"PIG-ignorant" walkers have been condemned for tramping across the countryside - despite the nation being in the grip of foot-and-mouth. The criticism came as a second case of the disease was confirmed in Worcestershire, this time at a farm at Stoke Prior
THE foot-and-mouth crisis tightened its grip on the area today with a second case confirmed in Worcestershire and a third in Herefordshire. As the news of the outbreaks at Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove and St Weonards, south of Hereford, broke, three farmers
UNMARRIED couples in Worcestershire could be allowed to adopt a child if county leaders give the go ahead The director of social services, Jenny Bashforth, has proposed to remove the necessity for couples to be married in light of the county's 'pro-adoption
AN amateur soccer player who bit off the ear of a club rival during a pub fight has been cleared of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Lloyd Burford insisted the victim, Richard Price, pulled away causing the horrific injury. Surgeons
A BANNED driver stopped on consecutive days in Worcester has been jailed for six months. Alan Brookes, who also admitted a string of motoring, theft and drugs offences, was also disqualified from driving for two years. The 31-year-old defendant, of no
A teenage victim of a street attack in Cookley has been awarded £300 compensation by magistrates. The 17-year-old was punched, kicked and left lying in bushes, said Alex Warren, prosecuting at a Kidderminster youth court. He was bruised but not seriously
THE grieving parents of a teenage girl killed while trying to cross a dual carriageway have set up a trust in her memory to help fund a campaign aimed at preventing another tragedy. Michelle Bolton. And they warned that they and other residents on a Hartlebury
WYRE Forest went on the alert this week as confirmed cases of foot and mouth disease in Herefordshire and a suspected case in Shropshire came too close for comfort. Wyre Forest District Council is advising people to keep away from its wildlife reserves
TEENAGE striker Andrew Corbett bagged a debut goal for Redditch United but could not stop them from slipping up 3-2 at home to Dr Martens League Western Division promotion hopefuls Bilston Town. The Kidderminster Harriers forward, on loan to United for
HEREFORD United have assured fans that their two home matches this week will go ahead despite the foot and mouth crisis. United are due to entertain Woking in the Nationwide Conference tomorrow night and then take on Burton Albion in the FA Umbro Trophy
WORCESTER Wolves kept up the pressure on leaders Bristol in National Three with a 67-65 victory over Barking. A record crowd at University College Worcester packed in to see the home side put in a battling display which keeps their title bid on track.
WORCESTER City boss John Barton has confessed to being "disappointed" that his side failed to beat title-chasing Burton Albion on Saturday. City earned a 1-1 draw in the St George's Lane clash, which kept them in third place in the Dr Martens League Premier
MARK Shepherd is poised to make his full debut for Worcester City in tonight's Dr Martens Cup quarter-final with Bilston Town at St George's Lane (7.45). The 23-year-old striker, signed from Moor Green last week, has impressed when coming on as substitute
Malvern Town suffered a rare Banks's Brewery League Premier Division defeat, 2-1 at home to Causeway United. In a competitive match, Causeway picked up a vital three points with a fortuitous strike in the 70th minute. In a rare second-half attack for
MR Margrett writes (You Say, February 26): "The economy of the former Soviet Union was three times the size of the British economy". He could have added that the Soviet Union was far more than three times the size of Britain. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.
PAUL H Griffiths (You Say, February 21) asks "why did no one listen to the Liberal Democrats?" The simple answer is that as long as we have a first-past-the-post electoral system, with only two political parties ever having a realistic chance of being
6 CLIFFORD Lord claimed that he was deeply shocked by the jeers of 250 protesters in the Guildhall, during the park-and-ride debate (You Say, February 19). While I do not condone bad behaviour, I can well understand their reason. I would like to think
IN her letter of February 23, Joy Turner - who apparently doesn't need a bus to go to town - uses the issue for political purposes and twists the facts. It is not a Tory city council. It is a hung council with the Independents holding the balance. She's
Saturday, March 3, 2001 BROMSGROVE Rovers stay deep in trouble in the Dr Martens League Western Division after a 3-1 defeat at Cirencester Town. On a very heavy pitch, which was only declared fit an hour before kick-off, both sides found it difficult
A QUANTITY of phone cards were stolen when two men entered the Co-op, King George Way, Pershore on Friday. The thief was described as male, aged 18-19, 6ft tall with blond hair. He was wearing a baseball cap, light-coloured jacket with a zip up the front
Saturday, March 3, 2001 WORCESTER City may just have struck a decisive blow in the Dr Martens League Prem-ier Division title race. Saturday's 1-1 draw with Burton Albion at St George's Lane was not only enough to keep City in third place, it also knocked
Saturday, March 3, 2001 FUMING Kidderminster Harriers boss Jan Molby blasted his players after they slumped to their biggest defeat of the season in Saturday's 5-1 Nationwide Division League Three hammering at Blackpool. "We chucked in the towel right
BUSINESSES in Worcester are being given an opportunity to take up residential training packages offered by a IT centre. The Sutton Court IT Centre is the first of its kind in the UK and is set to revolutionise the way people of all ages and backgrounds
DOZENS of experts and plenty of free advice will be available at a jobs and careers fair due to take place at Worcester's prestigious Guildhall this week. The event - the first of its kind to be organised by the Evening News and sponsored by Worcester
Fears were growing today that thousands of farm animals on Dartmoor may have to be slaughtered after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on one of the Prince of Wales' Duchy of Cornwall farms. As the number of confirmed cases across mainland Britain
TWO supermarket chains could be given the go-ahead tonight to build in Worcester. The city council's technical services committee is to consider applications by Safeway and Asda. Last Tuesday, the committee was "minded to refuse" an application by Sainsbury's
A WORCESTER man has been sent a mortgage application form - even though the letter acknowledges he is dead. Widow Elizabeth Rogers said she was angered by the form, which was sent by a Hertfordshire company to her late husband, Michael, who died more
CONCERN is mounting over the number of torched and abandoned cars the emergency services have to deal with in Worcestershire. Three cars were abandoned and set alight over the weekend alone, while 13 firefighters were called to a car dumped in the canal
WOMEN from across Worcestershire were able to sample the life of a female firefighter thanks to an awareness day organised by the fire brigade. The day at Worcester Fire Station, in the city's Copenhagen Street, introduced women to the role of firefighting
Youngsters using skateboards down steep and busy town roads have prompted a warning they could be risking their lives. Bewdley councillor Nigel Knowles told a meeting of the town council he was increasingly worried about the dangerous activities of skateboarders
A KEY meeting to decide a controversial planning application for a giant incinerator in Kidderminster may come to town after all following a change of heart by mayor Nigel Knowles. Councillor Knowles,who is also chairman of the Worcestershire County Council
A BLAZE which ripped through disused engineering works - and had to be tackled by 50 firefighters - has been blamed on "vendetta" arsonists. Firefighters from across Worcestershire rushed to Thomas Twigg & Sons in York Street, Kidderminster, on Sunday
CONCERN is mounting over the number of torched and abandoned cars the emergency services have to deal with in Worcestershire. Three cars were abandoned and set alight over the weekend alone, while 13 firefighters were called to a car dumped in the canal
THERE was a chilling inevitability that someone would think the foot-and-mouth crisis plea to stay out of the countryside didn't apply to them. But that doesn't make the experience of Shrawley landlord Geoff Hopkins, yesterday, any more palatable. It
MARK Shepherd is poised to make his full debut for Worcester City in tonight's Dr Martens Cup quarter-final with Bilston Town at St George's Lane (7.45). The 23-year-old striker, signed from Moor Green last week, has impressed when coming on as substitute
WORCESTERSHIRE golf ace John Bickerton earned himself an £11,000 pay-day after finishing equal 21st at the Dubai Desert Classic yesterday. The 31-year-old Droitwich Golf Club member finished 10 shots behind winner Thomas Bjorn, completing with rounds
DROITWICH Rugby Club caused the upset of the North Midlands Cup yesterday when they took the gloss off Malvern's season with a Matt finish. Matt Blackmore's four penalties, coupled with Simon Mountjoy's exquisite drop goal double saw off the Midlands
KIDDERMINSTER Carolians Rugby Club triumphed 22-17 when they entertained Worcester Wanderers in a friendly fixture at Marl-pool Lane on Saturday. The game gave both clubs a chance to field one or two fringe players. KCs brought in James Lloyd Jones at
WORCESTER badminton ace Simon Archer is hoping the benefits of his Olympic success will rub off at this week's All-Eng-land Championships. The event, which starts at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena on Wednesday, is expected to draw its biggest crowds
ALTHOUGH racing is setting itself up for a resumption on Wednesday, punters in Britain will be lucky to see more than a handful of meetings take place this week. All eyes at first will be on Lingfield when the Surrey track plays host on Wednesday after
Trailing 2-1 at half-time, Evesham United came storming back with three second-half goals to win 4-2 against second-from-bottom Paget Rangers in the Dr Martens League Western Division. Although they enjoyed the majority of possession and played some attractive
HEREFORD United have assured fans that their two home matches this week will go ahead despite the foot and mouth crisis. United are due to entertain Woking in the Nationwide Conference tomorrow night and then take on Burton Albion in the FA Umbro Trophy
IN L Spiteri's letter (You Say, February 21) he implies that the behaviour of imperialist Russia - which I've never condoned - excuses the oppressive socialist dictatorship that followed. My letter sought to expose the similarity of that system he calls
THE one to two-year waiting list for heart surgery is unfortunately not news, but simply how the NHS operates. The only solution in the forseeable future is for everyone to have £20,000 available in case of such emergency. The NHS cannot and will not
IT seems like a good time to ask those in charge of traffic management in our city exactly what the new park-and-ride scheme is expected to do for traffic levels. Half term arrived and surprise, surprise, no traffic problems. How will the park-and-ride
OLDER residents of Worcestershire will confirm that our county always has been a low-wage economy, which has been reflected in the rates charged, now known as council tax. The county is still a low-wage economy. What Carol Warren did not reveal in her
HOW Councillor Stephen Clee can blame the current problems of the railways on anybody other than his own party is astonishing. Perhaps he does not travel by train or read any of the specialist Press. The last government set up a system which even the
STUDLEY'S mini slump continued with a shock 1-0 defeat to fourth placed Romulus at the weekend. With Nuneaton Griffs, who have four matches in hand, beating Sutton Town 1-0, BKL's lead at the top was cut to seven points. And Romulus, with five games in
Sat Aug 12 Torquay United (h) 2-0 Hadley, Horne Sat Aug 19 Scunthorpe United (a) 0-2 Tues Aug 22 Walsall (Worthington Cup 1st round, 1st leg) (a) 1-1 Hadley Sat Aug 26 Halifax Town (h) 2-1 Hadley 2 Mon Aug 28 Brighton and Hove Albion (a) 2-0 Foster, Bennett
THREE Cotswold farms have been named as sites for trials of genetically modified oilseed rape. The sites are named in the Government's list of farm-scale evaluations and are at Chipping Campden, Wormington and Aston Somerville. All will be testing rapeseed
A KIDDERMINSTER shopper is enjoying a £250 share of prize draw success after attending an exclusive preview evening at a furniture store. David Hemming scooped the cash to spend in MFI after general manager Simon Essex picked out his ticket. The draw
PLANS to sell off the school sites due to close in July after the Redditch Review are being worked on in an effort to raise £2 million. Worcestershire County Council is in discussion with Redditch Council over the future of Bridley Moor, St Stephen's
