Stories for 7 October 2006

Education

School’s move to linguistic success

HANLEY Castle High School is celebrating the launch of its new specialist status.  more...

Equestrian

What will happen to these horses when they finish racing?

A NEW initiative to save former racehorses from being sent to the slaughterhouse has been launched.  more...

Football

Junior football round up

All the latest scores and scorers from junior sides in Bromsgrove and Droitwich.  more...

Latest

Police force failed to help when my son was attacked

AN angry father has slammed South Worcestershire police after they failed to come out and meet his son on a number of occasions to make a statement after he was headbutted outside a chip shop.  more...

Why we’ve had to stop making goods

ROYAL Worcester porcelain stopped producing goods in the city because it was proving too expensive.  more...

Alliance is aiming to promote rural life

HOW to keep youngsters occupied during school holidays is a problem that occupies most parents' thoughts, probably more often than they'd like.  more...

Post office attackers get 12 years

Two professional burglars who left a village postmaster with life-threatening head injuries were today starting 12-year jail terms.  more...

Why we’ve had to stop making goods at porcelain works

ROYAL Worcester porcelain stopped producing goods in the city because it was proving too expensive.  more...

Police force failed to help when my son was attacked

AN angry father has critised south Worcestershire police after they failed to come out and meet his son on a number of occasions to make a statement after he was headbutted outside a chip shop.  more...

Letters

It just wasn’t cricket to swipe Emmerdale

SIR - As a member of the Emmerdale cricket team who played in the St Richard's All Stars charity match at New Road, Worcester, on Sunday, September 10, I would like to comment on your front page story (Wednesday, September 20).  more...

Local Walks

Why follow this route? The reasons are black and white

THE length and complexity of this walk leave no space for any background information - but it's a good one, with far-reaching views and some surprises.  more...

News

Howard recalls his big guns at Sixways

HEAD coach Pat Howard has recalled five of his senior internationals into the starting line-up for Leicester Tigers' EDF Energy Cup tie at Worcester today (3pm).  more...

Round-Up

What happened when destroy a nuclear plant

ARMY officers from Worcestershire travelled all the way to Norway to take part in a gruelling training exercise designed to test their endurance, mental strength and intelligence.  more...

What happened when county soldiers had to destroy a nuclear plant – and come back alive

ARMY officers from Worcestershire travelled all the way to Norway to take part in a gruelling training exercise designed to test their endurance, mental strength and intelligence.  more...

Fight was one of the defining moments of World War Two

The real life battle to destroy a nuclear plant was the most dramatic chapter in Norwegian war history, and one of the defining moments in World War Two.  more...

We like going on missions. It is hard, but it’s worth it

Lieutenant Garrard, one of the Worcester officers involved in the mission, who holds an MA in civil engineering, is not untypical.  more...

Clowing around as the circus is in city

WORCESTER audiences will be kept in suspense with a variety of thrills and spills as the oldest surviving circus family touring the UK puts on their show.  more...

You don’t have to be a jolly fat man to join in!

RUNNERS of all ages and abilities are invited to don a red suit and white beard for this year's Santa Fun Run in aid of the Worcester-based charity Leukaemia CARE.  more...