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  • Redditch apprentice scoops regional award

    A REDDITCH engineer has won a regional award for his achievements in his apprenticeship, beating stiff competition from across the Midlands. Paul Mitchell, 23, aerospace engineer for Redditch based global company Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings

  • Redditch suffer narrow defeat

    REDDITCH Men were edged out by title-chasing Aldridge and Walsall in the West Midlands Premier Division on Saturday.The Kingfishers were in good spirits after getting the better of Wednesbury last week and although not expected to win, were keen to give

  • Plans to build 39 new homes in Alcester submitted

    PLANS to build 39 new homes, on the site previously occupied by part of Alcester hospital, have been submitted to Stratford-on-Avon District Council. The project, on Fields Park Drive, would see retirement house-building company McCarthy &

  • Deplted Alcester struggle at Saxons

    Silhillian Saxons 22, Alcester 7 ALCESTER prepared for next weekend’s crucial league game against Wellesbourne with an away trip to Solihull to play the Saxons, the second XV of the Midlands Division One West South outfit, Silhillians. The

  • Care home gets into the festive spirit

    YOUNGSTERS from Webheath First School recently visited Brambles Residential Care Home in Headless Cross to sing modern and traditional Christmas carols for the residents. The youngsters performed classics such as Away in a Manger and The Calypso

  • Evesham too good for mixed up Kings

    Evesham 25, Kings Norton 8 A MUCH-changed Kings Norton side were no match for Evesham in the Midlands Division Four West (South). The visitors started well attacking Eves from the off, gaining an immediate lead from a penalty as the home side

  • 94 arrests for drink-driving

    POLICE have arrested 94 drink drivers across West Mercia and Warwickshire in the first two weeks of December alone, with one almost five times over the limit. The two police forces launched an anti drink-drive campaign at the start of the month

  • Welsh recover to win by four

    Coventry Welsh 17, Redditch 13 REDDITCH slipped up on their travels to Coventry in a frustrating encounter that resulted in a solitary bonus point. The Kingfishers started brightly down the slope with winger James Roberts making an impressive