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Councillor Joanne Monk

Worcestershire

Reform UK takes over leadership of Worcestershire County Council

Reform UK has taken over the leadership of Worcestershire County Council for the first time, following its success in the local elections. At a meeting on Thursday, party leader Joanne Monk was sworn in as council leader, and she went on to announce a new cabinet of Reform councillors. The council has no overall majority, after Reform UK won 27 seats - two short of the 29 needed to secure […]

todayMay 23, 2025

Lloyds Bank closures 'a nightmare for people'

Shropshire

Lloyds Bank closures ‘a nightmare for people’

The closure of branches of Lloyds Bank was be "a nightmare for local people", one resident has said. Another said she does not find using the internet easy and would face a long journey to use another branch. She said people were disgusted at the closures. Lloyds said the number of people using its branches in Ludlow and Bridgnorth, which are due to close on Tuesday, had fallen and only […]

todayMay 21, 2025

A Shropshire back garden's wildlife beauty captured over decade

Shropshire

A Shropshire back garden’s wildlife beauty captured over decade

A photographer has spent a decade carrying out "garden safaris" in order to capture the diversity and beauty of Britain's back garden wildlife. The images, including battling birds and squabbling squirrels, showed just what could be found "under our noses", said Andrew Fusek Peters. "I wanted to celebrate the everyday stories and reveal the beauty of our birds, mammals and insects that live alongside us," the Shropshire photographer added. Hundreds […]

todayMay 18, 2025

More services operate from Worcestershire train station

Worcestershire

More services operate from Worcestershire train station

Direct rail services to Bristol and to Edinburgh are to start operating from Worcestershire Parkway station. The services, which begin on Sunday, will connect the station to Yorkshire, the North East, Glasgow, Dundee and the South West. There will also be two trains per hour running to Birmingham New Street. The station, at Norton, near Worcester, opened in 2020 operating to London Paddington on Great Western Railway services and a […]

todayMay 18, 2025

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Record highs for online and smart speaker listening

Online and smart speaker radio listening have hit record levels according to the latest RAJAR figures released today for the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating changing listening habits as more people opt to tune in via connected devices like laptops, mobile phones and smart speakers. Total online listening to all radio has reached a record high of 28.5%. As part of that, smart speaker listening has also hit record levels, […]

todayMay 17, 2025

Royal Air Force Museum

Shropshire

RAF museum in Shropshire receives £9m lottery boost

The Royal Air Force Museum in Shropshire has been awarded just over £9 million by the Heritage Fund. The museum, at Cosford in Shropshire, will spend the money on a new exhibition space, exploring the modern history of the RAF and looking to the future. It will also use it to create an outdoor events area with a programme of activities, and turn a 1930s hangar into a new exhibition and […]

todayMay 9, 2025

Worcestershire team take on Severn source to sea challenge

Worcestershire

Worcestershire team take on Severn source to sea challenge

A team from a Worcestershire film and media company is to travel the length of the River Severn to raise funds for charities. The source to sea challenge will see the group from Bewdley-based DRPG kayak, run and cycle the 220-mile (354 km) route from the heights of Plynlimon to the Bristol Channel. DRPG chief executive Dale Parmenter, who is taking part, said he was inspired by BBC Children in […]

todayMay 9, 2025

Telford Steam Railway

Shropshire

Shropshire steam railway celebrates station reopening

A steam railway is celebrating the reopening of one of its stations after a six-year repair project. The platform at Lawley, Telford, began to shift in 2019, with Telford Steam Railway carrying out work to rebuild it and install steel foundations. All the work was done by volunteers, with materials being brought to the site by train as it was too far from the road. Rail enthusiast Pete Waterman has […]

todayMay 8, 2025

Severn Hospice Chief executive Heather Tudor

Shropshire

Shropshire Hospice appeals for £1m for urgent repairs

A hospice is asking its supporters to help them raise £1m to pay for urgently needed repairs. Severn Hospice said one of the wards at its site in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, was 35 years old and could no longer get by on routine maintenance. A spokesperson said they also wanted to increase the size of Perry ward, to create more space for visitors and make patient's rooms larger. The hospice has […]

todayMay 1, 2025

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