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  • Motorcyclist injured in crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST has been airlifted to hospital after he came off his bike and collided with a road sign this morning. The crash took place on the B4194 just outside Bewdley, near Button Bridge. The County Air Ambulance from Cosford was

  • Grand Designs Live ticket winners

    THE winners of our Shuttle Online competition for a pair of tickets to Grand Designs Live at the NEC, Birmingham, were: Lucie Pugh, of Bristol; Jane Wassell, of Stourbridge; Alison Craig, of Redditch; Julie Cook, of Lichfield; Anne Marie Kavanagh, of

  • Stylish Harriers impress manager

    HARRIERS' stylish first half performance in Saturday's 3-2 win over Eastbourne Borough left manager Mark Yates purring. The visitors dominated the first period and such was their ability to slice through Borough's defence that they could have

  • End of an era for pioneering unit

    A ONCE pioneering mental health unit is now boarded up and empty. The Lea Castle Centre, in Wolverley, treated and assessed more than 600 people in its heyday in the 1960s and boasted facilities including a hydrotherapy pool and dental clinic. The site

  • Celebration for youth officer

    SARAH Brush, of Kidderminster, has been licensed as youth officer for the Diocese of Worcester during a special service. The service, at St. Mary’s Church in Kidderminster, was a celebration of Sarah’s ministry to work with young people and granted her

  • Cathedral hosting harvest festival

    THIS year’s Worcestershire County Harvest Festival takes place in Worcester Cathedral next Sunday, at 6.30pm. The Bishop of Worcester, the Right Revd Dr John Inge, will preach. The service has been organised by the Chaplaincy for Agriculture and Rural

  • Labour opposed schools review

    HOW amazing to read Nigel Knowles’ letter in last week’s Shuttle & Times trying to take the credit for the Wyre Forest schools review and praising his beloved Labour Government for funding. May I remind your readers both Nigel Knowles and his Labour

  • Hearing club in Kidderminster

    WYRE Forest Hard of Hearing club is set to hold its first meeting in Kidderminster. It will be held on Monday, October 6 at Wyre Forest Connect, in Blackwell Street. The club will be open to people with an hearing impairment, their family, friends and

  • Triple celebration for university college

    A WEST Midlands university college’s staff and students have been celebrating an awards shortlisting, table-topping achievements in a guide to the UK’s best places to study and the graduation of about 600 students. Hundreds more students have arrived

  • OAPs cut back on essentials

    ALMOST six in 10 older people in the West Midlands are cutting back on essentials such as heating and food - among the highest levels in the country - and one in 12 have been forced into debt by the rising cost of living, according to new research