THREE thousand Worcestershire workers were waiting to find out if a job-saving takeover will be blocked by the Government today. Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt was planning to announce her verdict on the £450m merger of GUS Home Shopping and March UK
YOUNGSTERS have been receiving expert advice from firefighters. Worcester firefighter Gary Southam helped to teach Year 5 pupils at Worcester's Warndon Junior School about fire awareness, including how to draw up a plan of escape in case of a blaze, and
A MAN with a behavioural disorder found walking along the motorway at night in a suicide bid has been badly let down by the medical system, it was claimed. Police found Spencer Craig, aged 23, wandering along the M5 between junctions six and seven, on
STOURPORT prepare for the forthcoming campaign with indoor nets at Abberley Hall School on Wednesday from 8.00pm. They will run every week until the new season and anyone interested can call John Downes on 01299 824282 or Ray Cook on 01299 878987.
Bretforton II 1, Cheltenham Civil Service 4 ALTHOUGH defending well in open play, it was set routines from short corners that sentenced Bretforton to defeat. The first goal didn't come until late in the first half when a short corner resulted in Fiona
A MASSIVE planned increase in the licence fee for one of Worcester's biggest summer events has been scrapped. The chairman of the city council's licensing committee, Councillor David Clark, pulled a proposed 1,200 per cent rise in the charge for Wyvern
A WOMAN who stole a Bob the Builder toy for her baby has been given a second chance. Paula Slemp, Edgeworth Close, Warndon, was spotted by witnesses stealing the £30 toy - on November 25, 2003 - and was also captured on CCTV, Worcester Magistrates heard
A DROITWICH voluntary organisation that offers support, friendship and help to parents of children under the age of five, is looking for volunteers. Home Start is inviting parents and grandparents to share some of their experiences with local families
WORCESTERSHIRE Big Brother star Steph Caldicott will be opening a newly refurbished youth centre in Droitwich at the weekend. Youthworcs will be unveiled by the local girl, who made the final night of the Channel 4 programme, at 7.30pm on Saturday. Steph
THE MAYOR of Worcester has stumped up a cash award in a bid to stop mindless attacks on city bus stops. Councillor Gareth Jones is disgusted a Blackpole shelter has been repeatedly targeted by "morons" and is offering £100 for information that leads to
RIGOROUS age checks could be introduced in Worcester's pubs, clubs and stores to help crackdown down on illegal drinking. The city council is currently looking at ways to stop underage youngsters hitting the bottle, as part of its local licensing policy
THIS year's Kay's sell-out panto certainly rubbed Worcester's Mayor up the right way with a stunning array of costumes, glittering performances and a shimmering gold finale. Councillor Gareth Jones gave his official seal of approval to the city firm's
WARNDON residents should register their interest if they want access to broadband internet, says BT. The telecommunications company sets "trigger levels" which mean that a certain number of people must register an interest in order for a telephone exchange
AN intrepid Worcester man wants messages of support from the people of the Faithful City to spur him on as he attempts to row across the Atlantic Ocean. Richard Wood began his bid to row from La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, to Barbados on Tuesday -
IT was a rusty old 1970 Morris Minor - but now it's going to be the first car of its kind to tackle the London to Sydney Marathon 2004. Joy Rainey, originally from Geelong, Australia, but now living in Evesham, will race more than 10,000 miles in the
A CALL for action on drugs and indecency in Upton-upon-Severn has been made by town councillor Neil Culley. But a police officer has confirmed that work is already in hand to address the problems, including regular police patrols. Mr Culley, who has previously
A FORMER town mayor is the latest victim of an uneven pavement in one of Upton-upon-Severn's main streets. The town council has previously complained to Malvern Hills Highways Partnership about the uneven pavement in Old Street and was told that privately-owned
THE beauty of a Worcestershire landscape park designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown will be revealed to television viewers next week. Croome Park, near Severn Stoke, is well known to people in the county, but unsuspected by 36 million people who pass
AN OUTBREAK of legionnaires' disease has been identified at a company in Pinvin, after a second person was diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease. A 60-year-old employee from Polestar Varnicoat in Terrace Road is currently in Worcestershire Royal
MARY Matthews, Tenbury's latest Member of the British Empire, got the red carpet treatment when she went to Buckingham Palace in December to collect her medal from The Prince of Wales. The award 'for services to archery' was announced in the Queen's Birthday
Following a site meeting, Tenbury town councillors have been given details of the advantages and disadvantages of bollards as possible measures for solving the problem of vehicles damaging the town's famous Round Market. To avoid continuing knocks, Coun
HEALTH bosses across the county have been left to "manage the unmanageable" accor-ding to a disillusioned consultant who is quitting after a quarter century of service. Dr Reg Johnstone - whose outspoken opposition to the downgrading of Kidderminster
BUSINESSES could be put off moving in to the former British Sugar site in Kidderminster after plans to put in a mobile rubble crusher were given the thumbs up, it has been claimed.the former British Sugar factory site. Green lighting the crusher will
VICTORY has turned to anger for a Stourport scout troop whose hut was burgled in the same week as planning permission was won to build a new base on the same site. The Europa Venture Scout Unit's base in Stourport's War Memorial Park was broken into by
A ONCE derelict Iraqi school has been renamed in honour of a Kidderminster man who was killed while he was working to rebuild it. The Ian Rimell School for Girls was opened in Hatra, Northern Iraq, on Sunday with a special plaque honouring the Siskin
A 40-year-old motorist suffered a fractured cheek bone after he was attacked by a group of teenagers, some thought to be as young as 13. They punched and kicked him and hit him in the face with a brick. The victim was driving his car along Bromsgrove
A STOURPORT woman who is registered blind has taken up the cudgels on behalf of other residents who fear they will be left stranded by potential bus service cuts. Margaret Bond, of Kyle-milne Way, on the Hartlebury Park estate, is dependent on the number
CONSERVATION campaigners in Wyre Forest have given a "cautious" welcome to exciting plans to save the listed Piano Building by turning it into a shops-and-flats complex. The building, located in the new Weavers Wharf retail development, was dramatically
THE amount of rubbish being recycled across Wyre Forest has already doubled after the partial introduction of a kerbside collection scheme. Thousands more homes across the district are due to join the "rethink rubbish" challenge in the next two months
TWO former workmates have been "overjoyed" by the response to their plans to host a reunion to mark the 20th anniversary of the closure of a Kidderminster factory. Ex-workers and their relatives have come forward after the plans to mark the demise of
LOCAL VANDALISM: The new parish council is grasping the nettle to deal with vandalism. Recent damage in local woodlands to hides on a lake, and to equipment on the playing field, plus damage to a lamppost opposite the village hall has made councillors
DEBATING SOCIETY: The next meeting will be on Saturday, January 31, The School Debate. The motion will be: This House regrets the reduced emphasis on foreign languages in the school curriculum. Proposing the motion will be Rachel Frayney. Supporting Rachel
PROBUS GROUP: The annual speakers secretary meeting for local Probus groups is to be held on Tuesday, February 10 at 10am for 10.30am at The Horse and Groom Public House, Oddington, Nr Stow. All those attending are asked to bring additional copies of
GARDEN CLUB: At the January meeting, Tim Miles, head gardener at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, gave a talk about The Glorious Gardens of Cornwall, illustrated by slides of the gardens and of the exotic plants that can be found there. The next meeting, on
PARISH COUNCIL: The council met on January 12. Speed limit on A44: The matter of 40 and 50mph speed limits was discussed at length and the council reiterated how disappointed it was that the 40mph limit promised by the county council would not now go
VILLAGE HALL: The village hall management committee met last Wednesday evening but before the meeting began, several members had the opportunity of taking part in a short chat with the architect who is handling the development plans for the hall. After
THROUGH your letters page I would like to say thank you and a sad farewell to all our loyal customers and to the many friends we have made whilst in Evesham. We moved here three years ago and opened The Glassroom and Radiomania and have met, almost without
HOW can we protect communities from troublesome individuals? With limited resources, the police cannot, of course, be everywhere. Nor would most citizens want them to be. We wouldn't advocate residents turning vigilante. Nor do we disagree that the police
THE National Holocaust Memorial Day will be marked with a special evening of theatre and music by Playbox Theatre Company and Warwick Arts Society. The fourth annual event at the Dream Factory in Shelley Avenue, Warwick, this Sunday features Playbox members
YOUNGSTERS can enjoy four theatre productions at the Swan Theatre at Worcester geared specifically towards children. The children's theatre season begins on Saturday, February 7 with A Mouse Called Cheddar Gorge by Angela Lanyon. This will be followed
HOCKEY: A win for Bloxwich dragged Kidderminster into the West Midlands Premier Division bottom two after their 10th league defeat of the season. The town fell 2-1 at home to fifth-placed Warwick and now have a crucial visit on Saturday to Streetly who
THE Phoenix Theatre Group will be performing their annual pantomime, Cinderella, at the Arts Centre in Evesham this month. Keith Norledge, who has produced and directed the show, said there would be a few surprise extras along with the usual panto acts
HOCKEY: Chaddesley Corbett celebrated the start of the club's 50th anniversary in style with an emphatic 6-0 win over Aston University. They gave the students a lesson in goal-scoring in West Midlands Division Two after an early strike from Jay Da Costa
VOLLEYBALL: Red-hot Cleobury Mortimer Ladies romped through to the English Volleyball Association Shield quarter-finals with a 3-0 win at Sheffield. They were favourites to beat a team 10 places below them and Sunday's result went to form. But the day
JUDO: The year started excellently for Samurai Judo Club with four medals at the tough Welsh Open Championships, including a gold for Danny Williams. The boys' lightweights got off to a good start when Wesley Connor won a series of contests, losing just
MOTORSPORT: Potential star of the up-coming televised Formula Woman series, Natalie Nokes, joins Nathan Freke in a two-car Jamun FF1600 team. Kidderminster kart champion Freke will be in the side, run by Century Motorsport and James Crofts Racing. Nokes
MARTIAL ARTS: Sally Davis, Dave Baker and Daniel Cooper received awards for their all-round dedication at Stourport Tae Kwon-Do Club's end-of-year presentation ceremony for students. The trio also won bronze for sparring at the British championships where
SNOOKER: Richard King scored 93 for Snooks F but his team were still beaten 3-2 by Pockets B in the Kidderminster and District Monday League. Snooks B have opened up an 11-point gap by defeating bottom-placed St Johns D 5-0. But second placed Snooks A
SNOOKER: Franche A and Oldington A were the only teams to record 5-0 wins in the Kidderminster Wednesday League. Leaders Franche A beat St John's E 5-0 and Oldington moved into fourth place with their 5-0 defeat of Wribbenhall B. Other results: St Ambrose
JOB HUNTING tightheads who are beginning to hear Worcester's march on the Premiership should think on. Neil Lyman is not about to give up. Every year the prop, who began his career down the road in Kidderminster, is faced with a fresh challenge. A new
CYCLING: Dave List, Pete Yates and Scott Roberts represented Stourport Specialist Cycles team in the mountain bike downhill winter series at Ludlow. List came third, after leading on his first run, Yates was 17th in the juniors and Roberts finished fourth
ATHLETICS: Members of Kidderminster and Stourport competed in the fourth West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League at Sandwell Valley. The best result came from Chris Harler, fifth in the U-11s boys' event, while Alison Young was sixth in the
DARTS: Anthony Morris caused the biggest shock in the Banks's Bewdley Singles knockout by beating the holder once again. The quick-fire player, a match for anyone on his day, booted out Mick Reading to add to last season's scalp of Richard Adams. But
WEDNESDAY, Bank and Middle: David James 33-4, Pete Short 16-10, John Cook 14-10. League, sections: A 1-7 Mark Tooze 41-12, A 8-13 Phil Weaver 26-11, B 1-7 Neil McKinnon 24-14, B 8-13 Ernie Malyon 13-6, C 1-7 Terry Homer 29-3, C 8-13 Mike Lutwytch 9-8,
A MAN who raped a schoolboy and left him suicidal has been jailed for six years at Worcester Crown Court. John Cooper confessed during his trial because he could not bring himself to watch a video of the victim's police interview. The 44-year-old, from
SUNDAY'S canal match ended in a tie between Ray Jordan and Mick Swalwell. Trophy presentation night and a disco will be at The Old Bear pub, Kidderminster, on Saturday, starting at 8pm. The next club meeting is on Sunday, February 2, at the same venue
A MAN from Kidderminster accused of raping a woman in Redditch has been sent for trial by jury at Worcester Crown Court. Paul Januszewski, 45, denied rape, two counts of indecent assault and four counts of witness intimidation against three people. The
SIXTH-placed Wyre Forest Brintons visit Malvern Town Reserves in Division One South on Saturday. The players are asked to meet at the Hare and Hounds pub at 12.30pm.
POLICE are celebrating the success of a Christmas crackdown on crime which led to more than 60 arrests. Operation Holiday, launched by Kidderminster Police on November 17, saw a 34 per cent decrease in the number of shoplifting incidents reported between
CANAL: B Downing 0-11, G Keshaw 0-7, M Sztybel 0-6. A contest will be held on Sunday, February 15, on the Lyttelton waters 60-79. The draw will be at 8am. If the river is unfishable, the contest will be transferred to the canal or pools.
WITH the recent discussions concerning bus services and the likely cuts which have led to criticism, particularly of First Bus, I would like to put forward the side of the bus and coach operator. Most bus services are subsidised by local authorities and
BURLISH Olympic Ladies punished a below-strength Bewdley Town with a 10-0 hammering to take their place in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire County Cup semi-finals. Boss Dave Glass is now looking forward to seeing his players test themselves against
A FORMER Kidderminster Harriers goalkeeper has appeared in court, charged with dishonestly retaining nearly £1million belonging to legendary designer Sir Terence Conran. Darren Steadman, aged 33, is alleged to have dishonestly retained credits of £459,996
A MEETING will be held at the Eagle's Nest pub on Wednesday at 8pm when venues for next season's contests will be decided. Dates for the annual meeting and presentation dinner will also be arranged. Members are asked to attend the meeting.
"WE will change the statement". That was the arrogant reply from the Head of Services to Schools, Ruth Chiva, when asked a direct question by a distraught parent, at the public meeting on Alexander Patterson Special School. For those who may not know,
HETA Pool: John Hodgetts 8-12, Mark Wilson 2-4, Mick Carrick, Stuart Williams 0-9. There will be a match on the HETA pool on Sunday with an 8am draw.
I WOULD be most interested in the views of other readers regarding the Weavers Wharf shopping development in Kidderminster. I find it utterly depressing, with out-moded architecture, without style and lacking any regard for shoppers' comfort and protection
FORMER Kidderminster Harriers' manager Ian Britton has been brought in to assist Stratford Town manager Lennie Derby, writes Mervyn Collins. Britton, who was sacked as manager of the Nationwide League third division side earlier this season, takes over
YATES'S were crowned Kidderminster six-a-side league champions, finishing their programme with a convincing 7-1 victory over Ads Lads. Other results: Stourport Sports Club 0, Harriers United 1; Dreamers 3, Bobby Dazzlers 2; Loom & Shuttle 4, FC Irrelevant
SATURDAY (3pm unless stated) NATIONWIDE LEAGUE DIVISION THREE Bury v KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS DR MARTENS WESTERN DIVISION Team Bath v STOURPORT SWIFTS WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SOUTH CHADDESLEY CORBETT v Reality Sports (1.45pm) Ledbury Town Reserves
REFEREE Russell Green left both managers seeing red after last Saturday's Dr Martens league clash at Common Road, writes Mervyn Collins. Evesham United boss Dave Busst was fuming over the Gloucester official's decision to send off skipper Lee Knight,
I AM sure other residents of Stourport Road in Bewdley will be just as amazed as I on reading the comments of a Halcrow representative on behalf of the county council (No need for bumps after car survey, Shuttle/Times and News, January 15). Are we talking
ENTHUSIASTIC people are needed to compete in Evesham College's It's A Knockout challenge, which is to be held on their Charity Fun Day in June. Teams of 12 people will challenge each other to races around inflatable obstacle courses and test their general
THE panto season is in full swing in one Vale village as residents prepare to enjoy a production of Pinocchio - no strings attached. The Weston Players will be performing the children's classic at Weston Sub Edge's Hall of Friendship and have been preparing
EVESHAM residents are invited to have their say on the options drawn up to revamp High Street. Following on from drop-in days, seminars and walking tours, Wychavon District Council is holding two sessions to allow the public to comment on its proposals
A VALE singing group has collected more than £3,000 for local charities with a seasonal series of performances. The Lygonian Carol Singers sang at private houses, parties and hotels in Chipping Campden, Broadway, Buckland and Evesham throughout the festive
WYRE Forest Women's Aid would like to thank local schools, churches and community groups for their very kind and generous donations of food, toys, gifts and money for the women and children in the refuge. It has all helped enormously to provide a happy
A VALE woman is appealing for local businesses to sponsor her bid to join the London to Sydney rally in a Morris Minor. Joy Rainey of Wickhamford is currently restoring the little car, which will take her and co-driver Trevor Hulks more than 10,000 miles
WORCESTERSHIRE head teachers will have extra ammunition when they take their case for better funding to schools minister David Milliband next week. An independent report commissioned by the county council has concluded what campaigners have long maintained
FIVE vans were targeted by thieves on one night this week and power tools stolen from four of the vehicles in Evesham. The first reported theft took place at Rudge Road at some time before 6.40am on Tuesday, January 20, when two Bosch power drills, Hitachi
EVESHAM community contact centre is set to expand to include more of the town's services on the Abbey Road site. The JobCentre, currently based in Vine Street, Evesham, has already shown an interest in moving to the site and discussions are ongoing at
MID-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff has urged the Transport Secretary not to hand over more power to Centro, the Birmingham Passenger Transport Executive, and continue to 'deprive Worcestershire of necessary railway improvements'. During a Commons statement
WEST Mercia Probation, which includes South Worcestershire, has boosted its strength with 19 newly-qualified probation officers and also has another 41 trainees in either the first or second year of training. It represents the biggest intake of recruits
WARNINGS have gone out to local businesses to watch out for a data protection scam which could hit the Vale once again. Roy Jenkins, of Weston Subedge, contacted the Journal when he received a letter from the Data Processing Protection Corporation asking
county estate agent Andrew Grant has taken the helm of the St Richard's Hospice Appeal. The appointment was announced as plans for the new £5.25 million centre were approved by Worcester City Council. Mr Grant will head the team raising money for the
YOUTHFUL Cleobury Mortimer did themselves proud in the Shropshire Cup with a spirited display against higher-ranked Telford in a 29-5 defeat. Cleobury had lost 52-0 at the start of the season to their county rivals who play in Midlands Three West (North
A VALE man, living with a potentially terminal illness, hopes to help others come to terms with the condition that is threatening to cut short his life. Kevin - who wished to remain anonymous because of misconceptions about his condition - is setting
A BELOW-PAR display from weakened Stourport saw them beaten 34-10 in a friendly at Bromyard. Higher-ranked Bromyard, of North Midlands One, scored two unconverted tries within the first 15 minutes. But Stourport, with Steve MacDonald doing well on his
TRIES from Richard Billings, Nick Kendrick and a penalty effort continued Chaddesley Corbett's hot run in a 20-17 friendly win at Birmingham Exiles. But they started the match with just 13 men due to traffic delays and Exiles made good use to race into
BEWDLEY are looking for more players to join their squad as they are suffering a shortage. They are not playing games at the moment but plan to arrange friendlies as soon as possible. Players are needed for all positions and a rugby CV is not necessary
THE power of KCs U-12s' pack was too much as they raced to a convincing 49-7 win over Bredon with another excellent display. Alex Hopkirk, Greg Campion, Will Short, Scott Mundie, Ewan Thompson and Joe Foley (two) scored the tries. Adam Fisher, Daniel
RUSSELL Earnshaw will be handed his full debut as Worcester Warriors square up to Bedford Blues. The openside flanker comes in for his first start in Saturday's National One clash at Sixways (3pm). Earnshaw, who signed earlier this month from Rotherham
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Lee Jenkins has lost his battle to shake off a niggling knee injury and requires surgery. The 24-year-old was due to go under the knife today in an operation that will rule him out of action for six weeks. Jenkins sustained
BROMSGROVE Rugby Club could extend their lead at the top of Midlands Two (West) when they welcome Stafford to Finstall Park on Saturday. The league leaders have seen Derby cut the gap at the top to just one point by winning one of their games in hand
WORCESTER City's Academy side reached the semi-finals of the Nationwide PASE Conference Cup when they defeated Southport KG 2-1 yesterday. Shabir Khan hit the crossbar in the first minute, before Southport took the lead on five minutes. Rob Sinclair equalised
WORCESTER 2 LICHFIELD 1 IN their first Coaching Solutions Midlands Premier Hockey League game after the Christmas break, Worcester entertained a Lichfield side who they lost 4-3 to in the final game before the festive season. The home side were boosted
WORCESTER WOMEN'S Xl 7 WORCESTER WOMEN'S II 1 DUE to the re-arrangement of the first team's fixture with Premier League side Leicester, the second eleven stepped into the breech. In an open game, the seconds put some early pressure on their National League
Evesham Utd 2, Redditch Utd 0 DOWN to the bare bones in terms of personnel, Evesham produced a rattling good display to land Redditch's title hopes a body blow, writes Mervyn Collins. Ten points clear at the top of the Western Division table and unbeaten
Evesham Utd Ladies 3, Redditch Utd 0 A GAME switched to Chu-rch Lench saw Evesham produce an excellent all-round performance as they emulated the previous day's result of their male counterparts to record a weekend double over their county rivals. An
100 years Ago January 23 1904 There are few agricultural associations which have lived so long and have done such an amount of excellent work as that at Winchcombe. They do not confine their operations to the annual show and to the awarding of prizes
A talk and slideshow about the Swan Rescue Sanctuary at Wychbold, was given at the January meeting. The annual meeting will be held on Thursday, February 12 in Areley Kings Methodist Church, at 8pm. Following the meeting there will be a bring and buy
A meeting of the Stottesdon and Cleobury Mortimer support group will take place tonight at 7.30pm at the home of Madge Shineton at The hollows Nursery, Prescott, Cleobury. Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome to attend. The programme for
Birds of a Feather part one, a programme of recorded music organised by Alison Osborne, was introduced in her absence through illness by chairman Graham Kiteley. Katherine Butterworth opened with Respighi's The Birds, then Von Stewart played Swan of Tuonela
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Lee Jenkins has lost his battle to shake off a niggling knee injury and requires surgery. The 24-year-old was due to go under the knife today in an operation that will rule him out of action for six weeks. Jenkins sustained
DEVELOPMENT is well under way at the Gordon Russell site in Broadway now workers have begun to lay the foundations for the first block of apartments on the site. Sales administrator for Chase Midland, Linda Milner said: "Although we have pre-sold more
Bernard Mills will give a talk on the History of Kays Catalogue Company, Worcester at the meeting on Wednesday. The meeting, at St George's Church Annexe, Radford Avenue, Kidderminster, will start at 7.30pm.
Burns Night celebrations will be held on Saturday at the Ramada Hotel, Bewdley. The event is in support of the Kemp Hospice Fund, and will include entertainment by Beverley Worboys and Michael Robinson, who will perform Scottish songs after the meal.
An evening was devoted to the new medium of digital audio visual. Bill and Dorothy Every had produced three sequences, called Galloway, Hampton Court Gardens, Herefordshire and Batsford Arboretum. Harry Hunt presented 12 Days of Christmas and Little Green
The annual holiday competition for the AG Maiden Cup was held on January 13. Ron Carter took members on a Holiday in Devon, Martin Humphries recalled Iceland with Ring of Fire, and John Ruffell had visited Scotland, including Galloway and the borders.
TWO leading musicians will be performing some of their best known songs at Huntingdon Hall next week. Martin Carthy, who is regarded as one of the finest singers of traditional music and a highly influential guitarist, was a member of Steeleye Span and
THE Rudolf Kempe Society will open its new season in Stratford with actor and pianist Zubin Varla performing piano trios by Mozart, Beethoven and Hummel and readings from Wolfgang's letters. Mr Varla's previous musical performances for the Rudolf Kempe
A pub night is being held at The Running Horse, Bewdley, on Monday at 8pm. The next walk will be a six-mile ramble at Chaddesley Corbett on Sunday, February 1, leaving New Road car park, Kidderminster, at 10am. Walkers are advised to wear suitable clothing
At the Kidderminster branch's final indoor meeting of 2003, award-winning wildlife photographer Wendy Conway gave an illustrated talk about life on the Greek island of Lesvos. The island has a fishing community, olive groves, meadows with 50 species of
HELP is on hand for women living in rural communities to help develop their own businesses. The Women in Rural Enterprise West Midlands programme is encouraging women to become entrepreneurs and contribute to the rural economy in their area by using their
GARDENING SOCIETY: The New Year's programme began with the January meeting Gardening for Wildlife, which was well attended, with members, visitors and new members. The talk was given by local photographer Tony Hamblin, who commented that having lived
MAN of the match Malcolm Nash ended up on the losing side as Dumbleton secured a thrilling last ball victory over Bidford. Last week's opening match in the WCB Indoor League at Prince Henry's saw Nash in pedestrian form early on but the arrival at the
Pre-season friendlies Sat July 19 Bromyard (a) 7-1 Ball 3, Robinson, Giddings, A Wright, Wood. Wed July 23 Studley (h) 1-3 Ball Tues July 29 Westfields (h) 1-1 Wood Sat Aug 2 Bilston (a) 6-1 Ball 4, Sayer, Wood Tues Aug 5 Stourbridge (h) 4-1 Robinson
Broadway Winter League round six: 1 John Skinner & Roy Leadbeater 42pts (cb); 2 Maurice Praet & Tony Gisbourne 42 (cb); 3 John Goodwin & John Cohen 42. Current standings: 1 Paul Stephens & Duncan Brown 261pts; 2 Robert Lord & Nigel
EVERY supporter who made the trip to Edge Hall Road - take a bow! I thought you were all absolutely superb on Saturday and it made for a great occasion. Of course, we've all been there before at a big away game and we've come back disappointed. This time
WORCESTER City's Academy side reached the semi-finals of the Nationwide PASE Conference Cup when they defeated Southport KG 2-1 yesterday. Shabir Khan hit the crossbar in the first minute, before Southport took the lead on five minutes. Rob Sinclair equalised
YOUR leader (Evening News, Tuesday, January 13) says senior citizens may think somebody out there doesn't like them. Considering how our bodies slowly disintegrate, I'm tempted to think someone up there hasn't got much time for OAPs. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester
The Pensions Service is working in partnership with Wychavon District Council in Pershore and Evesham to provide a new advice and information service for pensioners. People who want free, friendly and confidential help or advice about state pensions or
Available for XBOX, PS2, GC, CBA THE final part of this amazing trilogy has finally been released on the consoles. The Return of the King plays very similarly to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and, like this last instalment, the Return of the King
JOHN Norwood (You Say, Thursday, January 15) is giving post offices a bad name. Offices that are closing or already closed have done so because the people who own them want to do so. And really, who can blame them? Our business has dramatically changed
A SOLDIER from Pershore is helping win over the hearts and minds of the people of Iraq. Jason Baillie, of Farleigh Road, went out to the war torn county three months ago with the Territorial Army attached to the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
JOHN Norwood (You Say, Thursday, January 15) is giving post offices a bad name. Offices that are closing or already closed have done so because the people who own them want to do so. And really, who can blame them? Our business has dramatically changed
I STARTED to read the article by Suzanne Black headlined "Footpaths are on right track insist council" with great interest. However, this changed to incredulity when I realised the extent to which the county council relied on widely discredited Countryside
SPEEDERS are the real criminals. Your speeding correspondents complain that the police should concentrate on "real criminals." According to the most-sold, least-read book, the Highway Code, anyone disobeying traffic law is committing a criminal offence
AN exhibition of early Gordon Russell furniture, due to go on show at the Gordon Russell Heritage Centre in Broadway, will be displayed in Chipping Campden this year. The exhibition, which will be officially opened at the Silk Mill in Sheep Street on
BOOKINGS are now being taken for a series of one-day workshops on Oriental art. The tutorials, which will be held at the Wickhamford Memorial Hall on the first Saturday of the month, start on February 7 with Japanese folded patchwork and Chinese brush
THE next meeting of Broadway Parish Council will take place at the Lifford Hall in the village tonight. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and there will be an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions at the end of the meeting.
EVERY child in the county can shake off the post-Christmas blues with two fun events at the Everyman Theatre this Saturday. The Marvellous Magical Shell workshop hopes to sweep them away on a seaside adventure, where they have to find a friend in need
VILLAGE halls in rural Warwickshire will be among the venues hosting professional shows as part of the Live and Local spring season. The season will see 30 different shows performed at more than 100 community venues across the Midlands. The Stour Valley
AN OUTBREAK of legionnaires' disease has been identified at a company in Pinvin, after a second person was diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease. A 60-year-old employee from Polestar Varnicoat in Terrace Road is currently in Worcestershire Royal
I WAS sorry to learn from a recent letter that some people still have difficulty in finding out how to contact me. The address for correspondence is: The House of Commons, London SW1A OAA, telephone 0207 219 4598. The telephone number for making local
HIGHWAYS and police chiefs snubbed calls to make requested safety changes to a major trunk road just months before another fatal crash, it has emerged. Desperate members of Wolverley and Cookley Parish Council sent letters in September and November calling
A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of Hartlebury Castle as the Bishop of Worcester's home - as a Church of England body prepares a cost-efficiency review of its properties. However, Worcester Diocese spokeswoman Nicola Currie has dismissed fears for
THEY might have had a full complement of players when our photographer called at Piddle Park but Pershore were unable to field a side last weekend. They were due to play host to Bromsgrove in the North Midlands Cup but, for the first time in the club's
POLICE are trying to find out what happened to an 83-year-old man who was found beside a Stourport bridge with injuries to his eyebrow, shoulder and hand. He was found by a passer-by at the bottom of steps near the footbridge over the canal in Vale Road
PARENTS who have been battling to keep a special school open have been hit by tragedy after the death of their seven-year-old son. Arran Osborne, who died on Saturday, had, like parents Sarah and Andrew, been concerned about the future of the Alexander
PEOPLE keen to shed the pounds can stroll their way to a fitter lifestyle by joining a series of walks in Wyre Forest. The free walks are being held on Sundays and Tuesdays throughout the year, under a trained leader, and are intended for people of all
A CANOPY of frost provided the backdrop for last weekend's home shoot at Throckmorton CPSC. The shooting was as crisp as the weather with Dave Barnfield and Paul Colley shining on the Skeet layout. With the only two maximums recorded it was this pair
A FAMILY have swapped life in the African bush to return home to the Cotswolds. Kate Nicholls and her partner Dr Pieter Kat are settling into life in Broad Campden after spending the last few years in Botswana, where they carry out research into lions
BIRD-LOVERS across Wyre Forest are urged to keep their eyes peeled for an hour this weekend to monitor the number of feathered visitors to their garden. The RSPB's 25th annual Big Garden Birdwatch takes place on Saturday and Sunday. Those taking part
THE ongoing battle between Wychavon District Council planners and a group of gipsies living near the Wyre Piddle bypass has become part of a much wider issue. The group of nine families moved on to the land next to Duffledown Farm last September in defiance
A SPECIAL "floral" event to remember those affected by the horrors of the Holocaust takes place in Kidderminster on Sunday. Everyone attending the Holocaust Memorial Day Act of Remembrance at St Mary's Church is asked to bring a flower with them to place
Pre-season friendlies Sat July 12 Evesham (a) 3-1 Lewis, J Williams, Paschalis Sun July 13 Stratford (a) 1-0 Ward Sat July 19 Boldmere (a) 6-1 (og), J Williams 2, Lightbourne, Wilding, Danks Mon July 21 Leicester (h) 1-1 Shilton Sat July 26 West Brom
A CRACKDOWN on people who sell cars at the roadside in Wyre Forest is under review. Lawyers from Worc-estershire County Council and Wyre Forest District Council are determined to stop vendors blocking roads and pavements. A scheme which has operated for
YOUNG rockers are preparing to raise cash for the renovation of Kidderminster's war memorial - following in the footsteps of musical greats The Rolling Stones to perform at Kidderminster Town Hall.Weak13 front man Nick Townsend beside the war memorial
A BRIEFCASE of blues will fill a Kidderminster pub tomorrow as Born In Chicago - The Ultimate Tribute To The Blues Brothers - return to their roots. Guy Richardson and Tony James set up the sound-alike act as a trial in July and have been touring the
A STOURPORT drama group which has raised more than £200,000 for charity is offering Wyre Forest organisations a cut of the cash generated by their latest production.Monday Night Group actors Dave Clark as Ken Tuckey, Steve Borwell-Fox as Humpty Dumpty
MUSIC lovers have been invited to enjoy a 70s and 80s tribute night at a Kidderminster hotel. Tributes to Rod Stewart and Debbie Harry will be performed at the Gainsborough House Hotel on Friday, January 30. The artists Gary Pease and Samantha Hill, who
AN AWARD-winning guitarist is set to entertain crowds at a Kidderminster pub. Rob Hayes, who was featured in the Shuttle/Times and News when he was crowned Contemporary Popular Music Student of the Year in December, is performing at The Swan pub on Wednesday
RUSSELL Earnshaw will be handed his full debut as Worcester Warriors square up to Bedford Blues. The openside flanker comes in for his first start in Saturday's National One clash at Sixways (3pm). Earnshaw, who signed earlier this month from Rotherham
Evesham and District Association IT'S all change at the top of Division Two with the two Wyre teams - Netting and Barbedwyre - level on points. When the two sides met it was the Barbedwyre who came out on top 6-4. Mike Vick beat Eric Salter 9-11, 9-11
THIRTEEN proved unlucky for Broadway FC when they played host to league leaders Offenham RBL. The visitors were chasing a 13th straight win of the season - a feat they achieved in easy fashion when they had 38 shots to spare against the section's strugglers
A CANOPY of frost provided the backdrop for last weekend's home shoot at Throckmorton CPSC. The shooting was as crisp as the weather with Dave Barnfield and Paul Colley shining on the Skeet layout. With the only two maximums recorded it was this pair
A WORCESTER round was shot at the Evesham Indoor club's championships when a five-dozen round shot at a five-zone face produced close competition in all classes. The Ladies Recurve produced the closest finish with both Lisa Illing-worth and Linda Haines
SEVEN intrepid Evesham Wheelers set out on a cold and frosty morning into the Gloucestershire lanes. Sunday's icy conditions were of little trouble to the steady riders from the club as they made their way on the outward journey through Ashton, Overbury
Stratford & District Winter League THE Floodlit Final will be played at Littletons Tennis Club starting at 7pm on Friday, April 9. The Winter League Round-Robin Tournament and presentations will take place at Stratford two days later. For more Winter
THE death of a 22-year-old Wixford man in a car accident on Saturday has shocked and saddened the small community where he lived. Samuel Goodman died when the red Ford Fiesta he was driving left the road on the A435, about half a mile on the Wixford side
STRATFORD Wind Band will perform a concert at the Crawford Memorial Hall in Bidford to banish winter blues and raise money for the hall refurbishment. The programme will include marches, traditional melodies, light overtures, selections from musicals,
Re Davies Road Open Space - Football Pitches. Regarding last week's front page story Clubs See Red At Pitch Price Rises, I would like to put the record straight. The article suggests the council's proposal to raise the pitch and changing rooms charges
MR Pritchard's comments on my letter brought Macbeth to mind - 'Methink he doth protest too much'. He accuses me of not using facts, but it is a fact that the council is not called upon to maintain, clean or light our road or cut verges. Nor does it remove
LOUTS will be named and shamed on leaflets pushed through doors on Worcester estates. The Evening News can reveal that police legal experts have cleared the hard-hitting "shop a yob" campaign. The leaflets - which will be backed by posters in windows
Bromsgrove 3, Evesham 2 EVESHAM missed the chance to go second in the CS West Midlands League on the back of Saturday's disappointing and uninspiring display. Full of confidence following some emphatic victories, the hosts failed to find any real form
A MUSIC workshop for people who suffer from mental ill-health has been relaunched. 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
Cirencester 0, Bretforton 2 FORCED to make a number of changes to the line-up, Bretforton played well and created a number of chances with attackers Deb Slatter and Tracey Hodgkin in fine form. Lisa Workman and Sophie Corbett combined well on the right
Aldridge III 0, Pershore III 1 PERSHORE continued their unbeaten run in the Coaching Solutions League with a competent performance against strong opponents who posed several problems to a Pershore midfield showing two changes through unavailability and
A RIDER was crushed to death when her horse somersaulted over a fence on a cross-country course and landed on top of her, an inquest has heard. Samantha Hudson, aged 33, from Colwall, near Malvern, was competing with her own horse Jack in the novice section
RESPECT went out to youngsters in Worcester yesterday with a special activity day in their honour. The Learning & Skills Council for Herefordshire and Worcestershire put on a variety of fun events for 16-19 year olds in the town, including graffiti
KEELEY Hawkes has been a familiar face in Droitwich for the last 27 years. She was born and educated in the town and now she works there - as its new police Community Support Officer (CSO). She hopes her new role will enable her to put something back
A MAN received a grim birthday present when he was sentenced to three months in prison - on the same day he became 25. Gary Potter, of Bath Road, Worcester, was sentenced to three months for thefts from shops in Worcester at the city's magistrates' court
A SMALL rural school has marked its golden anniversary by out-performing the rest of Worcestershire in the new-style league tables. Bowbrook House School, in Peopleton, near Pershore, leapt to the top of the county in last week's value-added performance
OPENING steps to improve Worcester's riverside will "destroy" a park, according to a city councillor. Labour's Roger Berry said a council plan to enlarge a car park in Cripplegate Park, St John's, would lead to the loss of a series of mature trees. Coun
POLICE are launching a campaign to warn drivers that they are dicing with death by not wearing their seatbelts. Operation Jeopardy aims to encourage motorists to buckle-down and face up to the risks they face by flouting the seatbelt law. "There seems
COUNCILLOR Maureen Pardoe, chairman of the Vital Villages Venture, has told Tenbury's planning and general committee that £500 will be allocated for the preparation of an action plan for the town. A draft copy should be ready by the end of this month
A LOOP hearing system, disability access, up to date electrics and new carpets are the latest improvements in store for Tenbury's art deco cinema. They are included in a package of proposals put forward by Tenbury Town Council's Regal and entertainments
RADIO One has signed up a former Tenbury High School pupil to help lead its campaign to halt falling ratings. Jason King and his D J partner Joel Hogg, described as Manchester's answer to Ant & Dec, are to present a new weekend show, starting this
A GRIEVING publican and his wife who lost their only son in a car crash have praised friends and family for their support as they prepare to re-open their Mamble pub.Roger and Wendy Carr. Roger and Wendy Carr, who run The Sun and Slipper Inn, bid farewell
EVERY Wyre Forest state high school has seen a drop in GCSE performance, according to national league tables just released. The most dramatic fall in the number of pupils getting five A*-C GSCEs, or the vocational equivalent, was at Bewdley High as 2003
A VIOLENT escaped convict is being sought by police investigating the vicious robbery of a 90-year-old Bewdley man. Isaac Price escaped from Sudbury Prison in Derbyshire in June and is wanted for questioning about raids on several pensioners' homes over
GOAL-SCORER Adam Murray saw troubled Darlington hit back with a late equaliser and then admitted Division Three had got much tougher. He scored seven goals in 13 games in a loan spell at Mansfield when they clinched promotion from the division in 2002
CANCER pat-ients in Wyre Forest are living under a "death sentence" beca-use of excessive waiting times for crucial operations, it has been claimed. Health campaigners said patients were facing a nightmare situation after being told they had the disease
THE immaculately dressed Stourport gents' outfitter Stanley Barten is to bow out of his business in style.Stanley Barten prepares to hang up his tape measure ready for retirement from his Stourport shop. Mr Barten, who does not hold with today's casual
GARDEN CLUB: At the November meeting Christmas refreshments were taken before the evening's lecture. David Arthey, who has been a visitor a few years ago, has a business of dealing in food and is invited by his suppliers to many exotic places. His slides
Nothing is being done to curb bovine TB despite the concerns of Defra minister Ben Bradshaw, according to Tony Gibson, NFU director for Gloucestershire. Mr Bradshaw has said there is no more difficult issue in the whole of British farming than bovine
CSRF: Members attending the Christmas lunch on January 13 at the Round of Gras agreed it was an enjoyable occasion and Mrs June Green was thanked for her excellent organisation of the event. Numbers were slightly down as illness prevented several members
ST DAVID'S CHURCH: What have the men in Moreton been up to? Nearly 100 of them met for breakfast on Saturday, January 10, to hear former England Rugby player Jonathan Webb speak. As they tucked into a full English at the Manor House Hotel in the High
PARISH COUNCIL: A minute's silence was held in remembrance of Stanley Gisbourne, who had served on the parish council for a number of years. Sheepwash Bridge: This has now been repaired. Pot Holes: A map has been received from the Highways Department
SOCIETY CELEBRATES: On Saturday, more than 70 PODS members gathered at a dinner dance in the Vale Golf Club to celebrate PODS' 15th birthday. PODS was founded on January 25, 1989, by husband and wife Judy and Stuart Megarry. Judy's singing, acting and
POSTCODE: In the recent parish appraisal many residents again expressed concern that Willersey (in Gloucestershire) has a Worcestershire (WR12) postcode. The parish council has taken up this matter with the postal authorities on previous occasions but
EMBROIDERERS' GUILD: Chairman Jean Gay welcomed members and visitors to the January meeting with New Year good wishes. During notices members were informed the branch is now on the Embroiderers' Guild website. The chairman introduced the speaker, Mrs
PUXTON Marsh nature reserve is a lovely place to visit in the spring when the wild flowers are coming into bloom. In winter, things are a lot drabber, with only the tussocks of the soft and hard rushes and distinctive brown sausage-shaped flowering heads
ICE HOCKEY: Impressive displays at youth level earned Dale Albutt a call-up for Coventry Blaze in their first season of top-flight ice hockey. The Elite League team made the 16-year-old back-up net-minder for their Challenge Cup game with Hull Stingrays
Aladdin, the Everyman's very own pantomime, has smashed box office records. As the curtain fell on the show's last performance on Saturday night over 38,000 people had cheered, shouted, booed and sung along with the theatre's most successful pantomime
HOCKEY: Three more defeats consigned Stourport's men to relegation from the Higgins Group Indoor English League Premier Division. They finished above Guildford in the table but a 7-4 loss to fellow strugglers Bournville at the weekend ultimately proved
AN evening of electrifying energy is in store for dance lovers when the Alma Flamenco Dance Company return to Malvern Theatres. Alma was founded by Felipe de Algeciras and Ana Garcia in 2001 and has developed a reputation for compelling and stylish shows
SUGAR Daddies, a tale of a good Samaritan who gets more than she bargained for as her reward, comes to Malvern Theatres in February. Alan Ayckbourn's cautionary comedy of dark intentions, directed by the author, has long been hailed one of his best. It
SWIMMING: Three young swimmers from Wyre Forest were double winners in a great first gala of 2004. The district club were top overall in the Worcester Winter League first round in Droitwich for swimmers aged from U-11s upwards. Emma Levitt won the 100
CANOE POLO: A full house witnessed Blakedown Men's A team promoting canoe polo at the London International Boat Show. They lost 8-0 to National League Division One side, Dragon, in a 30-minute demo match but it proved a tremendous experience for Blakedown's
GOLF: Kidderminster Golf Club's Pat Smith is celebrating after becoming a fully qualified professional following a three-year course. The 25-year-old twice club champion has worked in the shop at Russell Road for nine years, coaches other golfers and
ATHLETICS: Sunday saw the first race in Amazing Feet's Inter-Club Race League for 2004 with 16 members in the Not The Roman IX 12km event in Stratford. Last year's league champion Brian Humphries had another storming run to finish just outside the prizes
BOWLING: Untouchables must feel 13 is unlucky as despite bowling well, the 13th-placed club are struggling for points in the Gilt Edge Short Mat League. They lost the first half 11-8 against top-of-the-table Invincibles who were inspired by Bob Sharman
CYCLING: Phil Blacker was the first Wyre Forest Cycle Racing Club member to complete the Velo Club Sevale reliability trial, recording two hours 27 minutes on the undulating 50-mile course. Seven club riders went from Malvern to Bredon, via Pershore,
CYCLING: Stourport's Liam Preece rode in the British National Championships at Sutton Park, Birmingham, for the first time. In a field of 42 riders, Preece did well on Sunday to finish 22nd in the junior section for 16 to 18-year-olds after starting at
TABLE TENNIS: Harriers A took maximum points in Kidderminster League Division One with a 10-0 victory over Bewdley Institute. Third-placed Bewdley CC A played out a hard-fought draw against RB Iron with S Horton taking three games for the latter. Chris
DARTS: Worcestershire's Wyre Forest stars were in good form as they defeated Wiltshire 20-16 in the British Inter-County Championships Division Two. Steve Webb, Tim Green, Jackie Crew, Matt Sheehan, Paul Millward and H Cooke all played. After facing the
GOLF: Paul Binns and Steve Wood won the Saturday Winter League at Habberley with 59 nett, just one point ahead of Mick Kirby and Mel Hemming. Sunday Winter League: Eamon Campbell and Major Whitmore 60, John Froggat and Mick Hannon 61. Senior Men: D Milward
CHESS: Kidderminster's Paul Thomas reached the Shuttle Shield final for the first time since 1994. On that occasion, he shared the trophy with Maurice Bissell after two drawn games. Thomas knocked out Bill Pugh after two replays and Mark Riley in a shock
A MAGGOT bait landed 27lb of roach and bream at Poole Hall Fisheries. The best roach weighed 2.25lb on peg 12 at the Kingfisher pool for the Stourbridge angler. Wednesday Open, Kingfisher: Ivan Laight 17lb 0z (all roach), Tim Rogers 12-0carp and bream
ON THE Masters Lake, one angler used a black leech and another a red lure as each caught four trout with a total weight of 16lb. A cat's whisker was used on the Stella to catch 10 trout to 2lb 8oz and six trout to 2lb fell to a fritz lure. The Wyre Dell
EXPERIENCED striker John Maffei proved the difference as he scored Bewdley Town's lone goal in a 1-0 victory at rivals Chaddesley Corbett on Saturday. Maffei, out injured for most of the season, scored a superb effort in the first half of the Division
A CONTEST will be held on Sunday at bridges 7-8 of the Staffordshire/Worcestershire Canal. The draw will be at the bridge in Gilgal, Stourport, at 9am. Names of those fishing should be submitted to 01299 861289.
MANY Kidderminster and District League Sunday fixtures were postponed but two Wyre Forest teams moved closer to a cup final. Wilden Village and Briars Phoenix, of Divisions Two and Three respectively, made progress in the Worcester Royal Infirmary Minor
JOSHUA Washington-Thomas hit a hat-trick for Burlish Blue U-12s as they knocked Bewdley Town out of the Stourport and District League Cup quarter-finals. Further goals were added by Callum Wilson, Adam Jones and Ryan Morris in the 6-3 victory, while on
FERNDALE Girls U-16s clinched their first victory over Leafield Athletic over the past three seasons on Saturday. They won 3-0 in the Central Warwickshire League Premier B Division without their regular strikers but aided by a solid defensive display.
AFTER walking home from town and negotiating fallen leaves from last autumn, great lakes of water from blocked drains, enough branches from trees to keep me warm all winter, dog excrement, broken glass etc, it is a comforting thought to know that the
A CONTEST will be held on the Stackpool on Sunday, draw at 8am. Honoraries will be welcome. Anyone interested is asked to call the secretary on 01562 631611.
I WONDER how many parents and children visited cinemas during the Christmas school holidays. There were excellent films to be seen - not in our town of Kidderminster, of course, but in Merry Hill, Worcester and Birmingham. It really is a disgrace the
ILMINGTON provided the surprise of the day with a 5-1 Nursing Home Cup victory at Badsey United. The Stratford Alliance first division title chasers easily disposed of the challenge of their top flight hosts thanks to a JIm Shearman hat-trick and further
Evesham Utd Ladies 3, Redditch Utd 0 A GAME switched to Chu-rch Lench saw Evesham produce an excellent all-round performance as they emulated the previous day's result of their male counterparts to record a weekend double over their county rivals. An
I WAS pleased to read the views of Stourport residents about their town, as identified by the chairman of Stourport Forward, Derek Fradgley, and reported in the Shuttle/Times and News of December 25. These views gave heart to Stourport's Labour councillors
Blackheath 2, Littleton 2 LITTLETON came away disappointed to have surrendered a two-goal lead and had to be satisfied with one point instead of all three. The visitors dominated the first half when they playing some of their best football of the season
SECOND division Red Horse moved into the last four of the Evesham Sunday League's Tewkesbury Sports Knockout Cup at the expense of top flight Willersey. The teams were level at half-time with Hands scoring for Willersey and Stride for the Horsemen before
I NOTE with displeasure that Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre is proposing to close the Kidderminster pool to the public to extend swimming lessons between 8am and 10am on Saturdays. I am pleased that children are being encouraged to swim but this will
I LIVE in Kestrel Close, Kidderminster, and was shocked and stunned to see two adults walking along the railway line where the Severn Valley Railway trains run. They were strolling along and I hope the train that sounded its horn for longer than normal
A GRIEVING Vale family has been forced to dig up their father's grave after they discovered a stranger's body had been buried in their mother's plot. They now want an apology from Bretforton Parish Council and a full public investigation into the incident
An Evesham schoolgirl was found dead lying face down in her bed by her father, an inquest heard. The exact cause of Phillippa Tustin's death may never be fully established, the inquest at Stourport heard. Evesham High School pupil Phillippa, aged 15 was
IT'S THE end of an era for the Dillworth family who are closing down their electrical business after more than 70 years trading in Evesham. Six staff are being made redundant at the end of this month after managing director, Maurice Dillworth announced
THE death of a Vale farm labourer could have been the result of an accidental overdose, an inquest heard. Coroner Victor Round recorded an open verdict on the death of 40-year-old Edmund Evans, who was found by his wife at their home at Park Farm in Hampton
CONFIDENT Evesham United will be in seventh heaven if they can avoid defeat at Halesowen Town on Saturday. However, the Robins, who go into the game on the back of a six-match undefeated sequence, will have their work cut out against a side that slammed
REFEREE Russell Green left both managers seeing red after last Saturday's Dr Martens league clash at Common Road, writes Mervyn Collins. Evesham United boss Dave Busst was fuming over the Gloucester official's decision to send off skipper Lee Knight,
VALE residents facing mounting post-Christmas debts are being urged to seek help and advice before the situation escalates. The average person uses their credit card three times as much in December, spending a collective £9.2billion nationally. Such a
RESIDENTS of an Evesham estate are hoping a six-year battle with developers and the County Council over the state of their roads, will shortly come to an end. Householders in St Margaret's and St Catherine's Road have campaigned for responsibility for
THE previously successful Kidderminster Carolians thirds have hit a barren patch after their fourth loss in a row on Saturday. KCs fell 12-17 at home to Bridgnorth, despite leading at half-time through a Richard Bradley try. Bridgnorth equalised in the
LEDBURY Town face a players' revolt over the appointment of new management team Ian Ford and Kevin Barry. The club's players are threatening to pull out of Saturday's West Midlands Premier Division clash against Smethwick because they want current player
ROYAL Grammar School Worcester made a winning return to the Worcestershire Cricket Board Indoor League, beating Droitwich 'B' by five wickets in the Sunday League. Made up of players from their first team squad, they won with three balls to spare. Gareth
100 Years Ago January 23 1904 Again it is necessary to call the attention of the managers of the Broadway School to the dangers which children run in being forced into the street to play. Somehow the school managers seem quite incapable of providing a
SINCE it opened in 1986, the Swan Theatre in Stratford has been the venue for most of Shakespeare's plays - with a few notable exceptions. This season will see the first performance of Othello at the Elizabethan-style theatre as part of the Royal Shakespeare
The Christmas party included seasonal music, a quiz and games of beetles. The first meeting of the year is on Tuesday at St Anne's Middle School, Bewdley, when members of the Red Cross will give a demonstration of first aid. The competition will be for
At the first meeting of the New Year, members were reminded to pay for the annual dinner, in Chaddesley village hall on January 17. Coming events include a Tai Chi workshop in the village hall on February 27, and a gardening workshop on March 23 at a
There will be two rides on Sunday. The A ride to Callow Hill Tower, near Craven Arms, starts at 9am. The B ride, will start at 9.30am, and head for Coughton Park, Warwickshire. Both rides leave from The Green, Blakebrook, Kidderminster, and cyclists should
The new president is Daphne Thompson. At the first meeting of the year names were taken for the "soup and bread" day at Little Witley in February. Volunteers were sought to provide entries for the spring rally, at the Ramada Hotel, Bewdley, in May. Margaret
On Monday, broadcaster and well-known speaker Mike Dickens, will give a talk on Sounds of History - the 1950s at Kidderminster Library. Mr Dickens has made over 1,500 programmes for BBC Hereford and Worcester and won the 2003 documentary competitition
THE Malvern Show Ground will be the venue for the Midlands Needles and Crafts Show this weekend. Between Friday, January 23, until the following Sunday, nimble-fingered folk will be travelling from across the region for the annual event. Tickets for the
On Monday, January 12, chairman Ray Postings presented The Light of my Life, a studio evening, when he demonstrated the effects of lighting in portraiture. On Monday Tony Keely will present a slide lecture entitled Caribbean Cocktails. The club meets
At the January meeting Roger Jarvis G40BA gave a short talk on the value of society equipment. Richard Newton G0EWH spoke about the conversion of private mobile radio sets to the amateur bands, and Graham Woolfenden G0TUW described the new Marine Band
A curry evening has been arranged at Lickhill community centre, Stourport, tomorrow from 7.30pm until 10.30pm. There are only 30 places, so the first 30 cheques received will guarantee a place. There is ample on-site parking space. Contact Alan Terry
