A MOVE to put the twinning agreement between Bromsgrove and Gronau onto a firmer footing took a step forward when a delegation led by David Megan from Barnt Green visited the west German town where they were met by the mayor. A return visit was set to take place in June.

ANNA Karen star of such TV hits as On the Buses and the Rag Trade visited pupils at Cropthorne Special Residential School in Blackwell.

WORK on the long overdue £2.75m Bromsgrove Easter by-pass was set to start within two weeks.

The scheme had been scaled down from the original version because of the present economic situation.