WE look back to what was making the headlines in the Kidderminster Shuttle 20 years ago in May 2004.

The front page saw a newly-wed couple looking forward to an exotic honeymoon after their marriage took place against all the odds.

Kidderminster Territorial Army Lieutenant Martin Watson and bride-to-be Joann Brooks feared their big day would be scuppered when he was called up for the Iraq war.

But the TA took the unprecedented step of allowing him to leave Basra three weeks before the end of his six-month tour of duty so that he could marry his sweetheart on April 16 — her 26th birthday.

Send your nostalgic photos and memories to james.reece@newsquest.co.uk.