A FURIOUS couple have torn down part of their £10,000 exten-sion after complaints about the colour of the bricks they used. Janine and Steve Hodson saw red following the "ridiculous" complaint and have now put the bricks in a skip at their home near Worcester
A WORCESTER barman is demanding a showdown with West Mercia's Chief Constable after police "failed" to come to his aid as a man damaged his car. He claims police could have caught the attacker red-handed as he kept in constant contact with an officer
HEALTH chiefs in Worcestershire are preparing to consult the public over proposed changes to the way NHS services are organised in the county. They are launching a three-month consultation period over plans for two new Primary Care Trusts and the transfer
HOUSEHOLDERS in Droitwich are being urged to tighten security around their sheds after a spate of thefts of garden equipment and children's toys. Ten cases were reported during May but police have stressed that the majority of the outbuildings were left
A DISABLED schoolgirl was over the moon at being treated to a surprise holiday after scooping a special Child of Achievement award. Kim Briggs, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was thrilled when she heard that she would be flying out with her family to
AN attacker pounced on a young woman and indecently assaulted her as she walked home from a night out in Kidderminster. The man struck as the 21-year-old walked through Brintons Park between 3am and 3.30am on Saturday. PC Bob Bennett, of Kidderminster
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a discount store on a busy Malvern road have been refused by planners. Proposals for a Lidl supermarket on the former garage site off Worcester Road were turned down by members of the Malvern Hills District Council's southern area
WOULD-be teachers who are qualified in the so-called "shortage" subjects are being invited to a three-day course at University College Worcester. The free Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) taster session is open to graduates in business studies
HUNDREDS of balloons were due to be released into the skies over County Hall today. The launch was arranged as a send-off for a playbus that will tour the county, to promote Foster Care Fortnight. Nearly 430 balloons were expected to be released - each
WORCESTER Sea Cadets are hoping it will be money for old rope when they join in the Guinness World Record challenge to tie the world's longest rope this summer. The Cadets, based at TS Fearless, will join others from around the country in the challenge
Pershore's annual Midsummer Brass festival will be on the move this year. For the first time in the festival's 12-year history, it will open with a marching brass band. The event, on Saturday July 7, has attracted about 20 bands, which will perform around
WE can't believe there'll be many people who won't sympathise with Steve and Janine Hodson, who've had to start dismantling a dining room extension because the bricks are - apparently - the wrong colour. The couple say they've done everything by the book
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals consolidated their position among the pacesetters in Division Two of the Norwich Union League with a third win in four games at Sussex. Skipper Graeme Hick (50) and Vikram Solanki (63) both fired half-centuries as the Royals posted
MARK Davis helped Sussex to victory with a career-best return of six for 116 as Worcestershire went down by 33 runs on a turning Horsham wicket. Davis claimed four of the last six Worcestershire wickets as the visitors, chasing 327 to win, were bowled
SARACENS won the Worcester City Netball League versatility tournament which was held at Christopher Whitehead School, Worcester, yesterday. In the final they triumphed 17-2 against B.J. Dappers. Fourteen teams entered and were split into three groups.
WORCESTERSHIRE golfers, John Bickerton and Jeremy Robinson, won more than £10,000 after finishing tied 16th in the Compass Group English Open at the Forest of Arden. Bickerton's two-under-par 285 total included a brilliant third round 64, a remarkable
TIME may tell that Foreign Affairs was far from disgraced at Epsom last week when failing to hold off the late challenge of Lailani, and he can make a quick winning reappearance in the EBF Margadale Classified Stakes at Salisbury tomorrow. Sir Mark Prescott's
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals consolidated their position among the pacesetters in Division Two of the Norwich Union League with a third win in four games at Sussex. Skipper Graeme Hick (50) and Vikram Solanki (63) both fired half-centuries as the Royals posted
I FIND it very sad to see that you made no mention of the 56th anniversary of the D-Day landings anywhere in last night's paper (Evening News, June 6). However, there was plenty of election hogwash. Had it not been for the men and women 56 years ago there
June 8 Talisman. The Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. June 9 Clive John. Green Dragon, Guarlford Road, Malvern. Roger Wood - Trio. Barbourne Ex-Servicemens Club, The Moors, Worcester. The Hamsters. The Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester.
TODAY'S picture was sent in by Mr W. T. Williams, of Chawson, Droitwich, and goes back to 1949. It shows a company of Army Cadets at their annual camp at Dan y Craig near Porthcawl. The cadets were about 15 or 16 years old at the time. They include: Bandsman
E F SHOWELL (You Say, May 25), asks: "Why does the Socialist government not proceed and restore the (earnings) link?" Leaving aside the point that the New Labour administration's hardly "Socialist", as I understand the term, he posed an interesting question
MARK Davis helped Sussex to victory with a career-best return of six for 116 as Worcestershire went down by 33 runs on a turning Horsham wicket. Davis claimed four of the last six Worcestershire wickets as the visitors, chasing 327 to win, were bowled
OUTGOING Alvechurch chairman Andy Roberts denied manager Mick Preece had been forced out of the Combination Premier club because of a boardroom struggle. Preece, who failed to turn up for the final match of the season against neighbours Feckenham, confirmed
A THIRD of job seekers believe their future career may be in the stars, according to new research conducted by a leading recruitment agency. More than 30 per cent of those polled by Pertemps,felt that the star signs were suited to different careers and
MOST people have been aware for some time that weather patterns are changing but now a Government-backed study is looking at how climate change is affecting businesses. The West Midlands Climate Change Impacts Study is looking at the long-term impact
WORCESTERSHIRE'S Australian newcomer Andy Bichel has quickly adapted to the English conditions - and how! The 30-year-old has been a big hit for the County this season with both bat and ball and has already chalked up a trio of 'firsts'. He began by hammering
THE future of workers at the beleaguered Christian Salvesen depot in Droitwich is still in doubt, after management issued a plea for volunteers to man the chilled foods operation until January. While a spokesman for the European logistics company would
THE fixture list brings Warwickshire and Lancashire to New Road this week, two sides which have loomed large in Worcestershire's recent history. Most recently was this season's Benson and Hedges qualifier won, frustratingly, by Warwickshire after the
Fun run in the sun WARNDON'S third annual fun run exceeded the organisers' expectations as the number of runners pounding Worcester's streets soared compared with last year. The event yesterday afternoon drew in 230 people, who set off from the Lyppard
TV SOAP Crossroads' gay handyman is a former Worcester schoolboy. Luke Walker, who plays "Benny" successor Bradley Clarke, was a pupil at the city's Royal Grammar School until 1994. Headteacher Walter Jones said the 24-year-old was very much an individual
MORE than 500 old comrades and their families enjoyed wine, weapons and song at the annual Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment reunion. The reunion, which attracted current and ex-Woofers from as far afield as Staffordshire, London and Ireland
Air Cadets Redditch Air Cadets: Flt Lt A. J. Hall (RAFVRCT) (01527 401560). Army Cadets There are three troops in Redditch, at Headless Cross, Winyates and Church Hill. Contact: Andrew North, Army Cadet Force, Kohima House, TA Centre, Winyates Way, Redditch
HEREFORDSHIRE Cricket Board crashed to their second defeat in the ECB 38 County Cup by five wickets against Warwickshire Cricket Board at Stratford. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat but were bowled out for 216 in 49 overs. Chris Boroughs (
WELSH international Mark Delaney has assured Aston Villa he will be fit for the start of their Intertoto Cup campaign in mid-July. Delaney's recent hamstring injury -- aggravated in the World Cup qualifier with the Ukraine last Wednesday after he had
A WORCESTER racehorse owner has galloped away with a national award thanks to his champion steeplechaser. Jim Lewis from Callow End has been named National Hunt racehorse owner of the year following the success of Edredon Bleu. The nine-year-old chaser
DURING the recent political campaigning, readers of the Evening News have been subjected to complaints against our Labour Party Parliamentary candidate, not from the City of Worcester, but from Bewdley, Kidderminster, Droitwich and Malvern. Why should
National Council for the Conservation of Plants & Gardens; Worcester Group. Meet on the second Tuesday of the month. 7.30pm. Frank Parkinson Centre, Pershore & Hindlip College (01562 777014). Gardener's Market - good selection of hardy plants.
IF R H Hawker's claiming that foxes are vermin - they're not - and the hunt provides a vital pest control service (You Say, June 2), then can he please explain why hunts build artificial earths for them and encourage them to breed? Enlightened people
Trompe I'oeil by John Flint. June 9-July 29. Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham (01242 237431). Toy Stories. June 16-Sept 2. Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham (01242 237431). Seydou Keita: Photographic
HOW England collapsed in both innings against Pakistan, despite an excellent start. In years gone by, you could always rely on at least one batsman who would stay there all day, not matter what the bowlers bowled at him. Wouldn't it have been good if
Symphony Hall's 10th Birthday Celebrations - CBSO. June 10. 7pm. Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham (0121 780 3333). Centre Stage Series. June 12. 1.10pm. CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham (0121 780 3333). CBSO artSites Tour - Community Concert
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner/Present Laughter - Middle Ground Theatre Company. Until June 9. 2.00pm & 7.30pm. The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford (01432 359252). Noel Coward's Present Laughter. Until June 9. The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford
I AM a research student at the University of Sussex. I would like to ask your readers this question. Have you always enjoyed the films of Sylvester Stallone? Do you only like a few of his films? Did you enjoy his films once, but not any more? Twenty-five
WENDY Hands (You Say, May 26) is pointing a very dubious finger of blame at the Countryside Alliance when she questions our level of interest in rural matters. To suggest that the Alliance is somehow at fault for not being around during the Conservative
EVESHAM man Ashwin Corbett has reached a lifesaving landmark by recording his 75th blood donation. Bishampton-born Ashwin, who is 63-years-old, of Lingfield Road, had his achievement marked in a presentation ceremony to county blood donors. The special
REALITY chief executive, Martin Trees, is celebrating profits of £5.1m for the company in its first year of trading. The customer service and logistics company, set up by catalogue giant Great Universal Stores Plc last May, employs almost 3,000 people
