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  • Boars keep their cool to win a thriller

    BROMSGROVE held their nerve to see off promotion rivals Smethwick by four runs in Birmingham and District League Division One on Saturday. The Boars had made 201-7 and the hosts had looked on course to surpass the score until captain Mark Evenson

  • The title race is open, insists Sutton

    BARNT Green are poised to take advantage of any slip-ups at the top of the Birmingham & District League Premier, according to captain Andy Sutton. The Cherry Hill Road side earned 17 points on Saturday after a winning draw against stubborn

  • Men’s tennis team nets a convincing victory

    TENNIS: Bromsgrove Men’s D Team are in seventh heaven after a convincing 5-1 win over local rivals David Lloyd Bromsgrove D Team. This makes it seven straight victories, and with one match remaining the Division Eight title is now within grasp.

  • Ravens savaged by Bulldogs

    RUGBY LEAGUE: North East Worcestershire Ravens were blown away by Birmingham Bulldogs in Saturday’s 82-20 defeat. The Bulldogs made a powerful start and scored 36 points before Rhamel Blake finished off a rampaging run and pulled a try back for

  • Town MP opens art museum exhibition

    BROMSGROVE MP Sajid Javid visited to Avoncroft Art Society to open its exhibition. Society chairman Tony Turpin welcomed the MP into exhibition. He was shown around the many exhibits which included paintings, textile work, calligraphy, sugarcraft and

  • Mander - Sporting can cope with expectations

    ADRIAN Mander has admitted that Bromsgrove Sporting will have to cope with the weight of expectation. The Rouslers head into the 2014-15 campaign as one of the favourites for the title in the Midlands Football League Divisione One alongside Highgate

  • Great-grandmother celebrates her 100th Birthday

    A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER celebrated her 100th Birthday on Tuesday, July 29 with friends and family at a care home near Bromsgrove. Gerturde ‘Trudy’ Cluderay, a resident at Hopwood Court was visited by loved ones who travelled from as far as New Zealand

  • Small screen stars on stage

    TWO very familiar faces from our television screens will shortly be playing opposite each other in Malvern in a touring comedy play. Shobna Gulati and Joe McGann are to star in the UK tour of John Godber’s bittersweet comedy, April in Paris, which

  • Vintage show still hits target

    Review – ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at the Festival Theatre, Malvern, from Tuesday, July 29 to Saturday, August 2, 2014. THIS is one of the theatre’s classic musicals and it’s still bang on target from start to finish. Although it could be deemed slightly

  • Corbett century boosts Droitwich

    A STORMING century from Kris Corbett saw Droitwich successfully chase down 283 in Saturday’s Worcester Premier League clash against Belbroughton.Opening the batting, Corbett hit a superb 118 before being dismissed attempting another mighty blow.Following

  • Glasgow hero sets her sights on Brazil

    COMMONWEALTH double bronze medal winner Jessica Varnish has been tipped to build on her success in Glasgow at the Rio Olympics. Coach Dave Viner was delighted to see the 23-year-old win her first medals at a major multi-sport event after taking

  • Jess's double Glasgow glory

    BROMSGROVE’S track cycling superstar Jessica Varnish put the town on the sporting map by storming to a brace of medals at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The Finstall flyer, 23, won England’s first cycling medal of the tournament last Thursday

  • Vegans and vegetarians raise money for neglected horses

    MEMBERS of the Worcester Vegans and Veggies group raised £150 for Hillfields Animal Sanctuary in Bromsgrove to help pay for the care of three horses which were found in appalling conditions on a travellers' site in Warndon earlier this year. The