Alicia Kelly

Worcester

Editor at Bromsgrove Advertiser

Editor at Redditch & Alcester Advertiser

Editor at Stourbridge News

Editor at Halesowen News

Editor at Dudley News

Deputy Regional Editor for Worcs, Gloucs, Stourbridge including for Worcester News https://t.co/4lxQfgU4qO

Articles

Popular Blackadder characters to be brought to life on town's stage

1 month ago | worcesternews.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

4 1/1 COLOURFUL characters, including one made famous by Droitwich star Rik Mayall, will be brought to life as part of a new show being performed in the town. Lord Flashheart - one of Mayall's most flamboyant comic figures - will be among the cast of Blackadder II, running now at the town's Norbury Theatre.
Review: Chantry School's We Will Rock You gets the feet tapping

2 months ago | worcesternews.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

6 1/1 Stomp-Stomp-Clap. Stomp-Stomp-Clap. As the unmistakeable rhythm of Queen’s We will Rock beats out, the noise in the room - once a school hall but now transformed into a dystopian landscape of the future - begins to grow. The audience are picking up the beat, thoroughly enjoying the iconic sound at the heart of Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You.
Fire breaks out at Swan Hotel in Swan Street Alvechurch

Mar 16, 2025 | redditchadvertiser.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

A spokesperson for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called at 3.09pm today (Sunday, March 16) to a fire involving the Swan Hotel in Swan Street, Alvechurch. "Three pumps were in attendance - two from Redditch and one from Bromsgrove. "A fire in a log burner and chimney had spread to a flat roof at the pub. "It was extinguished using two hose reel jets. "Everyone was safely evacuated." She added: "Police were called for traffic management during the incident.
Fire breaks out at Swan Hotel in Swan Street Alvechurch

Mar 16, 2025 | bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

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Air ambulance spotted circling around city centre

Oct 24, 2024 | worcesternews.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.
Dudley Borough Community Awards - the finalists

Oct 16, 2024 | dudleynews.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

FLASHBACK: Dudley Borough Community Awards (Image: Miriam Cunliffe) The finalists in this year's Dudley Community Awards have been announced. The awards - in partnership with our headline sponsors Halesowen College and Birmingham Newman University look to honour our community heroes, those who help make the Black Country a wonderful place to live.
Last chance to nominate your heroes at Dudley Community Awards 2024

Sep 11, 2024 | halesowennews.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

2 1/1 TIME is running out to nominate the heroes who make a difference for so many people in our community for our awards. There's just one week left to nominate people for the Dudley Borough Community Awards 2024. The awards, brought to you by Stourbridge News and the Halesowen & Dudley News, will celebrate the wonderful work that happens across the Dudley Borough within the business, charity, educational, health and community spheres.
A birthday card for the Queen from RGS Springfield brownies

Sep 3, 2024 | worcesternews.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

RGS Springfield Brownies celebrate the Queen's birthday A Worcester brownie pack has celebrated the Queen's 90th birthday. The RGS Springfield brownies draw portraits of the Queen which were reduced to make a birthday card to send to Buckingham Palace. The brownies also toasted the Queen's birthday and their hard work earned them a birthday badge to sew on their sashes.
Nearly qualified students to replace paramedics as stretched West Midlands Ambulance Service battles coronavirus demand

Sep 3, 2024 | redditchadvertiser.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

2 1/1 Nearly qualified students will take the place of qualified staff in ambulances to quickly ramp up the available numbers of frontline paramedics in Worcestershire. West Midlands Ambulance Service told staff that qualified ambulance staff who usually go out in pairs will be split and a qualified paramedic or technician will now be accompanied by a year 3 university student.
Hereford and Worcester fire and rescue warn three schools on safety

Aug 31, 2024 | bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk | Alicia Kelly

Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue have spoken out on claims lives at risk after 'cuts'. FIREFIGHTERS from Worcestershire issued fewer fire safety notices about buildings last year, new figures show – despite a national increase. However, three schools were handed formal notices, issued in the most serious of cases where fire safety non-compliance was raised previously but was not resolved.