A HOUSING estate in Droitwich which came under fire from a resident for the amount of rubbish and decay in the area has undergone a spring clean. The Worcester News reported on Tuesday how Martin Griffin had posted photos of the litter on the Westlands
VISITORS to Croome Park, near Pershore, were swept back to the 1940s at the weekend when the estate commemorated the 60th anniversary of VE day. The site, now owned by the National Trust, was home to RAF Defford during the Second World War. Around 2,500
HELP could soon be at hand for Malvern Hills residents at their wits' end as to what to do with old items such as bikes. District council chiefs are exploring setting up a 'recycling resource exchange' website for people to list such items, either surplus
FUND-RAISERS travelled from around the country to take part in Saturday's 21st anniversary Malvern Hills charity walk for St Richard's Hospice. Organisers hailed the event 'absolutely fantastic' with about 700 sponsored walkers taking part in two, five
TENBURY could have up to 13 new parking spaces after a long-running stream of complaints from residents, motorists and visitors over the lack of places. At a meeting, held last week to discuss parking problems in the town, Mr John Wallace, traffic and
Yate Town 2, Evesham Utd 0 WHEN the going got tough, United just didn't get going, writes Mervyn Collins. A first defeat in seven matches isn't the end of the world for Saturday's losers but the manner of defeat certainly puts a huge question mark against
Evesham Utd Ladies 1, Phoenix Hereford 4 UNITED'S run of poor form since the turn of the year continued as they crashed out of the Knockout Cup. Goalkeeper Mandy Upton made a couple of fine saves in the opening quarter before her opposite number denied
PROBLEMS at the WREC started last July when the Big Lottery Fund investigated - and then cleared - Dr Aslam over project management fees he pocketed. He was then suspended, investigated and cleared over claims he falsified casework figures before equality
RATION books and bomb shelters were on show at a Malvern school this month as youngsters got into the wartime spirit to mark the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe. Members of the Chase High School's history club put together a display of ration books
A THOUSAND jobs could be created if old farmland is turned into a business park - but residents have already voiced their hostility to the scheme. The controversial 27-acre Grove Farm site, on the western city boundary is being eyed up for regeneration
A special bus service is to be expanded to cover a city estate poorly covered by public transport. Worcestershire County Council is extending the Warndon flexiLINK service to include the Prestwich Avenue area of Worcester, in Newtown and Ronkswood. The
JOHN Brain blamed Worcester's front row problems for the 23-10 European Shield final defeat. The Sixways director of rugby was brutally honest about the competition's importance in their season, but believed that injuries to their props left Worcester
NORTH Midlands were the only winners of the four Midlands rugby counties in action in the three County Championship competitions over the weekend. The defending County Championship Shield holders booked their place in a second consecutive Shield final
THE Worcestershire Cricket Board will officially launch its new community coaching programme on June 1 at New Road, prior to the Frizzell County Championship game against Durham. The initiative will allow the introduction of three new development coaches
ON a rain interrupted day, Worcester entertained Coleshill and managed to hang on for a draw in their Birmingham Cricket League Division Three encounter. Coleshill, batting first, got off to a good start and their openers put on 56 for the first wicket
STUART Watkiss intends to use his talent for spotting promising young players in order to cope at cash-strapped Kidderminster Harriers next season. The Harriers manager will assemble a 20-strong squad that can then be supplemented by long and short-term
David Busst: Manager Took over midway through last season after several years in charge at Solihull Bor-ough. Played for Coventry City until an horrific injury at Old Trafford ended his career in 1996. Highly respected at this level of football. Paul
Saturday, May 21, 2005 IT was difficult to assess who was the least enthusiastic. Was it John Brain, the Worcester players or this reporter? Billed as a day for the supporters, a second-string Worcester side went through the motions of this European farce
THE recent exposure of the proposed 48-hour working week within the EU Working Time Directive clearly shows that the UK is no longer governed from Westminster. The final decision as to whether we are allowed to opt out of this directive and decide for
PETER Luff says in "Your MP writes" (Thursday, May 19) "the new government may have a majority in Parliament, but it certainly doesn't have a mandate from the people... Labour will govern with the consent of only a little over a fifth of the electorate
ON Sunday morning, I decided as one does to stroll around Pitchcroft with my dog. As I neared the river, I heard a commotion and saw the river was alive with canoeists paddling in earnest I decide to walk along the path by the river and towards the Canoe
A MAN who has worked for Evesham-based Dawn Foods for 15 years has been given a long service award - and is now known by colleagues as Mr Dawn. John Gelley, technical sales leader at the bakery manufacturers, has been awarded an honorary service badge
WITH a contemporary new logo, bright colours and strong imagery everywhere, the 2005 Business Festival, at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, is more attractive than ever, according to its organisers. But, it's not just about pretty window dressing
CREATIVE youngsters at Northwick Manor Junior School raised hundreds of pounds for their school by making a huge kilometre-long paper-chain. Each of the 12 classes were given just half-an-hour to stick as many paper links together as they could before
ALMOST £35,000 has been paid out by Worcestershire County Council to pedestrians who have tripped and fallen over uneven pavements. The news comes after The Worcester News revealed last week that a Department of Transport report found that 60 per cent
FOUR clever canines have shot to success by coming second in a national dog show. The Worcester Arrows and their owners fought off stiff competition from 19 other teams to secure their place at the All About Dogs show in Essex. Border collies Slate, Ike
HAPPY Hour is set to end in many Worcestershire bars and pubs in a bid to clamp down on binge drinking and the resultant violence. The measure is being introduced by the members of the British Beer and Pub Association, which together have around 32,000
A VEGAN band of protesters gathered outside a Co-op in Malvern to demonstrate against what they claim are cruel farming methods against ducks - even though the store doesn't sell duck meat. Members of the Three Counties Vegans, based in Malvern, stood
ALMOST a third of Worcestershire's road network is in a state of disrepair, according to Government report. The National Statistics study for the Department of Transport warned that the lives of motorists and cyclists were being put at risk when they
THERE are few people who would deny a club's right to protect children under its care from the pervasive influence of paedophiles. Any organisation which has to care for young people, for any length of time, has a responsibility to ensure that those youngsters
TEN league games after this weekend's Southern League Division One West clash with Swindon at Common Road and Evesham United will be going flat out to win them all! That appealing statistic would guarantee the championship for Dave Busst's men but nothing
AN almost full-strength squad will be out for revenge at Common Road on Saturday when a fourth successive Southern League Division West win will further strengthen Evesham United's hopes of promotion. Manager Dave Busst will welcome back Lee Knight, Neil
THE notorious Causeway Ground at Cinderford again proved unplayable today when the match referee called off the Division One West match around 1.30pm. The pitch was deemed fit at 11am when a local official was called in but heavy rain from around 12.30pm
Thame Utd 0, Evesham Utd 4 THERE was a swagger about the way the Robins went about Saturday's Division One West business and the scoreline amply reflects their superiority, writes Mervyn Collins. The fact that Thame were harshly reduced to ten men on
PROUD dads have been forbidden from cheering their football-playing daughters from the sidelines - because the club is afraid of paedophiles. Two parents have complained about Worcester City Football Club after being asked to step behind a fence by bosses
TWENTY members of BBC Hereford & Worcester were expected to strike today over plans to cut 4,000 jobs across the corporation. Presenters Dave Bradley and Nathan Turvey were among union members on a picket outside the station's Worcester office, in
THE Force was with cinema-goers on Saturday when Darth Vader and his henchmen made a guest appearance at a showing of the new Star Wars film. Movie fans at Worcester's Odeon enjoyed the chance to mingle with characters and buy toys from the final chapter
A MYSTERIOUS collection of portrait photographs taken by a county artist are due to go on show in Bromsgrove. Joseph Hughes' photos - many of them portraits of people from Worcestershire - which he took in the early 1900s, were first shown in public in
WEDDING bells are set to ring for an Evesham couple who found love on an interactive TV channel. Little did Katie Townsend know that a bored Friday night in front of the set would lead to her finding the man of her dreams. But within 10 minutes of signing
THE headteacher of a Worcester primary school is frustrated at the time it is taking for safety measures to be installed that will protect his pupils when crossing a busy road. Traffic outside St George's Primary School, in St George's Lane North, has
THE sleek, shiny and curvy interior of a city bowling alley has wowed judges into giving them a top design award. The Bowl Xtreme centre beside Canon's Gym on Droitwich Road won Best Bowling Centre Design of the Year 2004 at the Tenpinbowling Proprietors
WORCESTERSHIRE are favourites to claim their third Frizzell Championship success of the season against Essex today but, with the pitch offering some help, the result is far from a foregone conclusion. After being left a modest 167 to win the Division
JOHN Brain blamed Worcester's front row problems for the 23-10 European Shield final defeat. The Sixways director of rugby was brutally honest about the competition's importance in their season, but believed that injuries to their props left Worcester
STUART Watkiss intends to use his talent for spotting promising young players in order to cope at cash-strapped Kidderminster Harriers next season. The Harriers manager will assemble a 20-strong squad that can then be supplemented by long and short-term
DROITWICH Spa golfer John Bickerton finished well down the field at the Nissan Irish Open. Bickerton ended nine-over par on the tough Maynooth course with a final round of 78 and was ranked joint 72nd with Swede Mattias Eliasson. The Worcestershire man
MORE than 1,000 young athletes of the future took part in the Worcestershire All Sports Partnership (WASP) Youth Games at Nunnery Wood Sports Complex. Yesterday's event was the seventh, featuring athletes of the future aged between 10 and 16 representing
DIRECTORS of cricket may not have the same aura as football bosses. The round-ball game is so far removed from anything within modern sport today. However, whatever game you play, it goes without saying that there must be a leader, some sort of focal
WORCESTERSHIRE are favourites to claim their third Frizzell Championship success of the season against Essex today but, with the pitch offering some help, the result is far from a foregone conclusion. After being left a modest 167 to win the Division
THE Worcester North Park-and-Ride service to the city operates at 10-minute intervals between 7am and 7pm from Monday to Saturday providing a total of 432 buses in either direction per week. Assuming, optimistically, that each bus carries only six persons
I REFER to the recent comments by the City Fathers that a large sum is to be spent to make Worcester on a par with and compete with among others The City of Chester. This city which has many attributes can never compete with the beautiful City of Chester
Co-op ethics THE Co-operative Bank turned down £8.7m in business last year due to ethical and ecological policies, figures showed. The Manchester-based society said it had reaped the rewards of its stance on issues such as the environment - with more
THE housing market is showing signs of stabilising despite prices falling for the 11th month in a row, figures showed today. Property website Hometrack said prices eased by 0.1 per cent during the four weeks to Tuesday, May 17, the third consecutive month
STAFF at Land Rover's design and engineering headquarters are being kept warm - thanks to Droitwich-based burner manufacturer Nu-Way. The Vines Lane company supplied 16 gas burners at Land Rover's premises in Gaydon, Warwickshire after a survey at the
AN MG Rover car dealership in Kidderminster closed at the weekend. Phoenix Venture Motors, on Worcester Road, was the latest branch of the dealership chain to shut its doors. The news follows the demise of the Longbridge based car manufacturer. Four members
A WORCESTER tool hire company has won a £1.5m contract with Severn Trent Water thanks to its determination to keep ahead of the industry when it comes to health and safety issues. WHC Hire Services, based in Bath Road, has secured the major contract to
