SAMURAI starlet Sarah Biles grabbed the best result of her career so far when she won bronze at the European Junior Cup in Lithuania. The Kidderminster teenager became only the second Worcestershire women to win a medal at the tournament, following in
TENNIS: A full complement of 20 couples competed in the annual Ladies’ Open at Bewdley Tennis Club. Jo Skyme and Sarah Griffiths (Stourbridge) beat Carol Lewis and Candy Lake (Ombersley) to win the title for the second year in a row. Bewdley pairing
Award-winning estate agency Connells is celebrating 75 years in business this year. After opening its first branch in Luton in 1936, Connells has become one of the largest and most successful estate agency networks in the UK. It now has well over
A FUNK band based in Kidderminster is due to appear at Birmingham’s Mostly Jazz Festival in July. Cantaloop, who have already shared a stage with the Fun Lovin’ Criminals and De La Soul will join a line up which boasts Booker T, Matthew Herbert Big Band
THE Government is taking the right approach by asking Green Deal assessors and installers to work to defined standards, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Responding to the publication of new Green Deal details, the FMB said a guarantee
PARISH GAMES: Stourport passed the final test to be crowned the champions of the Wyre Parish Games. Second-place in the final round, a quiz held at Stourport Sports Club, was enough to ensure their place at the top of the leaderboard. Chaddesely Corbett
A NEWBORN baby died at her Bewdley home a day after being discharged from hospital with her parents. Ava Franklin, of Meadow Rise, was born on May 25 but died two days later. An inquest into the baby's death has been opened and adjourned awaiting reports
WINGER Matty Blair admitted it was a tough decision to leave Harriers and sign a two-year deal at Blue Square Bet Premier rivals York this week. The 21-year-old has put pen to paper for the Minstermen, despite Harriers boss Steve Burr offering him a
A NEARLY new sale will be held at All Saints Church in Kidderminster on Monday, June 13, to raise money to get hot and cold water into the building. The event will run from 10am until 12.30pm when books, jigsaws, cds, dvds and new handmade
AN art demonstration on landscapes will be given by a 25-year-old former Society for All Artists (SAA) artist of the year at Trimpley Village Hall. Fraser Scarfe will draw at the event organised by Kidderminster Art Society (KAS), on Thursday, June 16
A WYRE Forest athlete who is a member of Special Olympics Worcestershire is set to compete on the biggest stage yet, when he competes at the World Summer Games in Athens next month. Jamie Dancyger, 25, will be competing in the 3,000 metres and 1,500m
KEMP Hospice is holding yellow-themed family fun events on Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12 at Whitlenge Gardens in Hartlebury. Go Yellow is Kemp’s spring and summer awareness and fund-raising campaign. The colour yellow has been chosen because
THE Elizabeth Mills Centre (EMC) in Stourport raised £400 at an emotional coffee morning that saw supporters come together at the centre that recently faced closure. The charity’s cash was boosted by the Stourport branch of Barclays Bank, which
A MOTORSPORT enthusiast from Kidderminster is going full throttle to hold her second annual celebration of females in the fast lane. For Ladies That Launch is a weekend of high speed events aimed at women involved in any aspect of motorsports
AN elderly Kidderminster man died after being exposed to asbestos during his working life. John Roblett, of Bruce Road, became unwell and was admitted to hospital where his condition deteriorated and he died on April 7 - two days after his 84th birthday
SWIFTS boss Rod Brown has moved quickly to capture young goalkeeping prospect Haydn Whitcombe. The 6ft 2in tall 19-year-old has been in impressive form for Kidderminster Harriers’ youth team and Worcestershire under-18s and the gifted young stopper was
IT was a time to forget for Wyre Forest teams over a wet Bank Holiday weekend. On Saturday, the only first team side to pick up a positive result was Chaddesley Corbett’s winning draw against Birlingham in Division Three. Meanwhile, Cookley, Stourport
A DERELICT building caught fire in Stourport. It happened at the former Carpets of Worth site, in Severn Road, at 6.15pm yesterday. The town's firefighters and two crews from Kidderminster battled for four hours to put out the blaze. They used hose
AROUND 1,600 women have signed up to take part in Kidderminster’s first Race for Life event this weekend - little more than half the number it was hoped would enter. Tesco and Cancer Research UK wanted 3,000 women to walk, jog or run 5k in Sunday’s
A MOTHER who bought the Hartlebury school her dyslexic son attended has gained support from the village’s MP in her second bid to axe fees. Annabel Goodman saved the private New Elizabethan School from closure in 2007 but is now making a play
TRAVELLERS who pitched up their caravans on a Kidderminster beauty spot are now facing legal action after ignoring an order to move off the site. Wyre Forest District Council officers are starting legal proceedings after the group failed to
THE Royal National Institute of Blind People is the main UK charity providing help and support to people with serious sight loss. We rely on voluntary contributions to keep our services running and many blind and partially sighted people in the Wyre
A PARTNER at Halesowen-based chartered accountancy firm Nicklin LLP is celebrating 25 years in the role. Chris Cook became a partner at the firm, based in Stourbridge Road, in May, 1986. He first joined Nicklins - then known as Nicklin and
WORCESTER-based Clearview Systems has appointed three new members of staff to support the organisation as it expands its range of products and explores new markets. Two new posts, marketing executive and software trainer, have been created
DON’T you just love the letters page in the Shuttle? Anonymous Kidderminster residents who visit Bewdley and then choose to send inaccurate and ill-informed letters to the newspaper (Shuttle, May 26). Tables and chairs outside pubs in Bewdley are subject
SANTANDER Corporate Banking is extending its support for UK exporters after signing up to the Government’s new Bond Support Scheme and Export Enterprise Finance Guarantee. Bonds and guarantees are used to secure payment to the beneficiary against failure
THERE has been a big rise in metal thefts across the country recently so in this column I want to touch on what you and the police can do to tackle this. The thefts range from lead flashing off houses, garages or factories to manhole covers from the
