Tag Archives: Worcestershire

She also recently founded Welfare for Healthcare, an initiative to support communities during the Covid pandemic. Ms Colston was as pleased as her husband to be addressed in such complimentary terms. “She thought it was very amusing and was happy for me to tweet it,” said Dr Inge. “I’m all …

Royal Mail has said it is working with police after one of their lorries jackknifed on the M5 this morning, closing the motorway for hours. The M5 northbound between Junctions 4 for Bromsgrove and 3 for Quinton was closed for hours this morning after the lorry crashed, damaging a lamppost …

A Worcestershire convicted paedophile has been sent back to jail for breaching his notification requirements after staying overnight at a house full of children. Stephen Medley, of King’s Hill, Kempsey in Worcester, is supposed to let police know if he stays at any other address for over seven days and …

An “opportunistic” Kidderminster thief made off with a Royal Mail charity tin in aid of Alzheimer’s sufferers when he went to pick up a parcel from a delivery office in the Worcestershire town. Nicholas Walker, of Compton Valley House, George Street, Kidderminster, pleaded guilty to theft when he appeared before …

Concerns are growing for a missing man from Redditch. Brent Laight vanished near Worcestershire Royal Hospital at around 8am yesterday, Friday, January 15. The 39-year-old has links to both Worcester and Redditch and was described as white, with blue eyes, short brown hair and is around 5ft 11ins tall. Read …

Police have appealed for information after a pub was targeted in an early hours burglary. The glass in one of the back doors was smashed in at the Royal Enfield in Redditch, Worcestershire in the break-in, police said. Someone was said to have made their way into the venue through …

Most people probably don’t pay too much attention to street names when house-hunting. But it turns out the first line of your address can affect how much your home is worth. Astonishingly, this is particularly true if it sounds rude. On average, many naughty names appear to actually boost property …

From country pubs to stylish B&Bs to some of the best known attractions in the world. The West Midlands is home to a fantastic array of visitor attractions, which helped to bring more than 131 million visitors to our region in 2018 – a 2.6% increase on the previous year. …

The impact of flooding on the Midlands is still being felt – with Worcestershire still weighed down by huge amounts of surface level water. Across the Midlands, a large number of fields are currently under water as rivers burst their banks. The  Environment Agency’s Dave Throup tweeted the “sad sight” …