AN oil painting by a Worcester artist could fetch £80,000 at auction tomorrow - 133 years after it "vanished" from the county. The rural scene, called simply Breakfast, was painted by Foregate Street artist Edward Thompson Davis in 1855. But the 24in
WORCESTER police are calling for members of the public to become Special Constables. A recruitment drive is being organised by Special Constable Catherine Gowern Lock at Worcester Rugby Club today. Special Constables are on duty for a minimum of four
NEW telephone consoles have been installed and more staff will be employed at Worcestershire Royal Hospital to reduce the amount of time callers are kept on hold. Health bosses agreed to the changes, which will come into effect over the coming weeks,
A man was taken to casualty after his car overturned on a Worcester road. The accident, on Ombersley Road, near the junction with Cornmeadow Lane, partially blocked the road for an hour on Saturday morning. It happened around 9am and did not involve any
A GROUP of up to 10 youths is suspected to have pushed a blue Ford Sierra into the Worcester- Birmingham Canal. Kim Stain, Worcester police spokeswoman, said an eyewitness had come forward claiming to have seen a group of 10 youngsters, aged between 12
A THIRTEEN-year-old girl has gone missing in the Kidderminster area. Katy Jade Armstrong, from Spennels, was reported missing at noon on Friday. Police believe she was spotted at Kidderminster Railway Station at about 12.30pm and again in Lorne Street
TRADITIONAL bed-and-breakfast breaks could soon be replaced by basket-and-bone stay-overs as part of a drive to promote Malvern to pet-owning walkers. The owners of the Foley Arms, Cottage in the Wood and Colwall Park hotels have hired Bath-based marketing
WAR veterans from across Worcester gathered at the Cathedral's cenotaph to mark the 58th anniversary of D-Day. Crowds stood in silence as the Mayor of Worcester, Coun Robert Rowden, laid a wreath on Thursday to commemorate servicemen who died during Operation
DOZENS of old Worcester schoolgirls have pledged their support for a reunion thanks to a plea in the Evening News. Joy Reekie contacted the Evening News last month with details of the reunion she is organising for the class of '72 from Worcester Grammar
AN amazing maize maze will greet visitors at Top Barn Farm, in Holt, this summer. The plants are just 3in high at the moment, but, by mid-July, will have leapt to 6ft in height. Michael Harper, who runs the farm's harvest shop, said work would begin cutting
THE prospect of a children's hospice for Worcester is £90,000 closer thanks to generous fund-raisers flocking to support Acorns events. The Three Counties Appeal, launched in April, now stands at £388,246, with the target being £4m. Public donations throughout
A PERSHORE auctioneer has bought an 1830s Royal Doulton charger with a gift of £100 to help raise cash for Acorns. Richard Williams was handed the cash by DMG Antique Fairs and will auction the item at the Acorns Summer Ball, organised by Worcester Rugby
KIDDERMINSTER lost out on the final ball as West Bromwich Dartmouth claimed a three-wicket win in their Birmingham League Division One clash. The game became a 38-over affair after a two-hour delay because of wet weather. And after Dartmouth won the toss
ON a hot day Barnards Green 1st XI skipper Rich Williams won the toss and made the positive decision to bat first against WCL new boys Hereford City. BARNARDS GREEN v HEREFORD CITY He and Jez Clarke saw off the opening bowlers, including West Indian paceman
MALVERN travelled to Lye on Bank Holiday Monday and produced an excellent all round performance to gain their third consecutive winning draw. LYE v MALVERN Malvern batted first in a game reduced to 37 overs because of rain and lost Mark Baugh early on
THE controller of Hagley's WI Market has been elected to head the movement nationally. Pat van Zyl is now national chairman of WI Country Markets Ltd, a company with an annual turnover of £11,000 from 500 local markets throughout England and Wales. The
MALVERN gained maximum points from this good-spirited WCL Division Two game at Regency Road, winning by 69 runs. Due to showers the game was reduced to 36 overs. Lye asked Malvern to bat first under the damp conditions and Ali quickly dismissed Walwyn
SEEKING a second successive win, Nomads 2nds had the better part of the game and were only denied by a valiant last stand between and Williams and Bradley. MARTLEY v WORCESTER NOMADS II Nomads set a first innings total of 214-4, despite losing Finbow
BY way of a correction to Christopher Kingsley, Mrs R Caldwell stated that it was never indicated that our country would gradually become a Federal State, when Britain joined the Common Market (You Say, May 24). Over the last 10 years, there has been
CLASSIC dance moves will be resurrected this summer to celebrate the Queen's golden jubilee. To complement other June events a royal tea dance is being staged in Stourport for more mature revellers who know their way around the dance floor. It will be
A WORCESTER pub is being restored to its former glory. The new landlady at the West Midland Tavern, Lowesmoor, says she is "not here to play at it". Kaff Buzza, who took over the reins in March, has big plans for the pub, which used to be the watering
CIDER-makers from the two counties have been reaping the fruits of their labour with a stack of awards at the International Cider and Perry Competition in Hereford. Small-scale cider maker Denis Gwatkin, from Abbeydore, Herefordshire, beat 32 other cider-makers
PLANS are being set in motion for Worcester to have a spectacular annual festival. Chris Jaeger, director of the city's Huntingdon Hall, believes there is enough going on in the city to warrant a yearly event. "At present, there is a festival every three
A GRIEVING son has spoken of his horror after being told his father's grave had been attacked by vandals just hours after the funeral. Dozens of graves at Great Malvern Cemetery were destroyed during the attack, with headstones smashed and floral tributes
LIBRARY managers have reassured classical music buffs that Worcester City Library's music service is safe after a storm of protest over its apparent removal. Users were up in arms at what they thought was the scrapping of the service, but managers have
TWENTY-FIVE chickens hand-reared by disabled people have been mauled by a fox who scaled a 6ft wire fence to reach their pen. John Gorton discovered the carnage on Saturday when he went to feed the animals at Top Barn Farm, in Holt Heath, while the owner
A KIDDERMINSTER man jailed for falsely obtaining £4,335 in state benefits has walked free after a successful appeal at Worcester Crown Court. Terence Hudson had failed to declare he was receiving a modest pension when he made claims over a six-year period
"INEPT" burglars broke into a flat and stole a music system and video to pay back debts the inhabitants owed their friend. Christian Bonas and Kyle Robinson kicked down the door of the flat in St Paul's Street, Worcester, and took a video recorder, hi-fi
SERVICES offered by Wychavon District Council are now available at the touch of a button thanks to its expanded service centre. Experts are now on hand to deal with queries at the first point of call. Inquiries for benefits, council tax, business rates
TWO enthusiastic cyclists from Droitwich are nearing the end of a mammoth sponsored bike ride. Stewart Willis and Rob Harrison are cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End for the Anthony Nolan Bone Mar-row Trust. There are five in the group from across
RIDERS had the benefit of a strong westerly wind on the way out for the VC Sevale 10-mile time trial at Leigh Sinton but had a head wind on the return journey. First home by almost half a minute was Brian Boswell. Results: 1 Brian Boswell 23.44, 2 Dave
THIS week saw the last three finals of the season in the Malvern & District Snooker League. The Handicap Singles played at Newtown Club between Jon Lewis (Willie Thorne E) and Steve Loader (Colwall A) saw Jon Lewis run out a 2-1 winner. The Handicap
IN July 1998, prompted by our concern that Worcester was not making the most of itself, the Evening News started the ball rolling to inspire a summer festival each year. We hoped it could embrace music and theatre, fringe events, street performances and
HOUSING surveys in villages around the Malvern Hills have demonstrated an urgent need for affordable homes. With prices continuing to rise, there is concern that local people will being forced out by wealthier city dwellers buying homes in the countryside
WORCESTER'S poor run of form in Birmingham League Division One continued on Saturday when they went down to a seven-wicket defeat at Kenilworth Wardens. Worcester, for the second time in three weeks, lost the toss and found themselves put in on a wet
OLD ELIZABETHANS cemented their place as top dogs in Worcestershire League Division One with a 58-run victory over Luctonians. The win puts OEs 31 points ahead of Pedmore whose game was abandoned because of the rain. In Division Two, Bewdley recorded
CAT lovers are being asked to give 'paws for thoughts' about fostering unwanted felines. The Worcester and District branch of Cats Protection, which cares for pets from the Spa, needs people to foster the animals until permanent homes can be found. Garden
MALVERN entertained Cookley on Saturday and continued their recent good form with a winning draw. MALVERN 1ST XI v COOKLEY 1ST XI Malvern batted first and after losing Richard Neale early on, Mark Baugh and Luke Halion put together a fine partnership
ON a warm summer's afternoon the Green second team found themselves in the middle of Hereford racecourse examining the flat wicket and wondering how many runs they would have to chase after the home side had chosen to bat first. Opener Osbourne soon declared
ON Sunday Barnards Green 2nds played a strong Kidderminster team at Chester Road. Opting to bat first, Green made a slow but solid start, before Roy Mayo was caught at mid-wicket. Chris Hill was then joined by Tim Williams and these two put on 139 for
AN improved performance from Nomads saw them collect some much-needed points. WORCESTER NOMADS v MARTLEY Martley batted first and were kept in check by a good all-round bowling performance, spearheaded by Jinks with 4-16 and Wooler with 3-58, backed by
A BOWLER making his debut and a 14 year old batsman caught the eye for Barnards Green on Saturday. The 3rd XI travelled to Worcester at Norton Barracks but came away with a 49 run defeat. Worcester elected to bat on a track that showed a little variable
I BUY the Evening News to read just one page - the matched, hatched and dispatched one, solely to make sure my name isn't on the dispatched column. At my time of life, one cannot be too careful! It is therefore very reassuring to find generally an absence
THE article in the Evening News about the need for UCW to expand has opened an opportunity for the three St John's projects to present a co-ordinated approach to the benefit of all. UCW should be relocated to the Dines Green Site proposed for the schools
YOUR front page story (Evening News, Saturday, May 25) prompted me to write that as a Pershore resident I would like to voice my concern about young people speeding around the town and around the Abbey estate where I live. If this is such a huge problem
MANY thanks for printing the lovely photo of Lulu (Evening News, May 21). Next to Shirley Bassey, Lulu is my all-time favourite female singer - followed closely by Tammy Wynette, and quite a few others. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.
IN a document distributed in Worcester recently, Mike Foster made great play of his voting record in the Commons (89 per cent), compared with those of his parliamentary neighbours such as Peter Luff (75 per cent). Anyone who really understands Parliament
THE campaign for a new hospice for Wyre Forest has made a tremendous start - but the momentum needs to continue. So the Shuttle/Times and News has adopted the appeal and we will be doing our utmost to help turn Kemp's vision into a reality in the shortest
ENTRIES for the Flavours of Here-fordshire awards have been flooding in, say organisers. Catering and tourism firms in the county had until the end of last month to put their names forward to be the business which makes the best use of - and promotes
SPECSAVERS, which has a branch in Worcester's Broad Street, has been named the most trusted optician by British consumers. The group received 39 per cent of the votes, twice that of its nearest rival, Boots Opticians, in the Reader's Digest European Trusted
THE grand re-opening of a Worcestershire Tourist Information Centre is scheduled to take place tomorrow. Gulf War veteran General Sir Peter de la Billire has been invited to be the guest of honour at the re-opening of the Ross-on-Wye TIC. After cutting
