A BILL to outlaw fox-hunting is due to clear the House of Commons tonight. MPs are expected to vote in favour of a total ban when the Bill returns for what will be its third reading. However, it is almost certain to be blocked in the House of Lords -
TWO directors of a Worcester hotel have been cleared of an allegation of a £774,000 VAT fraud after appearing at the city's crown court. Anthony Cross, the former vice-chairman of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, and Wayne Gunther denied a charge of
A FORMER Kidderm-inster Times journalist is set to recreate a voyage of discovery first taken 50 years ago. Reporter Jo Johnson was one of 24 young women chosen from 1,700 applicants to represent the country on a "goodwill" tour of Europe in 1951 - and
TWO weeks ago, we reported how policy-makers had decided to replace one concessionary bus fare scheme for pensioners with another. The result, we explained, would be that the majority of fares would increase for Worcester's OAPs this summer, some by as
DEFEAT against any side is disappointing, and it was no different on Sunday when we lost 4-2 at home to Nationwide League Division Three promotion-chasers Cardiff. But, if you just take away that element of disappointment for a moment, it showed we are
WORCESTER City are poised to give a debut to new striker Mark Shepherd in tonight's Dr Martens League Premier Division game at bottom club Clevedon Town (7.45). The 23-year-old former Kidderminster Harriers player has signed on a non-contract basis from
BROMSGROVE Rovers' future is safe for the time being after the club averted a winding-up order. The club has been put into administration, which prevents it being served with winding-up orders. That enabled yesterday's order over an unpaid £18,000 HM
HEREFORD United have been handed a home tie in the quarter-finals of the FA Umbro Trophy -- providing they win tonight's fifth round replay with Morecambe at Edgar Street (7.45). The winners will face Dr Martens League Premier Division leaders Burton
EVESHAM United boss Phil Mullen plans to use tonight's Birmingham Senior Cup second round home tie with Nationwide Conference strugglers Hednesford Town (7.45) to rotate his squad. Players such as Joey Licata, Andy Hodgetts and Phil Preedy, who have been
KIDDER-MINSTER Harriers are coming to terms with the possibility that they may be without injury-plagued striker Ian Foster for the rest of the season. The 24-year-old former Hereford United campaigner has been dogged by hamstring trouble which has severely
BROMSGROVE Rovers' future is safe for the time being after the club averted a winding-up order. The club has been put into administration, which prevents it being served with winding-up orders. That enabled yesterday's order over an unpaid £18,000 HM
WORCESTER City are poised to give a debut to new striker Mark Shepherd in tonight's Dr Martens League Premier Division game at bottom club Clevedon Town (7.45). The 23-year-old former Kidderminster Harriers player has signed on a non-contract basis from
THE Duke of Edinburgh will arrive at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Building, in Stoke Heath, at 2.45pm. He will be met by the vice-Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, Sir Geoffrey Dear, who will introduce him to the museum's director, Dr Simon Penn. His
ACTOR Richard Harris says (The Things They Say, February 20): "I'd rather be in a pub, talking to idiots, than watching idiots making fools of themselves on telly." He could, of course, read an intelligent book instead of either of these options. GEORGE
THE Conservative Party candidate has shown a complete ignorance of the needs of Worcester and the wishes of its residents. He proposes a new bridge across the Severn from Henwick area to the centre of the city. The residents in St John's area of the city
MERCEDES-BENZ dealers across Britain have launched a last-ditch bid to save their dealerships. The move follows the announcement by Mercedes owner DaimlerChrysler UK to give just one year's notice to terminate the entire UK dealer network. More than 120
WORCESTER shoppers could face rising prices and rationing because stocks of British meat are dwindling as foot-and-mouth disease spreads across the country. But today butchers warned against hysteria and said there would be enough food to go round unless
INDUSTRIES linked to farming say they are suffering the consequences of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Auctioneers at Worcester's livestock market say they are praying the farming industry can get back on its feet as soon as possible. McCartney's
FOOT-and-mouth disease has reached two farms in Hereford and farmers are said to be at their wits' end. The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that a farm at Llancloudy and at Harewood End, near Ross-on-Wye, have become the latest victims of the debilitating
The search for missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh was continuing near Worcester today. Twelve Metropolitan Police detectives were spending a second day at the former brickworks in Norton. They were combing a spot which fooding and severe weather rendered
THE wife of a Worcester man fears she may not see out her retirement with her childhood sweetheart after learning he must wait at least 15 months for a vital heart operation. Father-of-three Tony Randall needs a triple bypass following a heart attack.
A WOMAN wrote off two cars when she yanked on the handbrake during a row with her boyfriend. Stephen Miles was doing around 35mph and spun out of control, hitting another vehicle, as a result of girlfriend Hanna Duncan's actions, Worcester magistrates
BORED youths are putting lives at risk by making fake emergency calls according to West Mercia police. The force's divisional headquarters for South Worcestershire handled 128 false calls during last week's half-term break, preventing operators from dealing
REGULARS at a Stourport hotel are dreaming of cash and holiday luxuries after becoming the latest folk to take part in a national competition. Punters at the Angel Hotel, Severn Side, began playing the Jumbo Quiz on Sunday and will continue throughout
Can't get to the Harriers game against Blackpool on Saturday? Don't worry! Just log on to This is Kidderminster and the sports team from the Kidderminster Shuttle will bring the game to you - live. Sports editor James Reece will be bringing regular updates
KIDDER-MINSTER Harriers are coming to terms with the possibility that they may be without injury-plagued striker Ian Foster for the rest of the season. The 24-year-old former Hereford United campaigner has been dogged by hamstring trouble which has severely
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is being reported to the Football Association after the referee banned him from the dug-out for the second-half of yesterday's 4-2 Nationwide League Division Three defeat against Cardiff City at Aggborough. Molby
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is confident his side can go all the way in the FA Umbro Trophy -- providing they win tonight's fifth round replay with Morecambe at Edgar Street (7.45). With sides like Yeovil and Rushden and Diamonds
A HIGHLY entertaining 10-goal thriller at Worcester Corinthians saw the home team defeat All Blacks 7-3 in a Worcestter Sunday League Division Three encounter. Brian Lavell (4) and Ashley Glover (2) were the main scorers for Corinthians with Daryl Justice
MISS Ellie, who is currently enjoying a purple patch, can complete a three-timer in the E.B.F./Crandon Park Stud Mares' Only 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier) at Wetherby tomorrow. Since being bought for a mere 4,500 guineas out of Sally Hall's
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is confident his side can go all the way in the FA Umbro Trophy -- providing they win tonight's fifth round replay with Morecambe at Edgar Street (7.45). With sides like Yeovil and Rushden and Diamonds
HEREFORD United have been handed a home tie in the quarter-finals of the FA Umbro Trophy -- providing they win tonight's fifth round replay with Morecambe at Edgar Street (7.45). The winners will face Dr Martens League Premier Division leaders Burton
FINAL preparations are being made for Thursday's historic visit to Bromsgrove by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. It is thought it will be the first time a reigning monarch has made an official visit to the town. The visit to North Bromsgrove High School
A WEEK last Sunday, Tony Blair made a statement that he was going to come down hard on the drugs problem in Britain. This was a very brave vote-catching statement on a situation that he has absolutely no control over as he has done little, if anything
IT seems to me that there are two main groups of people in the world. First there are professionals, and second the enthusiastic bands of amateurs. We all know which group is in power at the moment. Soon, the British people will go to the polls and return
IT'S a bit rich for Mike Foster to suggest that Richard Adams, prospective Tory candidate for Worcester, probably thought up the idea of a new bridge for Worcester, while he was lying in the bath, just to get his name in the newspaper. Isn't that just
BRIAN Hunt appears a bit confused about recent correspondence on the issue of Halal slaughter (You Say, February 15). I have stated categorically many times in these columns that we have, and continue to campaign against this cruelty, (not that there
REFERRING to Paul Griffiths' letter (You Say, February 21), it was not my intention to castigate Barbara Watton, or any other Liberal councillor personally, regarding the under-funding of our county, and education in particular. I did intend, however,
A STANTON farmer was seriously injured in a Canadian skiing accident in which his friend was killed. Richard Beldam, aged 50, of East Lodge Farm, suffered a broken left leg, fractured pelvis and hip and broken left arm after being caught in an avalanche
CHIPPING Campden Town Trustees officially open the town hall tonight (Tuesday) following an estimated £28,000 worth of refurbishment work. The hall's exterior stonework has been given a face-lift and both floors have been extensively re-fitted and decorated
REDDITCH police believe defenceless pensioners are having their lives ruined by nuisance from youths in Matchborough, writes helen Clarke. Police officers from the North East Sector have noticed an increase in the number of reports from Eathorpe Close
HALF of Malvern's businesses want to become involved in community schemes but fear they could become targets of crime, a new survey revealed. Malvern Hills District Council's annual business survey found three in four firms worried about being struck
A GRADUATE from Ombersley, near Worcester, has swapped agriculture for law and won a trainee appointment with the Black Country's largest law firm. Karen Allison has been offered a training contract at Higgs & Sons Solicitors, having started in its
