A DERANGED knifeman was cornered by staff in a Worcester supermarket after he had twice tried to steal goods from display counters. The supermarket employees used shopping trollies to corner 35-year-old Lee Phillipson inside the St Peter's branch of Tesco
PARENTS of schoolchildren are being called on to monitor youngsters after a spate of deliberately started fires since the start of the summer holidays. Alec Mackie, spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Fire Brigade, has made the call after fire crews
A KIND-HEARTED family man is walking from Worcester to Bromsgrove to raise enough money for his niece's operation. Ray Asakereh visited his sister in Iran at Christmas, only to find her daughter, 21-year-old Mahtab, was still taking pain-killing injections
JOHN Brain has hailed his new signing at Worcester - Richard Bates! The Sixways director of rugby felt desperately sorry for the South African last season as he missed most of Worcester's campaign through injury. However, after Bates' recovery from a
RICHARD Bridges must have received quite a shock when he was attacked by a buzzard in a quiet country lane. According to a recent front page report in the Evening News, the errant predator had broken away from its companion high in the sky and flown down
GRAEME Hick joins Wor-cestershire Royals' National League Division One relegation fight tomorrow when they take on table-topping Surrey Lions at Guildford. Star batsman Hick has missed the County's last three league matches because of a broken bone in
GRAEME Hick joins Wor-cestershire Royals' National League Division One relegation fight tomorrow when they take on table-topping Surrey Lions at Guildford. Star batsman Hick has missed the County's last three league matches because of a broken bone in
Who's Who in Enid Blyton by Eva Rice (Orion Books, £12.99) ESCAPE to long sunny days of summer packed full of adventures, lashings of ginger beer and the company of old friends you haven't thought about for years... decades. Blyton, with her extraordinary
Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson (Titan Books, £8.99) WHERE would you find the bizarre tale of a young man flushing baby alligators down the loo in the hope they return mutated by radioactive pollution from a nearby nuclear reactor? Or a madcap story entitled
The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations by Tony Reeves (Titan Books, £16.99) WANT to know where Harry Potter was filmed? The Sound of Music... Star Wars? Here's the perfect travelling companion for every movie fan. Within its 416 pages is updated coverage
DAVID Holmes has set himself the target of being involved in Worcester City's squad for their opening league game of the season on August 16. The forward, who underwent surgery on both groins last month, was due to return to reserve team action at Pershore
THERE is some lovely countryside around Clifton but the condition of the rights of way is a disgrace. That's why it doesn't often feature in this series. Last week, however, hope triumphed over experience, prompting one final attempt. As it happened,
1803: Cock Fighting - A Main of Cocks will be fought at Mr Thomas Partridge's in Frog Lane, Worcester next Tuesday between the Gentlemen of Worcestershire and the Gentlemen of Staffordshire for five guineas a battle. The great plan for placing the country
THE artistic work of two eminent men with Worcester connections was about to take shape as a permanent feature in front of Buckingham Palace at this time a century ago. The Journal for this week of 1903 reported: "On Tuesday morning, at the Buckingham
TOURISTS and thrill-seekers have flocked to a county farm to plot their way through an astonishing four-acre maze of the British Isles. The 'Maize Maze', which reopened last Saturday at Top Barn Farm, in Holt Heath, attracted visitors last summer and
THE bodies of two of the victims of the Charlton train crash remain unclaimed in a Worcester mortuary nearly three weeks after the tragedy. Police say they have so far been unsuccessful in contacting relatives of young Iraqi Kurd Soran Karim, aged 23,
FLATS are set to be built on a controversial site where a protected Worcester black pear tree was uprooted after councillors granted permission for the development. Landowner Martin Bird cleared the plot behind Hill Street, off Tallow Hill, angering neighbours
A CLAMP down is underway on taxi drivers who break the rules set by Worcester City Council. But the prosecutions for offences such as cabbies not wearing their driver's badge have been criticised as "nit-picking" by the chairman of Worcester Taxi Owners
JOHN Brain has revealed he turned down the chance to sign Bristol-bound Chris Malone. Worcester's director of rugby was offered the Australian two months ago but decided to turn his attentions to Tommy Hayes. Fly-half Malone, who has joined Bristol from
From A to Z. Volume 2 by Sharon Bezaly. Bis CD-1259 Digital. IF the only flautist you have ever come across is James Galway, prepoare to be amazed by Sharon Bezaly. She is of a different breed. Her breath control is perfection and her command of a notoriously
JOHN Brain has revealed he turned down the chance to sign Bristol-bound Chris Malone. Worcester's director of rugby was offered the Australian two months ago but decided to turn his attentions to Tommy Hayes. Fly-half Malone, who has joined Bristol from
GLENN Crowther is hoping to fire his way to glory at the World Police and Fire Games. The 49-year-old from Worcester is competing in the clay pigeon shooting at the games in Barcelona, which start tomorrow. And he is confident of matching his medal tally
MERSON mania is set to hit Aggborough on Wednesday when Walsall will be the visitors for a pre-season friendly against Kidderminster Harriers (7.30pm). Since his shock move to the Bescot Stadium, Paul Merson has generated intense interest in the Saddlers
JOHN Brain has hailed his new signing at Worcester - Richard Bates! The Sixways director of rugby felt desperately sorry for the South African last season as he missed most of Worcester's campaign through injury. However, after Bates' recovery from a
STRIKER David Brown will have been many things on his arrival for his first day's training with new club Hereford United but overawed would certainly not be one of them. Respected Conference professionals as they are, the likes of Paul Parry, Tony James
DAVID Holmes has set himself the target of being involved in Worcester City's squad for their opening league game of the season on August 16. The forward, who underwent surgery on both groins last month, was due to return to reserve team action at Pershore
HEREFORD'S David Park will no doubt make sure to exchange scorecards today after being paired with Mark Roe in the third round of the Nissan Irish Open at Portmarnock. Roe and Jesper Parnevik hit the headlines in last week's Open at Royal St George's
MERSON mania is set to hit Aggborough on Wednesday when Walsall will be the visitors for a pre-season friendly against Kidderminster Harriers (7.30pm). Since his shock move to the Bescot Stadium, Paul Merson has generated intense interest in the Saddlers
GRAEME Hick joins Wor-cestershire Royals' National League Division One relegation fight tomorrow when they take on table-topping Surrey Lions at Guildford. Star batsman Hick has missed the County's last three league matches because of a broken bone in
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Jordan's Guide to British Steam Locomotives by Owen Jordan (The King's England Press, £14.95) BUY a first class ticket, grab a seat with its back to the engine and if you must put your head out of the window, mind you don't get grit in your eyes. In the
WORCESTERSHIRE suffered the ignominy of being bowled out for a paltry 24 runs against Yorkshire at Huddersfield this week 100 years ago. The home side responded by declaring at 75 for one, and Worcestershire were again in a desperate plight in their second
WHAT Berrow's Journal described as "Motor Mania" was clearly gripping the nation at this time a century ago as more and more "automobiles" began appearing on English roads. Crowquill, in his Journal comment column for this week of 1903, wrote: "Motor
