PETROL stations around the county said they were not expecting to be affected by today's Dump the Pump campaign. Many managers and owners of Worcestershire filling stations said they did not think motorists would stop pulling on to forecourts. The campaign
MEMBERS of a close-knit Worcestershire community turned out in droves to pay their respects to one of their favourite sons. More than 500 people attended the funeral service of Andrew Williams at St Peter's Church, Martley, yesterday. There was standing
WYRE Forest MP David Lock has sparked a war of words after calling increased pay for district councillors "disgraceful". Mr Lock has asked his supporters to sign a petition protesting about "Snouts in the Trough" Wyre Forest District Council - whose ruling
THE leader of Wyre Forest District Council has launched a furious attack on MP David Lock over comments he made in a letter to local Labour Party members. Mr Lock claims his contacts among Kidderminster Hospital staff have been embarrassed by campaign
Drivers have been warned to expect delays on the main road between Kidderminster and Bromsgrove after repair work got underway this month. There will be temporary traffic lights in place during the resurfacing work and repairs on a section of the A448
Delays in the crown prosecutor's office have led to affray charges against two Kidderminster men being thrown out of court. The Crown Prosecution Service had failed to meet three deadlines for committal proceedings, said their solicitor, Fergus Maxwell
THE leader of Wyre Forest District Council has launched a furious attack on MP David Lock over comments he made in a letter to local Labour Party members. Mr Lock claims his contacts among Kidderminster Hospital staff have been embarrassed by campaign
WYRE Forest MP David Lock has sparked a war of words after calling increased pay for district councillors "disgraceful". Mr Lock has asked his supporters to sign a petition protesting about "Snouts in the Trough" Wyre Forest District Council - whose ruling
VANDALS who torched a pile of newspapers have left a Droitwich social club counting the cost of a burned-out shed. An investigation has been launched after the blaze gutted the outbuilding at the Royal British Legion Club in Salwarpe Road. Police believe
SPARE a thought, today, for all those people who find themselves mourning the lonely death of drug addict Jason Tandy in a Worcester railway station toilet. His grieving parents are heart-broken, losing a son as well as a grandson in two, short years,
WORCESTER MP Mike Foster is, I am told, a keen match fisherman. And good luck to him - for I would guess that the weary reality of hours spent in the House of Commons is enough to fill a person with a yearning for the great outdoors. I would imagine he
DEFENDER Phil King has left Kidderminster Harriers and linked up with Bath City. The 32-year-old agreed a settlement with Harriers manager Jan Molby on the remainder of his contract which had a year left to run. King, who was badly hit by injury last
TABLE-topping Worcestershire Royals hope Glenn McGrath can say a temporary farewell tomorrow with another match-winning performance. The County meet Northamptonshire Steelbacks in their floodlit Norwich Union National League Division One clash at Northampton
EVESHAM United have pulled off a transfer coup by snapping up former Worcester City striker Sam Bowen. The prolific 24-year-old is expected to figure in the Robins' home friendly with Second Division Bury tonight (7.45). United boss Phil Mullen said most
WORCESTER City have agreed a new five-figure shirt sponsorship with London-based firm Petrochem. The one-year deal was announ-ced at the club's open day at St George's Lane yesterday. Petrochem take over from Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries, who have
A MAN stranded on the rock face at a Malvern quarry had to be plucked to safety by a line rescue team. Four others were with the man when he plunged over the edge of North Malvern Quarry yesterday evening. Alec Mackie, fire brigade spokesman, said the
Actor Mel Gibson has been hitting the headlines with his latest film The Patriot - and not just because of his reported $25m fee. Instead, the American revolution movie has been courting controversy due to its historic inaccuracies and its anti-English
AMISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 (15): Tom Cruise takes on ex-colleague Seam Ambrose to save the world. Odeon, Worcester 12.25, 3.10, 5.50, 8.35. UCI, Merry Hill 12.20, 3.15, 6.30, 9.10. Fri/Sat late 12.15. CHICKEN RUN (U): A magical film, essentially The Great
GLADIATOR (15): Russell Crowe as magnificent Roman in toga-drama. Odeon, Worcester 1.00, 4.40, 8.00. UCI Merry Hill (Fri/Sat/Sun 1.20), 2.20, 4.40, 5.40, 8.00, 9.00. Fri/Sat Late 11.30. THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (15): Mattew Perry, Chandler in Friends, fails
TWO little ducks, the key of the door, legs, two fat ladies, Heinz varieties. To thousands of fanatics Bingo is nothing short of a religion - people for whom a "clickety click" could mean the difference between going home empty-handed and that holiest
IF Return Of The Jedi, Jaws 3D, The Godfather Part III and Batman Forever taught us anything, it's that the third films in movie series are always poor imitations of their predecessors. So what are we to nake of Scream3? In the second instalment of Wes
HARRY Enfield has become something of an unofficial spokesperson on moody adolescents thanks to his alter ego Kevin The Teenager. The monstrous character created for his hit TV show Harry Enfield and Chums struck a nerve with the nation's beleaguered
THE school holidays are almost here again and a classic cartoon characters are taking on new-wave newcomers for the young cinema-goers attention. The Tigger Movie has all the best-loved characters from the depths of Hundred Acre Wood on screen. Tigger
TABLE-topping Worcestershire Royals hope Glenn McGrath can say a temporary farewell tomorrow with another match-winning performance. The County meet Northamptonshire Steelbacks in their floodlit Norwich Union National League Division One clash at Northampton
WYRE Forest District Council leader Mike Oborski, left, caught senior officers on the hop by announcing last week he was going to take a pay cut. That's right - a 50 per cent reduction in the £10,000 package to which he was entitled. He made the statement
THE latest "Care Update" from County Hall makes for depressing reading. Social services staff raised hackles this month with the revelation that the department overspent its children's budget by £2.1m last year, prompting a spate of cuts to adults' services
BOB Peachey (You Say, July 19) asks where did I get the figure of 90 per cent of pedestrians being a driver or passenger of cars. Does it really matter? The message is the same. You only have to watch people going to their cars to see how much Worcester
Quilting Kaleidoscope - Saltway Quilters. Un-til July 28. Droitwich Spa Library, Victoria Square, Droitwich Spa (01905 773292 or 779970). Changing Pages Brit-ish and American Moveable and Pop-Up Books. July 29-Sept 17. Cotton Gallery, Mac, Cannon Hill
WHILE waiting for a bus in Bath Road recently, imagine my surprise when I was surrounded by a gang of pint-sized soccer hooligans disguised in school uniform. After throwing a bottle of coke over each other, then having a "who can scream the loudest"
I HAD not intended to become involved with the controversy of fox hunting, as politics and the misinformed seem to be the order of the day. I attended many hunts, but Mike Foster, MP, if I read him correctly, only wants to take the fox out of hunting.
I WONDER if our local New Labour MP, Mr Michael Foster, could explain something to me. I am puzzled to read in the Chancellor's latest spending review that many hundred million pounds are to be spent on training more doctors, nurses and increasing hospital
WORCESTER City have agreed a new five-figure shirt sponsorship with London-based firm Petrochem. The one-year deal was announ-ced at the club's open day at St George's Lane yesterday. Petrochem take over from Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries, who have
A STRIKER and a goalkeeper remain Hereford United's chief transfer targets as they prepare for their latest pre-season friendly tonight. The Bulls entertain Second Division Oxford United (7.45), with Director of Football Graham Turner still no closer
A MIDSUMMER sales slump is leaving ice-cream companies with a lolly shortage. Colder-than-average temperatures, downpours at the beginning of the month and just one hot spell since June have melted manufacturers' profits. "We are enjoying some sales,"
A GRIEVING heroin addict has died alone in the toilet of a Worcester train station. Jason Tandy, a drug addict from the age of 16 who managed to come off heroin, was believed to have hit a downward spiral after his baby son Tristan died, two years ago
PLANNING chiefs have no right to protect businesses in central Worcester, it has been claimed. Worcester City Football Club wants a £5m stadium at Nunnery Way, with associated retail development. Members of the city council's technical services committee
A WORCESTER father fired a gun at a group of men after a row erupted over a broken car window, a judge has ruled. Alan Sinclair described how a shot from Lee Jauncey's air rifle hit a garage wall as he fled in panic. Jauncey claimed he only discharged
MASTER thatcher Simon Holloway has pulled bits of old newspaper, cigarette packets and plenty of rats out of roofs without batting an eyelid. But an unexploded Second World War bomb gave him and colleague Bill Taylor pause for thought when it dropped
A MAN was killed in a collision involving three motorbikes and a car on the main Kidderminster to Bridgnorth Road on Sunday. The A442 in Shatterford was closed for three hours while two ambulances and Air Ambulance rushed to the scene of the accident
A DRUG addict stole scrap metal worth £500 from Lea Castle Hospital, then sold it for less than £100, magistrates heard at Kidderminster. Nicholas Walker, 18, of Cobham Road, Kidderminster, was ordered to pay £250 compensation and to comply with an existing
WORCESTERSHIRE paceman Kabir Ali produced an heroic batting display when England Under 19s survived a mini-collapse to beat Sri Lanka by three wickets and claim the one-day international series 3-0. Chasing a target of 178 under the Hove floodlights,
A STRIKER and a goalkeeper remain Hereford United's chief transfer targets as they prepare for their latest pre-season friendly tonight. The Bulls entertain Second Division Oxford United (7.45), with Director of Football Graham Turner still no closer
DEFENDER Phil King has left Kidderminster Harriers and linked up with Bath City. The 32-year-old agreed a settlement with Harriers manager Jan Molby on the remainder of his contract which had a year left to run. King, who was badly hit by injury last
HEREFORDSHIRE missed a chance to go top of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division when they lost by seven wickets to Wiltshire at Luctonians CC. After setting Wiltshire 200 to win in 48 overs, they quickly reduced the visitors to 29-3 with Paul
TAKE Valentino to rev-erse Royal Ascot placings with Giant's Causeway in the Champagne Lanson Sussex Stakes at Goodwood tomorrow. John Gosden's three-year-old showed vastly improved form when beaten a head by Giant's Causeway in the St James's Palace
STUDENTS and staff at Malvern College are celebrating after achieving record exam results. Thirty-six pupils at the exclusive boarding school took the International Baccalaureate (IB) exams this summer instead of A-levels. The alternative qualification
MILLIONS of female fans were distraught when circumstances 'Gorgeous George' Clooney quit the hit medical drama ER, which had catapulted him to fame and fortune. But since then the versatile star has proved he's more than just a good looking TV doctor
MUSIC junkie Rob Gordon (John Cusack), the manager of a record store called Championship Vinyl which specialises in rare LPs, is miserable because his relationship with girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) has collapsed. Frustrated by Rob's unwillingness to
SPECIAL agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is back to face an international crisis of terrifying magnitude. Former IMF colleague, Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott), has stolen a deadly, genetically-engineered toxin and is threatening to sell the technology to the
BEN Elton ranted and raved his way through the 80s and 90s - and mostly knew what he was talking about. And with the movie Maybe Baby writer-director Elton definitely knows his subject. The film is based on his novel Inconceivable, which was inspired
WORCESTERSHIRE paceman Kabir Ali produced an heroic batting display when England Under 19s survived a mini-collapse to beat Sri Lanka by three wickets and claim the one-day international series 3-0. Chasing a target of 178 under the Hove floodlights,
WORCESTER City Football Club's ambitious plans for a new stadium in Warndon Villages were under threat today after a senior planning officer said he "could not support" the scheme. Mark Middleton, the city's head of planning and economic development,
TORIES in Herefordshire think their planning officers ought to stick a couple of fingers up to the Government from time to time. Councillor Olwyn Barnett, the party's leader on Herefordshire Council, fears a flood of "guidelines" from the Department of
EARLIER this year I came in for a spot of criticism from the director of the West Midlands Local Government Association for my musings about the WMLGA's links with Africa. Sid Platt suggested I ought to hone my analytical skills and reminded readers that
CONFUSION appears to be reigning in some Tory circles as questions are raised about the future of Worcester's housing. Informed readers will know that the situation has not changed since Labour lost control of the city council in May. Nor has a decision
Summer Fayre (In aid of the elderly in sheltered housing scheme). July 29. 2pm. Himbleton House, Himbleton Road, St John's, Worcester (01905 748144). Ballroom & Sequence Dance with David Ingley (In aid of Leukaemia Research). July 29. St John's Leisure
ARE we all in the same dilemma? Sometimes I believe in God, and love, and eternal life, and that makes sense - and sometimes I just wonder what it is all about. GEORGE COWLEY, Windermere Drive, Worcester.
July 28 Two Timers. The Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. Shine Eye, Scallywags, Worcester Road, Link Top, Malvern July 29 Ultrasonic Road Show. Barbourne Ex-Servicemens Club, The Moors, Worcester. Playground male duo. The Vine Inn, Omber-sley
Saturday Caf: The Century Swingers. July 29. 12noon-2pm. The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Ralph Meanley and David Mackie. August 5. 7.30pm. Great Witley Church, Worcs (01299 896437). Syd Lawrence Orches-tra and singers. August 12, 7.45pm. Forum
The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Until July 29. 7.30pm. The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford (01432 359252). Godspell - WODYS. August 1-5. The Swan Theatre, Worcester (01905 27322). Hamlet. August 2-12. Royal National Theatre, at Malvern Festival Theatre
MY photograph was featured in the Evening News (Thursday, July 13) as an exhibitor whose work was on display in the city's art gallery during National Design and Technology week. I was disappointed, however, that although a lot of praise was given for
IN reply to Francis Lankester (You Say, July 19), more than half Britain's visible trade is with the rest of the EU. A small proportion of involved exports is re-exported through Rotterdam, which shows the importance of the Netherlands city to the UK.
A FLEET of 16 new refuse vehicles will be ferrying the county's waste to landfill from now on. The lorries will collect rubbish from household waste sites and deliver it to disposal sites in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. They will carry up to 18 ton
A CHIROPODIST who had never used a computer until four months ago is to open Bromsgrove's first cyber caf. Entrepreneur Adrian Kriss, of A Kriss Associates, in Perry Lane, will open Comppuccino's in September. The Worcester Road based Internet caf will
A WOMAN had to be airlifted to Selly Oak Hospital after she was involved in a crash on the Bromsgrove Highway. The incident took place just after 4pm on Friday, July 28. Barvinder Kaur, from West Bromwich, was left with cuts and bruises after the Audi
