Worcestershire | Archive | 2001 | February
RICHARD Jackson's mid-life crisis comes to a head when he hits the town with his uncouth painters and decorators. more...
A PACKED programme of fun, music and laughter is in store at Kidderminster's Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre this month. more...
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...
TALENTED performing arts students are hoping months of hard work pay off when they produce their performance of the musical Cabaret. more...
Civic Centre, Stourport - Goldilocks & The Three Bears until Saturday. more...
A RETIRED architect from Eckington hopes an exhibition of his pictures will encourage others to discover the joys of painting. more...
PUT on your dancing shoes in preparation for a new series of classes in Evesham. more...
Speedy century more...
FORGET the winter blues and get a taste of the red hot dance from Cuba that is taking the country by storm. more...
TWO EastEnders are swapping Albert Square for the sedate village square of Chipping Cleghorn. more...
FOUR young actors have started their stage careers at the top - with the Royal Shakespeare Company. more...
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...
AMERICAN conductor Franz Anton Krager returns to Stratford next week to lead the Orchestra of the Swan in its first concert of 2001. more...
ASPIRING singers have the chance to pick up some top tips in a forthcoming workshop. more...
CAMPAIGNING Moreton residents have expressed their delight after mobile phone giants formally abandoned plans for a telecommunications mast near their homes. more...
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...
Builders are praised for their love of the business more...
A UNIQUE course in debt collection designed to drive up professional standards has been launched. more...
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...
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...
CATERING students from Stratford College have been wowing the judges in two important cooking contests. more...
TELEVISION viewers are in for a double dose of the north Cotswolds this weekend with a new drama and a garden make-over. more...
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...
BANDSMAN Charlie Claridge remembered the good times he had with the Avonbank Brass Band in his will. more...
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...
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...
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...
THE Theatre in Chipping Norton may be small but it's always had big ideas. more...
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...
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...
FOR a man whose interest in science stemmed partly from a love of the countryside, the Cotswolds is probably the ideal habitat. more...
Stratford Blue boss Alan Newland's rather grim review of trading conditions in the town during 2000 was obviously straight from the heart. more...
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...
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A SCHOOL head will show she also has a head for heights in a talk tonight at Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer. more...
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...
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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...
WORCESTERSHIRE people have every right to be angry regarding the editorial, which appeared in the Evening News on Monday, January 22. more...
THE article headed "MPs continue to battle over hunt issue" (Evening News, January 24) made astonishing reading. more...
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...
HAS Councillor Stephen Clee (Wednesday, January 24) no sense of history? more...
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...
6 IT'S good to see debate inYou Say about the future of council housing in Worcester. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
RARE birds have been stolen during a burglary in Bromsgrove. more...
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...
BRITISH Sugar's decision to move out of Kidderminster next year is to reinforce arguments against building an incinerator on the premises. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THANK-you for your balanced response to criticism of biased reporting. Where have these people been? more...
MAY I congratulate you on your excellent comments on the position your newspaper has taken regarding Kidderminster Hospital. more...
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...
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...
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...
I READ the comment in the Shuttle/Times & News and felt I must respond in support. more...
THANK goodness for the Kidderminster Shuttle. more...
CONGRATULATIONS to the writer of your front page piece on the hospital fiasco. more...
IN my view the Shuttle has done a fine job in reflecting the various views about the hospital. more...
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...
I WRITE in disbelief at the contents of David Prain's letter published in the Kidderminster Shuttle. more...
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...
Make sure you get your copy of this week's Redditch Advertiser. more...
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A SPORTING student will put his talents to good use helping children in a third world country. more...
The success of a new skateboard park in Kidderminster has sparked the revival of moves in Bewdley to seek its own park. more...
FLOOD victims have a chance to make their views known on how money should be spent on alleviating the effects of flooding. more...
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...
WOMEN contemplating a new future in work with children have a golden opportunity this month to look at the options. more...
THINGS that go bump in the night and things that make the heart go bump appear to have a lot in common. more...
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THE season of film shows at the Kidderminster Railway Museum continues this weekend with an evening studying the industries of the Ironbridge Gorge. more...
PEOPLE are being encouraged to keep fit and raise money for charity at the same time in a new initiative. more...
A TORCHBEARING police station manned only by civilian volunteers is calling for more help. more...
THE national and international news service on the Shuttle/Times & News website has been improved. more...
A FLEET of Morgan sports cars could be built at a new workshop in Malvern if permission is granted on Monday. more...
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...
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...
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...
THE profile of Worcestershire coroner's service is to be raised with the publication of its first charter. more...
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...
An award-winning sandwich bar is celebrating a double-decker accolade with a jumbo charity day. more...
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...
A THANKSGIVING service for the life of Bishop Philip Goodrich will be held in March. more...
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 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...
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...
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 losses for Kidderminster Harriers in their Conference-winning season have brought a fresh appeal for more fans from ambitious chief Lionel Newton. more...
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...
DISABLED people celebrated the great success of Evesham's Shopmobility scheme last Friday. more...
ARRANGEMENTS are being finalised for the Broadway Community Award scheme, which aims to recognise unsung village heroes. more...
A HANDFUL of south Warwickshire parishes are getting used to sharing a vicar this year. more...
VILLAGERS at Cropthorne could find themselves without a post office and shop in the autumn. more...
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...
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 overflowed into The Littletons First School playground during the recent heavy storms. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FROM the post I am receiving there seems to be some public misunderstanding about the new bus depot. more...
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...
WE are now beginning to see what a disaster the downgrading of Kidderminster Hospital is becoming, even at this early stage. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WHAT a ludicrous idea to demolish the college building after less than 40 years. more...
I REFER to the article and questionnaire in the Journal under the headline `Council tax increase: now have your say.' more...
Detectives were waiting for Alan Smith when he arrived home after a trip to Birmingham to buy heroin. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
POLICE have seized more than £2,000 worth of drugs in a blitz on town centre troublemakers. more...
I WRITE regarding the current controversy over the proposed Kidderminster incinerator. more...
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...
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...
ALLEGATIONS of drug dealing by a man and woman have been sent by Kidderminster magistrates for crown court trial. more...
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...
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...
THREE people who were helping police with inquiries into an armed robbery at Blakedown Post Office have been released. more...
Also see out Health section for more readers' letters. more...
A WORCESTER Crown Court judge has offered a Kidderminster drug-user a bargain in a bid to avert a prison sentence. more...
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...
A 61-year-old man was taken to hospital after a fire at his Stourport flat. more...
BIKE owners can protect against theft by having cycles marked with a special number. more...
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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...
A PARTRIDGE breeder has been cleared by a jury of deliberately exposing himself to an eight-year-old girl. more...
A SEARCH is underway for two teenage friends who have gone missing from their Wyre Forest homes. more...
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...
A TOWN mayor has scuppered calls for a key meeting on a giant waste burner to be held in Kidderminster. more...
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 human organs are being stored at Kidderminster Hospital, the Shuttle/Times & News has been told. more...
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...
A RISING district rat population looks certain to scupper controversial pest control charges introduced last year. more...
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...
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...
A WOMAN who quit her job in a chip shop after allegedly taking a verbal lashing over a fish is seeking legal advice. more...
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...
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...
PRIME Minister Tony Blair has been urged to put pressure on Severn Trent to resolve the "Nightmare on Waverley Street." more...
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...
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...
A MAN charged with planting bombs in city centre telephone boxes was today due to appear before Worcester magistrates. more...
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 with children in Wyre Forest have been urged to check if they are entitled to a tax credit by the district's MP. more...
AN MP has blasted Government bureaucrats for a decision to investigate a small council department that already makes a profit. more...
YOUNGSTERS at Blockley Nursery School have had a taste of the Orient to mark Chinese New Year. more...
SHIPSTON'S actors have been hard at work rehearsing for a return to the stage, which should have audiences rolling in the aisles. more...
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...
A MAN who stole staddlestones worth thousands of pounds from the gardens of homes throughout south Warwickshire has been jailed for three years. more...
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...
TWO Chipping Campden Guides have been awarded the top award the organisation can give for their unstinting work. more...
RESIDENTS of Longborough are set to embark on a three-pronged attack on traffic problems in the village. more...
HARRIERS have moved back their Division Three home game with Cardiff City by 24 hours after police advice. more...
A CALF injury forced the productive Thomas Skovbjerg off the pitch as Harriers reserves won 3-0 at Worcester City on Wednesday night. more...
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 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...
BOOK your children in on the popular half-term cricket courses at Prince Henry's High School. more...
LAST weekend, Cropthorne based James Calado attended the Shenington Kart Racing Club championship presentation. more...
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EVESHAM Archery Club's indoor championships saw fine performances from Linda Haines and Malcolm Porter to take the Olympic bow trophies. more...
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...
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...
EVESHAM Wheelers club run was supported by 18 members last Sunday. more...
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...
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...
BROMSGROVE Rovers have enlisted the help of Steve Daniels to try and steer them out of their financial problems. more...
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Evesham IV 29pts more...
Woodrush 0, Evesham 28pts more...
Evesham II 85 pts, Woodrush II 3 more...
Pershore 13 pts, Sillhillians 10 more...
EVESHAM United's former Kidderminster Harriers and Worcester City midfielder John Deakin has an-nounced his retirement. more...
EVESHAM Golf Club has reached the semi-finals of the Droitwich Shield. more...
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...
MAKE no mistake about it, Sunday's battle with Waterloo will be a test for the guys despite their lowly league position. more...
RICKY Pellow has been handed a dramatic recall to the Worcester Rugby Club side for the battle with Waterloo on Sunday (3pm). more...
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...
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...
RICHARD Wood, for the second match running, won the game for Ashton single- handed. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers have enlisted the help of Steve Daniels to try and steer them out of their financial problems. more...
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...
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 `A' recorded their first win for three seasons in the Worcestershire Cricket Board Wednesday Indoor League, beating Old Vigornians by one wicket. more...
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...
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...
EVESHAM United's former Kidderminster Harriers and Worcester City midfielder John Deakin has an-nounced his retirement. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers have enlisted the help of Steve Daniels to try and steer them out of their financial problems. more...
RICKY Pellow has been handed a dramatic recall to the Worcester Rugby Club side for the battle with Waterloo on Sunday (3pm). more...
CLEOBURY Mortimer produced a much improved display to win 6-3 at Trinity Guild in Midlands Four West (South). more...
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...
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 were highest scorers with a 10-1 defeat of Peacock in Division One. more...
ST Johns Tigers U-9s overwhelmed Kinver Colts 9-0 in the Stourport and District Youth Football League. more...
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...
BELOW-par Chaddesley Corbett did enough to beat visitors Sedgley White Lion 3-2 in Banks's Brewery League Division One South. more...
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 Athletic aim to take the Worcestershire Junior Cup at the second time of asking after reaching the final on Saturday. more...
IN-FORM Stourport Swifts dominated their Midland Alliance match at Knypersley Victoria and won 4-0 on Saturday. more...
STOURPORT'S Jes Nevey was the top angler at Silligrove Fishery with a 22lb rainbow. more...
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...
Malvern Radar 1, Littleton 4 more...
Inkberrow 1, Bishampton Utd 1 more...
RAILWAY Lions provided the shock of the weekend in the Stratford Alliance when they upset Long Compton in the Alun Rees Trophy. more...
THE top two met in Division One and, for the second time this season honours were even. more...
Stratford Colts 0, Evesham Robins 6 more...
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...
Blackheath Invensys 2, Pershore Town 1 more...
Bilston Town 1, Evesham United 0 more...
ONE player with more reason than most to look ahead to Saturday's game is Paul West. more...
PHIL Mullen believes that team spirit can help Evesham United spring an FA Umbro Trophy surprise at Common Road. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Chess Club players had a disastrous afternoon when they represented Worcestershire's second team against Staffordshire on Saturday at Brewood. more...
BRIDGE B continued their runaway success in the Stourport Trivia League with a crushing 75-30 victory over Hope and Anchor. more...
HEIGHTINGTON will host Hagley and District Light Car Club's first competitive event of 2001 this Sunday. more...
LIGHT winds and thick ice led to poor sailing conditions at Trimpley Reservoir at the weekend. more...
Stourport Athletic Club have a number of runners warming up for the National Schools Cross-country Championships at Chelmsford in March. more...
Steve Gould again came in first for Kidderminster Running Club at the Midlands Counties Cross-country Championships in Nottingham. more...
EDDIE Sanders was voted runner of the year at Amazing Feet Running Club's presentation night. more...
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...
KIDDERMINSTER Boundary were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Sutton Coldfield in DTZ Midlands Two. more...
STOURPORT Hockey Club men's firsts resume their National Hockey League Division One campaign on Sunday at home to Doncaster. more...
OLYMPIC swimmer Adam Ruckwood was on hand to dish out the medals at Wyre Forest Swimming Club's third club championship presentation night. more...
FORWARD Drewe Broughton has left no-one in any doubts over his intention to earn a £50,000 move to Harriers. more...
KEEPER Stuart Brock is backing Harriers to bounce back in their next two testing away games. more...
Yardley II 3, Pershore II 1 more...
Bretforton 4, more...
IN a return to league action Evesham entertained Walsall in Saturday's DTZ Debenham Thorpe West Midlands Premier League encounter. more...
HARRIERS 2 HULL 2 more...
RECORD losses for Kidderminster Harriers in their Conference-winning season have brought a fresh appeal for more fans from ambitious chief Lionel Newton. more...
A RUN of seven games without a win hardly makes pleasant reading for Harriers fans in 2001. more...
HARRIERS'' community scheme has an intermediate 24-hour course for trainers and sponge men. more...
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