A TEENAGER was left lying in a hospital bed with serious facial injuries after she was attacked by a group of girls in a Worcester park. The 14-year-old needed two days of treatment for her wounds after the assault on Saturday night. She was in Lansdowne
A WORCESTER man who crept into his former partner's home in the middle of the night to take the family dog assaulted her when she asked him to leave. Simon Smith grabbed Belinda Jones by the hair, threw her to the floor and hit her across the face in
LEGAL notices could be served on the owners of abandoned vehicles this week after complaints about stripped-down hulks being left in Ronkswood. Worcester city councillor Mike Layland has shown environmental health officers the vehicles left behind a row
A CONTROVERSIAL airstrip in Worcestershire looks set to remain open after planning officers at Wychavon District Council recommended it for temporary approval. Proposals to extend planning permission for the microlight airstrip at Court Farm, Hadzor,
WORCESTER people are being asked to turn the other cheek and help raise money for bowel cancer research. April is bowel cancer awareness week and the Cancer Research Campaign is urging walkers to step forward to raise money for the charity through its
An allegation against a Kidderminster man of inflicting grievous bodily harm on his wife at their home in November, has been sent for crown court trial. Mark Bolam, 33, of Peregrine Grove, Spennells, is charged with injuring his wife Nicola. The prosecution
More than 30 people had to be evacuated from a hotel after fire broke out in the changing rooms. Minor smoke damage was caused to the ladies' changing rooms in Stourport Manor Hotel's leisure centre following the fire, caused by an electrical fault on
IT will come as no surprise to readers to learn that the face of High Street shopping is changing. They only have to look at the recent deliberations of the city burghers and their dilemma over whether they should accede to the demands of the supermarket
MANAGER Jan Molby has been pondering over who to play alongside striker Drewe Broughton in Kidderminster Harriers' Nationwide League Division Three clash against on-song Scunthorpe United at Aggborough tonight (7.45). Broughton was a lone front-runner
GETTING back to basics did the trick for us at Rochdale on Saturday and has set the scene for an intriguing clash with Scunthorpe at Aggborough tonight. There's no doubt our fully-deserved goalless draw at Spotland did us a power of good after losing
HEREFORD United failed to repeat their FA Trophy heroics at Stevenage Borough last night as they lost 2-1 in the Nationwide Conference. A goalkeeping gaffe gifted them the lead after just 76 seconds, but they conceded an equaliser just before the break
NICK Baxter's double try burst saw Worcester Warriors seal a 29-19 win at Coventry last night. The winger, who has seen Spen-cer Bromley take his first-team slot at Sixways after a superb hat-trick at Bedford, did his best to remind the Worcester coaches
A SHOCK result at St George's Sports in the quarter-finals of the Katherine Rayer Cup saw the Division One leaders beat their Premier Division opponents Archdales 3-1. Ben Schiffmann and Paul Hughes gave the Saints a 2-1 interval lead before man of the
NICK Baxter's double try burst saw Worcester Warriors seal a 29-19 win at Coventry last night. The winger, who has seen Spen-cer Bromley take his first-team slot at Sixways after a superb hat-trick at Bedford, did his best to remind the Worcester coaches
MANY of your readers will know of the existence of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. Others may be interested in its aims: 1. To encourage and give advice to the public about the care of hedgehogs. 2. To encourage the younger generation to value
THE Government has accepted there are 81 million National Insurance numbers in circulation for a population of 60 million people. This means that 21 million bogus NIS numbers are being used for fraud. What is the Government doing? They are scrapping the
YOU carried an amazing report of the recent meeting of Worcester City Council. You made it look as if the Tories are responsible for retaining the Playscheme Officer and the subsidised fireguards and stairgates service. The reality is that they only very
First XI - 2001 season April 20-23 Middlesex (away) 25-28 Sussex (home) 29 Sussex (home) 30 Northamptonshire (home) May 02 Glamorgan (away) 04 Somerset (home) 06 Gloucestershire (away) 07 Warwickshire (home) 09-12 Hampshire (away) 13 Hampshire (away)
Kidderminster Harriers recorded their second goal-less draw in succession against another play-off challenger in Scunthorpe United at Aggborough. Craig Hinton Both keepers, Harriers' Tim Clarke and the visitors' Tom Evans, could have been given more problems
Clarke was the first keeper in action during the second half, holding a long range effort from Sheldon on 48 minutes.Thomas Skovbjerg But Harriers went straight down the other end and won a corner as Bird's right-wing cross was deflected wide. Stamps
Scunthorpe won their first corner on 24 minutes when Bird slid in to challenge Calvo-Garcia but Clarke collected the resulting cross. A good inter-change between Broughton and the lively Bird ended with an awkward cross from the latter which was claimed
NEARLY £500,000 will be offered to Worcestershire firms in a drive to build technology links with Israel. The funding is expected to provide a boost to firms when it is launched at the Malvern Hills Science Park later this month. It will lead to trade
LORRY drivers at a haulage and logistics firm near Worcester will be able to keep in touch with their wives and children despite being miles away from home. Taylors of Martley has struck a deal with national telecoms company Contact One. Communications
A DROITWICH company has said "au revoir" to its French owners after a successful management buyout. A team from Deritend Precision Castings Ltd, on the Berry Hill Industrial Estate, completed the buyout from GTIE. Management was backed by the Birmingham
A WYTHALL man hinted to his family he was going to commit suicide while they ate their Sunday lunch days vefore dying from an overdose of drugs and alcohol, an inquest heard, writes Julian Seva. Car body builder Ronald Edgar Pailing, 56, of Station Road
TWO people have died in separate accidents on busy Worcestershire roads. Another man had to be airlifted to Birmingham's Selly Oak Hospital with serious chest and leg injuries after one of the crashes, which both happened yesterday afternoon. Police today
ASTHMA sufferers in Worcester are being urged to take part in a scientific study. University College Worcester research student Melanie Jones is investigating the links between fungal spores, pollen and asthma. She aims to identify allergies in the home
A BABY girl born by emergency caesarian after a fatal road crash near Malvern died minutes before her mother at hospital, an inquest was told. Iraqi-born Mayada Taha Mohammed Houghton was eight months pregnant when she was involved in the accident on
PREVENTION and rehabilitation will help social service bosses deal with spiralling costs, Worcestershire health watchdogs have been told. Rob Sykes, chief executive at Worcestershire County Council, outlined their importance when he delivered an update
THE sound of gunfire and yells of "kill! kill! kill!" echoed around Worcester City's St George's Lane ground yesterday. But it was nothing to do with football. The 1st Btn of the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters entertained a crowd of 2,000 people
COMPUTER learning will be available across Wyre Forest with more than £300,000 of Government money. The Worcestershire Learning Partnership has secured the cash to develop a range of mobile computer learning centres. The county-wide project will meet
COACH Bill Athey admitted that Worcestershire were "bitterly disappointed" at being knocked out of the Benson and Hedges Cup in yesterday's ten-over thrash against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. The 'Old Enemy' won by seven wickets, but with results elsewhere
Sunday, April 16, 2000 GRAEME Hick and Paul Pollard backed up an impressive bowling display by Kabir Ali to fire Worcestershire to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Glamorgan in the Benson and Hedges Cup tie at New Road. Rookie paceman Ali collected
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is delighted his side have been paired with Forest Green Rovers in the semi-finals of the FA Umbro Trophy. The Bulls will visit their Nationwide Conference rivals in the first leg on Saturday, March 31
England began their preparations for this week's decisive Test against Sri Lanka today facing a crucial dilemma about whether to stick with a winning line-up or drop Graeme Hick. The Worcestershire batsman has retained his place in England's team on this
MANAGER Jan Molby has been pondering over who to play alongside striker Drewe Broughton in Kidderminster Harriers' Nationwide League Division Three clash against on-song Scunthorpe United at Aggborough tonight (7.45). Broughton was a lone front-runner
GETTING back to basics did the trick for us at Rochdale on Saturday and has set the scene for an intriguing clash with Scunthorpe at Aggborough tonight. There's no doubt our fully-deserved goalless draw at Spotland did us a power of good after losing
EVESHAM United are likely to be without front man Steve Taylor for tonight's Dr Martens League Western Division game at Cirencester Town (7.45). The former Kidderminster Harriers and Bromsgrove Rovers striker suffered a groin injury in Saturday's 1-0
A BABY girl born by emergency caesarian after a fatal road crash near Malvern died minutes before her mother at hospital, an inquest was told. Iraqi-born Mayada Taha Mohammed Houghton was eight months pregnant when she was involved in the accident on
Monday, March 12, 2001 HEREFORD United failed to repeat their FA Trophy heroics at Stevenage Borough last night as they lost 2-1 in the Nationwide Conference. A goalkeeping gaffe gifted them the lead after just 76 seconds, but they conceded an equaliser
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is delighted his side have been paired with Forest Green Rovers in the semi-finals of the FA Umbro Trophy. The Bulls will visit their Nationwide Conference rivals in the first leg on Saturday, March 31
WHEN the Queen came to this city 12 years ago, a number of pensioners from each sheltered complex were invited to attend the reception. This was much appreciated by all. Alas, no such opportunities were allowed to pensioners regarding her latest visit
TEN years ago, your newspaper very kindly published a letter from me encouraging readers who had experienced noise problems to contact a campaign called "The Right to Peace and Quiet Campaign." The campaign was supported by comedian Spike Milligan, who
WE are encouraged to avoid missing NHS appointments so I think appointment letters should warn patients how long it may take them to park at Ronkswood Hospital. My appointment was for 2.45, so I arrived at about 2.20, thinking I was in plenty of time.
THE socialist system is not enhanced by Mr Spiteri saying we were glad of Russia's help during the war. They did not enter the war to help others. Russia had a pact with Hitler to guarantee Germany's back door while the Germans attacked the West and made
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
A DRIVER died from the injuries he suffered following a collision with a van near Pinvin yesterday. (Monday) His red Rover 200 was involved in an accident with a white Ford Transit Luton box van on the A4538, three-quarters of a mile on the Worcester
Skovbjerg put in a fine pass for Bennett on 67 minutes but the midfielder was travelling at pace into the area and he could only direct the loose ball at the Scunthorpe keeper, Evans.Paul Webb Brough replaced Calvo-Garcia for Scunthorpe on 74 minutes
The visitor's Torpey posted the first shot on target when he connected with Dawson's long cross on three minutes but his header was easily held by Clarke. Clarke then completed another comfortable catch seconds later, diving low to his left to hold Dawson's
Jan Molby is plotting the downfall of another play-off challenger in the form of on-song Scunthorpe United at Aggborough. Neil Mackenzie After doing well to draw 0-0 at Rochdale on Saturday, Kidderminster Harriers now tackle Brian Laws' Scunthorpe United
