Take a look at our Xtra section which brings you a wide range of feature articles every week. This week's features include: HEALTH: Pierce Brosnan's daughter is the third generation of women in her family to die from ovarian cancer, shining
JUST how low can anyone stoop when they break into the house of someone recently deceased and steal personal mementos and garden ornaments belonging to that person? This happened late at night – apparently by despicable yobs (after a late night
THREE talented Bewdley youngsters reached the final of a design and innovation contest. Bewdley High School and Sixth Form Centre pupils Ailsa Roper,Chelsea Langford and Jamie Morris made the final stages of the competition, organised by Rotary
KIDDERMINSTER foodbank volunteers have released a shopping list of items they are in “desperate need” of. Staff are appealing for people to donate rice pudding, tinned custard, spaghetti, biscuits, potatoes - tins or smash, cold meats, pasta sauces
ONE hundred and twenty students at the Bewdley School took part in the UK Mathematics Trust junior maths challenge. Charlotte Blakiston, of year eight, was named best in school and best in year with her gold award. Students had been preparing
A GROUP of pupils of Stourport High School and VIth Form Centre are to take part in a workshop where they will design their school team’s rugby shirt. It will then be produced and donated by Canterbury, the official kit supplier to England Rugby
PUPILS from two Kidderminster schools have jetted off on a month-long expedition to Cambodia and Thailand. The Holy Trinity International and King Charles I School youngsters have set off on the trip organised by World Challenge, which provides
Take a look at our Xtra section which brings you a wide range of feature articles every week. This week's features include: TRAVEL: There's much more to the French Alps than skiing, Xtra discovers as she samples some summer lakeside pursuits
A HANDSOME prince woke Sleeping Beauty from her enchanted sleep at a Kidderminster school’s summer production. Preparatory students at Holy Trinity International School spent months rehearsing for their show, which was performed to a packed audience
FORTY people have been killed or injured by CO poisoning while staying in a tent, caravan, holiday cottage or boat in Britain in the past two years. As 29.5 million Brits are expected to holiday in the UK this year, Gas Safe Register - the UK’s
RESEARCH sponsored by Midlands Co-operative Society for Co-operatives Fortnight shows how energy companies, insurers and banks top the list of companies that make people feel undervalued as customers. The survey also shows that local businesses
DRINKERS can enjoy a history lesson with their pint at a newly-refurbished Stourport pub. Specially-made wallpaper has been put up at the Astley Cross Inn, in Areley Common, giving information about the town’s past and its famous residents.
OVER a third (35%) of people polled said they felt the minimum age for drivers should be increased. In the British Car Auctions (BCA) researc,h 40% said it should be raised to 21 but more than half (58%) said they did not think the minimum age
THIS month I would like to tell you more about a new North Worcestershire group, launched on July 3 to provide increased support for victims and witnesses of hate crime and incidents. Organisations and groups dedicated to tackling hate crime in
