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Vacant shop plans thrown out
An applicaton to turn a vacant Stourport shop into a bar and restaurant was tonight refused. The plans, by Barracuda Group Ltd, for the Bridge Street building, also includes external seating areas to the rear of the site. Conservative Stourport town
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Plans for apartments refused
PLANS to build 54 apartments in Kidderminster has been refused by planners. Wyre Forest District Council's Planning Development Control Committee recommended refusal amid concerns over disability access, during tonight's meeting. Regal Executive Homes
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Hands across the world
INDEPENDENT school pupils are having lessons alongside youngsters on the other side of the world following a link-up agreement. Educators at Heathfield School in Wolverley were invited to Thailand in 2006 by the owner of the then Lord Shaftesbury School
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Tatty play area in £24,000 makeover
A RUNDOWN village playground, deemed unsafe in an official inspection report, has been transformed thanks to nearly £24,000 of funding. The facility backs on to Blakedown Primary School and pupils there have been watching the improvements being made,
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Two top hopes re-ignited by victory
BEWDLEY re-ignited their hopes of a top two finish in the West Midlands League Premier Division by defeating leaders Bridgnorth 1-0 on Saturday. Victory means that Town rose to eighth in the table and put them in the drivers' seat to finish behind the
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Shaun’s title glory
A STOURPORT kickboxer won a brilliant British double at the National WAKO Championships. Shaun Bradley, 18, who trains and teaches at the Charlesworth Family Martial Arts School, won the light contact and points fighting categories in the under-63 kilogram
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Harriers pay the penalty as Solihull hold them to draw
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers FC ladies drew 4-4 with Solihull in the West Midlands League Premier Division on Sunday. Harriers started the better side and went 1-0 up, when Toni DiPaolo battled her way into the box and slotted the ball past the advancing keeper
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Runners ready for capital challenge
TWO long distance runners from Kidderminster and Stourport Athletic Club are preparing for their biggest challenge yet when they take on the London Marathon. Caroline Cresswell, 42, of Burlish Park, Stourport and Rachel Heath, 27, of Blakebrook, Kidderminster
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Garden items marking session
GARDEN security will be in the spotlight during a property marking day being staged by Kidderminster police at a superstore in the town next week. The event will be held at The Range, Crossley Retail Park, on Wednesday, March 19 between 10am and 3pm,
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Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Rose Theatre, Kidderminster, until March 15
KIDDERMINSTER Operatic and Dramatic Society have pulled out all the stops to present this superb production of one of my all-time favourite shows. Darren Richards, as usual, gives an excellent performance as Adam Pontipes, who sets out to find a wife
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Mixed views on 24-hour drinking
SHUTTLE Online readers appear divided on the effects of the 24-hour licensing laws. In last week's online poll 44 per cent of those voting felt the laws had been a success, but more than half (56 per cent) felt they had not. Our online poll was prompted
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Raider a drug addict at 9
A FACTORY worker who became addicted to drugs at the age of nine carried out a series of house raids in Bewdley against people he knew. Teenager Craig Yeomans burgled a fish and chip shop owner's home in Kidderminster Road, stealing £1,200 from a briefcase
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Selling Stourport cheaply
HOW depressing to read that Tesco have been given the green light to wreck Stourport by the local councillors. Have they sold our town too cheaply? Surely the promise by Tesco to do additional groundworks that are outside the scope of the proposed Tesco
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StourportTesco: Identifying need?
There appears to have been either a complete lack of knowledge of the Tesco plans by the members of the committee ... or great economy with the truth at last week's planning committee meeting. It was stated and accepted by members that no recommendations
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New Tesco to save me a trip
I APPLAUD the decision to build the new Tesco in Stourport. This will save me driving into Kidderminster every Friday to shop. Unfortunately it will not please some people who may be adversely affected. I sympathise but believe it will benefit them
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Worry over master plan
I can understand arguments for Tesco opening a new bigger supermarket in Stourport but they are nothing compared to those against. My biggest worry is that soon after Tesco's master plan is executed Stourport high street will be unable to support normal
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Killing community spirit
I AM totally opposed to the building of the Tesco superstore (or any other superstore) at the proposed site (or any other site) in Stourport. I used to live in Birmingham and have witnessed first hand the devastation to local shops and communities once
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Tax for laptops?
WHY should I and the other people of Wyre Forest have to pay the extra council tax so that councillors can all have new laptop computers with free access to the internet? It is only about three or four years ago they had new laptops. What other things
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Brave boys’ salute
ON Saturday, we will be proudly showing our gratitude for the brave boys of the 2nd battalion of the Mercian regiment when they parade through Kidderminster. No-one can say they have not done their country proud. Anyone that can fight against such a
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Lorry rips open water pipe
AS I was travelling home in Kidderminster last week, I was going down Broad Street by the Horsefair, following a car transporter going to a depot. I couldn't believe what happened next. All I saw was the back end of the lorry bouncing up and down probably
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Victorian ruins host bunny hunt
WITLEY Court is hosting a bunny themed Easter trail later this month. The early Easter marks the start of an extended season for the tourist attraction near Great Witley, which will see the arrival of Victorian falconers, open air theatre and behind
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Fair Trade
My name is Philippa Harper, I am nine years old and a pupil of Burlish Park Primary School, Stourport. Did you know that 25th February to 9th March was designated Fairtrade Forthnight? The pupils of our school have been learning more about Fairtrade
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THE GOOD OLD DAYS? PERHAPS NOT
I am in the process of building my family tree. This is a long and time consuming process but one which is richly rewarding. There is something very special about digging into your past and finding out about people you did not know existed. And one of
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THE GOOD OLD DAYS? PERHAPS NOT
I am in the process of building my family tree. This is a long and time consuming process but one which is richly rewarding. There is something very special about digging into your past and finding out about people you did not know existed. And one of
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MP one of 248 for EU referendum
AS UKIP MEP for the Wyre Forest region I write to congratulate Kidderminster's Independent MP, Richard Taylor, for voting in favour of a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty. The treaty is virtually the same as the failed EU Constitution and hands over
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Chaotic utility work on our roads
I'M quite surprised at the Conservative angst expressed in last week's letters column about my intervention into the utilities/road-up programme in Bewdley. I called for a radical consultation scheme between the utility companies and the county council
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Lords of the darts hit town
SOME of the finest arrow throwers ever to grace an oche are set to clash when the legends of darts fly into Kidderminster. Celebrity players Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Deller and Cliff Lazarenko will go head-to-head and also tackle local players
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A Hard Knights Day
Having missed the Bull-baiting of Stafford Tuesday last, I looked forward to the joust against Grays. Taking into account that all matches are, or should be, part of a learning process, I hoped that lessons learned would carry over. I was not to be disappointed
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A Hard Knights Day
Having missed the Bull-baiting of Stafford Tuesday last, I looked forward to the joust against Grays. Taking into account that all matches are, or should be, part of a learning process, I hoped that lessons learned would carry over. I was not to be disappointed
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Speed danger lessons for students
STUDENTS from two Wyre Forest schools will be shown the dangers of fast driving in a special session being run by Worcestershire County Council. The county council's road safety team will put the Baxter College and Stourport High School students into
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Vehicles seized in crackdown
FOUR people were arrested and 11 vehicles seized in a police operation in Kidderminster. The ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) operation, on Stourport Road on Thursday, February 28, involved both marked and unmarked police cars from West Mercia
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Forest run set to hit £20,000 target
SUNDAY'S Hearts First Wyre Forest 5k attracted a bumper entry and looks set to raise a staggering £20,000 for the British Heart Foundation. More than 550 people took part in the event , backed by the Shuttle/Times & News - almost a 50 per cent increase
