WORCESTER City crashed to a disappointing 5-1 defeat when they took on Southern League neighbours Bromsgrove Rovers at the Victoria Ground last night. Pre-season friendlies are not always a true guide to potential, but City manager Andy Preece must be
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have been hit by a pre-season injury blow to skipper Stuart Whitehead. The former Shrewsbury centre-half, who turned 31 yesterday, required hernia surgery this week on the back of a minor ankle clear-up operation. Although Whitehead's
KADEER Ali, Hamish Marshall and Chris Taylor all scored over 30 as Gloucestershire Gladiators eased past Worcestershire Royals by seven wickets in a rain-hit Twenty20 Cup quarter-final at Bristol. Vikram Solanki (43) and Ben Smith (37) were the main
MORE than 2,300 people have now signed a petition to put a stop to plans for a power station in Tenbury Wells. The scheme, to build a wood-fired power station on the town's business park, which would be the first of its kind in Worcestershire, has been
HEREFORDSHIRE and Worcestershire 12 and under girls won the bronze medal at the Inter County Cup national finals. The team finished on the podium at the Bolton Tennis Arena and were presented with their medals by Judy Murray, mother of Andy and Wimbledon
A MASSIVE clear-up operation was underway in the centre of Tenbury Wells as the town once again came to terms with the devastation of flash flooding. Poor drainage has been blamed for the flooding after 15mm (0.59in) of rain fell in an hour during a
A BUSY businessman is setting his sights on a British title after an impressive start to bodybuilding competitions. Harj Minhas, 29, has been weight training for about five years and finished second in his first drug-tested natural bodybuilding contest
Things are looking up...after three weeks of waiting....work has started on the central heating system (believe me it does get cold here during the winter months), the doors and windows should be fitted by the end of the week, then we can start plastering
HEREFORD United will take their four new signings plus a host of trialists to kick-off the pre-season programme. Graham Turner's Bulls head to fellow city club Pegasus Juniors to mark the official opening of the Hellenic League side's Old School Lane
STUDENTS competed in the TAGB Tae Kwon Do Eighth Open World Championships at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham. Droitwich Spa TAGB Tae Kwon Do Club member Joe Rahim was nominated and trained for his first world competition by instructor Matt Lennard
THE Independent Tae Kwon Do Schools Federation held their black belt grading at Worcester's Nunnery Wood Sports Centre. Taking first-degree black belts were Kidderminster students Colin Robinson and Ryan Cotterill and Bewdley brother and sister Millie
THE Midland Automobile Club staged top-flight hill climb action at the famous Shelsley Walsh course. Despite wet conditions, a successful meeting saw a new class record satisfy the enthusiastic spectators. The members' event ran after overnight rain
THE mystery illness that caused a Hereford MP to fall ill while on an international flight more than a week ago has finally been diagnosed. Paul Keetch was an hour into a flight to America when his plane was forced to turn back because he had become
A MAN abseiled down the side of Worcester's County Hall in a last-ditch attempt to save an outdoor education centre from closure. Jon Elliott, head of the threatened Llanrug Outdoor Education Centre, Snowdown, wanted to deliver his letter to council
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CHARLES Adrian managed two second finishes in class in Sencon Formula Four team's first outing. The team, based at Charles Adrian Automotive Engineering in Checketts Lane, Worcester, clinched runners-up places in class B'. After qualifying on the fourth
BARNARDS Green defeated Worcester City Police by six wickets in the Tansell Cup semi-finals. In Worcester Evening League Division One, Malvern were awarded their game as opponents Stoke Prior did not turn up. Barnards Green also collected vital points
STOURPORT Hockey Club's Joel Dudley has won a place in the England Under 16s side for the Four Nations Tournament. The 15-year-old will be involved in the national set-up as they tackle the competition at Cardiff's Sophia Gardens from July 24 until 27
VISITORS to a Worcester shopping centre could soon be enjoying improved surroundings after plans for a £3.2m upgrade were announced. CrownGate Shopping Centre has unveiled new plans to refurbish the Chapel Walk section of the centre, which stretches
DISTRACTION burglars have targeted three Worcestershire homes in two and a half hours. Yesterday (TUE) police revealed Thursday's incidents are believed to have been carried out by men with eastern European accents travelling in a silver Volkswagen Golf
A MAN was pulled to safety moments before fire at a Worcestershire boatyard got out of control. The blaze at the boatyard, in Sandy Lane, Stourport, destroyed five articulated trailers, severely damaged two boats and came close to claiming a life. The
STEPHENS Harold Albert The Family of the late Harold Stephens would like to thank all Friends, for their kind messages of sympathy and donations received in his memory. Published in paper 17/07/2007
DIXON Leonard Charles On July 12th, 2007, after a short illness, aged 83 years. Dearly loved husband of the late Gladys. A much loved father to Linda, Barrie and Michael. A loving grandfather and great grandfather and father-in-law. Together again after
SALMON Perry Formerly of Droitwich. Suddenly as the result of a road accident on July 12th, 2007, aged 42 years. Beloved partner of Amanda, much loved son of Sylvia and Les and dear brother of Gary and Liza. Sadly missed by all the Family. Funeral service
SMITH Linda nee Nicholls Left all her troubles behind one year ago today, aged 54. Although we are comforted,Knowing you are now at peace,The heartache of losing you,Will never go away. We love and miss you so very much,Daughter Sam, son in law Kev and
SANDBROOK Roger Edward Passed away suddenly but peacefully at home with his family on July 9th, 2007,aged 68 years. He will be dearly missed by his wife Margaret and will be a much missed father and father-in-law to Jeanette, Andre and Christine, Steven
HOUGHTON Roy Frederick Formerly Geography Master of Christopher Whitehead Boys School. Passed away peacefully, but suddenly, while on holiday with Family at Mudeford, onJuly 5th, 2007. Loyal husband of the late Myra and father of the late Kevin, devoted
SHAW Lucy Well done on passing your driving test first time. Love from auntie Ali, uncle Steve, Bex and Ella. xxx Published in paper 17/07/2007
VERNALLS Jessica Happy 18th Birthday Jessica. Lots of love Mom, Jade, James, Archie, Charlie, Nan, Frances, Martin, Sean, Christopher and Michael xxx Published in paper 17/07/2007
MARRIOTT Grace Special memories of a dear mum and nan who passed away twenty four years ago today. Love Ros, Sue, Tina and Family. Published in paper 17/07/2007
LEIGHTON Bridget Loving memories always. Husband John, Sons John and Patrick. R.I.P. Published in paper 17/07/2007
MALVERN Town Council may have to dig deep into its budget next year to replace a worn out grave excavator. The digger was bought secondhand in 1994 and is thought to be 21 years old. The council's operations manager Charles Porter said: "The thing is
A motorcyclist who died following a crash in Droitwich was due to have a secret Las Vegas wedding in October. The Droitwich-based parents of 42-year-old Perry Salmon did not know he planned to marry Amanda Downes until after he was pronounced dead on
SIR - The reason nurses smoke, Mrs King (Letters, June 27) is to try to alleviate the great stress their very demanding jobs cause. I would sooner be cared for by a smoking nurse than none at all. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.
PEOPLE are being reminded never to leave lit candles unattended after a "near miss" in Worcester. Two fire crews were called to a house in Tamworth Avenue, Warndon Villages, at 9.15am this morning where a blaze had started in a bedroom. The fire had
WEST Midlands Ambulance Service is calling on people across Worcestershire to take a look at the consultation document on plans to close the Bransford control centre. The first of hundreds of copies of the document are being sent out today to key stakeholders
SIR - The picture featured in the Worcester News (Letters, July 4) was the railway yard at Shrub Hill in the early 1960s. It was taken from Railway Walk, off Rainbow Hill. There were approximately 90 engines in the siding. Some of the sheds are still
A MAN who cycled more than 100 miles to raise money for his son trapped in Dubai has so far collected £1,000. Roy Glass, aged 60, of Rainbow Hill, Worcester, made the 125-mile trip from his home to the House of Commons to meet city MP Mike Foster. His
WALKING over Sabrina Bridge one morning this week, I passed a young man swigging from a can of cider. It wasn't yet 10am. Heaven knows, I enjoy a drink. But I couldn't help wonder what state he'd be in a few years hence. He seemed barely out of his
IF you walk down Worcester High Street on a summer's day, it's possible to see how men's casual wear has changed down the years. These days, it's all shorts and T-shirts. A minority of youths go stripped to the waste, a habit that should quite obviously
TELEVISION programmes and trade exhibitions are still flogging the idea that the perfect garden should be just another room, albeit without a ceiling. It's no wonder there's a global shortage of hardwoods. This valuable timber is being turned into decking
* A NUMBER of houses in my street share a mains water connection. That's fine by me - even if the pressure does occasionally drop when someone next door decides to run a bath. Anyway, Severn Trent wrote to ask whether I'd like to consider having my very
MIKE Pryce's recent piece about Worcester's boy bike racers reminded me of another harmless pursuit of long ago. I'm too young to remember bicycle racing but I do recall the fun you could have with home-made carts. My home village stood on a hill and
THERE must have been much beating of breasts, a tsunami of tears not to mention untold amounts of wailing across the nation. And that's just the men. He was the star who had only just begun his ascent in the heavens, a performer who will remain forever
250 Years Ago: Last Friday about 3 o'clock in the afternoon a terrible fire happened near Evesham whereby about a dozen dwelling houses, several barns, stables and other out-buildings, with several hay and corn ricks, were entirely consumed. This unhappy
This week in 1957: For 65 years now, Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society has striven to provide the best in amateur entertainment with its enormously popular shows, and in the process it has built up a grand reputation. However, it is not perhaps
SIR - My husband was taken ill one evening. By 1am he was in great pain, so for the first time ever, I had to contact Worcestershire Primary Care Trust. My call was answered immediately, passed to a nurse, then to a doctor who arranged to come out. He
* Clear algae, blanket weeds and debris from ponds, and keep them topped up * Order catalogues for next year's spring-flowering bulbs * Give the lawn a quick-acting summer feed, especially if a spring feed was not done * Cut back sideshoots on gooseberries
If you want something with a bit more pizzazz than traditional busy Lizzies, go for the many New Guinea types, which are bigger and bolder than their low-growing relatives. They are also happy in shade and, unlike many other bedding plants, seem
Keep your herbs going 1. Cut herbs which are starting to flower. If they go to seed, they won't produce the leaves you use. 2. Prompt new growth of chives by cutting them back once or twice during the summer. 3. Make a second sowing of basil in midsummer
A HOUSE-bound woman was tricked out of £300 by a distraction burglar. Worcester police have issued the warning after an incident, which took place at an address in The Tything, Worceter, between Thursday, July 5, at 10am and Friday, July 6, at 2.30pm
If your climbing beans have reached the top of their supports, pinch out the tip of the leading shoot to encourage plants to make more sideshoots lower down which should give you a better harvest. Beans should be picked regularly as they go tough and
The terrible weather we've been having has already taken its toll on patio pots, hanging baskets and containers which have ended up looking as bedraggled as their owners. Pelargoniums which I planted earlier in the year in preparation for a long, hot
THE best beers and bands will add some punch to what is being billed as the biggest beer festival to hit Worcester. The Ninth Worcester Beer, Cider and Perry Festival will be held at Worcester Racecourse between Thursday, August 16 and Saturday, August
Ankerdine Hill may be little more than a bump in the landscape but it is remarkable for the steepness of its slopes. Nonetheless, it's an easy climb to the top, partly because there isn't much of it, and partly because the paths take a well-graded zig-zag
A SCHOOLGIRL from Worcester hopes to be in the ribbons' today as she takes part in the largest disabled equestrian event in the world. Phillipa Tye, who is 16 and lives in St John's, will be competing on Roman Star in the dressage section of the Riding
SALLY Stringer, who owns Beckford Stores and post office in the vale village just south of Evesham, has been picked as one of 10 national Rural Heroes' to represent a decade of rural change and determination. Sally is among the list of heroes selected
SIR - Thank you for writing the truth in: "(Blair's) legacy? Iraq. Whatever his achievements, history will link him inextricably with that word" (Comment, June 27). If only Michael Foster MP had the dignity to admit the same. Instead, he'd rather go
PUPILS throughout south Worcestershire have been asked to help fight vandalism in the summer holidays. All year seven and eight pupils in the area are being urged to help. They are being given Crimestopper pens and leaflets entitled: Criminal Damage
BOOKS about the Malvern area are legion. After all, it is one of the most beautiful parts of the country and the outline of the famous hills a well-known landmark. So it takes a brave soul to compile another. But Pamela Hurle is not just any old enthusiastic
FORTNIGHTLY bin collections in Worcester are here to stay - despite an influential committee of MPs labelling alternate services a blunder. The city council has rejected the MPs' report saying town hall bosses nationwide have made a major error by scrapping
TYRRELLS Potato Chips - one of Herefordshire's best business success stories - has won a top award for the third year running. The firm claimed the Midlands and East of England regional finals in the AXA Small To Medium Business Of The Year Awards again
HEALTHY pupils at a Worcestershire school are rejoicing after picking up a national award. To celebrate their new Healthy Schools status pupils at St Nicholas CE Middle School, Pinvin, have set up a Huff and Puff' lunchtime play club, with £500 worth
FAT Sam's Grand Slam came to Pershore High School when a cast of more than 50 pupils performed the hit musical Bugsy Malone. With show stopping tunes, toe tapping dance numbers and the odd custard pie, the musical, set in 1920s New York, had the audience
SIXTH form students at a special school in Worcester can now party in style after a local business completed a landscaping project. Postcode Anywhere, based in Worcester, completely transformed a run-down pond area in the grounds of Manor Park Special
Lady Joan Bader, wife of the late Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader - famous for being a spirited RAF pilot despite severe disability - attended the official launch of two new books by Worcester authors. The first, The Faithful Few: Worcestershire's Fighter
THE AGM for the Worcester Anglo Hellenic Club was held at the Worcester Golf and Country Club on Thursday, June 28. The chairman gave a brief synopsis of the year and three years of his tenure. There was a discussion about the future path of the club
IN June we held our handover meeting at St Andrews House Hotel. Retiring president Ted Howarth said we had another successful Rotary Year and thanked all the members for their continued support. He handed over the chain of office to the incoming President
HELENA Downham, our president, was in the chair at the June meeting and welcomed us all, introducing a new member Myrna Coxall. After the singing of Jerusalem the formal business began. As Jane Tibbutt was in Uganda with her husband Dr Tibbutt the secretarial
THE June meeting was well attended. The speaker was Barbara Maskell who had brought a host of Japanese items to illustrate the culture into which her daughter had married some 12 years ago. The impression gained from Barbara's talk was of a welcoming
A WIFE suffered a broken jaw after her husband hurled a beer glass at her. The glass struck Mandy Gray in the face during a barbecue at their home. She had seen her husband William talking to another woman "about personal matters", said prosecutor Gareth
MOST people will never forget their first day at big' school. I know I won't. I had gone from a small village school with around 60 pupils, to a school filled with more than 800. It was a daunting experience - I didn't know where to go or what I should
SIR - Brian Hunt's letter (June 29) supported my recent thinking. Prior to 1974, Worcester City Council had the full range of local authority responsibilities but those remaining with the city are now few in number. Do we need both a county council
A MAGICAL fairy tale has left pupils at a Worcestershire school flying high. The cast of Powick Primary School performed Peter Pan for parents and teachers. About 120 pupils aged seven to 11 danced, sang and acted out the tale of the boy who never grew
SNAKES, spiders and giant snails were among the mini-beasts examined by children at an Ombersley playgroup as part of a project about animals. Fearless youngsters from the Three Bears Ombersley pre-school handled tarantulas and other creepy crawlies
It’s been a week of cathedral services and exhibitions. Actually I began the week with a day off on Monday, but from then on it was all go. On Tuesday morning I attended what was Alice Ottley School’s last annual prize giving at the cathedral before their
Rain is merely one phase in the perpetual recycling of the world's constant supply of water. Vapour in the air condenses as cloud, from which falls rain, snow or hail. Precipitation forms in various ways, the main one's being frontal, convectional and
SIR - Your report of an altercation between motorists sending flood-waves through Powick residents' houses took my memory back 45 years and more. As a schoolboy, I used to travel on the 312 bus service between Stourport and Worcester, and - being before
THE only sensible way to encourage recycling or a poor return for your council tax? A necessary move to help the environment or an open invitation to vermin? Whatever your views, the fortnightly rubbish bins collection debate continues to rage. Fuel
A PLAY based on a day in a Worcester school is being performed by a group of pupils in the city. Year five and six students at Dines Green Primary School wrote School Days as their end of year production, which they are performing this afternoon and
A WORCESTER dad has spoken of his disgust about delays in getting treatment for his six-year-old son who suffers with a contagious skin disease. Jack Farmer, who was diagnosed with impetigo almost two months ago, has been left suffering mentally and
A SCHOOL in Worcester that was deemed to be failing is on its way to coming out of special measures. Government inspectors said standards were improving at Gorse Hill Primary School and pupils' progress was accelerating. The school, in Holly Mount Road
A MAN who sparked a major rescue operation on the river Severn has defended his right to go swimming and says he is not mad but a very confident swimmer. Mark Davies, aged 45, says he has been swimming in the Severn since he was 10 years old and, compared
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at a Worcestershire boatyard in the early hours of this morning. Two 6ft-long boats, five articulated trailers and two cars were involved in the fire at the Sandy Lane marina in Stourport-on-Severn. A crew from Kidderminster
