Worcestershire County, England News

A MAN has pleaded guilty to killing Andrew Heath by starting a fire at his Worcester home in December 2011.

NURSERIES in Droitwich, Bromsgrove and Redditch have been shut down by police and five people arrested after a child reported being sexually assaulted.

Bright Eyes, which has a branch at the Town Hall in Alcester Street, was searched by police after a mother called West Mercia following her child's disclosure.

Webheath Action Group has taken advice from Thea Osmund-Smith of No 5 Chambers ahead of the decision on the land at Pumphouse Lane set to be made at a Redditch Borough Council planning meeting on Wednesday .

Emma Pearson, Duncan Kemp and Phil Gardner from Bromsgrove Villa Lions, which was named Aston Villa's UK club of the year.

HUNDREDS of Midland motorists swindled by an illegal car clamping firm are to get part of their fees returned from the assets of the scam's mastermind.

THE DEPUTY Chief Fire Officer of Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has praised Bromsgrove's new blue light centre, which opens next year and will combine the town's police and fire stations.

An anonymity order preventing the media from naming triple child killer David McGreavy, who impaled the bodies of his victims on railings, has been overturned by the High Court.

The offenders struck at Hartlebury at about 2am today, severing signalling cable and forcing a halt to London Midland services between Worcester Shrub Hill and Kidderminster until 9.15am. Passengers had to use a replacement bus service to reach their destinations until engineers completed repairs.

The kennels can look after up to 120 dogs in kennels on three floors of the building in Digbeth, near Birmingham city centre "You get people telling you it looks like a prison, and it does," admits Darren Calveley about the Birmingham Dogs' Home premises he manages.

A DRUNK man who punched an innocent bystander in the face in an unprovoked attack then threatened to bite the noses off the police officers who arrested him.

CHILDREN in Rhythm Time music classes across Redditch and Bromsgrove are raising money for a good cause this week by trying on hats.

Paul Slim in his impressive home cinema shed which is running for Shed of the year.

EVERY colour in the rainbow is set to burst onto the Palace Theatre stage in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's smash hit production, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

AN unemployed father-of-one fleeced his elderly neighbour of more than A 110,000 - her life savings - and squandered the cash on holidays, nights out and lavish gifts for his girlfriend and son, a court was told.

Despite the blustery showers green-fingered enthusiasts turned up in their droves to the first national gardening show of the year.

A WORCESTER man has been charged with attempted murder and Grievous Bodily Harm with intent following a double city knife attack.

TRADERS and councillors in a busy tourist town will work together to ensure that Aboards and street furniture are not a health and safety hazard for visitors.

Brian Griffin will talk about his new book The Black Kingdom - an autobiography of his life growing up in the Black Country at the library in St James's Road on Thursday May 23.

A 34-year-old Kidderminster man has been warned that jail is a possibility when he returns to court after admitting a charge of assault.