KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have been left fuming by York City’s announcement they have signed winger Matty Blair. The Minstermen revealed yesterday the 21-year-old had agreed a two-year deal to move to Harriers’ Blue Square Bet Premier rivals. However,
A HUSBAND and wife comedy duo will perform their variety show of music and ventriloquism at the Elizabeth Mills Centre (EMC) this month. Ken and Sheila Wood aka The Two of Us will entertain to raise funds for the centre on Saturday, June 18
Consultation documents were approved by the district council on May 18 and the process will involve a series of roadshows being held across the three towns of Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport as follows: Saturday, June 4 – Bewdley Museum
As part of the ReWyre Initiative, Wyre Forest District Council is keen to drive up the quality of design of housing and last year members visited Portishead in North Somerset to see the widely-acclaimed Port Marine development. It sets out good practice
A CONSULTATION document proposing the transformation of the relationship between agents and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been published. The document, Establishing the future relationship between the Tax Agent community and HMRC, is based on two main
With E3 right around the corner, it’s been a busy few weeks in the video games world. Deep Silver announced today that they’ll be presenting Dead Island and Risen 2: Dark Waters at the Electronics Entertainment Expo, scheduled for June 7 – 9 in L.A.
Wyre Forest district needs to see an average of 200 homes built every year until 2026 to meet a local need for 4,000 new homes in a 20-year period from 2006. Despite the slow pace of the economy, some 1,200 homes have been completed in the last five
NEW stars of British contemporary folk music will play an intimate concert at Areley Kings Village Hall on Friday, June 10 at 7.30pm as part of their nationwide Village Halls of Britain Tour. Blackheart features the lemon and honey voice of
A KIDDERMINSTER zumba group will be strutting its stuff at Wyre Forest Carnivals, with dancers showing off their new moves and slimmer figures. Zumba fitness instructor Toni-Jayne Bouncer has been running classes at Wyre Forest Gymnastic School
A CONSULTATION document to counter the continued marketing and use of high risk tax avoidance schemes has been published by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The document - High Risk Tax Avoidance Schemes - proposes to “list” tax avoidance schemes that are
ONE of the key changes that is being encouraged by the government is the Big Society. Wherever I go around Wyre Forest I hear people talking about this and embracing it with enthusiasm. It is something that people recognise and understand
MORE than 1,000 people have watched CCTV footage on YouTube of a dozy fuel thief stealing £300 worth of diesel in Kidderminster. The Shuttle reported last week that businessman Richard Kimberley, who runs Computer Support and Internet Services Ltd,
THE Shuttle’s facebook page is growing in popularity, with nearly 400 readers using it to interact with one another. This week We Love Stourport-on-Severn asked for your help in finding a missing cat from the Wilden area. Have a look on
THE next Sutton Park PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meeting takes place at the Evangelical Church in Greatfield Road, Kidderminster, next Wednesday at 7pm. Updates will be given on the issues raised at the last meeting, on h April 6, which
A FRIDGE freezer is believed to have caused a blaze at a Kidderminster house in th early hours of this morning. The kitchen went up in flames at the Hurcott Road property at 4.40am. Two fire crews from Kidderminster were sent to the
© Press Association 2011 » THE Government must support an international convention to protect domestic workers from abuse and slavery, according to a coalition of charities. Anti-Slavery International said abuse of migrant domestic workers in the
KIDDERMINSTER firefighters tackled a grass fire at the former Sugar Beet Factory site. They were called at 7.30pm yesterday and an off-road vehicle from Bewdley also attended. Firefighters used hose reel jets to put out the fire.
AN assistant at Sainsbury’s in Kidderminster got her colleagues on board with a bag pack to raise money for charities that supported her through breast cancer. Patricia Branford, 59, was diagnosed with cancer a year ago and has since undergone a full
STAFF at Stourport Photo Centre raised £372 with fund-raising events to celebrate 20 years of business. The money was raised through a raffle and competitions such as guess the name of the teddy and the weight of a cake competition. On Saturday, a fun
'Thrashing to Tender Loving Care' was the enigmatic title of the talk given by Robert Smallman at the May meeting. Robert explained that the title was redolent of his experiences at a boarding school in Malvern in the early 1940s, and he described
HEALTH inspectors have given feedback following a review of the safety and quality of clinical services at Kidderminster, the Alexandra and Worcestershire Royal Hospitals. A team of 16 inspectors from West Midlands Strategic Health Authority
HARRISON Clark solicitors, which has offices in Worcester and Cheltenham, has acted for GIL Investments on the management buyout of the Road Transport division of Reed Business Information, part of Reed Elsevier Group plc. The deal was completed at the
A RECORD amount of cash was netted for charities during the annual Kidderminster Carnival duck race. More than £800 was collected through the sale of ducks at £1 each in advance of last Saturday’s race along a short stretch of the River Stour
I’M writing yet again to praise our local actors and actresses at The Rose Theatre in Kidderminster. My sister and I went recently to see the Darling Buds of May. It was an excellent show. The first half was perhaps a bit slow but it livened up after
COMPUTER buffs can surf the internet at Cookley Village Hall after it was given one year’s free broadband as part of a BT programme. Members of the village hall association were shocked when their bid for free broadband was successful after
ALMOST 40 vehicles and their occupants were checked in an operation in Bewdley. Operation Largo, which took place at Blackstone picnic site on Monday last week, targeted vehicles carrying scrap metal and waste. It was a multi-agency operation between
By Sarah Hickinbotham A VILLAGE stalwart who has served as a parish councillor for almost half a century has retired. Ron Ballard joined Abberley Parish Council in 1962 following in his father Horace’s footsteps. On Tuesday, May
WORCESTERSHIRE business owners are invited to attend a breakfast networking event at Sixways Stadium, Worcester, on Wednesday, June 15. Organised by the Worcester chapter of Business Network International (BNI), the visitor day is aimed at people who
STOURPORT youngsters are being invited to get their skates on and head to a junior roller disco being held at the town’s leisure centre on Saturday from 6pm to 8pm. The roller disco is being run by the local policing team and YOrS (Youth Outreach Stourport
ONLY half of those retiring this year will be able to afford to leave an inheritance according to new research from Prudential. Just 52 per cent of those questioned are confident they have enough income and assets to fund their retirement and
THE Safer Roads Partnership and West Mercia Police are warning people of the dangers of driving under the influence of drink or drugs during this summer. With the summer months and warmer weather approaching, drink and drug drive offences
