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Protecting the bereaved

A WORCESTER IT company has formed an innovative partnership to help people who have been recently bereaved.   more...

Leisure centre's quest for quality

A LEISURE centre in the county has gained a prestigious industry quality award.   more...

County's tourist industry handed cash boost

MORE than half-a-million pounds is to be ploughed into Herefordshire's tourist industry.   more...

It's Scot to be time to party!

IT will be haggis and bagpipes at a launch party for a bank that has recently set up in Worcester.   more...

Dunelm celebrate 50 stores

A CHAIN of soft furnishings stores that has shops in Worcester and Hereford is celebrating the opening of its 50th store.   more...

This is Worcester - Graduates

Coming soon...   more...

Arrested at town pub

TWO men are due to appear before Worcester Magistrates next week after they were arrested outside a Spa pub.   more...

Spooky

A BROMSGROVE pub is offering drinkers a real treat this Halloween with a range of speciality beers. The Golden Cross is serving 20 beers including Caledonian Trick or Treat, Hanby Spooky Doo and Camerons Cauldron.   more...

Tyre-some situation for county's drivers

THE Evening News recently reported that a man was involved in a fatal crash and subsequently fined, with a licence endorsement, for having a faulty tyre on a borrowed car.   more...

In praise of the man who collected rubbish

SO Mr Trebus, the eccentric Polish gentleman from Haringey, is no longer with us. I shall miss him, and particularly his forthright attitude to the authorities.   more...

Facts tell different tale

OUR Government appears to have a straightforward no-nonsense desire to ban hunting, Labour backbench MPs and Ministers deeming it an unnecessary practice to be made a criminal offence at the earliest opportunity.   more...

Our independence is the issue

L SPITERI gushed his enthusiasm for a federal EU to such an extent (You Say, October 15) it could have been Tony Blair himself speaking.   more...

We need a party that will give the people democracy

I WONDER if the people in this area are as bemused as I am with the attitudes of political parties to the views of ordinary people?   more...

Blair's dossier on Iraq lacked evidence

FURTHER to Wendy Hands' letter on the West's intelligence failure (You Say, October 2) Tony Blair's much-anticipated dossier against Iraq also turned out to be a damp squib.   more...

Confusion on website

THE city council must either be confused or hypocritical to promote the Swan Theatre on a new website, when budget cuts could force it to close, says one MP.   more...

Is there a way to be free of thugs?

IT'S not hard to sympathise with the people of Warndon today. The misery that's been caused them by the loutish behaviour of yobs seems never ending.   more...

King's links up with top construction firm

A WORCESTER school is building bridges with construction firms in a bid to keep the industry alive.   more...

Green fun for young people

CHILDMINDERS, nursery workers and playgroup organisers learnt how to think green when they made jewellery from junk at a Malvern workshop.   more...

Think green for new plan

WASTE piling up in Worcestershire has prompted a new recycling plan to encourage people to "think green".   more...

Police officers to be honoured

EIGHT police officers are due to be honoured at an awards ceremony tonight.   more...

Rare painting is up for auction

A RARE 19th Century painting depicting a scene from Herefordshire's rural heritage is expected to make £3,000 in Sotheby salerooms early next month.   more...

Know your basic rights

MANY people in Worcester are unaware of their basic employment rights - and the situation is becoming worse.   more...

House's makeover shows benefits of transfer

A COUNCIL house in Warndon has been given a Changing Rooms-style make over.   more...

Artist shows off her still lives at gallery

A WORCESTER artist will be showing of her new collection of oil and pastel works at the Foal Yard Gallery.   more...

New college boss named

WORCESTER'S University College has announced its successor to principal Dorma Urwin, who is set to leave before Christmas.   more...

Councillor `surprised' at funding methods

WORCESTER City Council's recruitment funding methods have been described as outdated by some councillors.   more...

£300,000 sewer work for Wyre Piddle

A WORCESTERSHIRE village is set to receive a boost with the installation of a new sewerage system.   more...

Del Boy's motor trots in for new logbook lesson

AN ICON of dodgy dealing is being used by the DVLA to make people aware that as of February next year they can't buy a tax disc without their car's log book.   more...

Taxi drivers are on the warpath

TAXI drivers fearing for their livelihood have vowed to petition both city and county councils over plans to implement 53-seater buses on late-night services through Worcester.   more...

600 join Pearl's funeral procession

HUNDREDS of mourners joined a procession along Worcestershire's country roads to pay their respects to a much-loved traveller.   more...

Technology helps police target crooks

CRIMINALS in Worcester got a nasty shock when they were pulled over at a police stop-check.   more...

Takeaway fined for flies and dirt

THE owner of a Pershore kebab takeaway has been fined £1,200 after breaching food safety regulations, which saw flies near food and low levels of hygiene.   more...

City set to issue parking tickets

DRIVERS will have their parking tickets issued by Worcester City Council from February, it was announced today.   more...

Blimp reaches for the sky as ropes undone

A WORCESTER car dealership could be advertising further away than expected after pranksters undid the ropes on its giant helium balloon.   more...

Mosque's morgue plan

MEMBERS of a Worcester mosque are planning to open a morgue in a derelict garage.   more...

Judge agrees mobile home must go

A DROITWICH farmer has failed in his High Court challenge to keep a mobile home on his property.   more...

Dickinson's hope for bargain buys

THE duke of daytime telly David Dickinson will be finding out just how cheap his chips really are at a live broadcast of BBC's Bargain Hunt at a Herefordshire auction house.   more...

Lottery grant will buy a lotta toys

WELL-worn toys that have been used since the formation of Welland Pre-School group will be replaced with up-to-the minute equipment, thanks to a Lottery grant.   more...

Troops are on way

SIXTY soldiers and a fleet of Green Goddesses are expected to arrive in Worcester later this week as firefighters prepare for two 48-hour walkouts and four eight-day strikes in the run-up to Christmas.   more...

Sarah's gone competition crazy

EVENING News readers have helped to make our birthday celebrations memorable by sending in thousands of competition entries.   more...

Buses stoned off the roads

A PASSENGER narrowly missed being hit when yobs hurled a brick through a bus window, a director claims.   more...

Sport

22/10/02 - City linked with Wilde

MANAGER John Barton has refused to be drawn on speculation linking Worcester City with Cambridge City player Adam Wilde.   more...

Eagerly awaited sports bikes

Next month's International Motorcycle and Scooter Show (15-24 November, NEC, Birmingham) will serve up a selection of the most eagerly awaited 600cc sports bikes from the world's leading manufacturers.   more...

22/10/02 - Round One to Redditch

Redditch United 2 Evesham United 1   more...

22/10/02 - Harriers ready to ring changes

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are expected to make changes for tonight's LDV Vans Trophy first round clash against Nationwide Conference Dagenham and Redbridge at Victoria Road (7.45).   more...

Eagerly awaited sports bikes

Next month's International Motorcycle and Scooter Show (15-24 November, NEC, Birmingham) will serve up a selection of the most eagerly awaited 600cc sports bikes from the world's leading manufacturers.   more...

Eagerly awaited sports bikes

Next month's International Motorcycle and Scooter Show (15-24 November, NEC, Birmingham) will serve up a selection of the most eagerly awaited 600cc sports bikes from the world's leading manufacturers.   more...

Scrivens and Marshall shine

WORCESTER Athletic Club walkers competed in the Leicester Open seven-mile road walk.   more...

Weekend to remember for Leigh

IT was a productive weekend for 19-year-old Leigh Allmark in the Worcester and District Football League.   more...

Weather takes the honours

HEAVY rain proved the winner at the Midlands Centre Grasstrack Championships.   more...

Gardiner back for Evesham

EVESHAM United step out at Redditch United's Valley Stadium tonight seeking to halt a run of three defeats.   more...

Harriers ready to ring changes

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are expected to make changes for tonight's LDV Vans Trophy first round clash against Nationwide Conference Dagenham and Redbridge at Victoria Road (7.45).   more...

United aim to pull off shock

CUP upset specialists Hereford United will aim to put the boot into Second Division Northampton Town tonight (7.45).   more...

Hurdman handed walkover victory

WORCESTER'S Ian Hurdman is through to the second round of the Benson and Hedges Snooker Championship -- without potting a ball.   more...

City linked with Wilde

MANAGER John Barton has refused to be drawn on speculation linking Worcester City with Cambridge City player Adam Wilde.   more...

Eagerly awaited sports bikes

Next month's International Motorcycle and Scooter Show (15-24 November, NEC, Birmingham) will serve up a selection of the most eagerly awaited 600cc sports bikes from the world's leading manufacturers.   more...

Eagerly awaited sports bikes

Next month's International Motorcycle and Scooter Show (15-24 November, NEC, Birmingham) will serve up a selection of the most eagerly awaited 600cc sports bikes from the world's leading manufacturers.   more...

Facts, figures and fixtures 2002/2003 season

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Eagerly awaited sports bikes

Next month's International Motorcycle and Scooter Show (15-24 November, NEC, Birmingham) will serve up a selection of the most eagerly awaited 600cc sports bikes from the world's leading manufacturers. Honda, Kawasaki, and Yamaha will reveal new middleweight sports machines--traditionally the UK's most popular market--with the UK debuts of their CBR600R, ZX-6R and R6.   more...

Dagenham & Redbridge v Kidderminster

We are unable to bring our usual live match coverage from tonight's game but normal service will be resumed for Saturday's game with Cambridge.   more...

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...

  
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