THE health trust running the Alexandra Hospital will need to keep cutting jobs in order to save money, according to its chief executive. However John Rostill said Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is on its way to balancing its books. After overspending
A CHARITY firework display set to fizzle out due to lack of funding should now go with a bang after being saved by an anonymous donation. Redditch Lions Club had given up hope of holding its annual display at the Nevill Arms in Astwood Bank after the
THE public is unlikely to get an official say on plans to cut maternity and paediatric services at the Alexandra Hospital before spring 2007. John Rostill, chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages hospitals in the county
REDDITCH bookworms got to meet TV's Ricky Tomlinson on Saturday when he visited Waterstones in the Kingfisher Centre. Best known as cranky couch potato Jim Royle in BBCs award winning comedy series The Royle Family, Ricky was at the shop signing copies
ALCESTER residents are urged to be on their guard if leaflets are posted through their doors asking for donations of clothing. Warwickshire Trading Stand-ards is concerned some householders may mistakenly believe they are from a registered charity.
REMEMBRANCE Day will be marked in Alcester with a number of parades and services next weekend. The town branch of the Royal British Legion will hold two separate parades next Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, a two-minute silence will be held at 11am
A POLICE press officer and former Chronicle reporter from Alcester has been commended for her part in a high-profile investigation. Anne Tugwell, of Roebuck Park, was part of the team which investigated the rape of an 11-year-old girl in a Sainsbury's
PLANS are in place for a £500,000 revamp of Alcester's Greig Hall which will dramatically change the building's exterior. The announcement, made last week by the centre's directors, will be the next step in extensive refurbishment of the Kinwarton Road
AN ALVECHURCH man who served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War is one of the first to receive a special Veterans Badge. It was the Federation of Merchant Mariners, formed in 2004, that campaigned for the emblems, which have only recently
REDDITCH MP Jacqui Smith claims more in expenses than any other MP in the West Midlands and was the fourth most expensive in the Commons. Figures just revealed show Ms Smith claimed £158,313 last year. These included £83,838 on staff costs, £19,853
A FORMER Redditch councillor who helped set up two town charities has died after losing her battle with ovarian cancer. Sarah Sulley, 54, was the daughter of Pat Wilson, a former councillor and town mayor who died in August aged 79. Ms Sulley, who had
BREWING up for friends and neighbours helped an epilepsy patient raise £107 for a charity which helps people with her condition. Sue Lawson held a tea party at her Walkwood home as part of Epilepsy Action's fourth National Tea Break event. A member
ROCK n' roll, blues classics and 60s pop is coming to the White Lion pub in Astwood Bank to raise cash for charity. Six-piece Redditch-based band Somethin' Else, fronted by Billie Brewer, will be playing live music on Friday to raise money for Leukaemia
A CORONER has recorded an open verdict into the death of a Redditch man from a form of lung cancer often linked to exposure to asbestos. John Edward Moore, 76, of Snowshill Close, Church Hill North, died of carcinomatosis due to measothelioma, a cancer
Wednesday, November 1 All and Sundry's production of The Taming of the Shrew will be at Bromsgrove's Artrix until Saturday. Tickets are available on 577330 or for more details, visit www.allandsundry.org Redditch Art Circle presents Coastal Views in
