WORCESTER Rugby Club ace Ben Hinshelwood will win his sixth cap for Scotland in tomorrow's World Cup opener against Japan in Townsville. The Melbourne-born 26-year-old will start at full-back, having completed an excellent recovery from a broken leg earlier
THE brother of a former Worcester schoolboy, who died in the Bali bomb attacks said he would like to "pull the trigger" on his sibling's murderer. Andy Bowler's brother Neil was among the 202 people killed in the terrorist attack, which happened a year
A LACK of carriages and constant delays are leaving disgruntled train passengers sick of a sub-standard service. Peak hour commuters travelling from Worcester to Birmingham have found standing room only on Central Trains since the introduction of its
A STROKE victim has battled against the illness to continue his £117,000 fund-raising effort for the County Air Ambulance. Keith Lane, who suffered a stroke in February, presented a cheque for this year's money, totalling £7,000, to air ambulance chiefs
A man who downloaded pornographic photographs of children from an American website has been ordered to register as a sex offender for five years. David Crump was also told to carry out 180 hours of unpaid community work. He was caught during Operation
A MAN stroked a 13-year-old boy's thigh as they travelled on a bus in Hereford. Anthony Bennett, aged 64, also tried to put his arm round the victim's shoulders after they got off. He denied to police being on the bus but the boy picked him out on an
A DECISION about the proposed new medical centre for Upton-upon-Severn is due to be made next week, with planners recommending approval. Malvern Hills District Council's planning officers say, in their report, that permission should be granted, but the
A MOCK train crash will be staged in Hereford next week - as part of a multi-agency training exercise in dealing with major disasters. The event, taking place at the Three Counties Hotel on Thursday, October 16, will involve a 30ft long model railway,
MALVERN-based motoring company Morgan has launched its most expensive car ever in celebration of its success in a national racing championship. The company, in Pickersleigh Road, Malvern Link, is manufacturing just 15 of the limited edition Aero 8 GT
EVESHAM United are organising the first sessions later this month for the club's new and youngest age group. Boys and girls will have the opportunity to attend two training sessions, when they will be coached and assessed by FA qualified coaches. A limited
WORCESTER Rugby Club ace Ben Hinshelwood will win his sixth cap for Scotland in tomorrow's World Cup opener against Japan in Townsville. The Melbourne-born 26-year-old will start at full-back, having completed an excellent recovery from a broken leg earlier
WORCESTER Rowing Club stages its Autumn Head regatta tomorrow. Racing starts at 11.30am, and the club has attracted almost 200 entries from clubs all over the country, split into two divisions. Races are over a 4.5km course on the River Severn, finishing
THE Daggers are out for Hereford United in more ways than one. While Garry Hill's Dagenham & Redbridge come to Edgar Street on Monday night looking to upset the Bulls, rival Shrewsbury Town boss Jimmy Quinn has also aimed a few jibes at United. Quinn
CHAIRMAN Colin Youngjohns has praised Kidderminster Harriers fans for understanding the severe financial pressures the club have to cope with in a bid to become an established Football League outfit. Hard-up Harriers are constantly battling to contend
CHAIRMAN Colin Youngjohns has praised Kidderminster Harriers fans for understanding the severe financial pressures the club have to cope with in a bid to become an established Football League outfit. Hard-up Harriers are constantly battling to contend
STOURPORT Swifts slumped to their third defeat in four games last night as they were swept aside 4-1 by rampant Cinderford. Want-away striker Richard Ball bagged a second half penalty for Swifts but this could not stop the Forest of Dean side from taking
Evesham Utd 1, Gresley Rvrs 1 INDERPAUL Khela's last-gasp leveller was nothing more than Evesham deserved against the Western Division's form side. Gresley, who had taken all their ten points from their previous four league outings and also won two FA
EVEN though the evidence of its mismanagement, incompetence and total disregard of its electorate and the rest of the UK is becoming more self evident, this government may unfortunately just survive another General Election. Not because of its accomplishments
JACQUELINE McNamara (You Say, Wednesday, October 1) describes the Northwick as being part of Worcester's great history. This may be debatable, but her claim that it is magical suggests that she needs to take another look at it. The view that the locals
JOHN Barton has handed Worcester City duo Liam McDonald and Dan Parker a boost by saying he wouldn't hesitate to use them. The St George's Lane academy graduates have had limited opportunities to date but City boss Barton insists they are very much in
POLICE are today searching for the mother of a baby which was abandoned in a black holdall in the ladies toilets of a Worcestershire shopping centre. The baby girl, believed to be just a few weeks old, was discovered by a member of the public in the Rowland
CAST members are promising the first pantomime at the revamped Swan Theatre will be a spectacular - oh yes they are! A mixture of professional stars, dancers and Worcester amateurs will be providing songs, dances and comedy when Dick Whittington begins
A JURY has backed a convicted burglar's evidence and cleared a man of a smash and grab raid at a Worcester jewellers. Two men wearing hooded coats shattered the display window of Dunn's in Crowngate and made off with valuables worth £11,000. Stephen Cherry
TONIGHT could see Tamsin Vaughan's future change beyond recognition - and the 23-year-old Pop Idol wannabe has urged the people of Worcestershire to help make her dream come true. Tamsin, originally from Pershore, will tonight be fighting for a place
A KARAOKE competition is aiming to hit the high and low notes in Worcester by finding the city's best and worst singers. Budding pop stars and seasoned crooners could soon be reaching chart-topping heights with the launch of Classic Hit's Search for a
THEY have only just left school, but two Malvern Girls' College pupils are already making waves in the world of academia. One has been named runner-up in one of the nation's most prestigious science writing competitions, while another has had an article
PETER Harris is celebrating after being given a prestigious award for his dedicated and outstanding service to a charity in Worcester. Mr Harris, from Bow Hill, Callow End, Worcester, has been a volunteer for St John Ambulance in the city for 35 years
WITH home improvement so fashionable nowadays, swapping a semi-detached for a house surrounded by glorious countryside is not unusual. But Nicholas Worsley decided to take things one step further with his dream home - he fulfilled a lifelong ambition
THE former principal of a Worcestershire children's home has dismissed as ''ludicrous'' a complaint that he raped a girl in a bathroom. A 39-year-old woman told a jury that when she was 14 or 15, she was attacked by Brian Gillam when other residents had
SPIRAL road marking at Junction 6 of the M5 are cutting the number of accidents - it just depends on which figures you look at, Worcester police's traffic management advisor says. Last month, Warndon Parish Council said the layout causes drivers to dash
A PIONEERING scheme to keep young offenders out of jail is being trialed in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. West Mercia Probation service is one of only 11 areas across the country chosen to run the Intensive Control and Change Programme (ICCP) which
A FORMER gardener's shed got a new lease of life 10 years ago when it was transformed into a multi-sensory therapy centre, the Worcester Snoezelen. Since then, this unique leisure centre for children and adults with mental and physical disabilities has
WORCESTER Rugby Club ace Ben Hinshelwood will win his sixth cap for Scotland in tomorrow's World Cup opener against Japan in Townsville. The Melbourne-born 26-year-old will start at full-back, having completed an excellent recovery from a broken leg earlier
WORCESTER Wolves Basketball Club face their stiffest test of the season tonight when they travel to face City of Sheffield Arrows in the National Cup first round (6pm). The Division One outfit, formerly known as Derbyshire, won Wolves' division last season
JOHN Barton has handed Worcester City duo Liam McDonald and Dan Parker a boost by saying he wouldn't hesitate to use them. The St George's Lane academy graduates have had limited opportunities to date but City boss Barton insists they are very much in
CHAIRMAN Colin Youngjohns has praised Kidderminster Harriers fans for understanding the severe financial pressures the club have to cope with in a bid to become an established Football League outfit. Hard-up Harriers are constantly battling to contend
FOR centuries, Worcester had its own sturdy castle set on an 80ft high man-made hill beside the Severn and close to the Cathedral. It was first built about three years after the Norman Conquest of 1066, when the King's Sheriff to Worcester, Urso d'Abitot
WITH regard to Tom Wareing's letter (You Say, Thursday, October 2), I thought his attack on local police a little odd. The letter, on page 6 of your paper was three pages after a small piece that referred to 15 people arrested in Worcester for alleged
WHILE reading the Evening News (Friday, September 19) I had a little smile to myself about the three lady Indian cricketers who have gone missing. I wonder if the authorities will come across the other tens of thousands of illegal immigrants on the run
I SEE the children have started back to school and have noticed the same boys still not attending. What are the authorities going to do about it? If the Government started handing out heavy fines to the parents it might make a lot of difference. But these
MAY I correct M Burcher and also satisfy J Hinton's quest for information regarding St Etheldreda, (You Say, Monday, September 29). St Etheldreda was the daughter of Anna, Christian King of the East Angles. She married Prince Gyrvii. On Gyrvii's death
I HOPE I can be forgiven for thinking that I was listening to a committed man when the Health Minister Dr John Reid addressed the Labour conference about the NHS. His aspirations flowed, as did his praise for previous Ministers. Then came his statistics
JON Burgess says that "the majority of vets supports a continuation of hunting with hounds". I assume he was referring to a poll of vets conducted in 2001 during which vets were telephoned and asked to take part in an interview on hunting. The same poll
I SEE that the anti-hunting lobby is now trying to bring religion in as a weapon against fox hunting. L Spiteri (You Say, Saturday, September 27) quotes: "God created Man in his own image, then put Man in charge of all living things." Sorry, but there
