TWO Worcester schoolboys playing "army" in the street ended up in the back of a police car after sparking a security scare. Balaclava-clad Matthew Reynolds and friend Tom Barnes, both aged 12, were honing their sneaking skills around Britannia Square
A TAXI driver fears that plans to use 53-seater buses on a subsidised late-night service through the city will cause misery for Worcester families living along the routes. Lesley Borthwick, secretary of Worcester Taxi Association, has condemned moves
THE plight of an elderly Kidderminster man who is selling off heirlooms to fund a vital hip operation is further proof that more elective surgery should be used, according to Wyre Forest MP. Dr Richard Taylor says he is also concerned about the length
SWAN rescue centres in Worcestershire are being inundated with birds suffering from lead poisoning as a result of illegal fishing. Wychbold Swan Rescue and the Bishops Wood Rescue Centre have treated more than 100 swans struck down by the poisoning. Eight
PEOPLE on their way home from a Saturday night out helped control a fire in a Worcester bedsit - minutes before the fire brigade arrived. The fire in a ground floor flat in Castle Street was thought to have been started by a "carelessly disposed" cigarette
WORKERS who support Worcester's homeless claim false rumours are being spread that the Maggs Day Centre is closing. Chairman of the trustees at Maggs, Rob Peachey, said he had received calls from a "huge number of people," mistakenly thinking the centre
THE cricket world's favourite umpire Dickie Bird was a sell-out success when he signed copies of his latest book during a visit to Worcester. The legend's new book, Dickie Bird's Britain, is peppered with anecdotes from his 30 years behind the stumps.
THE new headteacher of a county school is looking forward to spending half-term re-plumbing his family bathroom. But Charlie Lupton is no stranger to diversification. Before he started the new term at St Barnabas CE First and Middle School in Drakes Broughton
A BABY ended up with a bump on the head and a bruised toe after a buggy bought from a Worcester store collapsed while he was in it, his angry mum claims. Vanessa Champken's problems started six months ago when she bought a £100 pushchair from Mothercare
A PROJECT to help children improve their physical and social skills can be launched at Cranham Primary School, Worcester, thanks to an Awards for All Lottery grant. With the help of the £3,675 award, the school will be able to buy apparatus designed to
A DRUG addict who "flagrantly abused" chances by the courts to keep him out of custody has been sent to prison for 18 months. Andrew Pullen breached community rehabilitation penalties three times in nine months, Worcester Crown Court heard. He had admitted
AN independent school celebrating its 40th anniversary is appealing for help to fill in the gaps in its history and locate some of its very first pupils. Bredon School first threw open its doors to 17 pupils in September 1962. "Too many boys with gifts
IT was time for tea at Worcester's racecourse over the weekend when antiques guru Harry Frost attended a ceramics fair. The former Worcester Museum curator joined ceramics expert Roderick Jellico at the first Ceramics for Everyone fair. Thirty dealers
Van Gogh - Music of His Time Lalo, Franck, Chabrier, Wagner, Liszt, Mahler NAXOS has produced a series of CDs in its Art and Music range which attempt to marry the two art forms and provide the listener with some insight into the historical and social
A BIT of bare-faced cheek is perhaps one way of summing up Jamie Knight's debut video - but only for a fleeting moment. When the video was shot in a car travelling down Broad Street in Birmingham, the public got so excited that one city reveller dropped
Statistics 2002-03 James Brown Apps 1 (3), Gls 0; Darren Bullock 10, 4; Tom Cudworth 3, 0; Matt Gardiner 3, 2; Danny James (6), 0; Nathan Jukes 11, 4; Steve Lutz 8, 2; Leroy May 7 (1), 6; Scott Mullen (7), 0; Russ Parmenter 9, 0; Matt Pendleton 11, 0;
Pre-season 20/07/02 - Redditch United 0 Peterborough United 3 (Forsythe, Fenn, Bullard) 25/07/02 - Redditch United 3 (Hall, Knight, 2) Stourbridge 1 (Lee) 30/07/02 - Redditch United 1 (MacVarish) Burton Albion 1 (Garner) League 17/08/02 - Redditch United
NEW Stourport Swifts manager Dave Titterton certainly seems to have the golden touch. After stopping the rot with a hard-earned draw at Clevedon last week, the former Ludlow Town assistant saw his men claim their first league win of the season with a
FORMER Worcestershire fast bowler Glenn McGrath today joined an elite group of bowlers when he claimed his 400th career Test wicket. The Australian paceman dismissed Pakistan captain Waqar Younis in the third Test at Sharjah to become only the eighth
KIDDERMINSTER Carolians Rugby Club triumphed 23-3 over Shrewsbury in Saturday's North Midlands Cup round one clash at Marlpool Lane. Although they worked hard, Shrewsbury never really put KCs under too much pressure. On occasions the visitors put some
DROITWICH bowed out of the Intermediate Rugby Cup on Saturday with a disappointing 24-11 defeat at Ludlow. Droitwich again began sluggishly conceding an early converted try, they did however begin to assert some control and forced the home side into an
ASTON Old Edwardians stunned Hereford as they knocked the Wyesiders out of the Intermediate Rugby Cup. The Midlands Three (West) leaders toppled their Midlands Two (West) counterparts with a 30-17 victory. Meanwhile, Bromsgrove secured their third round
MALVERN Rugby Club's 'A' team used this friendly to introduce some of their promising young players and, although they went down 24-15 to Dudley-Kingswinford, they were not disgraced. D-K fielded several first team regulars from their National League
WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 90-88 in their National Basketball Trophy clash at Team Bath. Worcester replaced Nick Vinsonneau in the first five with Paul Gerald who has impressed in the previous game. He was joined by Rick Solvason, Joph Cooprider, Ben
Saturday, October 19, 2002 KIDDERMINSTER Harriers moved into the Nationwide League Division Three play-off zone by bouncing back to winning ways with an exciting 3-2 victory over Shrewsbury Town at the Gay Meadow on Saturday. Seventh-placed Harriers triumphed
Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson Sat July 27 Boldmere St Michaels (a) 1-4 Giddings Mon July 29 Stourbridge (h) 3-2 Giddings, Stanier, Fletcher Thurs Aug 1 Rushall Olympic (h) 2-3 Bailey, A Nicholls Sat Aug 3 Telford United
The Chronicles of the Tudor Queens by David Loades (Sutton, £20) THE Tudors left an indelible mark on the history of the British Isles. It was during their reign - a period spanning more than 100 years, and one which included the entire 16th Century -
LET me hasten to assure Herr Schroeder (You Say, October 14) that had he been an Englishman his complaints would probably never have arisen. While respecting his right of free speech, it is considered extremely bad manners to publicly criticise one's
IN reply to Herr Dieter Schroeder's letters (You Say, September 28 and October 8) concerning the inefficiency of our city clocks and the untidiness of our city roundabouts, I find it hard to believe that Herr Schroeder cannot find more important topics
THERE is talk of Regional Government. This could be of advantage to Worcester and Worcestershire, which under the existing system of local government, invariably receive paltry grants from Westminster/Whitehall, compared to other parts of the country.
FURTHER to Dieter Schroeder's letter (You Say, October 8) extolling the uniformity of German traffic roundabouts, I write to point out to Herr Schroeder that we British have always in fact prided ourselves on our individuality, irregularity and non-conformity
TWO men snatched a mobile phone from a teenage girl as she walked into Bromsgrove town centre. Police are appealing for information after the men grabbed the 19-year-old's phone as she walked along School Drive at 3.10pm last Thursday. A man ran up to
Saturday, October 19, 2002 WORCESTER'S young guns came of age as they passed their Powergen Cup test without too many hiccups. The Sixways side drafted in Jon Higgins, Hugo Southwell, Neil and Gareth Mason into their first team and, despite a substandard
SATURDAY SOCCER NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Division Three: Shrewsbury 2 Kidderminster 3. NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Hereford 1 Halifax 1. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Premier Division: Worcester 2 Cambridge City 0. Western Division: Redditch 0 Clevedon 1; Rugby 3 Evesham 0; Solihull
Redditch United 0 Clevedon Town 1 WHAT a difference a goal makes. When Lee Booth showed a delightful touch to control a difficult Matty Hall cross in the box and beat Town keeper Dave Mogg in the 24th minute he could have opened the floodgates. But his
Saturday, October 19, 2002 MARK Owen claimed his first league goal in more than a year to cap Worcester City's return to winning ways against a battling Cambridge City. It was a timely boost for the forward who had managed just one goal in 10 previous
A NEW position of general manager at Hereford Racecourse has been created by owners Northern Racing Limited as part of a restructuring of its racecourse management. Drew Brown joins from the health and fitness industry in which he was a general manager
A WORCESTER engineering company is celebrating a large order from Ford Cologne, in Germany. Spin UK Ltd, in Bromyard Road, designs, manufactures and installs industrial control systems. The company has recently secured a deal to supply an engine hot test
PEOPLE living near rivers or streams have been asked to remain alert after a flood warning was issued yesterday afternoon. The flood watch, covering Worcester, Bromsgrove and Kidderminster, was put on at 4.30pm yesterday, following heavy rain over the
PROTECTED bird species could scupper plans to build a massive asylum seeker centre in Throckmorton. Birdwatchers have spotted barn owls and skylarks at the former Worcestershire airfield, which are protected by the European Birds Directive. Experts in
AT least 14,000 people watched 200 demonstrators show off their skills at the county council's showcase for local arts. The demonstrators spread across five stages at County Hall for this year's Skills on Show event, which has been hailed a success. "
A LEDBURY mum-of-five's first public art commission has been unveiled at Hereford County Hospital. Maxine Williams' mural has been put up in the children's ward of the hospital, which was opened last Friday by Princess Alexandra. Mrs Williams, of Parkway
STREET wardens in a Worcestershire town could be just the ticket after a training programme with West Mercia police. The Kidderminster street wardens - who are employed by Wyre Forest Community Housing to patrol streets and keep the peace - spent a day
DISABLED and wheelchair-bound people living in Worcester are enjoying a lift thanks to the latest addition to a city community transport scheme. Trustees, staff and volunteers at Worcester Community Transport officially received the specially adapted
BRITAIN'S most accomplished mountaineer has told pupils at a Worcester school that their forthcoming expedition will change their lives. Doug Scott CBE visited The King's School Worcester Himalaya Club to talk about his past expeditions into the mountain
I once met Bobby Gillespie, lead singer of Primal Scream, when he was hanging round with a band called Pop Will Eat Itself. It was at a Birmingham club called The Powerhouse with two male friends. We were invited back to a party with the Primals and Pop
ANY rumours that Maggs Day Centre may be in danger of closing should be of concern because, to be plain about it, the Deansway centre does nothing but good in Worcester. So it's a relief today that we can set minds at rest and quote Rob Peachey, chairman
Dr Martens League Western Division AUGUST SAT, 17 GRESLEY ROVERS 1-0 Scorer, Bullock Att, 111 Mon, 19 Solihull Borough (a) 2-2 Lutz, Pinkney 216 Sat, 24 Taunton Town (a) 2-3 Bullock, Preedy 358 MON, 26 CINDERFORD TOWN (H) 3-1 Jukes, May (2) 134 Sat, 31
The Worcester-born teenager has worked his way through the youth set-up and reserves to get a handful of first-team chances. Showed enough with good movement and work-rate to earn a two-year deal at Harriers in the summer of 2001 but has had to patiently
ARE the days of the suave James Bond numbered? Is he about to be usurped by a louder, brasher new spy hero, more in tune with the rave generation? If you listen to the makers of Vin Diesel's in-your-face spy romp xXx, 007's long reign is about to end.
CHILDREN could choke on small plastic darts fired by toy guns, parents and toy sellers have been warned. The warning was issued by Worcestershire County Council's trading standards service after their counterparts in Hampshire were called in to investigate
Rugby Utd 3, Evesham Utd 0 ANOTHER sorry Saturday saw United lose for the third successive weekend during which time they haven't managed a solitary goal. It was a third reverse in four Western Division outings on the road - a record that needs swift
JOHN Barton believes striker Mark Owen is starting to see light at the end of the tunnel following his return from serious injury. The Worcester City striker scored in the club's 2-0 victory against Cambridge City at St George's Lane for his first league
WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 90-88 in their National Basketball Trophy clash at Team Bath. Worcester replaced Nick Vinsonneau in the first five with Paul Gerald who has impressed in the previous game. He was joined by Rick Solvason, Joph Cooprider, Ben
ANDY Keast was far from happy with his side despite the 73-5 defeat of Bracknell. The Sixways coach was upset with Worcester's lacklustre second half display as they moved into the fourth round of the Powergen Cup. Worcester were 52-0 up at half time
Both teams made switches at half-time as Harriers replaced Stamps with Coleman and Shrewsbury brought on Drysdale for Van Blerk. Harriers started the second half with 10 men though as Broughton, still sporting a head bandage, took the field two minutes
n The IgNobel Prizes, by Marc Abrahams (Orion, £9.99) HELLO, small boys everywhere. This one's for you. The IgNobel Prizes celebrate all that is bizarre, weird and - frankly - improbable in real-life scientific research. Awarded annually, Ig Prize winners
IF Dieter Schroeder thinks the traffic islands in Worcester are neglected, all I can say he has never been to Kidderminster - probably the most unwelcoming town in the country. There are masses of weed beds instead of flowerbeds. JOHN NORWOOD, Kidderminster
TIM Pinney says that I am not interested in facts. This is not so. Here are three that I find particularly repulsive. Fact. That beautiful, timid creature the hare, is chased and after twisting and turning in a desperate attempt to save its life, is often
AFTER reading about the life of John Hewlett I wonder why he is not one of the first in line in the Queens honours list. Is it because he cannot give a political party £100,000 or run a mile in four minutes? I do hope our MP, Michael Foster, will see
I HAVE recently received an anonymous letter from a resident of Claines who objects to the planned alterations to improve the facilities at the Church Hall in Cornmeadow Lane, and is hoping to enlist other nimbys who also feel that their Utopian existence
FIVE teenagers have been released on police bail pending further inquiries after Hadzor Hall was damaged. At 5.10pm last Saturday, a call was received by police reporting a group of youths breaking glass and causing criminal damage to the hall, which
AN ANIMAL sanctuary owner in Middle Littleton has called for a halt to wildlife carnage, now her pet dog has been poisoned. Janet Taylor from the Farm Animal Sanctuary in Middle Littleton believes whoever was responsible for poisoning her eight-year-old
Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis Mon July 15 Evesham United (a) 4-0 Ducros, Broughton, Corbett, Shilton Fri July 19 Reading (h) 2-4 Broughton, Henriksen Sun July 21 Solihull Borough (a) 3-4 Shilton, Foster (pen), Corbett Wed July 24 Wolverhampton
ANDY Keast was far from happy with his side despite the 73-5 defeat of Bracknell. The Sixways coach was upset with Worcester's lacklustre second half display as they moved into the fourth round of the Powergen Cup. Worcester were 52-0 up at half time
JOHN Barton believes striker Mark Owen is starting to see light at the end of the tunnel following his return from serious injury. The Worcester City striker scored in the club's 2-0 victory against Cambridge City at St George's Lane for his first league
MPs and Peers can, as long as they word them correctly, table almost any written Parliamentary question. Some take this as licence to be tedious in the extreme - hence the 4,057 questions asked by Tory MP John Bercow in the last Westminster session. Others
TONY Blair already had quite a headache over the prospect of military action against Iraq. Worried Labour backbenchers have been beating a path to his door for weeks to warn against an attack on Saddam Hussein. Then the horrendous bomb blast in Bali,
A FEW months ago, Peter Luff (left) helped to inflict a rare defeat on the Government. Ministers had given their backing to the environmentally-friendly Home Energy Conservation Private Member's Bill, and it was expected to enjoy a smooth passage through
TOP agency workers from Worcestershire were rewarded at a presentation day for their hard work and excellence. As part of a national competition,, run in association with the Worcester-based employment and recruitment agency, Backup Staff, employees were
A WORCESTER company is celebrating a deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Tacklesport Ltd, based in Pierpoint Street, manufactures and produces sports coaching and teaching CD Roms and websites. The company has just signed an eight-year
THIS week's football fixtures for clubs across the two counties include: TONIGHT Midland Floodlit Youth League: Gloucester City v Wellington. FA Youth Cup: Oadby Town v Kidderminster Harriers. TOMORROW LDV Vans Trophy first round: Dagenham & Redbridge
