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  • Captain's quartet are hot to trot

    THE final team competition of a memorable 2014 at Cleobury Mortimer saw 14 line-ups contest the annual Turkey Trot Texas AM. This unique competition gave the winners vouchers to be used at the local butchers and go towards their Christmas dinner

  • Stourport end first half of season with a high

    STOURPORT Men finished off an excellent first half of the season in the Midlands Division One with a 5-0 win over Edgbaston on Saturday. Thre Wyre Forest outfit head into the festive break with a three-point lead over second-placed Burton.

  • Inquest into tragic flat fire mum is opened

    AN INQUEST has been opened into the tragic mother who was killed when a blaze ripped through her Kidderminster flat. Sandra Nowocinska, aged 22, died on December 1 with her family at her side, following the suspected arson attack in her apartment

  • Foodbank ready for festivities

    THE Kidderminster Foodbank has been preparing for the festive season with collections and a Christmas lunch. The Christmas lunch, for families in the Wyre Forest, will take place on Monday, December 22, starting at 12pm. Maureen Lewis, food

  • KCs rue second half errors as Lions roar

    Kidderminster Carolians 15, Stourbridge Lions 29 KIDDERMINSTER Carolians paid the price for a sloppy second half as they suffered a derby defeat in Midlands Division Two West (North). The Marlpool Lane side had edged the first half and enjoyed

  • Hole cut into side of van in Kidderminster

    A VAN parked securely on Mill Lane, Kidderminster, was entered by cutting a hole in the side of the panel to remove items from within, overnight between Monday, December 15, and Tuesday, December 16.

  • Outside electric lights removed from Kidderminster property

    OUTSIDE electric lights have been removed from the side of a property in Westcott Road, Kidderminster, which is situated within an area where premises are currently under construction, overnight between Monday, December 15, and Tuesday, December 16

  • Wyre Forest rubbish and recycling Christmas collection days

    WYRE Forest residents should take note of the revised rubbish and recycling collection days throughout the festive period. The Thursday, December 25 collection will be made on Monday, December 22, while the Friday, December 26 collection will be

  • Mike Sanchez at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester

    BUILT for comfort, not for speed… the Bewdley boogie boy would appreciate the blues terminology if not the sentiment. Well, the former lean hillbilly cat from the Wyre Forest backwoods might be more like Fats Waller these days, but there’s still

  • Elderly given early Christmas treat

    LONELY elderly people were given early Christmas cheer after they were invited to a festive lunch and afternoon of fun.Among Friends Kidderminster opened its doors to members of the community who might otherwise be spending Christmas alone.The free event

  • Christmas concert brings together the young and old

    A SPECIAL Christmas collaboration between a Kidderminster stage school and choir continued the festive countdown at the town hall. Kidderminster Male Choir performed with students from Stagecoach Kidderminster at the local venue on Saturday (December

  • Last chance to back the Christmas Gift Appeal

    READERS and shoppers have until tomorrow (Thursday, December 18) to support the annual Gift Appeal. The scheme, run in conjunction with Home-Start Wyre Forest, Kidderminster’s Swan shopping centre and Weavers Wharf, has proved a success again with

  • Library opening times over Christmas and New Year

    ALL of Worcestershire’s libraries, including those in Wyre Forest, will close at 1pm on Wednesday, December 24, and remain closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The libraries, apart from The Hive, will also be closed all day on Sunday, December

  • New village hall youth club set for launch

    YOUNG people in Cookley will soon have their own space to spend time and relax when the village’s new youth club is launched tomorrow (Thursday, December 18). Based at the village hall, the club has room for table football, a pool table and table

  • Foley Park pupils in the Christmassy mood

    TEACHERS and parents at a Kidderminster school have helped the children get in the festive spirit at their annual Christmas fair. Each class at Foley Park Community Primary School ran a stall selling items such as handmade Christmas decorations

  • Festive fairytale bringing fun to the theatre

    A NEW pantomime - loosely based on the classic tale of the Snow Queen - is being premiered at Kidderminster’s Rose Theatre on Sunday, December 28. Tickets are already being snapped up for The Snow Princess and the Lost Crystal, which looks set