A WEEK of rest and recuperation ended ironically with captain and senior professional sidelined through injury. What further irony that Worcestershire should record their highest score of the year while apparently at their weakest. Stephen Peters took
MIDLANDS TWO (WEST) Saturday, September 3: Malvern v Leamington. Saturday, September 10: Camp Hill v Malvern. Saturday, September 17: Intermediate Cup round one, Ludlow v Malvern. Saturday, September 24: Malvern v Kenilworth. Saturday, October 1: Newport
BEING as he is still alive and living around here, I will refrain from using his name, but in the 1960s he was as fit as a butcher's dog with a right arm like a steam hammer. As he disappeared out through the classroom door into the corridor, we knew
WORCESTER MP Mike Foster has called on council chiefs to use new powers to tackle a rubbish problem blighting a city housing estate. Visiting the area around Teme and Avon Road in Tolladine, Mr Foster said there were signs of improvement but more needed
A DISUSED quarry near Malvern is set to be transformed into a major educational and research centre, thanks to a £123,000 geodiversity project. Whitmans Hill quarry in Storridge has a rich rock and fossil history. The place was once part of the seabed
A YOUNG boy from Worcester who was struck down by meningitis has inspired his father to raise hundreds of pounds for a worthy cause A music event to be held next month will raise even more money for the Meningitis Trust after a football tournament brought
ANDY Preece believes the gloves are off for Worcester City after chalking up their first Nationwide North win. Close-season signings Chris Smith and Graham Hyde both hit the target as City beat Gainsborough Trinity 2-1 at St George's Lane. Victory over
FIXTURES Harvey World Travel Midland Football Alliance Tuesday, August 23, Malvern Town v Stourbridge (7.45). Saturday, August 27, FA Cup, Malvern Town v Mickleover Sports (3.00). Monday, August 29, Westfields v Malvern Town (3.00). Saturday, Sept 3,
MORE than 100 first-time buyers' and family homes could be built on a disused Worcester industrial park. The last business moved off the Brickfields Road site about three years ago and Nexus Housing, which already manages 2,300 houses in Worcestershire
BRILLIANT sunshine complemented the dazzling high-speed performances on the track to ensure the centenary Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb was a triumph. Thousands of spectators packed along the sweeping course near Martley to watch the top cars of today - and
WORCESTER Warriors director of rugby John Brain is not "unduly worried" by any of the injuries his players picked up during Saturday's 24-20 victory at Llanelli. The coaching staff made a number of substitutions during the pre-season friendly and prop
ANDY Preece believes the gloves are off for Worcester City after chalking up their first Nationwide North win. Close-season signings Chris Smith and Graham Hyde both hit the target as City beat Gainsborough Trinity 2-1 at St George's Lane. Victory over
TWO Richard Burgess goals failed to earn Stourport Swifts all three points in Southern League Division One West. The striker netted twice but saw Bracknell Town hit back for a 2-2 draw at Walshes Meadow. Burgess punished a weak clearance on 37 minutes
IS Chris Gayle the right man to help Worcestershire achieve their end-of-season objectives? Supporters certainly hope so. Following the innings and 56-run thrashing of Somerset in the Frizzell County Championship, promotion from Division Two is certainly
WORCESTER pilot Mark Parker is the new world junior gliding champion. Mark Parker, 25, secured the title after the final day's race at Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire was cancelled. In a great display of team flying, the British team made a clean
Saturday, August 20, 2005 WORCESTER Warriors proved they will be no pushover in the Guinness Premiership this season with a powerful performance that saw them overcome Llanelli Scarlets. Warriors' pack looked to be in peak condition as they dominated
MUSLIM preachers Abu Hamza in Belmash, and Omar Bakri have been denied re-entry to the UK. Both look remarkably well-fed on state handouts. ROGER MARTIN, Badsey, Evesham.
FURTHER to Alan Cure's unwarranted attack against me in his letter (Saturday, August 13) I did not dispute in my earlier letter that Britain had played a leading roll in helping to take modern civilisation to many countries. The very serious downside
L SPITERI (Worcester News, Monday, August 15) is obviously unaware that for 30 years, the European Community has successfully kept Britain out of the ring, preventing it entry to even begin to fight her corner. It is a closed shop to Britain and the laughing
JOHN Phillpott wrote (Seven Days, Saturday, August 13) that "park-and-ride is a folly. Oh joy! He also referred to "...the existing tax-eating folly at Perdiswell." I wonder if our councillors actually know that Perdiswell generates losses approaching
If anyone deserved being honoured in the Worcester News' Pride in Worcestershire campaign - which seeks to highlight all that is good about our county - it would be John Lapworth, who has clocked up 10 years of voluntary service at the Elgar Birthplace
A WORCESTER man who started out as a £27-a-week trainee has been appointed area manager of a UK painting company. Darren Bowkett is the new area manager at the Cheltenham office of J & S Seddon Painting Ltd. The 35-year-old is now in charge of 70
A WORCESTERSHIRE pharmaceutical wholesalers has launched a £600,000 expansion. Bromsgrove-based Blake Walker, which supplies pharmacies all over the Midlands and dispensing doctors throughout the country, invested the money in its first self-owned warehouse
CLOTHING chain Matalan has cut about 100 head office jobs and trimmed the workforce at 190 stores as part of a restructuring. But only one job has gone at its Malvern store, based at Malvern Retail Park, Roman Way, a spokeswoman said. Matalan first warned
SO V Festival is 10 years old - who'd have thought it? The two-day musical extravaganza - the nearest of its kind to Worcester and always a popular date with people from the county - started in 1996. Since then it has seen 600 artists gracing the main
A FUNDING crisis means a toy library serving 250 families a week could be forced to close by December. The Borrowers Toy Library, in Barnards Green, costs £80,000 a year to run, but a grant from Children in Need runs out before Christmas. Small grants
THE mother of a seriously-ill Worcester boy has made a heart-felt plea to city people to get walking in aid of a hospice that helps children like her son. Caroline Jordan's 10-year-old son, Alex, has a condition called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a severe
A WORCESTER soldier has been named the best recruit after completing a demanding army training course. Daren Pollock, of Green Lane, Rainbow Hill, has now joined the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters. He said that of the 33 recruits that began the
A WORCESTER bar flung its doors open to drinkers and revellers again last night following a refurbishment. Sketchley's Bar, in Weir Lane, off Bromwich Road, Lower Wick, shut temporarily from Tuesday after a problem with one of the drains caused a water
CRICKET: England Women lost by 65 runs to Australia in the second NatWest series match at Kidderminster's Chester Road North ground. Australia batted first and posted 193-8 from their 50 overs. England were going well at 80-2 in reply but collapsed to
DOGS are being put through their paces to prepare for the biggest and most fun-filled date in a Worcestershire animal centre's calendar. Danemere Animal Rescue Centre is holding a summer spectacular, including a range of dog shows, as well as reptile,
Whenever Mr and Mrs Joe Glovemaker are asked what ills in today's society bother them most, the problem of litter is invariably at the top of their worries. This newspaper has responded to their concerns. Down the years, we have campaigned relentlessly
THE parents of a toddler killed by a car outside his nursery have launched a campaign for a speed clampdown to stop another child's death. Sarah Byrne and Steven Drew won a battle to have the speed limit on the A38 in Fernhill Heath reduced from 40mph
A CLASSIC play penned by Harold Pinter, which portrays the breakdown of relationships in a "wincingly accurate" way, will be staged as part of the Worcester Festival. The "bittersweet" production, Betrayal, will run at Worcester Arts Workshop from tomorrow
WORCESTER Warriors director of rugby John Brain is not "unduly worried" by any of the injuries his players picked up during Saturday's 24-20 victory at Llanelli. The coaching staff made a number of substitutions during the pre-season friendly and prop
EVESHAM United twice hit back from a goal down to register a deserved first Southern League Premier Division point. They drew 2-2 at home to Salisbury City with strikes from skipper Lee Knight and sub Jamie Bailey. Watched by a crowd of 238, they enjoyed
BOWLS: The City of Worcester Ladies Open came to a close with the finals at the weekend. Margaret Wharton Singles final: A Cox (Kings Heath) 21, J Butler (Barbourne) 8. Semi-finals: J Butler (Barbourne) 21, A Lovegrove (Barbourne) 7; M Wothers (Malvern
IS Chris Gayle the right man to help Worcestershire achieve their end-of-season objectives? Supporters certainly hope so. Following the innings and 56-run thrashing of Somerset in the Frizzell County Championship, promotion from Division Two is certainly
L SPITERI "No Future Without EU" (Letters, Monday, August 15) is using the usual wording that pro-EU campaigners use when they have no valid facts to present, or argument to make. "With the EU, but not of it" is what Churchill so rightly advised after
I READ John Phillpott's Seven Days column (Saturday, August 6) and I was intrigued by some of his comments, namely the seagull saga and the Asian community in Worcester. I believe it was the Worcester News, who two months ago initiated the seagull menace
Saturday, August 20, 2005 THERE have not been many times in recent seasons that Kidderminster Harriers can claim to have deserved a big interval lead. But some fine football on Saturday at Scarborough should have really been crowned by more than just
Airport picket DAMP but determined pickets were back outside embattled catering firm Gate Gourmet today after a court injunction limiting their numbers. The firm, which supplies in-flight meals for British Airways, has obtained an order restricting the
THE new owners of MG Rover, Nanjing Automobile, appear to be starting as they mean to go on by flying their own chefs in from China. The Chinese owners apparently do not rate English sandwiches, nor do they like the standard Chinese restaurants in the
YOBBISH behaviour is costing businesses more than £1.3bn a year, according to a survey. Clearing up vomit and urine, repairing smashed shop windows, erasing graffiti and sweeping broken bottles and litter-strewn streets cost each firm which was affected
Worcester Warriors rugby club is once again celebrating outstanding achievements - but this time off the pitch for its marketing and business feats. The club has picked up two gongs at the annual Premier Rugby Marketing Awards, held in Twickenham. It
Saturday, August 20, 2005 CHRIS Smith and Graham Hyde joined the St George's Lane family to help deliver clean sheets to Worcester City. They couldn't quite manage that on Saturday -- but both summer new boys grabbed their first goals in City colours
