TWO teenagers who carried out a fatal attack on an alcoholic while high on drugs have been detained for a total of 14 years. Thomas O'Brien died from a brain haemorrhage two days after receiving several kicks to the head outside St Paul's Hostel in Worcester's
SERVICE stations were running dry today as panic swept through county motorists worried about national blockades of petrol depots. Drivers panic buying were filling up faster than fuel could be replaced and long queues formed outside petrol stations.
AN MP has called on the councillor responsible for social services to resign after accusing him of practically bankrupting the county council. Mid Worcestershire Tory Peter Luff says Peter Pinfield should step down immediately after revelations that the
A mum-of-three has spoken of her horror at the moment that she bit into a supermarket baguette to be confronted by a needle and thread. Rosemary Hooper bought the cheese and onion pizza baguette along with two prawn sandwiches from Safeway in Malvern
AS Worcestershire social services admits its spending is spiralling out of control, a group of councillors is to meet to discuss why the department finished the last financial year in the red. Worcestershire's specific issues scrutiny panel will meet
WORCESTERSHIRE'S high number of children relying on social services for care has been blamed for both last year's and this year's overspend. Social Services says it is unable to cope with the financial burden of having 150 more children in its care than
A HARD-hitting campaign to improve driver behaviour is to tour Worcestershire in response to rocketing numbers of fatal road accidents. The county council's road safety team has joined forces with West Mercia police and the Worcestershire Institute of
A KNIFE-wielding robber who cut a terrified woman's wrists during a handbag snatch on a Kidderminster estate has been given four years' detention. Drug addict David Ashbery's table knife was sharp enough to break the skin of accounts clerk Gail Lawrence
A MAN who attacked a former assailant in a nightclub has been ordered to compensate his victim. Worcester Crown Court heard that Justin Wright was knocked to the floor and punched by Justin Stokes in The Watermill pub in Kidderminster last April. He did
A SEX pest who broke into a Droitwich woman's house at midnight to rape her has been jailed for six years. David Everitt was half-way through a window when the 32-year-old victim confronted him in her pyjamas. She poked the agricultural worker in his
THE description on today's Front Page of how Thomas O'Brien met his death makes horrific reading. If there's been a more chilling account reported in the Evening News, in recent years, we find it hard to recall. The most unreal aspect of it is that it
WORCESTER City boss John Barton is confident he can clinch the loan signing of a Nationwide Conference midfielder this week. Barton, whose squad is still ravaged by injuries, made an unsuccessful bid to bring the unnamed player into his squad in time
WORCESTER snooker star Dave Finbow lines up against people's champion Jimmy White this evening -- with a trip to the Orient on the cards for the winner. Finbow set up his date with the Whirlwind after defeating former World amateur champion Stuart Bingham
HEREFORD Rugby Club's Tetley Bitter Cup hopes went up in smoke with a 16-12 home defeat to Spalding on Saturday. The Belvadere Lane side had high hopes of progressing in the competition but a lack-lustre display in a scrappy encounter ended their cup
WORCESTER hopes of promotion to Division One are still in place following their draw with third placed Studley at Norton on Saturday. Their final game is at Lichfield next Saturday and they take a five-point lead on their nearest rivals into the game.
SHAMAIEL, denied a trip to Paris because of traffic problems across theChannel, can sample success by the seaside tomorrow. Clive Brittain wanted to run her in the Group One Prix Vermeille at Longchamp on Sunday but has no qualms about re-routing her
CAMPDEN Young Cricketers overcame Cotswolds rivals Moreton at Evesham to win the Ravenscroft 3D Cotswold Junior League title. The squad comprised Alex Green, Tim Peachey, James Hopkins, Ben Knight, Mark Boydell, Alex Thompson, Daniel Salvage and Jim Sipthorp
11/09/00 - WRITING this, Worcestershire's season hangs on a knife-edge needing a win from the final game in the National League to guarantee safety. Defeat at Kent will see them in Division Two next year. The championship is far less clear cut. When the
WORCESTERSHIRE'S alarming slump continued at Grace Road last night -- and they now have to beat Kent in their final National League game to avoid relegation from Division One. It's a staggering change of fortune for a side who topped the table by eight
WITH all the bluster of late about supermarkets in Worcester, things have gone curiously quiet in Hylton Road. Not at the Evening News, which is as vibrant as ever. But the city has heard little from Safeway about its proposed Westside store. The plans
PHARMACIST Dennis Ogle never seems short of an opinion on civic matters. So why isn't he a Worcester city councillor? It appears the reason is that it would cramp the Irishman's style. You can't be a free spirit if you are a councillor," complained Mr
WORCESTERSHIRE'S alarming slump continued at Grace Road last night -- and they now have to beat Kent in their final National League game to avoid relegation from Division One. It's a staggering change of fortune for a side who topped the table by eight
MAY I continue Brian Hunt's letter (You Say, August 29). Wanted urgently - a government that governs openly and not by stealth; that will not downgrade social behaviour, education and everything else it can influence; that will not have a dying ambition
IT ill-befits Councillor David Barlow to pass his high-and-mighty comments about the cancelling of the Millennium Quayside scheme (Evening News, Sept 1). He evidently feels that the spending of £500,000, which the scheme would have cost, is better than
THE Evening News of Saturday, August 26, made reference to a meeting of Worcestershire CCC Supporters' Association. Chairman Ken Mills, for long a stalwart at New Road, referred to "decreased attendances" and a diminution of profits. Not surprising really
IT is worrying to realise that youngsters are roaming about causing damage to allotments and frightening elderly householders. Many of the incidents happen after dark. Do parents realise what their youngsters are doing? Do parents understand the dangers
JEREMY Robinson beat the cut by the narrowest of margins at the Canon European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre. The Evesham golfer carded a one-over-par 72 yesterday to leave him on three-over for the event -- the halfway cut-off point. But level-par rounds
NEIL Lyman is Worcester's longest serving player but the prop forward admits that reporting the pre-season training this year was like attending a new school. They have been so many comings and goings at Sixways during the summer -- 18 new signings and
MARK Owen hopes his return to scoring form will be beneficial both to Worcester City and himself. The prolific 22-year-old, City's top scorer for the last two seasons, failed to find the net in the first four games and looked out of sorts as City made
Shattered, by Dick Francis. (Michael Joseph, £16.99) DICK Francis, best-selling author and ex-champion Royal jockey, had always promised the Queen Mother a novel for her centenary year. True to his word, the master of crime has produced another gripping
The Artist And The Garden, by Roy Strong (Yale University Press, £29.95) WHATEVER it may represent today as a weekly television slot of bra-less horticultural entertainment, the fact remains that the garden began life as a vanity of the English aristocracy
HEREFORD United midfielder Michael McIndoe admits the Nationwide Conference will be something of a mystery tour for him. The cultured 20-year-old, a summer recruit from Luton Town, has been a key figure in the Bulls' fine start to the new season and has
LANDOWNERS are being urged to stand up for their right to choose whether to allow hunting on their property. With the Government still signalling its intention to introduce a bill which would ban all hunting, the Country Landowners Association is asking
Saturday, September 9, 2000. KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Ian Molby is urging his players to have more self-belief following their goalless Nationwide League Division Three draw against Barnet at Underhill on Saturday. He said: "The funny thing is we
THE Faithful City's present Mayor, Councillor Mary Drinkwater, considers herself very much "a Worcester woman" having spent her first 21 years living in the shadow of the Cathedral. She was born a few yards from the 900-years-old building at a house in
CONTROVERSIAL plans to develop Grove Farm at Worcester have been refused by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Mr Prescott has supported the findings of Inspector Neil Holt, established during a week-long public inquiry. Reasons for rejecting the application
A SEX pest who broke into a Droitwich woman's house at midnight to rape her has been jailed for six years. David Everitt was half-way through a window when the 32-year-old victim confronted him in her pyjamas. She poked the agricultural worker in his
THE leader of Worcester's Conservative party has expressed his concern over the health "crisis" in the county. Councillor Robert Rowden says he feels there is general public concern about the health service. He will raise the issue at a council meeting
A NEW medical assessment unit was due to open at Worcester's Ronkswood Hospital today. Health bosses believe the 14-bay round-the-clock unit will ease pressure on the A&E department. Patients will be given high priority for blood tests, X-rays and
A FAMILY living above the Royal British Legion in Droitwich narrowly avoided being burned to death when arsonists set fire to the club for the second time this year. Stewards Sue and John Roberts discovered the blaze in the club's dance hall early on
WORCESTERSHIRE'S alarming slump continued at Grace Road last night -- and they now have to beat Kent in their final National League game to avoid relegation from Division One. It's a staggering change of fortune for a side who topped the table by eight
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is backing Stuart Brock to emerge from the club's goalkeeping crisis with flying colours. The unlucky Brock broke a bone in his right hand during the warm-up for Harriers 1-0 Worthington Cup first round second leg
11/09/00 - WORCESTERSHIRE are about to set off on the final lap of a season which has had its fair share of trials and tribulations. On Wednesday Northamptonshire visit New Road to launch the last County Championship Division Two match while on Sunday
WORCESTER Rugby Club threw the gauntlet down to Leeds Tykes with a powerful 47-8 demolition of Orrell at Edge Hall Road on Saturday. The Sixways side ran in eight tries in the one-sided affair as Worcester showed just why they are favourites for the National
NEW skipper Alistair Murdoch was keeping his feet well and truly on the ground after a double try burst got his Worcester Rugby Club career off to a flying start at Orrell. The former Australian international went out onto the wing early in the first
WORCESTERSHIRE'S alarming slump continued at Grace Road last night -- and they now have to beat Kent in their final National League game to avoid relegation from Division One. It's a staggering change of fortune for a side who topped the table by eight
Bank House Hotel, Bransford, youngster Dean Hemming helped England win the Home Countries International Under 25s Bowls title for the fourth time in five years at Ayr yesterday. Hemming, who first played for his country as an 18-year-old five years ago
ANIMAL lovers were left distressed after finding a trail of dead birds along a stretch of road near Malvern. Crows and pigeons, that appeared to have been shot, were found strewn along Madresfield Road in Madresfield. Barbara Walk and her husband Paul
A mum-of-three has spoken of her horror at the moment that she bit into a supermarket baguette to be confronted by a needle and thread. Rosemary Hooper bought the cheese and onion pizza baguette along with two prawn sandwiches from Safeway in Malvern
Saturday, September 9, 2000. HEREFORD United recovered from conceding their first goal of the season to preserve their unbeaten Nationwide Conference record with a 1-1 draw against Hednesford at Edgar Street on Saturday. Bulls' skipper Ian Wright was
WHAT will the director of Worcester City Council's contract services, Keith Middleton, do if he finds himself out of a jobsoon? The future of his department was the subject of speculation - behind closed doors, naturally - on Wednesday, August 30. Mr
I READ the letter (You Say, August 29) from Jenny Nelder through twice, but couldn't get my head round it. Needless to say, economics is not my strong point. GEORGE COWLEY, Windermere Drive, Warndon, Worcester.
THANK you for publishing my letter about the media being "brainwashed " by Shakespeare's image of Richard III. Alas. Your heading "Crookback Dick and the Bard" proved my point. Thank you! William Shakespeare was no historian and living under a Tudor Queen
VAST crowds defied the weather forecasts and flocked to Moreton Show last Saturday to enjoy a feast of north Cotswolds country life. In the end the weather gods looked kindly on proceedings and only two brief showers interrupted what for many people was
WHEN it comes to beef on the hoof, South Devons are among the most competitive classes in the cattle rings, with several local herds regularly entering their best stock. The Northwick Estate at Blockley is rebuilding its herd of South Devons, which was
WORCESTERSHIRE'S alarming slump continued at Grace Road last night -- and they now have to beat Kent in their final National League game to avoid relegation from Division One. It's a staggering change of fortune for a side who topped the table by eight
Saturday, September 9, 2000. WORCESTER Rugby Club threw the gauntlet down to Leeds Tykes with a powerful 47-8 demolition of Orrell at Edge Hall Road on Saturday. The Sixways side ran in eight tries in the one-sided affair as Worcester showed just why
NEW skipper Alistair Murdoch was keeping his feet well and truly on the ground after a double try burst got his Worcester Rugby Club career off to a flying start at Orrell. The former Australian international went out onto the wing early in the first
WORCESTER City boss John Barton is confident he can clinch the loan signing of a Nationwide Conference midfielder this week. Barton, whose squad is still ravaged by injuries, made an unsuccessful bid to bring the unnamed player into his squad in time
French Saxophone Concertos Daniel Gremelle (saxophone), Antoine Cure (trumpet) and the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra THERE is an old joke about naming 10 famous Belgians. You know the one - there's Poirot and then.....er? Well, here's one not everyone
WORCESTERSHIRE'S alarming slump continued at Grace Road last night -- and they now have to beat Kent in their final National League game to avoid relegation from Division One. It's a staggering change of fortune for a side who topped the table by eight
STAFF and pupils at Stratford High School said goodbye to two hard working and long-serving governors as they stood down last week. Jeneffer Gregg and Michael Gledson retired last Thursday after spending five years in the hotseat on the school's board
Saturday, September 9, 2000. WORCESTER City's long wait for a home win is finally over. After nine fruitless games stretching back over six months, John Barton's men finally cracked their St George's Lane bogey through winger Mike Wyatt's 88th-minute
BROMSGROVE Rovers continued their recent run of good form with a 1-0 win at Cinderford Town in the Dr Martens League Western Division. At this stage of the season, games come thick and fast which has enabled Rovers to quickly erase the memory of their
