Stories for 16 December 2006

Kidder News Latest

Fresh look for former club site

NIGHT fever has just begun for property developers who have bought the former Zanzibar nightclub in Kidderminster.  more...

Latest

Post offices face uncertain future

A VEIL of uncertainty hangs over post offices throughout Worcestershire despite a package of measures announced by the Government this week aimed at securing the long term future of the network.  more...

Drowned car puts bowler in a spin

CRICKETER Gareth Batty thought it was a joke when he received a picture text message of his luxury 4x4 submerged under the River Severn at New Road.  more...

Drowned car puts bowler in a spin

CRICKETER Gareth Batty thought it was a joke when he received a picture text message of his luxury 4x4 submerged under the River Severn at New Road.  more...

Letters

We’re not against the pitches, just the road

IR - I must take issue with Mr Wood in his recent letter "A generation will miss out on sport" (Letters December 2) where he suggests that the residents of Evendine Close are against development of the Battenhall sports pitches.  more...

Stop traffic call is arrogant demand

IR - Regarding all the letters on stopping traffic to observe two minutes' silence.  more...

Scrap this ‘waste of money’ logo

SIR - I am 71 years old and have lived in Worcester all my life.  more...

Did you serve with forces in Japan?

SIR - I served in the British Army at Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, and am very interested in contacting other men who also served out there, in the Royal Navy, Army or RAF at any time from late 1945 to 1956.  more...

We shouldn’t pay for reality TV shows

SIR - With Michael Grade leaving the BBC, I am prepared to offer my advice to Gordon Brown and Tessa Jowell.  more...

We will have even less power to rule

SIR - In less than one month Bulgaria and Romania will join the EU to make 27 member countries.  more...

No mobile phones

SIR - Regarding your leader (Worcester News Comment, November 24), I still manage without a washing-machine or a mobile phone (or a computer), but I do have a second-hand black and white TV set.  more...

News

Struggling Wolves hit by injury to Valdas

WORCESTER Wolves go into the weekend's British Basketball League double-header without a number of key players, including Lithuanian linchpin Valdas Urbanavicius.  more...

Trophy throwaway by hapless Harriers - Harriers 4, Vauxhall Motors 4

HARRIERS' hopes of progressing in the FA Trophy stalled after they capitulated during a compelling cup-tie against Vauxhall Motors.  more...

Harriers players hauled in to watch "horror show"

FURIOUS Harriers boss Mark Yates will haul his players in on their day off on Sunday to watch a video nasty of their FA Trophy throw-away.  more...

Round-Up

Call for action at car park

A CONCERNED district councillor is calling for action to cordon off a busy Rubery car park amid fears over motorists' and public safety.  more...

Prison claim lost

A former senior prison officer, who alleged bullying at Brockhill's women's prison which caused her to become ill with stress and finally lose her job, has lost a compensation claim for unfair dismissal.  more...