Stourport, England News

STUDENTS in Stourport raised A 2,600 by donning festive gear at a sponsored run for the Millbrook Suite.

A PAIR of Kidderminster identical twins are among the last British Army recruits of the year.

THE Millbrook Appeal has been boosted by donations from friends of a man whose wife died of cancer.

OFF licences have been closing down across Worcestershire following the collapse of First Quench Retailing Ltd.

A MAN who found police waiting for him at his ex-girlfriend's home fled the scene then crashed his car into a tree suffering fatal injuries, a coroner was told.

GRANTS of A 4,000 are being offered to attract businesses to empty shops in Wyre Forest.

A DEVASTATING fire at a leather goods warehouse has destroyed A 100,000 of stock.

Ron Withington, of Spennells , died three years ago after an abdominal aneurism ruptured three months after a scan at Worcestershire Royal Hospital revealed it had grown in size and was likely to burst at any time.

A COUPLE who bought an apartment previously owned by Bewdley death crash pilot, Gary Key, are locked in a dispute with the Land Registry over the ownership of a car parking space.

A FORMER Mayor of Kidderminster has died suddenly, aged 90. Rowland Reid-Jones, of Offmore , Kidderminster, was Mayor between May, 1971 and May, 1972 and was a Conservative Kidderminster Borough councillor for about 10 years.

A DARE in a school staff room led to A 240 being raised for the Millbrook Appeal.

A WINDFALL grant of A 2,250 has been awarded to Stourport to supply and install two new sets of Christmas lights.

THE following planning applications have been submitted to Wyre Forest District Council .

A a oeSMITTENa Stourport man celebrating his golden wedding has revealed how he cycled to Wales and back in three days to visit his future wife.

PUPILS have come up with ideas of how their school could be improved when it is refurbished as part of a district-wide project.

TWO Stourport men have been jailed for defrauding a Kidderminster pensioner out of A 38,350 after persuading him to release equity from his home to invest in non-existent building projects.

More than 50 firefighters have tackled a factory fire in Worcester which led to a 200-metre exclusion zone being set up as a precaution.

SANTA will be travelling around Wyre Forest on his float next week as the annual Kidderminster and District Lions Christmas tour starts.

Cory Poutney was made redundant from a low-paid job so carried out a series of raids and thefts in Stourport and the West Midlands, Worcester Crown Court heard.

PEOPLE can get into the Christmas spirit at Worcestershirea s County Museum. There are all sorts of activities at the museum, which is set in the grounds of historic Hartlebury Castle, near Stourport.