Kidderminster News, Worcestershire News, Stourport News

Stourport store wars - appeal court rules

1:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010

THE owners of Stourport’s Co-op supermarket have lost their Court of Appeal battle to block a large new Tesco store, which they claim could force the Co-op to close and “devastate” the town centre.

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Boy lucky to be alive after gate horror

10:00am Thursday 29th July 2010

A FORMER Kidderminster boy is “lucky to be alive” after he was almost crushed to death when he became trapped in an electric gate close to his home.

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Family flees flat fearing for safety

8:00am Thursday 29th July 2010

A WYRE Forest mum says she and her partner had to flee their flat for fear of their own safety and are being forced to live in cramped conditions back at her parents’ house.

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Two arrested in Wyre Forest substations thefts investigation

8:04am Thursday 29th July 2010

POLICE investigating the theft of copper cabling, switchgear and locks from a dozen electricity substations in Kidderminster and Stourport have arrested two men.

Kidderminster homes plan scaled down

7:40am Thursday 29th July 2010

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build affordable homes on the site of a Kidderminster bowling club have been scaled down after previous proposals were thrown out by planning chiefs.

Good move by Harriers

7:20am Thursday 29th July 2010

FOOTBALLERS from Kidderminster Harriers did their bit for the community by helping teachers move furniture at a Wyre Forest school.

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Bikers rev through Kidderminster

12:10pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

HUNDREDS of bikers revved past Kidderminster on Sunday as part of a massed charity ride out in aid of the Midlands Air Ambulance.

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Kidderminster cars attack causes £120,000 damage

12:11pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

A MAN caused around £120,000 damage to four high performance cars in Kidderminster when he threw a corrosive substance over them.

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Summer Reading Challenge at Wyre Forest libraries

11:20am Wednesday 28th July 2010

THE national Summer Reading Challenge - the country's biggest reading initiative - has landed at Wyre Forest’s libraries.

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Kidderminster disability centre to be visited by county council Chairman

10:10am Wednesday 28th July 2010

A KIDDERMINSTER centre for people with physical disabilities is to be visited by the Chairman of Worcestershire County Council.

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Stourport disco marks end of school year

9:10am Wednesday 28th July 2010

MORE than 80 youngsters celebrated the end of the school year with a disco night organised by Youth Outreach Stourport (YORS) and the town’s local policing team.

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Wyre Forest parks meet national standards

7:40am Wednesday 28th July 2010

BEWDLEY’S QEII Jubilee Gardens have been recognised as one of the country’s best green spaces with a prestigious Green Flag Award. It is the third year running the park has picked up the award. Brinton Park in Kidderminster will again be flying a Green Flag, as it also reached the standards set out in the scheme.

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Poetry in motion at Stourport school

7:20am Wednesday 28th July 2010

AN author and poet visited a Stourport school to teach the youngsters how to write poems.

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England ex-keeper congratulates Kidderminster slimmer

7:10am Wednesday 28th July 2010

A KIDDERMINSTER man was congratulated by a World Cup goalkeeping legend after he shed more than seven stones in weight.

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Worcestershire cancer provision proposals backed

3:20pm Tuesday 27th July 2010

PROPOSALS for the future provision of cancer services in Worcestershire have been given the thumbs up by the county's Health Scrutiny Committee.

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MP talks with union

3:00pm Tuesday 27th July 2010

WYRE Forest’s MP met with members of the district’s NASUWT teachers’ union after hundreds rallied in Westminster in protest over the scrapping of England's schools rebuilding programme.