REDDITCH Council's newspaper for residents is dropping through letterboxes this week.

Redditch Matters, eight pages of features and articles about the council's work, is being distributed to householders across the town. It covers its work on keeping the borough clean, Arrow Valley Park, Redditch's reduced crime figures and summer activities.

There are also sections on councillors, doing your bit to save energy, housing news, ways to pay rent and council tax bills, a competition to win tickets for a Palace Theatre production and contact points for all council services.

Communications manager Suzanne Bennett said: "We asked readers of our local newspapers how they would like the council to tell them its news. The new-look Redditch Matters has been produced in response to readers' comments."

Comments on the newspaper can be sent to the council's communications team, Redditch Borough Council, Town Hall, Walter Stranz Square, Redditch B98 8AH.