THE Conservatives lost a crucial seat on Worcester City Council tonight following a dramatic win by Labour candidate Jenny Barnes. Mrs Barnes' success in the St Clement ward by-election means the Tories no longer have overall control of the council.
MUSHTAQ Ahmed grabbed his 78th victim of the season to break a dogged opening stand of 79 between Worcestershire's Daryl Mitchell and Stephen Moore as defending champions Sussex were made to work hard for wickets at Hove. Sussex, who must win to have
A CHARITY that aims to protect Worcestershire's landscape has announced its opposition to radical proposals to build a new eco-town in the county. Members of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Worcestershire branch think the idea is too ambitious
MORE than 2,000 readers have now backed the Worcester News' campaign to save the city's ambulance control centre. Names have been flooding in by post and online calling for West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust to rethink its plans to shut the Bransford
A 13-YEAR-OLD girl was taken to hospital after being struck by a car in Worcester. Two lanes of Tybridge Street were closed following the collision at about 4.30pm today, leading to long tailbacks around St John's. An ambulance, paramedic car and two
DOCTORS may not realise the health benefits of work when they sign patients of sick, according to a new study. "Work is good for you" is the official message from the Department for Work and Pensions following the publication of an independent review
Two British soldiers died today in a road accident in southern Afghanistan. The soldiers, both from 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), were killed when their vehicle came off the road in Gereshk, in Helmand province, at
EVESHAM United will be forced into several changes for Saturday's visit of Leamington after a bruising FA Cup tie. The Robins defeated Tipton Town 2-0 in Wednesday's first qualifying round replay to set up a meeting with Quorn on Saturday week. But
YOUNGSTERS at a school near Worcester have been hanging around in style thanks to a lottery boost. The Big Lottery Fund's Awards for All scheme granted Broadheath CE Primary School £9,850 to build a trim trail assault course-style playground and sandpit
A FATHER has hit back after his 15 year-old daughter, banned from school for putting blonde streaks in her hair, was criticised online. Jenna Hewlett has been told she is not welcome back at Christopher Whitehead Language College until she changes the
A CHARITY that aims to protect Worcestershire's landscape has announced its opposition to radical proposals to build a new eco-town in the county. Members of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Worcestershire branch think the idea is too ambitious
The man hoping to win West Worcestershire for the Liberal Democrats has spoken out at the party's conference on what he called the government failure to learn the lessons of the floods back in 2001.' Parliamentary Candidate, Richard Burt has called
SATURDAY WORCESTER & DISTRICT LEAGUE Premier Division: FC Tything v Hanley Swan (M Stephens); Pershore Manor v Hallow WMC (N Canning); Upton Town v VBL Sports (K Denton); West Malvern v Grosvenor Sports (S Harness); Worcester YMCA v Martley Spurs
TOP Brockamin rod Chris Senter won the biggest match held on the venue this year when he took the honours in the popular Bill Edgar Memo-rial contest from unfancied peg 40. With the bottom lake in form all summer, Senter's paste tactics offered at just
WORCESTER City manager Andy Preece has challenged his side to take the next step and break into the top seven of Blue Square North. City head to Alfreton Town on Saturday knowing victory will ensure they are in the league's top 10 with 10 games of the
GRAHAM Turner believes Hereford United are ready to record their first league win of the season at Edgar Street. The Bulls are fifth in League Two but have only taken two points from their first three matches on home soil, drawing with Rotherham and
WORCESTER teenager James Sarkar achieved his summer target of landing a zander. The 15-year-old Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College pupil landed the fish last week as he went on a night-time fishing expedition on the River Avon in Worcester. Throughout
STOURPORT Swifts chairman Chris Reynolds is urging his team to start picking up points when they travel to high-flying Romulus in the Southern League Division One Midlands on Saturday (3pm). The Walshes Meadow side have only one win under their belts
Blocking Anticyclones The upper jet stream swirls around the temperate zones of our globe and depending on the pattern that jet stream is in, determines where the higher or lower pressure predominates. Blocking anticyclones diverts the normal track
WHOEVER takes the gloves for Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday when Torquay United head to Aggborough can expect a busy afternoon. Mark Yates' men were involved in a nine-goal thriller at Ebbsfleet United last Saturday, while the Gulls had the better
BROMSGROVE Rovers manager Rod Brown wants his side to use their mid-week FA Cup victory as a launchpad to better league results. Rovers secured a home date against Blue Square North side Nuneaton Borough on Saturday week after defeating Shepshed Dynamo
A DANCE group in Worcester is celebrating after raising £20,000 for St Richard's Hospice. Brian and Philomena Green, of Fernhill Heath, started running Super-sounds ballroom, latin and sequence dance classes at St John's Sports Centre in Worcester six
ARCHDALES 73 travel to Northfield Town in Midland Combination Division One on Saturday (3pm). Dales won 1-0 at Northfield in the Challenge Cup earlier this season and triumphed 4-2 there last season. Ashley Banner is back from injury but Dan Sullivan
MALVERN Town manager Paul Molloy insists his team need to start picking up points - and he's not bothered how they do it. The Langland Stadium side are rooted to the bottom of Southern League Division One Midlands without a point to show for their efforts
What is Oden's Eye? A Stone Age megalith? A runestone? A warning from the past or and omen for the future? Ben and Maggie find out when they discover a barrow during their seaside break with their uncle and aunt. Exploring the burial chamber Ben finds
Two young hereos go in search of a mystery which has baffled and excited mankind since the beginning of time. Is the supernatural fact or fiction? Can it be seen? Can it be touched? Is the suburban werewolf here within our minds? Zoe Gunn and Arnold
A DRAMA bringing the story of rural England to life is to take place in a Malvern village next week. A 150ft by 60ft (50m x 20m) tent has been put up in Cradley ready for the performances of The Crowns of Cradley and more than 100 locals are taking part
BISPHAM Harry Of Droitwich. Peacefully on August 14th, 2007, aged 49 years. Devoted son of the late William and Olive Bispham. Funeral service at St. Nicholas Church, Droitwich, on Wednesday, September 26th, at 1.30 p.m. Flowers to George Crump &
RICHMOND Helen Nell Peacefully in hospital on September 16th, 2007, aged 91 years. Wife of the late Norman, loving mother to Maureen, Diane, Norma and the late Michael, also a much loved grandmother and great grandmother. She will be sadly missed. Funeral
HANDLEY John Passed away two years today. We think about you every day and the pain doesn't get any easier. Greatly missed. All our love wife Jill,Sharon, Richard, Joanne, Paul, James, Mark, Kirsty, Rebecca and Katie. xxx Published in paper 20/09/2007
GEORGE Cynthia Precious memories of a much loved mum and nan, passed away ten years ago. Always in our thoughts, Forever in our hearts. Gerald, Yvonne, Rebecca and Natalie. x Published in paper 20/09/2007
WESTON Anthony John Tony Fond memories of a brother, brother in law and uncle. Love from Trev, Pam, Ken, Jan and Families Published in paper 20/09/2007
JONES Ethel nee Barnes Passed away peacefully on September 14th, 2007, aged 92 years at The Shrubbery Nursing Home, Worcester. Widow of Chris, much loved mother to Mavis, mother in law to Martin, grandmother to Linda and Eric, great grandmother to Nicholas
SAUNDERS Terry Theo Passed away peacefully on Friday, September 14th, 2007, aged 73 years. Loving husband to Olive, father of Tina, Rita and Julie, grandfather to Stacey, Natalie and Lauren, also a much loved brother, father in law and friend. A service
ROBINSON Harry Passed away seventeen years today. Sadly missed. Loving wife Beryl, sons Andrew, Nick, Dave, and Stephen, daughters in law Debbie and Lol, grandchildren Laura, Holly, Paul, Louise, Samantha, Michelle, Wayne and Families. God bless. xxxx
HIGGINS Delphine In loving memory of a much loved wife, mother and grandmother,who passed away September 20th, 2003. Always in our thoughts. Brian and Family, Matthew, Adam, Debbie, Vicky, Jake and Niall. Published in paper 20/09/2007
WESTFIELDS are targeting a run in the FA Vase as they prepare to take on Shawbury United at allpay.park on Saturday (3pm). The Midland Alliance high-fliers host the West Midlands League Premier side, managed by former Kidderminster Harriers hero Delwyn
A young woman has been seriously injured in an accident in Worcestershire this morning. The incident occurred just after 7.30am on the A442 Bridgenorth Road, Shatterford. West Midlands Ambulance Service received a number of emergency calls and an
AN animal rescue centre is bursting at the seams with cats and kittens in need of loving new homes. Danemere Animal Rescue in Tibberton, near Droitwich, has 30 felines - 10 more than its normal capacity. These include brothers Ying and Yang - who are
GARETH Andrew has become Worcestershire's first signing for the new season. The New Road club made an official approach for the Somerset seamer earlier this week and the former England Under 19 international has signed a two-year deal with the 2007 NatWest
SIR - I write with reference to the photograph of the Droitwich football team (Letters, September 14). I recognise one player as he was a boy at Worcester Royal Grammar School. The tallest on the back row, fifth from the right hand end is Bob (nickname
SIR - My grand-daughter lost her mobile phone last Thursday. She had been out with her boyfriend and naturally thought she'd dropped it in his car. They went and searched it, but to no avail. He thought for a while and remembered that she was using
SIR - I see now that the weak-wristed brigade have moved their sights to the London Olympics. They have said that the RAF's Red Arrows display team is too militaristic' and might upset or offend other nations'. These are evidently the sort of people who
SIR - I would like to write further to a very good point raised by John Shearon's letter about train fares (September 13). My observation would be that though fares are becoming increasingly expensive, often costing more than the cost of car travel for
AFTER one of its most successful seasons ever, Worcestershire-based garden and landscaping products specialist M&M Timber is shaping up for a record new year with the announcement of some key management appointments. The most significant sees former
Victoria Beckham, Coleen McLoughlin and Cheryl Cole set the ball rolling, but there's an increasing number of girls who believe that becoming a footballer's wife is a desirable career choice. Programmes like Wags' Boutiques and Footballers' Wives have
The long-desired presence of a doctor in the minor injuries unit at Kidderminster Hospital is to become reality soon. It has been recognised that this will enable the unit to cope with common, minor medical illnesses as well as the injuries that the nurses
SIR - Readers will be aware of West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust's plans to reconfigure the region's emergency call centres. The trust wants to close our local centre at Bransford, along with one at Shrewsbury, and to create two regional centres
AT THE beginning of the year your Worcester News revealed how the Government wants to build 10s of thousands of new homes in Worcestershire over the next 20 years. Today we reveal how one way of meeting that target could be the creation of an entirely
Worcestershire could get a new eco-town of 10,000 homes. The proposal is one of a number revealed today as local councils aim to meet government requirements for new houses. Where would such a town be sited? Give us your views by commenting on this
A NEW eco-town could be built in Worcestershire under radical proposals to cope with the amount of new homes the Government wants to build in the area over the next 20 years. The freestanding settlement could see up to 10,000 new environmentally friendly
A WOMAN with a history of long life in her family celebrates her 100th birthday today but says she feels far younger than her years. Winifred Attwell of Bevere Drive, Bevere, Worcester, will raise a toast to her 100th birthday, surrounded by family and
I GUESS it is a good time to play Wasps when a lot of their star players are away at the World Cup. But, that said, to regularly finish at the top end of the league you must have good strength in depth and they have still got plenty of quality players
