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  • Worcestershire Young Poet Laureate final postponed

    WORCESTERSHIRE County Council has taken the decision to postpone tonight's final of Worcestershire Young Poet Laureate competition due to be held at Pershore No. 8 from 7.30pm. A total of 14 of the 15 finalists live in the north of the county and

  • Zombies take over Bidford Rural Cinema

    IF the residents of Bidford have ever wondered how to protect the village in the event of a zombie apocalypse, then the latest offering from the Bidford Rural Cinema Project might be right up their street. ‘Paranorman’, tells the story of Norman

  • HMV buyer eyes Jessops

    COLLAPSED camera chain Jessops is the latest high street casualty to be eyed by restructuring firm Hilco UK. The group, which bought the debt of stricken music chain HMV last week, is in discussions with administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC

  • Inner Wheel Club of Redditch

    THE club has just had its overseas charity meeting and this year we are supporting the African Maternity Health Link. This charity was set up by Helena White, a midwife at the Alexandra Hospital, and she came to speak to us accompanied by Karen

  • The Rat Pack of opera coming to town

    TENORS Un Limited, also known as The Rat Pack of Opera, are touring the UK yet again. And, they will be bringing their classical crossover melodies and stunning vocal harmony to the Redditch Palace Theatre. The clever combination of opera classics

  • Alcester to benefit from increased kerbside recycling

    ALCESTER residents are about to increase the amount of household waste they can recycle. Currently Stratford district recycles more than 60 per cent of its waste, but a recent renewal of the council’s contract with Biffa Waste Services, means that

  • Redditch schools fare well in secondary school league tables

    MOST Redditch schools have fared well in the recently released secondary school league tables, improving on their results from last year. Schools are measured in a number of categories, including ‘value added’, which is a statistical measure of