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9:20am Friday 5th March 2010

I WAS glad to see that a council officer and the High Street market traders in Bromsgrove took a strong stand against having their market marquees used for political propaganda by self-styled local campaigners.

Find us a local!

9:20am Thursday 4th March 2010

I FEEL it necessary to go into print again, this time regarding the selection of parliamentary representatives for Bromsgrove.

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Short listing

9:20am Thursday 4th March 2010

B PARKER makes a valid and thoughtful comment about short-listing candidates for our future MP.

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Right call

9:20am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

HERE’S proof there are some decent people about in Bromsgrove as I would like to thank the local taxi company called 577777 Taxis for handing in my son’s mobile phone which had fallen out of his pocket whilst he was using one of their taxis at the weekend.

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Help after fall

9:21am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

I WOULD like to thank the two kind ladies who helped me when I fell by the cemetery gates in Church Road, Bromsgrove, a few weeks ago.

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Fighting fears

9:22am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

WHEN I finish work on a Friday night I go into town to get some food from by the nightclub.

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Coffee support

9:22am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

WE would like to thank everyone who supported our coffee morning and bring and buy sale last month.

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Make ends meet

9:23am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

FURTHER to the recent report on the funding crisis looming for the CAB in Droit, I would like to make plain to readers alternative proposals from the Liberal Democrat Group at Wychavon for this year's budget.

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Long service

9:24am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

FOR 125 years Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association Forces Help (SSAFA FH) has made an unfailing commitment to the men and women of Britain’s Armed Forces. We believe that their bravery, dedication and loyalty deserve a lifetime of support. Since 1885, we have adapted to meet the needs of those who serve in our Armed Forces, those who used to serve and the families of both. We continue to help 50,000 people each year, providing them with a combination of practical, financial and emotional support.

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Backing Fairtrade

7:40am Tuesday 23rd February 2010

Thanks to everyone who signed the Fairtrade Bromsgrove petition at the Oxfam bookshop and various churches. The council’s overview and scrutiny board considered it in January and, with a healthy majority, decided to make recommendations to cabinet.

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St John history

7:40am Tuesday 23rd February 2010

I am trying to trace the history of the Droitwich Spa division of the St John Ambulance. The division originated in March 1935 and has seen many events and members pass through over the years.

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It’s just crazy

7:40am Monday 22nd February 2010

What a crazy council. Rubery village is the gateway to the Lickey Hills and the Waseley Hills.

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Tory experiment

7:40am Monday 22nd February 2010

I cannot believe what this Conservative council are doing to Bromsgrove. Are they living on another planet to the rest of us.

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What a sad affair

7:40am Sunday 21st February 2010

IS it just me that has noticed a few things? Julie Kirkbride wrote on her website that she had paid back £700 as identified by the Conservative scrutiny panel.

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Market hall use

7:40am Sunday 21st February 2010

I wonder, does anybody actually use Bromsgrove market hall?

A wonky letter

7:40am Saturday 20th February 2010

Keith Birmingham treats us yet again to one of his wonky letters, airing another one of his hair brained rants. On this occasion a warning on th evils of Bromsgrove’s Labour councillors.

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It’s bleeding cold

7:30am Saturday 20th February 2010

AT the blood donor session at the Old Labour Club (now Members’ Club) in Bromsgrove on February 3, the session start, due for 1.30pm, was delayed by an hour because the hall hired by the NHS was well below temperature (blood will not flow properly from cold bodies).

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We need to address this imbalance

10:35am Friday 19th February 2010

I feel it necessary to respond to the correspondent from Alvechurch, who refers to the planning applications for affordable housing in his area suggesting that the council tax payer will be funding the building and future repair of the dwellings.

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Crying foul

10:38am Friday 19th February 2010

TO the anti-social person living in Barns Croft Way, Droitwich Spa, who persistently lets his/her dog out under cover of darkness, to make a mess in other people’s gardens.