Archive

  • Silent tribute

    THE haunting strains of the Last Post filled the Cathedral as hundreds gathered to remember Worcester's war dead. And the Faithful City fell silent as a single gunshot echoed across the flooded River Severn yesterday, to mark the first Remembrance Sunday

  • Charity boost to build new base

    The wait is over at last WORCESTER'S Age Concern charity is to create a new city base after receiving a £500,000 lottery boost. Jubilant staff say they can now press ahead with plans to buy and refurbish a building in the centre. It will give the charity

  • 'We need employment land'

    WORCESTER needs to find at least another 75 acres of employment land even if sites such as the Tolladine Goods Yard are developed, according to a senior planner. "Currently, our stock of commercial buildings is not meeting market demand," says Mark Middleton

  • 'Stolen hearts' parents to sue

    GRIEVING parents fighting for justice after the "stolen hearts" scandal are to sue the NHS Trust which runs Birmingham Children's Hospital. The 80-strong Bereaved Parents Stolen Hearts Group, which includes Worcestershire families, announced the landmark

  • Lone woman attacked in alleyway

    A SEX attacker who grabbed a woman in an alley before throwing her to the ground and assaulting her is being hunted by police. Witnesses are being urged to come forward after the "nasty" late-night attack in the Charford area of Bromsgrove. Police said

  • Man admitted raids

    A BURGLAR who admitted two daylight raids in a week on homes in Aggborough Crescent has been sent by magistrates for sentence by a crown court judge. Paul Griffin, 23, of Cobham Road, Kidderminster, was bailed to Worcester Crown Court on November 27.

  • Murder inquiry launched after woman's body found

    POLICE have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a young woman's body in Rashwood, near Droitwich. A man walking his dog in a country lane found the woman, who has not yet been named, at 8.30am on Sunday. Officers have begun a detailed

  • Village is shaken by grisly find

    SHOCKED villagers have spoken of their horror at the second murder to hit the area in five years. Staff at the nearby Robin Hood pub served lunchtime drinkers as the grisly news filtered through yesterday. Horrified customers - already drawing comparisons

  • SAVAGE KILLER ON THE LOOSE

    A KILLER was being hunted today after a young woman's naked body was found dumped in an isolated lane near Droitwich. Her battered corpse was found at Rashwood yesterday by a man walking his dog. He made the find at 8.30am in the narrow, dead-end lane

  • Lack of patience cost us -- Cooke

    GEOFF Cooke bemoaned Worcester Rugby Club's lack of patience after seeing his side dumped out the Tetley's Bitter Cup by Premiership top dogs Saracens yesterday. Sixways' chief executive pointed to the final 20 minutes of the first-half of the match as

  • Tough lesson to learn says captain

    WORCESTER Rugby Club skipper Alistair Murdoch admitted his side were just beaten by the better side as they crashed out of Tetley's Bitter Cup with a 42-13 fifth round defeat at Premiership leaders Saracens yesterday. The Australian was once again central

  • Durnin poised to sign new deal

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby expects to complete a deal later this week which will keep striker John Durnin at Aggborough for the rest of the season. The 35-year-old former Oxford United and Portsmouth campaigner has been on a month long contract

  • Droitwich go clear at top of table

    DROITWICH Rugby Club opened up a one point lead at the top of the Midlands Four West South table with a battling 11-5 home victory over Cleobury Mortimer on Saturday. Their nearest challengers are now Silhillians who were held to a 0-0 draw when they

  • Control to take charge

    TAKE Control can live up to his name with a command performance in the Newton Abbot Novices' Chase at the Devon track tomorrow. Martin Pipe is taking the "softly softly" approach with this six-year-old Roselier gelding. He has bags of talent but was not

  • SAVAGE KILLER ON THE LOOSE

    A KILLER was being hunted today after a young woman's naked body was found dumped in an isolated lane near Droitwich. Her battered corpse was found at Rashwood yesterday by a man walking his dog. He made the find at 8.30am in the narrow, dead-end lane

  • King's legacy

    THE legacy of Martin Luther King gets an airing at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Tuesday. The Dreamer - Days and Nights of An American Dream, tells his story through Mary, whose boyfriend John has recently been killed in a racist attack outside a nightclub

  • Adventure

    A tale of romance and high adventure is being told at Birmingham Rep. The Ramayana recounts the Odyssey of Rama, a great king of ancient India and plays until November 11. Cherished throughout India and Asia for millennia, The Ramayana has been preserved

  • Out and About

    On display MECHANICAL engineer turned artist David Greenwood exhibits his work at Ilmington Village hall this weekend. Exhibits will include jewellery, calligraphy, carving and painting and should reflect the artist's varied influences. The exhibition

  • Tips for scribes

    TALENTED scribes looking for a leg-up to stardom can receive help in the shape of playwright Noel Greig, who will be offering professional tips at a workshop next month. The sessions have been by drama group Stagecoach, which is looking for new playwriting

  • EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS

    Ambulance Fire, Police Dial 999. Click for utilities:- Electricity Midlands Electricity:- All numbers now centralised for all areas. Emergenices: 0345 331331. General enquiries: 0345 353637. Southern Electricity Oxford District: Woodstock Road, Yarnton

  • Not as easy

    ALISON Fraser writes (Counterpoints, November 3) "people can now download e-books from web-sites on to a desktop or portable computer." Surely computers are not as easy to read as the printed page? GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.

  • HM Taxes

    Banbury: Crown Buildings, Southam Road 01295 225000. Cheltenham: Parabola Road, Cheltenham, G50 3BE 01242 585585. Evesham: Lower Leys 01386 712800. Gloucester District: Bentinck House, Bruton Way 01452 397000. Oxford District 1, 2 and 3: Trinity House

  • Rail the answer

    IN view of our present flood crisis, fuel crisis and the "green" issues regarding "park and ride" can I, as a resident of St John's, ask yet again why the decision who made to close both Henwick Halt and Rushwick Halt Stations? In previous flood situations

  • Electricity

    Midlands Electricity plc Severn region - NOW NPOWER Emergencies: 08457 331331.. Other enquiries: 08457 353637.

  • On track for cash

    I AM writing on behalf of The Cancer Research Campaign as the charity's patron for Breast Cancer Awareness Month to thank everyone in the area for their superb support throughout October. They were among the thousands of people nationwide who took part

  • Bitter Experience

    THE disastrous consequences of the floods is a grave and bitter experience for those most affected. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's promises of help, voiced on Breakfast With Frost, must be welcomed. We should not be scoring political points. JOHN

  • Courts

    Magistrates Banbury, N. Oxfordshire and Chipping Norton: 01295 452000. Cheltenham: St George's Road 01242 532323. Cirencester: 01285 652270. Evesham and Pershore: Law Courts, Ombersley Street, Droitwich. 01905 771089. Leamington: 3 Newbold Terrace, south

  • Such Surprise

    CONSERVATIVE county councillors were surprised to see both the Prime Minister and his Deputy touring the county's floods this week. Perhaps they came to see self-help and good housekeeping under adversity by local people - they did, after all, cut the

  • Careers

    Banbury: 2 Broughton Road, Banbury. 01295 256224. Cheltenham: 4 Imperial Square, 01242 250317. Evesham: Swan Lane, Evesham 01386 421111. Stratford-upon-Avon and South Warwickshire: The Willows. off Alcester Road 01789 266841. Pershore: Head St 01386 504700

  • Britain's shortage of skills due to low pay

    HOW dare N Taylor (Evening News, November 2) suggest that youngsters are defrauding the nation. The shortage of skills in this country is due to poor wages (even pre-tax), and the lazy way in which British companies operate within realms of new technologies

  • Registrars

    Banbury: 33a Crouch Street, Banbury. 01295 262163. Chipping Norton: Welch Way, Witney. 01993 703062. Cirencester: Sheep Street, Cirencester. 01285 652893. Evesham: County Offices, Swan Lane, Evesham. 01386 443945. North Cotswolds: Council Offices, High

  • Libraries

    Gloucestershire County: Library Arts and Museum Service. 01452 425020. Worcestershire: County Council Libraries and School Library Service. Bibliographical and School Library Service. 01905 766234. Oxfordshire: County Council Libraries HQ. 01865 873766

  • Saracens 42 Worcester 13

    Sunday, November 12, 2000 WORCESTER Rugby Club's Tetley's Bitter Cup hopes fizzled out yesterday when they went down 42-13 to a slick Saracens side at Vicarage Road. However, despite the hefty defeat, Adrian Skeggs' side enjoyed some good moments and

  • Christmas lights countdown

    THE countdown to Christmas in Stratford is set to be tinged with a touch of Hollywood as Disney's best loved characters will be rolling into town to help with the big switch on of Stratford's festive light display. Aladdin, the Little Mermaid and Beauty

  • New era for primary school

    LAST Friday (November 10) was a great day in the history of Shipston Primary School. Lord Howe, formerly Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe, visited the school to open its new £500,000 extension, named the Stephen Gray Annexe in honour of the recently-retired

  • Housing management changes

    ELGAR Housing Association has announced changes to the way it manages its homes in the Malvern area. It currently owns and manages around 3,500 homes in the town and the surrounding area and has until recently managed the properties through two separate

  • Cheese company in plans to expand business

    WORCESTER-based Axis is considering the merits of expansion after launching a bid for a Welsh cheese company. Negotiations have already started between Axis and Aeron Valley Cheese owner Milk Marque. Axis was formed earlier this year after a Competition

  • Dominant mail

    Small firm in line for major bank accolade RECOVERING critical mail from disaster-hit companies could see a Worcestershire firm named HSBC Small Business of the Year. Critical Mail Continuity Services, based in Pershore, is one of just eight companies

  • Alcestis, Northern Broadside, TOP, Stratford

    JUST how much we lost in the death of Poet Laureate ted Hughes is forcefully clear in this stunning production. The ancient Greek play of a woman's self-sacrifice for her husband's life is brought vigorously to life by Hughes' muscular, driving script

  • Village is shaken by grisly find

    SHOCKED villagers have spoken of their horror at the second murder to hit the area in five years. Staff at the nearby Robin Hood pub served lunchtime drinkers as the grisly news filtered through yesterday. Horrified customers - already drawing comparisons

  • Residents refuse to be evacuated

    HOMEOWNERS in a flood-hit Bewdley street refused to be evacuated when a section of a riverside road collapsed. Part of the road surface in Severnside North fell away in three places on Saturday, while a section of the quayside wall had also collapsed,

  • Hotel burglar sent to prison

    A former Worcester man who boasted he was "a career criminal" burgled a city hotel a week after being released from jail. Dean Ludlow entered the manager's room at The Severn View in Newport Street and stole his credit card. His girlfriend - the mother

  • Pledge on BSE-tainted water scare

    WATER chiefs have assured Worcestershire customers there is no threat to their supply after fears that BSE-contaminated chemicals may have leaked into the river Severn. Environment Agency officials revealed that seven drums of Ministry of Agriculture

  • Hat-trick of awards

    THREE Cleobury Mortimer butchers are sporting new certificates showing they have come out tops in a new hygiene ranking. South Shropshire District Council has congratulated meat traders A.Hems, Cope and The Salad Bowl who are among 19 in the district

  • Sparkling start

    LOOK Out World - here comes Vale Connection Harmony Ladies Barbershop Chorus. This song, which opened their recent sell-out first show at Evesham Arts Centre could prove to be their theme tune. Rapturous applause and enthusiastic comments from the audience

  • Still making mewsic. . .

    WHEN Wendy Jacobs was looking to raise money for charity she didn't pussyfoot around - she called in Cats Eyes. Family connections meant she was able to bring back the band to its Evesham roots for the first time in five years with a gig that should get

  • Cenotaph step in quest for pardon

    AS poppies begin to fade after another Remembrance weekend, there's a compelling ray of hope that one of Britain's greatest injustices may yet be put right. It may have been over in a matter of minutes, but the Cenotaph march-past by families of men shot

  • 13/11/00 - Durnin poised to sign new deal

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby expects to complete a deal later this week which will keep striker John Durnin at Aggborough for the rest of the season. The 35-year-old former Oxford United and Portsmouth campaigner has been on a month long contract

  • 13/1100 - Convincing KCs too deadly for Exiles

    KIDDERMINSTER Carolians Rugby Club triumphed 30-3 in their Midlands Three West North victory over Birmingham Exiles at Marl-pool Lane. It was only the second league win of the season for KCs, but a very convincing one. Exiles are a poor shadow of their

  • 13/11/00 - Durnin poised to sign new deal

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby expects to complete a deal later this week which will keep striker John Durnin at Aggborough for the rest of the season. The 35-year-old former Oxford United and Portsmouth campaigner has been on a month long contract

  • Injuries hamper City's cup plans

    WORCESTER City are sweating on the fitness of four key players before tonight's Dr Martens Cup first round clash with Blakenall at St George's Lane (7.45). Defender Martin Weir and striker Carl Tranter could both be in line for returns providing there

  • Wolves forced to earn points

    WORCESTER Wolves made it six wins in seven attempts in the National Basketball League Division Three - but they were made to work hard for the privilege. They defeated Birm-ingham University 67-57 at University Coll-ege Worcester yesterday, but there's

  • Pressure gets to Finbow as Butler serves up defeat

    DAVE Finbow departed the Benson and Hedges Snooker Championship last night admitting: "In a way I'm glad it's all over." Alfrick based Finbow again failed to do himself justice at the Willie Thorne Snooker Club in Malvern and said afterwards: "The pressure

  • Every day story of panto folk

    ARCHERS radio star Neil Carter, alias Brian Hewlett, is swapping farmyard tales for pantomime frippery at the Everyman Theatre this year. He will don fancy frocks as Lettitia Lansdown in Jack and the Beanstalk, joined by local actor Anthony Young as Sir

  • Hereford United 3 Forest Green Rovers 1

    Saturday, November 11, 2000 HEREFORD United notched their third straight Nationwide Conference win and kept up their unbeaten home league record at Edgar Street with a 3-1 win over Forest Green Rovers. Forest Green have never beaten United in the Conference

  • 13/11/00 -Tough lesson to learn says captain

    WORCESTER Rugby Club skipper Alistair Murdoch admitted his side were just beaten by the better side as they crashed out of Tetley's Bitter Cup with a 42-13 fifth round defeat at Premiership leaders Saracens yesterday. The Australian was once again central

  • 13/11/00 - Lack of patience cost us -- Cooke

    GEOFF Cooke bemoaned Worcester Rugby Club's lack of patience after seeing his side dumped out the Tetley's Bitter Cup by Premiership top dogs Saracens yesterday. Sixways' chief executive pointed to the final 20 minutes of the first-half of the match as

  • Woman indecently assaulted on estate

    POLICE are urging a dog walker to come forward who may hold vital clues to the indecent assault on a 20-year-old woman in Bromsgrove. The victim was grabbed and thrown to the floor by the attacker as she walked along an alleyway between Grafton Crescent

  • Cool reception for fuel tax freeze

    TOO little, too late is the verdict of hauliers in Bromsgrove on Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget statement, designed to silence New Labour's critics, while pensioners gave it a cautious welcome. Mr Brown has proposed an inflation-busting £5 increase

  • 13/11/00 - Injuries hamper City's cup plans

    WORCESTER City are sweating on the fitness of four key players before tonight's Dr Martens Cup first round clash with Blakenall at St George's Lane (7.45). Defender Martin Weir and striker Carl Tranter could both be in line for returns providing there

  • Lone woman attacked in alleyway

    A SEX attacker who grabbed a woman in an alley before throwing her to the ground and assaulting her is being hunted by police. Witnesses are being urged to come forward after the "nasty" late-night attack in the Charford area of Bromsgrove. Police said

  • Water

    Environment Agency: 0645 333111, 24-hour emergency hotline, 0800 807060. Severn Trent Leakline: 0800 585940. Severn Trent all other enquiries: 0800 783 4444. The Lower Avon Navigation Trust Ltd: Trust office: Mill Wharf, Mill Lane, Wyre Piddle, 01386

  • Witness

    HYLTON Road is the chosen site for a supermarket on the Westside of Worcester by Jim Panter and his merry band of objectors to the proposed Sainsbury's site. I sincerely hope Jim and company witnessed the floodwater that engulfed Hylton Road... J A DANIELS

  • Police

    Gloucestershire Constabulary HQ: 01242 521321. Thames Valley Police HQ: 01865 846000). Warwick Constabulary HQ: 01926 415000. West Mercia Constabulary HQ: 01905 723000. Alcester:01789 762207. Banbury: 01295 252525. Bourton-on-the-Water: 01451 820222.

  • But will we learn much?

    MR Prescott was apparently on good form in the Commons, during the "storm" debate. "Two Jags John" said the storms serve as a "wake-up call over global warming". It now appears that the original forecast, for a three-degree rise in global temperatures

  • Railways

    Times and fares: 0345 484950. Railtrack Helpline including emergencies: 0345 114141. Customer Services Central Trains Ltd: 01216 543833. Thames Trains Ltd: 0118 9083678. Virgin: 0121 654 7400. Chiltern Railways Co Ltd: 01296 332114. Great Western Trains

  • Tourism

    Broadway: 1 Cotswold Court, The Green, Broadway. 01386 852937 (March - December). Burford: Sheep Street. 01993 823558. Chipping Norton: Guildhall. 01608 644379. Cirencester: The Cornhall, Market Place. 01285 654180. Evesham: The Almonry Museum, Abbey

  • Volunteers

    Banbury and District: Borough House, Marlborough Road. 01295 279515. Cheltenham and District: 51 Rodney Road, Cheltenham. 01242 515388. Pershore and District Voluntary Help Centre: 16 Priest Lane, Pershore WR10 1EB. 01386 554299. Shipston-on-Stour: Volunteer

  • District valuers

    Gloucestershire: Ley Court, Barnet Way. 01452 360200. Oxfordshire: 01865 792422. Warwickshire: 01926 435555. Worcestershire: Block A, Government Buildings, Whittington Road, Worcester. 01905 687600.

  • Trading standards

    Gloucestershire: Hillfield House, Denmark Road, Gloucester. 01452 426200. Oxfordshire: PO Box 618, County Hall. 01865 815000. Warwickshire: Advice Line: 01926 414000. HQ, Old Budbrooke Road. 01926 414040. Worcestershire: 01905 765763. 01905 765362.

  • Benefits Agency

    Banbury: Crown Buildings, Southam Road, Banbury. 01295 455000. Cheltenham: Rivershill House, St George's Road, 01242 843400 Coventry Benefits Agency: Cofa Court, Cheylesmore, Coventry. 02476 232200. Gloucester: Cedar House, Spa Road (off Southgate Street

  • Carry on George

    HOW many people put pen to paper these days? Not many. Carry on George Cowley- and amuse us with your humour. N H ATKINS, Kempsey.

  • Arcade Disaster

    WELL done Mr Spiteri, I fully agree with your comments about the Arcade gates. In fact, I would go further. The whole arcade is a disaster! The previous one had character, this one has none at all - not to mention the light-coloured paving stones! GLADYS

  • Legends, lessons of the flood

    REGARDING the floods in Hylton Road, my son was born in February, 1946. There was a big flood in that year and an even bigger one in 1947. In 1946, the Evening News ran a story about the water baby of Hylton Road. A Daily Mirror reporter came down Hylton

  • Former mayor dies

    PERSHORE'S former mayor Councillor Elizabeth Turier died at the weekend, three weeks after resigning as mayor due to ill health. Coun Turier was an active member of various organisations including Pershore Tourism Association and the heritage centre.

  • Bromsgrove Rovers 0 Tiverton Town1

    Saturday, November 11, 2000 A SOLITARY goal from former Blackburn Rovers player Nicky Marker was enough to give eighth-placed Tiverton Town maximum points at Bromsgrove Rovers in the Dr Martens League Western Division on Saturday. The visitors took early

  • Hartlepool United 3 Kidderminster Harriers 1

    Saturday, November 11, 2000 KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby pointed to two crucial decisions by referee Uriah Rennie - but it was his side's inability to defend corners that sentenced them to a 3-1 defeat at Hartlepool United. Molby felt striker

  • To Be a Farmer's Boy, Worcester Swan

    THE first thing you notice about this production is that the stage is covered in real earth. Not fake earth or a clever piece of trickery, but barrow-loads of fertile peat. It's as if someone had ploughed the stage the night before and the play itself