A RECYCLING and reuse centre in Kidderminster has been visited by a Midlands MEP during a factfinding tour of the town. Malcolm Harbour toured the Network Worcestershire on the Firs Industrial Estate, in Stourport Road, which was set up with a Defra
WEST Midland Safari Park has introduced the fastest land animal on earth to its collection. Cheetahs can now be seen at the park in a new feature, incorporated into the four-mile safari drive through. The exhibit, Cheetah Plains, is the UK's largest
I AM responding to last week's appeal for those delivered by midwife Joan Reddington to get in touch (Dedicated Midwife Who Loved Her Job). I was delivered by Sister Reddington on August 1, 1974 at the Lucy Baldwin Maternity Hospital. Mum has often
HOW dare Stephen Clee refer to letters sent to the Shuttle by his electorate as "pathetic." (Work at hill junction is huge success, Letters January 31). Just who does he think he is? He is obviously too full of his own self-importance and would do well
PEOPLE concerned over the future of the closure-threatened Lea Castle Centre can have their say at a public meeting. The facility's continuing existence is in doubt after bosses at the health body which runs the site - Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
WELL, here we go again, Councillor Stephen Clee cannot accept that local residents may have a view that differs from his. (Work at hill junction is huge success, Letters January 31) He seems to think that it is perfectly OK to accuse residents of submitting
Is prison overcrowding, worse than we are being led to believe? It would seem so, if the Government's new initiative is anything to go by. Makeshift bail hostels. Criminals are being put up in private homes, in residential streets. Currently, this is
Is prison overcrowding, worse than we are being led to believe? It would seem so, if the Government's new initiative is anything to go by. Makeshift bail hostels. Criminals are being put up in private homes, in residential streets. Currently, this is
AN hilarious, yet moving play about adult illiteracy will be shown at the Rose Theatre. Groping For Words, by Sue Townsend, the writer of the Adrian Mole books and the play Bazaar and Rummage, will run from Tuesday, February 11 until Saturday, February
THE five winners of our online competition for tickets to the National Boat, Caravan and Outdoors Show at the NEC were: A Williams, Alcester; Sylvia Lloyd, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove; C O'Connor, Crabbs Cross, Redditch; Patricia Callow, Warndon, Worcester
INSURANCE companies are being urged to reduce the premiums of anyone who could benefit from proposed flood improvement works. The call is being made by Worcestershire County Council. Its cabinet will recommend that £5 million be spent in next year's
PUPILS and teachers have paid their respects during a special memorial service to 10-year-old Matthew Thacker who died in a road accident. Matthew - known as Matty - was killed along with his father John Thacker, 43, after the car they were travelling
A SPATE of daytime burglaries is plaguing Kidderminster's east side. Police are warning people to be extra vigilant following 17 burglaries in January and three so far in February, mainly in the Greenhill, Broadwaters and Comberton areas. In most cases
Striker Iyseden Christie is fouled by Northwich defender Cortez Belle.
A MAN has been arrested and bailed in connection with an investigation into a rape allegation. Police are looking into an incident in Castle Road, Kidderminster, at around 2am on Tuesday last week. Witnesses or anyone with information are asked to contact
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY - The next meeting will be held in Astley Village Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday, February 20 when the speaker will be Tony Hamblin giving a talk on wildlife in the garden. At the AGM on January 16, Derek Walker was elected chairman
A KIDDERMINSTER man has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration following a series of police raids. John Ashcroft, 59, of Chester Road, appeared at London's City of Westminster Magistrates Court on Saturday, alongside
HARRIERS manager Mark Yates believes the club did well during a hectic final day of the transfer window last Thursday night. Harriers saw established players such as top-scorer James Constable, keeper Scott Bevan, captain Stuart Whitehead and winger
Losses of more than £30,000 have highlighted the importance of Kidderminster Harriers' Wembley windfall. A deficit of £33,459 is revealed in the club's balance sheet which will be officially presented to shareholders at their annual meeting in the Aggborough
Losses of more than £30,000 have highlighted the importance of Kidderminster Harriers' Wembley windfall. A deficit of £33,459 is revealed in the club's balance sheet which will be officially presented to shareholders at their annual meeting in the Aggborough
A NURSE who faked a senior doctor's signature to prescribe morphine to hospital patients has been struck off. Nigel Donnelly, 45, of Kidderminster, put lives at risk because he was too lazy to wait for proper authorisation at the orthopaedic surgery
A CAR was stolen and then "dumped and torched". A Kidderminster fire crew put out the blaze on a tract of land off Hurcott Lane, opposite Gheluvelt Avenue. The arson happened on Saturday at 6.30pm while the "burnt out" car was stolen shortly beforehand
