Hereford & Worcester

Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

Redditch elections: The battle to reinvent a town

The debate over how to improve the town has become a key election issue in Redditch.
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  1. Deago Martin, Keelan Brookes and Kaine Simmonds. The three men each have a straight face in front of a grey background. Martin has black hair and a patchy black beard. Brookes has short light brown hair and stubble. Simmonds has short dark hair and a thick dark beard.

  2. Police tape across the open gateway to a single-storey building with corrugated iron roof. Two large doors are open. Parked cars and other buildings can be sen beyond.

  3. Four boys teenagers who are blind or vision impaired next to a college crossing. Three of them have dark tops and the fourth has a white polo shirt

  4. A woman with long blonde hair smiles holding a massive bouquet of flowers. Behind her is black and pink bunting that reads "happy retirement" with several cards hanging up.

  5. A soldier wearing camouflage uniform and a black beret is standing outside with a road and greenery behind him.

  6. PCC John Campion wearing a navy blue quarter zip jumper is stood beside Chief constable Richard Cooper, wearing a black police uniform. The pair are stood in a field in front of a large 4x4 police vehicle which has been painted yellow, blue and white.

  7. The back of a police officer in front of some blue police tape with a path behind the tape. The path goes between two fences with trees overhead.

  8. Councillor Hannah Cooper wearing a blue helmet holds a bike with a basket on the front next to three green and grey bike lockers. Chris Jardine, co-founder of Bikedok, is stood behind one of the lockers wearing a brown fleece and round glasses.

  9. A woman and her son are smiling into the camera. The woman has long blonde hair, past her shoulders, while her son has shorter, curly hair.

  10. A webcam filming from above shows a grey peregrine falcon stood beside three brown eggs and a small white chick.

  11. A large metal beam is craned across a river bank while several workers in high-vis watch on.

  12. The back of a police officer in front of some blue police tape with a path behind the tape. The path goes between two fences with trees overhead.

  13. A woman standing in a hairdressers, wearing a brown jumper and a light brown top.

  14. A two storey Georgian-style house pictured from the street with a large hedge covering the view of the bottom floor.

  15. A woman is taking a selfie of her family in a fastfood restaurant - she is on the right of the table and has a black top on with her hair tied back and pink rimmed glasses on. Her two sons are in the middle, eating from a little black cardboard box of food and looking straight at the camera. Her daughter is to the left, she is a baby of around a year old and is eating a chip in a pushchair, looking at the camera.

  16. The back of a police officer in front of some blue police tape with a path behind the tape. The path goes between two fences with trees overhead.

  17. A landscape view from atop a hill. Rolling hills covered in trees can be seen all the way to the skyline

  18. photograph taken from the stands of New Road showing green plastic seats in rows in front of the camera. A white building is pictured on the edge of the stadium with trees and Worcester Cathedral overlooking the pitch.

  19. A man wearing a white Hereford FC jersey celebrates on the pitch at Edgar Street with other football fans around him.

  20. A large fair ride with spinning carts is pictured on a street with old buildings on either side of it and a large cathedral in the backdrop.

  21. A man with spikey dark grey hair is pictured wearing a black coat in front of a grey/neutral background.

  22. A man sits on a grey buggy on top of the Malvern Hills while a group of four others stand beside him wearing coats and walking clothing.

  23. A red-brick commercial building is on fire with large plumes of black smoke coming from the roof and flames in the doorway. There is a jet of foam spraying into one of three windows and the front of the building is covered with more foam. There is a car parked outside the building.

  24. Benedictos in Worcester is pictured from the outside. The building is painted dark green with three green plant pots outside the building. Two of the large plant pots are slightly dented and scraped.