Batchley Road News Today

A MAN has died in Redditch today, police have confirmed.

THE DATE for work to start on a mini-roundabout and crossing in Redditch has changed - it will now begin a week on Monday, April 8.

Change in start date for Redditch mini-roundabout and crossing works

The works will last for five weeks and, at times, will include closures of Batchley Road between Hewell Road and Ashtree Road.

Isaacs Food Bank has launched an urgent plea for donations

A food bank, started by an 11-year-old, is expanding as a ‘heart-breaking’ number of people need help.

A HANDFUL of Redditch businesses have received top marks from the Food Standards Agency.

COLDFIELD Drive, Redditch from its junction with Castleditch Lane for 210 metres in an easterly direction will be closed for one day on December 17.

Three reports of criminal damage have been made overnight in Redditch. TWO vehicles and a door have been damaged overnight in Redditch. Three incidents of criminal damage were reported overnight on Batchley Road, Oak Tree Avenue and Beech Tree Close. Two vehicles were damaged with bricks and a residents door was also smashed with a brick. It is believed that the incidents happened between 00:30 and 02:00 this morning (May 9.) Police are appealing for anyone with information to either ...

A DELIVERY driver has voiced his frustration after being moved from one rat infested home to another in Redditch. Darren Upton, a Redditch Borough Council tenant for 30 years, says he has been waiting nearly nine months to return to his home on Batchley Road whilst repair work is carried out. However, after visiting the home, he now feels its been made "ten times as bad" after finding footprints, holes and damaged tiles. He says that the council home on Salters Lane where he currently ...