The Kidderminster mum of a teenage wheelchair-user has launched a campaign to get fully accessible play equipment installed at one of the district's public parks. Amanda Danby, from Habberley, has already met with a Wyre Forest District Council parks officer to put forward her idea for wheelchair-accessible swings, roundabout and trampoline
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GLADMAN APPEAL OVER BEWDLEY HOMES SCHEME REJECTED BY HIGH COURT JUDGE
The High Court has today refused an application for a judicial review over the handling of a controversial 195-homes scheme near Bewdley, calling it "hopelessly unarguable and bound to fail." Developers Gladman have been told they cannot continue their fight to build on a green field site in Bewdley. The scheme had
WYRE FOREST DAY SERVICE FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES LIKELY TO CLOSE IN COST-SAVING COUNTY REVIEW
Wyre Forest's Connect day service for adults with learning disabilities look likely to be axed as part of a county-wide review. The service, based in Blackwell Street, Kidderminster, has been earmarked for closure in proposals drawn up by Worcestershire County Council's adult services team. The proposal is now going to be
FAMILIES WIN RIGHT TO HEAR FATE OF KIDDERMINSTER’S LUDLOW ROAD RESPITE CARE UNIT IN PUBLIC
The final decision on the future of a short breaks respite unit in Kidderminster for severely disabled children will be reached in public, council chiefs have revealed. Worcestershire's cabinet member for families, Councillor Andy Roberts, has agreed that the fate of the unit in Ludlow Road must be debated in a
POLICE CHIEF CALLS ON RESIDENTS TO PLAY THEIR PART IN CURBING DRUG-RELATED SHOPLIFTING ACROSS WYRE FOREST
Wyre Forest's police chief has called on residents to stop supporting the crooks who sell on goods stolen from local stores to fund drug habits. In a public appeal Inspector Jake Wright highlighted the connection between shoplifting and drug use, pointing out how communities could play their part by breaking the
EXCLUSIVE: POLICE APPEAL FOR COMMUNITY HELP TO ROOT OUT RUTHLESS HEROIN & CRACK COCAINE OPERATIONS IN KIDDERMINSTER, STOURPORT, REDDITCH, BROMSGROVE
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