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FESTIVITIES in Bromsgrove are set to continue as residents are invited to rock around the Christmas Tree at the town’s BirdBox.

Bromsgrove Lib Dems have announced two doctors, a student and a High Street worker as their candidates in May’s elections to Worcestershire County Council. Bromsgrove East candidate is Sam Evans, a 22 year-old student who has lived in the area all his life. As a local campaigner he launched a petition to save the 202 bus service and has for greater enforcement against cars parking wholly on the pavement outside a busy roundabout in Aston Fields after residents raised concerns. Joanna Mc...

NEARLY 1,000 homes in Bromsgrove have been provided with Smart Water Kits in a new crime fighting initiative. The kits, also known as forensic markers, contain a traceable liquid that can be used to mark possessions which deter thieves and reduces burglaries. Bromsgrove Councillor Kyle Daisley, working with the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), John Campion, arranged for 850 homes in Aston Fields to get the kits. And he says the scheme can be rolled out to other areas to help tackle ...

THREE new electric charging points in Bromsgrove are nearing completion, part of a major environmental push in the district. The Conservative Group at Bromsgrove District Council say they are investing over £400 000 in electric charging points for private vehicles and taxis. Despite the pandemic, electric charging points at Catshill, Aston Fields and the town centre are close to completion. The Group say that another £250,000 is being invested in an electric shuttle bus to serve the l...

Second Wallace Cup for Langy Picture: Darryl Kennedy SOCCER LANGWARRIN’s pre-season preparations went according to plan last Saturday at Monterey Reserve when it won back-to-back Wallace Cups. As fate would have it Langy’s 1-0 win over Mornington in the final came thanks to Sammy Orritt who was brought here by the Dallas Brooks boys back in 2017. He’d scored a belter earlier in the tournament, a fiercely-struck volley that rocketed into the net and the decider in the final was a deftly cu...

Second Wallace Cup for Langy Winners are grinners: Langwarrin players and coaching staff celebrate last weekend’s Wallace Cup success at Monterey Reserve. Picture: Darryl Kennedy SOCCER LANGWARRIN’s pre-season preparations went according to plan last Saturday at Monterey Reserve when it won back-to-back Wallace Cups. As fate would have it Langy’s 1-0 win over Mornington in the final came thanks to Sammy Orritt who was brought here by the Dallas Brooks boys back in 2017. He’d scored a b...