Redditch, England News

A NEW community bus service has been created thanks to a partnership between Worcestershire County Council and Redditch Dial a Ride.

MOTORISTS in Redditch and Bromsgrove are being asked to support two charity car washes being organised at their local fire stations.

A REDDITCH woman whose son was murdered two years ago has been shown mercy by a judge at Worcester Crown Court over two counts of theft.

TWO laptops were among property worth more than A 1,000 stolen during a burglary in Redditch on the morning of Tuesday, February 7. The owner of a home in Offenham Close, in Church Hill, was woken up by a noise downstairs just after midnight.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to save the NHS millions will not derail an urgent review of stroke care or the creation of a radiotherapy unit, says a health chief.

THE Evo-Stik League Southern has announced its partnership with KitAid, a charity that helps under privileged people children in over 30 countries, and is encouraging Redditch people to get behind the campaign by donating unwanted football kits.

TWO investigations are under way after recent armed ambushes enabled prisoners to escape, deputy Lords leader Lord McNally confirmed yesterday.

AS the cold weather set in last weekend firefighters from the region received a series of calls reporting chimney and woodburner fires.

The weather forecast for the Saturday of Bridge Bash at Stanford Bridge was still a bit hit-or-miss but I decided to gird my loins and fulfill my pledge to readers of SLAP magazine to spend at least one night under canvas this 'summer'. I arrived mid-afternoon due to a 'late one' the night before so a shame to miss those Rubber Nuns, Mansize, Vault ... (more)

A REDDITCH teenager is to receive A 300 unpaid wages after experiencing setbacks with a Bromsgrove firm in his first job as a motor technician apprentice under a Government scheme for the unemployed.

A REDDITCH coach firm that is in administration faces paying a former employee nearly A 30,000 compensation after the boss was accused by a judge of "appearing to take exception to women working part-time or flexible hours". The criticism was levelled by Birmingham Employment Tribunal judge Mary Cocks against Roger Dyson, boss of Tanners Croft ... (more)

FUN and games was had by Redditch District Scout Group when members all came together to celebrate 100 years of scouting in Redditch.

RAPA is for children and young adults and hopes to bring a new approach to performing arts training.

AN eco home based on a design by a 10-year-old girl is to be built in Redditch as part of the largest Norwegian timber frame housing development in the UK.

BROMSGROVE residents are relatively honest when it comes to making sure their televisions are licensed.

When you put on your coat and zip it up do you think what you would do without the zipper? When you get that zipper caught and have to work at it to loosen it, do you use an expletive that is not publishable? When we encounter the word laces we seem to automatically think of shoelaces.

The victim, a 16-year-old youth, was running along Hewell Road in the direction of the town centre and as he ran underneath the railway bridge he became aware of three males running behind him.

Residents raised concerns about anti-social behaviour and youths gaining access to Auxerre House and causing a nuisance and minor damage in the communal areas.

FUGITIVE murder suspect John Anslow has been dubbed the country's most wanted man following his escape from a prison van.

HOSPITAL bosses will effectively face no fines for keeping patients waiting too long in A&E because withheld cash will be reinvested in frontline emergency care.