WORCESTERSHIRE chief executive Mark Newton has hailed the impact made by Steve Rhodes in his first full season as director of cricket at New Road. Former England wicketkeeper Rhodes initially took over mid-way through the 2005 campaign with the club
ANTHONY Eddy has promised Warriors supporters that the players and back-room team will do whatever it takes to turn round their disappointing start to the season. The Sixways head coach's pledge came after Worcester grabbed a late losing bonus-point
INFLUENTIAL midfielder Russ Penn will be a big miss when Kidderminster Harriers bid for their third win in a row on Saturday. Rejuvenated Harriers, driven on by Penn from the middle of the park, followed up a 2-0 home victory over South-port last Tuesday
MENTION the FA Cup around St George's Lane and it is sure to conjure up plenty of memories. Victories against Liverpool in 1959 and Plymouth Argyle in 1978 and defeats to Coventry City in 1983 and Huddersfield Town last season all spring to mind. They
SECURING a double promotion at Northamptonshire was a fantastic way for us to end the season. At the start of the season, I felt we were confident of achieving a double promotion and it was a case of trusting in what we were doing. It all comes down
A WAR of words has broke out between rival politicians hoping to be elected to Parliament at the next election, by winning a seat in Worcestershire. Liberal Democrat Richard Burt, who is standing for West Worcestershire, has attacked Tory A-lister Harriett
MALVERN Town are without seven players for tomorrow night's Errea Cup first round clash at Cinderford Town (7.45). Captain Wes Joyce hobbled off with a calf injury in Saturday's 0-0 Southern League division one midlands draw against Woodford United at
THE heartbreaking fight against cancer that claimed the life of television and wrestling star Pat Roach has been detailed in his newly released biography. The giant Worcestershire - based ex-Auf Wiedersehen, Pet actor was working on the book with his
PEOPLE are invited to celebrate the fruits of the land at this year's county Harvest Festival. to be staged on Sunday, October 1 at Worcester Cathedral at 6.30pm. Guest preacher will be the Rev Dr Stuart Burgess, chair man of the Government's Countryside
MARTLEY Spurs romped home 9-4 at Pershore Manor in the Worcester and District Saturday League. Luke Willetts and Chris Collins both hit hat-tricks for Martley with Lee Miller scoring twice for Manor. Sunday premier division leaders Arrow 2000 conceded
THE great-niece of a Worcestershire soldier shot by his own side during the First World War has been invited to take part in a documentary commissioned by Channel 4 about the executed servicemen. Jill Turner has fought tirelessly over the past three
SIR - Whether in the future we have Westminster MPs or MEPs, Mr Butterfield (September 12), they will still be Englishman representing England. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.
SIR - Blair and Bush made a terrible mistake by going to war with Iraq and that is why we have suicide bombers on our streets. Tony Blair has made numerous errors. JOYCE ROSE, Worcester.
A POLISH man who opened a shop specialising in food from his home country is meeting the needs of his countrymen. Marcin Zebrowski, who opened Pol-Food to provide traditional fare to Worcester's Polish population in June, said his countrymen were thrilled
WORCESTER City crashed out of the Women's FA Cup in a controversial 4-3 defeat at Loughborough Dynamo. Hazel Adams scored a hat-trick as City led 1-0 and 3-2 in the first qualifying round clash. But, with five minutes left, a Loughborough player, on
HOLDER Matt Neal remains firm favourite to take a historic Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship title. But the Droitwich driver's bid to be the BTCC's first back-to-back champion since 1987 encountered a rigid challenge in the latest meeting.
A FORMER smoker who has swapped cigarettes for running shoes is to take part in the Great North Run to raise money for a Worcestershire charity. Fiona George, aged 37, gave up smoking after her father died, and started training in order to be fit enough
SIR - It's been suggested that we pay extra for black bag rubbish. Going by weight would penalise larger families and create an awful mess with people flytipping. I can foresee neighbours falling out with one accusing the other of dumping excess rubbish
SIR - I am another senior citizen with reduced mobility who is not happy about the changes to bus services W2 and W3. How they can describe them as improvements' is beyond me. Surely those needing A&E are unlikely to be travelling by bus, whereas visitors
WORCESTER Cathedral is due to host a special singing event for children. Called Come and Sing, the event will see some of the youngsters dressed in habits, just as monks would have worn hundreds of years ago in Mediaeval times, and sing with the cathedral
A ST John's road popular with boy racers is set to be narrowed after a campaign to make it safer. The width of Bransford Road at the junction of Malvern Road is set to be reduced next month after highways bosses decided to splash some cash on it. A
ANTHONY Eddy was frustrated by Worcester Warriors' lack of discipline in the 17-11 Guinness Premiership defeat to Bath. Eddy saw captain Pat Sanderson and prop Chris Horsman sin-binned for killing the ball on Saturday. It was Horsman's third consecutive
OVERSEAS scams offering people money are being sent to homes in Worcestershire, police have warned. Officers have urged caution after two residents received different letters maintaining they had come into some cash. An Evesham woman received a request
MAIN Steve September 25th. Remembering you on your 46th birthday. Not just today but everyday. We love and miss you Steve. Love forever, Mum and Dad. xx Published in paper 25/09/2006
WOODMAN Mandy Passed away September, 25th 2001. There is a place in our hearts, that no-one can fill, For we loved you so and always will. Deeply missed but never forgotten by your Mum, Nick, Leanne and Families. Published in paper 25/09/2006
Since April, Lieutenant General Sir John Foley has been settling into his role as High Sheriff of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. JULIETTE KEMP catches up with him and his wife, Lady Ann Foley. IR John Foley has led an interesting life - and that's
SIR John Foley is getting on famously with being High Sheriff of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Since taking up the appointment he has been out and about in the two counties visiting the police, fire and ambulance services, presenting awards, attending
England may have its rose, Wales the daffodil and Scotland the thistle. But Hereford's got the water lily! Meet Malcolm Edwards, the 'curator' of the national hardy water lily collection, which is based in the county. THINK of things associated with Herefordshire
Throughout history mankind has grappled weighty issues: Hurst or Greaves, Stork or butter, Kylie or Danni Minogue and, in the field of integrated crop management, friend or foe? Natural enemies are on your side, so how can you pick the goodies from the
At a glance Model: Jaguar XK8 Convertible, £64,955. XK8 from £58,995. Engine: 4.2-litre V8 petrol unit developing 300bhp. Transmission: 6-speed automatic transmission, driving rear wheels. Performance: Maximum speed 155mph, 0-60mph 6.0 seconds. CO2 emissions
When you're looking for a digital camera, the key indicator for image reproduction is the megapixel measurement. The more pixels, the sharper the print will be and the bigger you'll be able to make it as it simply means there are more dots per inch so
MERRICK Jack Ten years have passed since that sad day, The one we loved was called away. The blow was hard, the shock severe, To part with one we loved so dear. Always loved and remembered by Margaret, Sue, Bob, Richard and Alan. Published in paper 25
HARRIS George Near as a whisper, Close as a prayer. Deep in our hearts dad, You are always there. Love Kathleen, Julie, Margaret and Families. x Published in paper 25/09/2006
JULIE HARRIES talks to a couple who returned a cottage, in the family for generations, from dereliction and all on a budget. Read on overleaf . . . A LOT of emphasis has been put on our heritage in recent years, with hundreds of people researching their
Seasonal events that lie ahead Hallowe'en Probably THE October event - originating more than 2,000 years ago with the Celtic Samhain, which celebrated the end of summer and the beginning of the Celtic new year on November 1. The Celts also believed that
THERE couldn't be a day more pertinent to Herefordshire and its cider heritage than National Apple Day, October 21. The event, organised by the Common Ground organisation, has been running since 1990 and sees apple-related events and celebrations taking
In only five years sheepdog triallist Angie Blackmore has accomplished what many handlers take a lifetime to master. Roy Lewis meets her to gain an insight into the world of top flight sheepdog trialling. IT'S not easy breaking into the male-dominated
The ancient craft of hedgelaying and all its different styles is undergoing something of a revival - but Herefordshire's own particular style may lose out to others in the future. County expert George Bevan tells ROY LEWIS about the drawbacks and why
CAR fans are not happy, it seems! Those who enjoy the sensations and satisfactions that come with car ownership are truly fed up with, well, many things. There's the fact that less than a third of road tax gets spent on roads, that fuel is expensive and
A NEW Jobcentre Plus office has opened in Kidderminster as part of the latest phase in a rollout of job centres across the country. The office, the first in the carpet town, was opened by Jane Alaya, resource manager for Tesco Kidderminster, and Kevin
MARTLEY credit control company Inksmoor has just helped a fork-lift truck business move home. New and used fork-lift truck distributor Amvar Group says its recent growth, which has seen the creation of three new jobs and a move to smart, new premises
HALF of children in the Worcestershire are drinking more than five litres of cooking oil every year as a result of their pack-a-day crisp habits, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has revealed. Also, more than one in five are consuming at least nine
SATURDAY WORCESTER & DISTRICT LEAGUE Hanley Swan 3 Bedwardine 4; Pershore Manor 4 Martley Spurs 9; Powick 3 West Malvern 1; Talbot 1 Upton Town 3; University of Worcester v VBL Sports - result not received. KIDDERMINSTER LEAGUE Premier division
SIR - MP Mike Foster, as usual, strains credibility as he would have us believe that crime rates are going down. Which Alice-in-Wonderland statistic is he going to pluck next? His Government has piled red tape and bureaucracy on the police and this has
IR - One afternoon recently, my friend and I went to visit an elderly relative at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, when on the journey home on a No 23 bus at approximately 4.20 I had the misfortune to fall off the seat and daze myself. At the time
PRAISE the Lord, my journalistic beat has rarely involved coverage of local government matters. Those colleagues who spend interminable hours listening to the minutae of mundane debate are worthy of campaign medals. The now retired Mike Grundy, who cut
THREE decades ago they were a group of spritely, young, fit athletes, but tomorrow a group of men in their mid to late 40s, including one who has flown in from the Bahamas, will re-unite for a charity football match. In the 1970s Malvern Rangers Youth
Eucomis (pineapple plant) These exotic-looking spiky-leaved plants have become more popular in recent years and are ideal for bringing out in pots when the rest of your bedding plants in containers are past their best. Alternatively they will need a
Does your lawn look bedraggled, with patches of thatch, moss and pernicious weeds that you just can't seem to control? Many lawns suffered over the long, hot summer where hosepipe bans were in force and grass turned brown, although grass does tend to
THE magnificent cathedrals of Worcester and Hereford, plus the genteel peace of Great Malvern Priory, feature in a lavish new book that celebrates the great ecclesiastical buildings of Britain. The trio are Worcestershire and Herefordshire's entries
WORCESTER City's home Central Conference match against Stafford Rangers tonight has been postponed. The match, scheduled for a 7.45pm kick-off at St George's Lane, has been called off because Stafford are unable to field a side. City's youth development
AMBITIOUS £10million plans to equip Worcestershire's New Road ground with world-class facilities for the players as well as state of the art accommodation for members, the public and the media have been unveiled. The County hopes to hear whether the
It was Shakespeare that made the Forest of Arden famous, but even that connection could not save it. Today, it exists in name only, with just small fragments of the woods, commons and marshes which made up the forest still surviving. However, there is
Oh, to be 19 again... In the wake of all this fuss and bother over the first teenage magistrate in Britain - picked at the tender age of 19 - I've been trying to recall just what I was like all those years ago, and whether I would have been a worthwhile
THE cult of the celebrity chef could be discouraging home cooking one of them has admitted. "Some of the TV chefs - and I hope I'm not included in that number - make things too complicated," said Anthony Worrall Thompson, who was the star attraction
HAD it not been for Lesley Evans Mr Cultes would probably be dead by now. Because the knacker's yard was the likely destination for the former showjumper that had broken down more times than an old banger. But now, the 16hh chestnut gelding is glowing
MALVERN Autumn Gardening and Country Show "went up a gear" this year and certainly pulled in the crowds on an Indian summer weekend. As temperatures touched 70F, near record crowds flocked through the gates of the Three Counties Showground on 23rd and
IT took eight people three days to arrange it, but in the end all the effort was rewarded when the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society won gold for the second time this year on the Three Counties Showground. Royal Horticultural Society judges gave
PARANORMAL experts are preparing to gather in Worcester to talk about poltergeists, ghosts and UFOs. The special one-day conference will be led by a Church of England vicar. The Rev Lionel Fanthorpe is a well-known broadcaster, author, researcher of
GUESTS donned dinner suits and posh frocks to ensure the Mayor of Worcester's charity dinner dance was a huge success. The event at Worcestershire County Cricket Club on Friday was held in association with the Rotary Club of Worcester. In total, 174 guests
THE celebration corks will be popping as county vineyards and winemakers are set for a bumper harvest and a first class vintage. This year's weather, a fairly frost-free spring, hot early summer, wet August and dry warm late summer, has created ideal
A LEADING Worcester councillor has come out fighting over the issue of litter by saying there will be a clampdown on people who drop rubbish. But Coun Allah Ditta, the city council cabinet member for the environment, said targeting litter louts and slapping
PLANS for the first-ever hospital ward to care for people with eating disorders in Worcestershire have been abandoned after health chiefs withdrew funding. Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust was drawing up a business case to provide anorexics
CONTROVERSIAL demolition work has started at Grove Farm, on the outskirts of Worcester, angering a residents' group which says it is being "kept in the dark". The 19-hectare site on the edge of St John's has long been earmarked for a massive development
THE Grove Farm development debate now desperately needs the injection of a dose of realism. We sympathise with the concerns of nearby residents - but the plain truth of the matter is that Spen Hill's plans for the area will almost certainly come into
PATIENTS and volunteers have bid a fond farewell to the home of Worcester's St Richard's Hospice after 14 years. Yesterday was the final day of care at the hospice's Rose Hill house, before services are moved to its new £5.25m home next door to County
It's cared for 7,000 terminally-ill patients, now Rose Hill closes its doors for last time PATIENTS and volunteers have bid a fond farewell to the home of Worcester's St Richard's Hospice after 14 years. Yesterday was the final day of care at the
SIR - Paul N B de Rath must surely be on a different planet to the rest of us if he thinks the EU is responsible for peace and stability or that the "newly-libererated" Eastern European states clamouring to join the EU are doing so for any reason other
SIR - In response to Stanley Parr's letter headlined "Appalled to read of garage fiddles" (Worcester News, September 5) I would like to strongly defend the work of the county council's trading standards service. Trading standards works to protect local
