A WINNING way with words has scooped a Kidderminster mum the chance to go on a shopping spree.

Jane Page, of Kinver Avenue, came up with Weavers' Wharf in the competition to name the new £60 million town centre shopping and leisure development. Jane Page who came up with Weavers' Wharf as the name for Kidderminster's £60 million town centre development which is under construction.

Mrs Page, 45, who works in the sales office of Victoria Carpets, receives £500 and will be a VIP member of the party to officially open the scheme next year.

She said: "This is the first time I have entered a competition. I thought of the name because of the town's strong links with the carpet industry, combined with the fact that the river will be a feature of the new centre. I have been watching the way the work on realigning it has taken place."

Mrs Page, whose husband Clive is a team leader with Beakbane of Kidderminster, said their children, Neil, 24, and Alex, eight, will be helping to spend the cash prize.

Hundreds of readers entered the competition, run by the Shuttle/Times & News in conjunction with developers Centros Miller.

Remarkably, 12 came up with Weavers' Wharf which judges thought best suited the waterfront site and Mrs Page's entry was first to come out of the hat. The other 11 runners-up each receive a £25 gift token.

Centros Miller development director David Lewis said: "The chosen name will become the identity of the scheme and will symbolise this adventurous revitalisation of the town centre."

The diversion of the River Stour, the restoration of Slingfield Mill and other historic buildings form part of the challenge for Centros Miller.

The development is expected to create about 1,000 jobs.

Runners-up receiving gift vouchers and VIP invitations to the opening of the scheme are Mr A Bechelli, Galahad Way, Stourport; Robert Hayes, Queen Elizabeth Road, Kidderminster; John Harper, Baxter Avenue, Kiddermin-ster; Jane Groom, Beach Road, Areley Kings; Pauline Rickson, Hayes Road, Wolverley; Mrs D Chater, Delamere Road, Bewdley; Kate Lane, Wolverhampton Road, Kidderminster; Mrs A Turner, Woodthorpe Drive, Bewdley; Sue Canolin, Lea Street, Kidderminster; Debbie Lissemore, Steatite Way, Stourport; and Marcia Evitts, Silver Birch Drive, Kidderminster.