KIDDERMINSTER Harriers today launched their plans to gun down Darlington in Saturday's FA Cup first round clash against Darlington -- and who better to mastermind a money-spinning run than manager Jan Molby! During his days at Anfield the Great Dane helped
A HEROIN addict stole mobile phone covers while on bail because he had taken too much valium, a court heard. Mark Sinclair was ordered to stay out of shops in Worcester city centre until he next appeared in court on Thursday, November 22, on a charge
PUPILS at a Worcestershire school have been told to stay at home after a possible asbestos contamination. Pershore's Cherry Orchard First School will be closed until next Monday after county council officers discovered potentially lethal asbestos fibres
A BABY'S cries were the only sound to echo through the Cathedral's two minutes' silence as hundreds gathered in remembrance of Worcester's war dead. For the congregation, coming to terms with the conflict in Afghanistan, they were an apt reminder of the
A FORMER Nunnery Wood High School pupil is today appearing in a Greek court charged with espionage. Wayne Groves is one of 12 British aviation enthusiasts arrested last Thursday accused of taking photographs of a military air base. But his father Donald
A DROITWICH man was today said to be in a serious condition at Worcester's Ronkswood Hospital after undergoing emergency surgery for a stab wound. Police and emergency crews were called to a property in Wey Close, Droitwich, at 4.40am today and found
SHOPPERS are being warned to take extra care at safeguarding their handbags and shopping in the run-up to Christmas. Hereford police say people need to take more precautions after two women had bags stolen while on shopping trips. A man riding a bicycle
Pershore will soon be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the adoption of a warship. The town will mark 60 years since its first Warship Week - held from Saturday, November 14, 1941, when the destroyer HMS Scimitar was adopted. The anniversary is being
POLICE found heroin worth £45 and a dealer's list when they raided a couple's Droitwich home. Gareth Burbridge confessed he had supplied a circle of friends over a six-week period, Worcester Crown Court was told. He had been a heroin addict for six years
ELABORATE Victorian maps of the region's 63,500 miles of underground water and sewer pipe network have finally been replaced with a hi-tech electronic plan. Around 28,000 traditional hand drawings on paper and linen - some dating back to the turn of the
A TEENAGER who repeatedly stole shoes to fund his heroin habit has been given five months to get his life back on track. Magistrates deferred Christopher Smith's sentencing until next April after hearing of his commitment to a three-week live-in detoxification
A TEENAGER who forged his mother's signature on three cheques had £2,920 transferred from her account to his own, he admitted in court at Kidderminster. Ian Winks, 19, formerly of Mill Lane, Kidderminster, and now living in Weston-super-Mare, was bailed
Internet users in Wyre Forest have been warned not to reply to a fraudulent e-mail offering them more than $2 million. West Mercia Neighbourhood Watch vice-chairman Sue Savidge has issued the warning about an e-mail circulating from a George Wyre Forest
FIXTURES EXPRESS & STAR LEAGUE - West Midlands (Regional) League Saturday, November 17 Premier Division: Shawbury United v Malvern Town. Division One (South): Malvern Town Reserves v Wyre Forest. Tuesday, November 20. Premier Division: Malvern Town
AUGUST 18 H Weymouth DML 3-3 (Owen 3, inc 2 pens) 21 A Kettering Town DML 1-4 (Owen) 25 A Ilkeston Town DML 2-1 (Stant, Heeley) 27 H Hinckley United 4-3 (Owen 2, inc 1 pen, Middleton, Burrow) SEPTEMBER 01 A Newport IOW DML 1-1 (Owen) 03 H Moor Green DML
THIS match, between the two bottom sides in Midlands One, was a "four-pointer", each team desperate not to be cut adrift from the pack and it was Malvern who comfortably took the honours. - Full match report in this weeks Malvern Gazette.
IS it our imagination, or were more poppies worn more proudly to mark the meaning of the eleventh of the eleventh this year than for a long, long time? Remembrance Sunday had more resonance, because there was more to contemplate than in previous years
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Peter Boyer Celebrations Overture, Titanic, Three Olympians, The Phoenix, Ghosts Of Troy, New Beginnings THIRTY-two-year-old Boyer has been influenced and mentored by the likes of fellow Americans Elmer Bernstein and John Corigliano. And like many modern
WORCESTER Rugby Club's bid to switch their RFU Senior Cup fifth round tie with Rotherham to a Sunday looks to have been scuppered. Clifton Lane chairman Mike Yarlett has insisted the game should be played on Saturday, November 24 rather than a day later
WORCESTER City embark on their defence of the Dr Martens League Cup tonight with just one recognised striker available for selection. Veteran Phil Stant has been ruled out of the first round clash with Rocester at St George's Lane (7.45) leaving just
WORCESTER Rugby Club's bid to switch their RFU Senior Cup fifth round tie with Rotherham to a Sunday looks to have been scuppered. Clifton Lane chairman Mike Yarlett has insisted the game should be played on Saturday, November 24 rather than a day later
THE sport and recreation services provided by Worcester City Council are fair and will probably improve says an independent report by the Audit Commission. Their acting regional director Andy Walford said: "We believe that Worcester City Council will
IT'S attack or bust for Terry Murphy in his bid to win the Benson and Hedges Snooker Championship at Mansfield. The former Old Hill star, a quarter-finalist in Malvern two years ago, reached the last 32 of the 2001 event yesterday with a 5-2 victory over
EVESHAM United will come up against Matt Gardiner when they play Hednesford Town in the first round of the Dr Martens League Cup tonight (7.45). The defender was briefly on the Robins' books earlier in the season after leaving Worcester City before signing
WORCESTER Wolves made a winning start to their National League Division One campaign when they won 79-61 at Mansfield Express. Mansfield started the stronger of the two sides and took an early lead as guard Stephen Richards found gaps in the Worcester
ANOTHER grubby little tale of thoughtless, callous young people living on a Worcester housing estate unfolds across the pages of the Evening News. It's the usual story, one that has a depressing frequency and predictability. Repeated acts of vandalism
MALVERN Town returned from Bustleholme with what was, in the end, a comfortably achieved three points, in the Express and Star Premier Division but up until the 68th minute introduction of Neil Mogford, Town were making heavy weather of overcoming their
WENDY Higgins of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (Outrage at Vatican's stance on animals, Evening News, October 23) can afford to be "outraged" that the Vatican has approved as morally acceptable the use of animal organs for humans.
ACCIDENT and emergency Departments have come under the spotlight following the National Audit Office report on long waiting times. Minister Alan Milburn's response to the damning report was that the problem is primarily one of organisation and management
Sunday, November 11, 2001 WORCESTER'S bid to join the Premiership monopoly game is one move nearer but they've now played their Get Out Of Jail card. Three tries in the final 13 minutes saw them claim the all-important bonus point after a plainly pallid
Bananas Can't Fly: The Autobiography Of Des O'Connor (Headline, £18.99) IT'S hard to dislike old Des. The butt of a thousand jokes about his singing capabilities, he's taken it all on the chin like the old trouper he is. Des O'Connor has now starred in
Sat July 14 Bromsgrove Rovers (a) 4-0 Broughton, Hadley 2, Bird Mon July 16 Halesowen Harriers (a) 6-1 Middleton, Bird 2, Shilton, Shail, Ducros Wed July 18 Evesham United (a) 1-1 Faulds Sat July 21 Redditch United (a) 3-0 Hadley, Hinton, Middleton Tues
September 1 Manch'ster (H) 45-11 8 Birm'gham (H) 53-3 15 Henley (A) 31-0 22 Rotherham (H) 20-18 29 London W (A) 21-3 October 6 Coventry (H) 22-31 13 Lydney Cup 3 (A) 45-0 20 Wakefield (A) 39-8 27 Otley (A) 40-23 November 3 Moseley Cup 4 (A) 50-3 11 Bracknell
DURING a Commons debate on the Food Labelling Bill, which will ensure that food is clearly labelled with its place of origin, Leominster MP Bill Wiggin said: ''I have a little red tractor logo stuck to my fridge so my family do not forget to check to
THE merger of a local financial adviser with an independent financial advice group will create 40 new jobs in Malvern during the next two years. Morley and Co (Independent Financial Advice Ltd) has merged with a new, rapidly growing financial advice group
CHANGES to sex discrimination laws recently introduced could have big implications for employers in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. A European Union Directive, that came into effect in Britain on October 12, effectively moves the burden of proof in
A MAN who turned to crime after being horrifically injured outside a pub has avoided a jail sentence. Martin Beard broke into a house and stole a £500 stereo unit which was sold to buy crack cocaine, Worcester Crown Court was told. In 1994, the 36-year-old
A BABY'S cries were the only sound to echo through the Cathedral's two minutes' silence as hundreds gathered in remembrance of Worcester's war dead. For the congregation, coming to terms with the conflict in Afghanistan, they were an apt reminder of the
THE quest to identify the body of a Worcestershire Regiment soldier found beneath the First World War's most infamous battlefield has taken a significant step forward after an Evening News investigation. The remains, discovered by workers digging a cable
A MOCK court was set up outside the Guildhall over the weekend to highlight the first trial of GM crop protestors in Worcester. The Worcestershire Greenpeace group organised a series of events on Saturday, which included street theatre and green stalls
PLANS for a new £7m hospital in Malvern look to be one step closer to reality. Worcestershire Community and Mental Health Trust could be given the go-ahead to build a new hospital at Seaford Court, if a business plan currently being written up is accepted
FIXTURES MIDLANDS ONE Saturday, November 17. Malvern v Kenilworth. Saturday, November 24. Friendly: Selly Oak v Malvern. Saturday, December 1. Longton v Malvern. Saturday, December 8. Banbury v Malvern. RESULTS MIDLANDS ONE 8/9/01: Dunstablians 41, Malvern
A SITE of Special Scientific Interest which had been earmarked for a road scheme, has been turned into a nature reserve. Hurcott Wood and Pool was owned by the Highways Agency which planned to run the Kidderminster, Blakedown and Hagley by-pass through
DOZENS of blacksmiths converged on Eastnor Forge to take part in a joint art project. They aimed to create a "wall of texture" sculpture, to be presented to the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford. It was designed by Andrew Findlay, of Eastnor
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Saturday, November 10, 2001 DEADLY strike duo Sam Bowen and Michael Moore grabbed a goal apiece as Bromsgrove Rovers eased into round three of the FA Vase with a comfortable 2-0 win over Ford Sports Daventry. Midland Alliance title hopefuls Rovers were
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WORCESTER City's class of 2001 will be aiming to emulate the class of '78 when they entertain Rushden & Diamonds in the first round of the FA Cup. In years gone by St George's Lane has witnessed some memorable clashes including the humbling of Malcolm
WORCESTER City embark on their defence of the Dr Martens League Cup tonight with just one recognised striker available for selection. Veteran Phil Stant has been ruled out of the first round clash with Rocester at St George's Lane (7.45) leaving just
AN excellent try by captain Will Crawforth sealed an exciting 14-11 Midlands One rugby victory for Luctonians over rivals Hereford at Mortimer Park. Crawforth pounced with five minutes left after setting off on a dazzling 60 metre run in which he beat
MALVERN kick started their Midlands One rugby campaign with a crucial 39-5 win at bottom side Camp Hill. The league clash, between the two bottom teams, proved to be a mis-match as Malvern clinched the points. Malvern began strongly and Jon Owen scored
August 18 Shepshed (h) 2-0 Booth 2 21 RC Warwick (a) 1-0 (og) 25 Clevedon (a) 0-2 27 Evesham (h) 2-3 (og), Cowley September 1 Rugby Utd (h) (FA Cup preliminary round) 5-1 Marsh 2, Charlton, Booth 2 8 Gresley (h) 2-0 Booth 2 11 Redditch (a) 2-1 Langford
I agree with David Barlow's words (You Say, March 2) regarding the Railtrack debacle. However, when it comes to selling the family silver, New Labour has continued in a very Tory-like manner. I recall the statements "read my lips our air traffic control
YESTERDAY was Remembrance Sunday when we honoured the heroes of two world wars who died for our freedom. In a few days' time, five honest traders are to appeal to the High Court in London over their "offence" of selling produce in pounds and ounces, not
I'M Worcester born and bred - and proud of it. Over the last 15 years, I have been living in Italy, where carrying an identity card is mandatory. These ID cards are issued by the local authority and display both your photo and signature - and have to
All I Ever Wrote: The Complete Works by Ronnie Barker (Sidgwick & Jackson, £14.99). EVERY so often, someone at the eastern end of the Evening News sub-editors desk will begin: Four candles? Then, the rallying cry will continue: Four candles? Yes,
Sixty years ago, the people of Pershore and surrounding villages raised a staggering £200,000 to fund a new Royal Navy Corvette. The money came from donations, bowling for a pig and the auction of an outsize marrow in the shape of a duck... called Cuthbert
A very successful coffee morning held at the Broadway Hotel in the village raised £1,800 for St Richard's Hospice. Volunteer Sonia Woolven said: "We would like to thank all who helped and supported us, including hotel staff."
THE booming housing market is good news for estate agents, solicitors, banks and building societies, and homeowners wishing to downsize or even sell up completely. But what about young people on low incomes who want to set up home for the first time especially
THERE is always rivalry between Labour and Tory MPs but the latest spat between Mike Foster and Peter Luff is anything but boring. There have been angry notes, insults even talk of who would win a fight down a dark alley! The focal point is the question
IT is no secret there is no love lost between some farmers and officials from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Farmers were less than happy with the way the foot-and-mouth crisis was handled in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. DEFRA
Saturday, November 10, 2001 IT could be a long hard winter ahead for Worcester City judging by their efforts against Cambridge City which saw them fall to their first home defeat of the season. The Lilywhites came from a goal down to win 2-1 with a thunderous
Saturday, November 10, 2001 NEW signings Richard Appleby and Bo Henriksen made an immediate impact as a 3-1 success at Leyton Orient gave Kidderminster Harriers their first back-to-back victories of the season. Super-subs Appleby and Henriksen, signed
THE search is on for the fastest-growing technology companies in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. The Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 Technology programme is a campaign to recognise, reward and raise the profile of technology companies that have achieved
