A KIDDERMINSTER post office will close in early February, mail bosses have announced.

The Lister Road branch, in Foley Park, will shut on February 8, as one of three other controversial branch closures.

Post offices in Hurcott Road, Kidderminster and Calder Road, Stourport will close on January 20 and 22 respectively.

A date has yet to be announced for the closure of Sutton Road post office.

The move was opposed by residents throughout Wyre Forest.

Marcus Hart, a Wyre Forest district councillor for Sutton Park, collected more than 1,000 signatures opposing the closure of Sutton Park and Lister Road, but the petition was in vain.