Local News from Monday, February 17th, 2025

Public urged not to touch sick or dead wild birds as avian influenza confirmed in Worcestershire.

Clun No2 Bridge – which carries an unclassified road over a tributary of the river Clun – will be closed for essential maintenance works from 24 February to 5 March 2025.

Worcestershire County Council will start to construct a new wall in Tenbury on Monday 24 February to replace the structure which collapsed during flooding last Autumn.

A project which will allow environmental experts to monitor bacteria at a bathing spot in the River Severn catchment on a daily basis has won funds from the River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region.

A phone mast been given the green light to be built in a Shropshire hamlet despite dozens of objections.

The decision to stop using Shropdoc as the county’s out of hours GP provider has been officially challenged.

A plan for a new supermarket, care homes and nursery in a Herefordshire town faces its first major objection.

Residents are demanding immediate action on a section of a busy A-road after a large number of ‘near misses’ at temporary traffic lights.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a two-vehicle collision on the A525 Newcastle Road, near Woore.

Local elections will be held in Shropshire on May 1 – with all Shropshire Council and town and parish councils up for grabs.

Villagers have been left shocked by the sudden withdrawl of its post office outreach services, saying there was “virtually no warning.”

Nine people were arrested as police and partner agencies swooped on four locations in a crackdown on illegal workers in Herefordshire on Thursday.

Ludlow Town Council has objected to plans for a plant to recycle green waste.