A BLIND student will be taking a leap of faith when he jumps from a plane 10,000 feet above the Worcestershire countryside. Twenty-year-old Andrew Hodgson , from Bromyard, will be making the tandem skydive to raise funds for Worcestershire Association
SOAP stars from Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and Brookside were due to face each other at Worcester City's football ground today to net cash for a local charity. The celebrity match was kicking off a week of fund-raising activities to raise awareness of Leukaemia
A NEW school on the outskirts of Worcester could be given the green light as soon as next month. Worcestershire County Council has submitted plans for a high school to be built at Earls Court Farm, Bromyard Road. It would replace Christopher Whitehead
A Post office worker who launched a glass attack to defend her boyfriend in a pub fight has been spared a jail sentence. Joanne Heaney reacted instantaneously to punches by throwing the glass at Cy Garrett in the Green Dragon in Evesham. It hit him on
AS BLACK clouds rumbled overhead, the funeral cortege of the late Prince Arthur wound its way through the Faithful City. Despite the weather, mediaeval monks, yeoman, the clergy and hundreds of people braved the rain and hail, to watch as six black stallions
A WORCESTER man who made a hoax bomb call to police after he was sacked by his employers has been jailed for 21 months. Bungling David Woolins phoned 999 on his own mobile and told an operator: "This is the IRA." He warned that a bomb had been planted
A distraught husband threatened to stab his family on Valentine's Day after his wife began a new relationship with one of his friends. Peter Wreford moved out of the couple's home in Bromyard, but began sending her abusive text phone messages. He then
A NEW programme manager has been appointed to spearhead a £5m Sure Start Government scheme in Worcester. Ian Craigan will be overseeing the development of the project and making sure it comes into fruition in the chosen Sure Start areas. He has already
LOCAL businessman Cecil Duckworth has helped plant a cherry tree to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the company he founded. Worcester Heat Systems was founded by Mr Duckworth as Worcester Engineering Ltd in 1962. He joined chairman Hans Dieter Eckhardt
WORCESTER Rugby Club have offered Chris Hall a new contract after admitting their chase for Ace Tiatia had ended. The Samoan -- who played in Harlequins' vital 40-16 win over now relegation favourites Leeds Tykes last night -- has been offered an improved
A GREAT-grandmother has been left stranded after thieves stole her walking stick. The 80-year-old pensioner had propped the black, folding stick against the wall of a newsagent in Angel Place when it vanished. The Ronkswood woman, who does not want to
WORCESTER Rugby Club have confirmed that Alejandro Moreno will be leaving Six-ways. The Argentininan prop, who arrived at Worcester last summer, has been released along with Elton Moncrief, Winston Stanley, Joe Ross, Dave Sims, Ricky Pellow and Alistair
FOLK fans have been flocking to Upton-upon-Severn's riverside for a weekend of song and dance. Music-lovers enjoyed bursts of spring sunshine yesterday as the town's annual folk festival got underway. Visitors to the three-day extravaganza, which finishes
IT was a night of nostalgia at St George's Lane as players from Worcester City's past and present gathered for a special centenary match. City's Southern League title-winning squad of 1979 were reunited for the first time in many years, and received a
WORCESTER Rugby Club have confirmed that Alejandro Moreno will be leaving Six-ways. The Argentininan prop, who arrived at Worcester last summer, has been released along with Elton Moncrief, Winston Stanley, Joe Ross, Dave Sims, Ricky Pellow and Alistair
HEREFORD United have offered a new contract to only one member of this season's squad. The cash-strapped Edgar Street club, who are poised to be taken over by a new consortium next week, have only offered fresh terms to exciting striker Gavin Williams
IT was a night of nostalgia at St George's Lane as players from Worcester City's past and present gathered for a special centenary match. City's Southern League title-winning squad of 1979 were reunited for the first time in many years, and received a
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' new boss Ian Britton has the ability to guide the Nationwide League Division Three outfit to greater heights. That's the view of front-runner Ian Foster and left-back Scott Stamps who this week signed fresh contracts. Foster, who
Well done George Cowley ( Your Say April 24) you were 100 per cent correct to take Mr Phillpott to task over his comments regarding Labour MPs. I have only met one Labour MP (now an ex-MP). He certainly did not strike me as belonging to "a gutless rag-tag
ALISON Fraser's view on school discipline (Evening News, April 24) is a little misguided. We have so much violence and other crimes on our streets these days because our children have not been given a "smack" to encourage good behaviour. All they seem
I AM not able to understand why some people are complaining about these silly plane spotters being found guilty. The are guilty and should be locked up. They knew the rules, there are notices forbidding photography, and if you visit a foreign country
M BURCHER informed us (You Say, April 27) that if Tony Blair wanted to be President of Europe he would have "put his name forward for election, together with all the other candidates". So there is to be a President of Europe then ? So the European Union
A DESPERATE dad has threatened to kill one of a gang of children who have been tormenting him for months. The disabled 49-year-old claims that a mob of up to 20 youths - led by a teenage girl - throw eggs, stones and water bombs at his window and shout
WORCESTERSHIRE'S new state-of-the-art hospital has been dubbed "the hospital from hell" by a furious county councillor. John Gordon was told to control his outburst during a top meeting yesterday. But he refused to be silenced over the "appalling" problems
A MAN who lost his council seat in the local election says he will be back. Nazrul Islam, who represented the All Saints ward for four years, said he was confident he would be involved in politics in the future. The 28-year-old father-of-one lost his
WORCESTER MP Mike Foster is calling for the city council to switch to postal voting for future elections. The Labour MP said he had written to council chief executive David Wareing to ask for the change to put in place by next year - when every seat in
THE mother of a 10-year-old girl airlifted to hospital after a collision with a car is trekking across the Malvern Hills to raise cash for the County Air Ambulance. Lorraine Eaton said the airborne service saved her daughter Sophie's life following the
YOUNGSTERS needing extra help at a Worcester school will be able to brush up on their skills thanks to a generous computer donation. The special needs department at Cranham Primary School, Warndon, was given the computer and software by Birmingham company
A SUPERHEAD will be appointed to a trouble-hit Kidderminster school in a bid to raise standards and save it from closure. It was agreed by Worcestershire County Council's Cabinet that a total of £700,000 would be invested over the next four years into
A GROUP of old school friends are hoping to be reunited with other classmates when they celebrate 30 years of starting secondary school in Worcester. Andrew Cameron and Sharon Lochhead - nee Brewer - are appealing for former pupils of Bishop Perowne CE
A LOVESICK Malvern man, who smashed the window of his ex-girlfriend's car, has been fined £100. Worcester magistrates heard how Lee Drinkwater went to the woman's home at 3.30am on Wednesday, March 13, after she called off their three-and-a-half year
IT didn't take long for Lorraine Eaton to decide how to repay the medics who, she's convinced, were crucial to saving daughter Sophie's life after a car accident in Droitwich. While the family was stuck in traffic for an hour trying to reach Birmingham's
DAVID Leatherdale was the hero for Worcestershire as they gained a three-wicket Benson & Hedges Cup triumph over Warwickshire at Edgbaston yesterday. In a fluctuating match dominated by the bowlers, the County looked to be heading for defeat when
DAVID Leatherdale was the hero for Worcestershire as they gained a three-wicket Benson & Hedges Cup triumph over Warwickshire at Edgbaston yesterday. In a fluctuating match dominated by the bowlers, the County looked to be heading for defeat when
WORCESTER Rugby Club have offered Chris Hall a new contract after admitting their chase for Ace Tiatia had ended. The Samoan -- who played in Harlequins' vital 40-16 win over now relegation favourites Leeds Tykes last night -- has been offered an improved
PERSHORE Town chairman Tony Bradstock is to stand down after 14 years. He told his fellow committee members in a letter that he does not wish to be considered for re-election at next month's annual meeting. He has been chairman ever since the club was
THE Radnor and West Herefordshire Hunt hold their annual point-to-point tomorrow at the new course of Cold Harbour, near Leominster where nine races are planned with a 3pm start and over 290 entries have been received. Highlight of the day should be the
D E Margrett wrote in the Evening News (You Say, April 20) that pensioners were never stopped by people carrying out consumer surveys in the city centre. You should count yourself very lucky. I am stopped nearly every time I walk through the city centre
I WAS disappointed to see your front page on Monday (Evening News, April 29) devoted to the dispute between the Football Club and certain of our parties who were fighting the Local Elections on Thursday this week. It seems that the question of the "Local
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' new boss Ian Britton has the ability to guide the Nationwide League Division Three outfit to greater heights. That's the view of front-runner Ian Foster and left-back Scott Stamps who this week signed fresh contracts. Foster, who
