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Leisure

On A Night Like This, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

RICHARD Jackson's mid-life crisis comes to a head when he hits the town with his uncouth painters and decorators.   more...

Curtain up on fun and music

A PACKED programme of fun, music and laughter is in store at Kidderminster's Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre this month.   more...

Play turns tables on journalist

WALRUS Productions is making a return visit to The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster, on Saturday though this year's production of Silly Cow by Ben Elton is totally different from last year's Harold Pinter double bill.   more...

Cabaret hits the road

TALENTED performing arts students are hoping months of hard work pay off when they produce their performance of the musical Cabaret.   more...

Theatre

Civic Centre, Stourport - Goldilocks & The Three Bears until Saturday.   more...

Exhibition proves to be a real draw

A RETIRED architect from Eckington hopes an exhibition of his pictures will encourage others to discover the joys of painting.   more...

Step out for new classes

PUT on your dancing shoes in preparation for a new series of classes in Evesham.   more...

Out and about

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Chance to feel the Salsa beat

FORGET the winter blues and get a taste of the red hot dance from Cuba that is taking the country by storm.   more...

Murderous goings on

TWO EastEnders are swapping Albert Square for the sedate village square of Chipping Cleghorn.   more...

Young quartet in RSC limelight

FOUR young actors have started their stage careers at the top - with the Royal Shakespeare Company.   more...

What's On

THURSDAY: Birmingham: Ronnie Scott's - Ruby Turner until Saturday. Symphony Hall - CBSO. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - The Bushburys. Wulfrun - Granddaddy. Stourbridge: Rock 2000 - Nemo Robin R'n'B - Van The Mann.   more...

A revisit from USA

AMERICAN conductor Franz Anton Krager returns to Stratford next week to lead the Orchestra of the Swan in its first concert of 2001.   more...

Sing as you go

ASPIRING singers have the chance to pick up some top tips in a forthcoming workshop.   more...

News

Mast protesters celebrate victory

CAMPAIGNING Moreton residents have expressed their delight after mobile phone giants formally abandoned plans for a telecommunications mast near their homes.   more...

Body parts store `was not secret'

COTSWOLD health bosses have admitted that they too have human body organs in storage, but they believe the relatives of the deceased did know.   more...

Home maker in hat-trick awards

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Course is first of its kind for CSA

A UNIQUE course in debt collection designed to drive up professional standards has been launched.   more...

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Charity rewarded for its good work

THE survivors of sexual abuse during childhood will receive help for at least the next year after a local charity received a cash award from a pharmaceutical company.   more...

Injection of cash takes pressure off social housing list

THE housing crisis in the Stratford area could be eased by a £3.6million injection into the social house building programme for next year.   more...

Chefs' competition success just takes the biscuit

CATERING students from Stratford College have been wowing the judges in two important cooking contests.   more...

The beauty of the Cotswolds set to grace our TV screens

TELEVISION viewers are in for a double dose of the north Cotswolds this weekend with a new drama and a garden make-over.   more...

Finelist deal just a few weeks away

THE leader of the Stratford-based team behind a planned management buyout of a division of the stricken Finelist group says he is confident the deal will be sealed within a matter of weeks.   more...

Bequest helps the band play on

BANDSMAN Charlie Claridge remembered the good times he had with the Avonbank Brass Band in his will.   more...

Arts Council denies cuts to RSC report

THE Arts Council this week denied all rumours that funding to the Royal Shakespeare Company could be cut because of poor quality productions and instead praised the recent standard of works in Stratford.   more...

Concert total something to sing about

LOCAL soprano Jane May-Sysum joined children at Haselor School this week to celebrate the bumper total raised at a charity concert in December.   more...

Body parts kept at hospital

THE probe into the missing organs scandal has revealed some body parts taken from local people have been kept by South Warwickshire Hospitals NHS Trust - but doctors have assured the public that nothing is on the grisly scale discovered at the Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool.   more...

Spain to Nigeria - via Cotswolds

THE Theatre in Chipping Norton may be small but it's always had big ideas.   more...

Discover the holy grail of the horse and rider in harmony

ANYONE who has been lucky enough to watch the classical riders from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna will no doubt have been impressed by their skills which create a picture of harmony with their horses.   more...

Brain unit is a vital helping hand when patients return to the world

THE main aim of the new head of the acquired brain injury education service at Evesham College is to acquire new computers for her students.   more...

Leading the hunt for cure for cancer

FOR a man whose interest in science stemmed partly from a love of the countryside, the Cotswolds is probably the ideal habitat.   more...

Come on Stratford traders, we know that you can do better

Stratford Blue boss Alan Newland's rather grim review of trading conditions in the town during 2000 was obviously straight from the heart.   more...

RUSSELL HINTON Stourport Business Association Chairman

COMBINING business with pleasure is not always the wisest thing to do - but for Stourport's Russell Hinton it is simply doing what comes naturally.   more...

Crime - test story

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Head for heights

A SCHOOL head will show she also has a head for heights in a talk tonight at Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer.   more...

Schools welcome £1.35m booster

THE Government has given a £1.35 million boost to county education just days after Worcestershire headteachers lobbied ministers in London about being short-changed.   more...

Education - test story

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Wasting their cash on anti-hunt adverts

THE recent article (Evening News, Friday, January 19) detailing how the Worcester branch of the RSPCA was desperately short of money to provide care for a large number of unwanted cats and dogs plus many other family pets, must cause people to ask what the RSPCA as a whole is doing with its funds.   more...

Every right to be angry

WORCESTERSHIRE people have every right to be angry regarding the editorial, which appeared in the Evening News on Monday, January 22.   more...

Foster has closed his ears again

THE article headed "MPs continue to battle over hunt issue" (Evening News, January 24) made astonishing reading.   more...

Police presence at hunt

IN reply to the various allegations made by Mr Caffrey about the Boxing Day meet of the Worcestershire Hunt, I must point out that a police presence at any meet was not required until recent years.   more...

Clee amnesia?

HAS Councillor Stephen Clee (Wednesday, January 24) no sense of history?   more...

Disaster for lido

WHAT a disaster it is, not only for Droitwich Spa, but also for the residents of Worcestershire, that short-sighted Conservative councillors are going to close Droitwich Lido for this summer season.   more...

Separating housing facts from the myths

6 IT'S good to see debate inYou Say about the future of council housing in Worcester.   more...

Victims of a shabby cash deal

I HAVE been very pleased to see your newspaper's coverage regarding the shabby funding deal that has yet again valued Worcestershire's pupils less than those in most other parts of the country.   more...

Other side of the coin

THIS letter is in reply to recent comments in your paper from people complaining about faults in the NHS but offering no viable solutions.   more...

Exposing the sham

PETER Luff MP would have us believe there is integrity and merit in his proposal to compromise on the issue of hunting, by offering the option of the middle way i.e. the licensing and regulation of hunts.   more...

A bridge too far

THE bridge to which Roger Berry refers (Paul Stammers, Evening News, January 22) was a six- lane centre piece that affected the whole of Worcester, with its approved roads.   more...

Thieves take rare birds from aviary

RARE birds have been stolen during a burglary in Bromsgrove.   more...

Striker creates an opening

FORMER Kidderminster Harriers hotshot Lee Hughes was back in town to mark the opening of the West Bromwich Building Society. Harriers manager Jan Molby and Lee Hughes are pictured showing society manger Tony Dubberley the way to goal.   more...

Factory land is `prime jobs area'

BRITISH Sugar's decision to move out of Kidderminster next year is to reinforce arguments against building an incinerator on the premises.   more...

Centre managers unite in car park warnings

THE managers of Kidderminster shopping centres have voiced "huge concerns" about the impact the looming parking crisis will have on the economy of existing shops.   more...

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Stow

MOTHER'S UNION: Stow Mother's Union meet tonight at 7.30pm at 4, Chestnut Corner. There will be a talk by Ven Donald Smith. Next Tuesday, there is Corporate Communion at 10am at St Edwards.   more...

Pershore

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Longborough

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Ilmington

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Hill & Moor

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Harvington

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Eckington

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Condicote

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Chipping Norton

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Chipping Campden

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Bretforton

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Bredon

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Bourton

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Important issue

I DO not agree with David Prain's letter that your newspaper is seriously affecting people's health and frightening them in regard to the hospital issue.   more...

Frailty by meddling

I CANNOT imagine why David Prain thought you would not publish his letter - who could resist it? It was arrogant, self-centred and patronising, all at the same time.   more...

Freedom of the press

THANK-you for your balanced response to criticism of biased reporting. Where have these people been?   more...

Sentiments echoed

MAY I congratulate you on your excellent comments on the position your newspaper has taken regarding Kidderminster Hospital.   more...

Covering both sides of the argument

THE undesirable effects of the hospital cuts can far too easily be kept low profile, covered up, and the public largely kept in the dark, while the propaganda of "it is all for the good" is spouted by those in favour for one reason or another.   more...

Thank you

6 JUST a few lines thanking you and your staff for all the work and effort you put into your paper, and for being honest in what you write about.   more...

Take some positive action

MY wife and I, because of our geographical location, would very much wish to see the hospital returned to its former glories and a fully operational A & E would be a start.   more...

Entitled to a choice

I READ the comment in the Shuttle/Times & News and felt I must respond in support.   more...

Reflecting the horror

THANK goodness for the Kidderminster Shuttle.   more...

What a local paper should do

CONGRATULATIONS to the writer of your front page piece on the hospital fiasco.   more...

Reflecting various views

IN my view the Shuttle has done a fine job in reflecting the various views about the hospital.   more...

True and balanced picture

CONGRATULATIONS on your excellent front page editorial which I feel represents a true and balanced picture of the genuine concerns of the people of Kidderminster.   more...

My fears stem from personal experience

I WRITE in disbelief at the contents of David Prain's letter published in the Kidderminster Shuttle.   more...

Scaring people is not for the public good

THANK-you for printing David Prain's letter - I entirely agree with his sentiments and hope that your paper will be able to move on and present a more balanced view in the future.   more...

Win tickets to......

Make sure you get your copy of this week's Redditch Advertiser.   more...

Health - test story

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Student with stars in his eyes

A SPORTING student will put his talents to good use helping children in a third world country.   more...

Getting skates on

The success of a new skateboard park in Kidderminster has sparked the revival of moves in Bewdley to seek its own park.   more...

Chance to have a say on ideas

FLOOD victims have a chance to make their views known on how money should be spent on alleviating the effects of flooding.   more...

Flood victims slam `miserly attitude'

A CALL for new Government rules on rate rebates has been made by Wyre Forest District Council which is faced with a deepening winter of discontent among Bewdley flood victims. Bewdley flood victim Maureen Mulders surveying the flood damage in her home.   more...

Chance to work with children

WOMEN contemplating a new future in work with children have a golden opportunity this month to look at the options.   more...

In touch with spirit world

THINGS that go bump in the night and things that make the heart go bump appear to have a lot in common.   more...

Evesham Archives

100 years ago   more...

From the Cotswold archives

100 years ago, February 2, 1901   more...

Gorge is topic of film evening

THE season of film shows at the Kidderminster Railway Museum continues this weekend with an evening studying the industries of the Ironbridge Gorge.   more...

Taking the challenge for research cash

PEOPLE are being encouraged to keep fit and raise money for charity at the same time in a new initiative.   more...

Police call for helpers

A TORCHBEARING police station manned only by civilian volunteers is calling for more help.   more...

Web success story

THE national and international news service on the Shuttle/Times & News website has been improved.   more...

Car firm seeks to expand

A FLEET of Morgan sports cars could be built at a new workshop in Malvern if permission is granted on Monday.   more...

Residents rally round to help Andrey

GENEROUS residents on a Kidderminster estate have restored pedal power to a 14-year-old reduced to tears when his beloved mountain bike was stolen. Andrey Gelman with his replacement bike.   more...

War hero in medal battle

A DISGRUNTLED war veteran is battling with the Ministry of Defence in his fight to receive a medal denied him because of a clerical error.   more...

Losing locks to aid hospice

A DAUGHTER whose parents received "wonderful" care from a Kidderminster hospice as they suffered with cancer is donating her locks with love to boost funds. Christianne Shuttleworth.   more...

Charter set to raise awareness

THE profile of Worcestershire coroner's service is to be raised with the publication of its first charter.   more...

Cash aid to help families

PARENTS in deprived areas of Wyre Forest are to receive a helping hand in bringing up their children after a £1 million cash boost was announced.   more...

Double celebration will be charity boost

An award-winning sandwich bar is celebrating a double-decker accolade with a jumbo charity day.   more...

Edith celebrates a century

THREE generations of nephews and nieces will be rolling out the red carpet on Wednesday for a grand old lady looking forward to a message from the queen. Edith Homer looking forward to her 100th birthday with great nephew John Neale.   more...

Service is tribute to bishop

A THANKSGIVING service for the life of Bishop Philip Goodrich will be held in March.   more...

Club manager's `quake' terror

A NIGHTCLUB manager and his new bride survived the Indian earthquake as it hit their family home while they were on honeymoon.   more...

Moving tributes in day of memories

MOVING tributes were made to those who suffered under Nazi oppression at the first National Holocaust Memorial Day at the weekend. Councillor John Gordon pays his respects at Kidderminster's Holocaust Memorial Day event.   more...

John is in gear to retire

A CAR salesman has made his last pitch for a quality motor after clocking up 35 years at the same firm. Cruising off into the sunset: car salesman John Hinton who has retired after 35 years at Brooklyn Ford, Kidderminster.   more...

Extension for deadline date

A LEADING Health Concern campaigner has called for a last push to ensure the public is fully informed on the implications of siting a giant waste burner in Kidderminster.   more...

Record loss for Harriers

RECORD losses for Kidderminster Harriers in their Conference-winning season have brought a fresh appeal for more fans from ambitious chief Lionel Newton.   more...

Cash boost for new arts centre

PERSHORE'S Number 8 arts centre could soon have its own professional arts administrator after receiving a grant of £27,000 in lottery money.   more...

Shopmobility clocks up first anniversary

DISABLED people celebrated the great success of Evesham's Shopmobility scheme last Friday.   more...

Roll of honour for village stalwarts

ARRANGEMENTS are being finalised for the Broadway Community Award scheme, which aims to recognise unsung village heroes.   more...

Share and share alike for parishes

A HANDFUL of south Warwickshire parishes are getting used to sharing a vicar this year.   more...

Village facing loss of post office and shop

VILLAGERS at Cropthorne could find themselves without a post office and shop in the autumn.   more...

Firm ordered to pay £23,880

A VALE OF Evesham lorry firm was ordered to pay a total of £23,880 in fines and costs by magistrates at Evesham last Thursday after a hearing lasting a day and a half.   more...

The Kidderminster Hospital debate

Last week's front page comment from the Shuttle/Times & News brought a torrent of support by phone, fax and e-mail.   more...

Raw sewage at Vale first school

Raw sewage overflowed into The Littletons First School playground during the recent heavy storms.   more...

Police return body to Kate's family

LATE yesterday (Wednesday) the body of a woman, found in a van recovered from the depths of the River Avon on Monday, was released to her Overbury family.   more...

Clients assured

FOLLOWING last week's front page story, we would like to assure clients we are making every effort to ensure a separate designated area for them if and when a "pay and display" car park is introduced at Comberton Place, Kidderminster.   more...

Right - but little chance of success

HATS must surely be doffed to the redoubtable Margaret Bradley as she cranks into gear her "Destroy the Bull Ring carbuncle" campaign, and rallies her dozen troops.   more...

Need to re-take test?

WITH regard to Catchems End traffic calming, if, as Mr Hughes suggests (Letters, January 25) motorists are so bewildered by the raised pedestrian crossing, perhaps they need to re-take their driving test.   more...

Confusion over new bus depot and station

FROM the post I am receiving there seems to be some public misunderstanding about the new bus depot.   more...

Suitable Franche home is close by

I WISH to comment on the story "Horror house hell for family" (Shuttle, January 25). As a friend of this family I am well aware of the background to this fiasco.   more...

Theory on new Human Rights Act

WE are now beginning to see what a disaster the downgrading of Kidderminster Hospital is becoming, even at this early stage.   more...

Who was he?

I OFTEN walked past a monument at Hoobrook, Kidderminster, and read the names. Then it was moved out of the way onto grass opposite.   more...

Bailed to crown court

A STOURPORT man has been sent for crown court trial on a wounding charge, following an incident on a garage forecourt in Vale Road in September.   more...

Piano building ideal for college

I HAVE been told that that when Kidderminster College moves from its present site to Market Street, the new college is to be considerably smaller than the existing building - and we have to lose a useful multi-story car park in the process.   more...

People will vote with feet - and leave town

IT seems incredible that those elected to represent the interests of local people are unable to see the folly of plans being bulldozed through for Kidderminster town centre.   more...

Don't have the luxury of choice

WE are being asked to give an opinion on the level of the prospective county council tax increase, all above the level of inflation.   more...

Driver is banned for a year

A TURNING off the A450 at Shenstone was a trap for anyone emerging onto the main road, a driver told Kidderminster magistrates this week.   more...

Alienated and with no political voice

WYCHAVON District Council officers are to be congratulated on the consultation exercise which they put on in Evesham last weekend, in Pershore the weekend before, and in Droitwich next weekend. Although the premises were too cramped, there was a wealth of material, and an opportunity for us to comment on other people's ideas, and add a few of our own.   more...

Environmental needs have been neglected

WHAT a ludicrous idea to demolish the college building after less than 40 years.   more...

Speared again by Moreton's Fork

I REFER to the article and questionnaire in the Journal under the headline `Council tax increase: now have your say.'   more...

Caught with heroin

Detectives were waiting for Alan Smith when he arrived home after a trip to Birmingham to buy heroin.   more...

First-class prices - 2nd-class amenities

I AM writing in connection with one of your latest articles, `Test centre may go out of town'. I am currently taking lessons with the High-Way School of Driving and am deeply upset to hear that there is a chance of it moving to Leamington Spa. I have just started a modern apprenticeship and am on a low wage, therefore I am finding it hard to afford driving lessons as it is. If they do rise to £35 - £40 per lesson, I'll be lucky if I have a lesson once a month.   more...

Linked plans should be discussed together

THE town hall planning meeting regarding the proposed college move into Market Street is now set for February 13, and that for squeezing 162 houses on to its former Aggborough site moves for now to March 13.   more...

It's time to move into the real world

I WAS pleased to see at least two of your readers taking the trouble to protest the outrageous increases in council tax proposed by the county council.   more...

Special attraction

AS a local producer selling produce on the last three Farmer's Markets, I am pleased that Evesham is going ahead with regular monthly markets in the High Street.   more...

Seven arrests in town blitz

POLICE have seized more than £2,000 worth of drugs in a blitz on town centre troublemakers.   more...

Why not site incinerator by motorway?

I WRITE regarding the current controversy over the proposed Kidderminster incinerator.   more...

Panto had colour, light and spectacle

ON behalf of the Shakespeare Lions Club may I thank the Stratford Phoenix Players for giving us an extra charity night performance of Beauty and the Beast on the evening of Wednesday, January 24.   more...

Find something more important

I WISH Leicester City Council would do three things. Firstly, let them consider which of their policies will be condemned as barbaric and unenlightened by their successors in seven hundred years' time. Secondly, let them ask themselves whether they will alter their behaviour now because of what people seven hundred years in the future will think.   more...

Couple face drugs charge

ALLEGATIONS of drug dealing by a man and woman have been sent by Kidderminster magistrates for crown court trial.   more...

Lack of factual and operating data

AS a retired physicist turned furnace technologist living in Kidderminster, I have recently studied the environmental statement (particularly the air quality assessment document) prepared to support the planning application for the proposed waste incinerator at Kidderminster.   more...

Just barking mad

READERS will be pleased to know, I have introduced our resident poet, Rover Allsorts to Mr George Cowley. Some of you may remember Rover's poem, Yelp, published in the Admag last summer.   more...

Released without charge

THREE people who were helping police with inquiries into an armed robbery at Blakedown Post Office have been released.   more...

More letters

Also see out Health section for more readers' letters.   more...

`Bargain' deal for drug user

A WORCESTER Crown Court judge has offered a Kidderminster drug-user a bargain in a bid to avert a prison sentence.   more...

Town is showing the way

A GROUP in Stourport is looking to point the way forward in helping drivers enjoy a clearer route through the town centre by improving signage.   more...

Blaze drama at flat

A 61-year-old man was taken to hospital after a fire at his Stourport flat.   more...

On marks for security

BIKE owners can protect against theft by having cycles marked with a special number.   more...

Local Government - test story

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Parent power to tackle drug menace

IT is is hard to imagine, as you travel the length and breadth of the county, across hill and vale, that the deadly drug menace is lurking, waiting to pounce.   more...

Exposure to girl was accident

A PARTRIDGE breeder has been cleared by a jury of deliberately exposing himself to an eight-year-old girl.   more...

Hunt on for teenagers

A SEARCH is underway for two teenage friends who have gone missing from their Wyre Forest homes.   more...

High price of beds shortage

CONSULTANTS forced to lie idle in the week because of cancelled operations, caused by bed shortages, are being paid up to £1,500 for four hours weekend work at Kidderminster Hospital.   more...

Mayor says no to meeting in town

A TOWN mayor has scuppered calls for a key meeting on a giant waste burner to be held in Kidderminster.   more...

`No room' shock for town market

MARKET traders have registered alarm at discovering they have been left out of plans for a new Kidderminster Town Centre development. An empty space, but no room in the KTC1 plans for market traders Ken and Barbara Panting.   more...

Ten organs retained at town's mortuary

TEN human organs are being stored at Kidderminster Hospital, the Shuttle/Times & News has been told.   more...

Aiming to put mayors on record

A POPULAR Stourport figure is aiming to create a "piece of history" with an ambitious project in the town. Mr Grinnall is pictured with some of the photographs he has collected of town mayors.   more...

U-Turn on pest fees Charges blamed for rise in rat numbers

A RISING district rat population looks certain to scupper controversial pest control charges introduced last year.   more...

Family pays tribute to local legend

THE family of a well-known Worcester snack bar owner who died after a short battle with cancer have paid tribute to the man known to many as "The Colonel".   more...

Scheme's costs `are diabolical'

NEWS that a team to aid vulnerable people in Worcestershire will spend nearly all its £184,000 budget on administration has been condemned as "diabolical".   more...

`Chip shop boss shouted at me'

A WOMAN who quit her job in a chip shop after allegedly taking a verbal lashing over a fish is seeking legal advice.   more...

More work since A&E was closed

AMBULANCE crews have faced a heavier workload in Wyre Forest since the A&E was shut in Kidderminster, but have managed to maintain and improve response times.   more...

Drunken assault after festive binge

A MAN walking home from his work's Christmas party took off his shirt on a winter night to pick a fight in the street with an innocent passer-by.   more...

Flood victims in appeal to Blair

PRIME Minister Tony Blair has been urged to put pressure on Severn Trent to resolve the "Nightmare on Waverley Street."   more...

Lockerbie: Day of reckoning

THE families of Worcestershire's Lockerbie victims were today coming to terms with the guilty verdict that will see Libyan Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi jailed for 20 years.   more...

Catriona: family coming to terms

THE grieving mother of a missing Evesham woman was today coming to terms with the news that a body found in the River Avon was that of her daughter.   more...

Bomb plant charge

A MAN charged with planting bombs in city centre telephone boxes was today due to appear before Worcester magistrates.   more...

NO ROOM AT CITY SCHOOL

A WORCESTER father is considering moving his family out of the city unless his son is able to attend the school of his choice.   more...

Families are urged to check on tax credits

FAMILIES with children in Wyre Forest have been urged to check if they are entitled to a tax credit by the district's MP.   more...

It's red tape gone mad says irate MP

AN MP has blasted Government bureaucrats for a decision to investigate a small council department that already makes a profit.   more...

East meets West at village school

YOUNGSTERS at Blockley Nursery School have had a taste of the Orient to mark Chinese New Year.   more...

A truly traditional panto

SHIPSTON'S actors have been hard at work rehearsing for a return to the stage, which should have audiences rolling in the aisles.   more...

County-district spat over tax

A COUNCIL leader has been told to sort out his own backyard after highlighting fears of huge council tax rises for Wyre Forest folk.   more...

Jail for addict who stole staddlestones

A MAN who stole staddlestones worth thousands of pounds from the gardens of homes throughout south Warwickshire has been jailed for three years.   more...

Trial delayed due to missing witness

THE trial of a Plymouth man accused of causing a four-year-old Cotswold boy's death by reversing into him on a driveway near his home has been postponed for a second time because a defence witness was missing.   more...

Dynamic Guiding duo pass with flying colours

TWO Chipping Campden Guides have been awarded the top award the organisation can give for their unstinting work.   more...

All-out battle on traffic problems

RESIDENTS of Longborough are set to embark on a three-pronged attack on traffic problems in the village.   more...

Sport

Cardiff clash

HARRIERS have moved back their Division Three home game with Cardiff City by 24 hours after police advice.   more...

Setback for Thomas

A CALF injury forced the productive Thomas Skovbjerg off the pitch as Harriers reserves won 3-0 at Worcester City on Wednesday night.   more...

1/2/01 - Time for a re-think on the Six Nations

A FEW dissenting noises have been coming out of rugby this week, taking the gloss slightly off the build-up to the Six Nations.   more...

Emma gets a county call

EMMA Talbot became the latest Evesham player to achieve county table tennis honours when she responded to a late call on the eve of the recent round of County Championship matches.   more...

Henry's has everything!

BOOK your children in on the popular half-term cricket courses at Prince Henry's High School.   more...

James is top Cadet

LAST weekend, Cropthorne based James Calado attended the Shenington Kart Racing Club championship presentation.   more...

Tigers win at double

Evesham and District Association   more...

Linda edges out champion as titles are shared around

EVESHAM Archery Club's indoor championships saw fine performances from Linda Haines and Malcolm Porter to take the Olympic bow trophies.   more...

Indoor Rowing

THREE members of the One on One Fitness Centre in Evesham travelled to Wardle, near Rochdale for the Indoor Rowing Championships on Sunday and came away with some impressive results.   more...

Medals for local trio

THREE members of Tewkesbury Swimming Club, who either live or attend school in Evesham, have started the competitive season by taking a clutch of medals between them at the Gloucestershire Championships.   more...

Wheelers hit road

EVESHAM Wheelers club run was supported by 18 members last Sunday.   more...

Jo off to camp

EVESHAM'S former Olympic swimmer Jo Deakins, who is now coaching with the City of Coventry Club has been invited to take part in a five-week training camp with the Great Britain team.   more...

Teenager Peter gets an England call

PETER Kirby, aged 15, from North Littleton has been selected to fence in the England under 16 sabre team in the four-nation Home International in March.   more...

1/2/02 - Daniels plans survival bid

BROMSGROVE Rovers have enlisted the help of Steve Daniels to try and steer them out of their financial problems.   more...

KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS FIXTURES 2000/2001

Sat Aug 12 Torquay United (h) 2-0 Hadley, Horne   more...

Association officers all set to serve a second term

Evesham and District AA   more...

Nine out of nine

Evesham IV 29pts   more...

Parsons in the points

Woodrush 0, Evesham 28pts   more...

Tim is tops in try rout

Evesham II 85 pts, Woodrush II 3   more...

Grace gets try glory but Rob's boot is the key

Pershore 13 pts, Sillhillians 10   more...

1/2/02 - Deakin set to retire

EVESHAM United's former Kidderminster Harriers and Worcester City midfielder John Deakin has an-nounced his retirement.   more...

Seal spot in semis

EVESHAM Golf Club has reached the semi-finals of the Droitwich Shield.   more...

Vale team are judged the best for second year

FOR the second successive year The Vale Golf and Country Club's greenkeeping team has been selected as the Team of the Year by their parent company, Crown Sports plc.   more...

1/2/02 - Battle of Waterloo will be a real test for boys

MAKE no mistake about it, Sunday's battle with Waterloo will be a test for the guys despite their lowly league position.   more...

1/2/02 - Pellow back in race for the title

RICKY Pellow has been handed a dramatic recall to the Worcester Rugby Club side for the battle with Waterloo on Sunday (3pm).   more...

Back in the nets

EVESHAM Cricket Club start net practice for the new season on Tuesday, February 13 between 6 and 8pm at Prince Henry's High School.   more...

Coaching course

THE Worcestershire Cricket Coaches Assoc-iation is holding a coaching course for boys and girls between the age of eight and 12 who want to learn to play cricket or improve their skills.   more...

Wood wields willow

RICHARD Wood, for the second match running, won the game for Ashton single- handed.   more...

1/2/02 - Daniels plans survival bid

BROMSGROVE Rovers have enlisted the help of Steve Daniels to try and steer them out of their financial problems.   more...

Imp to make rivals see red

RED Imp, denied a hat-trick when beaten by 33-1 shocker The Lady Scores at Leicester, can get back on the winning trial in the European Breeders' Fund `National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier) at Catterick tomorrow.   more...

Worcester take on old rivals

OLD Midland League rivals Towcester will be the visitors to Nunnery Wood on Saturday (3pm) when Worcester Norton Hockey Club ladies first team begin the second half of their league programme.   more...

Himbleton on the win trail

HIMBLETON `A' recorded their first win for three seasons in the Worcestershire Cricket Board Wednesday Indoor League, beating Old Vigornians by one wicket.   more...

Hereford sides back in the old routine

THE first meeting for eight years between the two top rugby union sides in Hereford takes place on Sunday with a bumper crowd expected at Belvadere Lane.   more...

Pershore get back to winning ways

TWO first-half goals from Gary Mole and Jonathan Gregory enabled Pershore Town to get back to winning ways with a 2-1 success at bottom club Continental Star in the Midland Combination Premier Division last night.   more...

Deakin set to retire

EVESHAM United's former Kidderminster Harriers and Worcester City midfielder John Deakin has an-nounced his retirement.   more...

Daniels plans survival bid

BROMSGROVE Rovers have enlisted the help of Steve Daniels to try and steer them out of their financial problems.   more...

Pellow back in race for the title

RICKY Pellow has been handed a dramatic recall to the Worcester Rugby Club side for the battle with Waterloo on Sunday (3pm).   more...

Much better for Cleobury

CLEOBURY Mortimer produced a much improved display to win 6-3 at Trinity Guild in Midlands Four West (South).   more...

A slip-up in title chase

LEADERS Stourport suffered their first North Midlands One defeat of the season, going down 25-16 at Ledbury in a top-of-the-table clash.   more...

Win of the season for dashing KCs

CONFIDENT Kidderminster Carolians recorded their best Midlands Three West (North) success of the season on Saturday with a 16-12 win over high-flying Stafford.   more...

Dream Team wake up

DREAM Team were highest scorers with a 10-1 defeat of Peacock in Division One.   more...

Tigers growl as Colts fall

ST Johns Tigers U-9s overwhelmed Kinver Colts 9-0 in the Stourport and District Youth Football League.   more...

Textron take honours in town derby

SUNDAY Division Six side Textron United posted the week's highest score with a massive 12-1 victory over KWF Celtic in a Kidderminster derby.   more...

Baylis books win

BELOW-par Chaddesley Corbett did enough to beat visitors Sedgley White Lion 3-2 in Banks's Brewery League Division One South.   more...

Bewdley find winning form

PROMOTION-chasing Bewdley Town returned to winning ways when they beat visiting Leominster 3-0 in Banks's Brewery League Division One South.   more...

Brintons target county title

BRINTONS Athletic aim to take the Worcestershire Junior Cup at the second time of asking after reaching the final on Saturday.   more...

Rampant Swifts boss league away clash

IN-FORM Stourport Swifts dominated their Midland Alliance match at Knypersley Victoria and won 4-0 on Saturday.   more...

Nevey is over the moon with his rainbow

STOURPORT'S Jes Nevey was the top angler at Silligrove Fishery with a 22lb rainbow.   more...

Super Swifts down leaders

ON-song Stourport Swifts stemmed top team Barwell's progress with a 1-0 victory from a vital Midland Alliance six-pointer on Tuesday at home.   more...

Littleton home in on points

Malvern Radar 1, Littleton 4   more...

Bicknell bags the equaliser

Inkberrow 1, Bishampton Utd 1   more...

Rovers derailed as Lions roar loudest

RAILWAY Lions provided the shock of the weekend in the Stratford Alliance when they upset Long Compton in the Alun Rees Trophy.   more...

Rangers stay clear after second draw

THE top two met in Division One and, for the second time this season honours were even.   more...

Junior soccer round-up

Stratford Colts 0, Evesham Robins 6   more...

Deakin quits while Dean faces lay-off

EVESHAM United midfielder John Deakin shocked fellow players and officials at Common Road when he announced his retirement prior to last week's game at Atherstone.   more...

Black day for beaten Town

Blackheath Invensys 2, Pershore Town 1   more...

Ref rapped in cruel loss

Bilston Town 1, Evesham United 0   more...

Defender Paul hoping to put one over on old boss

ONE player with more reason than most to look ahead to Saturday's game is Paul West.   more...

Confident United on trail of glory

PHIL Mullen believes that team spirit can help Evesham United spring an FA Umbro Trophy surprise at Common Road.   more...

Poor day for Kidder

KIDDERMINSTER Chess Club players had a disastrous afternoon when they represented Worcestershire's second team against Staffordshire on Saturday at Brewood.   more...

Bridging the gap

BRIDGE B continued their runaway success in the Stourport Trivia League with a crushing 75-30 victory over Hope and Anchor.   more...

Trial event

HEIGHTINGTON will host Hagley and District Light Car Club's first competitive event of 2001 this Sunday.   more...

Good for Ray

LIGHT winds and thick ice led to poor sailing conditions at Trimpley Reservoir at the weekend.   more...

Cross-country kings

Stourport Athletic Club have a number of runners warming up for the National Schools Cross-country Championships at Chelmsford in March.   more...

Gould is gold

Steve Gould again came in first for Kidderminster Running Club at the Midlands Counties Cross-country Championships in Nottingham.   more...

Eddie handed club accolade

EDDIE Sanders was voted runner of the year at Amazing Feet Running Club's presentation night.   more...

Corbett make leaders fight

LEADERS Oswestry were made to battle all the way in DTZ West Midlands Two by dogged Chaddesley Corbett who refused to allow the visitors to dictate the play.   more...

Town stars must settle for draw

KIDDERMINSTER Boundary were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Sutton Coldfield in DTZ Midlands Two.   more...

`Port back to league action

STOURPORT Hockey Club men's firsts resume their National Hockey League Division One campaign on Sunday at home to Doncaster.   more...

Olympic star rewards swimmers

OLYMPIC swimmer Adam Ruckwood was on hand to dish out the medals at Wyre Forest Swimming Club's third club championship presentation night.   more...

Broughton keen to earn deal

FORWARD Drewe Broughton has left no-one in any doubts over his intention to earn a £50,000 move to Harriers.   more...

Brock: "We'll bounce back"

KEEPER Stuart Brock is backing Harriers to bounce back in their next two testing away games.   more...

Late penalty a sinker

Yardley II 3, Pershore II 1   more...

Salvo secures sweet revenge

Bretforton 4,   more...

Mullett's bullet blasts Evesham to narrow win

IN a return to league action Evesham entertained Walsall in Saturday's DTZ Debenham Thorpe West Midlands Premier League encounter.   more...

Harriers show resilience but still hunt for victory

HARRIERS 2 HULL 2   more...

Record loss for Harriers

RECORD losses for Kidderminster Harriers in their Conference-winning season have brought a fresh appeal for more fans from ambitious chief Lionel Newton.   more...

More away day woe for Harriers

A RUN of seven games without a win hardly makes pleasant reading for Harriers fans in 2001.   more...

Conway's course

HARRIERS'' community scheme has an intermediate 24-hour course for trainers and sponge men.   more...

  
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