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REVEALED – Dates of this year’s Bromsgrove Orchardfest for the Primrose Hospice

DETAILS of this year’s Orchardfest have been released and the festival is set to be bigger and better than ever. The event – on August 21 and 22 – will take place at Pools Farm, Moorgate Road, and will again be raising funds for the Primrose Hospice and Family Support Centre. Two nights camping and a full festival ticket is £52 and the event is perfect for camping lovers and music festival fans, is family and dog friendly and…

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New laws to strengthen public safety and put victims first in West Mercia

WEST Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion has welcomed two major laws aimed at strengthening public safety. The Crime and Policing Act introduces wide-ranging measures designed to strengthen policing. For West Mercia Police, that includes enhanced powers to tackle some of the public’s priorities, including shoplifting, knife crime and violence against women and girls. Alongside that legislation, a Victims and Courts Bill will aim to improve the experience for victims and witnesses going through the criminal justice system…

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Teachers threaten fresh strike chaos as unions reject Government’s ‘insulting’ pay offer – NATIONAL NEWS

Parents could face fresh disruption after teachers threatened new strike action in a growing row over pay, dealing another headache to ministers who promised to “fix” education. The National Education Union (NEU), England’s largest teaching union, said teachers and school support staff could walk out if the Government pushes ahead with plans for a 6.5 per cent pay settlement spread across the next three school years. Union leaders say the deal would amount to below-inflation rises once split across…

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All the fun of the fair at Headless Cross Orchard for Star Wars Day

CROWDS gathered on Headless Cross Green for the May Fayre on bank holiday Monday, which this year was Star Wars themed, on May the fourth. There was live music throughout the day, kicking off with Revenge of The Wrinklies and Arrow Valley Brass, accompanied the Headless Cross Brownies, who gave a magnificent demonstration of maypole dancing, with members of the public joining in as an encore. The band Goblin Noises entertained the crowds with a fantastic acoustic set, followed…

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Second World War topic of latest Redditch History Society talk

THE LATEST talk in Redditch History Society’s annual programme takes place this Monday, May 11, and focuses on artists who created works during the Second World War. Henrietta Lockhart – curator of Museum Collections at Winterbourne House and Garden and an art historian – will interpret many works of art and talk about how war artists built upon historical artistic precedents to put across a variety of messages through their work, The subject of the presentation is the body…

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ECO ACTION – FREE ‘People’s Emergency Briefing’ screening to take place in Bromsgrove

A FREE public screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing will take place at Parkside Hall, Market Street, Bromsgrove, at 6.30pm on Tuesday, June 9. After the screening – around 8.30pm – there will be a discussion about the issues raised. The screening forms part of a growing UK-wide programme of events designed to help ensure both the public and decision-makers are clearly and honestly informed about the climate and nature crisis – and what it may mean for communities across…

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