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Floods return to the town

8:05pm Saturday 6th September 2008

DESPITE significant increases in calls throughout the region, West Midlands Ambulance Service has stated it is in full control of the ongoing situation.

Motorist drives car without tyre

10:38am Saturday 6th September 2008

A MOTORIST was jailed for nine months after he kept on driving for two miles in Redditch despite a front tyre coming off his car.

Packed Lunches

7:00am Saturday 6th September 2008

Back to school doesn't have to mean back to old bad habits or unhealthy snacking.

Give your beauty routine a green makeover with Xtra

Get a green makeover

6:00am Saturday 6th September 2008

With consumers becoming more inquisitive about their products, it's little wonder the grass is looking greener for organic beauty.

Xtra talks to Avenue

Avenue take the long road

7:00am Friday 5th September 2008

Last year they were disqualified from X Factor but now Avenue are back with a single, album and dreams of resurrecting the boyband genre. Xtra talks to the quintet about their time on the talent contest, what the future holds, and why suffering such a setback didn't put them off music.

Music jam was great success

Rock band Vegas Assault.

11:35am Thursday 4th September 2008

SCORES of music-loving young people from across Redditch recently turned out to a live music extravaganza funded by Worcestershire County Council.

Perfect score for pony team

Abbie Taylor on Patsy, Ellie Pilkington, Jessica Whitehouse-Lowe and Charlotte Mote on Joey.

11:36am Thursday 4th September 2008

A TEAM of four children from Seecham Equestrian Centre, including two from Redditch, achieved a perfect score in a section of the Pony Club Equitation Championships in Derbyshire last month, with a rescue pony.

School gathering

Woodrush High School pupils in 1961.

10:24am Thursday 4th September 2008

WOODRUSH High School pupils who attended between 1957 and 1967, the first 10 years of it opening, are invited to catch up with people they may not have seen for half a century.

Forms for register

10:15am Thursday 4th September 2008

WORK on compiling the new Register of Electors 2008/9 is about to begin, with forms being delivered to every residential property in Redditch.

A roaring success

A Chinese dragon on the day.

10:18am Thursday 4th September 2008

A FUN day in Redditch to celebrate the handover of the Olympic flag from Beijing to London was a roaring success.


National Sport News

Capello: Rooney at ease with form

Wayne Rooney

Updated 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Fabio Capello insisted Wayne Rooney is not becoming frustrated at his failure to hit peak form for England ahead of Wednesday's vital World Cup qualifier with Croatia in Zagreb.


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