HARRIERS fans team experienced mixed results at the World Net tournamment in Preston at the weekend. The tournament kicked off with Harriers’ Mark Young playing for England in a 3-2 defeat to Scotland. Harriers started by being edged out 2-
FATHER and son Andrew and Nathan Gallacher savoured a medal-laden weekend while competing for Samurai. Junior member Nathan had an excellent day on Saturday when winning bronze at the British Team Championships as part of the Midlands squad, before
The church meets this Sunday at The Wyre Forest School, Bewdley Road at 10.30am when the speaker will be Graham Francis. Home groups meet on Wednesdays, one group at 2.30pm and two others at 7.45pm. There are also midweek activities for young people
JUST one year after competing in the London Olympics, Bewdley sailing star Alison Young has her sights firmly fixed on the Rio Games in 2016. The 26-year-old is impressing in the Lader Radial class, claiming four podium spots so far this year as
THE Shuttle had a close up view of the fire-damaged building at Lawrence Recycling as the clean up operation finally got underway. Specialist equipment has arrived and demolition began today at the Stourport Road site, which has been gutted by
HARRIERS have rewarded Jamie Grimes' efforts during pre-season with a one-year deal and look set to also tie-up academy graduate Tyrone Williams. The former Swansea and Forest Green Rovers youngster Grimes has but in some towering performances
THE new splash pad at Kidderminster’s Brinton Park is due to open tomorrow, Wyre Forest District Council has announced. The water fun park, located next to the play area off Sutton Road, includes a wide range of features for children to enjoy including
VERVE martial arts club are sending a team to represent England at the International Taekwondo Festival in Scotland this weekend. The 96-strong squad will be led by Jon Swift, who is chief instructor of the Kidderminster-based club, and is made
WYRE Forest District councillors have chosen to abandon the idea of a Kidderminster Town Council and not undertake the second stage of consultation. Members voted in favour of stopping the process at last night’s full council meeting after 53 per
CLEOBURY Mortimer saw off Wyre Forest rivals Chaddesley Corbett by three wickets to edge ahead in their fierce promotion battle in the Worcestershire League Division Four. Victory saw Mortimer leapfrog Chaddesley into second-place and open a 16
An out apiary meeting will be held on Sunday, July 28, 2pm, at Stone, near Kidderminster. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in taking up beekeeping to handle bees and talk to experienced beekeepers. For more information, visit
ROD Brown is refusing to get carried away following an impressive string of pre-season performances from his Stourport Swifts side. Demanding fixtures against Kidderminster Harriers, Stourbridge and Worcester City within the space of six days have
THE Office for National Statistics figures showed a return to growth of 1.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012. Although construction industry output fell one per cent compared with the second quarter of
COOKLEY have slipped to ninth in the Worcestershire League Division Two after losing to Wormleow by six wickets. After arriving late, the Villagers discovered home team had claimed the toss and had put Cookley into bat. They scored 231-6 mainly
BEWDLEY enhanced their chances of promotion by completing the double Wyre Forest rivals Stourport in Worcestershire League Division Two. The Lower Park were too strong for their local rivals in all departments as they recorded a fine win. The
Sunday services begin with Communion at 9.45am. After a short break for coffee, the family service follows at 11am. The speaker will be Gerry Denston, from Willenhall. The evening service is at 6pm when a Keswick DVD will be shown. There
I READ in last week’s Shuttle, that new signage is to be erected, to ensure key routes into and around the district are smart and attractive. Whilst I applaud the sentiment, along with the action being taken by the parks team, perhaps it would
A RETIRED art teacher from Birmingham will be joining the Kidderminster Art Society to demonstrate portrait painting using Acrylic paints. Keith Turley, who was commissioned by the Heritage Foundation to paint portraits of Tony Hancock, Eric Morecombe
PLANS to introduce elections every four years at Wyre Forest District Council were rejected at last night’s special council meeting. Councillors voted to keep the current process, which sees polls held three successive years out of four, with a
CHURCH bells rang in Kidderminster to welcome the birth of the baby Prince. Bellringers of the Worcestershire and Districts Change-Ringing Association met at St Mary’s and All Saints Church on Tuesday to celebrate William and Kate’s newborn son
The group will be having an eight-mile walk around Neen Savage and Catherton Common on Sunday, July 28. Meet 10am at New Road car park by Aldi in Kidderminster, then start the walk at around 10.30 from Neen Savage parish hall by the church (grid
Happiness is...’ will be the theme for Jane Fox at the meeting on Monday, July 29. The members’ competition is ‘Design for July’. Meetings are held at the Elizabeth Mills Centre New Street from 7.30pm.
The result of the pairs competition held on July 17 was: Bill Cumberworth & Brenda Kerigan 59.26, Jane Somervell & Wendy Packwood 56.02, Brian & Carol Varley 55.09. The EBU-affiliated club meets on Wednesday evenings at the Elizabeth
Worship takes place every Sunday morning at 10.30am. The Home and Family Club meets at 2.15pm on Mondays. Refreshments are provided. For more details, call Major Susan Walters on 01562 69611.
WYRE Forest MP Mark Garnier’s foray into the politics of the NHS (View From Westminster, Shuttle, July 18) demands a comment. He writes “the main political parties are scared of doing too much” and yet his own party has instituted the biggest re-disorganisation
Sunday morning worship will be led by the Rev Ian Ring at 10.45am. All enquiries should be directed to Bill Robson on 01562 746821.
The church meets on Sunday mornings and Friday evenings in the Oaks Community Hall, Worcester Road. The interactive Friday Bible Study starts at 7.30pm and the Sunday morning service begins at 10.30am. All are welcome. For more information,
Edna Mills and members organised refreshments for a lunch to entertain visiting ladies from Canada whose families were billeted in the area during the war. Pat Pain and Edna Mills made a beautiful arrangement in Holy Trinity Church for their Flower
The show starts at 10am on Sunday, August 11 at the Callow Hill Show Ground on the A456. The Horticultural Schedule is available at the Far Forest Stores, local garden centres and online at farforestcountrysideshow.btck.co.uk where you will also
Bob Lawrence, from the West Midland Safari Park, gave an interesting talk and slide show on work done behind the scenes at the park. As well as the day-to-day running of the park, they are also involved in conservation work all over the world,
THE UK economy notched up successive quarters of growth as gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6% in the second quarter of the year, official figures have shown. It was the first time since 2011 that the UK has seen back-to-back quarterly increases
Dr John Page will be giving a talk entitled ‘The joys of English gardens’ at the meeting on Sunday, July 28 at Clent Parish Hall at 7.30pm. All are welcome. For more details, visit the website at clentgardeningclub.wordpress.com/ or contact
THEY call it puppy love and there is something royally special about these five puppies, born on the same day as the royal baby. One of them has been named George after the future king, whose full name was revealed yesterday as George Alexander
BEWDLEY Rowing Club are braced for the biggest number of crews racing they have had in a number of years for this weekend’s regatta. The town will become the epicentre of the sport over Saturday and Sunday as clubs from across the country send
THIS baby girl – born on the same day as the future king – had a more dramatic arrival on the floor of a hospital foyer. Little Coco Summer Savannah Craddock, of Kidderminster, was delivered outside the coffee shop at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital
THE UK economy is expected to notch up an improved quarter of growth when official figures are published on Thursday, adding to hopes of a sustained recovery. A widely expected rise of around 0.6% in gross domestic product (GDP) would double the
I love this blog series because I get to vent my life-long frustrations with the opposite sex, have fun, and be irrevocably politically incorrect. The irony is that since I know men better, I’m often more critical of my own gender than of those confounding
POLITICIANS, TV personalities and a ventriloquist will be heading to Wyre Forest for this year’s Bewdley Festival. Bewdley venues will be hosting a variety of music, comedy, art, talks and theatre between Friday, October 11 and Sunday, October
RESIDENTS in St Mary’s in Kidderminster are being reminded to vote in Worcestershire County Council’s by-election next Thursday. The by-election was called following the sudden death of UK Independence Party’s (UKIP) Tony Baker just five weeks
A FORMER Worcestershire county councillor involved in granting planning permission for the Lawrence Recycling plant has called for tighter regulations for recycling facilities. Wyre Forest district councillor, Labour’s Nigel Knowles, criticised
A ROCKET scientist who was awarded an OBE for his services to the defence industry at a Kidderminster firm has died aged 83. Maurice Darwell worked at the rocket research facility ICI Summerfield, now owned by Roxel, his whole working life and
LAWRENCE Recycling’s chief has been unable to give any guarantees that the company will survive after the “difficult situation” caused by its second blaze in seven months. Managing director David Lawrence said the company was “working through”
A DUDLEY site manager has won an award for building high-quality homes in the town. Black Country-born Craig Russon beat off competition from 13,000 site managers across Britain to win an NHBC (National House Building Council) Pride in the Job
BUSINESS leaders in Worcestershire are reporting signs of economic growth in the county with order books filling up and confidence returning. That is the message coming through the Worcestershire Business Barometer, a new business survey of senior
INDEPENDENT accountancy firm, Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Worcester, has been named as the fastest growing full service firm in the league table of the UK's Top 50 accountants. Latest figures from Accountancy Age, the accountants' bible
I READ with interest Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier’s column in The Shuttle on July 4 about the recent Lawrence Recycling fire and its aftermath. The concern of many residents who signed the petition was about the effect on their health and dissatisfaction
FORMER carpet workers were among onlookers who watched the unveiling of scale models of two classic Brintons looms at Kidderminster’s Museum of Carpet. The Brintons Jacquard Gripper loom models were donated to the Green Street-based museum and
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers Youth Academy boss Steve Guinan has returned to duty re-energised following his exploits coaching the British Universities and Colleges team to a silver medal at the World Summer Games. Former goal-getter Guinan was part
