Thursday, March 28, 2024

Politics comes to the parish council room

Alvechurch Parish Council looked to be heading for interesting times on the eve of the local elections.

Parish cuts tax bill for third year

Alvechurch Parish Council has cut its tax demand on villagers for the third year in a row – this time by 2.87 per cent.

Lickey End go-slow protest

Road safety campaigners in Lickey End are close to their target of 1,000 signatures on a petition which they plan to hand to Bromsgrove District Council and the local MP.

Lickey End road campaign

Lickey End residents are being urged to sign a petition calling for action after a six-year-old girl was almost knocked down outside her school.

A wealth of wreaths

A Christmas tradition is being kept alive in Lickey End, as Sally Oldaker discovers. Originating many centuries ago in Eastern Europe, evergreen wreaths represented continuing...

New parish chairman

Lickey Parish Council has appointed a new chairman. Angus Malcolm, one of the founder members of the anti-parish council group which runs the parish,...