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  • Kingfishers aiming to take advantage of championship war

    PERRY Derrick believes Redditch are in a good position to strike for the top spot in the Worcestershire County League Division One. The Kingfishers are currently placed fourth in the table, 32 points behind leaders Hagley. But with top three

  • Have you seen this man?

    POLICE are appealing for information about an incident in which a man exposed himself to a schoolgirl in Redditch. The 14-year-old victim was walking along an alleyway that runs between Red Hill and Holloway Drive at about 8.15am on Friday, July

  • Bidford man sentenced for accessing indecent images of children

    WHEN police arrested a Bidford man who had accessed a website selling child pornography they found ‘grotesque and depraved images’ on his computer. But after hearing about the images, a judge at Warwick Crown Court said he had to balance his ‘burning

  • Redditch youngsters get creative with ancient art form

    YOUNGSTERS at Birchensale Middle School have been getting creative with the ancient art form batik. Batik is the art of decorating cloth by using wax and dye and is an ancient tradition from Java in Indonesia (the word batik means to dot).

  • Astwood Bank Carnival success

    HUNDREDS of people turned out to cheer the procession on at this year's Astwood Bank Carnival. As well as the glorious weather on display there were some 20 floats, dancers, musicians and much much more. Keep checking the Advertiser website

  • Stop dog attacks on the swans

    I WANT to vent my anger regarding the attitude and behaviour of certain individuals in Brockhill. This is due to incidents that have taken place at the Brockhill pool where several reckless dog owners have allowed their dogs to attack the family of

  • Part-night street lighting to remain for foreseeable future

    STREET lighting which has been restricted in parts of Alcester since June of last year is to remain off from midnight to 5.30am after councillors calling for a change were voted down at a meeting of Warwickshire County Council last week. The county

  • The Alex League of Friends website gets major revamp

    A TECHNICAL hiccup at the end of last year has led to a major revamp and update of the Alexandra Hospital’s League Of Friends (LoF) website.  The origins of the old site had become confused, resulting in lost emails and missed communications, so

  • Councillor gets creative with Matchborough's With It Group

    REDDITCH councillor Juliet Brunner has been out getting creative in her ward, meeting with the With It Group (WIG) and making cards with them. Coun Brunner said:”I had a great time at WIG making cards and chatting to residents. This type of Voluntary