3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (441+ words) The Hub is billed as the region’s biggest and most ambitious rail improvement schemes, providing faster, better and more frequent journeys for local, regional and national passengers. It is also aimed at boosting economic growth, creating jobs and apprenticeships to…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (298+ words) Liberal Democrat, Dr David Nicholl, who is the district councillor for the area, said: “We are in a perfect storm. “Due to the failure of the Conservative-led administration to have a five-year housing supply and Labour nationally imposing an 85 per…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (161+ words) Coun Tom Wells, cabinet member with responsibility for highways and transport, said: “Our online reporting tool is the fastest and most accurate way for residents to tell us about issues on the highway. “Every report helps us keep Worcestershire’s roads…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (114+ words) He has also beeb charged with three counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of, or provoke, unlawful violence. And he was charged with two counts of racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (265+ words) The charities core team has now expanded with Kelly-Louise Riding whose company, Embodied Communities, has supported and helped many vulnerable women across the county and local artist Emily Johnson whose company, Artist’s Clubhouse, is a major player in Worcester’s Art…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (369+ words) Angela Eagle, Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has a team of only 20 civil servants out of a total 60,000+ working on climate change. So it is unsurprising that ‘credible plans exist for only 44 per cent of the required emissions…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (155+ words) The flags, mostly Union Flags and St George’s Crosses, were put up as part of a grassroots initiative known as Operation Raise the Colours, which began last summer and encouraged people around England to display patriotic flags in public places....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (294+ words) Having been successful in the draw to the ask the Prime Minister a question at his first PMQs on Wednesday, the MP used the opportunity to ask Andy Burnham to meet with him to discuss a ‘new path forward’. In…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (305+ words) The post has since racked up dozens of comments, with reactions ranging from amusement to genuine road-safety concern. One commenter said they were only surprised there hadn’t been a head-on crash there yet. Others speculated the lines had shifted over…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) Scheme Widened After Public Pressure The early release policy had initially exempted around 1,000 offenders convicted of rape and child sexual offences, but did not originally exclude those convicted of manslaughter. That position changed after police chiefs, serving officers and members…...