A BROKEN down vehicle is causing issues on the M5. One lane is closed on the M5 northbound between J4 for Bromsgrove (A38) and J3 for Halesowen (A456), because of a broken down vehicle. Traffic is moving slowly past the scene.
HERE'S your evening news round-up for the Black Country and North Worcestershire. A Bromsgrove mother whose son is locked up in a Thai prison cell in horrendous conditions, says she had been overwhelmed by the support of townsfolk. Lance Whitmore
IT will be a fine and dry Monday evening and night with largely clear skies across the Black Country and North Worcestershire. The winds will remain light and it will turn rather cold in rural locations with a touch of frost and some isolated mist
GOOD evening everyone, we're here to help you beat the traffic blues on your drive home on this sunny Monday evening. So, if you're looking for a stress free journey and want to avoid the rush hour hot-spots - why not use our traffic update?
A ROBBER who claimed to have turned his life around since his last offence has been given a second chance by a judge. Nathan Allender jumped on a man's back and robbed him of a bank card and £40 in cash almost three years ago on September 21, 2012
ORGANISERS of Stourport Carnival are looking for queens new and old to help celebrate this year’s landmark event. The annual festival is marking its 90th anniversary this year and committee chairman Pete Roberts said they were looking for previous
CHILDREN from a nursery school in Stourport made their own butter after being inspired by a trip to a local farm as part of their topic on farm animals.The pupils from the nursery class at Burlish Park Primary School decided to try their hand at milking
FOR the last year, signs have suggested country music in the UK would take a steep turn in the right direction.One of the six acts at the forefront of snowballing the market, the CC Smugglers, will be stopping at a West Midlands venue to help build the
FIREFIGHTERS have extinguished a fire on the Severn Valley Railway embankment. Crews from Bewdley and Kidderminster were called to Northwood Lane, in Bewdley, at around 1.49pm today (Monday, April 20). They extinguished the grass fire using
STOURPORT Tesco is holding a meet the community champion event evening tomorrow.The event at the the Severn Road store will take place tomorrow evening (Tuesday, April 21) from 6.30pm.The event will give residents the chance to come and meet Abigail Weavers
PARENTS are being urged to find out if they can get free nursery places for their two-year-olds.Households in Worcestershire in receipt of certain benefits could get up to 15 hours of free childcare a week.Attending nursery or preschool or spending time
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man exposed himself to a woman in Stourport over the weekend. The incident happened between 12.30pm and 12.45pm on Saturday, April 18, when a 49 year old local woman was walking her dog along the old railway
TRAVELLERS have pulled up on to a park in Stourport this morning. Passersby and dog walkers watched on this morning as travellers began to set up camp at Memorial Park. At present, it is reported that there are four caravans, two cars, and
A KIDDERMINSTER man will be hitting the road for this year’s London Marathon to raise money for a children’s cancer charity. Keith Kane, will be raising money for Children with Cancer and this will be his first run as a Grandad, following the birth
THE Diabetes UK’s Wyre Forest branch is to hold an open forum in May, in the Education Rooms at the Kidderminster Hospital Treatment Centre.The forum will take place on Wednesday, May 20, from 7pm.A panel of local experts, including Doctor Paul Newrick
IT was a busy weekend for Wyre Forest's Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews with all three district stations out on jobs. At 8pm on Friday evening (April 17) crews from Bewdley and Stourport were called to a fire at Hartlebury
KEITH the Seal could be under threat from a new predator - a shark.The dorsal fin of a shark was spotted in the water of the river Stour about 20ft before it is joined by Hoo Brook south of Kidderminster by Tim Hebbert.Or, could this fin be rubbish fly
IT’S five years since the First World War ended yet its legacy is an open wound that weeps at the slightest touch. There are ghosts everywhere but we should not be fooled into making the mistake that there is any real distinction between the lot
MUSICIANS are tuning up for a charity concert in Stourport in memory of two talented players who died from cancer.Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band will play on Sunday May 10 in tribute to Eric Handford and Paul Hathaway by raising money for Cancer Research
Lye Town 2, Stourport Swifts 2 A controversial penalty 20 minutes from time denied Swifts all three points at high-flying Lye. Two goals from the excellent Ashley Parsons-Smith looked to have secured the win only for the Black Country side
