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Stories for 3 January 2005

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Some people had a happier New Year than others

DRUNKEN revellers welcoming in 2005 in Worcestershire created a night of havoc for paramedics.   more...

Help 13 unlucky dogs

IT was a bleak Christmas for 13 dogs who were found straying across Wychavon over the festive period.   more...

Application to extend historic farmhouse

AN EXTENSION could be built at a Grade II listed farmhouse to accommodate a kitchen and day room if planners give the thumbs-up.   more...

Coca-Cola puts pipeline on ice

DRINKS giant Coca-Cola has cooled down its plans to sink another bore hole into the ecologically sensitive Malvern Hills.   more...

BOOKIE HELD GUNPOINT

A bookmaker has told how he and his wife feared for their lives when an armed robber stormed into his Malvern betting shop and held him at gunpoint.   more...

Army changes fit in with EU forces aim

IT would appear that Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is now "regionalising" the Army in the name of "modernisation"?   more...

Mona only minor problem

IT was a summer's night back in the 1950s and I was prowling around my patch in the Blockhouse when I saw a big chap coming along the street dressed only in his underpants and looking in all the doorways and alleyways shouting: "Mona, Mona, come to me!"   more...

Prejudice and hunting

I SEEM to recall that some time ago, Tim Pinney went to great lengths to insist that the Countryside Alliance and the hunting fraternity were composed of people from all walks of life and did not consist only of the upper class bracket.   more...

Anything but average funding

NOW that MP Michael Foster has attributed the "spectacular" improvement in schools standards to the "extra cash" put into the education system in Worcestershire schools, perhaps he would now quote the exact same sets of figures for 1997 and 2004 for our direct neighbouring counties.   more...

He should heed own advice in future

HOW rich of I M Jarvis to remind me of my duty "to give the facts, not fiction," while he postulates and hypothesises about a Britain under a German Third Reich, an event that never took place (You Say, Wednesday, December 11)   more...

Peaceful start to the New Year...

ZERO-tolerance. That was what the police promised in the run-up to what some were describing as "Black Friday", referring to the combination of New Year's Eve and the normal Friday night revels.   more...

Warndon's fat family in TV show

FATHER Christmas has returned to Lapland for a well-earned rest, the Yule log is barely smouldering, and she-who-must-be-obeyed is happily testing the shaving kit I gave her for Crimble.   more...

Not a stormy relationship

KEN and Gwyneth Jones met during a storm at sea but that rocky start didn't stop them celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on New Year's Day - on dry land.   more...

Village turbine turmoil

PLANS to erect a wind generator in an Area of Great Landscape Value in a Worcestershire village have been met by opposition from nearby residents.   more...

No henpecking these two

TWENTY--month-old twins Faye and Maddy Lynch-Williams did exceedingly well when mum Julia took them to feed the chickens at Clive's Fruit Farm in Upton-upon-Severn.   more...

Roman burials revealed in new study

ROMAN burials, Anglo-Saxon defences and medieval artefacts are part of the Faithful City's rich archaeological history published in a new report.   more...

n ABANDONED: Animal rescue centre is full and it needs your support Can you give these pets a loving

ANIMALS at a rescue centre near Worcester are desperate for loving homes in the New Year.   more...

Graham's grilling leads to scholarship

A PROMISING young designer with F1 ambitions has won a prestigious scholarship for his engineering potential and prowess.   more...

I'm a fitter fitter now!

IF Christmas is traditionally the season of over-indulgence, then January is a great time to adopt a healthier lifestyle.   more...

Sons admit they will not see parents again

THE sons of a Worcester man and woman still missing after the tsunami disaster have returned from Thailand after giving up hope of finding their parents.   more...

Crisp canter to call in a rural New Year

WHAT better way to enjoy a crisp December day than by horsing around in the beautiful Worcestershire countryside?   more...

Poorer children have worse teeth

CHILDREN from poorer families in Worcester are more likely to suffer with dental problems according to a recent report.   more...

Sport

Nuneaton Borough 2 Worcester City 0

Saturday, January 1, 2005   more...

Leyton Orient 2 Kidderminster Harriers 1

Saturday, January 1, 2005   more...

3/1/05 - Warriors success built on defence

JOHN Brain roared out a Worcester war-cry as they climbed off the bottom of the Premiership.   more...

Robins fail to deliver despite Duncan strike

EVESHAM United's poor home form continued when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Corby Town in Southern League Division One West.   more...

Mitchell's hat-trick blast

BROMSGROVE Rovers blew away industrious Bedworth with two late goals in a game turned on its head by gale-force winds, writes Peter McKinney.   more...

Gutsy Swifts are pipped

SPIRITED Stourport Swifts were edged out 2-1 at promotion-chasing Mangotsfield United in Southern League Division One West.   more...

Exeter play Scrooge to ruin Bulls holiday

EDGAR Street provided a blustery setting on Saturday as the Bulls conceded their first Nationwide Conference double of the season.   more...

Great Scott ends Harrier resistance

TWO late Andy Scott goals punished Kidderminster Harriers for not making the most of their first-half chances on New Year's Day.   more...

New year's plans are blown to bits

JOHN Barton's new year resolutions of a clean sheet and winning start to 2005 were blown off course as Worcester City crashed to a wet and windy bump at Manor Park.   more...

Barton rues penalty verdict

WORCESTER City manager John Barton admitted his side failed in the crucial final third of the pitch after they were beaten by Nuneaton Borough on New Year's Day.   more...

Warriors success built on defence

JOHN Brain roared out a Worcester war-cry as they climbed off the bottom of the Premiership.   more...

3/1/05 - Barton rues penalty verdict

WORCESTER City manager John Barton admitted his side failed in the crucial final third of the pitch after they were beaten by Nuneaton Borough on New Year's Day.   more...

Fixtures

July (friendlies)   more...

Appearances and Goals 2004/05

Dave Adey Apps 13, gls 0; Linton Bailey (1), 0; Richard Ball 2, 1; Leon Blake 25 (3), 5; Marc Burrow 16, 1;David Carns 15 (4), 3; Jermaine Clarke 23 (6), 8; Tim Clarke 10 (1), 0; Steve Duncan 23 (2), 6; Aaron Farrell 1 (2), 0; Simon Fitter (8), 0; Steven Hands 18 (2); 0; Stuart Hamilton 14 (3) 0; Wesley Joyce 8, 2; Lee Knight 26 (1), 3; Karl Lewis 3, 0; Tobias McIntosh (3), 0; Neil O'Sullivan 6 (2), 0; Gavin O'Toole 26, 1; Grant Pinkney 28 (2), 2; Lee Ross 8, 4 (retired); Ravi Sangha 6 (11), 4; Andy Smith 5 (2), 0 (now at Solihull); Leon Thomas 2 (3), 0; Anthony Watson 30 (1), 1; Danny Williams 14 (7), 4; Simeon Williams 12 (1), 0; og 1.   more...

  
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