Stories for 24 October 2006

Business

Safer food is better for business

FOOD shops, restaurants and takeaways have come together with the council to improve safety standards.  more...

Come and network at technology conference

PIONEERING Worcestershire technology companies are being invited to attend the third West Midlands Information and Communications Technology Cluster conference and awards ceremony next month.  more...

Brian delivers 25 years service

IT'S 25 years not out for Brian Harris who has just clocked up a quarter of a century of service and many thousands of miles with one of the country's leading business-to-business express delivery companies.  more...

New financial adviser wants to fill gap

A NEW independent financial adviser has opened in Worcester.  more...

Small businesses will benefit

WORCESTERSHIRE firms will benefit from simplified business taxes, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).  more...

Education

Changes to courses brings a qualification dilemma for trainees

CHANGES to teacher training courses at Worcester College of Technology could leave students unable to finish their qualifications.  more...

Sowing the seeds for a bumper crop

A GROUP of youngsters from Broadwas Primary School learnt how to sow wheat as part of an education project at Malvern's Three Counties Agricul-tural Society's (TCAS) showground home.  more...

Star trek lessons for youngsters

YOUNGSTERS at King's Hawford, near Worcester, will enjoy a stellar experience with a space-themed week.  more...

Cross-channel teachers

A GROUP of schools from across the county are preparing for the arrival of teachers from across the channel.  more...

Who says pupils aren’t taught to be good citizens?

THE Ofsted report said progress had been made but there was not yet a strong consensus about the aims of citizenship education or how to incorporate it into the curriculum.  more...

Who says pupils aren’t taught to be good citizens?

THE Ofsted report said progress had been made but there was not yet a strong consensus about the aims of citizenship education or how to incorporate it into the curriculum.  more...

General

Marriage no longer relevant, say women

MARRIAGE IS NO LONGER RELEVANT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY RESEARCH launched to assess women's views on their changing role in society has uncovered that more than 1 in 3 women in the West Midlands (35 percent) think that marriage is no longer necessary or relevant in today's society and almost three quarters of women (74 percent) think that couples today enter into marriage too quickly without thinking it through first.  more...

Marriage no longer relevant, say women

RESEARCH launched to assess women's views on their changing role in society has uncovered that more than 1 in 3 women in the West Midlands (35 percent) think that marriage is no longer necessary or relevant in today's society and almost three quarters of women (74 percent) think that couples today enter into marriage too quickly without thinking it through first.  more...

Marriage no longer relevant, say women

RESEARCH launched to assess women's views on their changing role in society has uncovered that more than 1 in 3 women in the West Midlands (35 percent) think that marriage is no longer necessary or relevant in today's society and almost three quarters of women (74 percent) think that couples today enter into marriage too quickly without thinking it through first.  more...

UK is nation of parking offenders

THE findings of a survey for Budget Van Insurance show that despite the majority of us complaining endlessly about traffic wardens and parking tickets, a massive 43% of us admit to knowingly parking illegally.  more...

UK is nation of parking offenders

THE findings of a survey for Budget Van Insurance show that despite the majority of us complaining endlessly about traffic wardens and parking tickets, a massive 43% of us admit to knowingly parking illegally.  more...

UK is nation of parking offenders

THE findings of a survey for Budget Van Insurance show that despite the majority of us complaining endlessly about traffic wardens and parking tickets, a massive 43% of us admit to knowingly parking illegally.  more...

UK is nation of parking offenders

THE findings of a survey for Budget Van Insurance show that despite the majority of us complaining endlessly about traffic wardens and parking tickets, a massive 43% of us admit to knowingly parking illegally.  more...

Health

Emotional skills taught to pupils

A NATIONAL charity has launched a programme especially for schools that is aimed at improving the emotional health of young people.  more...

I yearn to play football, says boy with half a heart

A FOOTBALL-mad youngster who is unable to play the sport he loves because of a rare heart condition is to talk at a special reception at the House of Lords about the lifestyle challenges he faces.  more...

Kidder News Latest

Discoutn store to close doors

A WELL-established Kidd-erminster discount household store is being forced to close after suffering losses of more than £1,000 a week.  more...

Discount store to close doors

A WELL-established Kidd-erminster discount household store is being forced to close after suffering losses of more than £1,000 a week.  more...

Mirros snapped off parked cars

HUNDREDS of pounds of damage was caused when wing mirrors were snapped off cars parked in a Kidderminster street.  more...

Mirrors snapped off parked cars

HUNDREDS of pounds of damage was caused when wing mirrors were snapped off cars parked in a Kidderminster street.  more...

Double take as twins reach 75

BROTHERS believed to be Kidderminster's oldest identical twins have celebrated their joint 75th birthday.  more...

Double take as twins reach 75

BROTHERS believed to be Kidderminster's oldest identical twins have celebrated their joint 75th birthday.  more...

Latest

Children dice with death on crossing

CHILDREN are dicing with death on a notorious Worcester railway crossing.  more...

I like to keep busy says Ivy, 100 today

OLD age seems to run in Ivy Hitchman's family.  more...

I like to keep busy says Ivy, 100 today

OLD age seems to run in Ivy Hitchman's family.  more...

Anyone know what Croatian paper is saying about me?

AN England football fan has found himself featured in a Croatian newspaper - and is now looking for someone who speaks the language to help translate the article.  more...

I yearn to play football, says boy with half a heart

A FOOTBALL-mad youngster who is unable to play the sport he loves because of a rare heart condition is to talk at a special reception at the House of Lords about the lifestyle challenges he faces.  more...

Letters

My argument is not with the school itself

SIR - I am writing in response to Debbie Morris's letter about Christopher Whitehead Language College. I would have to say that I agree with her comments.  more...

Worcester is just a laughing stock

SIR - So our new university campus has quietly become a must have' among Worcester great and good. Let's pray that it's a mould-breaking change for the better after years of Worcester's planners being the laughing stock of the world.  more...

Worcester is just a laughing stock

SIR - So our new university campus has quietly become a must have' among Worcester great and good. Let's pray that it's a mould-breaking change for the better after years of Worcester's planners being the laughing stock of the world.  more...

Huge crimewave is Labour's legacy

SIR - Instead of Mike Foster suggesting non-custodial sentences, he should be advocating the expulsion to their own country of all convicted criminals from overseas and also the several thousands already held in our prisons.  more...

Daffodil days for worthwhile cause

SIR - I am writing on behalf of all the Marie Curie nurses in the area to appeal for your readers' help to make a difference to families coping with cancer.  more...

Freedom to trade with rest of world

SIR - It has been claimed that sterling couldn't survive on its own and that we must join the euro, but this has been shown to be false as world governments hold more and more of their monetary reserves in sterling. Now, the claim that over half our export trade is with the EU has shown to be equally as untrue. The latest government statistic shows that in spite of the fact that eight more countries joined the EU in May 2004 our overseas export earnings from the EU continue to go down and now we do far more trade with the rest of the world than we did with the EU when we first joined that undemocratic body.  more...

Why not leave?

SIR - I have "lived on the state" for more than 26 years, Jim Evans, (October 11). Before that, I was adequately fed and watered in hospital. Look on the positive in life, Jim, and stop knocking Great Britain - or move somewhere else.  more...

Manager'S View

City chasing another cash bonus in FA Cup

WHEN I came to the club I wanted to put Worcester on the map as a football city.  more...

Mayor'S Column

IAN IMRAY, The Mayor's Diary

One of my unfulfilled ambitions was to be a teacher. I always thought interacting with groups of youngsters would be fun and challenging.  more...

News

Price is right for Worcestershire

NEWLY-elected Worcestershire chairman Martyn Price has underlined his desire to see through the re-development of New Road as the premier goal of his tenure.  more...

Youth team in bid for history

WORCESTER City Youth are aiming to reach the first round proper of the FA Youth Cup for the first time in their history.  more...

Garvey on the way back for Worcester

MARCEL Garvey made a try-scoring return for Worcester Warriors when he turned out for the Academy side in their 57-27 defeat of an Exeter Chiefs Development XV at Sixways.  more...

City may move in to snap up Clarke

WORCESTER City have not ruled out another attempt to sign Alfreton Town defender Ryan Clarke.  more...

Opinion

Tuesday's Comment : Will wears the badge of courage

WILL Goodenough says he feels a little nervous as he anticipates his talk today at the House of Lords. Yes, it may appear a daunting prospect in theory, a 12-year-old boy standing up before a gathering of the great and the good. We don't doubt that anyone, let alone someone of his tender years, might be forgiven for feeling slightly on edge at the prospect.  more...

Reports

Evesham United 2, Brook House 0

EVESHAM United left it late at St George's Lane to book their place in today's FA Trophy second qualifying round draw.  more...

Robins’ efforts pay off

Evesham United 2, Brook House 0  more...

Round-Up

Car park decision will be next year

A CONTROVERSIAL car park study costing taxpayers £25,000 will reveal next year if spaces can be built under the city.  more...

Ring the bells for charity appeal

BELL-ringers across Worcestershire and Herefordshire are being urged to make some noise for the Children's Society.  more...

TENBURY: Historic building could be used by community

A COMMUNITY use could be found for the home of Tenbury Town Council when it is sold off by Malvern Hills District Council.  more...

Special bus service will need grant for £10,000

MALVERN chiefs are being asked to continue to support a bus service in the town for people unable to use regular public transport.  more...

Balloons rise to raise Noah’s Ark funds

THE sky above Worcester was peppered with colourful blue and orange balloons and one enormous black racing hot air balloon, when accountancy firm McKnights and its financial sister company McKnightWyvern released hundreds of helium-filled balloons as part of fund-raising for Noah's Ark Trust.  more...

Council may link up with chamber of commerce

MALVERN town chiefs could be set to become members of the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcest-ershire in a bid to obtain advice from the organisation about staffing issues.  more...

Pensioner’s joy at trip to the palace

A BRANSFORD pensioner talked of his "absolute delight" after going to Buckingham Palace to collect his MBE.  more...

Farm buildings to go

POULTRY houses at a Worcestershire farm are set to be bulldozed and replaced with work units after Malvern Hills planners gave the move the go-ahead.  more...

Teens don’t show up to their own meeting

YOUNG people from a Worcestershire village failed to take the chance to air their views about their problems at a meeting organised especially for them.  more...

Students don a touch of pink for cancer awareness

BREAST Cancer Awareness is holding a wear pink' day this Friday but it was brought forward at two schools in Worcester before the half-term break.  more...

Albion aims for bull’s-eye with judges

A WORCESTER pub dedicated to keeping the tradition of board games alive could be named the best game-playing pub in Britain.  more...

Reid to miss Harriers cup tie

PROMISING goalscorer Reu-ben Reid will not spearhead Kidderminster Harriers' FA Cup quest on Saturday.  more...

Reid to miss Harriers cup tie

PROMISING goalscorer Reuben Reid will not spearhead Kidderminster Harriers' FA Cup quest on Saturday.  more...

Top awards for police

TOP commendations have been handed out to more than 40 north Worcestershire police officers and community support officers, including ones from Bromsgrove.  more...

Multi-million pound housing scheme now one step closer

THE multi-million pound housing development on the former DERA North Site in Malvern came one step closer this week as developers Persimmon put in a planning application for a road through the site and new drainage.  more...

Flats proposed

A PLANNING application for a block of flats in the grounds of The Vaults pub on Worcester Road has been made to Malvern Hills District Council.  more...

Eternal recognition for organ sponsors

PEOPLE can now have their family name forever preserved in St James's Church, West Malvern, by sponsoring one of the organ pipes.  more...

More than one reason for a family ‘knees up’

EVERYONE has heard of Four Weddings and a Funeral, but three birthdays, four anniversaries and a wedding, all in one day, has to be a record.  more...

David ‘The Duke’ goes on the hunt for a ‘real bobby dazzler’

DON'T let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you could exchange them for cash was the message to Malvern residents from TV expert David "The Duke" Dickinson.  more...

Roundup

Darts: Bliss bolt the Gate to stay unbeaten

BLISS Gate maintained their unbeaten start to the season but had to come back from two legs down to win 5-2 against Wribbenhall B in the Banks's Bewdley Darts League.  more...

Basketball: Cobras bite back in Rosebowl Cup

KIDDERMINSTER Cobras overcame their Rosebowl Cup handicap to see off newly-formed David Lloyds and march through to the next round of the competition.  more...

Running: From runny nose to running races

AMAZING Feet's David Whymant shook off a cold to clock one hour 35 minutes 27 seconds to finish as third M60 at the 25th anniversary of the Stroud Half Marathon last weekend. He was 281st overall.  more...

Running: Whymant comes in from the cold

AMAZING Feet's David Whymant shook off a cold to clock one hour 35 minutes 27 seconds to finish as third M60 at the 25th anniversary of the Stroud Half Marathon last weekend. He was 281st overall.  more...

Running: Whymant in from the cold

AMAZING Feet's David Whymant shook off a cold to clock one hour 35 minutes 27 seconds to finish as third M60 at the 25th anniversary of the Stroud Half Marathon last weekend. He was 281st overall.  more...

Running: Whymant in from the cold

AMAZING Feet's David Whymant shook off a cold to clock one hour 35 minutes 27 seconds to finish as third M60 at the 25th anniversary of the Stroud Half Marathon last weekend. He was 281st overall.  more...

Shop in appela for helpers

A CALL has gone out for volunteers to help at Kidderminster's British Heart Foundation charity shop during the busy Christmas period.  more...

Shop in appeal for helpers

A CALL has gone out for volunteers to help at Kidderminster's British Heart Foundation charity shop during the busy Christmas period.  more...

Travelsick Stour sour after away woe continues

STOURPORT Men are still looking for their first away points in National North Division after falling to an undeserved 1-0 defeat at Doncaster on Sunday.  more...

Men's hockey: Travelsick Stour are sour

STOURPORT Men are still looking for their first away points in National North Division after falling to an undeserved 1-0 defeat at Doncaster on Sunday.  more...

Cuddly tribute to fund-raiser

THE name of a dedicated fund-raiser for Guide Dogs, who was killed in a road accident, will live on after the charity revealed it was calling two pups after him.  more...

  
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