A TOP cook aims to whet men's appetites with a few tasty dishes on Valentine's Day. Jennifer Mills has already lined up 11 willing women for her Valentine's gourmet singles soire. However, county men have proved somewhat shy in coming forward for the
A SCHOOLBOY was hit and kicked by an Evesham teenager who stole his mobile phone. Paul Riley assaulted the 14-year-old as he attempted to reclaim his property. Worcester Magistrates Court heard that Riley had struck up a conversation with the boy before
TEACHERS at Elbury Mount Primary School have linked up with a new lifelong learning centre to offer specialised computer teaching. The Fairfield Centre, which occupies part of the Worcester school's former buildings, is home to Community Online. Pupils
AN architect has slammed the proposed demolition of an historic Worcester building. Richard Greenway is incensed the green light has been given to remove the council-owned buildings in Hylton Road, previously the offices of the city's former sawmills.
A FORMER bus driver exposed himself to a three-year-old girl - as her mother was taking her shopping. The victim had gone to choose sweets in a Kidderminster store when Keith Holloway, who was drunk on cider, pounced. But he was caught by the mother as
A TEENAGER subjected a married woman to a terrifying campaign of harassment after she reported him to police for damaging a car. Dean Stokes branded Susan Lake "a grasser" and threatened to slash her son's face and burgle her home. The 19-year-old subjected
MARIE Curie nurses brought a splash of colour to the city when they launched the charity's annual daffodil campaign at Worcester Garden Centre. David Rees, community fund-raising manager for Worcestershire, urged people to wear a daffodil - the symbol
THE problems at Worcester's Swan Theatre have caused a group of county playwrights to find a new home in Kidderminster. The Swan Playwrights have been meeting for more than six years at the city's theatre, offering writers the opportunity of having their
GREAT Malvern Primary School has been highlighted as having pupils eager to learn and support one another. Inspectors from the Office for Standards in Education said the school's pupils had very positive attitudes towards the school. But teaching of some
Harriers slipped behind on seven minutes against the run of play and it was a bad goal for veteran keeper Digby to conceed. The former Swindon man was beaten on his near post by Foran's angled drive after the striker was played in by young midfielder
Boss Ian Britton is aiming to finally put the Carlisle curse to rest at Brunton Park today. Harriers have failed to beat Carlisle five times in Division Three and FA Cup matches since joining the Football League. They will be looking to build on Tuesday's
WORCESTER Wolves hope to boost hopes of a top four finish in the National Basketball League Division One when they travel to North-West London today. Wolves are currently fifth in the table following last week's convincing win over Black Country -- one
WORCESTER is one of the cheapest areas in the West Midlands for amateurs to play football on Saturday afternoons. According to a recent survey, Sandwell in Birmingham is the most expensive place to hire a football pitch at a whopping cost of £180. In
HEREFORD United have made a last-ditch attempt to relinquish Michael Rose from international duty. The defender has been called up for the National Game XI semi professional squad to face Belgium in Ostend on Tuesday but his inclusion has caused a major
ANDY Keast believes Nnamdi Ezulike has 'grown' this season along with Worcester Rugby Club. The Sixways coach was delighted that the former London Irish flyer joined the club in the summer and has been able to extract the talent from the winger. Ezulike
Harriers struggled to make an impression in the early stages of the second half and it was Carlisle who were closest to extending their lead. On-loan midfielder Hudson had a shot deflected wide, while McDonagh's drive from a Farrell corner was blocked
MATTHEW Clarke tries to scare us all into following his own fat-headed version of Christianity by saying the end is near. It is for me - I'm nearly 66. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.
IN response to Ian Gilham's request (You Say, February 6) for information about groups organising transport to the anti-war demonstration in London on February 15, the following groups organise transport to London every day - First Great Western Trains
A KNITTEL (You Say, January 29) omits to say that the fox was dead before being given to hounds. The fox was silent because it had been shot dead by a licensed humane killer. If A Knittel is so against a carcase being cut up and eaten, she must also equally
IT is interesting to note that Anita Knittel has changed her position on hunting recently. Having previously been totally against, she now seems to be half way to accepting it. In her letter (You Say, January 29) Anita Knittel was in favour of arable
AN Evening News report (Wednesday, January 29) indicated that Councillor Stephen Inman considers the Swan Theatre can be transformed and saved, at the expense of ceasing to be a "producing theatre." Apparently, being such a theatre as that is labour intensive
I MUST express my sympathy with the reaction of Christopher Whitehead School to the braided hairstyle of Miss Katie Tyler (Evening News, January 28). When I was at school, I resented the restrictions on hairstyles. I now understand that the school wanted
I LEARN from the media that, in spite of so much sex education, one in 20 teenagers suffers unwanted pregnancies. Whereas no one wants to advocate going back to the days when young people were kept in total ignorance of sexual matters, surely it's time
ANDY Keast believes Nnamdi Ezulike has 'grown' this season along with Worcester Rugby Club. The Sixways coach was delighted that the former London Irish flyer joined the club in the summer and has been able to extract the talent from the winger. Ezulike
MITCH Counsell has set his sights on winning a contract at St George's Lane. The midfielder has only made three appearances for Worcester City but has already made a favourable impression. But for the width of a post in Saturday's FA Trophy encounter
A Smith slip let in Rundle on 40 minutes and the young midfielder ran onto Shelley's long ball and flicked a cool finish past the advancing Digby.
PETER Luff's "bowel cancer awareness" tie continues to attract attention. Last week, I reported how the bright blue number, which less kind souls could describe as ghastly, had caught the eye in transport questions. Now it has been spotted by Redditch
MIKE Foster has denied "doing a Tony Blair" in the Hunting Bill Committee. The Prime Minister managed to attract national headlines when - after years of struggling to read his notes from the Despatch Box - he started wearing glasses. There was similar
A TOP Worcester model who caused a tabloid frenzy by admitting she had a night of passion with Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is set to cause a real lather in a TV soap. Natalie Denning, who took fourth place in last year's Miss England competition
WORCESTERSHIRE'S smallest school is certain to close in the spring after running out of pupils. The final decision to close Pensax CE Primary School, in the Teme Valley, was taken by the county council's cabinet at a meeting this week. A notice of closure
WORCESTER and Wychavon districts are lagging well behind Malvern Hills in the National Lottery handout stakes, according to new figures. Worcester people have had an average of £151.89 per head, while Wychavon folk have had £76.77. This is compared with
JURORS who convicted a former SAS man of murdering his ex-girlfriend by shooting her with a Kalashnikov AK47 assault rifle were given inaccurate directions by the judge about his reasons for possessing the weapon, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday
AN intruder fled empty-handed after entering the home of a Stourport-on-Severn man. The occupant found the back door of his house in Wilden Lane open and discovered an unknown youth inside at 4.40pm on Thursday. The youth ran off down the alleyway at
A COUNTY councillor has been running rings round County Hall, Worcester, in preparation for the 2003 London Marathon. Coun Andrew Roberts, who represents Worcester Claines division, will be raising money for St Richard's Hospice, where he works as a volunteer
A PILOT study of 48 Worcestershire people, mainly women, who suffer from bulimia and binge eating, has come under the spotlight. The study, held last year, featured at a conference in Perdiswell Leisure Centre as part of Eating Disorder Week. The programme
AROUND 15,000 council enquiries and payments are expected to be dealt with each month at a new one-stop shop in Evesham. The Evesham Community Contact Centre combines the services of all the councils in the area, as well as the police, making contacts
ARCHAEOLOGICAL evidence has found that Saxon kings once stayed in the historic parish of Dodderhill, near Wychbold. The exact location of the royal residence of Wicbald, near Droitwich, has so far evaded the research of local historians, but archaeological
PEOPLE who want to learn self-defence but have had little or no experience, will be able to learn a rare martial arts skill. Peter Lewis, a senior associate instructor, will be teaching beginners a Filipino martial arts skill called Eskrima, when lessons
FIVE householders hoping to extend their gardens into a field behind their homes at Kerswell Green, Kempsey, have had their application refused. Planners decided not to allow the change of use of the agricultural land, amid worries that the extended gardens
WORCESTER Wolves hope to boost hopes of a top four finish in the National Basketball League Division One when they travel to North-West London today. Wolves are currently fifth in the table following last week's convincing win over Black Country -- one
A DROITWICH Eight-Ball Pool player has his sights on representing England and turning professional after being named Worcestershire County Pool Association player of the year. Darrell Bareham, of Chawson, picked up the joint accolade, along with Worcester's
A NUMBER Worcestershire and Herefordshire students are included in the Midlands rugby squad to play the North in tomorrow's 18-Group Divisional Festival at Loughborough. They are: Jacob Coates (Hereford Cathedral), Greg Fincher (RGS Worcester), James
Dion Scott soared to power home his first goal for the club earning Kidderminster Harriers a vital point in their play-off quest. The men from Aggborough twice fought back to equalise and avoided defeat at struggling Carlisle for the first time since
MITCH Counsell has set his sights on winning a contract at St George's Lane. The midfielder has only made three appearances for Worcester City but has already made a favourable impression. But for the width of a post in Saturday's FA Trophy encounter
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers can clinch a place in the Nationwide League Division Three play-offs. That's the firm belief of two of their key campaigners Sean Flynn and Craig Hinton. Both are convinced Harriers have the credentials to mount a serious challenge
Harriers were failing to create good chances as they battled for a much needed equaliser. Substitute Melligan planted a header over the bar on 70 minutes but that was a poor clearance by McDonagh. Carlisle brought on midfielder McGill for Hudson on 79
Scott's first goal for the club in only his second game brought Harriers level for a second time seven minutes from time. The centre-back rose well to power home a 10-yard header from Melligan's corner.
SORRY, Mr Arnott (You Say, February 2) but my main objection is still your irresponsible application of the word "extremist" and a nave trust in the biased BBC. You may indeed oppose Amnesty's "open doors" policy, but like many attacking the BNP - and
AS evil men who have committed atrocities against mankind, I place Mugabe, Milosevic and Saddam firmly alongside Hitler. However, the looming war against Saddam and the people of Iraq, in terms of winning over the majority of the Iraq people, is doomed
ENGLAND'S cricketers should not go to Zimbabwe, because their lives will be endangered. Let us remember that not only have most white farmers been dispossessed of their land but, in many cases have been murdered as well, by Mugabe's evil thugs. D E MARGRETT
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers can clinch a place in the Nationwide League Division Three play-offs. That's the firm belief of two of their key campaigners Sean Flynn and Craig Hinton. Both are convinced Harriers have the credentials to mount a serious challenge
I REFER to R H Hawker's letter (You Say, January 30). I think he will find that Mike Foster is a one-issue Parliamentarian, who is not really interested in other issues concerning his constituents other than the subject of hunting. It is of no concern
WHEN DEFRA Minister Alun Michael announced six months of consultation on the issue of hunting with hounds, the Countryside Alliance made every effort to co-operate. The Alliance has gone out of its way to persuade the rural community, despite the misgivings
YOUR sports page headline read: "Robins left red-faced". They're usually red-breasted. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.
I AM writing with regard to the story (Evening News, January 20), regarding a Worcester teenager about to leave for her gap year in my homeland, Trinidad. I would like to point out a mistake in the quote from the spokesperson for Gap Activity Projects
I KNOW of actors and dancers that have gone to every major dance and drama college in this country over the last five years from this county and all, without exception, has been influenced and touched by the Swan theatre. Worcester is a hive of talent
I SAW the Richard and Judy TV programme and they had an item on toys for pigs. These animals need to be kept occupied. I well remember an old farmer friend used to hang a piece of iron chain in the pigsty and the animals loved it. They would lick it,
FROM his correspondence (You Say, January 24) Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael was obviously hoping to persuade us that the present Hunting Bill will not affect farming. Not only is he wrong on this point, he also fails to understand just how interwoven
WITH the last remaining historic house in Worcester's Tybridge Street now restored and converted into a large veterinary practice, it's timely to remember the last family to live in this elegant Georgian property. They were the Stone family, who resided
I AGREE with the correspondent who wrote about council tax rises (You Say, January 24) but from another viewpoint. The continued and excessive council tax rises of Worcester City Council also hit very hard at the pensioner who is living on an income from
THE Prime Minister has signed a "declaration of solidarity" with the USA by eight European heads of state in support of America's campaign to disarm Iraq with or without UN backing. Five of these are EU countries and three are former Soviet bloc countries
Henriksen's 13th goal of the season levelled matter for Harriers on 29 minutes to give the visitors a chance at their first ever positive result at Brunton Park. The forward was first onto Bennett's ball forward and he got the first touch 25-yards out
Harriers pulled their way back into the game on 29 minutes but it was a soft goal from Carlisle's point of view. Bennett's long ball forward into space was well read by Henriksen who managed to get the vital touch when confronted by keeper Glennon 25-
Harriers caused early confusion in the Carlisle penalty box after tricky work from Bennett on the right side. The midfielders low cross was played back to him but he took too much time over a shot and the ball eventually fell for Williams who's effort
A QUICK glance at Peter Luff's curriculum vitae will tell you he is no slouch when it comes to public relations. But his performance after Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday still raised an eyebrow. MPs left the chamber after the 30-minute session
THE Westminster debate over Worcester's £95m hospital always had the potential to turn a bit nasty. And so it proved - with the county's MPs frequently interrupting and heckling each other in an otherwise empty House of Commons chamber. (The poor attendance
