Stories for 14 July 2007

Education

Taste for healthy living

YOUNGSTERS at Lickhill Lodge First School got a taste for a healthier lifestyle as they tucked into an array of fresh fruit and vegetables.  more...

General

Summer events spread sunshine around town

BEWDLEY Museum has kicked off its summer events by marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery.  more...

Kidder News Latest

Gerald’s garden is sweet as Honey

FILM cameras have been rolling in a Kidderminster garden as final preparations are made to open it for the first time in the National Garden Scheme.  more...

Pair to be at the heart of tourism

HARD work has paid off for two enthusiastic tour guides who are celebrating after earning the top qualification in the business.  more...

Bid to rid area of trolley problem

THE number of dumped shopping trolleys blighting Wyre Forest could fall if a new initiative to tackle the problem is successful.  more...

New skate park set to open

STOURPORT'S new skate park is being officially opened next week.  more...

Latest

Bid to give grassy triangles listed status

GRASSY triangles in the middle of Kempsey’s country roads could soon have the same status as listed buildings if parish councillors have their way.  more...

Father and son tell of transplant truama

A FATHER and son have told of the trauma of having a genetic kidney problem which means both have had transplants.   more...

Father and son tell of transplant truama

A FATHER and son have told of the trauma of having a genetic kidney problem which means both have had transplants.   more...

News

City closing on deal for Nunnery Way stadium

WORCESTER City chairman Dave Boddy is confident a deal for a new stadium will be sealed next month.  more...

Reports

City triumph in a five-goal friendly

Worcester City 3, Evesham Utd 2 STRIKERS Mark Danks, Adam Webster and Troy Wood all hit the net as City overcame their tenants in an entertaining warm-up on Saturday.  more...

Robins lose out in five-goal starter

EVESHAM United's 2007/2008 campaign started with a 3-2 defeat at the hands of landlords Worcester City.  more...

Round-Up

Hot seat

NORTON and Lickey End residents can put their councillors in the hot seat at an advice session this Monday.  more...

Praise for charity kids

A CATSHILL school has come up with innovative ways to raise cash for charity.  more...

Taking on hate crime

A NEW multi-agency group has been set up to combat hate crime in Bromsgrove.  more...

Bagging a top industry award

Bromsgrove-based Byron has been acknowledged as a top innovator by the electrical buying category of retail giant B&Q.  more...

Fly tipping blitz

IRRESPONSIBLE residents, whose dumped rubbish is a blight on Bromsgrove's landscape, will face a crackdown under a campaign by the area's largest affordable housing provider.  more...

Celebrating SAT results

A RUBERY school, placed on special measures less than three years ago, is celebrating after receiving its best ever standard assessment test (SATs) results.  more...

Bike ride

AN Alexandra Hospital fundraiser, who is well known for his writing workshops in Bromsgrove schools, is to swap his pen for handlebars when he embarks on a solo cycle ride of Australia. Barry Wade, a 68-year-old writer from Studley near Redditch, is raising money for the Alex and Mencap Australia Challenge. To sponsor him call 01527 853860 or email at wadeshere4u@talktalk.net  more...

On message

A GROUP dealing with parish communications in Stoke has become a committee. Stoke Parish Council's parish communications working group, which deals with its website and newsletter, put forward a recommendation to change into a committee. The group's elected chairman, Councillor Dean Smith, said it had to work to deadline and if it had to come back to the main parish council group to get authority then it could take time to get things done. Clerk Patrick Calloway said there were cost implications with the change as a committee needed to have a clerk present and he would have to be paid and the meeting had to be publicised and open to members of the public. He added that the group also needed to set up guidelines. It was proposed and seconded for the working group to become a committee.  more...

Fight to save village library

CONCERNED residents, who are trying to save their village library, want to see a temporary on-site building while negotiations over its future continue.  more...

Consort’s death

THE consort of a former mayor of Droitwich Spa died from an asbestos-related cancer, an inquest heard.  more...

A hentastic day

A GROUP of Spa brownies helped a popular adult guider mark her forthcoming wedding by holding a hen party.  more...

Look to the east

A FORMER Spa high school pupil has teamed up with a town beauty centre to bring traditional Chinese medicine to Droitwich.  more...

Spa lions tell a toy story

A SPA pre-school is celebrating after a town group donated cash towards new toys and books.  more...

Villa stars a tough test for Talbot

STARS of Aston Villa's glorious past are taking to the field at Pershore Town next month to help raise money for the County Air Ambulance.  more...

Robins lose out in five-goal friendly

EVESHAM United's 2007/2008 campaign started with a 3-2 defeat at the hands of landlords Worcester City.  more...

Society

Bewdley

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY - At the June meeting, members were treated to an illustrated talk on propagation.  more...

Chaddesley Corbett

WI - The highlight of the evening was a talk by Edwin Shore about taking his car and caravan to India. He described the pitfalls and joys of travelling overland through undiscovered Europe and Asia.  more...

Cookley

WI - Names were taken for an afternoon of putting at Wolverley and a coffee morning is being organised by Jeanne Round to be held at her home on September 22, money raised will go to the Acorns Hospice.  more...

Far Forest

WI - Speakers Yvonne Mort and Pauline Blackburn create cards and pictures from pressed flowers. Yvonne told how they started a bed and breakfast business in Leominster. She found a book The Complete Book of Pressed Flowers by Penny Black, and began to follow it as a hobby. Birthday cards for friends and relatives followed.  more...

Travel

Invaluable guides to England's treasures

ALTHOUGH we have had to endure miserable wet days, we are officially into summer and the holiday period.  more...