Worcestershire County, England News

CONCERNS have been raised over air pollution with black smoke billowing out of the Lawrence Recycling fire site since Sunday.

Thousands of tonnes of rubbish caught fire and residents have been told they will see a smoke plume for about a week.

Steve and Veronica Baetje began selling their goat cheese commercially in 2007. Today Baetje Farms , off Interstate 55 about 50 miles south of St. Louis, produces several varieties of aged and fresh goat's- and sheep's-milk cheeses in the French and European style.

The Oaks, where adults with learning disabilities create produce art, will now have a stunning garden for the group to enjoy.

ABOUT 300 fish have been rescued from a Stourport canal after low oxygen levels were found in the water following a major blaze in Kidderminster.

DOCTORS across Redditch and Bromsgrove have voiced fears all options for the future of the Alexandra Hospital are not being developed fully and openly.

The cannabis cultivation set-up was found at Hinton-on-the-Green, a small village near Evesham, just as the crop was about to be harvested.

Hand-tinted photograph shows a young man and a young woman as they stand with their faces close to one another, 1920s.

A REDDITCH man has appeared before a judge charged with a string of child sex offences against girls as young as three.

A driver has been charged over a hit-and-run crash in which a father-of-four from Birmingham died.

A MAN has appeared in court for a string of motoring offences after it was alleged he drove a stolen car into a garden.

Police were alerted to a shooting when a man turned up at hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand.

THREE Evesham Sea Cadets are jetting off for the trip of a lifetime this year after winning the chance to travel the world.

A MOVE to privatise more than 100 council jobs has been backed in Worcester with senior politicians describing it as imaginative.

Nearly A 200 was raised for the Funny Blood charity, which helps fund research and provides support for families affected by blood disorders, at a burlesque dance class.

A police officer has described wrestling a knife-wielding attacker to the ground moments after he had stabbed worshippers at a mosque.

A BIRMINGHAM woman will appear before Redditch magistrates on July 2 after a distraction theft at in Bromsgrove on Friday .

Shuttle readers have been sending us their photos of the fire which could be seen all across Wyre Forest and beyond.

BROMSGROVE District Council has been reported to the Ombudsman over its handling of the proposed Cala Homes development in Hagley.

Openly gay medium and clairvoyant Lisa Williams returns to Sydney to help others communicate with those who are no longer alive.