Dog's ashes among items stolen in Kidderminster burglary

1:32pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A KIDDERMINSTER man has been left devastated after his dog’s ashes were stolen in a burglary at his home.

Man sustains facial injuries in Kidderminster nightclub assault

11:51am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A MAN sustained facial injuries after being assaulted by two men in a Kidderminster nightclub.

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.

Worcester-Birmingham rail services disrupted by cable thieves

London Midland

9:20am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

CABLE thieves have damaged tracks at Hartlebury, causing disruption to train services this morning between Worcester and Birmingham.

Holy Trinity granted free school status

11:32am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

AN INDEPENDENT Kidderminster school has been granted free school status, the Department for Education has announced.

Kemp for Kids holds first residential weekend

Helping to cope: Children and their families take part in the first Kemp for Kids residential weekend.

7:50am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

KEMP for Kids has held its first residential weekend in Cleobury Mortimer for bereaved children and young people in Wyre Forest.

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).

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