Ben Workman

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Ben Workman |Tanya Gupta

Image caption, Boxing legend Frank Bruno, second left, alongside Rob Oliver, Matt Humphries, Tom Hayward and Kev Joynes who are setting off on an ocean crossingBoxing hero Frank Bruno has paid a group of friends a visit to wish them luck before they row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Matt Humphries, 44, Kev Joynes, 54, Rob Oliver, 52, and Tom Hayward, 31, known as DeadLegz, from Redditch in Worcestershire, will attempt the World's Toughest Row, external when they set off in December.

Feb 10, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Shehnaz Khan |James Pearson |Ben Workman

Mark Parry, from Parry's Fruit and Veg, uses Lloyds for its business banking service [BBC]Residents and businesses in several towns say they are worried by string of bank closures with one shop owner warning it could have a knock-on effect on the high street. Lloyds Bank recently announced its Leominster, Kidderminster and Bromsgrove branches were to close later this year as part of its plan to shut 136 sites.

Feb 10, 2025 | yahoo.com | Shehnaz Khan |James Pearson |Ben Workman

Residents and businesses in several towns say they are worried by string of bank closures with one shop owner warning it could have a knock-on effect on the high street. Lloyds Bank recently announced its Leominster, Kidderminster and Bromsgrove branches were to close later this year as part of its plan to shut 136 sites. The firm said the decision to shut the branches was due to customers shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services.

Feb 7, 2025 | bbc.com | Ben Workman |Tanya Gupta

Cherry picker rescue after cat's 24 hours on roofBen WorkmanTanya GuptaAndrew ForsythA local plant hire company came to the rescue A cat that managed to climb on to the roof a three-storey house has been brought down after a plant hire company came to the rescue. Calls from homeowners and a care home in Etnam Street, Leominster, alerted Kit Hughes to the plight of the moggy who had been stuck up there 24 hours.

Nov 24, 2024 | yahoo.com | Isaac Ashe |Ben Workman

Undiscovered “sea dragons” are lurking underneath the feet of Leicestershire and Rutland residents an expert has said. Ichthyosaur specialist Dr Dean Lomax said recent discoveries of the vast marine mammals which swam the seas of the Jurassic period in the two counties could pave the way for marking the East Midlands as an unlikely hotspot. Traditionally, ichthyosaurs are discovered along coastlines, usually because of erosion exposing evidence of the reptile remains.