A REDDITCH fast food restaurant roped in youngsters to help clean up the town. McDonalds in Oakenshaw recruited enthusiastic students from St Augustine's High School in Hunt End to pick up litter as part of the restaurant chain's on-going mission to
WITH the recent ban on smoking in public places, nightclubs are now having to face up to a few home truths. Smoky smells may have been unpleasant but they also masked a host of other evils and the prospect of a heady mixture of body odour and stale beer
A DISABLED woman who appeared in the Advertiser saying her life was being ruined because she was not allowed to ride the bus is still suffering. Jennet Perks, 39, from Batchley, has to travel 20 minutes when she needs to get into town because she is
A 15th CENTURY timber frame hall in Studley has been removed from English Heritage's Buildings at Risk register after a new owner invested personal savings into restoring it to its former glory. Gorcott Hall in Studley was left in the hands of executors
THIEVES broke into a garage and stole three bikes and a beautician's case in the Winyates area of Redditch. The garage of a house in Shawbury Close was broken into between 8pm on Friday, July 27 and 9.15am on Tuesday, July 31. The bikes included a red
A CAR narrowly missed another car when it swerved across the central reservation and crashed into undergrowth on the A441. A dark red Rover 100 was heading towards Redditch when it crossed the carriageway. It missed a red Vauxhall Corsa travelling in
POLICE, partners and Abbey Ward residents met at a PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meeting last Wednesday. Feedback was given on issues selected as priorities at the last meeting and three new priorities were set for the month ahead. These
JACQUI Smith MP recently visited Tesco in Redditch to voice her support for the Freedom from Fear campaign. The campaign, being organised by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), aims to combat abuse against shopworkers. John Hannett
MEMORIES of marriage took centre stage at a festival in an Inkberrow church recently. St Peter's Church held its Flower Festival of Marriage which featured beautiful floral arrangements, as well as some intricately designed wedding dresses, some dating
THE Redditch Lions' biggest charity fundraising event of the year will now take place on September 9. Fun in the Field, which was due to be held at Arrow Valley Country Park, had to be cancelled two weeks ago due to the poor weather. A second date set
THIS year's Race for Life in Redditch has smashed its fundraising target. Organisers of the event, which was held in aid of Cancer Research UK, had set themselves an ambitious target of £45,000 but actually raised just over £70,000 thanks to the support
