Worcestershire | Archive | 2001 | February
A STUDLEY artist whose paintings are being exhibited at the Palace Theatre aims to capture fellow art lovers' interest by auctioning her work to the highest bidder, writes Melina Cannon. more...
DRUG abuse among teenagers has increased dramatically over the last few weeks in the areas of Headless Cross and Astwood Bank, police have revealed. more...
SETTING up a green travel plan for workers could save Worcestershire companies thousands of pounds and boost morale, the county council claims. more...
ANGRY industrialists in Worcestershire want to see major reform of the rail industry and would not rule out nationalisation as a way of getting it back on track. more...
FAMILY-run hot tub supplier has been voted Dealer of the Year 2000 after a trip to Canada to win new business. more...
THE huge success of the Race for Life, supported by the Stratford Journal, helped to raise a record £5.2 million for the Imperial Cancer Research campaign. more...
POLICE in the Cotswolds are warning householders to be vigilant when answering the door to strangers after a seemingly bogus caller approached a woman in Nether Westcote. more...
SCHOOL governors from Worcestershire have secured a meeting with a Government minister to press their case for better funding. more...
I MUST write in support of Maggie Watson who touches the very heart of the hunting debate. more...
I WAS pleased to see the short piece you included recently on Richard Manning and his bicycle, but would ask you to consider publishing this amendment as the original wording gave an unfortunate impression. more...
RESPONDING to George Cowley, who says that foxes die horrendous deaths when caught by hounds, I would say that while I don't believe being caught by a pack of hounds is a pleasant experience, I can think of no death to a wild mammal that could be regarded as such. more...
MAGGIE Watson (You Say, January 27) is certainly correct when she says "how the weakest are treated is a valid measure of a civilised society". Then she spoils this by adding: "Hunting is a wrong that needs to be righted". more...
MAGGIE Watson is wrong about everything. There has still not been a proper debate about hunting. more...
IT has been proved in the Claines area that foxes kill and eat cats. I constantly read of people being so upset at their pets being stolen, so let this be a warning to everyone to lock up their pets, especially at night. more...
FIRST Minister Henry McLeish proposes that Scottish old people should receive free services, when New Labour in Scotland can count on the support of their Liberal Democrat lapdogs. more...
TUCKED away in my Sunday newspaper, a report that the European Commission will send £233m - yes £233m - to this country. more...
I'M interested to know what prompted Worcester to allow the development of the Warner Cinema Complex. more...
A FALL in Bromsgrove's hospital led to the death of a pensioner, an inquest heard. more...
CARELESS residents are being urged to lock their doors after a spate of sneak-in burglaries in the Bromsgrove area. more...
IT'S difficult to know what more can said or written to ease the suffering of people - like Christine Roberts and her family - whose lives are blighted by the hospital organs scandal. more...
FAMILIES plagued by drug addicts, neighbours from hell and young tearaways will be told how to bring them to book. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER woman was recovering in hospital today after an articulated lorry demolished a bus shelter while she was inside it. more...
A DOTING mother died from an overdose of painkillers and alcohol the night after a row with her husband, an inquest was told. more...
A PENSIONER died as a result of injuries she suffered in a nursing home fall on Christmas Day. more...
A DRIVER who had no insurance left the scene of a collision with a parked car. more...
PROGRAMME chiefs at the BBC are promising to discuss all the health issues facing Worcestershire during a live broadcast on Sunday. more...
TWO Herefordshire teenagers who targeted pensioners' homes have been sent to detention by a judge. more...
A MALVERN man who thought he had been drinking low strength beer has been banned from driving for three years. more...
A MALVERN pensioner is recovering at home after an unsuccessful bag snatch left her needing five stitches in her head. more...
A LOBBY group will be heading to London tomorrow even though it has not gathered as many campaigners as it had hoped. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE was today braced for more severe weather during the next 24 hours - with warnings of gales of up to 70mph. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER woman was recovering in hospital today after an articulated lorry demolished a bus shelter while she was inside it. more...
A SWAN was recovering today after being shot in the head with an air rifle on a Worcester canal. more...
A GRIEVING mother may have to wait six months before being told whether her baby daughter's organs were kept without her permission. more...
Monday, February 5, 2001 more...
Malvern Town begin their defence of the Worcestershire FA Senior Urn with a home second round tie against Pershore Town tonight (7.45). more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are to play a waiting game over whether Graeme Hick will continue as captain. more...
EVESHAM United have a perfect incentive to win tonight's FA Umbro Trophy fourth round replay at Morecambe. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are to play a waiting game over whether Graeme Hick will continue as captain. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are to play a waiting game over whether Graeme Hick will continue as captain. more...
EVESHAM United have a perfect incentive to win tonight's FA Umbro Trophy fourth round replay at Morecambe. more...
EVESHAM United boss Phil Mullen has warned their FA Umbro Trophy opponents Morecambe that the tie is not over yet. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's Nick Broughton is to join the London Broncos for a week in a bid to tighten up his game. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are to play a waiting game over whether Graeme Hick will continue as captain. more...
RODOCK can earn a place on Martin Pipe's Cheltenham Festival team with victory at Chepstow tomorrow. more...
Malvern Town begin their defence of the Worcestershire FA Senior Urn with a home second round tie against Pershore Town tonight (7.45). more...
EVESHAM United boss Phil Mullen has warned their FA Umbro Trophy opponents Morecambe that the tie is not over yet. more...
WORCESTER-based Robert Mc-Cracken was involved in an amazing bust-up with Howard Eastman last night as tempers boiled over in the build-up to their showdown for the European middleweight boxing title. more...
EVESHAM United have a perfect incentive to win tonight's FA Umbro Trophy fourth round replay at Morecambe. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's Nick Broughton is to join the London Broncos for a week in a bid to tighten up his game. more...
CARL Heeley was the unlikely hat-trick hero as Worcester City reached the quarter-finals of the Dr Martens Cup last night. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are to play a waiting game over whether Graeme Hick will continue as captain. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are to play a waiting game over whether Graeme Hick will continue as captain. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are to play a waiting game over whether Graeme Hick will continue as captain. more...
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