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  • Passengers facing cuts on the buses

    BUS services across Worcestershire could be cut by First Midland Red because it fears it could be stripped of its licence to operate. Worried bosses hope to avoid action by the West Midlands Area Traffic Office, which could force the company to explain

  • Homes are at breaking point

    NURSING homes remain at breaking point and face substantial reductions in bed numbers next year, the Worcestershire Nursing Homes Association has warned. The county council's cash offer to care for patients will put homes out of business and force others

  • Owner fears for his staff

    A WORCESTER nursing home owner fears he could lose staff to Tesco if the supermarket giant gets the go-ahead to develop in St John's. Derek Jones claims paltry increases in Social Services funding make it difficult for homes to attract staff because they

  • FOOT-AND-MOUTH CRISIS:mFarmer warns of suicide risk

    FARMERS are living on a knife-edge and it is only a matter of time before someone commits suicide, warns Worcestershire NFU chairman Richard Jordan. Mr Jordan, who has a farm in Inkberrow, says that he has been losing sleep over the foot-and-mouth crisis

  • Lecturers leap in to prevent disease

    A CUTTING-edge method of disinfecting vehicles to curb the spread of foot-and-mouth will be launched by a Herefordshire agricultural company on Monday. Thousands of farmers across Britain look set to benefit from the product, which disinfects the undersides

  • Hospital faces beds shortage

    A HOSPITAL serving Droitwich Spa neared crisis point last week as it struggled to accommodate accident victims when large numbers of beds were taken up with non-urgent patients. Droitwich MP Peter Luff said he was told that at the worst point there were

  • 'Fantastic' African trip for Spa teen

    A DARING Spa student exploring the great planes of Africa has reported home to say her trip is going well Adventurous Vivien Searle, left for Ghana in February, to spend three months living under the stars. The 18-year-old is travelling with Rally International

  • Farmer warns of suicide risk

    FARMERS are living on a knife-edge and it is only a matter of time before someone commits suicide, warns Worcestershire NFU chairman Richard Jordan. Mr Jordan, who has a farm in Inkberrow, says that he has been losing sleep over the foot-and-mouth crisis

  • 19/3/01 - Molby link to job at Tranmere

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is among the candidates being linked with the vacant managerial position at Tranmere Rovers following John Aldridge's shock resignation. Former Liverpool star Molby is regularly associated with Football League clubs

  • Bickerton lands £38,000 pay day

    WORCESTERSHIRE'S John Bickerton is still looking for his first European Tour golf win after finishing second in the Madeira Island Open. Ireland's Des Smyth denied the Droitwich Golf Club member by becoming the oldest-ever winner on the European Tour.

  • Molby link to job at Tranmere

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is among the candidates being linked with the vacant managerial position at Tranmere Rovers following John Aldridge's shock resignation. Former Liverpool star Molby is regularly associated with Football League clubs

  • KCs unable to contain relegation-threatened Telford

    KIDDERMINSTER Carolians slipped to a 10-0 defeat when they visited Telford in a Midlands Three West North match on Saturday. They were penned in their own half for most of the game. Telford desperately needed to win to fight off the relegation threat,

  • Elias beats the freeze and the rest in victory

    CHRIS Elias clinched victory yesterday in a gruelling Worcester biathlon which attracted more than 120 competitors. The Tewksbury Tri athlete clocked 25 minutes and seven seconds to win while second was Mike Cornes (Birmingham University) in 25-20 and

  • Norman relishing new full-time county post

    ANDY Norman has become the Worcestershire Foot-ball Association's second full-time employee. The 38-year-old follows in the footsteps of secretary Mervyn Leggett by becoming the association's first Football Development Officer. His duties will be varied

  • Maximus joy at Fontwell

    TAKE Gardie Grissell's unbeaten novice Maximus to maintain his winning run at Fontwell Park tomorrow. The six-year-old gelding has won his two starts to date over hurdles in the manner of an improving performer. Successful in a point-to-point last year

  • Vet faces critics

    The Government's chief vet today (March 19) received a slow hand clap when he met angry farmers opposed to the foot-and-mouth cull. Jim Scudamore was given a cool reception by Cumbrian farmers as he tried to defend the pre-emptive slaughter of up to 500,000

  • Farmer warns of suicide risk

    FARMERS are living on a knife-edge and it is only a matter of time before someone commits suicide, warns Worcestershire NFU chairman Richard Jordan. Mr Jordan, who has a farm in Inkberrow, says that he has been losing sleep over the foot-and-mouth crisis

  • FOOT-AND-MOUTH: Lecturers leap in to prevent disease

    A CUTTING-edge method of disinfecting vehicles to curb the spread of foot-and-mouth will be launched by a Herefordshire agricultural company on Monday. Thousands of farmers across Britain look set to benefit from the product, which disinfects the undersides

  • Trying to look tough on Europe

    THE British Chancellor's rant against the European Union for delaying one of his finicky little grants shows him desperately trying to look tough on Europe just before an election. But this same Chancellor is committed in principle to Economic and Monetary

  • Blair's broken promises on environment

    6 THIS Government's broken promises on the environment are tragic. Tony Blair, as Energy Spokesman in 1989, said: "We agree that the greenhouse effect and global warming is a serious environmental problem - perhaps the most serious that we face." The

  • A great shame

    IT is a great shame that Anita Knittel has chosen to attack farmers when they and their livestock are facing the threat of foot-and-mouth (You Say, March 9). Anita Knittel knows nothing about this epidemic, it seems like just another opportunity to have

  • Feckenham crash

    FECKENHAM were left with only one chance of silverware this season after crashing out of the Challenge Cup last night (Wednesday). The Millers went down 3-0 at home to Coventry Marconi and had defender Mark Cund sent off for stamping - their second dismissal

  • Garden growth good for profits

    PROFITS have soared at Hereford garden group Wyevale - a month after it thought it had scotched its chances of an earnings boost by spending £111m on a rival. The group bought Country Gardens' 39 shops in November, claiming it would be a year before the

  • Police recover escaped prisoner

    A FULL scale search, with police sniffer dogs and a helicopter, was mounted after a prisoner escaped from HMP Hewell Grange on Friday, writes Becky Procter. The recovery operation began around 10.30am when a Willenhall man fled from the Tardebigge open

  • Staff to go at University College

    STAFF are to be laid off at University College Worcester as part of a "review of its academic portfolio". The college, in St John's, says it needs to concentrate its efforts in areas where there are high levels of demand, such as sports studies and drama

  • Right time, right place

    A DETERMINED Wor-cester schoolgirl who stopped an historic city church from going up in flames is to be commended by city leaders at a special ceremony this week. Abigail Coward saved St Paul's Church from ruin when she refused to dismiss a smell of smoke

  • Hereford United 0 Dagenham and Redbridge 1

    Saturday, March 17, 2001 HEREFORD United succumbed to their second Nationwide Conference defeat inside a week and slipped to eighth in the table with a feeble performance in a 1-0 defeat against Dagenham and Redbridge. The Daggers became only the second

  • How grey are the clouds at UCW?

    IT would be understandable if the threat of job losses at University College Worcester sent shudders running through its St John's campus. The same will be true of the Faithful City at large, for UCW has been a source of pride and hope since it left life

  • 19/3/01 - Molby link to job at Tranmere

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is among the candidates being linked with the vacant managerial position at Tranmere Rovers following John Aldridge's shock resignation. Former Liverpool star Molby is regularly associated with Football League clubs

  • 19/3/01 - KCs unable to contain relegation-threatened Telford

    KIDDERMINSTER Carolians slipped to a 10-0 defeat when they visited Telford in a Midlands Three West North match on Saturday. They were penned in their own half for most of the game. Telford desperately needed to win to fight off the relegation threat,

  • Reds bitten by slick Adders

    LEON Jackson's late consolation could not save Redditch United's blushes as they were beaten 3-1 at Atherstone United in the Dr Martens League Western Division. The Warwickshire side had not won at home since January but found their scoring touch against

  • Skeggs broadside

    ADRIAN Skeggs blas-ted his Worcester Rugby Club side despite their 27-8 win over Manchester, admitting: "We will win nothing if we play like that at Leeds." The Sixways director of coaching ripped apart his team at the end of the match and even hauled

  • Sky ready to boost United finances

    HEREFORD United could be set for a financial boost after Sky Sports announced live coverage of the Nationwide Conference from next season. The Conference clubs have reached an agreement for Sky Sports to broadcast up to ten live matches, plus any end

  • 19/3/01 - Skeggs broadside

    ADRIAN Skeggs blas-ted his Worcester Rugby Club side despite their 27-8 win over Manchester, admitting: "We will win nothing if we play like that at Leeds." The Sixways director of coaching ripped apart his team at the end of the match and even hauled

  • 19/3/00 - Sky ready to boost United finances

    HEREFORD United could be set for a financial boost after Sky Sports announced live coverage of the Nationwide Conference from next season. The Conference clubs have reached an agreement for Sky Sports to broadcast up to ten live matches, plus any end

  • Traders' fury over ban on A-boards

    ANGRY Rubery traders are up in arms because a garden built to mark the Millennium is putting their livelihoods at risk. Lilah Rohman, co-owner of Martin's Sportswear, in New Road, was left fuming after Bromsgrove District Council ordered her, and nearby

  • Town's jobless total falls

    UNEMPLOYMENT in Bromsgrove has fallen over the last year with 79 people finding work, leaving 1,156 of those able to work claiming benefit. The town's unemployment rate stands at 3.3 per cent which is one of the highest in Worcestershire, almost equalling

  • Prestige of working in a bank

    I SPENT the whole of my working life in the banking profession being employed by one of "The Big Five" which were all powerful and exceedingly well-run institutions. They provided a first class service to all their customers, and at the same time mindful

  • Use it or lose it

    AS a patron and a long-time volunteer at the Swan Theatre, Worcester, I was disappointed, once again, to see a very good play being performed to a half empty house. It must be most demoralising for the actors to have worked so hard, received an excellent

  • Everybody's flouting law

    MAY I clarify the situation concerning the culpability of various groups of drivers speeding on Woodgreen Drive and put the blame squarely where it lies. On almost every occasion I join Woodgreen Drive, there will be one or two cars behind me. I then

  • Worcester 27 Manchester 8

    Saturday, March 17, 2001 THEY say that the mediocre can only stay at the same level all the time. That particular description surely cannot be levelled at Worcester who, on Saturday, once again showed their ability to frustrate and exhilarate in equal

  • Kidderminster Harriers 0 Darlington 0

    Saturday, March 17, 2001 KIDDERMINSTER Harriers continued to live up to their growing reputation as draw specialists when they had to settle for their third successive goalless deadlock in Saturday's Nationwide League Division Three clash against relegation-threatened

  • Women to build on homes course

    TWO Worcestershire women have achieved standard certificates at a school for new homes sales consultants. Jackie Bishop, from Droitwich, and Maggie Surman, from Malvern, were among a dozen women who took part in an intensive course at the Maitland Selwyn

  • 'Jobs fair was a huge success'

    THE first ever jobs and careers fair organised by the Evening News has been hailed a huge success. Nearly 2,000 job hunters attended the event in the Guildhall earlier this month, which was run in association with the Employment Service and sponsored