IF you have ever wanted to immerse yourself in the wonders of the ocean without getting your feet wet then prepare to jump in when the opportunity presents itself. The chance to make a splash will be on offer when The International Ocean Film Festival
AN extraordinary play featuring an extraordinary actor will be looking back two thousand years to one of the world’s most incredible events. The play, which witness’s key moments in the life of ‘the man Jesus’, through the eyes of the people who
FOLLOWING Custom/Practice’s exceptionally successful tour of A Midsummer Night’s Dream last year, Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is set to come alive on the new UK tour, as the story is magically retold by one of the UK’s most highly
NATIONAL Spa Week is hovering just on the horizon. Next month, from November 3-7, UK spas and salons will be taking part in the annual nationwide campaign organised by the UK Spa Association and which is aimed at increasing awareness of the mental
NO matter whether you try and ignore it is still hard to escape from the reality that Christmas is fast approaching. Driving around, or just walking, you can’t get away from the ‘Book your Christmas Meal’ adverts at pubs and restaurants, the toys
CINEMA-GOERS in a Worcestershire town can expect a more comfortable experience when they see the latest blockbusters on the big screen. Malvern Cinema is set to undergo considerable refurbishment in the coming weeks as the 91-year-old venue sees
Review: Dreamboats and Miniskirts – at the Festival Theatre, Malvern, from Monday, October 20 to Saturday, October 25, 2014. HOW many more could there be? Here we’ve moved on from ‘Petticoats’ and Buddy and co, and progressed to the early 1960s
FOOTBALL: Bromsgrove-born Burton Albion manager Gary Rowett is favourite to take the vacant hot-seat at Birmingham City. The Brewers boss is a rising star after guiding them to the League Two play-offs for two years in a row. Rowett leads a
THE Bromsgrove branch of an animal charity are receiving regular visits from rugby stars as part of a new partnership. Members of the Worcester Warriors rugby team James Percival, Matt Cox and Mike Daniels dropped in on the Blue Cross animal adoption
STROKE survivors in Bromsgrove received a visit from Lord Cobham and Bromsgrove district councillor Janice Boswell recently as part of an event organized by the Stroke Association.The charity is supporting the International Communication Project 2014,
MICHAEL ‘Buller’ Pardoe was understandably pleased as punch to represent England for the first time in an international tournament against Ireland. The 27-year-old, who represents the Droitwich Amateur Boxing Academy and has more than 150 fights
BROMSGROVE District Council's chief executive has defended the authority's planning service following a threat by the Government to place it in special measures. A letter defending the service has been written by chief executive Kevin Dicks, which
A BROMSGROVE man who led police on a dangerous high speed chase has been jailed. Gavin Patton hit speeds of up to 90mph in his BMW 3 series car as he was pursued by police who saw him go through a red traffic light in the early hours of September
IT’S TIME to put pen to paper and say thank you to the three ladies who helped me up in St Michael’s churchyard on August 8 in Stoke Prior. So once again a special thanks to all three of you. CJ Chance Stoke Prior
TEXAS band Hot Club of Cowtown is back to tour the UK in support of the band's latest release Rendezvous In Rhythm. The album is an exuberant collection of Gypsy songs and American Songbook standards played acoustically and recorded in the hot
A TALENTED footballer once on the books of Worcester City has been jailed for drug dealing. Student Ricardo Newell was jailed for 32 months at Worcester Crown Court after he admitted getting involved in street dealing heroin and cocaine, to help
A BROMSGROVE runner put her best foot forward to raise cash for a charity helping people overseas. Katie Burrows, an optician at Specsavers in Bromsgrove High Street, took part in the Birmingham Half Marathon on Sunday, October 19. Katie took
Bromsgrove 31, Lichfield 33BROMSGROVE were edged out by Lichfield in a nine try thriller on Saturday.The Boars will be disappointed with themselves to have lost, but they were not accurate enough in attack, neither was their defence of the required standard
