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Buoyant Harriers sink Fleet
Kidderminster Harriers 2 Ebbsfleet 1 GRITTY Harriers continued their remarkable end of season form to record their fourth victory in a row in the Blue Square Premier on Tuesday night. Goals for Iyseden Christie and Russ Penn and a determined second
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Buoyant Harriers sink Fleet
Kidderminster Harriers 2 Ebbsfleet 1 GRITTY Harriers continued their remarkable end of season form to record their fourth victory in a row in the Blue Square Premier on Tuesday night. Goals for Iyseden Christie and Russ Penn and a determined second
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Call for Stourport relief road "naive"
A CALL to put pressure on the government and Worcestershire County Council to complete the relief road and a second bridge over the River Severn in Stourport was called "naive". The motion was proposed at a meeting of Stourport Town Council tonight by
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Stourport Sports Club rebuild boost
STOURPORT town councillors voted unanimously tonight in favour of recommending for approval an application to rebuild Stourport Sports Club. The council heard that the Wyre Forest District Council planning officer involved had recommended approval of
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Don't You Rock Me Daddio!
My dear sister Jennifer recently sent me an article from The Times, no less, detailing the plight of Radio 1 DJ 'Grooverider - Raymond Bingham - who faces 4 years in jail in Dubai for inadvertently importing a small amount of cannabis. It went on to
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Don't You Rock Me Daddio!
My dear sister Jennifer recently sent me an article from The Times, no less, detailing the plight of Radio 1 DJ 'Grooverider - Raymond Bingham - who faces 4 years in jail in Dubai for inadvertently importing a small amount of cannabis. It went on to
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Funding for youth activities
YOUTH groups in Wyre Forest can again bid for a slice of cash aimed at helping them increase their activities. FLOSS - Funding Lots of Super Stuff - has returned for a third year, with £250,000 up for grabs. Again, it will be young people, themselves
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Chamber to explain membership
THE Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire is welcoming both its members and anyone else who wants to know more about it to an event to discuss membership. The event takes place at the Worcester Whitehouse Hotel on Wednesday, April 30.
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Dad fights store parking fine
FURIOUS father, Ambrogio Russello, is refusing to pay a fine slapped on him for parking in a disabled bay at Tesco's Kidderminster store at Weavers Wharf. The 31-year-old claimed he was forced to park there because the parent and child bays were full
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Pair all set for marathon ride
TWO young mountain bikers are now all set for their mammoth 800-mile bike ride from Stourport to John O'Groats for the Back on Track appeal. Adam Reis, of Trimpley, an engineer, and Tom Archer, of Upper Arley, a gardener, both 20, will start their journey
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ONLINE POLL: Traffic lights on food
Shuttle Online voters seem uncertain on the value of a traffic light system of health warnings on food labels. In last week's online poll, 49 per cent of those voting believed the system would be beneficial in the continuing war on obesity. However
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DEATH CRASH: NEW APPEAL
POLICE have renewed their appeal for witnesses to the collision in Kidderminster which left one person dead and another six injured. It happened at about 12.15am yesterday at the junction of the A451 Minster Road and Oldington Lane, Kidderminster and
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Families flock to community event
A COMMUNITY event set up to bring people together was so successful the organisers want to stage it again next year. More than 1,000 people turned up for the first Community Link Multi-cultural Event in St George's Park, Kidderminster, on Sunday. The
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Teen denies attempted murder
A TEENAGER accused of slashing a man's neck with a 12-inch kitchen knife told a jury that he could not recall the incident because he was confused after six pints of lager. Timothy Bendall said that he had used the knife to take the top off drink bottles
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Job aid for disabled
A SPECIALIST team of recruitment professionals has been appointed by Remploy to roll out a new employment programme in Kidderminster to find jobs for people with disabilities or health conditions. Remploy, the UK's leading provider of employment services
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Woman injured in robbery
A WOMAN needed hospital treatment after being assaulted in a robbery in Bewdley. The incident happened at about 2am on Sunday, outside the George Hotel, Load Street. While she was out with a friend the victim, in her 30s, was approached by a group of
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Loo cash better spent on cutting parking fees
I WRITE in response to your article "New loos will offer relief for shoppers." How are new toilets going to encourage people into a dying town centre? Every time I go into town I am faced by more and more shops closing and an increased number of boarded-up
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Sensible drinking advice day
INFORMATION and advice on sensible drinking will be available at Kidderminster's Rowland Hill Centre next week. As part of Alcohol Awareness Week, Worcestershire's community alcohol team will be managing a stand and handing out leaflets on Thursday,
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Insult to real Third World
I WAS appalled to read a comment in your letters page stating this country is a Third World country. What an insult to the suffering in the real Third World. Through the media coverage most of us hear of their suffering, so how can we compare the way
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Trawling petitions to make a point
I WOULD have thought that a young man of Julian Phillips' age (Question of backing Petitions, Shuttle, March 20) would have had better things to do with his time than spending hours trawling through the petition concerning the possible closure of the
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Harriers aim to sink 'Fleet
BUOYANT Harriers will be trying to record their fourth Blue Square Premier win in a row when they welcome Ebbsfleet United to Aggborough tonight (7.45pm kick-off). The in-form side will be trying build on encouraging wins over Crawley Town and Cambridge
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Harriers aiming to sink 'Fleet
BUOYANT Harriers will be trying to record their fourth Blue Square Premier win in a row when they welcome Ebbsfleet United to Aggborough tonight (7.45pm kick-off). The in-form side will be trying build on encouraging wins over Crawley Town and Cambridge
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Bag pack pays off
SCOUTS have raised £3,425 packing bags for generous supermarket shoppers. Kidderminster and District Scout group's members were in the Sainsbury's and Morrisons stores for Easter, between March 19 and March 22. The money was collected by more than 200
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Shoe repairers take up challenge
A KIDDERMINSTER man who, after 23 years in the shoe repair business decided to go it alone, is one of the first entrants in the bid to win the title, Wyre Forest Business Idol of 2008. A £1,000 cash prize will go to the winner of the competition being
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Last call for quiz
QUIZ teams are wanted for an evening of general knowledge and live music at Kidderminster's Chain Wire Club on Saturday. Popular band Identity Crisis will be playing hits spanning four decades in between quiz rounds. The event, organised by Kidderminster
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Deb debuts as CSO
DEB Potter is set to become a familiar face around Oldington and Foley Park after becoming the ward's new community support officer. She replaces CSO Steve Thomas, who is leaving to train as a police officer. Deb, 28, from Bewdley, was a police cadet
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Rustie wows ’em Caribbean-style
RECIPES from celebrity chef Rustie Lee's new cookery book brought a touch of the Caribbean to a ladies' lunch which raised more than £900 for charity. Friday's event was organised by Shuttle/Times & News sister magazine Limited Edition in aid of Kemp
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Cash boost for culture
CULTURAL activities in Wyre Forest are to be given a cash injection by Worcestershire County Council. All of the county council's grants schemes are being relaunched this year after they were frozen for 12 months during an arts service review. A total
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Pounding miles for charity
AN emergency care assistant at West Midlands Ambulance Service has raised more than £1,000 for a charity that helped people during last summer's floods. Rob Wallace, who lives in Kidderminster and is based at Tipton Ambulance Station, walked 100 miles
