A FATHER-of-one cheated death after he was slashed across the throat with a carving knife. Adrian Locke needed 16 stitches following the horrific attack, at about 4pm on Saturday. The 30-year-old was viewing a second-hand car in Rodborough Close, Warndon
ANIMAL-lovers have come to the rescue of unwanted cats and rabbits, which had left the RSPCA at bursting point after Christmas. The charity had run out of kennel space and foster homes for 40 cats and 33 rabbits found stray or abandoned in Worcestershire
ONE of Worcestershire's most historic symbols is under threat with more than 180 acres of orchard being cut down in the county every year. That is the equivalent of 90 football pitches. The black pear tree, which features on the county council's crest
A COURT official has been prosecuted after writing off his motorbike. Russell Lambert, an usher at Worcester Crown Court, yesterday admitted careless driving after he collided with the back of a car on Wednesday, October 15, last year. Worcester Magistrates
A HORSE dentist who travels around the country looking for work has kept his driving licence despite admitting giving false details to the driver whose car he crashed into. Ernest Holloway, of The Common, Wellington Heath, near Ledbury, pleaded guilty
A LICENCE fee for one of Worcester's biggest summer music concerts could be increased by 1,200 per cent. The city council is hoping to raise £6,500 from Wyvern FM's annual pop event at Worcestershire County Cricket Club. For XS2003 the authority charged
PROBATION chiefs in West Mercia are taking a special interest in one petty criminal, a fictional character in one of Britain's best-loved soaps. Ed Grundy, errant son of Eddie and Clarrie in Radio 4's The Archers, is serving a community punishment and
A MUSIC workshop for people suffering mental ill-health is being re-launched tomorrow. National charity Shaw Trust has teamed up with Worcester College of Technology and city live music venue The Marr's Bar, to run the event. The workshop is exclusively
A HUSBAND who made "distressing" phone calls to a former friend having an affair with his estranged wife has escaped jail. Anthony Birbeck, of Wolsey Close, Ronkswood, Worcester, made four phone calls to the man, a friend of 12 years, after discovering
A MAN living in his car has been disqualified from driving for a series of motoring offences. Dominic Smith, who lives in the vehicle parked outside his mother's home, in Humber Road, Ronkswood, was yesterday banned by Worcester Magistrates Court for
THE search is on for a "hero" to open the new Tesco Express store in Brindley Road, Warndon, Worcester. Tesco Express has joined forces with the Evening News to launch a new competition, Search for a Local Hero. Whether a ''super-gran'', a devoted charity
A RUGBY touring squad from Australia took on promising youngsters from a Worcester school and proved just a little too tough. The under-16 team from Trinity Grammar School in Melbourne thrashed the under 15s of The King's School 29-0, yesterday. The two
BROMSGROVE Rovers' Worcester Senior Cup Second Round tie at Sutton Coldfield Town tonight has been called off to a waterlogged pitch. Heavy rain on the north side of Birmingham looks to be the cause. A re-arranged date has yet to be set.
AUGUST 16 H Havant & W. 1-1 (Kelly) 19 A Merthyr Tydfil 0-2 (Kelly, Wilde) 23 A Welling United 0-1 (Middleton) 25 H Moor Green 3-0 (Kelly, Owen, Webster) 30 A Crawley Town 0-4 SEPTEMBER 1 H Hinckley United 2-0 (Holloway, Davies) 6 H Dorchester Town
WHEN Richard Wood set off on his Atlantic rowing marathon with friend Rob Ringer, in 2001, we marvelled at their courage and saluted a quality that was missing from too much of British life these days - the plucky will to succeed. When Rob was forced
WERNER Swanepoel has stood down as Worcester Rugby Club skipper. The scrum-half, who was appointed club captain last season, has struggled with injury this campaign and has chosen to concentrate on his game as he bids to regain his fitness and form. Tony
BROMSGROVE Rovers renew rivalries with Sutton Coldfield Town tonight with the clubs' fourth encounter of the season in the Worcestershire FA Senior Cup second round (7.30). Tough-talking Rovers manager George Rooney will ensure there is no complacency
LUCTONIANS suffered a heart-breaking defeat in injury time as they lost 16-14 at home to Bradford and Bingley in the fifth round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup. A capacity crowd at Mortimer Park enjoyed a cracker of a match and Lucs appeared to be heading
AN 11-goal thriller at Fernhill Heath Spurs saw a 7-4 win for Oak Apple in the Worcester and District Saturday League Division One. Richard Green was the Oak's shooting star, netting four times with other goals coming from Joe Knott, Steve Simpson and
Worcester Wanderers slipped to a 27-23 North Midlands Shield defeat to lower graded Greyhound. The Hereford-based team quickly put Wanderers under pressure. They were 11 points ahead before Worcester started to play and hit back with a penalty from fly-half
TEENAGE debutant Sha-bir Khan provided a rare bright spot as Worcester City crashed out of the Dr Martens League Cup to Moor Green last night. Goals from Daire Doyle midway through the first-half and in stoppage time from the penalty spot, condemned City
MELVYN Hiles (Evening News, Monday, January 12) complains about motorists being fined for using cycle lanes while cyclists are not obliged to use them. The simple reason for this is surely that cyclists (who were actually there first!) need protection
I FAIL to understand how people can be so unkind towards George Cowley. George obviously derives great pleasure from his writing, so why should anyone want to deprive him of that? Criticise his opinions and comments by all means, but this generalised,
I WISH to reassure Mary Dhonau regarding her concerns of the Review of Special Schools and remind her she does have a voice on the Education Scrutiny Panel. In 2000, two parent-governor representatives were elected to serve as Parent representatives on
IF it is justifiable for this government to alter its manifesto commitment and advocate charging for student fees, I suppose it's just as logical to decide to charge - in retrospect - for children's nursery fees, the cost of primary and secondary education
TEENAGE debutant Sha-bir Khan provided a rare bright spot as Worcester City crashed out of the Dr Martens League Cup to Moor Green last night. Goals from Daire Doyle midway through the first-half and in stoppage time from the penalty spot, condemned City
WERNER Swanepoel has stood down as Worcester Rugby Club skipper. The scrum-half, who was appointed club captain last season, has struggled with injury this campaign and has chosen to concentrate on his game as he bids to regain his fitness and form. Tony
CLOTHES retailer H & M Hennes, which opened a store in Worcester in October 2003, has signed a ground-breaking agreement to secure and promote fundamental worker's rights in all H&M workplaces. The group, which employs about 40,000 people in 950
A SURVEY is being carried out in the Malvern Hills district in a bid to tackle a potential shortage of skilled staff in the area. The district council has sent out a questionnaire to the district's companies for the past six years, but this year's survey
THIEF who stole £50 from a friend who entrusted him with his bank details has been told to pay back the money. John Pugh, aged 39, was spending time living with a friend of five years when he was given his bank card and PIN number so he could take cash
AN intrepid youth worker from Worcester today begins the mammoth task of rowing single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean. Richard Wood is taking part in the Ocean Rowing Society Atlantic Rowing Regatta from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Barbados
DISTRAUGHT Worcester mums whose children had their body parts removed without consent are to go to the High Court. Lisa Cresswell and Sue Harris are among 2,000 parents fighting to stop the practice of organ retention. The court will be told that remains
A 1920s themed banquet and movie night helped to raise more than £300 for Acorns Children's Hospice. Guests dressed up in appropriate attire of that era and enjoyed a showing of the movie Chicago in the Spires Restaurant, at Worcester College of Technology
AN Iraqi school has been named after the Worcestershire bomb disposal expert who was killed while on aid work in the war-torn country. Ian Rimell, who was working for the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), was shot and killed in September when his vehicle was
PUPILS from a city high school have raised more than £1,000 for the families of victims of the Iran earthquake. More than 40,000 people were killed in the massive tremor that levelled the Iranian city of Bam on Boxing Day. Now, Blessed Edward Oldcorne
LIFE will become a little easier for the county's carers this week with the opening of a new unit specifically for them in Worcester. The new facility, at Pierpoint House, Pierpoint Street, in the city centre, opens on Thursday. The county council is
MORE than 60 people were arrested in Wyre Forest over the Christmas period during a festive crackdown on crime. "The arrests included offences such as vehicle crime, violent crime, theft, and racially aggravated offences," said beat manager PC Debbie
A FAMILY from Worcester is desperately searching for their lost puppy, which ran away just a few hours after they had bought it. Dave Berry, of Teme Road in Tolladine, said the 14-month-old male German Shepherd, which answers to the name Wolf, became
PUPILS at a city primary took the healthy route to school this morning by snubbing their parents' cars and catching a "walking bus". Northwick Manor Infant School officially launched the scheme at 8.30am today, and the children were out in force to back
FEARS that a threat to cap a rise in the county's council tax bills will lead to fewer bobbies on the beat have been dismissed by police chiefs. Councillor George Lord, leader of Worcestershire County Council, said Government warnings that it would cap
ENFORCEMENT action will begin to reverse redevelopment of a listed Worcester pub after the city council rejected retrospective planning consent. Councillors turned down an application from the owners of the Green Man, The Tything, for work to be carried
TEENAGE debutant Sha-bir Khan provided a rare bright spot as Worcester City crashed out of the Dr Martens League Cup to Moor Green last night. Goals from Daire Doyle midway through the first-half and in stoppage time from the penalty spot, condemned City
WHAT difference a week has made for Kidderminster Harriers! Last Tuesday they performed in front of a crowd of nearly 26,000 while tonight only a handful are expected to watch them in action at Aggborough. But for director of football Jan Molby it's all
BELLSTARS continued their fine run in Division Three of the Worcester and District Skittle League by defeating visiting Fernhill Heath on the Bell Inn by 30 pins. Despite losing the first leg by one pin, Bellstars had built up a commanding lead of 38
WHAT difference a week has made for Kidderminster Harriers! Last Tuesday they performed in front of a crowd of nearly 26,000 while tonight only a handful are expected to watch them in action at Aggborough. But for director of football Jan Molby it's all
SEVENTEEN-year-olds are faced with one of the biggest decisions of their lives as the introduction of top-up fees presents a £27,000 dilemma of whether or not to take a gap year. Dan Kendrick takes a look at how sixth formers across Worcestershire will
JOHN Phillpott (Evening News, Monday, January 12) writes of "The Grey Army on pension warpath." Obviously, we all need money to survive, but of far more concern to me, at 66, is whether I will still be here in five, 10, or 20 years time to draw my pension
"MANKIND damaging his world" wrote Paul Rone Clarke (You Say Wednesday, December 31). "Aviation is the most polluting transport made on the planet" says Chris Lennard (Thursday January 1). How many more new years will pass before it dawns that jet engines
STOURPORT Swifts take a welcome break from Dr Martens Western Division action to test themselves against a professional outfit tonight. Dave Titterton's men visit neighbours Kidderminster Harriers in the Worcestershire Senior Cup quarter-finals (7.30pm
HOME, away (Dr Martens Western fixtures unless stated) JULY Sat 19 WALSALL (Friendly) 5-1 (Sutton, Banner, Dyson, Bowen, Scheppel) Tue 22 WOODFORD UNITED (Friendly) 3-1 (Sutton, Stephenson, Scheppel) Sat 26 STOCKPORT COUNTY (Friendly) 0-0 Wed 30 ASTON
THE Malvern-based car maker Morgan has launched a new attack on the American marketplace with its Aero 8 sports car. As part of a new initiative, backed by regional development agency, Advantage West Midlands, they appeared at a major motor show in Los
