TOURISTS heeded a Government plea to visit the countryside and supported Worcestershire's attractions during the Bank Holiday weekend. Ministers and MPs were given directives to be seen to be actively backing rural industries in the hope that the public
A WORCESTER woman claims she is faced with taking her disabled son to Birmingham to catch a train because of Thames Trains' refusal to book him a seat from the city. Chris Phillips said she had opted to take her son Lawrence, who has ME, to Birmingham
LIBERAL Democrats in Malvern face a £1,200 bill after falling prey to a "dirty tricks" campaign. The party received a mountain of junk mail after Parliamentary candidate Mike Hadley urged the public to take advantage of a Freepost service to express their
A ROAD haulier who has fallen victim to a spate of trailer thefts totalling around £30,000 believes Black Country gangs are targeting the county. Raiders have stolen four trailers laden with 85 tons of steel from Tony Quartermann's yard at Hoo Farm Industrial
A TROUBLED Worcester housing estate has been targeted by vandals over the Bank Holiday weekend. Warndon Villages' Happylands Nursery, the Lyppard Grange Medical Centre and buildings surrounding Tesco in Lyppard Grange were all struck over the three days
WORCESTER'S rugby players are urging men not to turn the other cheek to health problems. The four members of Worcester RFC have joined forces with the Cancer Research Campaign in its latest awareness campaign. Nick Baxter, Scott Barrow, Greg Meredith
EASTER shoppers were faced with a Burgeroid Invasion in Worcester city centre as animal rights campaigners handed out leaflets to passers-by. The Burgeroids gathered outside McDonald's and Burger King in an attempt to lobby shoppers about junk food. "
WORCESTER City gave themselves a timely boost ahead of their Dr Martens League Cup final by beating Halesowen Town 4-1 last night. Their third successive victory set City up for Thursday's first leg of the final at home to Crawley Town. It also revives
MALVERN Town visit Bustlehome tomorrow (Saturday) (3pm) in the Banks's Brewery League Premier Division and Heath Hayes on Easter Monday (3pm) and will be hoping for better luck than in their previous two league games, which has seen Town concede last
Monday, April 16, 2001 HEREFORD failed to avenge their FA Umbro Trophy semi-final defeat against Forest Green at The Lawn yesterday but at least picked up a hard-earned point from a scrappy 1-1 Nationwide Conference draw. Neither goalkeeper was overworked
Saturday, April 14, 2001 TWO-GOAL Robin Elmes restored some of Hereford United's pride in a comprehensive 3-1 victory over Nationwide Conference leaders Rushden and Diamonds at Edgar Street. But the joy generated by such a conclusive win was tinged with
A TEENAGER from Barnt Green has been remanded in custody after a shooting which left two people injured, shops boarded up and the main street in the village closed. James Robert Matthews, age 19, from Aqueduct Lane, appeared at Redditch Magistrates Court
I AM surprised that J Ellery thinks that milking cows don't go for slaughter. Worn-out dairy cows (pedigrees as well) are not retired. They are sent either through markets or directly to be slaughtered and then there bodies are incinerated, as no cow
AS a local resident and campaigner for the NSPCC, I'm writing to tell you about the Children's Manifesto produced by the NSPCC, Barnardo's and Child Poverty Action Group. In the run-up to the General Election, we read about hot issues like tax cuts and
OUR Bishop writes (Diary, March 28) that we haven't yet started blaming people for the weather. As he wells knows, not so long ago, people blamed God for the weather, and used to pray for either rain or sunshine. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.
LIKE his father before him, my father was a signwriter. Often he worked at home and I picture him now writing in a well-lit corner of the dining room. One day, he was working on an Honours List board for the Royal Grammar School, Worcester, and I was
Impressive Kidderminster Harriers recorded their biggest victory in Division Three with a classy 3-0 beating of mid-table Plymouth Argyle. It was the kind of display Harriers fans had been waiting for a long time. Harriers recorded only their fourth victory
Harriers made a double substitution 74 minutes into the game when young midfielder Davies and veteran forward Durnin replaced Doyle and Ducros who both enjoyed impressive games. Hadley was having a busy time in front of goal and he hit the post 15 minutes
Plymouth brought on O'Sullivan for Jabery at half-time and then Beswetherick came on for Bance five minutes into the second half. Doyle, keen to shoot from distance, shot just wide from 30 yards on 51 minutes after a tremendous burst down the left-wing
Clark gave away a sloppy corner within the first two minutes but Harriers managed to clear the resulting flag-kick. But Clark played a major role on five minutes, setting up an opening goal with a huge clearance. Hadley raced onto the gigantic kick and
MALVERN were left in state of disbelief as to how they managed to throw away a game that they had not only dominated, but saw them lead 2-0 with just fifteen minutes remaining and 2-1 with only a minute of normal time left. MALVERN TOWN 2, WARLEY RANGERS
CLUB AC 30 booked their place in the final of The President's Cup with a 7-2 victory over Morgan Aero 8 in the Sterling Classic Malvern Football League. Club AC 30 kicking down the slope in the first 45 minutes had most of the possession and chances testing
ON Sunday Malvern Ladies entertained Keynsham Town Reserves in a league game. MALVERN LADIES FC 3, KEYNSHAM TOWN RESERVES 3 Malvern started well and after a lot of attacking, Jenny Allen broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute with a well driven shot from
Monday, April 16, 2001 KIDDERMINSTER Harriers registered their biggest win since being promoted to the Football League with yesterday's 3-0 Division Three triumph over Plymouth Argyle at Aggborough. Harriers had sealed the points by half-time thanks to
Saturday, April 14, 2001 A GOALKEEPING blunder by Tim Clarke condemned Kidderminster Harriers to a 1-0 defeat in their Nationwide League Division Three clash against leaders Chesterfield at Saltergate. Clarke made a mess of a corner to enable Luke Beckett
THE Mercian Elgar Junior League plans to set up competition for girls next season. They are looking at a mini-soccer league for U9's to U11's on Saturday mornings, or 11-a-side games for U12's to U16's on Sunday afternoons. Leagues will run with a minimum
RED Lion Falcons visit Northwick Swans Reserves this Sunday (April 15) knowing they need to win to keep up the pressure on the sides just ahead of them in the Worcester League Division Four table. Following last Sunday's disappointing 7-3 reversal against
MATHON, Cradley & Storridge Tennis Club completed their winter league campaign with two victories last week. The Men's B team defeated Manor Park to finish in second place in Division Five whilst the Whitecross Floodlight League team had a comfortable
MALVERN Hills Indoor Bowls Club held its Competition Finals Day at Manor Park last weekend. Results were: Men's Section: Bert Stebbings Cup (singles) - winner Jeff Jones, runner-up Frank Foulkes; J Steadman Cup (pairs) - winners J Jones & A Colwell
MALVERN Chess Club played Kidderminster away in the County League Division One but lost 2-4, Kidderminster white on the odd boards. Individual results are given below, Malvern names first: 1 B Turner 1, J Friar 0; 2 G Herbert 0, M Bissell 1; 3 I Clarke
YMCA VULCANS have clinched the Lamberts & Wade Malvern Table Tennis League Division Two championship despite losing their last two games. Their last match was against Manor Park Travellers who have been busy catching up with postponed matches. Pete
MALVERN mountain bike star, Ed Moseley, is set to go head to head with some of the sport's most prolific stars when he performs at the biggest and best bike show ever to hit the UK - The Bike Show 2001. Ed, aged 23, will be on show on April 20-22 at the
PETITIONS against the culling of healthy animals will be available to sign at several locations throughout Worcestershire this week. Anne Mietke, of Longdon, near Upton-upon-Severn, will be travelling around the county collecting signatures. Tomorrow
A KEMPSEY resident has hit out at officials for allowing slaughtered sheep to remain in a field for days, upsetting householders living nearby. Susan Rowberry, who lives half-a-mile away from the field at the crossroads of Post Office Lane and Green Street
ALMOST 10 years of planning came to fruition today with the opening of Worcester's first park-and-ride scheme. A trickle of passengers took advantage of the new service with rush-hour numbers down after the Bank Holiday. Around 25 vehicles had arrived
A SOCCER cup tie clash ended in disarray and terror when a 25-strong armed gang stormed the pitch and attacked players. The Kidderminster League Subsidiary Cup match between Cookley Social and Furnace Sports was abandoned in chaos as home players fled
A PERSHORE dentist has been left counting the cost of a legal battle with health bosses after a bitter rent dispute. Richard Burgess has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 in outstanding rent on his practice. Mr Burgess had issued a counter-claim for
THE sky's the limit for a well-known Worcester businessman who aims to raise thousands for a cancer charity by tackling his worst fear - heights! Dave Collins, from St John's, plans to do a parachute jump, wing-walk or a bungee jump to raise money for
Premier Division: Malvern Town v Division One (South): v Malvern Town Reserves.
SCOUT and Guide groups across Stourport are preparing for their St George's Day parade while appealing for more leaders and helpers at the same time. Stourport, Tenbury and Witley Scouts district commissioner Les Furminger said the Scout and Guide movements
YOU might ask yourself - and who'd blame you? - why a man like David Collins, someone with a self-confessed fear of heights, should be about to throw himself out of a plane or strap himself to a bungee rope. When you find out he's just won a frightening
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers registered their biggest win since being promoted to the Football League with yesterday's 3-0 Division Three triumph over Plymouth Argyle at Aggborough. Harriers had sealed the points by half-time thanks to well taken-goals from
HEREFORD failed to avenge their FA Umbro Trophy semi-final defeat against Forest Green at The Lawn yesterday but at least picked up a hard-earned point from a scrappy 1-1 Nationwide Conference draw. Neither goalkeeper was overworked in a match which saw
ADRIAN Skeggs described Worcester Rugby Club's phenomenal second-half display as "the best of the season" as his side swamped Orrell 67-13. Worcester found themselves 13-10 down at the break to a battling Orrell team fighting for their National One lives
BROMSGROVE Rugby Club completed their Midlands Two West campaign with a convincing 32-3 home victoy over Old Laurentians. They now have to wait, however, to see if they have done enough to clinch a second-in-the-table play-off position. They currently
PERSHORE Rugby Club clinched promotion with a 12-9 win at Southam in Midlands Four West South. In an extremely hard physical game, played at pace, they finally clinched victory thanks to their untiring forwards. Southam had not lost at home in two seasons
WORCESTER Wolves beat Brighton Cougars 90-76 in the National League Division Three quarter-final ties. Last week the Wolves beat Brighton in the final league match of the season by three points, but this time it was by a more comfortable margin. The Wolves
PROVIDED he is fit enough for his first outing since last November, Distant Music must hold outstanding claims in tomorrow's Earl of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket. Trainer Barry Hills, who knows a racehorse when he sees one, thought that this horse could
HOLDERS Malvern Town will now play in the WFA Senior Urn final at St George's Lane, home of Worcester City FC, on Monday, April 30, kick-off is 7.30pm. It is likely that the club will be putting on transport to the game in Worcester, details of which
ADRIAN Skeggs described Worcester Rugby Club's phenomenal second-half display as "the best of the season" as his side swamped Orrell 67-13. Worcester found themselves 13-10 down at the break to a battling Orrell team fighting for their National One lives
MALVERN-based accountancy firm, Kendall Wadley, has donated to Upton Rugby Club a complete new set of rugby post protectors. However, Upton player and Kendall Wadley accountant, Rob Wynn can take much of the credit, persuading his bosses that the Club
UPTON'S seconds continued to fly the flag as Upton's only representative as the season draws to a close the club only managed to field one side as many players are carrying injuries. UPTON 2nd XV 7pts, REDDITCH 2nd XV 12pts Captain Adam Caulkin has led
DRAWN in possibly the toughest pool of the North Midlands Under 12 Rugby Festival, Malvern were outgunned and intimidated by pure physical size of the opposition forwards in the three games that they played on the somewhat narrow and sodden Bromsgrove
I BELIEVE some of our Government Ministers are suffering from serious foot-in-the-mouth disease. We have Mo Mowlam saying we should all drive out to country pubs to enjoy a drink. Whatever happened to the drink/drive campaigns? She should have suggested
THE effects of foot-and-mouth disease are dreadful and its economic consequences spread far wider than the farming community. But there's a great deal of hypocrisy. Farmers claim to be upset at the killing of day-old lambs yet there are the same farmers
THE Foreign Affairs Select Committee Report on the European Union enlargement and Nice follow-up is devastating for Tony Blair and his Government, as it blows apart their attempt to play down the significance of the Nice Treaty. This report accuses the
Saturday, April 14, 2001 IF you wanted one game which summed up the reasons for Worcester Rugby Club's puzzling inconsistencies you would be hard-pressed to find a better example than on Saturday. Orrell - National One's second worst team - came to Sixways
Doyle tried his luck from 20 yards on 27 minutes but rifled his ambitious effort well wide. Hadley caused Plymouth more problems a minute later when he bustled his way past Taylor who had to resort to dragging the forward down close to the penalty box
Kidderminster Harriers welcome back left-back Scott Stamps from suspension as they bid to reverse a run of two 1-0 defeats in a row. Scott Stamps They lost 1-0 at league leaders Chesterfield on Saturday and fell by the same scoreline at Macclesfield the
Sat Aug 12 Torquay United (h) 2-0 Hadley, Horne Sat Aug 19 Scunthorpe United (a) 0-2 Tues Aug 22 Walsall (Worthington Cup 1st round, 1st leg) (a) 1-1 Hadley Sat Aug 26 Halifax Town (h) 2-1 Hadley 2 Mon Aug 28 Brighton and Hove Albion (a) 2-0 Foster, Bennett
A BROWN terracotta plant pot containing a five foot tall laburnum tree was stolen from a garden in Main Street, Sedgeberrow, Evesham, overnight last Sunday. The pot is valued at £50.
Monday, April 16, 2001 WORCESTER City gave themselves a timely boost ahead of their Dr Martens League Cup final by beating Halesowen Town 4-1 last night. Their third successive victory set City up for Thursday's first leg of the final at home to Crawley
MIDLANDS Two West champions Malvern travelled to a quagmire of a Hinckley pitch last Saturday and surrendered their unbeaten league record. HINCKLEY 14pts, MALVERN 5pts There was little between the two sides in the opening exchanges, the visitors holding
RANGERS travelled in pouring rain to a sodden Inkberrow on Saturday for this Worcester League Premier Division match where referee Geoff Williams decided to start the game and certainly both teams should be applauded for trying to play, and largely succeeding
WANDERERS took on Wolverhampton-based Penn Colts from the First Division in this Stourport & District Under 15's League Cup semi-final at Springfield playing fields, Kidderminster. PENN COLTS 0, MALVERN WANDERERS 2 In a closely fought match Wanderers
A WORCESTER engineering company has been shortlisted for a prestigious award recognising the best of British manufacturing. Worcester Heat Systems has been entered for the Manufacturing Excellence Awards which are organised by the Institution of Mechanical
On road to success LUCKY Vanessa Bullock from Bromsgrove is on the road to success with a new Peugeot 106 after being named Lunn Poly employee of the year. The company wanted to celebrate the first year of the millennium by rewarding the employee with
HEREFORD has been at the centre of a Europe-wide project to halt the decline of tourism in rural areas. The EU-funded Sprite project aims to analyse the potential for better integrated tourism in Europe's lagging rural regions and assess how improved
THE final of the Malvern Table Tennis League Handicap Competition, sponsored by Lamberts & Wade Solicitors, was won by Crackpots E. The match provided plenty of entertainment for a good crowd assembled at the Civil Service Sports & Social Club
THE Dog's B's and Freddie Krugers met in the Super League of the Malvern Pool League at the Crown at Colwall on Sunday night. Neil Prosser put the Freddie's 1-0 up when playing Martin Richmond, but then came Melvin Kitchin who plays for the Dog's Bs,
SHEEP, cattle and other livestock slaughtered for welfare reasons are to be buried at a landfill site in Worcestershire. The landfill site at Waresley, near Hartlebury, is one of a number of sites across Britain earmarked to receive the carcases while
THE Mayor of Ledbury has banned Old MacDonald Had a Farm from his own charity show - in case it offends farmers. It was to have been performed during the Mayor's concert at St Michael's and All Angels Church in Ledbury this Friday evening. Clive Jupp
