BENEFIT cheats have been warned to watch out after a father-of-five was jailed for fiddling £30,000. Martin Wood was locked up for 15 months after failing to reveal that he was earning up to £400 a week while claiming income support and incapacity benefit
A CYCLIST has been left battered and bruised - not by an attacker, but by an overgrown cyclepath. Simon Freebairn blames overgrown brambles for wounds that needed six stitches above his left eye and severe bruising to his eye and cheek. The paths are
A MAN used stolen credit cards to buy almost £800 worth of goods from shops around Worcester. Ashley Walters used Barclay's Bank and Halifax cards to buy sports clothes from JD Sports, jewellery from Argos, and goods such as cigarettes and phone cards
A WOMAN who had a stone thrown through her window in the early hours of the morning fears plans for nightclubs to stay open until 4am would mean more crime. The Worcester Civic Society has also thrown its weight behind opposition to the plans, as they
A 24-year-old Bewdley man has denied attempted murder but admitted an alternative charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The pleas were accepted by the prosecution when David Hughes, aged 24, of Springhill Rise, Wribbenhall, appeared
POLICE have recovered an estimated £20,000 worth of drugs, which are believed to be amphetamines. The drugs were found in Ribbesford Woods, Bewdley, on Friday afternoon by a passer-by. "They were walking through the woods and found the drugs, and notified
ABLE bodied seamen are needed to help a river raft race create more of a splash. So far, only three teams have come forward to take part in the Sabrina Raft races, and the organisers, Worcester Tourist Association, want more for the weekend. Teams will
A HOMELESS woman who set fire to a block of flats and two derelict properties in Hereford has been jailed for three years. Lynne Warren, aged 43, who admitted two charges of arson and one burglary, was said by her counsel at Worcester Crown Court, Dele
CHILDREN in Worcester have said a fond farewell to their playscheme with a fun-filled party. The New Saddlers Walk Playscheme has kept up to 30 children from the Brickfields area of the city entertained for the past two weeks but had to close on Friday
FRUSTRATION and anguish have been replaced with tears of joy with the end of a 16-year-long dispute over land. Primsland Way residents in Droitwich have been waiting that long for Barratts Homes to sign over a patch of land to the town council. Those
DRINKING and driving can prove to be a lethal cocktail - for both life and liberty. We all know the two don't mix as well as gin and tonic, but how many of us indulge in a glass of wine or a pint or two of beer "safe" in the knowledge we won't be over
WORCESTER people are being urged to read more in an effort to help local charities. A new bookshop is to open in Bromyard Road, St John's with the sole aim of raising money for good causes. The Daisychains Benevolent Fund was set up in March this year
WORCESTER City Council could be given new powers to charge income tax under radical plans being considered by the Government. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is looking at alternatives to local authorities raising cash other than through council
A MAN charged with breaching a restraining order is to have his case heard at crown court. Peter Finch, aged 38, of Tudor Way, Dines Green, did not enter a plea to the charge when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court yesterday and will have his
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals slipped deeper into National League Division One relegation trouble with an eight-wicket defeat against Kent Spitfires at Canterbury last night. The County came back down to earth quickly following their Cheltenham and Gloucester
SWIFTS 0, WORCESTER 3 MANAGER Dave Titterton must be grateful Stourport Swifts will not have to deal with too many players as good as Leon Kelly in the Dr Martens Western Division. The striker gave the Stourport defence the run-around for 30 minutes on
JUSTIN Kemp is set to resume Frizzell County Championship division two action for table-topping Worcestershire when they launch their match against Yorkshire at Scarborough tomorrow. He has returned to the County to fill in while his fellow South African
ANGIE Cotton's Littleton team was inched out after a knife-edged battle in the opening round of the National Express Women's All England Bowls Triples at Royal Leamington Spa last night. Margaret Burgess, Chris Winnett and Cotton fought back from 12-8
GRAHAM Turner is backing his Hereford United players to hold their nerve against rivals Forest Green Rovers tonight (7.45). Buoyant Bulls withstood an early onslaught from Tamworth on Saturday to chalk up an opening day 3-1 victory and Turner expects
WORCESTER City signed off their pre-season programme in style last night with an impressive 3-0 victory at Stourport Swifts. First half goals from Leon Kelly (2) and a fine 30-yard strike from Adam Webster sealed victory and City would have doubled their
WORCESTER once again attracted the biggest turnout of crews for the eighth round of the national dragon boat league. Twenty two crews, including a welcome return to racing by Coventry Dragons, descended on the city centre course to bring the dragons alive
WORCESTER Triathlon Club members have enjoyed a successful few weeks racing all over the country. First up was Hereford, which was part of the West Midlands Tri Series and was held in ideal conditions - warm with little wind. The swim of 400 yard was
Pre-season friendlies Sat July 19 Bromyard (a) 7-1 Ball 3, Robinson, Giddings, A Wright, Wood. Wed July 23 Studley (h) 1-3 Ball Tues July 29 Westfields (h) 1-1 Wood Sat Aug 2 Bilston (a) 6-1 Ball 4, Sayer, Wood Tues Aug 5 Stourbridge (h) 4-1 Robinson
JUSTIN Kemp is set to resume Frizzell County Championship division two action for table-topping Worcestershire when they launch their match against Yorkshire at Scarborough tomorrow. He has returned to the County to fill in while his fellow South African
I DON'T blame the Bartletts for their attitude to the service at Worcester's Shrub Hill and Foregate street stations. They both continue to trot out the same puerile excuse of vandalism for keeping the toilets locked. How this "maintains" them, as stated
ON behalf of The Prostate Cancer Charity, I would like to remind you to enter one of the biggest fishing competitions ever to be held in Britain, Fishathon. Pick up your rod and cast a lifeline for charity for your chance to win some fantastic prizes.
THE Evening News editorial (We Say, July 31) makes valid comments about the result of the council tenants' ballot on the transfer of their homes to a new landlord. The editorial also compares the high proportion voting on this issue with the lower level
AN incensed town councillor has branded the layout of new homes for older residents socially and morally repugnant. McCarthy and Stone handed the town council planning committee four similar sets of blueprints to redevelop Whittingham House, off Worcester
After the extremely advanced Uncommon Valour, Just Flight has released the latest Starships Unlimited, entitled, Starships Unlimited: Divided Galaxies. The game caters for the average gamer, providing them with a user-friendly tutorial which will prove
THE Tenbury Show was blessed with glorious August sunshine, coinciding with the start of another heatwave after showery days. It was just as well that the big programme of livestock judging was completed in the morning with a cooling breeze before the
DESPITE numerous problems, the 25 members of Tenbury Wells YFC are lying fifth in the county championships with just a few events left. Losing two chairmen and a vice-chairman in the space of six months has been difficult, but the club has pulled together
IS your head full of wizard ideas and inventions? If so, you could win £500 worth of fantastic prizes from PC World and be a VIP guest at the opening of the new PC World store at Crossley Retail Park in Kidderminster on Friday, August 29. We are looking
A FORMER Worcester Royal Grammar School pupil has joined a leading law firm in the Faithful City. Stuart Bailey has started work as a commercial property solicitor at Thomas Guise. Commercial property is a key strength of the Foregate Street outfit and
COMPANIES across Worcestershire will have the chance to get their businesses known to millions of people - via the rail network. For the first time, firms are being given the chance to advertise on board carriages on the extensive Central Trains Network
MOST businesses believe their staff should be able to change their working hours to accommodate childcare needs, a new survey has revealed. Research carried out by business information supplier Croner found that 83 per cent of businesses supported flexible
A FREE action pack is being made available for companies who deal with hazardous substances. "An estimated 1.3 million companies use chemicals and many are small and medium sized firms," said Kate Timms, deputy director general of the Health and Safety
CRAMMING 60 people into the Swan Theatre's Studio seems like the perfect setting for a play about agoraphobia. Bazaar and Rummage follows the fortunes of four agoraphobics, people with an extreme fear of open spaces, as they battle their condition to
THREE men have been jailed for an attack on another man outside a Worcester pub. All three and their victim had been drinking heavily and the fight, outside the Brewery Tap, Lowesmoor, was captured on CCTV and shown at Worcester Crown Court. Jason Shearon
A COMMUNITY centre has been given a £70,000 facelift to make it user-friendly for disabled people. Worcester City Council's two-month improvement project at Ronkswood community centre includes extensive work on all of its entrances including the addition
AS PC Mark Taylor set foot in New Street, Upton-upon-Severn, on Monday morning, he was greeted with a cry of "Who is this man?" It came from Gill Slater, of nearby Ryall, who said she could not remember when she had last seen a policeman in Upton. "I
COMMUNITY and voluntary groups could benefit from the use of a couple of buildings in Malvern if councillors give the scheme the green light. It is proposed numbers 10 and 12 in Priory Road are let to non-profit making organisations while Malvern Hills
COURT: A man charged with assault causing actual bodily harm has had his case sent to Crown Court. David Simms, of Trent Close, Droitwich, but now living in Leeds, denied the charge when he appeared before Worcester magistrates yesterday. Magistrates
MOTORCYCLISTS from across the county are being urged to drive into the city for charity at the end of the month. Worcester's Motorcycle Club is inviting fellow bikers to ride up to Tower Building, in Perdiswell Park, Perdiswell, on Sunday, August 31,
A MAN used a small pen to steal almost £10 out of a phone box, hours after admitting the same offence in front of magistrates. Darren Cooper had been arrested after a security guard at Worcester's CrownGate shopping centre spotted him taking money from
HARRIERS 2, MANSFIELD 1 THE Division Three campaign got off to an extraordinary start for Kidderminster Harriers keeper Stuart Brock and striker Bo Henriksen. While Brock pulled off some truly outstanding saves, Henriksen bagged an early goal-of-the-season
SHEEPDOGS will be doing their bit for charity at the Evesham Sheepdog Trials this weekend. The event, in its 43rd year, takes place at Frog Hall Farm, in Upton Snodsbury, on Sunday and organisers will be raising funds for Cancer Research UK. Participants
COURT: Two men charged with affray have had their cases adjourned. Daniel Brown, aged 22, of Bewdley Street, Evesham, and David Brown, 46, of Leys Road, Harvington, Evesham, who is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon, appeared before Worcester
A REGULAR at a Worcester pub stacked up hundreds of pounds for children with life-limiting illnesses by building a colossal tower of 2p coins. Seventy-two-year-old Bob Sandel had, with the help of generous customers at the Portobello, in St John's, been
The Kidderminster Shuttle will be bringing you all the action from Wednesday's match with Ipswich LIVE on this website.
Thursday, August 7, 2003 TWO goals from Marcus Jackson and strikes for Richard Tompkins and Steve Frost. ROVERS Gandy, Nelson (sub Henry 46 mins), Banner, Pope, Hillman, Benbow (sub Gibson 61 mins), Dawson (sub N Broadhurst 81 mins), Frost, Sutton (Whyte
Monday, August 4, 2003 SAM Bowen was sent off just ten minutes after coming on as a substitute as Rovers were held at Causeway's Halesowen Town base. ROVERS Gandy, Henry, Nelson, Benbow, Pope, Banner, Scheppel (sub Jackson 46 mins), Beckett (sub N Broadhurst
IT'S been five long years since the Evening News, prompted by a disappointing Worcester carnival, mooted the idea of a summer of culture and activities to celebrate the city being itself. We dubbed this imagined rolling month of events Proud to be Worcester
LEON Kelly suffered an injury scare in Worcester City's 3-0 win at Stourport Swifts last night. The forward picked up a dead leg after a bruising challenge from former Atherstone team-mate John Newall. Kelly, scorer of two of City's goals, was forced
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals slipped deeper into National League Division One relegation trouble with an eight-wicket defeat against Kent Spitfires at Canterbury last night. The County came back down to earth quickly following their Cheltenham and Gloucester
ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour blights many of our communities. Yobs, vandals, neighbours from hell can undermine the spirit of a neighbourhood. Graffiti, litter and abandoned cars ruin our environment and encourage crime to spread. Local people, taking local
I AM obliged to counter the accusations levelled by Helen Smart (You Say, Thursday, July 31) against Countryside Alliance chairman John Jackson. John is an intelligent and caring individual, a member of the Fabian Society and the Labour Party. He too
IT was disparagingly referred to as yuppie flu when first identified in the 1980s, and sufferers were told merely to pull themselves together. But, while the condition's now recognised by its real name, Myalgic Encephalopathy, has anything really changed
Monday, August 11, 2003 WORCESTER City signed off their pre-season programme in style last night with an impressive 3-0 victory at Stourport Swifts. First half goals from Leon Kelly (2) and a fine 30-yard strike from Adam Webster sealed victory and City
Success in harness ANOTHER highly successful day of harness racing at Hanley Swan last Sunday means the sport has raised nearly £7,000 in three years for Acorns Children's Hospice. Since veteran racer Dave Shellam, from Callow End, first had the idea
HOME, away (Dr Martens Western fixtures unless stated) JULY Sat 19 WALSALL (Friendly) 5-1 (Sutton, Banner, Dyson, Bowen, Scheppel) Tue 22 WOODFORD UNITED (Friendly) 3-1 (Sutton, Stephenson, Scheppel) Sat 26 STOCKPORT COUNTY (Friendly) 0-0 Wed 30 ASTON
LEON Kelly suffered an injury scare in Worcester City's 3-0 win at Stourport Swifts last night. The forward picked up a dead leg after a bruising challenge from former Atherstone team-mate John Newall. Kelly, scorer of two of City's goals, was forced
AS modern machinery crashes across our green and pleasant land, ploughing, spraying and reaping all before it, Geoff Osborne is one of a breed of old-time countrymen that is fast disappearing. "When I were a nipper at Grafton there weren't a tractor anywhere
MALVERN-based contact centre specialists KNXUS Ltd have appointed Michael McGukin as their new sales director. Before working at KNXUS, Michael has gained a wealth of experience in the call centre industry, including eight years at Ventura. He was also
A YOUTH orchestra is preparing for a journey to Europe after a Worcester company backed its tour. Npower employee Tim Mullins raised £400 fundraising to help the Cheltenham Youth Orchestra enjoy its tour to Belgium this October. The energy provider then
HAVING a baby is probably one of the most exciting times of a person's life. Now mothers and fathers-to-be in Pershore don't have to look further than their own doorstep for their every need now that a new baby and toddler shop has opened in the town's
