Worcestershire | Archive | 2000 | August
DIY chainstore Homebase took the wise decision to spend some time - and considerable money - building an online store. Now it has gone live, and initial impressions are pretty good. more...
Falling, by Elizabeth Jane Howard more...
Local Girls, by Alice Hoffman, (Vintage, £6.99) more...
The Farthing Wood Collections, by Colin Dann (Red Fox, £4.99) more...
Sing, Ye Heavens - Hymns For All Time more...
A COLWALL company thinks it has come up with the solution to help firms and their employees cope with stress. more...
A PUB near Pershore has won a regional award at the Whitbread Pub Partnerships Excellence Awards 2000. more...
ONE of Herefordshire's oldest cider factories - Symonds at Stoke Lacy, near Bromyard - is to close next January. more...
I WELCOME Mike Foster's long overdue acknowledgement that public confidence is on the line where the NHS in Worcester is concerned, as reported in the Evening News of Friday, August 11. more...
WE enjoyed the article in the Thursday, August 3, edition of the Evening News about the hedgehog homes being built on Severn Trent properties. more...
I WAS most interested in your feature on the TV licence police. more...
In the Evening News on Monday, August 14, a letter from Jerry Williams was headlined: "Welcome to the asylum seekers". more...
AFTER reading so much about the poor service at the A&E Department at Worcester Royal Infirmary, I thought it was about time someone gave it, and the staff, some praise. more...
I AM trying to trace a friend of mine who I haven't seen for a number of years. more...
TORY peer Lord Deedes, who is no doubt not short of a bob or two, says: "So many of us have ceased to wear good shoes" (Evening News, Tuesday, August 15). more...
GREEN belt land could be swallowed up as part of plans to develop Bromsgrove in the next 20 years. more...
TWO people from the Vale arrested last week on suspicion of animal rights activities have been remanded in custody by Peterborough magistrates. more...
UNEMPLOYMENT figures for South Warwickshire rose slightly last month, but are nothing to worry about, according to the local Chamber of Commerce, because they are due to university and college leavers. more...
A MAN from Moreton has been arrested after a road accident on the A429 Fosse Way just south of Stow yesterday (Sunday). more...
THE doctors, nurses, police, paramedics and firemen who protect our health and safety will be breaking bad news to people somewhere in the Faithful City, and beyond, today. more...
A DROITWICH woman who pestered a female friend with phone calls and banged on the doors and windows of her victim's home has been bound over to keep the peace. more...
A FATHER and son have been cleared of assaulting a man in his own home. more...
THE biggest and brightest Christmas light display is promised for a Worcestershire town this year in a bid to attract shoppers. more...
A 17ft triangular monument has been proudly placed in the grounds of a stately home. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER family were treated for smoke inhalation after their TV caught fire. more...
WORK is set to begin on a £250,000 indoor skateboarding and BMX park in Kidderminster after Wyre Forest district councillors finally gave it the go-ahead. more...
Ten houses in the Wyre Forest district were broken into by a Stourport man during February and March, the prosecution alleged in court at Kidderminster. more...
WORCESTER city councillor Nazrul Islam was getting used to life as a married man today. more...
WORCESTER pulled the crowds over the weekend as real ale worshippers from all over the country descended on Pitchcroft for the city's annual Beer Festival. more...
EASY access to alcohol causes mental and physical problems for youngsters, research has revealed. more...
THE prospects for Worcester City Contract Services are uncertain after questions were raised about its viability. more...
A FATHER and son have been cleared of assaulting a man in his own home. more...
SCARED sheep were savagely attacked in their field before fleeing to the banks of the River Severn and into the water. more...
A DROIWICH woman who pestered a female friend with phone calls and banged on the doors and windows of her victim's home has been bound over to keep the peace. more...
THE chairman of Worcestershire County Council is to travel to France this week to unveil war memorial made of Malvern stone more...
TWO months of uncertainty were due to end today as workers at Worcester firm Metal Castings Ltd found out whether their jobs were safe. more...
A WORCESTER street is celebrating after a man who subjected neighbours to a two-and-a-half year barrage of thumping music moved out. more...
Saturday, August 19, 2000 more...
Saturday, August 19, 2000 more...
Saturday, August 19, 2000 more...
PAUL Hayward has answered an SOS call from Worcester City to play in tonight's Dr Martens League Premier Division clash with Bath City at St George's Lane (7.45). more...
EVESHAM United got off to winning ways in their Dr Martens League Western Division campaign by beating Sutton Coldfield Town 2-1 at Common Road. more...
MALVERN Rugby Club put up a good fight but eventually went down 40-29 to the professionals from Reading at Spring Lane. more...
Malvern Town picked up a well-earned 0-0 draw at Tividale in their opening Banks's Brewery League Premier Division fixture. more...
Saturday, August 19, 2000 more...
SOMERSET Sabres put Worcestershire Royals' Norwich Union National Lea-gue Division One title hopes to the sword by winning yesterday's top-of-the-table clash at New Road by 53 runs. more...
WITH rain having washed out last Sunday's match with Sussex, this has been a blank week for Worcestershire until yesterday's crucial table-topper with Somerset. more...
PAUL Webb insisted there was no bad feeling between him and Nigel Pepper after his challenge left the Scunthorpe United skipper with a double leg break. more...
KIDDERMINSTER took another huge step towards Premier Division safety with a six-wicket win over Harborne. more...
TAKE Giant's Causeway to record his fourth consecutive Group One victory within nine weeks in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York tomorrow. more...
WORCESTER were held to a draw when they visited Hampton-in-Arden but still retain second place in the Birmingham Cricket League Division two. more...
YOUNGSTERS from across the county tasted success at Southampton over the weekend by winning three medals at the Millennium Youth Games. more...
MALVERN put up a good fight but eventually went down 40-29 to the professionals from Reading at Spring Lane. more...
TWENTY-one wickets fell on an action-packed opening day to Herefordshire's Minor Counties Championship Western Division clash with Wales at Brockhampton. more...
SOMERSET Sabres put Worcestershire Royals' Norwich Union National Lea-gue Division One title hopes to the sword by winning yesterday's top-of-the-table clash at New Road by 53 runs. more...
PAUL Webb insisted there was no bad feeling between him and Nigel Pepper after his challenge left the Scunthorpe United skipper with a double leg break. more...
PAUL Hayward has answered an SOS call from Worcester City to play in tonight's Dr Martens League Premier Division clash with Bath City at St George's Lane (7.45). more...
Saturday, August 21, 2000 more...
GLENN McGrath is aiming to make up for lost time with Worcestershire following his 17-day break "Down Under". more...
PAUL Webb insisted there was no bad feeling between him and Nigel Pepper after his challenge left the Scunthorpe United skipper with a double leg break. more...
A SHOCKING batting performance plunged Bromsgrove back into the Birmingham Cricket League Division One relegation battle as they sank to a seven-wicket defeat against Worcestershire rivals Stourbridge. more...
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