STUDENTS from The King's School, Worcester, are due to perform at a fund-raising musical concert at St Clement's Church, in St John's, Worcester. Money raised from the event will go to the Church Fabric fund, which will pay for much-needed repairs to
BUSINESSMAN Cecil Duckworth has spoken of his delight at being named Central's West Midlander of the Year. The chairman and benefactor of Worcester Rugby Club was last week honoured for his dedication to sport and the community in the ITV Midlander of
ROY Middleton experienced mixed emotions when he left his post as organist and choirmaster at St Clement's Church, in St John's, Worcester, after more than 20 years. The 66-year-old, of Westbourne Close, said he was sad to leave, but, in doing so, he
A DETERMINED young mother masterminding a campaign to see Wyre Forest Birth Centre reopened says she has been "overwhelmed" by support. Elizabeth Bytheway has already collected more than 600 signatures since she started distributing a petition - last
TENBURY Swimming Club wants more people to take the plunge and help keep it open. Without more volunteers, the club, founded in 1971, will shut down says one of its members. A public meeting has been arranged for next month, in a bid to find more people
A RISE in mumps cases throughout the Worcester area has approached epidemic proportions. In factories and offices, people have been going down like flies. One poor lad from the Evening News sports desk returned to work this week after a nasty bout of
A RELIGIOUS studies teacher who claims she was bullied and harassed by staff over six years is taking her school to an employment tribunal. The news comes a week after the headteacher at Dyson Perrins High School, Peter Buchanan, revealed he would retire
FEARS are growing that SAS personnel based in Hereford were among those killed in an air force plane crash in Iraq. This morning an Iraqi militant group claimed responsibility for bringing down an RAF Hercules which crashed killing up to 15 troops. Officials
TEN couples whose wedding dreams were thrown into jeopardy when Worcester city councillors voted to scrap the venue they had already booked are waiting with baited breath to see if the decision will be reversed. The planning committee last month refused
THE remarkable efforts of a Worcester headteacher who helped transform one of the most notorious schools in the country were celebrated in a TV drama last night. In 2000, Sean Devlin - now at Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College, in Timberdine Avenue
FOX-HUNTERS in Worcestershire say they will be out with hounds the day after the hunt ban comes into force to show the Government they "will not go away". Peter Swann, master of the Albrighton Woodland Hunt, near Kidderminster, said they would be out
A MAN rescued from a fire at his Warndon flat claims he nearly died because a housing association did not replace a faulty smoke detector. Terry Burfitt was pulled semi-conscious from his Buttermere Drive home by fire fighters during a chip pan blaze
OWNERS of Indian restaurants in Worcestershire have warned they are under threat of closure because they are finding it difficult to recruit staff from the sub-continent. The Guild of Bangladeshi Restaurateurs say that scores of curry houses could be
TRAFFIC congestion and dangerous parking look set to be stopped in one area of Droitwich streets after months of monitoring. Worcestershire County Council wants to ban parking altogether in parts of Blackfriars Avenue, Spa Road, Fabricius Avenue and Wedgeberrow
DROITWICH residents are invited to a meeting tomorrow to hear the fate of the town's Lido. Wychavon District Council's executive board will consider five options for the future of the open air pool before giving a decision. The board has been deliberating
TWENTY years ago, most people in Worcester knew little about Huntingdon Hall and even less about Chris Jaeger. Today the pair are a legend in their own backyard, inexorably linked, like the London Palladium and Bruce Forsyth on the slightly bigger stage
FOUR candidates are to be interviewed over the next two days for Worcester City's managerial post. City's chairman Dave Boddy narrowed his search down to the hopeful quartet after receiving 36 applications by last Friday's deadline. Boddy refused to reveal
TIM Collier is expected to make Worcester's crunch clash with Leeds on Friday. The lock, who has been suffering with a pectoral muscle problem, only lasted 44 minutes of the Warriors' 28-16 defeat to Gloucester on Saturday. That led to fears that the
MALVERN Town put in a disappointing display and deserved to lose by more in a 3-0 home loss to Coalville Town. High-flying Malvern had a number of early chances in the Travel Factory Alliance clash but both Des Cox and Phil Preedy were caught offside
MALVERN Rugby Club maintained third spot in Midlands Two (West) after a 23-15 win at Newbold. After a line-out Mark Eastwood broke through the middle to make ground, gaining a penalty for Longley to open the scoring in the 16th minute. Malvern scored
WORCESTER Wolves consolidated their play-off position by winning 64-56 at London Capitals, making it three wins in a row. The University College Worcester side remain sixth in England Basketball League Division One, now just two points behind third place
WILL D E Margrett (Letters, Saturday, January 22) please explain how ID cards will protect us? When we are in danger of a mugging, should we draw the card and wave it at the robbers? Will this deter them? I think not. On a more serious note, I wonder
IN response to Andrew Watson (Letters, Thursday, January 20) we agree with him that real term spending on education is at "a record high". It needs to be. Each year, the cost of children's education increases. Schools are awash with money? Again, we agree
IT'S a sure sign the farming year has begun when the first lambs arrive and they're doing well at Bosworth Farm, Madresfield, with its picturesque backdrop of the Malvern Hills. The Page family has farmed Bosworth since 1932, when Gerald Page arrived.
PETER Luff took heart this week when Jerry Springer weighed in to the debate about the controversial opera based on his TV programme. The American chat show host said that he personally didn't approve of Jerry Springer - The Opera, screened earlier this
AS the General Election looms ever larger, MPs and Parliamentary candidates in marginal seats will be bidding for support from their party's big guns. Blessed is he - or she - who attracts a high-profile frontbencher to their constituency as the election
Sophie Goodwin, who is based in the Pershore office, of Crowther Beard Chartered Accountants, has passed the professional stage of her examinations. She has also just completed the second year of her three year training contract.
ANDREW Grant Commercial estate agents in Worcester has appointed Edward Parkes as its new manager. After six years at his previous firm, Donaldsons in Birmingham, Mr Parkes will head the commercial division in an effort "to build on the firm's strong
A CHILDREN'S charity has benefited from the opening of a new office by a Worcester-based estate agent. Premier Places, which has moved into new premises in Foregate Street, raised £3,000 for the Edward's Trust to commemorate the event. The fund-raising
GETME Ltd, a Worcester software development company, has helped one of the world's largest carpet manufacturers to walk into the 21st Century. The firm, which is based at Hallow Park, Hallow, near Worecster, has set up a website for Kidderminster-based
FARMERS in south Worcestershire are bracing themselves for an invasion of wild boar. Two groups of the pigs, one of about 20, and another of 12, have taken up residence in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire - and could be heading for Worcestershire next
BBC MIDLANDS Today newscaster Nick Owen will be speaking at the annual council meeting of Worcestershire's Women's Institute in March. He will be joined by his colleague at BBC Hereford and Worcester, Mike George, and Chris Jaegar, director of the city
ON May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered and May 8 was declared VE Day, bringing to an end the European phase of the Second World War. The Evening News will be carrying a series of special features around the date of the 60th anniversary of this momentous
HE could have been walking up and down The Belfry instead of Plantation Drive, but golf's loss is Warndon Villages' gain. The area's new bobby on the beat almost became a professional golfer when he left school but decided a sportsman's life was not for
AN animal shelter is desperate for extra funding after hefty vets' bills drained the coffers over Christmas. Danemere Animal Rescue, in Tibberton, between Worcester and Droitwich, said crippling bills running to nearly £5,000 over two months had meant
LOVESTRUCK Worcester folk have been leaving love messages while raising money for people with life-threatening heart conditions. The British Heart Foundation shop in Mealcheapen Street, Barbourne, is asking people to make a donation in return for filling
IT is somewhat ironic that South Worcestershire Police are warning drivers about the theft of radar-detection equipment from cars. The "Snooper" and "Road Angel" devices alert drivers to the location of mobile laser "speed traps" - operated by the police
FOUR candidates are to be interviewed over the next two days for Worcester City's managerial post. City's chairman Dave Boddy narrowed his search down to the hopeful quartet after receiving 36 applications by last Friday's deadline. Boddy refused to reveal
July (friendlies) Thurs 15 PERSHORE TN (H) 6-1 Ross, Vincent, J Clarke (2), Stokes, og SAT 17 HALESOWEN TOWN (H) 1-0 O'Toole TUES 20 COVENTRY CITY (H) 0-1 TUES 27 HEREFORD UTD (H) 0-3 WEDS 28 REDDITCH UTD (H) 1-3 Williams FRI 30 WORCESTER CITY (H) 3-2
EXPERTS have recommended four new areas of Worcester should be protected with temporary flood barriers, like those along Hylton Road. Pitchcroft Lane, in Barbourne, Croft Road, near Pitchcroft car park, Dolday and Newport Street, both off North Parade
A GROUP of youngsters survived a 30ft drop down an embankment when their saloon car veered off the M5. A 17-year-old was air-lifted to Worcestershire Royal Hospital after complaining of back pain following the crash near the Strensham services at Junction
WILDLIFE enthusiasts from across Worcestershire took part in what the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds hope was a record bird-watching survey. Paul Ryder, landlord of the Robin Hood Inn, in Rashwood, near Droitwich, championed the 26th annual
STATE-of-the-art car radars which warn drivers that they are approaching a speed trap have become the latest "must steal" target for opportunist criminals, say South Worcestershire Police. In a three-week period from Monday, January 3 to Monday, January
THE race to win Worcestershire Village of the Year 2005 has begun - and this year there's an extra incentive to win. Villagers who win the new category "Building Community Life" will share £500 from Defra (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural
THE owner of a hairdressing salon in Kempsey says she wants parents of children who are vandalising her shop to think about their actions. Sarah Prosser, who owns The Hair and Beauty Gallery, based in the village's community centre, had her letterbox
WORCESTERSHIRE'S Kabir Ali grabbed his first two one-day international wickets in helping England to victory over South Africa in Johannesburg yesterday. England's batsmen got most media attention at the Wanderers but the rain-affected win was built by
STOURPORT Swifts could do nothing about Yate Town's play-off push as they lost 3-1 at Lodge Road in Southern League Division One West. They hoped their recent new signing Richard Burgess would again come good for them at the in-form Avon club after his
PERSHORE Rugby Club put in one of their worst performances of the season but still beat Hereford 20-12 at Piddle Park. The Midlands Three West (South) clash saw Pershore stay on course for promotion but it wasn't pretty. Hereford took the lead after 15
SCHOOL children, politicians and members of the public will all be tucking into succulent breakfasts this week as the NFU joins forces with other organisations to promote its Farmhouse Breakfast Week. The annual campaign to encourage people to eat a regular
FARMERS keen to understand more about the new world of CAP reform were drawn to the recent NFU Pershore Conference. Somerset farmer and MEP Neil Parish, and Guy Smith, who farms on the Essex coast, were the main speakers, alongside regional NFU senior
TIM Collier is expected to make Worcester's crunch clash with Leeds on Friday. The lock, who has been suffering with a pectoral muscle problem, only lasted 44 minutes of the Warriors' 28-16 defeat to Gloucester on Saturday. That led to fears that the
Saturday, January 29, 2005 NOT even the most positive Kidderminster Harriers fan would have expected anything from the Abbey Stadium at 3.25pm on Saturday. That was when Harriers, already a goal down to Shane Tudor's opener, were reduced to ten men when
M SWIERS' remarks about ritual circumcision being another form of child abuse (Letters, Saturday, January 22) are ill-informed and vague. The assumption that anyone that disagrees with the opinion being espoused must be of the Loony Left belies the political
IN all the years I worked at the Guildhall, I never remember encountering a ghost. Had I done so I would probably have dismissed it as some freak in fancy dress; in those days I was pre-occupied with reducing rent arrears and placating pompous politicians
Saturday, January 29, 2005 JANUARY 2005 has to go down as one of Worcester City's worst months in recent history. A month starting off on the wrong foot with a miserable 2-0 New Year's Day reverse at Nuneaton Borough and ending with Saturday's bleak loss
WORCESTERSHIRE'S Kabir Ali grabbed his first two one-day international wickets in helping England to victory over South Africa in Johannesburg yesterday. England's batsmen got most media attention at the Wanderers but the rain-affected win was built by
CLEARING out old boxes always brings forth a few surprises as I discovered when I found my battered old copy of the Observer's Book of Horses and Ponies, circa the 1960s, which cost me seven shillings and six pence. Flicking through the well-thumbed tome
THE battle to be crowned Mr and Miss YFC is always a tough one and this year proved no exception. Twenty members went head-to-head at The Hundred House, Great Witley, for the two top spots, as well as the Junior Member of the Year title. Each competition
MIKE Foster noted with interest Peter Luff's invitation for Wychavon Liberal Democrats to share with him the results of their market research. As reported here last week, Mr Luff wants the Lib Dems to let him see the fruits of a survey which asks his
IT'S not often you'll find hunting people have a kind word for Worcester's MP Michael Foster, so you want to take Dennis Downing's remark not only with a pinch of salt, but probably a whole lakeful. "I suppose I could say I owe him something," said Dennis
SOLICITOR Robert Capper has been promoted to the position of equity partner at Worcester law firm Harrison Clark. Mr Capper, who now heads up the firm's commercial department, qualified just seven years ago. "When I joined the firm it was a local practice
FOURTEEN local businesswomen have benefited from a Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE), interactive PR workshop in Pershore. The workshop encouraged the women to Make the Most of the Media and was held at the Civic Centre in the town last Thursday. They
MANY small retailers remain confused about who is liable in the event of the fraudulent use of the new chip and PIN credit cards, according to the Federation of Small Businesses. Feedback from members of Britain's biggest business organisation suggests
WORCESTER car dealer Robert Stern BMW is hoping to increase its annual turnover by more than £11m after opening a new state-of-the-art showroom. Philip Beeson, managing director of the firm, projects its turnover will go up to £45m by the end of 2005
