Church services will resume at St Mark’s Church this weekend on Sunday, 13th June at 11.15am when there will be a Worship of All service.
It is good that the congregation will again be able to be physically present at services. Remember that everyone attending the service must respect the current Covid-19 guidance. In particular, everyone attending the service must wear a face covering (unless they are exempt) and they should continue to comply with the social distancing requirements. The “two metre rule” applies for communal worship.
It is hoped that future services will be held on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
Paul Jarczewski, site manager for Central England at the Woodland Trust said, “The public appeal to purchase and manage the extension to Pepper Wood has so far raised over £400,000 and, when combined with income from other sources, we remain hopeful that we will raise the money needed.”
Bromsgrove North Safer Neighbourhood Team will be in front of the Village Hall on Friday 11th June at 1.30pm for 1hr. Please come along and see them for any advice or concerns you may have, or even just for a chat.
Worcestershire County Council are to consider making an Order the effect of which will be to IMPOSE a 40 MPH on the following length of road in Fairfield: –B4091 Stourbridge Road from a point 81.5m south of its roundabout junction with A491 Sandy Lane to a point 298m north of its junction with Swan Lane, i.e. the north village planter, where the current 30 mph zone starts. For details visit CLICK HERE.
Any objection/representations you may have must be sent in writing to County Hall, or email roadtrafficregs@worcestershire.gov.uk; to be received by 23 June 2021.
Fairfield Village Community Association welcomes this revised proposal. The Association will continue to lobby for additional much needed traffic calming engineering works.
The Woodland Trust have released the design plans for the proposed Pepper Wood extension and they would like to hear your views. The proposed design plan is below.
To have your say, please complete a 5-minute survey, to access CLICK HERE
West Mercia Police have issued a warning that criminals are continuing to use automated telephone calls to lure victims into a National Insurance scam.
No bank, no government agency and no police force communicates this way. Its a scam.
At last we have contractors due to carry out works to improve the drainage at the footpath end of the Recreation Ground.
The work by Kelbec Civils Ltd is due to commence Monday 17th May with initial marking out of the areas. The works will take circa 5 to 7 days.
The access will be via the carpark and with no traffic using the lane to the school. 2 bays will be out of commission on the car park for the duration.
Sandy Lane was closed Wednesday 12th May following a collision at the junction of Money Lane.
A spokesperson from West Mercia Police said: “The road is currently closed and will be for sometime.
“Officers are currently dealing with a collision on Money Lane.”
A spokesperson from West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 3:11pm to reports of a two car RTC at the junction of Sandy Lane and the B4551.
“We currently have one ambulance at the scene assessing two patients. “
A text-message scam that infects Android mobile phones with malicious software (malware) is targeting people in the UK.
The text message, which pretends to be from a delivery company, includes a link that claims to allow you to track a parcel.
However, this is an attempt to infect your phone with malware, which occurs if the link is clicked on. The scam text has been received by customers on all major UK networks. One example of this text, shown below, claims to be from DHL.
A screenshot of the ‘Flubot’ scam text
The malware, called Flubot, can allow criminals to access personal information on your phone, including online banking details.
If you receive one of these text messages, take the following steps:
DO NOT press the link.
Report the text by forwarding it to 7726.
Delete the text from your phone.
If you think you have fallen victim to this scam, contact your provider as soon as possible, as well as Action Fraud, the reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Reports of fraud and any other financial crime in Scotland should be reported to the police via 101.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has also published advice for people who may have been affected by this scam.
The Woodland Trust have organised a public consultation event planned on 19th May regarding their proposed plans to extend Pepper Wood. The provisional design for the new woodland is ready to be viewed and the Woodland Trust would like to share these plans with you and invite your opinion.
The event itself will be quite informal. Paul Jarczewski (Woodland Trust Central England Site Manager) and a design consultant will lead 2 short walks over the new land, one leaving at 2 pm and another at 6 pm. Maps and layouts of the design will be available for people to view.
To join the walk and/or view the design, meet Paul in the Swan Inn car park. Each will last about an hour.
