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Paul Bradley

Club on track to rise from ashes

ATHLETES in Wyre Forest are set to be given a cash boost to bring new sports equipment to their arson-hit sports club. Read

Half a million we owe you, thanks!

CANCER Research volunteers in north Worcestershire have smashed the £500,000 barrier after 42 years of continuous fundraising. Read

Save A&E service

HEALTH campaigners have urged hospital bosses to make a halfway house accident and emergency ward permanent for the benefit of thousands of Worcestershire patients. Read

'Europe ballot' in Smith's back yard

CONSTITUENTS in the Home Secretary's constituency will be the first UK voters to have their say on a European Union constitution, it was claimed today. Read

Street boozers banned

THE whole of Birmingham is set to become an alcohol-restricted zone, it was revealed today. Read

Grilling for home secretary Smith

YOUNG people in Worcestershire took their fight for teen democracy to the top when they quizzed Home Secretary Jacqui Smith at her Westminster offices. Read

Dumpers warned after rubbish fine

FLY-TIPPERS in Redditch have had to pay out more than £200 in costs and fines after they dumped normal household rubbish in the streets. Read

New initiative is the business

REDDITCH is set to be transformed into a thriving business centre as expert advisers hit the streets for the first time this month. Read

Big rat and fries!

A SECOND McDonald's restaurant in Birmingham city centre has been put on a hygiene alert after a student claimed he filmed a rat inside. Read

2,000 TV licence dodgers caught

NEARLY 2,000 Worcestershire householders were caught without television licences in 2007, figures released by TV Licensing showed. Read

Signal is on green for SVR!

RAIL bridge engineers were today facing a desperate race against the clock before the re-opening of a section of the Severn Valley route. Read

Ban placed on unruly youth

A TEENAGE troublemaker has been banned from Kidderminster town centre after terrorising shopkeepers and store assistants. Read

Chiefs in pledge on infection rates

NEW superbug figures have revealed MRSA infections were on the decline, but C-diff rates were at their peak at Worcestershire hospitals last year. Read

It's as safe as houses

A FURIOUS Redditch councillor today urged visitors to see her patch for themselves after it was dubbed a hotspot for youth crime. Read

'Brawl' squaddies facing cells ordeal

BRITISH troops allegedly involved in a pub brawl in Cyprus face a "hellish" time in the island's jail, a former Midland soldier said today. Read

Browns has a tasty revamp

A WORCESTERSHIRE restaurant is reopening six months after being devastated by last summer's floods. Read

Hospice given a £10,000 deposit

CHILDREN with life-limiting illnesses were today celebrating after staff and customers of a Bromsgrove bank nominated them for a £10,000 donation. Read

Deer leap into child's vision

FAMILIES in Worcestershire are set to get a glimpse of elusive fallow deer as Worcestershire's top wildlife experts host expeditions in the county's woodlands. Read

Ocean rowers set for Birmingham Mail fun run

A PAIR of epic ocean rowers today threw down the gauntlet to runners across the city by vowing to set the race record in the Birmingham Mail 5K Fun Run. David Lynes, from Redditch, and 23-year-old team-mate Steve Redgewell, from Evesham, will join hundreds of runners at the start line at Villa Park on April 27 in aid of of Macmillan Cancer Support and the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust. Read

We'll fight to keep Perry Barr caring home open

FAMILIES of residents at a Birmingham nursing home today vowed to fight a council ban that could see it shut down for good - claiming it was the victim of a local authority "witch hunt." Read

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Worcestershire reporter Paul Bradley splits his work duties between stories in his Redditch, Bromsgrove and Kidderminster patch and reports and investigations in Birmingham. He works from an office in Redditch and an office in Birmingham. He is also a video journalist.

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