The BDUK grant will see as many as 1,400 rural homes and businesses able to access high-speed broadband and follows a two-year campaign to secure the money.
A group of three Worcestershire-based local authorities have teamed up to share customer services in a deal which could save up to £2.6m.
Worcestershire-based NHS organisations including Trusts and Clinical Commssioning Groups (CCGs) have chosen a supplier which it will outsource its IT services to for the next five years.
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