Ruthless city drug dealers who exploit vulnerable users and children are spreading their heroin and crack cocaine distribution lines across north Worcestershire. Towns across Wyre Forest, Redditch and Bromsgrove are being caught up in the web of so-called ‘county lines’ drug operations, run by dealers based in Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol and
Author: Jane Haynes
Former newspaper journalist and news editor, turned public sector PR, now studying for a Master's in multiplatform journalism. Wyrelife is a new, local investigative news website for Kidderminster, Bewdley, Stourport and Wyre Forest. My aim is to hold people and organisations to account to try to make my little bit of England a better informed, better place.
DEFIANT WORCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL LEADER SIMON GERAGHTY SHOWS NO REGRET OVER FAILURE TO SHARE CRITICAL FINANCE REVIEW IN PUBLIC
Worcestershire's Conservative council leader Simon Geraghty was too "scared" of public opinion to share a damning independent finance review, a councillor has claimed. Geraghty faced opposition councillors for the first time yesterday after the critical report came to light following a media Freedom of Information request. The report by expert body CIPFA
PARENTS MAKE PASSIONATE PLEA TO WORCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL CHIEFS TO HALT PLANS TO CLOSE SHORT BREAKS UNIT FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
Residents fighting plans to close a vital short breaks unit for disabled children in Kidderminster today made an impassioned plea to county chiefs to drop the proposals. Parents warned that "reluctantly" legal action could follow if the council fails to "do the right thing" over plans to close the six-bed respite
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL CHIEF SIMON GERAGHTY TO FACE PUBLIC SCRUTINY OVER FAILURE TO SHARE CRITICAL FINANCIAL REVIEW FINDINGS
Worcestershire council leader Simon Geraghty is to face a grilling from opposition councillors over his decision to keep secret a critical financial review. The council's Overview & Scrutiny Performance Board have requested that Geraghty attends their meeting on Thursday as a matter of urgency to take questions about the report. The report,
CONSULTATION OVER WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CLOSURE PLAN FOR LUDLOW ROAD SHORT BREAKS UNIT FOR DISABLED CHILDREN CONDEMNED AS “HAPHAZARD, INCONSISTENT, CONFUSED”
A damning report has today described consultation around county council proposals to close a vital short breaks unit for disabled children in Kidderminster as "haphazard, confused and inconsistent." The report also expresses "sadness" that the process may have added to the distress of vulnerable families. It calls for a major review of
COUNTY CHIEFS SUPPRESSED CRITICAL REVIEW OF ITS FINANCES, NEW INVESTIGATION FINDS
Worcestershire council leaders suppressed a critical report by independent experts which called on them to take “urgent action” to address the county's financial woes. The review criticised the Conservative-run county council’s financial planning as “overly optimistic”, “counter-intuitive” and in need of “radical overhaul”. Opposition leader Councillor Peter McDonald described the decision by