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Xtra reveals why sewing is so rewarding

Kate Hodal using a sewing machine to make a tote bag during a Learn to Sew workshop at a John Lewis store in London.

6:00am Friday 10th July 2009

With the recession kicking in, reports suggest that more women are taking up sewing.

Xtra looks at six of the best for a perfect picnic

Spork, £2.50 each from www.stanfords.co.uk.

6:00am Friday 10th July 2009

Picnics are among the finest outdoor pursuits ever invented - pack your essentials, find the perfect spot and enjoy the fine weather.

Police hunt hooded attackers

3:43pm Thursday 9th July 2009

POLICE are hunting hooded attackers who assaulted on a man in Bromsgrove in the early hours of the morning. (6 July).

Marie Curie boost from Wayside tea party

Olive Walker, 84, activities coordinator Sue Macfarlane, Olive’s daughter Anne Davenport, and social work student Danielle Cogzell, 24, all enjoy the tea party

3:55pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

RESIDENTS and staff at a Bromsgrove care home had fun by holding a ‘Blooming Great Tea Party’ in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Man caught in car with teenage girls

9:47am Wednesday 8th July 2009

A 27-year-old man breached a crown court order by having two teenage girls in his car.

Early morning call

8:25am Wednesday 8th July 2009

BROMSGROVE firefighters had a short distance to travel to an incident at the junction of Windsor Street and New Road at 1am this morning where a car had collided with the front door of a flat. The vehicle was made safe and there were no injuries

Young musician hits the right notes

Young musician hits the right notes

11:45am Tuesday 7th July 2009

A TALENTED young musician from Bromsgrove hit all the right notes as he won 2009’s Youth Got Talent at the Artrix.

Former Rover workers want answers, says MP Julie Kirkbride

11:31am Tuesday 7th July 2009

AN emergency statement was made in the House of Commons on Monday when it became clear that the long-awaited report into the collapse of MG Rover would not be published as the document has been referred to the Serious Fraud Office.

Newsletter jokes backfire

9:24am Tuesday 7th July 2009

A DECISION to include a page of jokes in a parish council's newsletter backfired when they were branded 'racist, sexist and offensive' and more suited to a college rag mag.

Appeal for witnesses to attempted robbery

8:20am Tuesday 7th July 2009

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Bromsgrove at the weekend.


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