Stories for 6 August 2007

Alan'S Recipe

Coconut Yoghurt Creams with Summer Berries

Serves 4  more...

Coconut Yoghurt Creams with Summer Berries

Serves 4  more...

Business

Children can learn how to skin a rabbit

BUDDING Bear Grylls and would-be Ray Mears are being given the chance to enjoy an adventurous, outdoor lifestyle.  more...

Election Results Special

Man stabbed outside hospital

A MAN stabbed outside Kidderminster Hospital suffered serious wounds during an incident last night.  more...

In Brief

Lions’ new date

THE Redditch Lions' biggest charity fundraising event of the year will now take place on September 9.  more...

Appeal on near miss

A CAR narrowly missed another car when it swerved across the central reservation and crashed into undergrowth on the A441.  more...

Kidder News Latest

Taxi driver kicked in face

A KIDDERMINSTER man has been jailed for 15 months at Worcester Crown Court for attacking a taxi driver after following him to his home.  more...

Man airlifted after road collision

A MAN had to be airlifted to hospital with a suspected broken pelvis after the sports car he was driving was involved in a road collision.  more...

Man airlifted after road collision

A MAN had to be airlifted to hospital with a suspected broken pelvis after the sports car he was driving was involved in a road collision.  more...

Bridge traffic troubles continue

THE county council's top bridge engineer has apologised for Stourport Bridge rush hour traffic delays.  more...

Bridge traffic troubles continue

THE county council's top bridge engineer has apologised for Stourport Bridge rush hour traffic delays.  more...

Bridge traffic troubles continue

THE county council's top bridge engineer has apologised for Stourport Bridge rush hour traffic delays.  more...

Bridge traffic troubles continue

THE county council's top bridge engineer has apologised for Stourport Bridge rush hour traffic delays.  more...

Bridge traffic troubles continue

THE county council's top bridge engineer has apologised for Stourport Bridge rush hour traffic delays.  more...

Bridge traffic troubles continue

THE county council's top bridge engineer has apologised for Stourport Bridge rush hour traffic delays.  more...

Bridge traffic troubles continue

THE county council's top bridge engineer has apologised for Stourport Bridge rush hour traffic delays.  more...

New loos opened

FOLLOWING a revamp, Stourport's Riverside toilet facilities have been opened for the busy summer season.  more...

Revamped loos opened

FOLLOWING a revamp, Stourport's Riverside toilet facilities have been opened for the busy summer season.  more...

Foot & mouth casualty

Worcestershire Wildlife Trust will be spending this week clearing up after an event that never happened.  more...

Foot & mouth casualty

Worcestershire Wildlife Trust will be spending this week clearing up after an event that never happened.  more...

Poignant fan tale in book

A KIDDERMINSTER football fanatic who lost his brave battle with leukaemia is a key character in a new book by one of his favourite club's most famous fans.  more...

Poignant fan tale in book

A FOOTBALL fanatic from Kidderminster who lost his brave battle with leukaemia is a key character in a new book by one of his favourite club's most famous fans.  more...

Poignant fan tale in book

A FOOTBALL fanatic from Kidderminster who lost his brave battle with leukaemia is a key character in a new book by one of his favourite club's most famous fans.  more...

Married without a hitch

A BRIDE made it to the church on time after engineers temporarily reopened Stourport Bridge for her big day.  more...

Married without a hitch

A BRIDE made it to the church on time after engineers temporarily reopened Stourport Bridge for her big day.  more...

Closing speeches in murder trial

THE kick-off for a World Cup football match screened in a Stourport pub last summer was the precursor to a more sinister clash that kicked off in the car park, ending in the death of 46-year-old Phillip Green.  more...

Fire chief praises flood rescue effort

THE fire service's top officer has praised the work of staff and volunteers saying their efforts saved "a great many lives" during the recent storms.  more...

Extra sport activities

IN a bid to help families affected by the recent flooding, Wyre Forest District Council has laid on an extra programme of leisure and sports activities in Bewdley.  more...

Man stabbed outside hospital

A MAN stabbed outside Kidderminster Hospital suffered serious wounds during an incident last night.  more...

Water dangers warning

BRITISH Waterways is warning people not to swim in canals, rivers or reservoirs and to enjoy inland waterways in safety.  more...

Water dangers warning

BRITISH Waterways is warning people not to swim in canals, rivers or reservoirs and to enjoy inland waterways in safety.  more...

Latest

Fight continues for education centre

A PETITION has been set up so that people can show their support for a threatened outdoor education centre.  more...

Hospital loud speakers to fight superbugs

NURSES will soon be faced with loud speakers barking Oi, wash your hands!' to help stamp out hospital infections.  more...

Hospital loud speakers to fight superbugs

NURSES will soon be faced with loud speakers barking Oi, wash your hands!' to help stamp out hospital infections.  more...

Beach buggy crashes near Evesham

A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital after the beach buggy type vehicle she was driving crashed.  more...

Four hospitalised after crash

A MAN was trapped in his sports car after being involved in a collision with another vehicle.  more...

Good applications needed for grants

ORGANISATIONS who want to secure community grants have been urged to start thinking about their applications for next year.  more...

Phone line situation improves

THE number of people whose phone lines have been affected by flooding is gradually going down.  more...

Offenders help clear up Upton flood mess

OFFENDERS carrying out unpaid work as part of their community orders have been helping to clear up after the floods in Upton-on-Severn.  more...

Councils seek flood funds

PEOPLE who have suffered a loss in their homes or businesses due to the flooding are being offered help by three district councils.  more...

Sun shines for festival goers

THE sun shone for the 28,000 music lovers who descended on Eastnor for the Big Chill Festival.  more...

Unattended candle causes fire

AN unattended lit candle caused a fire and resulted in a couple suffering smoke inhalation.  more...

Readers wanted to help with crisps

CRISP makers Tyrrells is appealing for help from Worcester News readers to redesign its packets.  more...

Chamber battling for flood hit businesses

THE Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire has been lobbying hard on behalf of local businesses following the devastation caused by the recent flooding.  more...

Sun shines for big chill

THE sun shone for the 28,000 music lovers who descended on Eastnor for the Big Chill Festival.  more...

Sun shines for big chill

THE sun shone for the 28,000 music lovers who descended on Eastnor for the Big Chill Festival.  more...

It's 25 not out for Cricketers

PULLING pints runs in Kim Bowley's family. For the landlady of the Cricketer's Arms in Worcester is celebrating 25 years of her family behind the bar at the traditional city centre pub.  more...

Woman airlifted to hospital

A 23-YEAR-OLD Evesham woman was airlifted to hospital in Worcester at the weekend after a beach buggy' type vehicle she was driving crashed in a field.  more...

Heroin man in court

AN Evesham man who claimed he used heroin to relieve back pain after a serious road accident has been given a suspended prison sentence.  more...

Train services 'returning to normal'

THE Oxford to Worcester line - which serves Evesham, Pershore and Moreton - reopened last week after closure caused by flood damage.   more...

More than 100 lose jobs as computer firm crashes

MORE than 100 people have lost their jobs as one of Evesham's biggest employers went into administration.  more...

300 lost jobs as computer firm crashes

UP to 300 people have lost their jobs as one of Evesham's biggest employers went into administration.  more...

Letters

We all need money

SIR - Your comment (July 24) regarding the flooding says: "What is needed now is money".  more...

Welsh wind turbines will mean more floods

SIR - Do readers realise that many of the rivers that flooded English towns and cities like Ludlow, Worcester and Gloucester have their sources in the hills of mid-Wales?  more...

Put your money where your mouth is

SIR - How sad that CAMRA's campaigners and a few misinformed city councillors have managed to overturn a much more worthy planning use for the Alma pub as school buildings for a really prestigious school as King's.  more...

Will we never learn from our history?

SIR - You are quite right about National Service, Mr Hemming - they are dreaming! (Worcester News, July 30).  more...

We should own our essential services

SIR - What an excellent idea from Russell Jones (Letters, July 30).  more...

Some sanity has surfaced at last

SIR - Some sanity appears to have surfaced with the Quakers vetoing gay marriages in their premises (Worcester News, July 30).  more...

Our troops should not be in Iraq

SIR - John Shearon thinks Tony Blair has been the best PM labour has ever had.  more...

Red cross flood appeal

I would like to thank readers for their incredible support of the Red Cross National Floods Appeal, which has now raised over £1m.  more...

Nature Notes

Pesky mosquitoes halt survival skills evening

OVER the summer period the Wyre Forest District Council Ranger Service carries out events and activities aimed at all ages to encourage an interest in the natural world.  more...

News

Double boost for Solanki

VIKRAM Solanki will lead England's second-string one-day side again when they face India next week.  more...

Zaheer on County’s wish-list for 2008

STEVE Rhodes has admitted he would jump at the chance of re-signing Indian left-arm pace ace Zaheer Khan as Worcestershire's overseas star next season.  more...

Opinion

Outbreak is a nightmare for farmers

JUST as Worcestershire's farming community was beginning its recovery from last month's devastating floods comes even worse news - the return of foot-and-mouth disease.  more...

Places To Go

West Midland's Safari Park

Venue: West Midlands Safari Park  more...

West Midland's Safari Park

Venue: West Midlands Safari Park  more...

Pryce'S People

Step back into the 40s with the grocer’s granddaughter

THE most famous grocer's daughter of recent history has been Margaret Thatcher and, while it is true the former British Prime Minister may well have passed through Ombersley on her way to somewhere else, a new book about the Worcestershire village should not be construed as having anything to do with her.  more...

Reader'S Pictures

Sunrise over Worcester

Today's picture of the early morning sun reflecting in the floodwaters near the southern bypass was sent in by Roger King.   more...

Results

Bolton on form but city lose out

ADAM Bolton scored 72 runs but Worcester fell by four wickets to title-chasing Redditch in the Fearnley Factory Shop Worcestershire Sunday Club League First XI Division.  more...

Round-Up

Ombersley keep up hot pursuit of division title

OMBERSLEY continued their relentless march on Birmingham League Division Three promotion by dispatching Studley.  more...

County FA cup draws released

SEPTEMBER starts the pursuit for many teams of Worcestershire FA cup honours.  more...

Taylor on song

KIDDERMINSTER Victoria's 17-year-old batsman James Taylor has been impressing in representative cricket.  more...

2006 winner James retains sprint contest

JAMES Gilfillian retained the Worcester Sprint Triathlon title, beating his 2006 best by three seconds.  more...

She’s all set for pastures new

A POPULAR minister is leaving her Bromsgrove post, after a decade of service, for pastures new.  more...

Set for life on the open road

BROMSGROVE-based construction group Weaver plc has completed the latest in a series of refurbishment and re-build projects totalling £2m for Moto, the UK's largest provider of motorway services.  more...

A well-earned rest

FIONA Pipe was given a memorable send off by colleagues, friends and many of those she had met during her career as a school nurse when she retired after 22 years.  more...

Boat raid

A GENERATOR, worth £80, was stolen from a boat in Stoke Prior.  more...

Sweet taste of success

A SWEET-TOOTHED Cofton Hackett boy has won a dream prize as a taster in a top sweet factory.  more...

Car crime

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a spate of vehicle crime in Hagley overnight on Tuesday, July 31.  more...

Best foot forward

A BROMSGROVE seven-year-old made all the right moves winning a dancing competition while on holiday in Burnham on Sea.  more...

Flooding action

BROMSGROVE councillors are calling for action to ensure flooding, which hit the West Midlands in July, does not affect the town.  more...

The hand of friendship

BROMSGROVE may extend its overseas hand of friendship to form a third link with a European town Frisa, a large village in a wine growing area on the Adriatic coast in Italy, has made overtures to Bromsgrove to form a second friendship partnership.  more...

Lottery cash booster

A CATSHILL school has scooped lottery cash to provide out of hours sporting activities. Chadsgrove School, in Meadow Road, has been awarded £189,900 by the Big Lottery Fund. It is one of five school partnerships to get the cash. The projects will target young people that need extra encouragement to participate in sports, including those with special needs. The funding comes from the Big Lottery Fund's £74.2million Out of School Hours Learning: School Sports Co-ordinators programme which helps to establish partnerships to offer extra curriculum sport and physical activities to improve health, motivate, build self-esteem and increase social skills of young people.  more...

Sign here please

AUTHOR Paul Henke will be at Waterstones bookshop, in High Street, Bromsgrove, on Wednesday, August 8, signing copies of his new book Phoenix Rising. From 10am he will be signing his ninth novel in eight years. Phoenix Rising is a thriller of unsurpassed action, intrigue and pace. The story is about Phoenix, a shadowy, government backed organisation that assassinates the bad guys. A catastrophe occurs and the sole survivor, Stephen Yorke, vows vengeance. With his young stepson in tow, and with the help of a woman journalist, Yorke is quickly up to his neck in trouble.  more...

Lucky winners

THE top prize of £1,000 in the weekly Primrose Hospice lottery has been won by the holder of ticket 040833. The £200 runner-up prize has gone to the holder of 016459, and the £50 prize to 032088. The £5 winners are - 000204, 000377, 000779, 001015, 001135, 002126, 003171, 003759, 004813, 006495, 008242, 008266, 008468, 009399, 011280, 012259, 013197, 014339, 014399, 015886, 016786, 021013, 022706, 022799, 023179, 023508, 024071, 024451, 024533, 024919, 027831, 030853, 031251, 031906, 036391, 036920, 037339, 037575, 037633, 038499, 040155, 041997, 042011, 044071, 045108, 046580, 046948, 047166, 047788, 048722.  more...

Sat-nav stolen

POLICE are warning motorists not to leave their items unattended after a car was broken into and a sat-nav was stolen on Sunday, July 29. The vehicle was broken into between 2 and 3pm, causing around £50 damage. A Navman sat-nav system, valued at £150, and a pair of sunglasses, worth £15, were taken during the theft at the Warren Lane car park, Lickey. A police spokesman said: "We advise residents not to leave items unattended in cars particularly at this beauty spot, which has frequently been hit by thieves in the past." Witnesses, or anyone with information, should call 08457 444888 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.  more...

Fare dodgers

TWO Rednal residents have been prosecuted and will be part of a name and shame campaign being run by Central Trains this August. Martin Beattie, aged 28, of Farmdale Grove, was fined £212 and Matt Quarterman, 22, of Rednal Mill Drive, was fined £182 after failing to pay or produce a valid ticket when requested. Their names will now appear on name and shame posters, which will be placed at many stations this month.  more...

He’s all set for a new challenge

AN Ombersley and Doverdale vicar is set to take up a new role and challenge as the Rural Dean of Droitwich Spa.  more...

Allotments hit by flooding

MONTHS of hard work and hours of gardening efforts could all be wasted because of Droitwich's flooding troubles.  more...

Busy time for Broadway ladies

THE latest action for Broadway's ladies involved an LGU Medal and the Winifred Stephens Trophy open to last year's Medal and Club Stableford winners.  more...

Financial help for flood victims

PEOPLE who have suffered a loss in their homes or businesses due to the flooding are being offered help by three district councils.  more...

Frantic efforts make Big Chill a success

Eastnor Castle successfully managed to host the Big Chill festival last weekend, despite the recent flooding.  more...

Race smashes target

THIS year's Race for Life in Redditch has smashed its fundraising target.  more...

Marriage memories

MEMORIES of marriage took centre stage at a festival in an Inkberrow church recently.  more...

Shop campaign support

JACQUI Smith MP recently visited Tesco in Redditch to voice her support for the Freedom from Fear campaign.  more...

New priorities set at meeting

POLICE, partners and Abbey Ward residents met at a PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meeting last Wednesday.  more...

Bikes stolen from garage

THIEVES broke into a garage and stole three bikes and a beautician's case in the Winyates area of Redditch.  more...

Hall now off risk register

A 15th CENTURY timber frame hall in Studley has been removed from English Heritage's Buildings at Risk register after a new owner invested personal savings into restoring it to its former glory.  more...

Travel misery for disabled woman

A DISABLED woman who appeared in the Advertiser saying her life was being ruined because she was not allowed to ride the bus is still suffering.  more...

Sound advice on aromas for club

WITH the recent ban on smoking in public places, nightclubs are now having to face up to a few home truths.  more...

The big clean-up

A REDDITCH fast food restaurant roped in youngsters to help clean up the town.  more...

Society

Wyre Forest

HISTORICAL RESEARCH GROUP - More than 40 people attended the talk by Dr Paul Carter from the National Archives on the Victorian Poverty Project with regard to the Kidderminster Poor Law Union research.  more...

Upton

Judges see how town is bouncing back

JUDGES from Britain in Bloom had the chance last Friday to see how Upton has bounced back from the worst flooding it has suffered for decades.  more...

Weddings

McCarthy & Fordham

The wedding of Mark Richard McCarthy, eldest son of Mrs Elaine McCarthy, of Cardiff, and Emma Ellen Fordham, only daughter of Anthony and Janet Fordham, of Hertfordshire, took place at Stone Manor. The reception was also held at Stone Manor and the honeymoon was spent on a Mediterranean cruise. Photo: Angela Lloyd-James, Worcester.  more...

Hammond & Eccles

The wedding of Matthew Paul Hammond, second son of Peter and Sue Hammond of Sutton, and Louise Eccles, second daughter of Peter and Anne Eccles, of Worcester, took place at Claines St John the Baptist Church. The reception was held at Brockencote Hall, Chaddesley Corbett, and the honeymoon spent in the Maldives. Photo: Angela Lloyd-James, Worcester.  more...

Davis & Fitzgerald

The wedding of Matthew Robert Davis, son of Mervyn and Ann Davis and Helen Mary Fitzgerald, eldest daughter of Colin and Ann Fitzgerald was held at Our Lady Queen of Peace RC Church, Worcester. The reception was held at the Pear Tree Inn, Smite and the honeymoon spent in Sardinia.  more...

Cox & Blades

The wedding of Barry Douglas Cox, son of the late Ronald and Phyllis Cox, and Jane Ann Blades, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Blades of St John's, Worcester, took place at County Hall Register Office. The reception was held in the Salvation Army Hall, Ronkswood, Worcester.  more...

Blythe & McAvoy

The wedding of Daniel Alistair Blythe, son of Eleanor Blythe, of Cheshire and Jayne Susannah McAvoy, daughter of Trevor and Janet McAvoy, of Lower Broadheath, took place at the Elim Pentecostal Church, Worcester. The reception was held at the Crown and Sandys, Ombersley and the honeymoon spent in France.  more...

Blackshaw & Vaughan

The wedding of Simon John Blackshaw, only son of Brian and Wendy Blackshaw of Worcester, and Sarah Catherine Vaughan, only daughter of John and Ruth Vaughan, of Worcester, took place at St George's Roman Catholic Church. The reception was held at the Berkeley Arms, Spetchley and the honeymoon spent in Mallorca.  more...

  
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