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West Mercia Police one of top performing forces

4:41pm Thursday 11th March 2010

By Neil Watts

Fears over school plans

4:00pm Thursday 11th March 2010

PLANS for a £1.8 million 16-bed residential special school unit in Kidderminster have come under fire.

Troops praise Kidderminster welcome

3:43pm Thursday 11th March 2010

By Neil Watts

Mercians march in Kidderminster - full report

Lining the streets: People welcome the Mercians to Kidderminster.

2:36pm Thursday 11th March 2010

By Neil Watts HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Kidderminster to welcome soldiers who have seen frontline action in Afghanistan.

Mercians march in Kidderminster

Impressive sight: The Mercians in Kidderminster.

12:41pm Thursday 11th March 2010

HUNDREDS of people turned out this morning to see soldiers from the Second Battalion The Mercian Regiment march through Kidderminster.

Bewdley school footballers meet Jasper the giraffe

New kit: Pupils, from left, Molly Maguire,13, Will Downes, Alfie Sylvester, both 14 and Libby Pountney,15, with Jasper the giraffe.

12:10pm Thursday 11th March 2010

A FRIENDLY-natured giraffe towered over four budding student footballers from a Bewdley school when they visited West Midland Safari Park.

‘Put the brakes on boy racers’

Call for change

11:00am Thursday 11th March 2010

CONCERNED residents and councillors have met up with a highways chief to call for action against boy racers.

Kidderminster gambler's extradition fate to be decided next month

8:44am Thursday 11th March 2010

A KIDDERMINSTER poker champion will die behind bars if extradited to the United States for the alleged murder of his wife 12 years ago, a court has heard.

Mercians marching in Wyre Forest today

8:49am Thursday 11th March 2010

THE Second Battalion The Mercian Regiment will parade through Kidderminster and Bewdley today - with roads closed while the events take place.

Puxton homes plan given go-ahead

7:50am Thursday 11th March 2010

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build homes on land next to Kidderminster’s flood plain have been approved for the second time in 12 months.

Land sale green light paves way for Bewdley redevelopment

7:40am Thursday 11th March 2010

A MULTI-million pound regeneration project in Bewdley has moved a step closer after Wyre Forest District Council agreed to sell land.

Stourport pupils make news

7:20am Thursday 11th March 2010

PUPILS from a Stourport school are today joining up with about 700 schools from across the UK in making the news with the BBC.

Wyre Forest's young unsung heroes recognised

7:00am Thursday 11th March 2010

FOUR young unsung heroes from Wyre Forest have been rewarded for their hard work.

A dog’s tale from Mary

4:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

MARY Braim will be talking about the Forest Dog Rescue Centre at a meeting of the University of the Third Age’s Wyre Forest and District at Kidderminster Town Hall on Monday from 2pm.

69 workers go at carpet giant

4:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

BRINTONS in Kidder-minster has announced it will be making 69 redundancies.

Strings at St Mary’s

2:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

THE Volante Strings will be playing a variety of music from past and present when they make their first visit to Cleobury Mortimer next Friday.

Kidderminster dental surgery plans withdrawn

2:02pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

PROPOSALS to turn a former building society into a dental surgery were withdrawn after facing opposition from planning chiefs.

Hartlebury Common stab victim's father gives evidence

Killed: Shane Price.

1:58pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

THE father of a teenager who died after being stabbed on Hartlebury Common has described in court how he wanted to talk to the father of the killer at the common but never got the chance.

Artist holding open day in Shrawley

12:50pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

A LANDSCAPE artist is holding an open day at Shrawley Village Hall on Saturday.

Donna lets charity stunt go to her head

Close shave: Donna Morgan after the fund-raising event in aid of Happy Staffie Rescue.

12:38pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

MORE than £350 was raised when a charity shop volunteer got her head shaved.




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