Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly planning a new tax grab on workplace pensions that could cost workers and businesses across our area hundreds of pounds a year. The move, which could raise as ...

WORCESTERSHIRE Acute Hospitals charity is calling on the community to match the distance a community midwife travels every month to support their maternity appeal. The Midwife Miles Challenge invites ...

THE HEREFORD and Worcester branch of the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association has appealed for donations for its Christmas raffle, Shauna Begley. The group is asking local businesses and ...

FIGURES from a straw poll we conducted on our Facebook pages over the weekend show the majority of readers would prefer daylight saving time to be scrapped. Ahead of the clocks going back an hour on ...

Virgin Trains has been granted approval to launch international passenger services through the Channel Tunnel, ending Eurostar’s three-decade monopoly on cross-Channel rail travel. The Office of Rail ...

A NEW health corridor has opened along a previously inaccessible towpath along Droitwich Canal. The towpath running along the Droitwich Canal from Vines Park to Ladywood Lock in Salwarpe has been ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has admitted breaching a housing regulation introduced by her own party’s local authority after she rented out her Dulwich home without the required landlord ...

More than quarter of a million families to receive letters confirming they will get £150 off their energy bills this winter through the Warm Home Discount. The government took the decision last year ...

WORCESTERSHIRE’S libraries were buzzing this summer as thousands of children took part in the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, with more than 2,400 completing it, the highest number since 2019. This ...

WORCESTERSHIRE Fostering celebrated Children of Foster Carers Week – a national campaign that shines a light on the incredible contribution made by the children of foster carers. These young people ...

WORCESTERSHIRE County Council is working with Recycle Your Electricals this October, to encourage its residents to take part in The Great Cable Challenge. This is a nationwide call to action to tackle ...

A SUSPICIOUS house fire in Droitwich saw a man taken to hospital. Three Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews were called at 7:33am this morning (October 22) to a house fire on Farmers ...