Kidderminster, England News

A MAN will be sentenced today for manslaughter of a Stourbridge foreman found dying in a Kidderminster street.

A KIDDERMINSTER charity shop which wowed customers with its a trashiona display is making an appeal for clothes and bric-a-brac. Scope in Worcester Street relies on people to donate stock which it then sells at its shops to generate income for its work with disabled people.

OXFAM in Kidderminster is calling all book worms to get involved in a fund-raising festival.

A DIESEL oil spillage on a busy Kidderminster roundabout caused drivers to lose control and skid across the road this morning.

A FATHER and son today denied the murder of a teenager during an incident on Hartlebury Common between two families.

A JUDGE issued a warrant for the arrest of a "prolific" Bewdley thief who failed to turn up to be sentenced at Worcester Crown Court.

POLICE are appealing for help to trace a taxi driver who may have witnessed an assault on a woman in Kidderminster Town Centre early today.

A WOMAN has been airlifted and a man taken by ambulance to hospital after a two car crash in Worcestershire.

A VAN driver who killed a Kidderminster motorcyclist on a road near the town has been banned for driving for 18 months and fined A 500.

DISAPPOINTMENT turned to joy for little Isabella Brooks with a surprise gift from Kidderminster Carnival organisers after her fun was cut short with a trip to hospital following an accident at the showground entrance.

PUPILS at a Kidderminster school took part in a series of fun activities as part of an annual festival celebrating the transition to the upper school.

A BURGLAR who sneaked into the living quarters of a Kidderminster pub had a history of similar crimes.

BRAVE family and friends of a man who died in a car crash are abseiling Cheddar Gorge to raise money for a charity that helped them deal with their loss.

CELEBRATED gardens are opening to the public in July to raise funds for charity as part of the National Gardens Scheme .

A POPULAR heritage railway which was shut by heavy floods has won an engineering award.

A motorcyclist had to be airlifted to hospital after being seriously injured in a horror smash in Kidderminster today.

A SPECIAL flag flying ceremony was held at Kidderminster Town Hall as part of the build-up to Britaina s first Armed Forces Day today.

A KIDDERMINSTER woman who took an overdose never expressed a desire to die, an inquest heard.

BIRTHDAYS in Kidderminster has closed its doors. The shop, in Worcester Street, which sells cards and gifts, closed at the end of last week after the company was put into administration by its parent company Clinton Cards last month.

FIFTEEN businesses and organisations from across Herefordshire and Worcestershire have been honoured in this yeara s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Occupational Health and Safety Awards.