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Flying Scotsman at Severn Valley Railway’s full reopening

A heritage railway line will fully reopen, after an embankment collapse, in late July, with the Flying Scotsman heading up the first service. Land between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway gave way at the Mor Brook bridge on 30 January and trains have only been running between Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Hampton Loade, Shropshire. The 16-mile route between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth in Shropshire will fully reopen […]

June 17, 2025

Worcestershire

Plans for second Worcester pump track to be discussed

Plans for a second pump cycling track in Worcester are due to be discussed by councillors this month. The popularity of the first one, in Battenhall Park, prompted the city council to draw up plans for a second, larger site. Pump tracks are made up of hills and banked turns and are designed to be ridden by cyclists who generate momentum by using up and down movements, instead of pedaling […]

June 17, 2025

Shropshire

Shropshire country house owner reflects on 30 ‘lucky’ years

It has been 30 years since Caroline Magnus inherited Stokesay Court in Shropshire. One Hollywood movie and thousands of visitors later, she is preparing to close to its doors, but said she had had a "fantastic time". She was working in London in 1994 when she learned she had been left the country estate by her aunt, and she spent the next 10 years making it fit to live in. […]

June 16, 2025

Shropshire

Shropshire park volunteer ‘absolutely baffled’ by honours nod

An 87-year-old who has led a team of volunteers in a country park for 34 years has said he is "absolutely baffled" to receive a British Empire Medal in the King's Birthday Honours list. Don Bannister said he started working in Severn Valley Country Park in Shropshire in 1991 because he was looking for something to do after taking voluntary redundancy. He is one of six people from the county […]

June 14, 2025

Worcestershire

Thousands gather for Three Counties Show in Worcestershire

Thousands of visitors are expected to attend the Three Counties Show in Malvern over the weekend. The event, from 13 to 15 June, will showcase some of the best in British farming, food and the countryside. Organiser Alice Arnold said the site was looking "amazing" and she was excited by what was on offer over the weekend. "There's over 1,500 competitions taking place across the show from flowers to forestry," […]

June 14, 2025

World

Iran retaliates after Israeli strikes target nuclear programme and military

Iran has launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes on Israel, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, after a series of Israeli attacks on the heart of Tehran’s nuclear programme and armed forces. Israel’s assault used planes as well as drones smuggled into the country in advance, according to officials, to assault key facilities and kill senior generals and scientists. Iran’s UN ambassador said 78 people had been killed […]

June 14, 2025

World

British survivor of the Air India plane crash speaks of horror watching people “dying in front of my eyes”

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh told DD News “I still can’t believe how I survived” as he spoke from his hospital bed on Friday. The 40-year-old told the broadcaster the plane felt like it was “stuck in the air” shortly after take-off before lights began flickering green and white – adding: “It suddenly slammed into a building and exploded.” The Boeing 787 Dreamliner struck a medical college as it crashed in a […]

June 14, 2025

Shropshire

‘Significant progress’ made on Severn Valley Railway repairs

Bosses at a heritage railway line say "significant progress" has been made in repairing an embankment that collapsed almost five months ago. The land between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade, on the Severn Valley Railway, gave way at the Mor Brook bridge on 30 January. Since then, trains have been restricted to running between Kidderminster and Hampton Loade. The heritage line said more than 2,500 tonnes of material had been excavated […]

June 13, 2025

World

Gatwick-bound plane carrying 53 British nationals crashes in India

A total of 53 British nationals were on board a Gatwick airport-bound plane that appeared to explode when it crashed shortly after take-off, Air India has said. The airline’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran described the incident as a “tragic accident” and a “devastating event” and said emergency response teams were at the site. A video of the crash, obtained by local media, showed the aircraft fly over a residential area before […]

June 12, 2025

Flying Scotsman at Severn Valley Railway’s full reopening

Plans for second Worcester pump track to be discussed

Shropshire country house owner reflects on 30 ‘lucky’ years

Shropshire park volunteer ‘absolutely baffled’ by honours nod

Thousands gather for Three Counties Show in Worcestershire

Iran retaliates after Israeli strikes target nuclear programme and military

British survivor of the Air India plane crash speaks of horror watching people “dying in front of my eyes”

‘Significant progress’ made on Severn Valley Railway repairs

Gatwick-bound plane carrying 53 British nationals crashes in India

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