Stories for 20 September 2005

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Talks to halt Morrisons strike plan

TALKS aimed at averting a series of strikes by workers at distribution centres which deliver goods to Morrisons supermarkets are to be held on Wednesday.   more...

Business as usual for learning organisation

THE Learning and Skills Council, the organisation responsible for making England better skilled and more competitive, has announced a major transformation that will mean the loss of 1,300 jobs.   more...

We're ignoring finances and stacking up bills

AN estimated 27 million bills go unopened when they first arrive as Britons fail to make time for their personal finances, research claimed today.   more...

Firm's all set for a lead part in future

AN automotive parts manufacturer has turned developer to fund its future growth.   more...

- City canalside vision crowded, say planners - Police chiefs asked to choose merge partner - Someone will snap over the yobs who smashed cars - I celebrated my 75th at the wheel of double-decker bus - Rhodes hits out at Batty's snub -   more...

Youngsters get in the mood to party

YOUNGSTERS were in the party mood to celebrate the name change of their nursery.   more...

Unsightly

AT last a councillor with some intelligence! All that Richard Udall says about unsightly and smelly wheelie bins rings true. Have we no other councillors with the brains to get this hare-brained scheme thrown out?   more...

Wheelie bin

I AGREE with Councillor Richard Udall regarding wheelie bins.   more...

Not cricket

"CRICKET is the national sport again," trumpeted the BBC. Is there, in this declaration, a tacit acceptance that the UK as such, is rapidly breaking up?   more...

Punishment

WHAT a negative view of Christianity from Tom Wareing (Friday, September 9). Christianity isn't primarily about "punishment for wrongdoing," but about love and compassion towards our fellow human beings, whoever they are and whatever they do. Christ said "judge not, and you won't be judged."   more...

Reasons for NI violence

THE recent violence in Northern Ireland and over the past years would suggest to any logical person that peace is not on their agenda.   more...

EU never came into the frame

FURTHER to the views expressed by Messrs Webb, Spencer, Chance & Co, these correspondents will do well to remember that during the recent General Election, Britain's EU membership was never an issue.   more...

Politicians never seem to learn ecological lessons

YOUR front-page story headlined Petrol Panic Hits City (Tuesday, September 13) brings back memories - it could have been written in the 1970s, during the OPEC oil crisis, or either of the decades between then and now.   more...

Motor buffs turn out for window memorial

MORGAN motor cars were immortalised in unusual fashion at the weekend - when a stained-glass window picturing the Malvern firm was unveiled in a Herefordshire church.   more...

Can you help historic attraction?

AN historic site and tourist attraction in Worcester's picturesque Friar Street is appealing for more volunteers to keep it up-and-running.   more...

Top guitarist heads bill

Worcester Concert Club's new season is approaching with the promise of a varied and interesting programme including one of the world's most acclaimed guitarists.   more...

Katrina sprints ahead with Olympics dream

PERSHORE schoolgirl Katrina Hart is certainly quick off the mark. Just a year after taking up sprinting she has run away with a top honour in European athletics.   more...

I celebrated my 75th birthday at the wheel of double-decker bus

A 75-year-old thrill-seeker fulfilled a lifelong ambition when her family organised a special birthday present - for her to drive a double-decker bus.   more...

Someone will snap over the yobs who smashed our cars

ANGRY residents of a Tolladine street blighted by vandalism fear someone will `take the law into their own hands' to stop the culprits.   more...

Police chiefs asked to choose merge partner

WEST Mercia police chiefs have been asked which force they would like to merge with to create a new regional super-constabulary.   more...

City canalsided plan 'crowded'

EXCITING proposals to transform the Royal Worcester Porcelain site and canalside could be redrafted because planners feel too much is being squeezed into the area.   more...

Will big mean it's better?

THERE is no doubt that the role of the British policeman has changed out of all recognition in recent times.   more...

Picnic party raises funds in the garden of manor

THE laid-back sounds of swing and jazz rang out across the village of Bransford on Sunday as the Jack Daniels Big Band entertained the crowds at a charity picnic event.   more...

We're at Downing Street to stop cuts at town's hospital

CAMPAIGNERS against planned cutbacks at Evesham Community Hospital took their concerns to Downing Street yesterday.   more...

Still no love for lonely Edna, 86

LOVE for lonely Edna has still not materialised, despite the Worcester News' campaign to find her a man.   more...

Now you'll pay on bus

AFTER a free fortnight's trial and a record-breaking start last weekend, the new Worcester Express bus fares have started this week.   more...

Pershore sisters see controversial statue unveiled

TWO Pershore High School pupils were special guests at the official unveiling ceremony in Trafalgar Square of a sculpture of their cousin Alison Lapper.   more...

Raconteur Freud tells a few tales

WELL-known wit Sir Clement Freud will entertain hundreds of Worcester people when he appears at The King's School this week.   more...

All change at chateau

THE Chateau Impney Hotel, near Droitwich, wants to create an annexe, remove some of the modern hard landscaping and take down a small house providing staff accommodation.   more...

Council set for review on planning

A REVIEW of city planning procedures is due to be rubber-stamped this week after an Ombudsman reported `maladministration' in the system.   more...

Katrina sprints ahead with Olympics dream

PERSHORE schoolgirl Katrina Hart is certainly quick off the mark. Just a year after taking up sprinting she has run away with a top honour in European athletics.   more...

Sport

20/9/05 - It's crunch time for City's season

DRAMATIC it may be but Worcester City's season is at a make-or-break stage with four momentous games in waiting.   more...

20/9/05 - Watkiss hopes Halifax will be the quick cure

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss admits he is relieved to have a game tonight.   more...

20/9/05 - Rhodes hits out at Batty's snub

STEVE Rhodes has slammed England's selectors for snubbing Worcestershire's Gareth Batty from the forthcoming tour to Pakistan.   more...

20/9/05 - I'm not quitting says Hick

GRAEME Hick has no intention of retiring this season despite experiencing the lea-nest spell of his 21-year career with Worcestershire.   more...

20/9/05 - Pace pair battle to be fit for Essex test

FAST bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Nadeem Malik are racing to be fit for Worcestershire's final Frizzell Championship clash with Essex at New Road.   more...

Rampant West Malvern flood Plumbers Arms

THE floodgates were opened at West Malvern where the home team took advantage of a leaky Plumbers Arms defence to sink them 16-1 in a Worcester Football League Saturday Division One match.   more...

Warriors `A' team suffer Tykes defeat

WORCESTER Warriors `A' struggled to a 35-18 defeat at Chandos Park against Leeds Tykes last night.   more...

Watkiss hopes Halifax will be the quick cure

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss admits he is relieved to have a game tonight.   more...

Bulls are charging at Fleet

JOHN Trewick is banking on another miserly display from Hereford United to see off Gravesend and Northfleet at Edgar Street tonight (7.45).   more...

Neal facing last round title shoot-out at Brands Hatch

DROITWICH track star Matt Neal is still on course to win the British Touring Car Championship despite failing to win any of the three races at Silverstone.   more...

Pace pair battle to be fit for Essex test

FAST bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Nadeem Malik are racing to be fit for Worcestershire's final Frizzell Championship clash with Essex at New Road.   more...

I'm not quitting says Hick

GRAEME Hick has no intention of retiring this season despite experiencing the lea-nest spell of his 21-year career with Worcestershire.   more...

Rhodes hits out at Batty's snub

STEVE Rhodes has slammed England's selectors for snubbing Worcestershire's Gareth Batty from the forthcoming tour to Pakistan.   more...

Malvern RFC - Club facts

The Clubhouse, Spring Lane, Malvern Link, Worcs. WR14 1AJ. Telephone: (01684) 573728.   more...

20/9/05 - Warriors `A' team suffer Tykes defeat

WORCESTER Warriors `A' struggled to a 35-18 defeat at Chandos Park against Leeds Tykes last night.   more...

  
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