A DEPRESSED farmer crashed into an off-duty policeman's car after drowning his sorrows. The foot-and-mouth crisis was the final straw for Anthony Margetts after a string of disasters, a court heard. The cow and sheep rearer found himself in difficulties
Drinking led to man's death A KNOWN drinker drank so much that he inhaled stomach acid into his lungs, an inquest was told. Worcestershire coroner Victor Round said that Andrew Brocklebank had consumed enough alcohol to kill someone not used to it. Blood
A DRUNKEN teenager who kicked a man's head "like a football" outside a Worcester nightclub has been sent to detention for nine months. Jason Day had drunk eight pints of strong lager before the incident outside The Torch nightclub in St John's, Worcester
PEOPLE living in Worcester's Cherwell Close are busy preparing for next month's summer fete after refurbishing their club. The Mayor of Worcester, Coun David Clark, declared the Tolladine premises formally open and met the oldest club member, Emmy King
COUNTY golfers and cricketers are hoping their charity auction will be a knockout with a signed pair of Frank Bruno's boxing gloves. Friday, July 13, will prove lucky for some when the pair of prized gloves goes under the hammer alongside other celebrity
A TEACHER who works with children with special educational needs has won a prestigious regional award. Now, Debbie Prigg is off to the national finals of The Teaching Awards and has a chance to increase the £2,000 prize money she won for the school to
A cannabis smoker told police who raided his flat "It is better than drink". Carl Watkiss, 21, of Hurcott Road, Kidderminster, was fined £80 with £40 costs, by Kidderminster magistrates when he admitted illegal possession of three film wraps of cannabis
PEOPLE with an hour or two to spare have been urged to lend a hand and help boost a charity's bid to improve bus services for the elderly. The Women's Royal Voluntary Service has launched a county-wide scheme to provide help for elderly bus users and
STEVE Jones has decided not to join Kidderminster Harriers after all. The 30-year-old defender had verbally agreed a two-year deal with Jan Molby and was due at Aggborough yesterday to officially sign on the dotted line. Instead, the former Swansea City
3/7/01 WINGER Sam Shilton has signed a two-year deal at Kidderminster Harriers on his release from Hartlepool United. Birmingham-based Shilton, the 22-year-old son of England goalkeeping legend Peter, turned down the advances of Second Division Northampton
WORCESTER Rugby Club's getting-to-know-you session took place yesterday as their new crop of players began to settle into their surroundings. Most of the 17 new faces, drafted in during a summer of upheaval at Sixways, met their team-mates and coaches
STEVE Jones has decided not to join Kidderminster Harriers after all. The 30-year-old defender had verbally agreed a two-year deal with Jan Molby and was due at Aggborough yesterday to officially sign on the dotted line. Instead, the former Swansea City
WORCESTER Rowing Club have been denied the chance to defend their trophy at the Henley Royal Regatta. The club won an event at the world-famous regatta for the first time last year, when their coxless four triumphed in the Wyfold Cup. But they have been
STOURPORT Swifts have been dealt a blow with the loss of striker Paul Moore to county rivals Bromsgrove Rovers. The ex-Kidderminster Harriers forward played a crucial role in Swifts' promotion to the Dr Martens Western Division but has elected to drop
WORCESTERSHIRE dressage rider Kate Atlee is set to retain her place in the British team at this year's Young Riders European Dressage Championships, where last year she won a team bronze medal. Kate, from Tenbury Wells, was in good form at a recent selection
STOURPORT Swifts have been dealt a blow with the loss of striker Paul Moore to county rivals Bromsgrove Rovers. The ex-Kidderminster Harriers forward played a crucial role in Swifts' promotion to the Dr Martens Western Division but has elected to drop
I FOUND your series on Worcestershire from the air fascinating. But why have five photographs of the new Warndon Villages, but not one of "Old" Warndon? Surely one of the biggest estates in Worcester would have merited at least one photograph? M. LEWIS
SOME correspondents are eager to remind us that Mike Foster did not get an absolute majority of the votes cast in the Worcester constituency on June 7. However, his margin of victory was decisive, and he polled 15 times as many votes as the invisible
ARE you looking for your next challenge, something with more excitement, more thrills, more adrenaline? The Sahara Challenge taking place in February, 2002, in aid of Mencap, is the ultimate event. It's a multi-discipline, seven-day endurance event involving
I WOULD like to thank you for your coverage and support of our recent concert in Malvern in aid of the new Acorns Children's Hospice at Worcester. I would particularly like to commend Mrs Pat Denney's efforts to raise money for her walk along the Great
DIRECTOR of Cricket Tom Moody is urging his stunned Worcestershire players to overcome yesterday's disappointing seven-wicket County Championship Division Two defeat against Nottinghamshire by clinching a winning clean-sweep over Derbyshire this week.
3/7/01 WINGER Sam Shilton has signed a two-year deal at Kidderminster Harriers on his release from Hartlepool United. Birmingham-based Shilton, the 22-year-old son of England goalkeeping legend Peter, turned down the advances of Second Division Northampton
3/7/01 REPORTED new signing Steve Jones has shocked boss Jan Molby by announcing a stunning U-turn and turning down a move to Aggborough. Despite verbally agreeing a two-year deal with Molby, the 30-year-old former Swansea City defender has changed his
27/6/01 FORMER Liverpool youngster Danny Williams is Kidderminster Harriers' first summer signing. The Welsh U-21 powerhouse was due to sign a two-year contract at Aggborough today after his release from Wrexham. Like Harriers striker Ian Foster, the
27/6/01 BOSS Jan Molby was linked with another manager's job, this time at FC Copenhagen. The Danish champions had lost boss Roy Hodgson to Italian club Udinese and Molby was one of the names suggested as a replacement. But although the Dane admitted
On Football: The Inner Game - Improving Performance by Sven-Goran Eriksson, Willi Railo and Hakan Matson (Carlton £12.99) IF you want to know how to deal with a lack of self-belief, a player whose negativity is getting the rest of the team down, or discover
THE trial of the man accused of murder in Redditch town centre last year is set to reach its climax this week. Omar Mohammed is charged with stabbing to death Liam Gall, 18. The jury at Worcester Crown Court is expected to be sent out today (Wednesday
POLITICAL life at County Hall is going cerebral with Dr George Lord becoming council leader. He's a former lecturer in philosophy with - in his own words - "several degrees from several universities". And his speciality is the work of Wittgenstein, a
RECYCLING champions in Worcestershire proved they were a glass act by securing the county and district councils special awards. British Glass has awarded the authorities a Bottle Bank Commendation for recycling 2,000 tons of bottles and jars since the
DRUG dealers should be kicked out of Worcester's council houses to make way for decent families, the city's MP says. Mike Foster intends to make drugs one of his key issues during the next couple of months and wants people on the city's estates to blow
THE Legionella bacteria has been found in the water supply at Worcester's Newtown Hospital - but health bosses say there is no threat to human health. The bug was discovered in the East Wing of the Elgar Mental Health Unit during routine testing after
A MAN walking his dog has been asked to contact the police following two assaults in Worcester. One victim encountered a group of three men, two of whom grabbed him as he walked by the canal in Westbury Street at 5pm on Saturday. The third man demanded
DAVID Lock has attacked the conduct and lack of "logic" of "shouting and screaming" hospital campaigners who helped to unseat him as the MP for Wyre Forest. The former Junior Minister also criticised doctors for failing to voice the medical opinion that
COUNCIL tenants in Worcester worried about the future of their homes are to take their protest right to the top. Ronkswood resident Jon Baddeley, who has lived in his Ripon Road house for the past 24 years, has vowed to write a letter to Tony Blair -
OLDER people in Worcester are being offered a cash incentive to become involved with community projects. They can obtain single grants of up to £5,000 each or joint grants for up to three people of £10,000 from a new scheme being run by Help the Aged.
A FAMILY of ''distressed'' swans were rescued by firefighters when their pond became contaminated with oil thought to have been poured down a drain. The parent swans and their five cygnets were completely covered with oil when a crew from Worcester Fire
A SPRIGHTLY Worcester woman plans to sing along to classics from the last century as she celebrates more than 100 years of life. Daisy Swan, who is 102 today, is looking forward to being the star of the show as residents of St Stephen's Care Home in Droitwich
MALVERN-based artist Catherine Moody is enjoying a revival in fortune following renewed interest in her pictures of Worcester from London galleries. Recently, The Mall Gallery invited Mrs Moody to exhibit a pastel entitled Evensong in Worcester Cathedral
Firefighters have blamed arsonists for a skip fire at a Stourport caravan park. The blaze, which happened at Walshes Farm Caravan Park at 4pm on Sunday, destroyed the skip, but those responsible have been told the consequences could have been far worse
WORCESTER'S MP, Mike Foster, had his name in lights throughout the last Parliament because of his leading role in the campaign to end hunting with hounds. It would appear that in the years to come he will continue to hit the headlines because of his forthright
The Handmaid's Tale by Poul Ruders FANS of author Margaret Atwood will be familiar with her novel The Handmaid's Tale and the disturbing events surrounding the storyline. Now the futuristic plot, so heavy with sexual deceit and intrigue, forms the basis
DIRECTOR of Cricket Tom Moody is urging his stunned Worcestershire players to overcome yesterday's disappointing seven-wicket County Championship Division Two defeat against Nottinghamshire by clinching a winning clean-sweep over Derbyshire this week.
DIRECTOR of Cricket Tom Moody is urging his stunned Worcestershire players to overcome yesterday's disappointing seven-wicket County Championship Division Two defeat against Nottinghamshire by clinching a winning clean-sweep over Derbyshire this week.
FIVE members of Worcester Stirling Triathlon Club are preparing to represent Great Britain. Three club members are off to Edmonton, Canada at the end of this month for the World Triathlon Championships, consisting of a 1500m swim, 40km cycle and 10km
Avebury catches the eye in the Arena Leisure plc Handicap at Southwell tomorrow and is well worth backing to land his first career win. Tim Easterby's charge was noted enjoying little luck in running on his latest start at Beverley, where he didn't seem
WORCESTER Rugby Club's getting-to-know-you session took place yesterday as their new crop of players began to settle into their surroundings. Most of the 17 new faces, drafted in during a summer of upheaval at Sixways, met their team-mates and coaches
THERE is one lingering image from childhood that will forever be burned into my memory. No, it's nothing of a too-incendiary nature. The day I incinerated the hollow tree was indeed memorable, but that it not what concerns us here. Neither is it, too,
REGARDING my letter (You Say, June 20) a wise female friend has written that my late dad wouldn't be a bit pleased with New Labour. She said they are "in favour of knocking people down, to make room for themselves, for example, John Prescott." She also
I CERTAINLY did not accuse George Cowley of being an idiot. But I did call him a whinger. JOHN NORWOOD, Droitwich
WE used to have a very good view of our Cathedral, but as I have often told Mike Vockins, former Worcestershire County Cricket Club Secretary, it becomes worse every year by the trees growing. A recent photograph in the Evening News showed how the view
WORCESTER MP Mike Foster is now using the hospital in his publicity, saying the Tories did nothing about it. Does he never read his own newspaper, where numerous letters accused the Labour council of repeatedly delaying acceptance of the Tories' submitted
"WE have a lot to learn from Europe" says T A James, (You Say, June 27). On behalf of the UK Independence Party I would make it very clear that we are not anti-European, but very much anti-European Union. We are always open to learning from others and
I HAVE just found out that not one of the ruling Conservative group has attended the National Housing Conference in Harrogate this year as a full delegate. This conference is an annual event. As chairman for housing last year, I took five days from my
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2/7/01 BUSY Kidderminster Harriers boss Jan Molby has completed two more signings in preparation for a second season in Division Three. The Dane reunites with defender Steve Jones, an old boy from his managerial days at Swansea City, on a two-year contract
A PERSHORE man was injured when his silver Moto Guzzi motorcycle was in collision with a blue Volkswagen Passat on the A4104 Defford Road on Monday. The 51-year-old was airlifted to Ronkswood Hospital in Worcester with fractures to his lower leg after
The Decoy by Tony Strong (Doubleday, £9.99). I must admit to smugness; but on this occasion I'm proud of it. I have now reviewed all three of Tony Strong's novels. When I did the first one I said he would be up there in the top rank of murder mystery
Heated words over housing conference IT'S a case of handbags at 20 paces as Worcester city councillor Gary Kibblewhite lashes out at his former Tory colleagues. He has criticised the party for "not bothering" to send anyone to this year's National Housing
FOSTER was sick of being kept in captivity with Brown and Blair - so he made up his mind to escape. His break was daring, and catapulted him into the headlines for a full week. Journalists trailed him everywhere and his picture was plastered across the
THE trill of mobile phones can be heard in most places - restaurants, buses, trains and even libraries. But Dr Richard Taylor did not expect one to go off in the chamber of the House of Commons - particularly in the middle of his Maiden Speech. The independent
A SUCKLEY company is playing a leading role in a nationwide survey to determine the shape of clothes to come. Select Research has to recruit 10,000 adults whose bodies will be electronically measured. The National Sizing Survey - or Size UK - has been
A WORCESTER-based dot.com firm has beaten competition to become one of 10 finalists in the Government-sponsored nat-ional E-Commerce Awards. St John's-based power-brokers.co.uk has been selected from more than 2,000 internet companies. Now managing director
