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Stories for 6 March 2001

Leisure

Black comedy with touches of style

Previous Convictions by Simon Temprell (Macmillan, £9.99)   more...

Gripping tales of men at war

The Mammoth Book Of Soldiers At War edited by Jon E Lewis (Robinson £7.99), The Weather Factor - How Weather Has Changed History (Coronet £7.99) and Whisper Of The Blade (Hodder and Stoughton £14.99) both by Erik Durschmied.   more...

Mother's Affair

Mother's affair   more...

Real quality from the LSO Brass

Giovanni Gabrieli Music for Brass Vol 3   more...

News

TB outbreak in Redditch

SCREENING for potentially fatal tuberculosis could take place in more Redditch schools after an outbreak was confirmed, writes Becky Procter.   more...

Unlocking better deal for drivers

A NATIONAL recruitment agency for van and light goods drivers has expanded its business into the West Midlands by opening a new office in Worcester.   more...

Learn how to look after your workers

WORCESTERSHIRE firms could save thousands of pounds by heeding professional advice on bullying in the workplace.   more...

Trade rises in Baltic

THE Baltic could prove a key export market for Worcestershire companies, as trade with the region rises.   more...

Reward offered after ramraid

A NORTH Cotswold jeweller's has stumped up a reward for help in catching the crooks who tried to ramraid the shop last month.   more...

Youth charged with criminal damage

A YOUTH was arrested in Evesham on Monday and charged with three counts of criminal damage in the town in January.   more...

Fiddling while the countryside burns....

WHILE Parliament debates fox-hunting, farmers face ruin from foot-and-mouth disease. Isn't it time we took stock of what is really important in our countryside?   more...

We're not mindless youngsters

I WISH to help Miss Bowcott (Evening News, February 26) with a few corrections to her letter.   more...

Labour has nothing to do with it

IN reply to Miss Connie Bowcott's letter, if your only concern regarding the Labour Government is a few youths on skateboards in the city centre, then we've really never had it so good.   more...

Red face day, more like...

STEPHEN Hughes (You Say, February 21) is not the only person who detests Red Nose Day. I, too, dread this annual event. Funny it is not.   more...

When will the talking start?

IT'S odd how Worcester city councillors normally at loggerheads can rally together when a supermarket chain comes to town.   more...

Not good enough

H F Morris has got something very wrong (You Say, February 24). The TV licence plus the heating allowance does not come to anything like £5 and he's obviously missed the statement that the £200 per household was for this year only, election year of course.   more...

Their only policy

HOW interesting that Health Concern has finally announced a General Election candidate. Interesting, because I'm looking forward to hearing their official party policy on a whole range of issues.   more...

Summing Up

IT is clear that Malvern Town Council has failed in explaining the increased precept of 67 pence per week per household.   more...

Split over the internet

THE future may be digital, but it's also a confused one as far as politics is concerned.   more...

Bishop enters the fray

SOME people say the Church of England has no right to intervene in politics and should stick to matters of conscience.   more...

Bishop enters the fray

SOME people say the Church of England has no right to intervene in politics and should stick to matters of conscience.   more...

She's leaving home

IT was the silence, I suppose, pervading the house from loft conversion to kitchen, right from the front door through the house and out into the garden to where the conifers meet the garages.   more...

St John's: Three down, one to go?

THERE was a moment of uncertainty but, once officers had done their maths right, Safeway's hopes of building a superstore on a prime riverside site were doomed.   more...

Fatal perils of drug dabbling

THE perils of dabbling with drugs and alcohol were starkly highlighted at an inquest into the tragic death of a 23-year-old Droitwich man.   more...

Pool is too costly to stay open

LAST-ditch attempts to save a historic Droitwich swimming pool from closing this summer have failed.   more...

Plan to protect 600-year-old art

PRECIOUS 15th Century wall paintings in Worcester's historic Commandery are set to be safeguarded.   more...

City's hi-tech police station will take more prisoners

WORCESTER'S new police station will have nearly three times as many cells as its predecessor.   more...

Ear lobe bitten off in garden row

A WORCESTER man bit off a neighbour's earlobe after a row blew up over a garden bonfire, a court heard.   more...

FOOT AND MOUTH CRISIS: Mascot is confined to barracks

PRIVATE Derby, the regimental mascot of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, has been banned from travelling to the county from his current home in Omagh, Northern Ireland.   more...

FOOT AND MOUTH CRISIS: Potential cases at three more farms

THREE more farms in Worcestershire are being probed for foot-and-mouth disease, it was revealed today.   more...

REJECTED! TWO MORE BITE THE DUST Part II

COUNCILLORS also declared Asda's plans, for a store at the former livestock market, a "non-starter".   more...

REJECTED! TWO MORE BITE THE DUST

ALL three supermarket plans for Worcester have been thrown out following a heated debate in the Guildhall last night.   more...

Sport

A point to prove: Kidderminster Harriers v Lincoln City

Kidderminster Harriers will face one of the toughest tasks in football - playing against a team desperate to impress their new manager.   more...

1/4 time: Kidderminster 0 Lincoln 0

Harriers were first to attack in wet and windy conditions but Neil Mackenzie's early free kick from the left wing was not capitalised upon.   more...

Half-time: Kidderminster 0 Lincoln 2

Midfielder Paul Smith tapped Lincoln ahead on 22 minutes when he met a left wing cross from John Finnigan at the far post.   more...

3/4 time: Kidderminster 0 Lincoln 2

Despite a decent start fragile Harriers had fallen to pieces in the first half and were in desperate need of an early boost in the second 45 minutes.   more...

Full-time: Kidderminster 1 Lincoln 3

Harriers were creating nothing of note until Stewart Hadley stunned the crowd with a superb Harriers opener on 73 minutes, his eighth goal of the season.   more...

SUMMARY: Defeat yet again for Harriers: Kidderminster 1 Lincoln 3

Sloppy Kidderminster Harriers suffered their third defeat in a row as they slumped 3-1 to struggling Lincoln City at rain-soaked Aggborough.   more...

Worcester City 3 Bilston Town 2

Monday, March 5, 2001   more...

6/3/01 - Players battling for Trophy places

HEREFORD United's players will be playing for their FA Umbro Trophy places when they entertain Woking in the Nationwide Conference tonight (7.45).   more...

6/3/01 - Mullen: Robins must be on song

EVESHAM United boss Phil Mullen has warned against complacency when his Dr Martens League Western Division promotion-chasers travel to Sutton Coldfield Town tonight (7.30).   more...

6/3/01 - Headley forced to quit cricket

FORMER Worcestershire player Dean Headley has been forced to retire from first-class cricket.   more...

Fixtures and Results 2000/2001

Worcester City Football Club's full fixture list for the 2000/2001 season   more...

Rufous ready for return

LINGFIELD takes centre stage tomorrow as racing finally resumes.   more...

Five-goal Harding boosts Dovey

A HIGH scoring game in the Worcester and District Football League Sunday Division Four saw The Dovey beat Virgin Sports 7-2.   more...

Swifts look to boost their squad

STOURPORT Swifts boss Rod Brown is looking to strengthen his squad for the Midland Alliance title run-in.   more...

Mullen: Robins must be on song

EVESHAM United boss Phil Mullen has warned against complacency when his Dr Martens League Western Division promotion-chasers travel to Sutton Coldfield Town tonight (7.30).   more...

Players battling for Trophy places

HEREFORD United's players will be playing for their FA Umbro Trophy places when they entertain Woking in the Nationwide Conference tonight (7.45).   more...

Droitwich lose county fixture

NORTH Midlands have been forced to switch their Under-20 County Championship group rugby match against Warwickshire tonight from Droitwich to Birmingham University because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.   more...

Headley forced to quit cricket

FORMER Worcestershire player Dean Headley has been forced to retire from first-class cricket.   more...

Slick City book semi-final spot

TWO late goals in the space of a minute booked Worcester City's place in the semi-finals of the Dr Martens League Cup.   more...

6/3/01 - Positive thinking needed after debacle

I think we are only a couple of players away from being a decent Nationwide League Division Three side.   more...

6/3/01 - Swifts look to boost their squad

STOURPORT Swifts boss Rod Brown is looking to strengthen his squad for the Midland Alliance title run-in.   more...

6/3/01 - Buckley booster

BOSS Jan Molby be-lieves Kid-derminster Harriers' Nationwide League Division Three task against lowly Lin-coln City at Aggbor-ough tonight (7.45) has been made more difficult by Alan Buckley's appointment as the Imps new manager.   more...

  
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