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  • Run continues for Swifts

    STOURPORT Swifts extended their unbeaten run to four games with a goalless draw at home to Willenhall Town in their Southern League Midland Division clash. But with better finishing, the Walshes Meadow side would have been celebrating three more vital

  • Payton rues costly decision

    BEWDLEY Town joint manager Craig Payton was left to rue a controversial decision that cost his side a point when they lost narrowly 2-1 to West Midlands Regional League Premier Division leaders Bridgnorth Town on Saturday. With the game evenly balanced

  • Crew cut it on Trent

    BEWDLEY rowing club's senior four coxed eight crew grabbed an impressive victory at the Burton Head time trials on the River Trent. The club had sent six crews to compete in the inaugural competition on Saturday, with two racing the longer winter race

  • Freke has the right formula

    KIDDERMINSTER driver Nathan Freke will be back behind the wheel when he competes in one of the world's biggest races, Walter Hayes Trophy, at Silverstone this weekend. The race, dedicated to the man behind the Formula Ford competition, is the largest

  • Pensioner, 84, in hit-and-run

    AN 84-year-old woman suffered a broken ankle after being the victim of a hit-and-run in a country lane. The woman was run down by a youth on a scooter as she walked along Low Lane, Wolverley, at 1.30pm, on Friday. She was struck from behind and knocked

  • Mother's tribute to "happy-go-lucky" son

    THE mother of a ten-year-old boy killed in a road traffic collision along with his father has paid tribute to her "happy-go-lucky" son. Matthew Thacker, of Hillgrove Crescent, Kidderminster, and his father John, 43, also from the town, were both killed

  • Gifts from around the world

    TWO Christmas events in Wyre Forest will get people in the festive mood while helping disadvantaged producers in the developing world. The Traidcraft Christmas Fair will be held at Bewdley's St Anne's Church on Saturday and at Kidderminster's St Mary's

  • Party fun at Butlins

    THE coolest party in town comes to Butlins Minehead from November 23 to 26 when R&B stars Simon Webbe, Strictly Come Dancing's Alesha Dixon as well as the nation's favourite talent show stars Shayne Ward, Chico, Ben Mills, Ashley, Brenda and Ray Quinn

  • House building

    There is ample space to build houses in Wyre Forest without resorting to Green Belt incursion. What is lacking is the supporting infrastructure and services together with a certain weariness about road excavations that new houses necessitate.Careful use

  • House building

    There is ample space to build houses in Wyre Forest without resorting to Green Belt incursion. What is lacking is the supporting infrastructure and services together with a certain weariness about road excavations that new houses necessitate.Careful use

  • Just Returned

    I've just returned from foreign climes Sun and sea, relaxing times Dining out, local wine Made from fruit grown on the vine Mezes, yoghurt, honey and feta Who could wish for anything better? Lively markets, where you can barter Drink lemon tea as a friendly

  • Just Returned

    I've just returned from foreign climes Sun and sea, relaxing times Dining out, local wine Made from fruit grown on the vine Mezes, yoghurt, honey and feta Who could wish for anything better? Lively markets, where you can barter Drink lemon tea as a friendly

  • Travel back in time in Devon this autumn

    SAVE £200 with Jurassic Coast Tours and Belmont House this autumn. Why not make the most of the crisp autumn days and travel back in time? Starting from the idyllic fishing village of Beer, visitors will experience the stunning beauty of Devon's Jurassic

  • Hospital superbug rate falls

    NEW figures show a fall in superbug infection rates in Worcestershire hospitals, including Kidderminster's. Health chiefs at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have hailed the statistics as showing a significant reduction in rates of Clostridium

  • IS BROWN THE NEW GREEN?

    As the row over the new industrial estate on the Worcester Road rumbles on His Lordship thought he should go and have a look at what all the fuss is about. Corr--what a mess!!! It is very easy to see what the locals are moaning about. I stood in the back

  • IS BROWN THE NEW GREEN?

    As the row over the new industrial estate on the Worcester Road rumbles on His Lordship thought he should go and have a look at what all the fuss is about. Corr--what a mess!!! It is very easy to see what the locals are moaning about. I stood in the back

  • Talented stylist follows in colleague's footsteps

    A STOURPORT-based hairdresser who won a trainee award last year has praised her quick-learning apprentice for bagging the same stylists' gong this year. Sam Davies, 21, won Advanced Apprenticeship in Hairdressing of the Year and Advanced Apprentice of

  • A Big Help with the Big Top

    It is no mean feat erecting a 500 seater big top, but for Stage Management and Technical Theatre students from Kidderminster College, it was all in a day's work. The students were part of a 20-strong team whose job it was to prepare the stage' - a

  • Catering for plane spotters

    I READ with interest a letter in the weeks Shuttle/Times & News about the new Kidderminster "airport terminal" on the Worcester Road (A449). I've driven past many times and can confirm it certainly does at the moment resemble a small airport construction

  • Health service praise

    We only seem to hear criticism of the NHS but my wife and I would like to thank Primary Care at Kidderminster Hospital for the prompt, efficient and courteous care I received on recent visits there, as, too, at our excellent surgery at Chaddesley Corbett

  • ON THE BEAT

    All children have access to computers these days, but parents can often feel left behind by new technology. The Internet has become a vital tool for communication, and the majority of children will be perfectly safe on line. Chat rooms are particularly

  • Walks map relaunched

    A MAP highlighting top places for walking and cycling in Wyre Forest has been relaunched. Worcestershire County Council has produced the map, which features bridleways, footpaths, and pedestrian crossings, as well as on and off-road cycle routes in Kidderminster

  • Run continues for Swifts

    STOURPORT Swifts extended their unbeaten run to four games with a goalless draw at home to Willenhall Town in their Southern League Midland Division clash. But with better finishing, the Walshes Meadow side would have been celebrating three more vital

  • Danger wall tenders sought

    REPAIR work is moving closer to beginning on a precarious Kidderminster wall that forced the evacuation of residents. Worcestershire County Council has begun the process of employing a contractor to carry out repairs on the Mill Street wall by seeking

  • Hallowe'en capers for toddlers

    THESE two youngsters from a Stourport toddler group are set to celebrate Hallowe'en tomorrow after dressing up in festive gear for the spooky holiday. Two-year-old, Gracie Bannister, dressed as a witch while one-year-old, William Thomas, turned into

  • Bogus officials target pensioner

    A WOMAN in her 80s has been targeted by bogus officials Police are appealing for information following the incident, in Sion Avenue, Kidderminster, yesterday. Two men went to the address, at about 11am and claimed they were from the council but did

  • Wood burner sets house beam alight

    FIREFIGHTERS had to chop their way through a 6ft wooden house beam after it began to smoulder. A wood burner in a house, on Worcester Road, Shenstone, had caused the decorative beam to heat up, sparking flames which then began to burn through the 9ins

  • Rocking for Poppy Appeal

    ROCK and rollers are set to swing their crepes and drapes for a good cause. Stourport British Legion branch members have organised a rock and roll disco at the branch's premises, on Lichfield Street, on Friday, with all proceeds going to the British