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Stories for 24 January 2004

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Fancy a top-up?

SCHOOL campaigners will be walking into a firestorm when they visit Westminster on Tuesday.   more...

Taylor's skeleton in the cupboard

LIKE many MPs over the years, Richard Taylor has a skeleton in his closet.   more...

Sparring in class war

LAST week, I predicted Peter Luff would be unhappy with the contents of his latest letter from Mike Foster on the thorny issue of school funding.   more...

Smoking critics all out of puff

DURING more desperate moments at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, football and rugby fans have been heard cursing the smoking ban.   more...

Boggled!

MELANIE Hall writes with enthusiasm of the IPOD (Counterpoints, Thursday, January 15). My mind boggles.   more...

Wrong-footed

ALL nations and races predominantly consist of good, honest and loyal people.   more...

The Tories' stance on EU issues

MR E F Showell, in a flurry of letters to the Evening News, asks me to state my Party's views on some very important subjects.   more...

Electoral system that is rotten to the core

D E Margrett is wrong again (You Say, Saturday, January 10).   more...

This situation should be rectified

n THE Director of Educational Services, Julien Kramer, refers on the front page of the Evening News to the "critical report" that has recently come out concerning Elbury Mount School.   more...

Britain a nation of little Hitlers

YOUR correspondent, Mark Brunner (You Say, Saturday, January 10) apparently fails to perceive the revenue-raising potential in having headteachers fine parents for the failure of their offspring to attend school.   more...

Speeders are already breaking law

WITH regards to the speed cameras in and around Worcester, I believe people are forgetting the reason they are there in the first place. E A Franklin writes: "Is it legal for fixed signs to be up when it is a mobile van clocking the `speeding' traffic?"   more...

A nice little earner

READING Sundeep Kumar's article (Evening News, Wednesday, January 14) confirms my opinion that Worcester's first fixed safety camera at City Walls Road has been set up as a nice little earner to safeguard the continuation of our existing Safety Camera Partnership.   more...

Haste created jobs but lost a man his licence

JUST a thought on speed cameras and their justice.   more...

Cyclists... and road safety

n AS the Right To Ride representative for the South Worcestershire area and a cyclist who rides in excess of 10,000 miles a year, I am responding to the story headlined "Cyclists should stick to own lanes" (Evening News, Monday, January 12).   more...

Make sure views on Chrissies are heard

THE proposal by Worcestershire County Council to relocate Christopher Whitehead High School is the subject of a forthcoming inquiry, starting on Tuesday, May 18, at County Hall.   more...

The firm that just keeps on trucking

WITH its distinctive logo, the huge haulage fleet of Taylors of Martley now enjoys almost as much public recognition on the highways of Britain as Eddie Stobart's cargo carriers.   more...

It isn't just the fox

n JANET Cummings (You Say, Saturday, January10) writes how foxes are killed by hounds and of injuries to horses.   more...

Prison after attack on wife

A HUSBAND tried to strangle his wife with a piece of rope as their marriage crumbled, Worcester Crown Court heard.   more...

Man used car as a battering ram

A DISABLED husband caused £17,500 damage by ramming his estranged wife's home with his car.   more...

AND FINALLY: MP backs bowel cancer battle

A COUNTY politician is backing a special week aimed at raising awareness for those suffering with bowel cancer.   more...

City councillor will stand down

A LONG-serving Worcester city councillor and former mayor has announced that she will stand down at the local elections later this year to spend more time with her family.   more...

Staff opt for a ticket to ride

MORE and more people in Worcestershire are leaving their cars at home and choosing a more environmentally friendly way to get to work, according to new figures.   more...

`Radio One job is dream come true'

RADIO One has signed up a former Worcestershire school pupil to help lead its campaign to halt falling ratings.   more...

REST OF THE NEWS: Crews cut driver from car crash wreckage

A WOMAN lay trapped in her car for 45 minutes after suffering serious pelvic and leg injuries when her vehicle crashed into a tree in Worcestershire.   more...

Wife screamed as husband tightened rope round her neck

A HUSBAND tried to strangle his wife with a piece of rope as their marriage crumbled, Worcester Crown Court heard.   more...

`Radio One job is dream come true'

RADIO One has signed up a former Worcestershire school pupil to help lead its campaign to halt falling ratings.   more...

Bid to beat yobs given thumbs-up

RESIDENTS and councillors in Worcester have welcomed tough new measures to combat anti-social behaviour in the area.   more...

BAD WEATHER KEEPS YOBS IN

POLICE were on the streets of Warndon last night in the first stage of a campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour in Worcester.   more...

Sport

24/1/04 - Roke frustration set to continue

DUNCAN Roke is still `weeks away' from playing for Worcester Rugby Club.   more...

24/1/04 - Foy ready to step up fitness battle

DAVID Foy has been given the go-ahead to step up his fitness programme.   more...

24/1/04 - Murray starting to make impact

BOSS Jan Molby believes Adam Murray is just `scratching the surface' of what he will be capable of in the future for Kidderminster Harriers.   more...

24/1/04 - Molby wants to stay at Harriers

DIRECTOR of football Jan Molby has dropped a strong hint that he wants to carry on being in charge of Kidderminster Harriers next season.   more...

Roke frustration set to continue

DUNCAN Roke is still `weeks away' from playing for Worcester Rugby Club.   more...

Murray starting to make impact

BOSS Jan Molby believes Adam Murray is just `scratching the surface' of what he will be capable of in the future for Kidderminster Harriers.   more...

Grecians' vendetta is hitting Hereford

CASH-strapped Exeter City's vendetta against the Nationwide Conference is hitting Hereford United in the pocket.   more...

Foy ready to step up fitness battle

DAVID Foy has been given the go-ahead to step up his fitness programme.   more...

Archer loses in the semi-finals

WORCESTER badminton ace Simon Archer and his partner Donna Kellogg lost in the semi-finals of the Thailand Open.   more...

Park sliding down field

HEREFORD'S David Park slipped out of contention for the Dunhill Golf Championship at the Houghton Golf Club in South Africa.   more...

Jarrett booster for Wolves

WORCESTER Wolves Basketball Club have been boosted by the news that Keith Jarrett will be available for the rest of the season.   more...

Molby wants to stay at Harriers

DIRECTOR of football Jan Molby has dropped a strong hint that he wants to carry on being in charge of Kidderminster Harriers next season.   more...

  
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