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This year's Elgar Festival in Worcestershire will be the "grandest and most fun party yet", its artistic director has said. The annual event, celebrating the life and music of the Worcestershire-born composer, starts on Saturday and runs until 1 June. Elgar is arguably most famous for his cello concerto and Enigma Variations, including the Pomp and Circumstance marches. He was born near Worcester on 2 June 1857 and the festival […]
A council has been formally handed over to the Liberal Democrats after 16 years of Conservative control. Shropshire County Council held its first full council meeting on Thursday at the Guildhall in Shrewsbury and the Lib Dems took charge as they have 42 councillors following victory in the local elections. The Conservative group, which was previously in control ever since the council became a unitary authority in 2009, now only […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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