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Annual 1940s weekend at Severn Valley Railway

THE clock was turned back almost 70 years as the famous Severn Valley Railway rolled out the barrel for its annual 1940s weekend. Read

Young people recognised in police awards ceremony

HEROIC young people from Redditch, Bromsgrove and Droitwich have been recognised for their outstanding community spirit in a police awards ceremony. Read

UB40 to sponsor netball club

MUMS will be making sure there’s no red, red wine spilt on the new shirts of a girls’ netball club after landing a sponsorship deal with reggae giants UB40. Read

Neil Entwistle is jailed for life

NEIL Entwistle has been jailed for life without release by a US judge for the murders of his Midland teacher wife and baby daughter. Read

Midland friends pay tribute to murdered Rachel Entwistle

FORMER Midland friends and colleagues of tragic teacher Rachel today paid tribute to her and said she “lit up a room with a smile”. Read

Mayor defiant over internet photograph

THE mayor of Kidderminster today vowed to carry on as first citizen after he was photographed climbing a lamppost on a night out. Read

Parents of Neil Entwistle insist he is innocent

THE “devastated” parents of a British man found guilty of killing his Midland teacher wife and their baby daughter today insisted he was innocent. Read

Midland soldiers honoured by the Queen

MIDLAND soldiers were honoured by the Queen for their individual displays of outstanding bravery during fierce fighting in Afghanistan. Read

Dog-walker ‘spots a UFO’

A TAMWORTH woman claims to have witnessed a UFO as she walked her dog in Bromsgrove. Read

Jury out for second day on Entwistle trial

THE jury trying Briton Neil Entwistle over the murders of his American wife and baby is to begin its second day of deliberations. Read

Brave Midlands soldiers honoured by Queen

BRAVE Midlands soldiers were today being honoured by the Queen for their individual displays of courage during fierce fighting in Afghanistan. Read

Boat of heroic rower smashed up by vandals

A HEROIC Birmingham rower who saved a mother and baby from drowning in the River Severn has had his boat smashed up by vandals. Read

Redditch bus company axes services

REDDITCH MP Jacqui Smith today urged people to boycott a major bus company after it stopped its buses calling in at the town’s Alexandra Hospital. Read

Jury out in Neil Entwistle trial

THE jury trying Briton Neil Entwistle over the murders of his American wife and baby were due to retire to consider their verdict today. Read

School chef Andy Minchin is hot stuff

CLASS Catering are delighted, for the second year running, to be awarded the School Chef of The Year Award from Worcestershire County Council., which this year was awarded to Andy Minchin who is our chef at Haybridge High School in Hagley. Read

US deaths jury to hear phone call

JURORS trying Briton Neil Entwistle over the murders of his American wife and baby daughter will hear a recording of the moment he was told his family was shot dead today. Read

Suspect in double killings sought on-line encounters

BRITON Neil Entwistle spent the month before his wife and daughter were murdered looking on-line for sexual encounters, a court heard. Read

Tributes paid to Midland soldier

TRIBUTES were paid today to the Midland soldier who died in Afghanistan. Read

Family mourns crash victim

TRIBUTE has been paid to a young man who died when the vehicle in which he was travelling left the road and crashed. Read

Computer expert in court in Entwistle trial

A POLICE computer specialist was today due to give details of the websites allegedly trawled by Briton Neil Entwistle on the day his American wife and baby daughter were murdered. Read

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