Villagers ready to wassail
It’s wassail season, and there are several events taking place around the area.
* First up, you can walk off some of that Christmas food...
Season’s Greetings!
Villagers in Barnt Green, Blackwell, Lickey and Alvechurch celebrated the start of Christmas with music and light.
Barnt Green added to its decorations this year...
Gates-gate escalates
PUBLIC PATH ONLY AN ‘ASPIRATION’, SAYS DEVELOPER
The dispute over the locked gates blocking public access through a new village housing estate has escalated and...
Station still waiting . . .
Installation of the long-awaited lifts at Barnt Green railway station may have moved a step closer, parish councillors heard.
Parish clerk Tracy Bodley said Network...
Ready for Christmas!
Our guide to the celebrations taking place in the Village area.
Hands up if you can’t wait for Christmas! It doesn’t seem five minutes since we...
Footbridge finally open
The new footbridge over the railway at Cofton Hackett – installed at a cost of £1 million to replace the original foot crossing deemed...
Path block goes to top
Bromsgrove’s Head of Planning was “horrified” to learn of the locked gates blocking access to public space on the CALA Homes “Foxhills” development in...
Planters stay put
Barnt Green Parish Council agreed to keep the village’s controversial tiered planters for another year, but to speak to the contractor to ensure that trailing...
Garden festival plans
Another Garden Festival is planned for Barnt Green for summer 2020, with parish councillors agreeing to a £300 grant for set-up costs.
Path pressure grows
Almost half of the designated public open space on the CALA Homes “Foxhills” development in Barnt Green is behind locked gates, a councillor has...