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  • New club makes a knockout start

    NEW boxing club Redditch Community ABC got off to the best possible start at Kingshurst Lab-our Club. Team captain Itsham Huss-ain won a unanimous points decision against home fav-ourite James Curtis in a clash of quality lightweights. Hussain

  • Worcestershire's railways subject of talk in Redditch

    THE history of railways in Worcestershire will be the talk given by Andrew Smith, from Malvern, at the next meeting of the Redditch Railway Interest Group, this Friday, November 9, from 2pm at Forge Mill Museum.  Visitors are welcome. Further details

  • Swan: All we want is to play Poppies

    REDDITCH United chairman Chris Swan is keeping his fingers crossed Saturday’s trip to crisis club Kettering Town goes ahead. The Southern League Premier clash in Northamptonshire hing-es on whether the Poppies can find a new ground to play on,

  • Austin prove too hot for Athletico

    DESPITE the wet weather creating havoc with fixtures, there were still fireworks in the BRT Redditch and South Warwickshire Combination League on Sunday. In the Premier Division, Austin Ex Apprentices sparkled in their 3-0 win over Athletico and

  • Frustrated Knight says things have to improve

    FRUSTRATED Studley boss Lee Knight admits things have “got to change” as he looks to revamp his squad after Saturday’s 4-0 loss to high-flying Bolehall Swifts. The Bees manager is hoping to draft in two or three new faces in a bid to get back on

  • Sally on song in super show

    SALLY Hogan was in im-pressive form for Broms-grove and Redditch AC at the second round of Gloucester-shire Cross Country League on Saturday. Hogan completed the six-kilometre course at Pitville Park in 25 minutes and 52 seconds which was enough

  • Person freed after collision on A46

    FIREFIGHTERS from Alcester and Stratford had to use cutting equipment to free a person trapped by a collision near Haselor yesterday. The incident occurred on Tuesday, November 6 at approximately 8pm when two private motor vehicles were involved

  • Like your Martinis shaken, not stirred?

    A JAMES Bond-style gala evening is being held in Debenhams in the Kingfisher Centre. The event, which sees each cosmetic house represent a Bond film, includes free sparkling wine, cocktails and nibbles as well as free makeovers. There will

  • Hayles downs the Reds

    Redditch United 0, St Albans City 2 FORMER Fulham striker Barry Hayles sunk Reds with a second half brace of goals as St Albans snatched the points from this often scrappy encounter. Reds pressed their own self destruct button when they had

  • Eliminating harm to patients is a priority at the Alex

    ELIMINATING ‘patient harms’ is the aim of the Safe Care Team launched at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in August. The four harms set by the Department of Health include blood clots, falls, pressure ulcers and urinary catheter infections