Stories for 26 December 2006

Education

Threatened centres are so valuable

WORCESTER schoolchildren have been taking advantage of the facilities on offer at the county's outdoor centre - which could be axed by Worcestershire County Council in a bid to save money.  more...

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Historic building up in flames

AN HISTORIC building in the grounds of a county safari park went up in flames at the weekend.  more...

Spring in the air as Lambs born for Christmas.

Spring has come early in Worcestershire as 12 lambs were born by Christmas.  more...

Spring in the air as Lambs born in county.

Spring has come early in Worcestershire as 12 lambs were born by Boxing Day.  more...

Man's misery as windows smashed through for Christmas

A Worcester man is spending a miserable Christmas behind boarded-up windows.  more...

Man's misery as windows smashed through for Christmas

A Worcester man is spending a miserable Christmas behind boarded-up windows.  more...

Pub closed after Christmas fire

FIRE fighters from across South Worcestershire were called to a pub in Pershore in the early hours of Christmas morning as fire raged through an upstairs flat.  more...

Letters

Festive performance was a mystery to us

SIR - I remember Roman soldiers clanking along the cloisters of Worcester Cathedral.  more...

Thanks for doing the work we won't

SIR - Christmas is a time for thanksgiving so let's join with the Turkish, Bulgarian, Kosovan and many other peoples and thank America for sending us Tony Blair and the valuable gift of British citizenship.  more...

Bad driving is not a question of age

SIR - In reply to George Cowley (Letters, December 8). What is he talking about? Has he based this on research, or has he just assumed that under 25s and over 60s are poor drivers?  more...

Your parcels were very well received

SIR - On the weekend of December 10, the four Rotary clubs of Worcester collected food items outside three supermarkets and from many houses in the city.  more...

Surely merging will save us some cash

SIR - I must admit, I have no idea how local councils are run.  more...

Post office closures are fault of the EU

SIR - Whether it is 3,000 or 7,000 post offices which are to be closed, the elephant in the room which no one refers to is the fact that it is the EU which is the cause of the closures.  more...

Pretty city women

SIR - Who says Worcester women are unattractive (Worcester News, December 13)?  more...

News

Preece reveals delight as Danks secures City draw

ANDY Preece was delighted to take a point from Worcester City's 1-1 draw at Kettering Town today.  more...

Garvey given great chance on the wing

WORCESTER make six changes for tomorrow night's game with Harlequins as John Brain rotates his starting line-up.  more...

Former boss Phil is back

AFTER successive drawn games, Evesham will be hoping for a return to winning ways when they play host to former boss Phil Mullen and his Stourport side on Saturday.  more...

Opinion

It’s now free – so try out the Commandery

When was the last time you visited the Commandery? If you're like most of your fellow Worcester citizens, the chances are it was a while ago - if, in fact, you've ever set foot inside the Sidbury museum at all.  more...

Reports

Kettering 1 City 1

MARK Danks struck eight minutes from time to earn Worcester City a deserved point in a 1-1 draw at Kettering Town today.  more...

Joyce's spot-kick thwarts Robins

YOU would have got good odds at the bookies of Lee Knight being booked and Wes Joyce finding the net! And, the Evesham old boys lived up to expectations as the Robins saw two more points slip from their grasp.  more...

Round-Up

Spring Lambs At Boxing Day

SPRING has come early for farmer Steve Page - 12 woolly bundles arrived before Boxing Day.  more...

New year treat as tour of Commandery is free

WORCESTER residents can look forward to a free treat in 2007 after the city council announced it would let them into the revamped Commandery for nothing.  more...

Speeding drivers could be spared, due to court ruling

DRIVERS exceeding the speed limit may not be prosecuted if signs cannot be seen, according to a High Court ruling.  more...

I’m scared of yobs who smashed my windows with brick

A WORCESTER man is spending a miserable Christmas behind boarded-up windows after bricks were twice thrown at his home.  more...

No one is cleaning up river rubbish

THE floods may have subsided but left in their wake are piles of rubbish washed downstream by the river Severn to Worcester.  more...

Big interest in city park's make-over

MORE than 500 people have sent letters to Worcester City Council making suggestions on how to revamp a Worcester park.  more...

We are thrilled to have lights

IT was a close call, but the lights were eventually switched on and everyone was ready to celebrate Christmas in spectacular style at Throckmorton.  more...

Louisa and Milla are home from hospital in time for festivities

TWIN babies who spent half of the year in hospital battling for their lives are spending the festive period at home with their family.  more...

G4 wow the crowds in Worcester Cathedral

A CATHEDRAL choir made up of girls from around Worcestershire joined forces with chart-toppers G4 for a sell-out Christmas concert in Worcester on Saturday.  more...

Dee overcomes tragedies to win top police award

A WORCESTER woman has won a police award for courage in the face of a series of tragic events.  more...

Pershore buoyed by Bullock

FORMER Worcester City favourite Darren Bullock pulled on a Pershore Town shirt last Saturday but failed to save the Midland Combination Premier Division strugglers from a 6-1 hammering at Highgate.  more...

Fitter sees red to hand Town penalty equaliser

WES Joyce banged in a penalty seven minutes from time as Malvern earned a deserved point at St George's Lane today.  more...

Stafford 1 Kidderminster 2

ON-loan striker James Constable took his Harriers goal tally to five in as many appearances with a match-winning double at Stafford Rangers in the Nationwide Conference today.  more...

Hereford 0 Bristol Rovers 0

HEREFORD'S biggest gate of the season - 5,201, including 1,181 from Bristol - saw an entertaining encounter which could have gone either way.  more...

Chairman sees a bright future

CHAIRMAN Tom Herbert is confident that Bromsgrove Rovers can overcome their current poor form and kick-start their promotion campaign in the Southern League Midlands Division One.  more...

Chairman sees a bright future

CHAIRMAN Tom Herbert is confident that Bromsgrove Rovers can overcome their current poor form and kick-start their promotion campaign in the Southern League Midlands Division One.  more...

Chairman sees a bright future

CHAIRMAN Tom Herbert is confident that Bromsgrove Rovers can overcome their current poor form and kick-start their promotion campaign in the Southern League Midlands Division One.  more...

Greens gearing up for testing January trials

ROVERS player/coach John Snape has warned his team mates that the promotion race in the BG Southern League Midlands Division One really hots up in January.  more...

Defiant Rovers make their point

Bromsgrove Rovers earned a priceless point away at title rivals Brackley on Boxing Day.  more...

Santa leaves reindeer behind

FATHER Christmas left his reindeer in Lapland in favour of a JCB when he visited a Wychbold school.  more...

Pershore ease to win over Vale neighbours

Pershore 3pts, Evesham 0 PERSHORE claimed the bragging rights on Saturday when they soundly beat local rivals Evesham in what was at times an ill-tempered game.  more...

Henley hat-trick hopes hit

HENLEY Forest suffered a pre-Christmas blip to their hopes of claiming a hat-trick of titles in Stratford Alliance when two or the club's sides crashed to defeat.  more...

Bullock out to aid Town cause

DARREN Bullock's first appearance for Pershore Town ended in a 6-1 defeat at Highgate last Saturday but the experienced former Football League player helped his new side defeat Feckenham 3-1 on Boxing Day.  more...

Former boss Phil is back

AFTER successive drawn games, Evesham will be hoping for a return to winning ways when they play host to former boss Phil Mullen and his Stourport side on Saturday.  more...

Joyce's spot-kick thwarts Robins

YOU would have got good odds at the bookies of Lee Knight being booked and Wes Joyce finding the net! And, the Evesham old boys lived up to expectations as the Robins saw two more points slip from their grasp.  more...

This Life - Special Reports

What you can do with all your festive rubbish

THERE are always plenty of empty wine bottles, unwanted Christmas cards and piles of wrapping paper following the festive period.  more...

  
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