Coun Peter McDonald Archives - The Bromsgrove Standard

23^rd Jun, 2026

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NEWS 12^th Nov, 2025

Council slammed over flooded underpass in Rubery as Met Office issues heavy rain weather warning

NEWS 26^th Apr, 2025

Rubery's best-dressed Easter shop window award-winners presented with their prizes

NEWS 3^rd Mar, 2025

£120k study will look at Rubery revamp and a new central plaza for the village

NEWS 6^th Aug, 2024

Questions asked over the future of Rubery Police Station

NEWS 23^rd Jan, 2024

Bromsgrove Community Champion 'Fat Theo' meets with councillors over foodbank provision

NEWS 22^nd Nov, 2023

Labour leader on the Hunt for a fair deal for Bromsgrove in Autumn Statement

NEWS 30^th Sep, 2023

Bromsgrove chairman scores hole-in-one with charity fund-raiser

NEWS 19^th Sep, 2023

'Hybrid' governance system in Bromsgrove to be considered tomorrow

NEWS 4^th Jul, 2023

Bromsgrove Council planners throw out Perryfields proposal over 'not fit for purpose' spine road

NEWS 21^st May, 2023

First meeting of ‘hung’ Bromsgrove council since election to be held on Wednesday

NEWS 15^th May, 2023

LATEST - Bromsgrove Liberal Democrats' letter to other district council party leaders reiterates 'committee system backing'

NEWS 17^th Apr, 2023

Bromsgrove Labour announces candidates for May elections

NEWS 20^th Mar, 2023

'Dregs of society' - Councillor slams thieves who stole Rubery's Covid memorial plaque

NEWS 22^nd Feb, 2023

'We'll freeze council tax precept' - Bromsgrove Labour Group's alternative budget

NEWS 3^rd Nov, 2022

Delayed accounts prompt auditors to flag up Bromsgrove District Council's finances

NEWS 6^th Oct, 2022

Calls for Bromsgrove to get new community supermarket to help residents in cost of living crisis

NEWS 6^th Jun, 2022

Platinum Jubilee Beacon backlash as society explains 'low-key' lighting on the Lickey Hills

NEWS 28^th Apr, 2022

New bus service to be launched between Bromsgrove, Rubery and Longbridge as 'solution' to 144 cuts

NEWS 29^th Apr, 2022

REVEALED - The timetable for the new '144A' between Bromsgrove, Catshill, Rubery and Longbridge

NEWS 14^th Apr, 2022

144 LATEST - Campaign stepped up to save bus route to Birmingham with letters, petitions and a council motion

NEWS 7^th Apr, 2022

Shock as 144 bus services to Birmingham are axed

NEWS 6^th Mar, 2022

Bromsgrove Labour Group unveils alternative budget which it claims would reduce council tax bill

NEWS 29^th Jan, 2022

REVEALED - When new Bromsgrove town centre cashless car parking machines will be in operation

NEWS 27^th Jan, 2022

'New cashless system frees up enforcement officer to tackle illegal and irresponsible parking in other parts of Bromsgrove district'

NEWS 30^th Jan, 2022

Bromsgrove Labour leader's new book seeks to give true picture of trade unions in the 1960s and 70s

NEWS 21^st Jan, 2022

Rubery residents claim food firm is 'making their lives a misery'

NEWS 11^th Dec, 2021

This week's Bromsgrove and Droitwich Standard letters.....

NEWS 24^th Nov, 2021

Councillor calls for 'fair share' of Bromsgrove's £14million Levelling Up funding to be spent on Rubery

NEWS 19^th Oct, 2021

Councillor hits out at vandals who damaged play equipment at Rubery park

NEWS 13^th Aug, 2021

This week's Bromsgrove and Droitwich Standard letters......

NEWS LIVE 7^th May, 2021

FINAL RESULTS - Worcestershire County Council Elections - Bromsgrove Conservatives take 7, Labour and Lib Dem 1 each

NEWS 22^nd Mar, 2021

Police vow to clamp down on boy racers in Rubery and illegal off-road motorbike riders in the Lickeys

NEWS 19^th Mar, 2021

Parents' anger as Rubery's Holywell Primary School is to be used as a polling station

NEWS 24^th Jan, 2021

Council takes action after complaints of horse riders endangering ramblers at the Waseley Hills Country Park

NEWS 6^th Nov, 2020

WRS probe found ten in 35 food and drink venues in Bromsgrove district were breaching Covid regulations

NEWS 7^th Nov, 2020

'Broken lights in Rubery subway will be fixed soon', say county council after councillor's complaint

NEWS 29^th Oct, 2020

Joy for bus users as Diamond's original 202 from Bromsgrove to Halesowen is set to return next month

NEWS 29^th Aug, 2020

Warning issued after waste is illegally dumped in Bromsgrove

NEWS 21^st Aug, 2020

This week's Bromsgrove and Droitwich Standard letters......

NEWS 7^th Aug, 2020

Rubery residents can have their say at councillor's virtual surgery

NEWS 24^th Jul, 2020

Bromsgrove Household Recycling Centre to reopen tomorrow with booking system in place

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 22^nd Jul, 2020

Stalemate as Cofton Hackett residents and Openreach clash over broadband plans

NEWS 19^th Jul, 2020

Task Group to be formed to analyse if Bromsgrove District Council has any racial disparities

30^th Jun, 2020

Joy for bus users in Lickey, Rubery and Barnt Green as solution is found to serve areas cut after 202 changes

NEWS 23^rd Jun, 2020

Camping, gatherings and discarded nitrous oxide canisters as Lickey Hills is 'left in a state'

NEWS 29^th May, 2020

Bus users angered by changes to 202 Bromsgrove to Halesowen service

NEWS 20^th May, 2020

Staff at Rednal's Headway 'overwhelmed' by donations after heartless burglary

NEWS 20^th May, 2020

Councillor calls for action over 'continual dumping' at Marlbrook Tip

NEWS 4^th May, 2020

Council tax support for Bromsgrove residents whose finances have been hit by the Coronavirus crisis

NEWS 29^th Apr, 2020

Worcestershire household recycling sites to remain closed during lockdown as county bucks fly-tipping trend

NEWS 9^th Apr, 2020

Row breaks out over Waseley Hills car park

NEWS 8^th Apr, 2020

'District Council needs to step in and save Artrix' - Labour and Lib Dems

NEWS 27^th Feb, 2020

Bromsgrove councillor quits Labour Group to join independent Alliance

NEWS 14^th Dec, 2019

Rubery Judo Club given £800 boost by village councillor

NEWS 6^th Dec, 2019

Rubery residents urged to have their say at councillor's surgery tomorrow

NEWS 26^th Nov, 2019

'Crack House Coach' abandoned in Rubery 'should be gone by next Friday' say police

NEWS 1^st Oct, 2019

Bromsgrove Labour leader quits his role and the party over national policy

NEWS 6^th Sep, 2019

Free SmartWater for Rubery residents....

NEWS 14^th Jul, 2019

Rubery residents urged to have their say on local issues at latest PACT meeting

NEWS 9^th Jun, 2019

Holywell Primary School pupils' campaign to get waste site to recycle hard plastics

NEWS 7^th Jun, 2019

Free SmartWater for Rubery residents at village's library tomorrow

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 7^th Jun, 2019

Charges to be introduced to car park behind the Co-op in Rubery

NEWS 11^th May, 2019

Idea put forward for Rubery to have its own parish council

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 28^th Feb, 2019

Call for 'in-house' fostering as Worcestershire County Council racks up £46.5million agencies bill over five years

NEWS 7^th Feb, 2019

New 'child' figure put outside Barnt Green school to slow down motorists

NEWS 1^st Feb, 2019

Rubery residents can have their say on issues affecting the village at councillors' surgery

NEWS 30^th Jan, 2019

Bromsgrove councillors back plan to highlight how to help the homeless

NEWS 23^rd Jan, 2019

Next part of Rubery Regeneration to begin in first week of March

NEWS 12^th Jan, 2019

Rubery councillor accuses county council library consultation as being a 'tick box exercise'

NEWS 9^th Dec, 2018

Rubery councillors hit out at recycling unit on Rednal Hill Lane being a 'danger to drivers and pedestrians'

NEWS 7^th Nov, 2018

Rallying call for Rubery residents to join protest to save the village's library

NEWS 29^th Sep, 2018

Bromsgrove could get more electric charging points after councillor's motion gets unanimous support

NEWS 9^th Jul, 2018

Rubery councillor calls for hole to be filled in on Cofton Hackett road

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 18^th Apr, 2018

Councillor calls for drinking water fountains to be installed at all parks across Bromsgrove District

NEWS 17^th Apr, 2018

Rubery a step closer to becoming a SmartWater area

NEWS 31^st May, 2015

Fears raised over unqualified teaching staff in Worcestershire