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Ladies fight leukaemia

10:30am Sunday 12th October 2008

A LADIES day is being organised in Bromsgrove to raise as much cash as possible for Leukaemia Research.

Get dressed with Gok - and Xtra!

Get dressed with Gok

6:00am Saturday 11th October 2008

Most of us will never shed our clothes on How To Look Good Naked or strut down the catwalk for Gok Wan's Fashion Fix.

kittens dumped in phone box

5:47pm Saturday 11th October 2008

POLICE are appealing for information after four kittens were found dumped in a Bromsgrove phone box.

History talk

7:30am Saturday 11th October 2008

THE Bromsgrove branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry next meets on Tuesday, October 14.

Fatal crash on country lane

3:39pm Friday 10th October 2008

A MOTORCYCLIST has died following a collision with a car in Hanbury.

Staff put their best foot forward

STEPPING OUT FOR CHARITY: Hayley Collard, Katie Johnson, Michelle Simpson, Emma Haynes and Stacey Amor.

7:40am Friday 10th October 2008

STAFF at Bromsgrove-based marketing and communications agency, Gough Allen Stanley, raised more than £1,000 for charity.

Waiting two years to take a shower

7:40am Friday 10th October 2008

A 88-YEAR-OLD man, who lives in sheltered accommodation in Bromsgrove, says he has been waiting for nearly two years to take a shower.

Oasis talk to Xtra

Digging out a real gem

7:00am Friday 10th October 2008

Oasis are back with a new album, Dig Out Your Soul, released on Monday October 6. We talk to guitarist Gem Archer about what it's like still being 'the new boy' almost a decade after joining the group, and his relationship with the Gallagher brothers.

Xtra looks into pros and cons of vaccinations

A jab in the dark

7:00am Friday 10th October 2008

Hayfever, pneumonia, tetanus, flu, HPV - if you're afraid of getting it, it's likely you can get a jab to prevent it. But as Britain gets needle crazy, Xtra looks into the pros and cons of having these vaccinations and find out what they really do.

Xtra finds out if blondes really have more fun

American actress Marilyn Monroe at London Airport. Picture: PA/PA Photos.

6:00am Friday 10th October 2008

Marilyn Monroe or Doris Day, Cameron Diaz or Charlize Theron - Hollywood has always been in love with gals with golden tresses.


National News

Government defiant over 42-day plan

David Davis said he expected peers to overwhelmingly reject the proposals

Updated 1:21am Monday 13th October 2008

The Government has insisted it was pressing ahead with 42-day terror detention - despite claims that the plans are already "dead".


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