AS many as 600 mourners are expected to attend the funeral of a much-loved traveller in Malvern, on Monday. Pearl Hodgkins, thought to be in her late-40s, died of a stroke a few days ago, and the service is expected to attract a massive gathering of friends
THE top talent in the county will be on show this weekend. More than 13,000 visitors are expected to flock to the annual Skills on Show exhibition at County Hall, Spetchley, Worcester. Exhibitors, performers, businesses and crafts people will be showing
HARD-hit farmers whose land lies within flood plains could be given a helping hand thanks to an initiative by Worcestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group. The group, which has been given funding by English Nature for the scheme, will be offering
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council will be giving advice on jobs and career opportunities in social care at the Asian Mela Festival, held in Birmingham this weekend. Social services staff will join staff from education, environmental and cultural services
A TEENAGE mother-of-two was found with football shirts hidden in her baby's pushchair as she left a Worcester department store. Leanne Croke-Loveridge, aged 18, was stopped by security guards at Debenhams as she tried to leave with the stolen shirts,
LICENSEES at a Worcester theme pub, plunged into a Euro-row over serving beer in litres, will be served with a final notice on Monday, urging them to pull pints. Andrea Schutz and Anton Limlei, of The Cardinal's Hat, have 28 days to comply. Worcestershire's
PLANS to extend Worcester's Cripplegate Park will go ahead as long as buildings in Hylton Road are demolished. Earlier this year, the Worcester City Council planning committee voted in favour of knocking down 1 and 3 Hylton Road despite opposition from
A MOTHER-of-three went on a shopping spree around county supermarkets with a stolen credit card. Eliza Pullen, aged 32, appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court yesterday, charged with three counts of obtaining goods by deception. She also asked for 27
A brilliant double save from Brock kept Harriers in the game after a controversial penalty award by referee Pugh. He spotted a foul by Ayres on Rodgers and pointed to the spot only for Jemson to fire his penalty too close to the Harriers keeper who then
Shrewsbury struck back on 17 minutes when Rodgers' right-wing cross was met by a classic volley from Lowe who guided the ball into the corner of the net from 10 yards.
Harriers took a controversial lead after only five minutes through Danish striker Henriksen's sixth goal of the season. Henriksen, looking suspiciously offside, brought down Smith's long ball into the area perfectly and turned to fire a lethal finish
Target man Drewe Broughton is back for Kidderminster Harriers after suspension and will go head to head with Shrewsbury top scorer Luke Rodgers, who has passed a fitness test on a groin strain. Harriers, who dropped Kenny Coleman and Ian Foster to the
TWO year nine students from Droitwich Spa High School have been selected to attend a three-day England Schoolboys' football trial. The two, Chris Duggan and David Burtoft, will spend three days training and being coached at the Lilleshall National Centre
An enthralling game saw Kidderminster Harriers clinch their third away win of the season to continue their challenge for the play-offs. A bizarre own goal from on-loan Shrewsbury defender David Artell gifted Harriers the points as he headed a Sam Shilton
BRUCE Rioch earned fame as a combative midfielder for Derby County and Scotland with a reputation for a fierce-some shot. Judging by his son Greg's exploits for Northwich against Hereford United in midweek he has passed on his shooting genes. Rioch junior
WORCESTER Wolves can virtually guarantee their place in the quarter-finals of the National Basketball Trophy tomorrow. Victory in their away match against Team Bath Romans (6.30) would make it four wins in five group matches and make it almost certain
LIKE Will Richards I am not a "townie" by choice, and still deeply miss the birds, butterflies, wild flowers and wide open spaces of the village of Aston Somerville, where I was brought up. But what can I do - there are no council flats in villages. GEORGE
THE fact that two people disagree with D E Margrett is more a vindication of his ignorance than his objectivity. He states that Israel should refrain from interfering in the affairs of other states. Could he let me know exactly when this has happened
I HAVE never read such an example of utter tripe as contained in the letter from County Councillor Tom Wareing in his denunciation of Secular Humanism, (You Say, October 10). Humanists do not "discredit the family", "break down cultural standards" or
THE truth sometimes hurts, and from Mr Spiteri's letter complaining that our farmers have derived benefit from EU grants (You Say, October 9) I seem to have struck a nerve. But perhaps I did have a nerve in previously suggesting that only Britain and
ALBERT the Albatross is celebrating his 100th birthday as a conspicuous feature of the Worcester Museum display in Foregate Street. This magnificent stuffed specimen of the Wandering Albatross, a giant bird of the Southern oceans, was given to Worcester
BOSS Ian Britton has praised mid-fielder Sam Shilton for the way he has responded to his introduction into Kidderminster Harriers' starting line-up. The 24-year-old has spent more time than he would have liked on the subs bench in the past, but has recently
JON Higgins is hoping to make a habit of playing with half back partner John O'Reilly. The 21-year-old fly half start ed his first Worcester Rugby Club match today at Bracknell in the Powergen Cup third round tie. And not only is Higgins delighted to
Harriers took a shock lead on only five minutes with a controversial decision by the assistant referee. Henriksen was ruled onside from Smith's long ball into the box and the Dane controlled the ball expertly before firing a lethal finish which keeper
A TIMELY boot up the backside paid off for Allan Davies with his best display of the season against Hucknall. The full-back responded to a few harsh words from manager John Barton following the Bath City defeat and admits the jolt came at just the right
LIVES will be put at risk in a string of walkouts by Worcestershire firefighters, a union chief has admitted. City firefighters will trawl Worcester today handing out leaflets advising people about fire safety. Steve Laugher, Fire Brigade Union secretary
THE supermarket giant interested in bulldozing a city school and opening another food store has said plans are still in the pipeline, despite the withdrawal of a planning application. Tesco withdrew its original planning application for a supermarket
THE pub chain JD Weatherspoon is planning to join two city centre bars together to create a new venue. Todd's Wine Bar and The Crown, in Crown Passage, will become one building if Worcester City Council approves the proposals. The card shop, Smart Ideas
A RESIDENTS' group is warning councillors against accepting the dangled carrot of a B&Q retail development to finance a move for Worcester City Football Club. Keith Burton, the chairman of the Spetchley Road area Residents Association, is not against
A MAN caused thousands of pounds worth of damage before he was caught breaking into a Malvern shop by an alert off-duty policeman. Simon Bailey, aged 25, broke into the Londis store through the roof. He set off the burglar alarm during the break-in, which
THE first Englishman to climb Mount Everest will be visiting a Malvern school to talk about the daredevil sport. Doug Scott CBE will be giving an illustrated public lecture entitled Himalaya - Alpine Style at Malvern College on Thursday, November 7. "
A COMPLETE performance of the Nelson Mass by Haydn is to take place in Hereford Cathedral tomorrow morning. The liturgical performance, due to start at 10.30am, is to mark the retirement of the precentor, Paul Iles. "The unique performance will feature
A NURSE from Droitwich is running the New York Marathon next month for charity. Sara Rose, aged 35, is a member of the Worcester Athletics Club but this will be her first marathon. She will be joined by two other club members - Amanda Jeffrey and Nicola
A FATHER-of-two has escaped being sent to prison days after the birth of his second child. Paul Ilott, aged 22, was stopped by police at the Tesco superstore in Warndon and found to be driving while disqualified, Worcester magistrates heard yesterday.
IT has been 25 years since our firefighters felt they had to go on strike. Those of us who remember their great moral dilemma from 1977 - to stop work and risk putting the public in danger or to settle for a paltry wage rise - will have seen the same
WORCESTER Wolves can virtually guarantee their place in the quarter-finals of the National Basketball Trophy tomorrow. Victory in their away match against Team Bath Romans (6.30) would make it four wins in five group matches and make it almost certain
DRUG taking amongst young people will come under the spotlight at a series of workshops being organised by the Worcestershire Football Association. The Worcestershire FA, under the chairmanship of Ken Clifford, has arranged the workshops as part of the
A TIMELY boot up the backside paid off for Allan Davies with his best display of the season against Hucknall. The full-back responded to a few harsh words from manager John Barton following the Bath City defeat and admits the jolt came at just the right
BOSS Ian Britton has praised mid-fielder Sam Shilton for the way he has responded to his introduction into Kidderminster Harriers' starting line-up. The 24-year-old has spent more time than he would have liked on the subs bench in the past, but has recently
JON Higgins is hoping to make a habit of playing with half back partner John O'Reilly. The 21-year-old fly half start ed his first Worcester Rugby Club match today at Bracknell in the Powergen Cup third round tie. And not only is Higgins delighted to
TWO county sports enthusiasts are hoping that their extraordinary determination and fitness will be a deciding factor when the team is selected to represent Great Britain in an ex-treme arctic adventure called the Fulda Tyres Challenge. Following the
Harriers protected their lead well with a much improved defensive display in the second half. They nearly added to the scoreline on 78 minutes when Dunbavin's clearance from the right wing was intercepted by Flynn whose forward pass was well flicked on
I AGREE wholeheartedly with D E Margrett's comments about today's so-called soccer stars (You Say, October 9). Like him, I saw Stanley Matthews just once, when he played for Blackpool in the days when 60,000-70,000 crowds were a fairly regular occurrence
WE read in the Evening News that another park-and-ride is being planned for the east side of the city. Is it not very strange the county council can find large areas of land on which to site this facility, yet finds it impossible to find a small piece
I UNDERSTAND from the Evening News that Drakes Broughton is now no longer considered suitable for a major airport by the idiots in Whitehall. It was news to me that they even considered it. It could have had a funny affect on the proposed withdrawal of
HAD it survived, the fourth Methodist church to be built in Pump Street, Worcester, would be celebrating its centenary this week. Exactly 100 years ago, Berrow's Worcester Journal reported on the completion and official opening of a "new" Wesleyan chapel
CAN Memory Lane readers answer a couple of posers I have been set but can't answer? Mrs Joan Smith of Tudor Way, Worcester, has written wondering if I can settle a friendly argument she is having with her brother. She is convinced from that the former
A SERIES of fascinating photographs I have discovered in the pictorial archives of Berrow's Journal - the world's oldest surviving newspaper - reveal that Worcester people chose unusual, if not rather strange ways to mount Peace Celebrations in the summer
IT would be fascinating to discover if Kenneth Mears, who at the age of four was rescued from drowning in the canal at Worcester in 1938, is still alive, and where he can be found. I make the inquiry as a result of responses I had to the publication in
A bizarre own goal from Shrewsbury defender Artell gifted Harriers a 3-2 lead 10 minutes into the second half. Shilton crossed from the right and Artell inexplicably headed the ball into his own net at the near post.
Shrewsbury went ahead just before half-time when the referee played a good advantage as Jemson played the ball through to Lowe who calmly tucked the ball past Brock into the net on 44 minutes. But Harriers equalised with a fortunate goal as Williams'
