A WORCESTERSHIRE band could soon join the Police and the Sex Pistols at a major summer festival. Unsigned groups, solo artists and DJs are being given the chance to play at the Isle of Wight Festival. All they have to do is prove their worth by winning a BT Battle of the Bands competition. The...
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Forget the Caribbean or the South Pacific, for one British couple there is only one paradise island on earth and it is a lot closer to home. Leonard Howard, a hospital porter, and his wife Lillian, both 80, have spent the last...
Warwickshire villagers have been taking part in one of their oldest traditions - the feeding of the rats. According to their legend, the village of Halford was plagued by rats which attacked the harvest back in 888AD. To...
A shop security guard has appeared in court to deny five rapes, an attempted rape and a sexual assault. Alan Watts, 24, of Poppyfields, Kettering, Northamptonshire, pleaded not guilty to a total of 12 charges at Northampton...
Addicks Welcome SwansVitalfootball: Charlton: 08/08/2008 21:24:00Charlton welcome Championship newcomers Swansea City to London for the opening fixture of the new Championship season. This promises to be an entertaining...