Thursday, March 28, 2024

Environment Agency gets ready for tip application

The Environment Agency has completed a survey of the former Marlbrook Tip in the Lickey Hills and is now preparing to apply for planning...

Ghosts galore!

Our annual helping of spooky local stories . . . one from Alvechurch and two taken from Anne Bradford’s collections.

Old and new on view

Have you ever wished you could just pop into a neighbour’s garden to smell an enticing bloom, or even have a good look around to see what they’ve been so busy doing for the past few months?

Eventful months at sea

Barnt Green sailor Nick Woodward sent this report on his progress in the Clipper round-the-world yacht race.

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Vote YES to your Plan

Lickey & Blackwell and Cofton Hackett parish councillors are encouraging all residents to say “Yes” to their Neighbourhood Development Plan in a referendum on...
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Cross is Pub of the Year

The Cross Inn at Finstall was declared Pub of The Year 2019 by the Redditch and Bromsgrove branch of the Campaign for Real Ale...

Election results

The election results for Bromsgrove District Council are as follows: Alvechurch South: Trevor Charles BLAND (Conservative)   398 Alan Frederick COOPER (Labour)  54 Annette Barbara Louise ENGLISH (Independent)...

Light stars

Five St Andrew’s First School pupils received certificates for winning a Barnt Green Parish Council competition to have their designs made into Christmas lights for the village, judged and funded by Cala Homes.

Become a friend of Bittell Reservoirs

Barnt Green Waters is encouraging villagers to get involved in a new “Friends of Bittell Reservoirs” scheme, enabling them to enjoy and appreciate the...

Station lifts still in limbo

Barnt Green parish councillors are increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress on the long-promised lifts at the village station. Parish clerk Tracy Bodley had...