Shuttle Letters

Always looking for donations of household items

6:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

I am writing to you and your readers to remind everyone in the local area to donate any unwanted household goods to the Kidderminster British Heart Foundation (BHF) Furniture & Electrical Store.

Car park ticket detail misread by driver

The hospital car park ticket that classes 1hr 53mins as two hours.

4:48pm Friday 24th May 2013

OOPS! I made an error with my letter regarding the Kidderminster Hospital parking ticket which featured in last week’s Shuttle.

Horse meat: Food for thought for ‘neigh-sayers’

6:00am Friday 24th May 2013

WITH the scandal of undeclared horse meat in a number of food products seeming to have run its course, one thing that has been firmly established is the fact that horse meat does not pose a health hazard.

Backing cyclists... but on condition

11:00am Thursday 23rd May 2013

AS a walker I object to the obstruction of any public right of way. I will gladly support Steve Carter (Opinion, May 16) in a campaign to prevent this practice.

It’s time to reward community work

6:00am Thursday 23rd May 2013

IT seems to have been along time since Mrs Thatcher helped end Britain’s sense of community spirit, and although I was quite young at the time, I don’t feel we have gained anything through the years that have followed.

Shuttle readers' outrage leads to clean-up of Stour

People power: This scene on the River Stour outraged readers and brought a swift response from the Environment Agency and district council.

11:03am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

LAST week’s letter to The Shuttle from a Stourport resident about rubbish in the River Stour prompted a massive response.

Cut allowances not the number of councillors

10:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE district council administration have submitted a suggested reduction in the number of councillors from 42 to 33 to the Local Government Boundary Commission.

Cyclists deterred in private woods

6:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

I CAN confirm that like Steve Carter (Stop having a go at mountain bikers, Shuttle Opinion, May 16) I have also seen tree branches placed across mountain bike trails, presumably to deter cyclists.

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.

Moving tribute after Bewdley farewell

12:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

WE would just like to thank Trevor, Anthony and Ben from K&B Thomas Removals for their tremendous help and support in making our move home to Liverpool so much easier.

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