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Leisure

Car kits worth £150 to be won

THE winter months of bad weather and poor driving conditions are just around the corner so make sure your car is in tip-top condition.   more...

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News

Grey area for accountancy firm

A NEW Worcester accountancy firm is trying to bring a bit of colour to the profession.   more...

Company doing a white good job

AN EXPANDING Worcestershire company that makes wedding favours has pledged to keep using local businesses as it goes from strength-to-strength.   more...

Business Links boost for two counties' tourism

TOURISM in the two counties is just one of the business sectors set to receive a boost from a new programme of funding from the region's development agency.   more...

Co-op's joy at industry accolade

The Co-operative Group has received the highest accolade in the food retail industry.   more...

Cash boost

TERMINALLY ill children will benefit from tireless fundraising by a town women's group.   more...

Silver surfers

SILVER surfers have notched up 500 computer classes thanks to Bromsgrove's Age Concern branch.   more...

Foster new ideas

A BROMSGROVE organisation is urging residents to foster new ideas about caring for children.   more...

Tories sorting out a mess left by Labour

LABOUR councillor John Buckley attempts to get the previous Labour Council and present Labour Government off the hook for Worcester's serious budget position. But it won't wash. These are the facts.   more...

Let's have a bit of commonsense

I READ with great interest the article about The Cardinal's Hat selling beer in pints as opposed to litres.   more...

Don't talk about the war

I AM writing in response to John Hinton's somewhat obnoxious response to my comments regarding their clocks in the city centre.   more...

Wasting more taxpayers' cash

I AM concerned at the reported comments in the local Press (Kidderminster Shuttle, September 26) by two leading councillors - Coun G Lord, Leader, and Coun Colin Beardwood - clearly showing their disappointment in the public inquiry outcome and their continued support for the incineration of municipal waste.   more...

Apropos apostrophes ...again

I'M SORRY to say that the Letters Editor now has disingenuousness to add to his/her genocidal crimes against the apostrophe.   more...

Bloodsports

IN response to Ian Tinsley accusing me of being anti-angling, I would say that I am neither anti-angling nor anti-hunting.   more...

Spreading word

A MOBILE religious education unit has been launched at a Worcester church because of the popularity of the first multimedia centre.   more...

Judy's project's a picture of success

AN ex-mayor of Worcester could soon be a talking point in a village pub after the landlady urged people to bring in old photographs.   more...

Students battle it out for the cup

WORCESTERSHIRE students will be going head to head with students from across Herefordshire and Shropshire in a battle for a challenge cup.   more...

No choice of school for Lauren

A SCHOOLGIRL who has recently moved to the city is being kept away from the classroom because of poor transport in Worcester.   more...

Author visits the city

IT was all smiles in Hammicks when children's author Jacqueline Wilson met her young fans.   more...

Brave boy's boredom buster

A COLLECTION by Sainsbury's staff for a plucky youngster who is set to undergo a series of operations has been a huge success.   more...

Skateboarders dice with death

A KAMIKAZE skateboarder spotted speeding down a hill and crashing into cars is being warned to wise up by a Worcester woman.   more...

Principal warns of fears for next year

WORCESTER Sixth Form College principal John Tredwell says he is not certain there will not be a similar fiasco next year.   more...

City club `collars' stand-up Harry Hill

SURREAL stand-up comic Harry Hill will be appearing in Worcester tomorrow, having been ``collared'' by a city comedy club.   more...

Rider flown to hospital after towpath fall

PARAMEDICS called to help a stricken rider who had been thrown from her horse jumped aboard a narrowboat to try to rescue her.   more...

Daniel's jelly bath raises £1,000

BONE cancer victim Daniel Jarrold braves a bath of freezing jelly to drum up £1,000 for a hospital unit.   more...

Horse slashed with knife as it grazes

RIDERS are being warned to be on their guard after a horse was attacked by thugs.   more...

Rund-raisers brave 80ft descent

ADVENTUROUS fund-raisers took to the roof of a Worcester warehouse abseiling 80ft in aid of a cancer charity.   more...

Pupils wait for the final verdict

STUDENTS at Pershore High School will soon find out if their exam grades have changed following the marking fiasco that has rocked the country.   more...

Meeting to save Swan from closing

CAMPAIGNERS were due to meet tonight to discuss how to save the cash-strapped Swan Theatre from closure.   more...

I just want my Claude's collar back

A DISTRAUGHT pet owner has made a desperate plea for the collar from her dead cat to be returned.   more...

Woman, 88, dies in crash

AN elderly woman was killed when the car in which she was a passenger spun out of control on a bend and somersaulted along the road.   more...

Everyone's a winner in Lottery giveaway

SCOUT groups, village halls, schools, mental health charities, sports organisations - and even a model railway group - have shared a bumper £156,000 of Lottery cash.   more...

Stars turn out at show

THERE was added excitement at a monthly antiques fair when crews and celebrities from the BBC swept in to film a TV show.   more...

SHOT FAN BACK HOME SAFE

WOUNDED England fan Phil Holland is back home in Worcester after being shot in Bratislava, the Slovakian capital.   more...

Sport

14/10/02 - Injuries add to City woe after cup exit

WORCESTER City's FA Cup exit at the hands of Hucknall Town at the could prove doubly costly for the club.   more...

14/10/02 - County quash player rumours

WORCESTERSHIRE today poured cold water on speculation that they are battling to keep three of their batsmen at New Road.   more...

12/10/02 - Roke tribute

ANDY Keast has paid tribute to Duncan Roke's `awesome' form for Worcester Rugby Club this season.   more...

14/10/02 - Swanepoel may face 42-day ban

WERNER Swanepoel could miss Worcester's title showdown with Rotherham next month after seeing red at London Welsh.   more...

14/10/02 - `Best performance in my time' says Brain

DELIGHTED John Brain described Worcester's performance, in their 53-7 demolition of London Welsh, as total rugby.   more...

Bromsgrove Rovers fixtures and results 2002/2003

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Hucknall Town 1 Worcester City 0

Saturday, October 12, 2002   more...

KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS FC MATCH FACTS - 2002/2003

Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis   more...

London Welsh 7 Worcester 53

Saturday, October 12, 2002   more...

Kidderminster Harriers 0 Macclesfield Town 2

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14/10/02 - Worcester edge out Plymouth

WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 89-88 over Plymouth Raiders in the National Basketball Trophy.   more...

Pershore take derby honours

PERSHORE Rugby Club claimed the derby spoils with a 15-8 win over rivals Evesham in Midlands Three West (South).   more...

Malvern hold on for thrilling victory

MALVERN Rugby Club put their derby disaster behind them with a thrilling win over Walsall.   more...

Bickerton finishes joint 58th

DROITWICH golfer John Bickerton finished joint 58th in Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Breteche in Paris.   more...

Worcester edge out Plymouth

WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 89-88 over Plymouth Raiders in the National Basketball Trophy.   more...

North Mids edged out by point at Ledbury

NORTH Midlands were edged out 20-19 by Dorset and Wiltshire in their final warm-up match before the start of the Midlands 18 Group rugby championship at Ledbury's Ross Road ground yesterday.   more...

Injuries add to City woe after cup exit

WORCESTER City's FA Cup exit at the hands of Hucknall Town at the could prove doubly costly for the club.   more...

County quash player rumours

WORCESTERSHIRE today poured cold water on speculation that they are battling to keep three of their batsmen at New Road.   more...

Swanepoel may face 42-day ban

WERNER Swanepoel could miss Worcester's title showdown with Rotherham next month after seeing red at London Welsh.   more...

BO HENRIKSEN - Forward. 7/2/75. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 12.

A player with an impressive reputation in homeland Denmark, Henriksen signed a two-and-a-half year deal at Aggborough in February 2002.   more...

ANDREW CORBETT - Forward, wide midfield. 20/2/82. 6ft. Squad number 17.

The Worcester-born teenager has worked his way through the youth set-up and reserves to get a handful of first-team chances.   more...

DREWE BROUGHTON - Forward. 25/10/78. 6ft 3ins. Squad number 9.

Tall target-man who made an immediate impact with his aggression, spirit and goal-scoring on being signed for £50,000 from Peterborough in January 2001.   more...

IAN FOSTER - Forward, wide midfield. 11/11/76. 5ft 7ins. Squad number 10.

Pacy Foster was top scorer during the Conference-winning season and appears to have overcome the injury problems that have plagued him as a professional over the years.   more...

JOHN MELLIGAN - Midfielder. 11/2/82. 5ft 9ins. Squad number 24.

Signed on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers, the creative Dublin-born playmaker has made a good impression and extended his deal for a second month.   more...

SEAN FLYNN - Midfield. 13/3/68. 5ft 8ins. Squad number 21.

Vastly-experienced Flynn took over the captaincy in Mark Blake's absence after putting pen to paper on a year's deal before the first league game with Lincoln.   more...

DAIRE DOYLE - Midfield 18/10/80. 5ft 11ins. Squad number 15.

Dubliner Doyle began his career back in his native Ireland with Cherry Orchard before being snapped up by Premiership Coventry City for a nominal fee in 1998.   more...

DEAN BENNETT - Midfield 13/12/77. 6ft. Squad number 7.

Bennett was a then club record buy of £30,000 from rivals Bromsgrove Rovers in January 1999 and proved a goal-scoring menace to Conference opponents in the title-winning season.   more...

SAM SHILTON - Left midfield. 21/7/78. 5ft 11ins. Squad number 11.

The son of former England goalkeeping legend Peter spent two seasons at Hartlepool before his free transfer move to Third Division opposition Harriers.   more...

DANNY WILLIAMS - Midfield 12/7/79. 6ft 1in. Squad number 4.

After starting off as a trainee at Liverpool, Williams was released at the age of 19 to return to his native Wrexham.   more...

LEE AYRES - Centre-back. 28/8/82. 6ft 2ins. Squad number 16.

Rangy Ayres joined Harriers as a youth-team player from Walsall but progressed to the reserves after impressing at the heart of the defence.   more...

This is Evesham United Football Club - Fixtures & Results - 2002/3 season

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SCOTT STAMPS - Left-back, left midfield. 20/3/75. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 3.

Stamps started with Torquay United despite being brought up in Birmingham and his obvious talent earned him a £10,000 move to Colchester United in 1997.   more...

ADIE SMITH - Centre-back, right-back, midfield. 11/8/73. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 6.

Another Mr Versatile, long-serving Smith signed for Harriers in 1997 for £19,000 from non-league rivals Bromsgrove Rovers.   more...

CRAIG HINTON - Centre-back, right-back, midfield. 26/11/77. 6ft. Squad number 5.

Versatile Hinton began his career at right-back before reverting to a centre-half role during the Conference championship-winning season.   more...

STUART BROCK - Goalkeeper. 26/9/76. 6ft 1ins. Squad number 1.

Released by Aston Villa, Brock signed for Harriers in September 1997 after a short spell at Northampton Town where he failed to make an appearance.   more...

Bromsgrove Rovers 3 Atherstone United 0

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Fixtures and Results - 2002/2003

20/07/02 Cheltenham Town (Home) PSF 0-3   more...

Swifts

Stourport Swifts FC - Fixtures and results - 2002/03

Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson   more...

14/10/02 Unbeaten start for new boss Titterton

STOURPORT Swifts battled back from a nightmare start to claim their third point of the season in a 1-1 Dr Martens Western Division draw at Clevedon Town.   more...

  
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