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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Town centre regeneration project delayed
A scheme to develop part of a town centre in Worcestershire has been delayed. The project connecting Worcester Street to Bromsgrove Street in Kidderminster, creating a new green community area, is now expected to be finished by the end of the year. The delay has been caused by the need for additional drainage, said Wyre Forest District Council. The finished space will improve access to the Bromsgrove Street car park, and is part of the council's vision for the town, Kidderminster 2040, it said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Park revamp set to begin after badger delays Plans revealed for former Woolworths building Town council aims to reopen paddling pool in 2026 Wyre Forest District Council
BBC News
4 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Kidderminster town centre regeneration project delayed
A scheme to develop part of a town centre in Worcestershire has been delayed. The project connecting Worcester Street to Bromsgrove Street in Kidderminster, creating a new green community area, is now expected to be finished by the end of the delay has been caused by the need for additional drainage, said Wyre Forest District Council. The finished space will improve access to the Bromsgrove Street car park, and is part of the council's vision for the town, Kidderminster 2040, it said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Kidderminster park revamp set to begin after badger delays
A £3m revamp of a park is to start after it was hit by a series of delays including the discovery of several badger Forest District Council said work on Kidderminster's Brinton Park in Worcestershire would start this budget includes £2.4m in lottery cash but the authority's cabinet will be asked to release an extra £460,000 on 10 June to make sure the scheme remains on will start with the construction of a new artificial badger sett to protect local wildlife. The council said a key part of the improvements included replacing the aging Sons of Rest pavilion at the park, which was found to be in a worse condition than engineers told the council it needs to be demolished and rebuilt, a spokesperson for the authority added, with an application to be considered at the next available planning committee new pavilion would reflect the historic character of the original and include a new café and terrace overlooking an ornamental pond, they Tracey Onslow said the park was one of the area's most popular green said the improvements would "not only protect and improve the park's natural beauty and heritage, it will also create welcoming new spaces for everyone to enjoy".Work will start with the construction of the new sett and demolition of the pavilion would follow shortly afterwards, if the application was approved, the spokesperson said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
7 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Kidderminster couple's financial 'nightmare' after EV cable theft
A couple say the theft of their electric car charging cable has cost them hundreds of pounds, as homes and businesses are targeted in are cutting off the cables to sell for scrap, and West Mercia Police has said it is a "new and emerging crime".Simon and Lisa Adams, from Kidderminster, said their EV (electric vehicle) cable was taken last month and financially it "hit them big time".Chief Constable Richard Cooper urged people to report EV cable thefts and said it was important officers knew about it. Mr Adams said he had been at a football match at Wembley on the day of the theft, on 14 April. He collected his wife from their son's house and they got home to find the cable had gone, but the theft had not been caught on their doorbell camera. "We believe that they came down our neighbours' drive and then literally came across, snipped the cable and then disappeared into the sunset," he said the couple were now using public charge points which was costing up to £50 a week, and looking at spending £1,000 on insurance company initially refused to pay and then later agreed, but there had been a £100 excess, he added. Mrs Adams said the aftermath had been a "nightmare" and the couple still had no facility to charge their weekend before thieves struck, Facebook users had been reporting cable thefts in Kidderminster, she is concerned the thieves will know the cable would be replaced and asked: "Are we a target? They've been once, will they come back and do it again?" CCTV deterrent Speaking on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester, Mr Cooper said neighbourhood teams had been "dishing out good, preventative advice", including removing and padlocking cables not in pledged to increase overnight patrols in areas where the crimes had been reported. "We might get lucky," he police chief added CCTV was worth having as a possible deterrent, and could also help investigations. "It may be that someone's got a hoodie up and a cap on, but there's a bit of clothing that we can identify from the CCTV," he said. "If we think we've got a suspect, enough to arrest them, we will then conduct a search." Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Top Gear
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Exclusive: car runs out of honk
Satire Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Once it honked, now the honk is bust Skip 1 photos in the image carousel and continue reading Here's roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring Tributes are pouring in for a blue 2006 Ford Mondeo from Kidderminster, after the much-loved family car ran out of honk last Friday evening. Advertisement - Page continues below Alan, a Mondeo LX 2.0 TDI with a sprightly 147,000 miles on the clock, honked his last around 8pm, surrounded by close friends and family. 'He was a car who just loved to honk,' said Alan's owner, also named Alan. 'He'd honk at other cars that'd pulled over to let him pass. Honk at kids to let them know it was safe to cross. Honk at every 'honk if you're horny' bumper sticker. Honk at cyclists while overtaking, scaring them witless and sometimes causing them to crash. Good times.' You might like Alan (the human), who has owned Alan (the car) for almost a decade, estimates that Alan has emitted over a quarter of a million joyous, car-free honks in his years frolicking along Britain's roads. 'He could convey so much with a simple honk,' reminisced a teary Alan. 'Gratitude. Love. Whimsy. Melancholy. A deep desire to topple a nervous cyclist into a thicket.' Advertisement - Page continues below Alan confirmed the final honk from Alan was a lusty, indomitable parp, tailing to a peaceful toot. 'It sounded like… acceptance,' nodded Alan. Suggestions that Alan could somehow be 're-honked' have been dismissed as 'a crime against all that's good and holy in this world'. 'Who are we to play god with the souls of others?' asked master mechanic Paula Spannering, fixing the horizon with a flinty stare. 'Just because we can, doesn't mean we should.' Spannering also quashed rumours that Alan could continue to serve Alan in some honk-free fashion. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. 'From an engineering perspective, a honkless car is like an elephant without its trunk,' she confirmed. 'Like a church without its bell. A pub without its jukebox. A fishtank without its tiny castle. A honk is a car's very essence. Its chi. Its karma.' 'Also, Rule 112 of the Highway Code, mate. Horn's a legal requirement, innit.'
