REDDITCH Council has passed proposals for a shared single management team with Bromsgrove District Council.

Three brothers have appeared before a judge at Worcester Crown Court charged with a series of sex crimes dating back up to 44 years ago.

INFORMATION is being sought by police following an assault on a man at Tesco in Coldfield Drive in Redditch.

Chocolate moves down the production line at the Cadburys factory in Birmingham, England.

POLICE are appealing for information after high value coats worth nearly A 30,000 were stolen from Wychbold.

An arrest has been made in Great Britain, in a 12-year-old murder case out of Garfield County.

Scotland Yard agents arrested a 46-year-old Colorado man in England Wednesday for the 1997 murder of his wife, authorities said today.

A prison officer who smuggled drugs in her bra into a maximum security prison has been jailed for seven years.

Following the smash success of its 10th annual season, Micaya's San Francisco Hip Hop Dancefest breaks new ground in the 11th season with an awe-inspiring collection of prominent dance companies from around the world.

The Cadbury offices, Bournville Place, in Birmingham England. British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc.

THE funeral of Tony Howells, the former landlord of the Queen Elizabeth pub in Elmley Castle, near Pershore, who died last month aged 71, took place this week.

A COUNTER manager stole A 45,000 from the Malvern bank where he worked to fund gambling, cars and holidays.

Business leaders have expressed "amazement" that Birmingham International railway station has not been listed as one of the worst in the country.

A FURIOUS row has broken out over the refurbishment of Halesowen Library which critics say has left it a no better than a village librarya .

A 31-YEAR-old Romanian man living in Brierley Hill is awaiting trial accused of arranging low paid work and filthy accommodation for foreign nationals.

THE sacrifice of a young Worcester soldier who died in the trenches following a tragic accident will be remembered alongside other casualties of war.

A school is in mourning for four of its pupils who were killed in an horrific car crash during the weekend storms.

A CROWN court recorder expressed "disappointment" at being unable to give a shoplifter a community sentence - after a parole board delay meant he was still locked up.

Worcester City shooting victim's name is released WORCESTER - The 27 year-old man shot to death Friday was identified by police yesterday as Freddie Alliance of Worcester.

Hasni Ali, Hamza Siraj and Hadi Suwef died along with Kamal Suwef when their car crashed into a wall in Birmingham Photo: NEWSTEAM The friends were travelling in a blue Rover which hit a garden wall in the Moseley area of Birmingham during heavy rain in the early hours of the morning.