WORK has started on The Sunnyside Brewers Fayre pub in Worcester Road, Wychbold, near Droitwich.

Owners, Whitbread restaurants, have invested £1.7m in the development of the new site, which is scheduled to open in June.

Attractions at the new restaurant, the 260th Brewers Fayre, are planned to include an extensive menu a wide range of ales, lagers and soft drinks, a Costa Coffee, disabled facilities and no smoking areas.

"A number of new developments and leisure facilities have already been created on the site and we are confident the Sunnyside pub will be an added attraction to local people, visitors and business people," said Dave Langley, business development manager for Brewers Fayre.