Being Board has approved a plan to combat alcohol abuse in the county. Problems arising from alcohol abuse are among the main causes of avoidable bad health in Worcestershire, and the board is hoping to tackle the
REDDITCH skiing star Clare Lines will be representing Special Olympics Great Britain at the World Winter Games. The 28-year-old is part of a seven strong squad going to South Korea between January 26 and February 6. The athletes were chosen
