A MAN had a miraculous escape after a lorry careered into the living room of his house near Malvern. Tony Smallwood was sitting in his chair when the west-bound vehicle, which had been in collision with a van on the Worcester-Hereford road, smashed into
A TEENAGE driver and his 14-year-old friend died when their speeding car spun off the road after hitting a fence post dumped on the carriageway. Eighteen-year-old Warren Taylor and his passenger Kirsty Goodes were killed instantly when the Ford Escort
A UNIQUE scheme has been launched around a Worcester high school to boost standards in numeracy and literacy. The Worcester Education Achievement Zone is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. The pioneering scheme was devised by Worcestershire's
A BUSINESSMAN'S sister-in-law was killed when the car he was driving plunged down a bank and hit a tree. Eighty-year-old Margaret Sands could have survived the crash but had failed to fasten her seat belt in the back of the Rover Sterling, an inquest
THERE'S something both very exciting and exceedingly important going on in Worcester. It's happening in a place and a way which deserves to make people all round the city - and beyond - sit up and take notice. The Worcester Education Achievement Zone
WORCESTER Rugby Club star Earl Va'a has been passed fit for tomorrow's National League Division One clash with Otley at Sixways (3pm). The Samoan international has missed the past four weeks with a hand injury but was given the green light yesterday for
WORCESTER hooker Alex Wendon has been called into the North Midlands 18-Group side for tomorrow's Midlands Divisional Championship match against Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire at Paviors RFC in Nottingham (2.30pm). Wendon was on the replacements' bench
WORCESTER Wolves have to make two changes for tomorrow's top-of-the-table clash at Barking in the National Basketball League Division Three (5pm). Dwayne Ewart and Lee Clark are both unavailable for the trip to Essex, so Karl Wurmli and Javier Alcaraz
THE next 10 days could be crucial to Worcester City's Dr Martens League Premier Division title challenge. Due to their cup commitments and the bad weather, City had not played a league match in almost four weeks before today's planned trip to Stafford
ALLY McLean is hoping Sunday's clash with Otley kick-starts his Worcester Rugby Club career after a few stalls since his summer move from Bedford. The flying Scotsman makes only his second start in a Gold'n'Blue jersey in the National Division One encounter
ALLY McLean is hoping Sunday's clash with Otley kick-starts his Worcester Rugby Club career after a few stalls since his summer move from Bedford. The flying Scotsman makes only his second start in a Gold'n'Blue jersey in the National Division One encounter
THE next 10 days could be crucial to Worcester City's Dr Martens League Premier Division title challenge. Due to their cup commitments and the bad weather, City had not played a league match in almost four weeks before today's planned trip to Stafford
AS a result of the appeal we made last year for used postage stamps, foreign coins, supermarket reward cards and other items of value to us, we had an absolutely amazing response from the kind readers of this newspaper. The British Kidney Patient Association
OVEMBER must bring back many memories for old soldiers, listening to the "bombs" going off. They are definitely not fireworks! R V FOWLER, Worcester.
CONVICTED paedophile Andrew Sadler was still behind bars today after his appeal against his four-year sentence was delayed. The shamed 51-year-old, of Britannia Square, Worcester, was sent to prison in September, for sexual corruption and having sex with
SECONDARY school pupils in Worcestershire are to benefit from an £813,369 Government handout aimed at raising education standards. The investment will ensure that secondary schools build on the success of primary schools in raising standards in literacy
REGULAR ecstasy users can pop as many as 10 pills in a night, Worcester magistrates were told. The figure came to light during the sentencing of city man Andrew White who was caught with 21 tablets in his possession. Justices were told tolerance to the
FLOOD victims who would like to be considered for part of a £6,900 emergency fund have days left to apply. The chairman of the Worcestershire branch of Lions International has offered the cash for people who have lost personal belongings, such as clothes
THE second stage of an initiative to enhance bus services for patients and visitors attending hospitals in Worcestershire will be launched next Monday. People will now be able to travel from Worcester to the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch on Mondays to
MANAGER Jan Molby plans to give more players the chance to shine in trials for Kidderminster Harriers. "I think if there's an opportunity to have a look at good players on a trial period then it's always worth it," said the former Liverpool ace. Recently
PAUL Sturgess is hoping to emerge from his injury nightmare and re-establish himself in the Hereford United line-up. The 25-year-old full-back had to wait until last Saturday to make his first Bulls first-team appearance of the season following a knee
MANAGER Jan Molby plans to give more players the chance to shine in trials for Kidderminster Harriers. "I think if there's an opportunity to have a look at good players on a trial period then it's always worth it," said the former Liverpool ace. Recently
WORCESTER Swimming Club's senior swimmers did very well to take third place in the second round of the Speedo League First Division at Rugby. A young team, including only one girl over the age of 13, surpassed all expectations and after a tense battle
BUS driver Andy Powell thought he had seen enough bare-faced cheek from yobs hurling missiles at him. But that was before a female passenger clad in just a coat exposed herself as he took a break in Worcester. The middle-aged woman provocatively asked
WORCESTER Rugby Club star Earl Va'a has been passed fit for tomorrow's National League Division One clash with Otley at Sixways (3pm). The Samoan international has missed the past four weeks with a hand injury but was given the green light yesterday for
"STORM Tanks unable to cope" read the headline (Evening News, November 8). How strange to see the Lower Wick Sewage plant described as "state of the art" after only being in use for the last 26 years. I would like to point out that it's not Victorian
I WOULD like to say a big thank-you to First Midland Red Bus Service which kept the buses running through the recent bad weather. The inspectors and drivers kept up a cheerful conversation with all passengers, which made the situation so much more bearable
IT is becoming common practice with some poor-quality national daily newspapers to refer to Mrs Blair as "First Lady". It has to be clearly stated that Mrs Blair has no position other than that of the wife of the man who is Prime MinIster for the time
WORCESTER'S flood levels are recorded on the Cathedral Water Gate. These do not give the correct heights for north of the bridge. In the 1947 floods, the level on the north side was 1ft 1in (330mm) higher than the south. This was measured with great difficulty
RICHARD Spencer implies that the current organisation of Britain's railways was imposed by European directive 91/440, the so-called Railway Directive (Evening News, November 7). This is wholly misleading. The directive, aimed at liberalising Europe's
HERE is an everyday tale of the recent floods and the effect they had on Worcester. Dateline: 3.15pm Henwick Road, Friday, November 10. The floods have now receded enough for the Worcester City bridge to re-open. Traffic is flowing reasonably through
CONGRATULATIONS on your superb coverage of this year's flood disaster - if things become much worse we will soon need a hose pipe ban! Your editorial on Saturday, November 4 "The good lesson that went missing" was harsh on teachers in Worcestershire,
PAUL Sturgess is hoping to emerge from his injury nightmare and re-establish himself in the Hereford United line-up. The 25-year-old full-back had to wait until last Saturday to make his first Bulls first-team appearance of the season following a knee
ALMOST certainly, Worcester's oldest surviving business is Armstrong's, now in its 234th year in the Faithful city. This tailors and outfitters was born in 1767 during the reign of George III and has been a respected and flourishing feature of the city
