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  • 15-5-04 - Molby aiming to get tough

    JAN Molby has warned his Kidder-minster Harriers players that they can expect a 'very tough' time when they report back for training on Monday, July 5. The Aggborough director of football says he intends to adopt a no-nonsense approach during the Aggborough

  • Sixways poised for green light

    CECIL Duckworth remained defiant last night after confirmation of highways approval arrived at Sixways. Worcester Rugby Club's chairman has been awaiting news from the Highways Agency over the National One champions' plans for traffic management on match

  • World XI to play at New Road

    ADAM Hollioake will captain a star-studded World Xl against Worcestershire Royals in a Twenty20 match at New Road next month. The former Surrey and England skipper will lead a side likely to include some of the top names in international cricket on Monday

  • Barton has regrets over Middleton departure

    WORCESTER City manager John Barton admitted his decision to release Darren Middleton was tinged with regret for the loss of a special talent. Middleton flickered brightly at times, particularly during his first two seasons with the St George's Lane club

  • Non-league revamp creates nightmare

    IT was supposed to herald the dawn of a new era but the revamped non-league structure has given county clubs a travelling nightmare. While it was thumbs up from Worcester City, who were happy with a place in Conference North, rivals Bromsgrove Rovers,

  • Brain puts the record straight

    JOHN Brain has laughed off Rotherham's protestations over the signing of Brad MacLeod-Henderson. Since Worcester made the ann-ouncement this week, the South Yorkshire club have consistently denied that the South African has signed on at Sixways. However

  • Molby aiming to get tough

    JAN Molby has warned his Kidder-minster Harriers players that they can expect a 'very tough' time when they report back for training on Monday, July 5. The Aggborough director of football says he intends to adopt a no-nonsense approach during the Aggborough

  • 15-5-04 - County handed injuries booster

    VIKRAM Solanki and Kabir Ali are on the brink of winning their fitness battles. Both, however, will still be on the sidelines when Worcestershire take on Durham Dynamos in a totesport League Division Two match at New Road tomorrow (1pm). Paceman Kabir

  • World XI to play at New Road

    ADAM Hollioake will captain a star-studded World Xl against Worcestershire Royals in a Twenty20 match at New Road next month. The former Surrey and England skipper will lead a side likely to include some of the top names in international cricket on Monday

  • 15-5-04 - Barton has regrets over Middleton departure

    WORCESTER City manager John Barton admitted his decision to release Darren Middleton was tinged with regret for the loss of a special talent. Middleton flickered brightly at times, particularly during his first two seasons with the St George's Lane club

  • 15-5-04 - Sixways poised for green light

    CECIL Duckworth remained defiant last night after confirmation of highways approval arrived at Sixways. Worcester Rugby Club's chairman has been awaiting news from the Highways Agency over the National One champions' plans for traffic management on match

  • 15-5-04 - Brain puts the record straight

    JOHN Brain has laughed off Rotherham's protestations over the signing of Brad MacLeod-Henderson. Since Worcester made the ann-ouncement this week, the South Yorkshire club have consistently denied that the South African has signed on at Sixways. However

  • Stalking the corridors of Power in Westminster

    We're off Tony, say Worcester Women... TORIES are delighted with an article in last week's Sunday Times, which found six "Worcester women" who voted for Tony Blair in 1997 or 2001 but will not back him again next year. Margaret Harper, who will challenge

  • Credit crisis? What crisis? Government tells bishop

    THE Government is relaxed about consumers running up large credit card bills, if an answer given to the Bishop of Worcester is anything to go by. The Rt Rev Peter Selby is worried about the nation's "escalating reliance" on debt, which he described in

  • MPs relieved as Brian the blaring Blair baiter leaves...

    LAST month, Worcestershire peace protester Brian Haw was told to scale down his noisy and ever-expanding demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament. He had, according to the authorities, become a security threat because terrorists could plant bombs

  • County handed injuries booster

    VIKRAM Solanki and Kabir Ali are on the brink of winning their fitness battles. Both, however, will still be on the sidelines when Worcestershire take on Durham Dynamos in a totesport League Division Two match at New Road tomorrow (1pm). Paceman Kabir

  • James still suffering

    TONY James admits he's been knocked for six by Hereford United's failure to get promotion to the Football League. Such was the impact of their dramatic play-off defeat to Aldershot Town, that the Edgar Street captain is still coming to terms with it,

  • Wetlands offer a wildlife feast

    COOMBE Hill Canal was built in 1796 to link the Dean coalfields with Cheltenham via the River Severn, but competition from the railways led to its closure in 1876. Over a century later, it was bought by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, which immediately