All news by author: Alison Brinkworth

Dad Russell Farrell recalled the terrifying ordeal of being caught up in a tower block fire with his three-year-old disabled son in Birmingham, after he went to investigate someone "kicking the door" of where the fire was

The amateur production, titled Bewdley and The Beast 3 and put on by the Bewdley Town Criers, was supposed to run for three nights at the Civic Centre in Stourport.

A fairytale village just outside Birmingham is like stepping straight into a Christmas movie at this time of year - with outstanding light displays and cosy pubs

A team of ghost hunters were left 'shocked' after a ghost allegedly swore at them during a visit to one of the UK's most haunted buildings at a nunnery in the Midlands

Gloucester Prison, where 123 people were executed within its walls, is opening its door again for an alternative Christmas market on Saturday with 18+ content and dead animals galore

Ryan Leigh Hastings, known as Titch, was killed in a collision on the A456 in Bewdley, Worcestershire - the same road on which his girlfriend Chloe said "they’d fallen in love"

Amanda Price dismissed being tired and having heavy and irregular bleeding for 10 months as symptoms of "the change" - but when she finally saw a GP they pushed for tests

The female driver had been enjoying her time underwater at Dosthill Quarry before her equipment got caught on a rope, keeping her trapped underwater as her buddy desperately tried to free her

The busy great-gran goes out socialising around four times a week, has been enjoying the drink for around 23 years and walks quicker than some 20 years her junior

The cockerel has since been rescued and checked over by a vet, with the RSPCA launching an investigation into the incident

Jeanette Painting, 44, spoke about struggling to lose weight after giving birth to Taion, 12, and Tarlia, nine and said she got "stuck in a rut", hiding her size 24 figure in tracksuits

The Bun & Barrel burger restaurant in Birmingham was quick to respond when an angry diner claimed that staff were 'aggressively rude' in a disgruntled one-star review