An outline design of digital and creative enterprise hub at former Magistratesâ Court AN investment of £20.5 million for Kidderminster town centre will transform the high street for residents children and their grandchildren . District councillors welcomed the news that Kidderminster would receive the 5th largest grant in the country from the government’s Future High Streets Fund, announced on Boxing Day, and said the investment was needed now more than ever due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
An artist s impression of the redevelopment at former Magistrates’ Court with view towards redevelopment of Bromsgrove Street car park The funding will see the former magistrates’ court transformed into a digital and creative enterprise hub, an initial 37,500 square feet of multifunctional accommodation being provided to bring the derelict Grade II listed building back into use.
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Councillors failed to come to an agreement on the budget proposals at Wednesday night s meeting WYRE Forest District Council will have to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new budget for the next year after councillors failed to agree on any of the cost-saving plans put in front of them at Wednesday night s meeting. Radical proposals to plug a predicted £2.7 million funding gap left in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic were due to be agreed by full council, but after a deadlock - with 16 members supporting the plans and 16 rejecting them - the chairman used his deciding vote to quash the Progressive Alliance s Medium Term Financial Strategy.
Council leader Graham Ballinger will step down in May. He is pictured with daughter and fellow councillor Susie Griffiths THE leader of Wyre Forest District Council made a surprise announcement at Wednesday night s full council meeting when he declared he would be standing down in May. Councillor Ballinger, who leads the ruling Progressive Alliance, has announced a new appointment to his cabinet as well as his plan to stand aside as leader at the council’s annual general meeting later this year. Speaking at the full council meeting on February 24, Cllr Ballinger announced that he would be appointing Cllr Mary Rayner as a member of the cabinet and that she would take over the finance portfolio. Other amendments to cabinet portfolios have also been confirmed.
Councillor Leigh Whitehouse wants to name a street in Kidderminster after the late Captain Sir Tom Moore. Main photo by PA A CAMPAIGN has been launched to change the name of a street in Kidderminster as a tribute to the late Captain Sir Tom Moore. Labour councillor Leigh Whitehouse has sent emails to the chief executive and leader of Wyre Forest District Council to ask that officers look into renaming a road after Sir Tom following the news of his death on Tuesday. The 100-year-old s death after testing positive for Covid-19 has prompted reaction from around the world and his memory is to be marked with a national clap at 6pm tonight (Wednesday).
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