A SPEEDING girl rammed into a parked car, spinning it through 90 degrees, while she tested her driving skills on a Worcester car park. Moments earlier, the unlicensed teenager nearly hit a woman and young child on the Homebase car park in Hylton Road.
THE jury in the case of former headmaster Colin Wheeler has been told that his good character does not prove his innocence. Judge Marten Coates was summing up on the ninth day of the trial of 42-year-old Wheeler - the former headteacher of Bredon School
WORCESTERSHIRE are planning a 'beat the clock' helicopter flight to enable Glenn McGrath to play in their County Championship Division Two match with Warwickshire at New Road later this month. The County pace ace is currently in Australia playing in a
WORCESTER'S latest international signing, Samoan centre Laulala Langkilde, will make his debut against Ebbw Vale tomorrow (2.00). The 29-year-old will play outside centre against the Welsh side -- just 48 hours after arriving in England. The Samoan international
TWO Worcestershire century stands failed to stop pacemen Ashley Cowan and Ronnie Irani from powering Essex into a winning position in the County Championship Division Two match at Kidderminster. Cowan took 5-54 and Irani 5-79 to remove the County for
WORCESTER City midfielder Andy Ellis has spoken of his latest injury misery that will sideline him until Christmas. Ellis was all set to return early in the new season from the broken leg he suffered in January, and had two weeks' rehabilitation at the
ALL roads lead to Aggborough today for Kidderminster Harriers' debut match in the Nationwide League Third Division. And, according to excited Harriers chairman Lionel Newton, this afternoon's all-ticket clash against Torquay United has sparked interest
The widow of a football-mad Malvern man has asked mourners to don their favourite kits as a final send off. David Day, who was a fanatical Manchester United supporter, will be cremated on Tuesday, August 15, and his ashes scattered at the Old Trafford
TWO Worcestershire century stands failed to stop pacemen Ashley Cowan and Ronnie Irani from powering Essex into a winning position in the County Championship Division Two match at Kidderminster. Cowan took 5-54 and Irani 5-79 to remove the County for
STRESS levels are rocketing among nurses at Worcester Royal Infirmary as the hospital is swamped with a never-ending stream of patients. Barry Earlam, chairman of WRI's Unison branch, fears that if the current beds crisis and transfer of health services
WORCESTERSHIRE'S new £91m PFI hospital is proving a magnet for top-quality consultants and nurses, the health authority has revealed. Health bosses are in the middle of a recruitment blitz and say they have been inundated with enquiries from all over
GPs are worried about further cuts in hospital beds, according to a survey by an independent NHS pressure group. Nearly 400 GPs were quizzed and 75 per cent of those in the south-west, which covers Worcestershire, felt their workloads had increased because
With regards to S P Robinson's information on a form of mange in the fox population (You Say, July 13). Was he, by any chance, advocating fox hunting by way of a relief for the affected animals from this mite? If so, are we to expect the hunting fraternity
IT seems anomalous that at a time when convicted murderers and terrorists are being released in large numbers from our overcrowded prisons, Wychavon District Council seems pre-occupied with the notion of sending Nellie Copson down again (Evening News,
Three-hundred-and-ninety-one pounds per week (plus pension and car allowances!) for a "racial harassment officer" (Evening News, August 2)? Applicants will be expected to give their priorities to black and ethnic minorities and have firm commitment to
WORCESTER'S latest international signing, Samoan centre Laulala Langkilde, will make his debut against Ebbw Vale tomorrow (2.00). The 29-year-old will play outside centre against the Welsh side -- just 48 hours after arriving in England. The Samoan international
EARLIER this year, Memory Lane featured Worcester dental surgeon Bruce Maher in his leisure-time pursuit as a steam railway enthusiast. He had long-been fascinated by the fact that Shrub Hill Station - 150 years old this autumn - had been covered by a
A COMPREHENSIVE community history of Worcestershire is fast appearing on the internet, thanks to John Stafford, a senior librarian at the City Library in Foregate Street. In his leisure time, John is web editor of the Worcester Writers' Circle - the organisation
AN insight into the Curtler family and their wide influence in church and legal circles in Worcester through Victorian times and the early decades of the 20th Century is to be found on the Worcestershire History Encyclopaedia website. The lengthy article
A MAN who flouted his driving bans 42 times was addicted to cars, a court heard. Worcester magistrates jailed Christopher Clarke for six months yesterday and disqualified him for a decade. The court heard 29-year-old Clarke had been banned for two years
THE police station and magistrates' court in Worcester's Deansway could be converted into shops, according to advisers hired by the city council. A retail study commissioned by Worcester City Council's technical services committee urges the authority
The widow of a football-mad Malvern man has asked mourners to don their favourite kits as a final send off. David Day, who was a fanatical Manchester United supporter, will be cremated on Tuesday, August 15, and his ashes scattered at the Old Trafford
A THEATRE lover who devoted his life to the many organisations he belonged to has died at the age of 84. Introduced to the world of performing arts at the age of six, Kenneth Barnes went on to become president of Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society
A WOMAN crippled by osteoporosis and severe spinal injuries says she has been living in squalor for six months because Worcester City Council Council will not re-house her. Jacqueline Goodyear says she is confined to the bedroom in her Hopmarket flat
A WORCESTERSHIRE widow had the fright of her life when she opened her bill from Severn Trent Water to find it was almost five times the amount she expected. Eighty-two-year-old Linda Holmes said she was "flabbergasted" when she received a bill for £804.49
A FUN-loving Worcester couple who say having lots to laugh about has kept them together, were today celebrating their golden wedding. Seventy-two-year-old Douglas Hemming and wife Margaret, who toasted 50 years of marriage with family and friends, said
IT'S little more than 10 months since Jan Molby's reign at Kidderminster Harriers began with these statistics: One win, no draws, four defeats. It was hardly the start the Aggborough faithful had contemplated, let alone the one they'd dreamed about. Robbed
ALL roads lead to Aggborough today for Kidderminster Harriers' debut match in the Nationwide League Third Division. And, according to excited Harriers chairman Lionel Newton, this afternoon's all-ticket clash against Torquay United has sparked interest
WORCESTER is to have another crack at staging men's National League basketball this season. A new club, the Worcester Wolves, has been formed and will join Division Three, using University College Worcester's new sports centre as a base. The season starts
WORCESTER'S new centre Alistair Murdoch is happy to be back in the ranks again following his arrival at Sixways. The 33-year-old former Australian international has joined a sizeable contingent of former Bedford players at Worcester, but Murdoch was more
ALL roads lead to Aggborough today for Kidderminster Harriers' debut match in the Nationwide League Third Division. And, according to excited Harriers chairman Lionel Newton, this afternoon's all-ticket clash against Torquay United has sparked interest
STEVE Bull sees his new coaching role at Hereford United as the first step on the road to management. The former Wolves and England legend joined the coaching staff at Edgar Street last month on the invitation of Director of Football Graham Turner, his
A FAMILY from Belarus is enjoying the fresh air of the Malvern Hills after becoming the latest link between the two areas. Nadejda Kovaleva is staying in a cottage near Upton-upon-Severn with her children Katya, six, Veronica, who will be five on Thursday
MALVERN Hills District Council has appointed a new officer to support work in the parishes of the district. James Hassett has been made the new parish initiatives officer. His responsibilities will include supporting the development of the Rural Transport
TWO Worcestershire century stands failed to stop pacemen Ashley Cowan and Ronnie Irani from powering Essex into a winning position in the County Championship Division Two match at Kidderminster. Cowan took 5-54 and Irani 5-79 to remove the County for
WORCESTERSHIRE are planning a 'beat the clock' helicopter flight to enable Glenn McGrath to play in their County Championship Division Two match with Warwickshire at New Road later this month. The County pace ace is currently in Australia playing in a
A WORCESTER mother claims the city's Ronkswood Hospital was "in chaos" when she took her son in for treatment. Her comments follow yesterday's Evening News report revealing ambulances were "backing up" at the WRI as no beds were available for A&E
FAYE Harper, of the county council, says (First Person, August 2) that she has the bad habit of asking too many questions. Such as what? GEORGE COWLEY, Windermere Drive, Warndon, Worcester.
AS an expatriate visiting England I recently spent two very happy months in Worcester exploring its history and enjoying some of the many cultural and recreational activities available. Unfortunately, my appreciation of the sights in this lovely old city
IF Mr Phillpott had cared to watch last week's East series on BBC2, he would not have been so ready to mock those that care about the suffering of animals (Phillpott File, August 1). This programme depicted in graphic detail the cruelty inflicted on India's
Baroness Thatcher's decree that pensions should rise in line with the cost of living and not the wages index was unprincipled, cruel and immoral. Thus pensions become an even lower percentage of overall national wealth. Furthermore, although cuts in interest
WORCESTER'S new centre Alistair Murdoch is happy to be back in the ranks again following his arrival at Sixways. The 33-year-old former Australian international has joined a sizeable contingent of former Bedford players at Worcester, but Murdoch was more
WORCESTER City midfielder Andy Ellis has spoken of his latest injury misery that will sideline him until Christmas. Ellis was all set to return early in the new season from the broken leg he suffered in January, and had two weeks' rehabilitation at the
STEVE Bull sees his new coaching role at Hereford United as the first step on the road to management. The former Wolves and England legend joined the coaching staff at Edgar Street last month on the invitation of Director of Football Graham Turner, his
