Archive
-
Date
Stadium date for The Beatless
WORCESTER'S Beatles tribute band The Beatless will get the chance to perform their very own Shea Stadium-style concert this summer. The Faithful City's Fab Four are due to step up at Sixways stadium pitch on Friday, July 27. The event is part of a programme
-
Date
Drink the cause of street attack
A WORCESTER man launched an unprovoked attack in the street, biting his victim on the hand and punching him on the side of the face. Paul Brakespear needed three hepatitis injections and a course of antibiotics after the attack and feared that he might
-
Date
Tourists encouraged to return
WYRE Forest MP David Lock is urging visitors to support two of the area's main visitor attractions. The West Midland Safari Park and the Severn Valley Railway bring in thousands of tourists each year. "The safari park is of great importance to Wyre Forest
-
Date
Incinerator plan goes up in smoke
AN appeal by Severn Waste Services is "on the cards" after the company's plans for a waste recycling plant and incinerator in Kidderminster went up in smoke. The planning application, submitted by contractors Severn Waste Services, was rejected by 11
-
Date
Donors urged to dig deep
AN animal rescue centre near Worcester is struggling to cope - and staff have blamed the continuing foot-and-mouth crisis. Dave Lannie, a spokesman for Tibberton-based Danemere Animal Rescue, said he was becoming "desperate". "We're limited to looking
-
Date
Red card shown to football club
A HEREFORDSHIRE football club is hoping to get extra-time to play its remaining fixtures after the foot-and-mouth crisis showed the red card to home games. Bromyard Town FC, in the West Midlands League Premier Division, could be relegated because of the
-
Date
Customer in credit card row
A CASHIER at a Worcester service station was terrified when a customer grabbed her to reach his credit card. Louisa Woodhouse had been instructed in a phone call to retain Alex Warden's card because he owed £1,500. But he became aggressive at the BP garage
-
Date
10/4/01 - Smith says full-time switch has been tough
ADIE Smith believes his debut season in the Football League has been a steep learning curve -- and one that will benefit him in the future. The 27-year-old Kidderminster Harriers campaigner, however, admits that it has been a baptism of fire for both
-
Date
It's dithering of a different kind
DITHERING...That's what we accused the Prime Minister of some weeks ago over his attitude to the possible delay of the county council, and perhaps general, election. Well, where the Evening News goes - this was soon taken up by the national media and
-
Date
10/4/01 - Players have to 'come back' to form
IN football circles there's a saying about waiting for players to 'come back'. It means waiting for them to return to the form everybody knows that they are capable of producing -- and that's exactly what we are doing at the moment at Aggborough. At whatever
-
Date
Bid for Wasps is laid to rest
CECIL Duckworth has ruled out a takeover bid for Wasps after the Zurich Premiership club's financial future was secured. Worcester Rugby Club's benefactor made an inquiry over the club last week but after a rescue package was put together by former owner
-
Date
County's schedule hit by rain
WORCESTERSHIRE'S pre-season cricket programme continues to be hit by the wet weather. They were due to have staged a friendly against Glamorgan at New Road on Tuesday, April 17, but it has now been switched to Kidderminster's Chester Road headquarters
-
Date
Battle of goal kings as Swifts seek win
STOURPORT Swifts face another crucial game in their Midland Alliance title quest tonight. Swifts, who have lost just once in the league since October to climb to second place, face a testing game at fourth-placed Stourbridge (7.45). Victory would take
-
Date
Martley stay on course
MARTLEY Spurs maintained their challenge for the Worcester and District Football League Sunday Premier Division title with a 5-2 win at Pinvin United where there were two goals each for Sean Williams and Nick Clayton. In Division One a Kevin Tyler strike
-
Date
See Northern Star shine at Lingfield
Northern Times does not win as often as he might but he is a consistent enough performer and he can visit the winner's enclosure in the Quality Heating Services Selling Stakes at Lingfield tomorrow. Both his career victories have come at seven furlongs
-
Date
10/4/01 - County's schedule hit by rain
WORCESTERSHIRE'S pre-season cricket programme continues to be hit by the wet weather. They were due to have staged a friendly against Glamorgan at New Road on Tuesday, April 17, but it has now been switched to Kidderminster's Chester Road headquarters
-
Date
Quest for details of maritime disaster
ANYONE who has ever embarked on a programme of serious investigation will tell you that it can be the most frustrating business. It's a bit like angling. There can be hours between bites and even when the float dips, there's no guarantee of landing a
-
Date
10/4/01 - City chase last chance of glory
WORCESTER City face their last chance for glory this season tonight as they bid to reach the Dr Martens League Cup final. Victory over Newport County at St George's Lane (7.45) will take City through to the final for the first time in 41 years. Defeat
-
Date
No smoke without fire
A BILL to ban the advertising and promotion of tobacco has now received its second reading in the House of Lords. The draconian nature of the Bill is illustrated by the fact that, in addition to a ban on magazine and bill board advertising, smokers will
-
Date
Is this a carnivores' conspiracy?
SLAUGHTER figures are almost back to normal after a brief closure of slaughterhouses during the initial stages of the foot-and-mouth epidemic. Far more animals have passed through the doors of these buildings over the past month than have met their deaths
-
Date
A waste of space
WE read a lot about fly tipping in your news paper, and I certainly do not condone it, but what do they expect when the only household waste site on the east side of the river is situated in the north of the area? This site should be more central and
-
Date
Resenting reactions
L SPITERI obviously resents reaction to his political prompting in your newspaper. I would not presume to prompt others. Such behaviour on the part of political laymen is indicative of an assumed intellectual superiority, being convinced that others are
-
Date
Centre offers educational environment
A FIELD trip in my school days usually meant a day out pond-dipping after spending a couple of hours sat in a crammed minibus. The most you were likely to see was a colourful dragonfly, a plethora of larvae and maybe a frog, if you were lucky. Then there
-
Date
Clamping down on clampers
PETER Luff is normally the perfect gentleman but don't park outside his flat, whatever you do. Because the Tory MP gets very unhappy when motorists pinch his parking spot. And anybody who dares to do so will find themselves on the end of some frank advice
-
Date
Humanface of Fawlty
The Human Face, by Brian Bates with John Cleese (BBC, £19.99) PERFECT. What better choice than the Minister For Silly Walks to co-author this tome devoted to the subject of the human countenance? Yes, Britain's favourite lunatic has teamed up with his
-
Date
GM row set to be a trial
FARMERS in Crowle may be bracing themselves for a visit by green activists soon. The area is to host a maize trial to test the supposed attributes of genetically modified organisms, with the crops to be sown from the end of this month. All very controversial
-
Date
Letter scam infiltrates e-mail system
PROOF that the 'Nigerian letter scam' has infiltrated the e-mail system has been received by a Worcester businessman. The scam refers to letters sent by crooks posing as Nigerian government officials, who ask the recipient to provide a 'safe' bank account
-
Date
Skooting along road to success
MUDGUARDS and casing for an innovative bike-in-a-case are being provided by a Bromsgrove firm. Bayer's ABS plastic Lustran is being used on the new Skoot bike, which folds into a travel case and can be carried or pulled along on large diameter roller
-
Date
Bus firm looked to South Africa for new drivers
EMBATTLED bus firm First Midland Red has revealed it considered recruiting drivers from South Africa to shore up its staff numbers. The Worcester firm has made inquiries about shipping over people to train, because it is around 15 drivers short at its
-
Date
Residents' anger over road rubble
RUBBLE has been left strewn in a Worcester road following a quibble between the city council and a building firm over cobbled paving stones. Fed-up residents in a cul-de-sac in Warndon Villages claim they are being forced to drive around piles of building
-
Date
MP in push for answers
PEOPLE living near Throckmorton airfield could today discover whether slaughtered animals are to be burned at the site. Conservative MP Peter Luff last week tabled more than 20 Parliamentary questions about the use of the airfield for the disposal of
-
Date
Detention for youth caught with ecstasy
A TEENAGER caught with 41 ecstasy tablets at a Worcester nightclub has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' detention. Darren George aroused the suspicions of a security officer in Tramps and was told he was going to be searched. He handed over the
-
Date
Kirsty's taste of Army life
WITHIN hours of arriving in Northern Ireland Worcester Carnival Queen Kirsty Evans was being briefed on the current situation in the Province by chiefs at Army forces headquarters in Lisburn. Then it was off to Dungannon for the 21-year-old - with the
-
Date
Hitting the headlines
BUDDING hacks from Pershore High School are preparing to hit the headlines after a bit of help from the Evening News. Deputy editor Mark Higgitt visited Year 10 pupils for a special me-dia activities session. They learned about how newspapers are put
-
Date
Mini-library plan for post offices
MINI-public libraries could be opened inside rural post offices in Worcestershire in a bid to make them more accessible. The news is a huge boost for camaigners trying to stem the closure of the beleaguered rural outposts. The Government announced post
-
Date
Trolley full of stolen goods
A SHOPLIFTER'S haul from an hour in the Co-op supermarket at Stourport, represented by a trolley piled high with groceries, amounted to £236, magistrates heard. A manager who saw her leave without paying called police and she was arrested outside. She
-
Date
Fluid Eric knows his way around
CESAR FRANCK THE GREAT ORGAN WORKS VOL 1, Eric Lebrun (Naxos 8.554697) GRAND symphonic organ works, pounding fugues and pondering fantasies, all wrapped up in one CD. Many know the name Cesar Franck but would be hard pressed to tell you what he wrote,
-
Date
City chase last chance of glory
WORCESTER City face their last chance for glory this season tonight as they bid to reach the Dr Martens League Cup final. Victory over Newport County at St George's Lane (7.45) will take City through to the final for the first time in 41 years. Defeat
-
Date
Lynch slams Eastman title move
ROBERT McCracken's trainer, Paddy Lynch, has hit out at Howard Eastman after he refused to put his British and Commonwealth titles on the line tonight. Worcester-based McCracken had been looking forward to the chance to become a triple champion at the
-
Date
Bulls' £100,000 Trophy blow
HEREFORD United's failure to reach the FA Umbro Trophy final could have cost them £100,000. That's the amount Director of Football Graham Turner believes the cash-strapped Bulls could have made from a trip to Villa Park, through their share of gate and
-
Date
10/4/01 - Bid for Wasps is laid to rest
CECIL Duckworth has ruled out a takeover bid for Wasps after the Zurich Premiership club's financial future was secured. Worcester Rugby Club's benefactor made an inquiry over the club last week but after a rescue package was put together by former owner
-
Date
10/4/01 - Bulls' £100,000 Trophy blow
HEREFORD United's failure to reach the FA Umbro Trophy final could have cost them £100,000. That's the amount Director of Football Graham Turner believes the cash-strapped Bulls could have made from a trip to Villa Park, through their share of gate and
-
Date
Interesting findings
AS a patron of The Vegetarian Society and a vegetarian myself for 20 years, I was interested to hear the details of a recent ICM poll commissioned by the BBC for the Today programme on Radio 4. The survey found that 12 per cent of the population described
-
Date
Hardship of long ago
6 I THINK John Hinton is the same vintage as me - 1907. I thought I was reading a fairy story when I read his report of Ray Leach's writings. Like many other people, I started work at the age of 13, worked hard until the age of 60, less seven years for
-
Date
Tony, friend of rural folk
UNLIKE vast countries such as Russia, China and America, in small densely-packed Britain, lines between town and country are, in reality, blurred. There is no cultural difference of which to speak. Nevertheless, in postponing local and General Elections
-
Date
Hoping that lovers of Elgar will contribute
6 IT was really good to read Paul Stammers' story about the Archive of the Royal Philharmonic Society that the British Library hopes to buy for £1m and that the proceeds will be devoted to aiding young musicians (Evening News, March 22). We anticipate
-
Date
Be ready for the Census
POLICE want householders in South Worcestershire to be aware that Census takers will be knocking on their doors until the end of April. They will be easy to spot and will be carrying official identification, however they will not attempt to enter premises
-
Date
PM is warned he can still lose
HAVING a big points lead over your rivals and playing in a red kit is no guarantee of success. This was the warning which Tory MP Peter Luff gave to the Prime Minister in a chance encounter this week. And he was not just talking about football. The Mid-Worcestershire
-
Date
Luff finally makes his point
IF they are in the mood, politicians will stop at nothing to prove a point. Mid-Worcestershire Tory MP Peter Luff, for example, is not willing to rest until he has proved police numbers are falling under Labour. In fact, he was so determined, he chased
-
Date
Could this be the end for the men?
POLITICAL correctness could spell the end of male probation officers' jobs, I fear. The probation service in Worcestershire was absorbed into a national organisation last week. Guidelines insist that male probation officers in the county must not prepare
-
Date
Great... but where is Davies?
The Nation's Favourite Animal Poems, foreword by Virginia McKenna (BBC Worldwide, £5.99) THE only major flaw in this charming collection is evident after a cursory examination. It's this. Why was the great nature poet W H Davies not included in this anthology
-
Date
Flying high after winning her Wings
A WORCESTER woman is celebrating after receiving her Wings as a British Airways cabin crew member. Victoria Ewins was one of 12 members from course B7 to take part in an official passing out ceremony at Birmingham International Airport yesterday. They
