WEST End star Beth Humphreys returns to her hometown this Saturday, September 20 performing with The Broadway Divas at The Palace Theatre in Redditch. Beth was a member of The Palace youth theatre from the age of 12 performing in numerous shows
Kings Norton 57, Five Ways Old Eds 0 KINGS Norton opened their league campaign with a convincing nine-try victory over close neighbours Five Ways at Hopwood Park. Kris Fenn crashed over after three minutes for the first of his two tries, with
GOOD news has come for some of the thousands of Phones 4u staff whose jobs currently hang in the balance after the company went into administration earlier this week. The announcement that all stores would be shut unless a deal could be made came
Woodrush 26, Bedworth 19 WOODRUSH produced started the Midlands Division Three West (South) with a win. Rush produced a strong display to get their league campaign up and running. The hosts opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Andy
A REDDITCH man with a history of violence who punched a teenage party guest and swung the branch of a tree at him has been given a suspended jail sentence. Worcester Crown Court heard that 22-year-old Ellis Field’s victim suffered a displaced nose
WITH only one of the four matches played this week being at home, Alcester’s Crown Green bowling teams did well to record two wins. In the Northfield League Division Two, however, things could not have gone worse when Alcester visited table-topping
JUST two weeks after the railway between Redditch and Barnt Green was reopened following an eight week closure, and commuters were faced with cancelled journeys. The section closed so Network Rail could build a new section of railway in the Alvechurch
LAURA Dangerfield came up against some high quality opponents when she finished fifth in the Heart of England Championships. The 24-year-old was in 12 strong under-70 kilogram weight category that also included four full-time judo professionals
STONES in His Pockets, the multi award-winning comedy by Irish writer Marie Jones, returns to UK theatres from September for a nationwide tour with original director Ian McElhinney, now starring in the critically acclaimed Game of Thrones, at the helm
A CREW of firefighters from Redditch rescued a child who was stuck up a tree yesterday evening. The incident happened at just before 5.10pm in Drayton Close. The child was rescued with the use of a short extension ladder.
A PUPIL from Walkwood Middle School met his Manchester City heroes on Saturday. Stefan Haynes-Jones, ten, was the defending Premier League Champions’ mascot before their thrilling 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The youngster
WEST Mercia Police, Warwickshire Police, HMRC and the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) are running a joint agency operation today at Hopwood Services, near Redditch, on the M42/A441 Worcestershire to carry out checks regarding the carriage
REDDITCH HDA A retained their South Warwickshire Summer Tennis League Junior Cup title after beating their team-mates from the B side in the final last week. Champions Felix Gill and Joseph Morris celebrated their success while commiserating with
