Time capsule to be buried in Kidderminster

Digging in: HOGS members back, from left, Ken Stokes, Nicholas Hughes and front, Gay Hill and Colin Hill with the time capsule. Photo: COLIN HILL.

7:10am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A TIME capsule will be buried in Kidderminster to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year.

Free charity breakfasts at Kidderminster restaurant

6:50am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

FREE breakfasts will be available in return for a donation to a children’s charity at a Kidderminster restaurant.

Free oral health checks at Kidderminster practice

Still smiling: Back, from left, dentists Jeremy Bloomer, Louise Baynton, Rebecca Perkins, Alistair Kirkby and receptionist Kayleigh Meese, centre, are grinning for National Smile Month.

6:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A KIDDERMINSTER dental practice is holding free oral health checks to celebrate National Smile Month.

District council Iceland investments returns making 'good progress'

5:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE recovery of Wyre Forest District Council’s £9 million investments into Icelandic banks is making “good progress”, the authority’s leader has announced.

Doctors "cannot guarantee" patient safety at A&E

Visiting restrictions lifted at Worcester hospital

5:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

DOCTORS have issued a chilling warning that patient safety can no longer be guaranteed at Worcestershire’s A&E departments.

Four vehicles seized and one person arrested in Kidderminster roadside operation

4:16pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

FOUR vehicles were seized and one person was arrested during a roadside operation in Kidderminster.

Drive through Kidderminster in 1980

3:30pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THIS video gives a glimpse of a video tour of Kidderminster taken using a Betamax video camera on Christmas Eve 1980.

Stourport cooking oil recycling centre 'destroyed' by blaze

Destroyed: Fire-ravaged Pelican foods. Photo: William Tomaney.

12:08pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

STOURPORT cooking oil recycling centre Pelican Foods has been left completely destroyed following last night's blaze.

Kidderminster man fined after falsely claiming benefits

11:31am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A KIDDERMINSTER man has been fined after falsely claiming benefits after he found a job.

Inquest opened into death of Lee Stead

10:57am Tuesday 21st May 2013

AN inquest has been opened into the death of Lee Stead who died after a crash in Stourport

Stourport cooking oil recycling centre fire - update

Stourport cooking oil recycling centre fire - update

10:47am Tuesday 21st May 2013

FIREFIGHTERS are still at the site of a fire-ravaged cooking oil recycling centre following a large blaze there last night.

Council encourages contractors to pay living wage

8:44am Tuesday 21st May 2013

WYRE Forest District Council will encourage contractors to pay the living wage hourly rate.

Blaze at Stourport cooking oil recycling centre

Up in flames: The fire at Pelican Food Services. Photo: West midlands Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Response Team.

8:42am Tuesday 21st May 2013

FIRE broke out at a cooking oil recycling centre in Stourport last night.

Free assessed motorcycle sessions in Kidderminster

7:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

MOTORCYCLISTS across North Worcestershire are being offered the chance to have a free assessed ride-out as part of West Mercia Police’s Safer Roads Partnership (SRP).

Cookley to rock out for Kemp Hospice

Rocking out: Ele Millward, centre, with Lyvewyre, from left, Richard Yates, Steve Webb, Pete Bishop and Terry Chandler.

7:20am Tuesday 21st May 2013

COOKLEY will be rocking out to the sound of a 1960s rock and roll band in aid of Kemp Hospice.

Appeal for old photographs of John Brinton fountain

Needing repair: The John Brinton drinking fountain and clock tower, in Worcester Street.

7:10am Tuesday 21st May 2013

AN appeal has been made for Wyre Forest residents to find historic photographs of the John Brinton drinking fountain and clock tower.

Fund-raising launch boosts cancer charity

6:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A FUND-RAISING lunch at a Wyre Forest hotel dished up more than £1,400 for a leading cancer charity.

Kidderminster entrepreneur earns award

‘Delighted’: Paul Hutchens with the award.

6:20am Tuesday 21st May 2013

KIDDERMINSTER businessman Paul Hutchens has earned the Environmental Award in the ninth annual Institute of Directors (IoD) West Midlands Director of the Year Awards.

Kidderminster man faces jail for assault

4:59pm Monday 20th May 2013

A 34-year-old Kidderminster man has been warned that jail is a possibility when he returns to court after admitting a charge of assault.

Appeal for women to register for Kemp Hospice's Midnight Walk

3:31pm Monday 20th May 2013

WOMEN over the age of 12 are being encouraged to register for Kemp Hospice’s Midnight Walk.

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