Stories for 9 January 2006

Leisure

Step back in time by heading to these hills

HOW would you like to visit a warm, shallow, tropical sea with many of the characteristics of Australia's Barrier Reef, yet only 10 miles from Worcester? Yes, me too.   more...

News

Shelter for homeless, thanks to News readers

HOMELESS people will be able to take cover from the elements thanks to generous Worcester News readers who have raised a massive £10,000 for a city night shelter.   more...

Man dies after car smashes into tree

A MAN in his 20s was killed when his car veered off a road and smashed into a tree.   more...

This is a home that we love.Please don't make us live somewhere else

MENTAL health patients and their carers are fighting plans to close a special hostel in Worcester.   more...

we don't want a killer next door

TRIPLE child killer David McGreavy is under lock and key once more after an outcry by villagers where he was due to be rehoused.   more...

Software keeps an eye on staff sickies

A QUARTER of small businesses are so scared about being sued they are refusing to tackle their own lazy staff.   more...

Morgan's special model for 70th year

WORCESTERSHIRE-based car manufacturer Morgan has unveiled a special model to mark the 70th anniversary of its iconic 4/4.   more...

Midlands floors firm slips amid sales woe

SHARES in Birmingham-based flooring specialist Floors 2 Go fell 16 per cent on Friday after it revealed like-for-like sales slumped by a quarter as consumers reined in spending.   more...

New van puts Warriors on the right line

WORCESTER Warriors rugby club has joined forces with Green-Line Vehicle Rental for a premier result.   more...

Store's hope Fairtrade boost comes up roses

SAINSBURY'S has announced plans to boost sales of Fairtrade products by 50 per cent during 2006.   more...

Work and pensions staff vote to strike

STAFF at the Department for Work and Pensions voted to go on strike in protest at job cuts, the Public and Commercial Services union announced.   more...

Car sales dip

NEW car sales dipped five per cent last year despite a record December, official figures showed. New regist rations in 2005 totalled 2,439,717 - a 4.97 per cent fall on the 2004 figure.   more...

BUSINESS BRIEF

JJB profits miss   more...

Enter sausage eating competition

A PUB is hoping its second annual sausage eating competition raises more money for charity than the inaugural one held a year ago.   more...

Top prizes just keep on flocking to Marcus

THERE must be some irony in the fact a farmer named Bullock has a top flock of sheep, but the system obviously works.   more...

Police mergers and their hidden agendas

SIR - So Mr Cole thinks that it's "parochial nonsense" to oppose West Mercia police being swallowed up in a regional force (Letters, Wednesday, December 28).   more...

Picking up pieces of canine tragedy

SIR - Despite all the festive warnings, there may be some families which received puppies or dogs as gifts at Christmas. Dogs Trust, the UK's largest dog welfare charity, asks that all new dog owners take time to think about our famous slogan - a dog is for life, not just for Christmas, and that they remember it all year round.   more...

Making the living easy in care home

SIR - Every day, 275 older people choose to move into a care home. That's more than 100,000 people each year.   more...

New phenomenon on the motorways

SIR - I wonder if any readers of Worcester News have noticed a new phenomenon when travelling on a motorway fitted with the expensive new illuminated message signs?   more...

Walking and riding is road to health

SIR - There should be no doubt that the world is in the grip of cyclical change. Many of these changes are being hastened and exacerbated by human activities. Emissions from industry, land vehicles, including trains and planes, do make a difference.   more...

I'm better than both of them

SIR - George Cowley is asking what he and Shirley Bassey have in common. May I suggest they can't sing like I do.   more...

Seven Days

ID cards mean ID theft   more...

Seven Days

Gimmick is now a timebomb   more...

Seven Days

My daughter played with a pop star   more...

Hats off to youngsters with a head for design

S OME horse-mad youngsters enjoyed their annual festive party at Gracelands indoor arena in Droitwich. Members of the Wyre Forest branch of the Pony Club spent hours washing and grooming their ponies before donning their special festive headgear for the popular `decorated hat' competition.   more...

Eat your way to healthy life, children are urged

YOUNGSTERS in Worcester-shire are being urged to kick-start healthy eating for the new year with a special fund-raising `five- a-day' initiative.   more...

The Faithful City lives up to its name

IT'S just a year ago that the joy of Christmas and the new year was overshadowed by the Asian tsunami. The utter horror of the deadly tidal wave that claimed thousands of lives became imprinted on our consciousness as amateur footage of the moment when catastrophe struck was run and re-run across our television screens.   more...

One `F' word we'd like to see banned

EVERY weekend throughout the football season, pitches up and down the land will bear witness to all manner of expletives, some shouted others merely mouthed. Yet it appears that the dirtiest word of them all is another `F' word. Failure.   more...

City Mayor is going quackers over the loss of his pet duck

THE Mayor of Worcester is distraught after his beloved drake went missing - he now fears he has been the victim of a fox.   more...

Don't stop walking as woods are revamped

VISITORS can continue to enjoy walks around Hornhill Meadows and Nunnery Wood during the refurbishment of the Countryside Centre at Worcester Woods Country Park.   more...

Enter our competition if you can scoff sausages

A PUB is hoping its second annual sausage eating competition raises more money for charity than the inaugural one held a year ago.   more...

Studio open for community use

ARTISTIC types in the Malvern Hills are set to be given a boost as a composer building a new media centre has revealed he is in discussions to open it up to the community.   more...

County pays high price for binge drink culture

ALTHOUGH the festive season of excessive drinking is over for another year, the harmful effects of excess alcohol and binge drinking are a permanent part of some people's lives, Worcestershire's advisory Service on alcohol has warned.   more...

Family waits on official pardon for the soldier killed by a firing squad

The family and supporters of a Worcestershire soldier executed by firing squad in the First World War are hoping the new year will bring an official pardon.   more...

We wouldn't have met had there not been a war. It really brought us together

A WARTIME picnic marked the start of a beautiful relationship for one city couple, who will celebrate 60 years of marriage today.   more...

Your cash helps the tsunami survivors

GENEROUS Worcester residents are being thanked for donating £1.6m to the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal.   more...

Jawbone landmark is back in place

THIS gigantic whalebone monument has returned to Evesham after a three-month makeover.   more...

Huntsmen hold antis in Wild West stand-off

HUNTSMEN rounded up a group of masked anti-fox hunters and held them for more than an hour in a Wild West-style stand off.   more...

Sport

City 2 Kettering 0

Monday, January 7, 2006   more...

9/1/06 - Preece nips in to sign Pearce

ANDY Preece is confident of signing more players this week following the capture of experienced Redditch United defender Dennis Pearce.   more...

9/1/06 - Weekend county results round-up

SATURDAY   more...

Woking 0 Harriers 1

Saturday, January 7, 2006   more...

Warriors 11 Northampton 15

Saturday, January 7, 2006   more...

7/1/06 - Yates is man to lead the Harriers

HARRIERS' chairman Barry Norgrove is convinced Mark Yates is the right man to turn the fortunes around at Aggborough and lead the team into more successful times.   more...

7/1/06 - Harriers hopes rest with Yates

NEW Kidderminster Harriers manager Mark Yates is looking to build on the experience he gained during his 18-month stint as Steve Cotterill's right-hand man at Burnley to lead Harriers away from the wrong end of the Nationwide Conference table.   more...

Hot Rod off to great start

ROD Brown's first match in charge of Bromsgrove Rovers ended successfully with a 2-1 Southern League Division One West win at 10-man Bracknell Town.   more...

Duncan tees up Evesham victory

EVESHAM United leapt out of the Southern League Premier Division bottom three with a deserved 3-0 victory over Rugby Town at Common Road.   more...

New boss Yates off to a flier at Harriers

MARK Yates was full of praise for Kidderminster Harriers' battlers following a magical start to his managerial campaign.   more...

On-fire Stansfield too hot for Boro

HEREFORD completed their first double of the season with a hugely important Nationwide Conference success at the McCain Stadium on Saturday.   more...

Dream try ends in Warriors nightmare

IT should have been the perfect way to end a run of results that is now beginning to seriously undermine Worcester's early-season promise.   more...

Sixways coach remains positive

WARRIORS head coach Anthony Eddy remains positive despite watching his side slip to their fourth consecutive defeat.   more...

Fortune favours City in vital win

SOLID Worcester City took the pressure of any relegation fears by clinching their first league win in almost two months.   more...

Preece nips in to sign Pearce

ANDY Preece is confident of signing more players this week following the capture of experienced Redditch United defender Dennis Pearce.   more...

Fixtures

July 2005 (friendlies)   more...

9/1/06 - Sixways coach remains positive

WARRIORS head coach Anthony Eddy remains positive despite watching his side slip to their fourth consecutive defeat.   more...

Malvern Town FC - Fixtures/Results - 2005/6 Season

FIXTURES   more...

Malvern RFC - Fixtures/Results - 2005/6 season

MIDLANDS TWO (WEST)   more...

  
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