Stories for 22 March 2008

Education

Colourful close to spring term

THE message at the heart of Easter has been retold by primary school pupils at a special service.  more...

Eufc - Live Match Updates

Lennon on bench as West rings changes

DANIEL Lennon, who was Evesham's best player and scorer of his side's goal at Barton last week, is a surprise omission for this afternoon's Division One Midlands clash against Romulus.  more...

Owen penalty gives Robins lead

MARK Owen netted a fist minute penalty to give Evesham the perfect start at Coles Lane.  more...

Vaughan to rescue with brace of stops

NATHAN Vaughan made two excellent saves to ensure Evesham stayed in front.  more...

Robins lead but second goal will be welcome

MICHAEL Hayden ended up with a black eye and a yellow card after a tangle with Lei Brown in the 27th minute when the home player appeared to get away with a stray kick or punch.  more...

Hay goes close to swift second

GARY Hay came within a foot of doubling United's lead with a left-foot strike within ten seconds of the restart.  more...

Hay goes close to swift second

GARY Hay came within a foot of doubling United's lead with a left-foot strike within ten seconds of the restart.  more...

Chances wasted but Robins still lead

JOE Clarke wasted a glorious chance to double United's lead after 61 minutes.  more...

Robins hang on to claim vital win

Romulus 0, Evesham United 1 DANIEL Lennon replaced Mark Owen 13 minutes from time after which the visitors were left hanging on.  more...

Health

Counselling – you and your employer

I AM often asked whether companies, large or small, have to offer counselling services to employees. I do not believe there is any specific legislation requiring them to do so, but more and more now offer such a service normally under the umbrella of an Employee Assisted Programme, or EAP.  more...

Gloria opens her heart

GLORIA Hunniford talks about how she lowered her own cholesterol and why she's backing Flora pro.activ's awareness campaign Check For Change. The broadcaster also discusses how she coped when her husband suffered a heart attack and the kindness of strangers.  more...

Interviews

Sir David's touch of magic

WITH his wide blue eyes, bushy white beard and small frame, you could say Sir David Jason was born to play a cheeky misfit wizard.  more...

Kidder News Latest

School opens doors for Easter party

SCHOOLCHILDREN were joined by nearby Kidderminster residents for a special Easter lunch and celebration.  more...

School opens doors for Easter party

CHILDREN were joined by nearby Kidderminster residents for a special Easter lunch and celebration.  more...

School opens doors for Easter party

CHILDREN were joined by nearby Kidderminster residents for a special Easter lunch and celebration.  more...

Read about it in shuttleXtra

WITH shuttleXtra you can get your weekend fix on the latest health issues, lifestyle trends, music and DVD news.  more...

Read about it in shuttleXtra

WITH shuttleXtra you can get your weekend fix on the latest health issues, lifestyle trends, music and DVD news.  more...

Read about it in shuttleXtra

WITH shuttleXtra you can get your weekend fix on the latest health issues, lifestyle trends, music and DVD news.  more...

Read about it in shuttleXtra

WITH shuttleXtra you can get your weekend fix on the latest health issues, lifestyle trends, music and DVD news.  more...

Maths maestros take on world

NUMBER-CRUNCHING pupils have taken part in a global maths challenge against youngsters in countries across the world.  more...

Hats off to pupils

HATS off to primary school pupils who have been busy making wacky and wonderful headwear.  more...

What's planned down your way

THE following planning applications have been received by Wyre Forest District Council.  more...

Firefighters tackle abandoned car blaze

KIDDERMINSTER firefighters needed "a lot of foam" to put out a car fire in Hartlebury in the early hours of this morning.  more...

Have your say on online poll

THERE'S still plenty of time for you to have your say on this week's Shuttle Online poll.  more...

Residents invited to Easter church services

CHURCHES in Wyre Forest will be marking Easter Sunday with services throughout the day.  more...

Latest

Latest travel news

Check out the latest travel news this Saturday morning  more...

Easter fun for all the family!

From donkey grooming to dancing, and creating crafts to trails of chocolate, here's a run-down of what's on in and around Worcestershire this Easter.  more...

Worcester News weather watch

KEEP up with the latest weather forecast with us.  more...

Firefighters praised for battling floods

A LEADING fire officer has praised the work of firefighters during last summer's floods.  more...

Chest wax for charity puts Daniel to the test

A BRAVE Worcester man has found out there is no gain without pain after allowing his colleagues to wax his chest for charity.  more...

Fun with African music

AFRICAN music resounded from a Worcester school, as it took part in a special themed week.  more...

GPs pen scathing letter

DOCTORS have penned a scathing letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown because they say he is undermining them by bringing in a new "super surgery" to Worcester.  more...

Council to consider Sixways expansion

COUNCILLORS will decide if Worcester Warriors can go ahead with ambitious plans for an £8m extension to their Sixways ground on Thursday.  more...

Good Samaritan comes to aid of charity cyclists

A KIND-hearted Worcester man whose son's life was saved five years ago thanks to crews from the County Air Ambulance has stepped in to help a group of cyclists.  more...

City MP wants killer sent to Portuguese prison

THE man who murdered a Worcester decorator in a frenzied knife attack should be kicked out of the country as soon as possible, the city’s MP has said.  more...

Good Friday procession winds its way through city streets

A procession through Worcester reminded church-goers of the importance of faith at Easter.  more...

Kids cookbook competition launched

YOUNGSTERS got excited with the launch of a new kids cookbook competition at a city centre café.  more...

Short film proves how vital charity is

YOUR Worcester News is heading a campaign to raise £1m to buy a new base for city charity Noah’s Ark - this touching 15min video explains exactly why you need to do all you can for this vital appeal.  more...

Motorcyclist dies in accident near Ledbury

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after a road traffic incident just outside Ledbury, Herefordshire, this morning.  more...

Motorcyclist dies in accident near Ledbury

A MOTORCYCLIST has died in a collision just outside Ledbury, Herefordshire, this morning.  more...

Motorcyclist dies in incident near Ledbury

A MOTORCYCLIST has died in a collision just outside Ledbury, Herefordshire, this morning.  more...

Latets

Residents warned to brace themselves

REDDITCH residents are being warned to brace themselves for a bad weekend, by West Midlands Ambulance Service.  more...

Extreme weather conditions warning

REDDITCH residents are being warned by West Midlands Ambulance Service to brace themselves for a bad weekend.  more...

Letters

Funding headache on community transport

I FOUND the article concerning the closure of Wyre Forest Toc H most interesting (Shuttle, February 28).  more...

Taxi driver praise

MY teenage daughter regularly uses taxis especially when returning home.  more...

Lifestyle

Six of the best non chocolate egg-based Easter gifts

IS it my imagination or did Easter eggs hit the supermarket shelves this year at around the same time the Christmas wrapping paper sales started?  more...

Chocolate - too good to eat!

CELEBRATE this Easter with scrumptious beauty products for your bathroom and you can get your chocolate fix the healthy way - and smell good enough to eat. We reveal the tastiest treats.  more...

'A virtual shoulder to cry on'

COUNTLESS parents are turning to websites for help and advice aside from traditional sources like health visitors and doctors. We look at what sort of support such websites give, why they're so popular and whether parenting advice online is a positive step.  more...

ASK THE EXPERT ...

Q: "I can't give up cigarettes but I now smoke outside to protect my children. Although they do see me sometimes, is what I'm doing enough to protect them from the effects of passive smoking?"  more...

THREE WAYS TO ... have an eco-friendly Easter

1. Choose Fairtrade and organic eggs with the least packaging or those in boxes that can be recycled.  more...

MOST PARENTS DISCOURAGE VOCATIONAL COURSES

DESPITE a wider variety of post-16 learning than ever before, most parents are still happy for their children to follow traditional academic routes.  more...

How to spring clean your man

MOST women are not attracted to men with bad domestic habits, yet still find themselves doing nearly all of the housework once they're in a relationship, according to a new survey. We look at how to spring clean your man from coach potato to domestic god.  more...

Get ready for a fuchsia shock

GET in the pink with spring's must-have colour. We detail the brightest buys and the hottest looks.  more...

Spring an Easter lamb surprise

EASTER'S one of the big celebration meals of the calendar but it's all too easy to serve up the same old family dinner annually. Get creative with a menu inspired by the top chefs from ITV1's Saturday Cook's programme. Host Antony Worrall Thompson shares an easy lamb dish.  more...

Live Match Coverage

Exeter v Harriers

Team line-ups.  more...

Exeter v Harriers

Team line-ups.  more...

Exeter City 0 Harriers 0

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Exeter 0 Harriers 0

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Exeter 0 Harriers 0

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Exeter 0 Harriers 0

11 to 20 minutes.  more...

Exeter 0 Harriers 0

21 to 30 minutes.  more...

HALF-TIME: Exeter 0 Harriers 0

End of first half.  more...

FULL-TIME: Exeter 1 Harriers 0

End of game.  more...

Exeter 0 Harriers 0

46 to 55 minutes.  more...

GOAL! Exeter 1 Harriers 0

Goal - Gill - 58mins.  more...

Exeter 0 Harriers 0

59 to 70 mins.  more...

Exeter 1 Harriers 0

71 to 80  more...

Exeter 1 Harriers 0

71 to 80  more...

Exeter 1 Harriers 0

71 to 80  more...

Music

The seldom seen Mr Nice Guy

ELBOW'S new single, Grounds For Divorce, is on release. Famously affable frontman Guy Garvey explains how the band's forthcoming album, The Seldom Seen Kid, issued this week, came together and how proud he is to be able to offer advice to Manchester's up-and-coming talent.  more...

The seldom seen Mr Nice Guy

ELBOW'S new single, Grounds For Divorce, is on release. Famously affable frontman Guy Garvey explains how the band's forthcoming album, The Seldom Seen Kid, issued this week, came together and how proud he is to be able to offer advice to Manchester's up-and-coming talent.  more...

In the spotlight ... Rob da Bank

ROB da Bank, real name Robert Gorham, is a Radio 1 DJ and co-founder of Sunday Best - an evening of laid back, eclectic music and relaxation that took place in a tea-room in London's Battersea area a few years ago.  more...

LIVE REVIEW

The Zombies - Shepherd's Bush Empire A COUPLE of minor mid-sixties hits and two albums should hardly add up to a career, yet the influence and quality of this band far outweighs the quantity of their output. The four surviving members reunited for the first time in 40 years to play their masterpiece, Odessey & Oracle, recorded at the same time as Sgt Pepper in 1967 but released after the group had split a year later.  more...

HIT MISS OR MAYBE?

GIRLS ALOUD - CAN'T SPEAK FRENCH OK, so the British chart's most successful girl group may not be able to grapple with Gallic phrases but they can sure as hell sing a tune and know how to look amazing in a video. And that, folks, should be enough for anyone. Marvellous stuff.  more...

ON TOUR

FRESH from releasing one of the albums of the year so far, Black Mountain have announced tour dates in May. They'll kick off in ATP in Camber Sands on May 9, before moving on to Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol, Brighton and London. See www.seetickets.com for details.  more...

SNAPPED!

THANKFULLY, Baby Spice, Emma Bunton, hasn't entered politics, she's just going to a party at No 10. The star-studded bash was for The Children's Champion Awards.  more...

News

Gear relishes his link with Latham

RICO Gear believes Chris Latham will be a great re-placement for Japan-bound full-back Thinus Delport.  more...

City slip to narrow defeat

WORCESTER City were edged out 1-0 when they visited Stalybridge Celtic for a Blue Square North clash.  more...

Magoffin eager to make New Road mark

STEVE Magoffin, one of Australia's most underrated cricketers and also one of the most reliable, is determined to hit the ground running as Worcestershire's 2008 overseas player.  more...

Harriers suffer defeat in Devon

Exeter City 1
Harriers 0

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Harriers suffer defeat in Devon

Exeter City 1
Harriers 0

  more...

Noah'S Ark Appeal

Short film proves how vital charity is

YOUR Worcester News is heading a campaign to raise £1m to buy a new base for city charity Noah’s Ark - this touching 15min video explains exactly why you need to do all you can for this vital appeal.  more...

Reports

Owen spot on to boost title hopes

Romulus 0, Evesham Utd 1 TOP scorer Mark Owen netted the only goal to keep United six points clear at the top of the British Gas Southern League Division One Midlands table.  more...

Reviews

Animators push technology to limit

BEOWULF (Cert 12, 109 mins, Warner Home Video, Action/Drama, also available to buy DVD £17.99/two-disc DVD £22.99/Blu-ray £26.99).  more...

DVD rental top ten

1 (-) Planet Terror 2 (-) American Gangster 3 (-) Stardust 4 (4) Run Fat Boy Run 5 (-) The Dark Is Rising 6 (5) The Brave One 7 (-) Into The Wild 8 (7) Mr Brooks 9 (8) The Heartbreak Kid 10 (-) Saw IV Chart supplied by www.blockbuster.co.uk   more...

DVD retail top ten

1 (-) American Gangster 2 (-) Planet Terror 3 (1) Stardust 4 (2) 101 Dalmatians 5 (3) Saw IV 6 (6) Ratatouille 7 (-) Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix 8 (-) Doctor Who - Voyage Of The Damned 9 (5) Atonement 10 (7) Run Fat Boy Run Chart supplied by hmv.com   more...

Round-Up

Hereford can win through says Turner

MANAGER Graham Turner believes Hereford United are strong enough to realise their dream of promotion to League One.  more...

Parsons and Watt shine for host club

WORCESTER Triathlon club provided two of the winners in their annual duathlon based at Peopleton.  more...

Tots are all good sports

TODDLERS from a Bromsgrove pre-school did their bit for a national charity campaign.  more...

The scourge of graffiti

POLICE in Bromsgrove are appealing for help to track down graffiti culprits after a spate of criminal damage in Barnt Green and Blackwell.  more...

Major boost for the arts

A POPULAR programme of performing arts has been given a welcome funding boost.  more...

Major boost for the arts

A POPULAR programme of performing arts has been given a welcome funding boost.  more...

Promise of packed four days at NEC

THE British Open Show Jumping Championships gets better and better each year and is now without doubt one of the best indoor shows of the year.  more...

Owen spot on to boost title hopes

Romulus 0, Evesham Utd 1 TOP scorer Mark Owen netted the only goal to keep United six points clear at the top of the British Gas Southern League Division One Midlands table.  more...

Today's events

Saturday Line dancing with Teme Valley Shufflers WDC at Whitbourne Village Hall, Whitbourne. Absolute Beginners 7-8pm. Improver and Intermediate 8-10pm. 01886 821772.  more...

Ripple look all set to secure the title

WITH two four-point wins this week, Ripple have all but assured themselves of top position in Division Three of the Brewin Dolphin Securities Malvern Table Tennis League come the end of the season.  more...

The race is on!

ONE of the top fundraisers at last year's Redditch Race for Life is getting her running shoes ready for this summer's event.  more...

Rebate offered for going green

RESIDENTS who prove how green they are by taking part in a new initiative being launched by British Gas and Redditch Council will qualify for a council tax rebate.  more...

Hundreds step to it for charity

MORE than 250 people of all ages took part in the Redditch Sport Relief event on Sunday, March 16 at the town's Abbey Stadium sports track.  more...

Roundup

Harriers suffer defeat in Devon

Exeter City 1
Harriers 0

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Harriers suffer defeat in Devon

Exeter City 1
Harriers 0

  more...

Harriers suffer defeat in Devon

Exeter City 1
Harriers 0

  more...

Society

Areley Kings

WIVES - The March meeting was held at the Village Hall on March 13. Members were entertained by Richard Westcott with confessions of a pantomime dame'. The usual raffle and tea and biscuits followed.  more...

Upton

Encouraging progress on plans for new club

PLANS to form a new Rotary Club in Upton are making encouraging progress.  more...

  
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