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  • Rare away win for Burr's boys

    Gateshead 0 Harriers 2 A RARE Blue Square Premier away win ensured Harriers got their just rewards from a lengthy away trip to the North East on Saturday. Chris McPhee’s second half double proved to be just the tonic that Steve Burr’s much-travelled

  • McPhee double stuns Gateshead

    Gateshead 0 Harriers 2 CHRIS McPhee put a bad week behind him in some style as his second half brace ensured Harriers returned from the North East with all three points. The industrious midfielder had endured a nightmare week, having

  • Anti-social behaviour on agenda at Sutton Park PACT

    AN UPDATE on current priorities including anti-social behaviour on buses will be given at the next meeting of Sutton Park PACT (Partners and Communities Together) in Kidderminster next week. The meeting will be held on Wednesday at the Evangelical

  • Club left to count cost of break-ins

    VOLUNTEER-run Bewdley Town Football Club has been forced to install CCTV in a bid to stop thieves breaking into the ground and stealing fuel. Geoff Edwards, club chairman, explained that the Ribbesford Meadows-based club had been broken into six times

  • Drug advice for parents

    CONCERNED parents can learn how to drug-proof their children during a new community-based programme in Bewdley. The How To Drug Proof Your Kids (DPYK) course gives parents facts about drug use and teaches them how to communicate with their children so

  • Kris joins Botham

    A KIDDERMINSTER man is joining Sir Ian Botham on his latest charity walk on Monday . Kris Griffin, 34, who was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia two years ago, will take part in the walk at Worcester’s Croome Park to raise cash for Leukaemia Research

  • Outdoor centre to face cuts

    AN ENVIRONMENTAL centre near Stourport is looking to reduce costs before a subsidy is cut. After April next year, the Bishops Wood Centre will no longer receive funding from Worcestershire County Council. The facility currently offers educational visits

  • New time for Broadwaters PACT

    THERE is a new start time for the next meeting of Broadwaters PACT (Partners and Communities Together) which will be held at the Salvation Army Hall on Monday, in the Horsefair, Kidderminster. It will now begin at 7pm. Reports will be given on the action

  • Search for owners of items stolen in Kidderminster

    POLICE are looking to trace the owners of items including a games console and an ipod believed to have been stolen from cars in Kidderminster. Some of the seized items, including a satellite navigation system, have been traced back to addresses

  • Shoe People writer praises pupils

    THE creator of cartoon series, The Shoe People, has been impressed by pupils’ storytelling skills at his local school. A writing contest at Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary was judged by James Driscoll, who lives in the village. Winner

  • Communication literacy in children

    What is a good childhood? Is it one that is happy? For the most part, yes. But happy in terms of being confident about self, rather than happy meaning without any sadness? Parents who cannot stand to see their child feeling sad may do them a

  • On the record: Doves flying high

    The Manchester trio have become one of the nation's favourite bands but does the Doves best of live up to the hype? Elsewhere with re-releases from Black Sabbath, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and collections from James Brown and Deep Purple, we look at

  • Thirsty work

    While bright young things may think Easter is all about them, it's also a great excuse for grown-ups to indulge in the sweeter side of life. And with so much temptation winking at us from the shelves, you don't need to be a domestic goddess to wheel

  • DVD Review - April 10

    A weekly round-up of the latest DVD releases. By Damon Smith. New to rent on DVD/Blu-ray The Merry Gentleman (Cert 15, 92 mins, indiVISION, Drama, also available to buy DVD £14.99) Starring: Michael Keaton, Kelly Macdonald, Tom Bastounes,

  • Tapping your way to health

    This alternative therapy is said to alleviate anxiety, phobias, trauma and even excess weight. But can 'thought field therapy' or 'tapping', as it's commonly known, really help? Diagnostic therapist Janet Thomson, author of the new Tapping for Life, explains

  • The family way

    Lisa Salmon looks at the weird, wonderful and sometimes weary world of parenting. The benefits of eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day have been drummed into us all for years. But it seems that many parents still aren't getting the

  • Six of the best tech for tots

    Six of the best gadgets and gizmos on a theme.This week: six of the best tech for tots. By Peter Jenkinson. Can it ever be too early to get your youngsters involved in technology? Well, when you consider that futurologists predict that jobs will

  • Out of the vampire's shadow

    In Remember Me, the Robert Pattinson plays a young man living in New York in the wake of a family tragedy. The Twilight heartthrob reveals why he chose this small, independent film as his latest project, how he's moving away from his vampire alter ego

  • The Parisian showgirl

    Burlesque star Dita von Teese talks fashion, living in Paris and how she achieves her trademark look. By Lisa Haynes. Ever wondered who buys those back-seam stockings? Sitting poised in her vintage-inspired hoisery, Dita Von Teese is exactly the

  • Scouting for second album success

    Scouting For Girls are back with a new single, album and nationwide tour. Frontman Roy Stride talks about the album, Everybody Wants To Be On TV, released on April 12. He explains how it had to be bigger and better than their 800,000-selling debut, his