Stories for 7 February 2006
Leisure
A KIDDERMINSTER music enthusiast who is promoting unsigned rock bands as a hobby is offering local bands the chance to benefit from his help.
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Almonry Heritage Centre, Abbey Gate, Evesham. Local history. Contact for opening times (01386 446944). more...
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (PG) more...
News
THE green regime has received an overwhelming thumbs-up from residents in a corner of Kidderminster included in the first wave of the district's rubbish revolution. more...
THE ground-breaking green regime introduced to a quarter of district homes last month has proved a big hit - and Government recycling targets are now in sight. more...
WYRE Forest residents are being asked to become more environmentally friendly and recycle as much household rubbish as possible to reduce the amount ending up in landfill sites. more...
WYRE Forest is being given a £17,115 central government cash boost to help it recycle rubbish. more...
THE amount of rubbish being recycled across Wyre Forest has already doubled after the partial introduction of a kerbside collection scheme. more...
WASTE chiefs in Wyre Forest are celebrating after netting more than £200,000 of Government cash to help introduce kerbside recycling to thousands more homes later this year. more...
THE stink that once lingered around Droitwich town centre may now be a thing of the past. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE-wide vision for waste management over the next 30 years has been drawn up with input from Wyre Forest District Council. more...
SCHOOLS across Worcestershire have so far managed to escape a major winter flu outbreak despite being surrounded by counties in the grip of the illness. more...
SCORELINES from a football youth league will be fully reported in the Worcester News - even 8-0 thrashings - after league bosses made a U-turn. more...
THE owner of a large industrial estate at Lisle Avenue, Kidderminster pleaded guilty at the town's magistrates court to six charges of permitting the illegal keeping and disposal of waste on its land. more...
COMMUTERS using London Road were facing a painfully slow journey into and out of Worcester today - and more travel misery is on the way. more...
A LEADING campaigner who helped get the notorious Kidderminster incinerator bid kicked out has warned the district could be "picked on" with a new waste plan. more...
ASSURANCES have been given that a reduction in waste collected from Wyre Forest's wheelie bins does not mean the surplus refuse is all ending up at household waste sites instead. more...
Recycling bid wins support from council more...
HOUSEHOLDERS in Wyre Forest are recycling around a quarter of their waste - a record that outstrips the district's statutory obligation. more...
REFUSE chiefs celebrated one year of recycling waste from 35,000 Wyre Forest homes and pledged to exceed Government targets even further in 2005. more...
WYRE Forest's kerbside recycling box scheme is to be scrapped and homeowners given another wheelie bin, leading to accusations that the controversial scheme was a "criminal waste of money". more...
HOUSEHOLDERS are being offered the chance to clear dead winter leaves from their gardens with cut price compost bins on offer from Wyre Forest District Council. more...
A FURNITURE and electrical items recycling project in Kidderminster has given offenders good practical community service experience, according to a report on West Mercia Probation Area. more...
THOUSANDS more homes are to get kerbside recycling boxes in the latest phase to extend the scheme. more...
TOOLES Transport, based in Droitwich, has launched a new express delivery service for small consignments of goods to mainland Europe. more...
A NEW digital hearing aid consultancy has opened in Worcester. more...
THOUSANDS more homes in Wyre Forest have been asked to waste not want not - by recycling their rubbish. more...
MORE than 50 local food producers are hoping for a fruitful partnership with a Worcestershire garden centre. more...
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BUDDING gardeners can have a fun-packed half-term week with plants, pots and paint at a Worcestershire garden centre. With staff at Webbs of Wychbold leading the way, there will be a workshop helping children choose their own seasonal plant. It takes place between 11am and 5pm, Monday, February 13 to Friday, February 17. more...
TODAY the Shuttle Times and News is appealing to readers to help us raise £80,000 to rebuild a Scout centre torched by vandals. more...
FOR more than half a century, Rhydd Covert has been a thriving base of youth activity and a spiritual home to generations of Wyre Forest youngsters. more...
THE fire drama at Rhydd Covert began at about 3.50pm on Sunday, October 10. more...
A ROCK pub is to celebrate the launch of Operation Covert with a bang on Guy Fawkes night. more...
A TOTAL of £400 has been pledged to Operation Covert by kind Wyre Forest residents since its launch seven days ago. more...
FOR Pete Ashcroft, the destruction of the centre at Rhydd Covert was all the more upsetting, as he was one of the determined volunteers who erected the building in 1971. more...
THE Shuttle/Times and News's £80,000 appeal to rebuild a torched Bewdley Scout centre at Rhydd Covert campsite has gathered steam since its launch last week. more...
Family back appeal to help fill void after tragedy more...
OUR appeal has cruised passed the £1,000 mark as more and more Shuttle/Times & News readers reach into their pockets to help Wyre Forest's Scouts. About £1,400 has been pledged to Operation Covert in the two weeks since the appeal was launched. more...
THE centre at Rhydd Covert is at the heart of the Scout movement in Wyre Forest, a movement that helps about 700 district young people develop crucial values of responsibility and citizenship. more...
A BONFIRE and firework display at a Rock pub raised more than £300 towards Operation Covert - and the money is still coming in. more...
OUR appeal has passed the £3,000 mark just three weeks after being launched. more...
POLITICIANS have elected to back Operation Covert with cash donations towards the Shuttle/Times and News appeal. more...
FOND memories of childhoods spent at Rhydd Covert spurred a Masonic lodge into donating £250 towards Operation Covert. more...
SCHOOLS have begun to rally behind Operation Covert. more...
SPECIAL badges and stickers bearing the message "I'm Supporting Operation Covert" are on sale now. more...
ROTARIANS have pledged £1,000 to Operation Covert, the single biggest donation received by the appeal so far. more...
SEVERN Water Products in Kidderminster is the latest company to pledge its support for Operation Covert. more...
A TEENAGE DJ is to host a night of classic tunes in aid of Operation Covert. more...
If you wish to make a donation to Operation Covert, you can: more...
ACTIVE pupils at Franche First School in Kidderminster raised £450 towards Operation Covert with a day of activities honouring the Scout movement's spirit of adventure. more...
ANOTHER business has come forward with a major donation for Operation Covert. more...
MORE than £3,000 has been pledged to the Shuttle/Times and News Scout appeal in memory of a Wyre Forest woman who died in a road accident. more...
AN enterprising Scout president raised more than £100 for our appeal by selling special Operation Covert badges to UK collectors. more...
Bargain hunters are being invited to a table top fair in aid of Operation Covert on Saturday. more...
Young footballers have been getting a kick out of backing Operation Covert. Kidderminster Lions FC, who play in the Stourport and District League, have donated £50 to our appeal. The money was raised by the club's committee. more...
A 61-year-old who last year had a heart by-pass has climbed the highest mountain in England and Wales to raise more than £500 for Operation Covert. more...
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A PROFESSIONAL women's organisation has pledged more than £200 to help rebuild the "important facility" at Rhydd Covert for district youngsters, taking the total to £10,821. more...
SHOPPERS will be able to show their support for Operation Covert at the weekend as enterprising students take their products to the public. more...
GENEROUS parents showed they were no Scrooges by pledging cash to Operation Covert at a school's retelling of the classic Christmas tale. more...
EXCLUDED pupils brushed up their culinary skills by making cakes for a table top sale in aid of our appeal. more...
IT was "full house" in Stourport as two Brownie packs turned to bingo to help raise cash for Operation Covert. more...
A WHIP-ROUND at a meeting of Wyre Forest District Council brought in more than £70 for Operation Covert. more...
PENSIONER, Joyce Edwards, knows the importance of counting her pennies after donating a massive £50 in coppers to Operation Covert. more...
SCOUTS teamed up with Rotarians to raise a record £507 at a street collection in Stourport on Saturday. more...
DISTRICT Conservatives have continued to show their support for our appeal. more...
GREEN-FINGERED members of Kidderminster Horticultural Society also got their fingers sticky thanks to home-made jam which helped raise more than £150 for Operation Covert. more...
VINTAGE car enthusiasts have helped put Operation Covert on the road to success with a generous donation towards our appeal. more...
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REFURBISHMENT work is proceeding apace to prepare the hospice's new base to receive patients. more...
KEMP patient, John Lacy, said that if it were not for the care and support he and his family received from the hospice he would not be alive today. more...
PEOPLE giving freely of their time is vital to the running of the hospice. more...
IF someone at Kemp needs a listening ear there is usually one to be found in the form of a member of the hospice's chaplaincy team. more...
A NEW era in care for patients with life-limiting illnesses is moving closer with the imminent move of Kidderminster-based Kemp Hospice to new premises. more...
A miniature train will be steaming around a garden centre in Crossway Green this weekend to raise cash for a Kidderminster charity helping to care for people with life-limiting illnesses. more...
THREE Stourport residents are set to embark on a cross-Channel road trip to raise money for charity. more...
A WOMAN who shed eight stone to achieve her ambition of completing a half-marathon realised her dream and has handed over the resulting sponsorship cash to Kidderminster's Kemp Hospice. more...
SIR - I refer to your article on page 20 which was headlined "Multi-storey to end hospital car chaos?" more...
A FRIENDLY bunch of Kemp supporters battle to keep the rallying cry for funds alive. more...
SIR - In recent times, the National Heath Service and Worcestershire Royal Hospital have been having some critical press. The treatment I received at Worcester Royal Hospital was excellent. more...
SIR - In reply to Miss L Bonomini, Malvern, (Letters, January 24) even as meat-eater, I can only agree with the contamination by smell and harm by slurry that is inflicted upon members of the community by most intensive farming. more...
SIR - While practising the dance moves to Pig In A Basket, a rocking number from The George Cowley Experience's latest album, I was struck by the fact that my gyrations were relieving my lower back pain as effectively as the exercises I have been prescribed at the physiotherapist. more...
THE Shuttle/Times and News joined forces with advertisers to give a cash boost to the appeal. more...
SIR - I agree with Mrs Price (Letters, January 25). Worcester Royal Grammar School is certainly not the oldest school in Britain. more...
KEMP is set to open its fourth charity shop, 12 years after first launching itself into the market place. more...
SIR - J W Pedley (Letters, January 17), makes a good point with regard to the waste created in the manufacture of wheelie bins as opposed to plastic sacks. However, a wheelie bin can be expected to last at least 15 to 20 years, by which time the average household would have used and discarded about three to four thousand bags. Over time, the environmental costs of making the bags will surely outweigh the costs of the bins. more...
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SIR - As an early riser at 5am one of the milestones in morning listening is Radio 4's the UK Theme. I'm sure other early risers use the national folk tunes as a morning rallying call, and the new management's intention to replace it with the spoken word after more than 30 years will cause outrage. I hope other readers will join with me in asking the new controller at Radio 4 to think again. more...
SIR - I wonder how many of your readers were horrified at a goose being shot in the head? I also wonder how many of those readers eat pork and goose? I also wonder if they are horrified at the way millions of pigs and geese are treated. more...
THE Christian ethos of Kemp can be traced to its beginnings and the chaplaincy team is an integral part of the hospice's work. more...
SCOUT badges made especially for our appeal are back on sale after the first run sold out. more...
STEERING the development of the hospice is a board of seven trustees with former nurse and hospital manager, Isobel Dale, at the helm since 2004 when she became chairman. more...
OUR appeal has cruised past the £15,000 mark in just three months. more...
A PLANT and tool hire company has continued to show its support for the Covert appeal with a cash donation. more...
KEMP'S work extends beyond the hospice walls, with a range of home care services provided to patients. more...
MEMBERS of a judo club are fighting to raise cash for our appeal with a special tournament. more...
A SPECIALIST service is offered to cancer patients who suffer from lymphoedema. more...
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THE founder of the modern hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders, died just a few weeks ago in the London hospice she set up in the 1960s. more...
A FRIENDSHIP group based in Kidderminster held coffee mornings and bring and buy sales to raise cash for our appeal. more...
CARNIVAL organisers in Kidderminster have chosen our appeal as the principal benefactor for this year's fun-packed event. more...
BIG-voiced singers have also shown their big hearts after making a generous donation to our appeal. more...
SNOOKER cues signed by some of the world's top players are up for grabs at a major tournament to be held in Kidderminster next week - and it is all for Operation Covert. more...
THE Wyre Forest community came together to celebrate a "special day" when the new Kemp Hospice was officially opened on Saturday. more...
SCOUTS are to be mobilised for a massive bag-packing operation on Saturday, which, it is hoped, will raise more than £2,000 for Operation Covert. more...
WE are almost a quarter of the way to our £80,000 target after edging towards the £18,000 mark. more...
GIRLS have continued to get behind Operation Covert with a donation from a Kidderminster Rainbow and Brownie pack. more...
THREE Stourport cross-Channel travellers have completed a unique 1,100 mile journey that helped boost funds for a Kidderminster charity. more...
A JUDO tournament raised £300 for Operation Covert. more...
SHOPPERS and snooker fans helped to send our Operation Covert total soaring past the £20,000 mark this week. more...
HEARTLESS thieves broke into a charity shop shed and stole bundles of second-hand CDs, DVDs and videos which were in temporary storage while refurbishment work was being carried out. more...
READERS of the Shuttle/Times and News are being offered another fantastic sports prize that will be raffled in aid of Operation Covert. more...
AN amateur theatrical group will be staging a popular pantomime to raise money for Kemp Hospice. more...
A TEENAGE DJ raised more than £100 for our appeal with a night of top tunes at a Kidderminster pub. more...
NOT one but two evenings of top musical entertainment are coming to Wyre Forest in aid of Operation Covert. more...
If you wish to make a donation to Operation Covert, you can: more...
A TESCO manager is gearing up for a long-distance walk to raise hundreds of pounds for cancer research and Kemp Hospice - without even leaving the store. more...
MOURNERS donated more than £150 to Operation Covert in memory of a beloved grandfather. more...
BIG-hearted Harriers fans have donated £5,000 to Kemp Hospice from the proceeds of a grand summer ball. more...
THIS is the first glimpse of the new state-of-the-art Scout centre that the Shuttle/Times & News is aiming to build through our Operation Covert appeal. more...
FESTIVE greetings in support of Kemp Hospice have trebled this year with the soaring popularity of its Christmas cards. more...
OUR appeal has been given a major boost from Rhydd Covert neighbours, West Midland Safari Park. more...
ANOTHER band is to rock Wyre Forest in aid of our appeal. more...
A NEW face has been welcomed at Kidderminster-based Kemp Hospice to help provide spiritual support to patients and their families. more...
GREEN-fingered Kidderminster residents are hoping to raise more than £2,000 for Operation Covert by inviting keen horticulturists into their gardens. more...
HUNDREDS of youngsters flocked to Rhydd Covert recently for its first major event since the fire which kickstarted Operation Covert. more...
OUR bid to build a Scout centre for district children has taken a major step forward after building plans were given council approval. more...
A CONCERT in aid of Operation Covert has nearly sold out - and organisers are now looking for raffle prizes to give the appeal an even bigger cash boost. more...
ROTARY club members are to shake up support for Operation Covert by collecting cash at two of their events. more...
A DARTBOARD signed by top players set to face off in Kidderminster next week is aiming to raise more appeal cash. more...
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CRICKET umpires have stumped up cash for our appeal. more...
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WITH the design for the centre in place, we are now looking for a building firm to grasp the nettle and turn the dream into reality for thousands of Scouts. more...
CHRISTMAS has come early for Operation Covert after a bumper cash donation collected during last year's festive period. more...
THE importance of Rhydd Covert to children from throughout the UK has seen a Birmingham Cub group pledge more than £200 to our appeal. more...
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GENEROUS darts fans pledged more than £350 to Operation Covert at a sell-out tournament in Kidderminster. more...
VOTERS keen to find out who won last week's General Election in Wyre Forest helped raise £18 for our appeal. more...
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GLAM rock band Ballroom Glitz put on a glittering show for Operation Covert to raise more than £1,000. more...
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A WYRE Forest Scout group called on its supporters to help Operation Covert at its annual meeting. more...
SCHOOLS have rallied behind a Shuttle/Times and News fund-raising drive that it is hoped will raise hundreds of pounds for Operation Covert. more...
SLIMMERS have helped fatten Operation Covert's bank account by raising almost £1,500 with a sponsored fitness and diet regime. more...
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YOUNG footballers were put in their place after their elders stormed to victory at a football match in aid of Operation Covert. more...
A GREEN-FINGERED couple are to open their colourful garden in Kidderminster to raise cash for Operation Covert. more...
ROTARY club members are hoping to boost Operation Covert with fund-raising at a motor racing event this weekend. more...
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PUPILS from throughout Wyre Forest have given Operation Covert a major boost with a sponsored non-uniform day. more...
IF you wish to make a donation to Operation Covert, you can: more...
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GARDEN lovers have dug deep for Operation Covert. more...
ADULTS who make the Scouting experience possible raised £100 with a quiz night in aid of Operation Covert. more...
CARNIVAL programme sellers will be knocking on doors throughout Kidderminster during the next week to boost funds for this year's charity - Operation Covert. more...
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AS this Parliamentary term is likely to be short because of the expected General Election, the Government has many Bills to get through the House of Commons quickly. more...
ANOTHER night of great music will be held in Kidderminster to raise cash for our appeal. more...
THIS week I have decided to use my column to let residents see the letter I have sent to John Rostill, chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust, regarding Wyre Forest Birth Centre. more...
THE headline in one newspaper last week was MPs step backwards" after the vote in the House of Commons to return to the old working hours for Tuesdays! more...
I HAVE learnt of the recent allocation of Community Support Officers (CSOs) by the Home Office. more...
GREENFINGERED members of Kidderminster Horticultural Society are hoping to raise a whopping £3,000 for Operation Covert this weekend when they open their gardens to the public. more...
A HOST of tribute acts hoping to make it onto the books of Kidderminster-based entertainment agency, Upfront, are to give Operation Covert a musical boost next week. more...
WYRE Forest county councillors have demonstrated their views about the changes imposed on our schools by representatives from other parts of the county. more...
AFTER last week's rebellion on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill second reading, the major scare for the Government came on Monday during the committee stage when the first amendment that would have made the Home Secretary apply to the court for detention orders was only defeated by the Government with a majority of 14 votes. more...
OPERATION Covert is to receive its largest single donation yet following the unprecedented success of a gardens open day by Kidderminster Horticultural Society. more...
THERE is good news on a project I have been supporting for use of our hospital buildings. more...
OPERATION Covert is a step closer to reaching the £30,000 milestone after members of Bewdley Rotary Club collected £1,000 in a bumper bucket-shake and car boot sale. more...
THIS Saturday will be crunch time for the Harriers. more...
THE plans for the new building at Rhydd Covert are now on display at the Shuttle Times & News office in Black-well Street, Kidderminster. more...
AFTER the Easter recess we return to London on April 5 to hear if the Prime Minister will call the General Election. more...
CREATIVE and greenfingered groups have helped Operation Covert's running total surge past the £30,000 milestone. more...
MEMBERS of 1st Cookley Guides have given 4,000 pennies for their thoughts about raising cash for Operation Covert. more...
I AM pleased to be writing my weekly column again. more...
I RETURNED to London on May 11 for the election of the Speaker. I sat with Peter Law, the new Independent MP for Blaenau Gwent. more...
A LUCRATIVE non-uniform day at Comberton Middle School has given Operation Covert a £500 cash boost. more...
FROM time to time, I receive requests from people who have been so appalled at the prospect of a very long wait for an operation like a joint replacement that they have used some of their life savings to pay to have it privately. more...
THE sound of music has boosted Operation Covert by £650 after soul band, Blind Lemon, rocked a Kidderminster social club. more...
ONE excitement in London is that as there are now nearly 30 MPs who are not members of a major party, as a group we may be able to call for Opposition Day debates. more...
FANS of Formula One racing will get a taste of what it is like to be a world champion racing driver in an exciting event coming to Kidderminster to raise cash for Operation Covert next week. more...
BEWDLEY Carnival last Saturday was a great success with, I believe, more visitors than last year. more...
IT is hoped a Christmas raffle will generate £5,000 for Operation Covert. more...
IT IS not every day that you get the chance to race around the famous Silverstone track in a Formula One more...
THIS WEEK I welcomed Fred and Shirley Holland to the House of Commons for an award ceremony for local heroes from among older volunteers. more...
LAST Friday I visited the offices of the British Institute of Learning Disabilities who have now been in the refurbished ground floor of Campion House, Green Street, for nearly four years. more...
BIG-HEARTED Kidderminster people have given Operation Covert a cash boost of £3,000 after digging into their pockets to help this year's Kidderminster Carnival raise a massive £4,000. more...
I WAS pleased to be invited with four other MPs to tea at No.10 by Cherie Blair and to take with me three young people between nine and 15, each with a parent. To select the children, I drew three middle schools out of a hat and then asked the headteachers to choose a representative. Laura Alton, 12, from Sion Hill, David Clarke, 13, from St. John's and David Richardson, 12, from St Anne's were the three selected. more...
A GREENFINGERED Kidderminster couple are set to use their horticultural expertise to raise cash for Operation Covert for the second time this year. more...
I returned to London on Monday and as usual took the tube from Euston to Westminster. more...
OPERATION Covert has received roaring support from a Kidderminster club, with its former president personally dropping in to Rhydd Covert to hand over £500. more...
EXACTLY one week after the bomb tragedies in London the two minutes of silence were held at noon last Thursday. more...
FANS of cult television show, Big Brother, are to be given the chance to buy a suit worn by their favourite housemate and boost Operation Covert at the same time. more...
MORE than £300 was raised for Operation Covert when two Kidderminster couples opened their gardens. more...
THE Health Select Committee completed five reports towards the end of the last Parliament. more...
HAVING been away or out of commission for most of August I am now back in harness refreshed and ready for work. more...
FANS of the cult reality television show, Big Brother, should be able to bid online for suits worn on the show from tonight. more...
ONE of the privileges of my job is that it allows me into local organisations to meet the people who work in them and to hear about the work they do. more...
PHASE two of the bid to rebuild the Rhydd Covert Scout Centre is to be launched this week with an appeal for funding from a host of grant-making bodies. more...
HARD on the heels of the proposals for mergers of health trusts and authorities comes the latest proposal for mergers, this time of police forces across the West Midlands. more...
HORSE riders will be able to enjoy a pleasant ride and a beer at a country pub while raising cash for Operation Covert next month. more...
ALTHOUGH I try to reply to all letters, sometimes subjects of wide concern arise, bringing overwhelming correspondence composed by a central organisation and signed by constituents. more...
SUNSEEKERS will have the chance to indulge themselves this winter - while helping Operation Covert - after Co-op Travel donated £500 of travel vouchers to a raffle in aid of the appeal. more...
IF you wish to make a donation to Operation Covert, you can: more...
FIRE SECURITY DOOR FOR KITCHEN COUNTER £900 more...
OPERATION Covert is entering a new phase this week with the publication of a shopping list. more...
THE bid to rebuild the Rhydd Covert activity centre is on the brink of passing the £50,000 milestone after a staggering £10,000 was donated by Kidderminster and District Youth Trust. more...
HORSE riders are being reminded they can enjoy a pleasant ride and a drink while raising money for Operation Covert this weekend. more...
WYRE Forest residents are being given the opportunity to turn their attic clutter into cash while raising funds for Operation Covert. more...
A HORSE ride through the Wyre Forest generated £320 for Operation Covert and a great time was had by all in the process, according to one of the organisers. more...
DON'T forget to root out those precious items tucked away in your loft for a special antiques roadshow in aid of Operation Covert next month. more...
SNOOKER'S top stars are set to chalk up more money for Operation Covert. more...
IT was a case of cash for questions when Bewdley 41 Club backed Operation Covert. more...
KIND-HEARTED workers at Wyre Forest's biggest carpet company have dipped in to their pay packets to back Operation Covert. more...
IF you see a music megastar at the controls of a mechanical digger in Wyre Forest next month, you don't need to book an appointment with your optician. more...
A TEAM of three experts from a leading fine art auction house is coming to Kidderminster next Thursday to hold an Antiques Roadshow-style valuation day. more...
A TRIP to the air museum at RAF Cosford proved a great day out and an excellent fund-raiser for Kidderminster's KD7 Scout group. more...
A HUGE cash windfall means the Operation Covert appeal to rebuild the vandalised young people's activity centre at Rhydd Covert has gone into overdrive. more...
THE dilapidated John Stretton Memorial Hall had become a burden and the decision to dispose of it was taken earlier this year. more...
IF you wish to make a donation to Operation Covert, you can: more...
DON'T forget to get on down to Kidderminster Town Hall today for the antiques roadshow-style event in aid of our appeal. more...
OPERATION Covert is on the look-out for any one who can help sell or distribute raffle tickets. more...
TRADE union members have taken action to back Operation Covert. more...
DOZENS of visitors brought some of their most treasured possessions to an Antiques Roadshow-style valuation day and boosted Operation Covert to the tune of £312. more...
CARPET workers dipped in to their pay packets to back Operation Covert to the tune of £323. more...
RONNIE O'Sullivan, the world's No 1 snooker player, was on cue to back Operation Covert when he was in action in Kidderminster on Thursday. more...
IF you wish to make a donation to Operation Covert, you can: more...
THE neighbours popped round with an early Christmas present for Operation Covert this week! more...
OPERATION Covert is feeling flushed with success after a Kidderm-inster company came forward to help us tick more items off our shopping list this week. more...
Bewdley's Mug House Inn will be staging a free fireworks display - in a garden opposite the Severnside North pub - on New Year's Eve more...
SIX charities, including Operation Covert, have shared more than £400 from the Shuttle/Times and News and its sister papers in Worcestershire. more...
A MAN'S love of Scouting and the Wyre Forest combined to bring Operation Covert an end-of-year boost. more...
A DAY spent brewing up lashings of tea and coffee has given Operation Covert a financial lift. more...
TRAFFIC snarl-up in Worcester, read all about it. Of course, we cannot predict with any certainty that this will be our news vendors' cry - but one thing we do know for sure is that the depressing scenario of tailbacks and jams will be a feature of Worcester life for at least the forseeable future. more...
A FIVE per cent council tax increase has been recommended by district chiefs. more...
PLANS to give district councillors a raise have been attacked by opposition groups. more...
THE issue of recycling - and how to encourage people to think before they bin their rubbish - is set to be a high priority for Wyre Forest District Council in the year ahead. more...
EVERY resident in the district is to get the chance to speak out on revolutionary plans for recycling rubbish - at a cost of £30,000. more...
THE new recycling system will be slowly phased in across Wyre Forest from July. more...
Red Hill Baptist Church leader Rob Giles and youngest member Hannah Brown, aged 17, dig in as 200 people watch the cutting of the first turf for the new church on land off St Peter's Drive, Worcester, on Sunday. Work on the £1.5m building started yesterday and should take about 44 weeks, with the new church open by December. The moment was marked by a specially-written trumpet fanfare. Minister Martin Hodson said: "This is an exciting time for the church. We look forward to the benefits these purpose-built premises will bring to our work and we believe they will be of real benefit to the local community too." The church, now based in Cannon Street, will become St Peter's Baptist Church. more...
COUNCIL chiefs are urging people to step up their recycling now, rather than wait for the new doorstep service to come into force. more...
ACTIVE folk could soon be taking part in their favourite sports during the dark winter months if plans to floodlight a Malvern school's tennis courts comes to fruition. more...
TREES to be planted in a new orchard near Worcester could provide the perfect vehicle for lasting memorials of special people or events. more...
DOZENS of wannabe recyclers have stepped up to volunteer their services as rubbish-sorting "guinea pigs" after a Shuttle/Times and News appeal. more...
CHEERLEADERS from Worcester's university have been shaking their pom-poms in a Midlands competition. more...
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save hospital services in Redditch are urging Worcester people to back their cause. more...
"WE lost our hearts twice when we worked in Heidelberg for three months - once to the frequent, highly efficient transport network (a tram every half-hour on Christmas Day?) and once to the equally efficient waste disposal and recycling system. more...
AS spring approaches animal lovers are being reminded that their activities often cause problems for our prickly pal the hedgehog. more...
PEACE campaigners Bruce Kent and Dr Rebecca Johnson presented powerful arguments against nuclear weapons when they spoke at a public meeting in Malvern. more...
A UNIQUE experiment to test out the district's new recycling scheme got under way this week. more...
TENANTS in Worcester who are concerned about debt can get help at a series of counselling sessions aimed at tackling money problems. more...
THE amount of Worcester's rubbish that is recycled could reach 24 per cent by March thanks to the success of the new wheelie bins. more...
A WASTE chief has promised to act on feedback from families involved in a trial of the district's kerbside recycling scheme. more...
A PIANO teacher has praised surgeons in Worcester for saving her career after she broke her wrist and, she says, another hospital ended up putting her livelihood in jeopardy. more...
THE Waresley site is in a quarry used by neighbours Baggeridge Brick. more...
BIN lorries deliver a staggering 150 tonnes of household rubbish every day to Wyre Forest's landfill site at Waresley - and at least half of it is capable of being recycled. more...
A RECYCLING trial involving four Wyre Forest families has achieved "outstanding" results, council chiefs announced today. more...
MORE than 500 people bagged a cheap compost bin as part of a promotion during national composting awareness week which finished at the weekend. more...
ARTISTIC youngsters across Wyre Forest are today given a wonderful opportunity to make their mark on a new recycling initiative - and help spread the Get Sorted! message. more...
JAMES is practising rolling his `r's for the first time. Together with his classmates Jac, Sophie and Clare, he has just had his first Spanish lesson. They are more...
A NEW drive is under way to persuade more parents to use "real" nappies - and do their bit to cut the mountain of disposables thrown away every week in Wyre Forest. more...
A "REVOLUTION in rubbish" is to finally get under way in parts of Wyre Forest in seven weeks. more...
CRITICS of a new recycling scheme have been slammed for "scaremongering" on the eve of Wyre Forest's "rubbish revolution". more...
COUNCIL chiefs have pledged to get tough with residents who overfill their wheelie bins once a new recycling scheme starts next month. Refuse collection crews are to enforce existing policies by refusing to take bins which do not have a fully closed lid and by ignoring bagged "side rubbish". more...
RECYCLING boxes being delivered to households across Wyre Forest are to be supplied with lids following public pressure. more...
BOTH binmen and residents are on a "learning curve" as recycling is rolled out. more...
ANGRY residents have slammed council chiefs after leaflets advertising a new rubbish collection day for about 800 houses were not delivered. more...
Sport
Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis more...
Pre-season friendlies more...
Pre-season friendlies more...
HARRIERS FIXTURES more...
STUART Watkiss has pleaded with Harriers fans to be realistic as he sets about rebuilding his playing squad. more...
SLOWLY but surely Stuart Watkiss's new-look Kidderminster Harriers squad is beginning to take shape after the arrival of half a dozen new faces. more...
STUART Watkiss has defended his policy of recruiting experienced players after seeing his squad labelled as a "Dad's Army". more...
BEWDLEY Town and Kidderminster Harriers hope to signal the start of an exciting era for Wyre Forest football when they meet in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have already been forced to re-arrange some of their fixtures during their first season back in the Nationwide conference. more...
A YOUNG Harriers team put the behind the scenes wrangling at Aggborough to one side to kick off their pre-season programme with a victory against Bewdley. more...
STUART Watkiss has issued a passionate rallying call to Kidderminster fans to celebrate the completion of the takeover deal by turning out in force for Saturday's glamorous friendly against Wolves. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the protracted takeover deal to safeguard the club's future was finally completed. more...
Exclusive interview more...
HARRIERS' pre-season winning streak came to an end against Paul Merson's Walsall, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
COLIN Youngjohns has been given the prestigious position of president of Kidderminster Harriers after announcing his decision to stand down as chairman. more...
GLENN Hoddle has tipped Kidderminster Harriers to bounce back to the Football League at the first attempt -- providing they can regularly repeat the display that tamed his Wolves side, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
Exclusive by MAT KENDRICK more...
WORCESTER City handed Kidderminster Harriers their second pre-season defeat in the space of a week after Stuart Watkiss's men went down 2-0 at St. George's Lane on Tuesday evening. more...
KIDDERMINSTER fans are being asked to cast their minds back for their favourite memories of former Harriers hero Lee Hughes during happier times. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers supporters are hoping the future is bright after setting up a fundraising scheme to provide a youth team at Aggborough. more...
GARY Barnett has revealed that he has no idea what the future holds after being made redundant by Harriers and then linked with an immediate return to Aggborough. more...
Exclusive by Mat Kendrick more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers travel to Hinckley on Saturday hoping for a final friendly fillip before the big Conference kick-off on August 13. more...
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STEVE Burton is relishing his battle with Wayne Hatswell for the left back berth after being given a chance to revive his Kidderminster career. more...
By Mat Kendrick more...
HARRIERS rounded off their pre-season programme of friendlies with comfortable victories at Evesham and Hinckley. more...
NEW money man Gordon Howard is dangling a pre-season trip to Bermuda in front of the Harriers squad as an incentive for success. more...
WAYNE Hatswell is determined to clinch his second Conference championship after revealing he flatly refused to accept his first winner's medal. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers kick off their Conference comeback campaign in a home curtain-raiser against Woking on Saturday -- with dangerman Iyseden Christie hoping for a glut of goals this season. more...
DON'T be surprised if Harriers' Conference fate is not resolved until the final day of the season. more...
HARRIERS will do well to heed the reception Gareth Sheldon got on returning to his former club -- because Kidderminster won't be the most welcome of visitors around the Conference this season. more...
HARRIERS boss Stuart Watkiss has warned his players to expect a Scarborough backlash when they travel to Yorkshire on Saturday. more...
SUPER SUB Taiwo Atieno celebrates a dream debut with Harriers team-mate Daryl Burgess after stepping off the bench to shoot his new club to victory in their Conference curtain-raiser against Woking. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss is satisfied with the club's first week back in the Conference -- but he admits his plans to overhaul the youth set-up have been put on hold for another season. more...
By Mat Kendrick more...
SIMON Russell is hoping to live up to his nickname "Scholesy" by adding the Manchester United and former England playmaker's shooting prowess to his game, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
SHARPSHOOTER Marks Danks admits the dressing room banter is all about nailing Worcester City a play-off place. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss has allayed fears about Iyseden Christie facing another long-injury lay-off by revealing that the striker could be fit for the Bank Holiday double header, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
STUART Watkiss wanted Harriers to turn the clock back and bury Southport under a pile of goals. more...
THE Cambridge hack who suggested the Abbey Stadium was becoming a happy-hunting ground for Kidderminster Harriers was given short shrift by Stuart Watkiss after this victory. more...
STUART Watkiss is set to stick to the age-old football adage `Don't change a winning side' when Kidderminster Harriers take on Canvey Island tomorrow night - after a fitness boost from his strike duo. more...
HARRIERS 3, Canvey Island 2 more...
"IS this the way to Aggborough physio, asks lonely Christie." more...
HARRIERS travel to Conference pace-setters Grays Athletic on Saturday with several fringe players forcing their way into boss Stuart Watkiss's first team reckoning, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
Next match - Saturday: Harriers v Forest Green Rovers, Aggborough, kick-off 3pm. more...
HARRIERS will learn who they will face in the first round of this season's LDV Vans Trophy when the draw is made live on television on Saturday. more...
THREE Harriers fans put their best feet forward to raise money for a supporters group and a cancer charity by walking 160 miles from Aggborough to Grays Athletic. more...
IF the worn-out walking boots of the hardy Harriers fans who trekked 160 miles to Grays Athletic were a measure of how far they had come, so too was their team's disappointment at only leaving the league-leaders with a draw, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
ASSISTANT boss Martin O'Connor has saluted the Kidderminster Harriers defence for "laying themselves on the line" in pursuit of success so far this season. more...
P W D L F A P more...
GOALKEEPER John Danby has been challenged to bounce back from his Grays Athletic clanger when Kidderminster Harriers host Forest Green Rovers at Aggborough on Saturday. more...
HARRIERS have been drawn at home to Darlington in the first round of the LDV Vans Trophy. more...
HARRIERS 1, Forest Green Rovers 3 more...
HARRIERS 0, Halifax 1 more...
UNDER-FIRE boss Stuart Watkiss admits he must take the rap for "the worst back to back performances" of his Kidderminster Harriers reign, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' community team have been recognised for the quality of their holiday coaching courses for the second successive year with a FA Charter Standard Award. more...
Gravesend 1, Harriers 2 more...
Crawley 2, Harriers 0 more...
STUART Watkiss fears he is living on borrowed time as Kidderminster Harriers boss - unless the club publicly states its realistic expectations for the season at Aggborough more...
SATURDAY was manager Stuart Watkiss's 40th game in charge at Aggborough. Harriers have won just 11. more...
Harriers 0 Tamworth 1 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers kick off their LDV Vans Trophy campaign with a home tie against Darlington in round one on Tuesday, October 18. more...
STUART Watkiss has hauled his Harriers under-achievers into training all day, every day this week in a bid to end their worrying blip in form by "getting back to basics", writes Mat Kendrick. more...
CHAIRMAN Barry Norgrove has given Kidderminster Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss the dreaded vote of confidence ahead of this weekend's high pressure clash with Morecambe. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers youth team bowed out of the FA Youth Cup at the second qualifying round stage. more...
BACK to basics was the manager's pre-Morecambe motto - and it might just have saved him his job in the Harriers hot seat after this massive morale-booster. more...
MATCHWINNER Gareth Sheldon is benefiting from extra training as he bids to get down to his ultimate fighting weight, according to boss Stuart Watkiss. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' hopes of naming an unchanged side at bottom-club Aldershot Town on Saturday could be hit by another hamstring injury for winger Michael Blackwood. more...
DEFEAT in the military town of Aldershot has split Harriers' barmy army into two camps - those that think Stuart Watkiss should be barracked and those who want to see him soldier on, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
THE 696 fans who passed up the chance of watching Champions League football on the telly in front of a warm fire with a cold beer in hand were given their just rewards by their Harriers heroes, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
HARRIERS boss Stuart Watkiss will ask the board for money for reinforcements after Saturday's FA Cup tie - with full back Wayne Evans on the brink of quitting Aggborough, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
AUTHOR and Radio Five Live broadcaster Chris Green will be signing copies of his book Matchday - What Makes Saturday Special? at the Aggborough club shop this Saturday from 2pm. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will visit Boston United in the second round of the LDV Vans Trophy on Wednesday, November 23 (kick-off 7.45pm). more...
IT seems there's no accounting for inconsistency when it comes to Kidderminster Harriers. more...
CASH-STRAPPED Kidderminster Harriers are hoping to put a roller-coaster week behind them with a crucial pay-day against Hereford United on Saturday. more...
WHILE the Harriers powers-that-be are busy counting pound coins in the till, Stuart Watkiss's men put a useful point on the table during a competitive, if not quite compelling, derby draw, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are considering a loan swoop after this weekend's clash with Exeter City as most of their back four are walking a suspension tightrope. more...
HARRIERS 1 Exeter 2 more...
HARRIERS have included exciting new loan striker Marc Pugh in their squad for Saturday's trip to Stevenage after signing him from Burnley for a month. more...
CHAIRMAN Barry Norgrove has insisted money will be made available for permanent signings later this season - but admitted that Harriers must look to the loan market for reinforcements for the time being. more...
STEVENAGE 3 HARRIERS 1 more...
WITH talk of continuing cash problems behind the scenes at Aggborough coinciding with frustrating on-pitch fortunes for Stuart Watkiss's men, Kidderminster Harriers fans have written in to the Shuttle/Times & News to air their views. more...
Articles from last season can be found by following the 'archive' link - left. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers could hand a Conference debut to promising midfielder Russ Penn at home to York City on Saturday - with Michael Blackwood set to fill in for suspended Wayne Hatswell at left back. more...
Saturday, September 6, 2003 more...
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HARRIERS O YORK 0 more...
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Saturday, October 18, 2003 more...
Jersey: Navy Blue and Old Gold. Shorts: Navy Blue. Stockings: Navy Blue and Old Gold Tops. more...
HARRIERS boss Stuart Watkiss hopes to have recruited two new faces - a striker and a midfielder - in time for Saturday's trip to Burton Albion, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
Directions to the rugby club and conference centre by road and rail - plus details of the Park and Walk and Park and Ride arrangements. more...
Saturday, October 25, 2003 more...
LIKE myself I would imagine there were many fans listening to local radio waiting for reaction to come out of the Harriers camp after another dismal defeat. more...
Saturday, November 1, 2003 more...
Sixways, Pershore Lane, Hindlip, Worcester WR3 8ZE. Telephone: 01905 454183. Fax: 01905 459333. Official club website www.wrfc.co.uk Email: rugby@wrfc.co.uk more...
Saturday, November 8, 2003 more...
BURTON 1 HARRIERS 0 more...
Saturday, November 15, 2003 more...
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Saturday, November 29, 2003 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss has called for a fans' forum to mark his first anniversary at Aggborough, writes Mat Kendrick. more...
Saturday, December 6, 2003 more...
Saturday, January 10, 2004 more...
THE first game I can remember watching the Harriers was in 1946 against Walsall at Aggborough. more...
Saturday, December 13, 2003 more...
Saturday, December 27, 2003 more...
A FAN is compiling a roll of honour for former Kidderminster Harriers players who lost their lives in either World War or any other conflict. more...
Saturday, January 17, 2004 more...
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KIDDERMINSTER Harr-iers expect to be inundated with applications for their managerial vacancy - despite setting sacked Stuart Watkiss's successor the daunting challenge of making the promotion play-offs. more...
20/3/04 - WORCESTER were the very definition of champions at the County Ground. more...
Saturday, April 3, 2004 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' board today began whittling down more than 20 applicants to "six of the best" as Jimmy Quinn became the first candidate to publicly declare his interest in the manager's job. more...
Saturday, April 10, 2004 more...
HARRIERS 4 SCARBOROUGH 0 more...
Saturday, April 24, 2004 more...
Sunday, September 5, 2004 more...
MALVERN Town put three straight defeats behind them and new signing Duncan Willetts got the winner on Tuesday night. more...
Sunday, September 12, 2004 more...
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O'CONNOR COULD WHEEL AND DEAL IN JANUARY WINDOW more...
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TAIWO Atieno has admitted that Kidderminster Harriers did not see the best of him after calling time on his spell at Aggborough. more...
Saturday, April 2, 2005 more...
Sunday, April 10, 2005 more...
LET'S get a few things straight. I desperately hate losing and anyone who knows me will testify to that. more...
Friday, April 22, 2005 more...
ONE of the greatest aspects of my job is being able to work with class acts and we will see one in action on Saturday. more...
TO dare, to dare again, ever to dare! more...
SOMETIMES as a coach, you cannot win. more...
THE Harriers powers-that-be will also discuss the futures of a host of key players including club captain Mark Jackson, former skipper Wayne Hatswell and top scorer Iyseden Christie at tonight's board meeting. more...
Friday, May 6, 2005 more...
HARRIERS will today begin crucial boardroom talks over the future direction of the club with an urgent managerial appointment at the top of the Aggborough agenda. more...
Saturday, May 21, 2005 more...
MANY have wondered how we would approach our European adventure. Would we play a reserve side? Would we look upon the Challenge Cup as a welcome distraction? more...
Saturday, August 20, 2005 more...
OUR European adventure came to a shuddering halt on Saturday night when we left Brive thoroughly frustrated. more...
Saturday, August 27, 2005 more...
SADLY we failed to light up the stadium at London Irish on Sunday as impressively as the Sixways staff did last weekend. more...
Sunday, September 4, 2005 more...
THERE'S been a hell of a lot of soul-searching this week in the wake of our Leicester defeat. more...
Sunday, September 11, 2005 more...
Saturday, September 17, 2005 more...
VICTORY over the European champions was something to savour on Friday night. more...
Sunday, September 25, 2005 more...
THERE'S been no Premiership rugby this week but it's hardly been uneventful at Sixways. more...
Saturday, October 1, 2005 more...
WE welcome London Irish to Sixways on Saturday for what promises to be a blockbusting encounter. more...
Saturday, October 8, 2005 more...
GARY Gold's reaction to London Irish's victory at Sixways was very interesting on Saturday evening. more...
WE began the New Year in the best possible style as we overcame the Irish. more...
Friday, October 14, 2005 more...
PEOPLE have asked me this week whether victory tomorrow night in Italy will give Worcester more problems in the longer term. more...
Saturday, October 22, 2005 more...
THERE are critics of the rugby union structure in this country. However, our break from the Zurich Premiership has been invaluable for a number of key players. more...
Saturday, October 29, 2005 more...
WE'VE re-signed Craig Gillies and Andre Van Niekerk this week at Sixways and that is a big, big boost. more...
Friday, November 4, 2005 more...
THE players are determined to put the record straight tomorrow night. more...
Friday, November 11, 2005 more...
THE performance against Leeds on Friday night was spot on. more...
Friday, November 18, 2005 more...
Saturday, November 26, 2005 more...
WE return to a place I know pretty well on Saturday. more...
Saturday, December 3, 2005 more...
COMPLACENCY certainly won't be tolerated at Sixways. more...
Saturday, December 10, 2005 more...
WE took another step towards safety on Friday evening. more...
Saturday, December 17, 2005 more...
I ALWAYS look forward to trips to the Rec and, after three successive wins, now is a good time to be travelling there. more...
DEFEAT brought a new taste to life at Sixways -- it was distinctly sour and one I don't want to saviour again this season. more...
Monday, December 26, 2005 more...
POST match press conferences are never the best time to vent your feelings about referees. more...
Sunday, January 1, 2006 more...
THIS time of the season is always about seizing opportunities. more...
WHEN we came back down to earth following Newcastle, there was one stark realisation. The job wasn't done. more...
THERE are always plenty of ifs and buts in sport. more...
THERE are some days in life that you never forget and last Saturday was certainly one of them. more...
OUR season finally reaches its conclusion on Saturday. more...
WE finally put our season to bed at the weekend but not in the style we would have wished. more...
IT was fantastic to sign a contract extension and I'm really looking forward to seeing where we can go with the club. more...
SARACENS are in town on Saturday and it will be great to come up against my brother Alex. more...
SATURDAY was a great day but there is still much more to come from us. more...
I AM very pleased to be involved with England this week but it's the worst possible time to be away from the lads. more...
WE are back in league action tomorrow and it's going to be electric under the lights at Sixways. more...
THE win against Leeds was a crucial result for us and keeps us in the right half of the table and in touch with everybody. more...
THE guys have been working really hard this season and we are now starting to see the benefits. more...
LEICESTER is a massive game for us and if we can get a result tomorrow it puts us in a really good situation. more...
IT'S been a great few days for Worcester Warriors and for me personally! more...
FOR all the excitement around the England game at the weekend, it was a wrench being away from Edgeley Park when the lads played Sale. more...
PLAYING for England in their last two matches has been a lot of fun and I've really enjoyed both occasions. more...
IT is good to be back home again! more...
CONNACHT are going to be a tough proposition in the European Challenge Cup this weekend. more...
I THINK Connacht on Saturday will be one of our toughest away fixtures of the season and anybody expecting an easy weekend is just fooling himself. more...
OUR lack of discipline cost us dearly at Connacht last Saturday and we need to be much smarter in the future! more...
