THE 2020 Cancer Research UK Race for Life at Cofton Park has been cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions. The charity has withdrawn all 400 Race for Life events across the UK this year to protect the country’s health as restrictions on mass
A SIX-FIGURE sum has been freed to rescue Artrix Arts Centre’s assets as Bromsgrove District Council raided its piggy bank to boost hopes that the venue could rise from the ashes. The council has released £120,000 from its balances – a decision
A CYCLIST and a car were involved in a collision in Wythall that has left police appealing for witnesses. Officers are looking to speak to anyone who saw a 67 plate grey Mini and a cyclist collide at the junction of Station Road and Wythall Island
A BROMSGROVE social club dating back to the 1920s is appealing for help to re-erect a building damaged by storms earlier this year. Stoke Prior Sports and Country Club, in Westonhall Road, has been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic
PASSENGERS peeved by the withdrawal of a 'lifeline' bus service are continuing to plead for its reinstatement - as county councillors have confirmed they are on the case. The Advertiser reported last week that Diamond Buses had shut down its 202
WORKING from home proved an impossibility for some Sidemoor residents last week - after delays to telegraph pole repairs put a number of houses offline. Homes in Grayshott Close and Greenacres Road have been without broadband internet and phone
AN acting group from Bromsgrove is basking in the applause after being recognised with a prestigious award. Jigsaw Players Theatre Company were given the ‘Special Award’ for District 5 at the National Operatic and Dramatix Association (NODA) online
A COCAINE user who drove under the influence of drugs twice in the space of two weeks has been handed an electronic tag and banned from getting behind the wheel for three years. Mark Batty, 44, of Fox Lane, Bromsgrove, pleaded guilty at Kidderminster
POLICE are stepping up patrols in Bromsgrove town centre after reports of a man inappropriately approaching a group of teenage girls. The incident happened in Mill Lane at around 6.30pm on Monday, June 1. A witness told the Advertiser the man
A £10,000 per year rent discount granted by the council will help ensure the future of Bromsgrove Sporting, the grateful club believes. Sporting has been in discussion for more than a year with Bromsgrove District Council over a rent review and
During this challenging period, our community has shown a great strength, resilience and determination to defeat this virus. Our collective effort, including the work of our amazing front-line responders, has enabled us to move past the peak of
A BROMSGROVE pub restaurant is helping to provide free healthy meals for vulnerable people in the community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Chef Lorenzo Richards, from The Wildmoor Oak, has set up a takeaway service for customers during lockdown but
