CHRISTOPHER Whitehead High School could remain on its current site after the county council suddenly backtracked on its controversial relocation plans. A feasibility study into redeveloping the dilapidated Worcester school, rather than moving it, has
A REPORT on the Deansway excavations in Worcester at the end of the 1980s has been published. The work, which took place around Huntingdon Hall during the building of Crowngate, was the largest excavation to have taken place in the city. The discoveries
ATTEMPTS by a voluntary organisation to raise £60,000 for a restoration project at Worcester's Gheluvelt Park have so far proved unsuccessful. The Co-operative Community Fund and the Special Fund at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister have both turned
WORCESTERSHIRE MP Peter Luff launched an impassioned plea to improve access between fathers and their children - inspired by his own upbringing. Mr Luff was brought up by a single mother from the age of eight - when his father died - and said he had missed
WORCESTER MP Michael Foster is calling for parents and teachers to highlight the unsung heroes of teaching in the city for a national awards scheme, The MP, a Parliamentary aide in the Department for Education and Skills, wants to have as many Worcester
CAROLINE Arthurs was 29 weeks pregnant when her waters broke - 11 weeks too soon. She immediately went into denial, and prayed it was a false alarm. "My sister said: 'You're in labour' but I thought I couldn't be because it was far too soon," said Caroline
SHOPPERS and diners are urged to buy a Christmas decoration with a difference - one that will help children with life-threatening conditions. The Association of Children's Hospices (ACH) has 50,000 Christmas Star decorations for sale for a minimum £1
THE prospect of having a green burial site in a beautiful corner of Powick has not found favour with parish councillors. They have objected to the proposal for Lord's Wood, at Collett's Green, amid concerns about access, car parking and the effect on
EIGHT North Midlands players will have the chance to impress the England 18-Group selectors when they play in the Divisional Festival at Castlecroft, Wolverhampton this weekend. They have been included in a 35-strong Midlands squad and every player will
WHEN Colin Hoyle stands over the ball at Giant Axe this afternoon it won't be a surprise if Lancaster City's players shows signs of trepidation. Worcester City's centre-half mesmerised supporters at St George's Lane in September after scoring one of the
WORCESTER Triathlon Club members Nick Yarworth and Les Bailey competed in the Exeter Tri Club and Torbay Athletic Club Duathlon held over rolling Devon countryside. The race started with a 3.8 mile run, followed by a 19.8 mile bike and a final run of
YMCA Elizabethans picked up four useful Worcester Table Tennis League Division points with an 8-2 triumph over visiting St George's Dragons. Chris Hughes won his three singles for the home side but was hard pressed to beat Steve Mills 11-9, 7-11, 11-8
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss comes face-to-face with an old friend during today's Coca-Cola League Two derby duel at Whaddon Road. Barking out instructions in the home side's dug-out along with Cheltenham Town's manager John Ward will be
PLEASE, Mr Editor. Surely my printing, which once graced the blackboards of Bromsgrove College of Further Education, is readable? (You Say, Wednesday, December 8). In the interest of accuracy, I actually said "My Christian faith demands that I hate the
DO I detect in your headlines splashed across the Evening News (Wednesday, December 8) an affirmation of your bias against Mike Foster who saw through the building of the new hospital? Yes, the wards named are untidy - but they are not dirty to an unacceptable
WE will bring matches next time, says John Hewlett (You Say, Wednesday, December 8). I think Mrs Pitman owes an apology to all of us who have paid tributes for decades and turn up in all sorts of weather. Every year, we place poppies on a wooden cross
I DISAGREE with the city council's future plans for central Worcester. Another bridge inside the city would be an utter waste of time. Traffic will still be held up in the approach and exit roads of the bridge area. They should do the job properly and
SO Gordon Brown is preparing for the next election with bribes for the same people who are continuously being favoured by him. Yet he is billions of pounds in dept to the IMF and planning to borrow even more despite the fact that the Institute for Fiscal
WHEN reading the comments made by Coun Andrew Roberts under the heading "Nothing for youngsters to do? Nonsense!" I felt I should correct his misleading statements. Coun Roberts is the Adviser to the Cabinet Member responsible for the count council's
TAX defaulters in Worcester will find final warnings among the Christmas cards on their doormat as the city council begins a debt recovery crackdown. The authority has warned that a visit by bailiffs or prison sentence could follow for those not suffering
MINCE pies are being left without their fillings after a series of blunders has led to a county firm without electricity for its mincemeatmaking machinery. John Dunn, of Eaton Mess Patisserie, says he has lost a major contract and had to lay off one employee
THE Evening News' annual carol concert is set to be a Christmas cracker after every ticket was snapped up within the first week. More than 1,200 people and leading dignitaries of the Faithful City are now expected to attend the magical service at Worcester
ASPIRING dancers wishing to learn how to trip the light fantastic should try out a series of new classes being held by danceFEST. From Monday, January 10, at the Angel Centre, Angel Place, Worcester, fans of the musicals can learn dances at a theatre
A PARENT campaigner from Worcester has written to new Education Secretary Ruth Kelly in a last-ditch bid to scupper the reorganisation of special schools. Mary Dhonau sent an urgent e-mail to Mrs Kelly on Thursday, which was her first full day replacing
CHRISTMAS came early for over 70 Dines Green residents who enjoyed a slap-.up festive lunch with all the trimmings on Tuesday. Guests at the Green Centre's annual community Christmas lunch ranged in age from six months to over 80. And they were joined
SANTA has been doing his rounds in Worcester with a different type of sack this week. Kevin Haines, a refuse collector with Worcester City Council, has been dressed as Father Christmas while collecting residents' rubbish. His supervisor, Howard Jacobs
WHEN Colin Hoyle stands over the ball at Giant Axe this afternoon it won't be a surprise if Lancaster City's players shows signs of trepidation. Worcester City's centre-half mesmerised supporters at St George's Lane in September after scoring one of the
WORCESTER Wolves return to the trophy trail at Solent Stars tomorrow -- and have been warned to be on their guard against Larry Parkes. The six-feet seven-inch American has been a free-scoring points machine since joining the Southampton outfit a few
STRIKER David Brown insists Hereford United would need to win every remaining game to finish top of the Conference. Today's fixture against Gravesend and Northfleet at Edgar Street marks the midway point of the season, in which fourth-placed United languish
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss comes face-to-face with an old friend during today's Coca-Cola League Two derby duel at Whaddon Road. Barking out instructions in the home side's dug-out along with Cheltenham Town's manager John Ward will be
JOHN Brain believes Chris Horsman could soon be playing international rugby. Worcester Warriors' tight-head prop has been in superb form since coming back from a broken hand. And the Sixways director of rugby is tipping Horsman to gain international recognition
JOHN Brain believes Chris Horsman could soon be playing international rugby. Worcester Warriors' tight-head prop has been in superb form since coming back from a broken hand. And the Sixways director of rugby is tipping Horsman to gain international recognition
IN reply to K Hemming (You Say, Friday, December 3) "It is now all-out war against the hunting fraternity" am I to understand that the breakdown of this wonderful country of ours is to be blamed on hunting with hounds? Mr Hemming should read the newspapers
WE'VE had someone from Stourport advocating park-and-ride and now another from Pershore on the same theme suggesting Worcester car drivers should be driven off the city roads. How selfish can you get? Park-and-ride is costing Worcester taxpayers thousands
THE anti-hunting lobby might have won the battle, but it is yet to win the war. The day after Worcester MP Mike Foster and his Labour colleagues forced the hunting ban into law, the Countryside Alliance launched a legal challenge. They reckoned the use
