TWO members of the British Paralympic blind football team have had their sporting dreams shattered because of a political row. Nick Killen, aged 18, and Andrew Briant, 17 - both pupils at the RNIB New College, in Whittington Road, Worcester - had qualified
TROOPS from the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regiment will be leaving their base in Chester to spend six months in war torn Afghanistan tomorrow. Five hundred soldiers in the First Battalion of the Woofers have spent the last six months in
AS the three members of Ledbury Hunt who stormed the Commons returned home on police bail in the early hours of yesterday morning, Worcester MP Michael Foster called for "wholesale" changes to be made to security in the Palace of Westminster. Mr Foster
CHILDREN'S play areas will be under the microscope during two public meetings to decide the future of youth entertainment in Worcester. The city council consulted with Birmingham firm Inspire to draw up innovative plans for a number of play and out-of-school
A RECORD-breaking number of visitors went to Croome Park, in Pershore, over the summer season. Despite the depressingly wet summer, more than 17,000 people visited the National Trust property between March and September - 2,000 more than during the whole
A GIANT teddy bear will be touring Worcester city centre until Thursday, September 23, in a bid to raise funds for the County Air Ambulance. Toby, the 3ft teddy, is the official fund-raising mascot for Debenhams, and he is raising money for the air ambulance
AS they mourn the death of their baby daughter a couple from Stourport-on-Severn are organising a charity football match to raise cash for the neonatal unit of the hospital where she spent her short life. Laura and Jamie Cook,of Lodge Cottages, Stourport
CHAMPION runner Kirsty Law is making great strides in golf after winning a prestigious competition. The 16-year-old was crowned Midlands women's golfer of the year following an impressive victory at Redditch's Abbey Park club. Law is already the junior
THERE was only one name on the lips of Worcester City supporters after Monday's thrilling Nationwide North draw with Kettering Town -- Aaron Kerr. Yet the Northern Ireland Under 21 international does not know what the fuss is about, modestly describing
JAN Molby is looking forward to seeing his strongest Kidderminster Harriers side take to the field -- eventually. Harriers were expecting a number of players to make their comebacks today at home to Macclesfield Town, including Abdou Sall and Youssou
DAVID Brown is like every other striker in that he wants to score plenty of goals. But the 25-year-old Hereford forward admits it is much tougher hitting the net at Edgar Street this season because of the defence-first approach from visiting teams. Brown
LOCAL matchman Dave Wallace set his stall out for tench to win the latest Eckington club contest. But Wallace was amazed when a rare six pound barbel took his worm offering, helping the former Daiwa Gordon League star to record his first win of the series
THERE was only one name on the lips of Worcester City supporters after Monday's thrilling Nationwide North draw with Kettering Town -- Aaron Kerr. Yet the Northern Ireland Under 21 international does not know what the fuss is about, modestly describing
JAN Molby is looking forward to seeing his strongest Kidderminster Harriers side take to the field -- eventually. Harriers were expecting a number of players to make their comebacks today at home to Macclesfield Town, including Abdou Sall and Youssou
"SILLY" is not an adequate response to my challenge to Julien Kramer over his handling of the Christopher Whitehead fiasco. Mr Kramer and his colleagues in the county council's cabinet have been told many times that the plans were unworkable and would
THE anniversary of 9/11 has just passed. I wonder if Evening News readers might wish to ponder whether they feel they are in a safer world now Bush and Blair have joined together in wishing pre-emptive strikes on countries that pose a threat to US interests
THANK you for your kind words Mrs Kate Phillips (You Say, Friday, September 10) who seems to enjoy stories of my lighter moments in the local police. So here's another tall tale from years gone by... Every night in Worcester City Police days, bobbies
INDUSTRY leaders, Government Ministers, officials and farmers will all be sharing the Spotlight on Profit Forum platform at the Dairy Event to be held at Stoneleigh Park this week. The Warwickshire venue's purpose-built theatre will provide each speaker
But last year, just 150 fillies were born. Is this the end of the Shire? A FARMER wearing a straw hat and a loose shirt talks gently to the large horse plodding forward as it tills the brown soil with the harrow. No power line in sight, no traffic jam
AN innovative funding opportunity is now available for young people in Herefordshire and Worcestershire under the age of 35. West Midlands Area Young Farmers Clubs have used Defra funding to launch the Acorn Project to help young people start up in business
DOCTORS' hopes of moving to a state-of-the-art surgery were dashed for a second time when the council planning committee voted against the plans. Chief planning officer Peter Yates told councillors this week that redevelopment of the site at the bottom
MORE than 400 coffee mornings have been organised in Worcestershire as residents prepare to boil their kettles to raise cash for charity. Businesses, schools, and organisations across the county have enlisted to take part in Macmillan Cancer Relief's
PEOPLE are being urged to get fit while helping to banish childhood obesity and improve the health of schoolchildren. The British Heart Foundation has launched a recruitment drive for volunteers to work in Worcestershire's schools, promoting fund-raising
NATIONAL League Division One new boys Worcester Wolves go into their first competitive match tonight on the back of a morale-boosting friendly victory. Wolves defeated one of their divisional rivals, Manchester Magic, 84-80 in the final warm-up match
WORCESTER Athletic Club's men rounded off their season with a close second place in the Midland Masters Track and Field League Cup final in Mansfield. They secured their place in the A final with convincing wins in the four league meetings, beating rivals
TENBURY Brightwells reports a large entry of 2,326 breeding ewes, ewe lambs and rams well received by a large crowd of purchasers at its special prize sale on the sale field, Worcester Road, Burford, Tenbury Wells, held by kind permission of Miss B C
ANDY Keast has praised Neil Cole for his confident start to the Premiership campaign. The South African probably wasn't every supporter's first pick after the summer capture of Clive Stuart-Smith but the scrum-half has fitted in well in Worcester's opening
THE plans for Diglis, as they've been revealed in the Evening News, show high-density apartment blocks overlooking our river. It strikes me that such housing will be generally beyond the reach of those at the start of their lives, looking for affordable
WHERE on earth does D E Margrett get his much-quoted figures from? For example, he states "the economic loss" to Britain if we pull out of Europe will be approximately £25bn per annum. This statement implies that the UK makes a £25bn "profit" from being
IN the current presidential play-off in the United States, the British media has missed a crucial point. The fact is that, despite arguments over the service files of Kerry and Bush, they are both men who have served in their country's defence forces
IN his response to Peter Nielsen, Richard Chamings resorted to his usual spurious remarks about the EU to accommodate his own views on Poland's membership into the European Union. In his recent letter, Mr Chamings criticised former British politicians
EXPERTS will be on hand to offer free advice to Hereford and Worcester farmers on the imminent Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. With just over three months to go until farmers have to bring in fundamental changes to the way they farm, specialists
THE decision to allow a 10-fold increase in the annual cormorant cull has been welcomed by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Defra plans to ease the conditions surrounding licences to control cormorants which, it says, pose
COMPETITIONS are a huge part of YFC life as they allow members to learn new skills which they can use in their everyday lives. It also is a great way of socialising with other members and, of course, having fun. This year, there will be plenty of sporting
IT was 10 years ago the Three Counties Agricultural Society tentatively launched an Autumn Show as something to fill in its calendar during the last couple of months when a mainly outdoor event can be risked in this unpredictable British climate. It was
