PEOPLE in Bromsgrove seeking to further their education by attending evening courses or collages were to pay more. County councillors were being urged to raise the cost from 28p to 50p or even 75p per hour. It was said the true commercial cost of courses was more likely £1 per hour. But the authority was wary of hiking charges for fear of driving people away.

FLOOD water a foot deep swamped workshops at the Upton Warren Sailing Centre when a day of incessant rain caused the 23-acre lake to burst its banks. It was caused by water running into the lake from near-by farmland.

A TEAM of Irish experts were helping Bromsgrove's Avoncroft museum to accurately date one of its exhibits - the Cockpit Theatre. Core samples of wood from the structure were being sent to Queen's University in Belfast where they could be accurately dated.

THE giant Bird's Eye frozen food company was to pull out of its Bromsgrove premises at Aston Fields. Bosses claimed the Sherwood Road base were uneconomic. Sixteen jobs would go, the remainder of the staff would be offered jobs elsewhere.

THE third attempt to bring cinema shows to Bromsgrove had failed incurring a loss of £400 in just three weeks. The latest venture, backed by the district council, had failed through lack of support.