Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | October
THE winter months of bad weather and poor driving conditions are just around the corner so make sure your car is in tip-top condition. more...
A NEW Worcester accountancy firm is trying to bring a bit of colour to the profession. more...
AN EXPANDING Worcestershire company that makes wedding favours has pledged to keep using local businesses as it goes from strength-to-strength. more...
TOURISM in the two counties is just one of the business sectors set to receive a boost from a new programme of funding from the region's development agency. more...
The Co-operative Group has received the highest accolade in the food retail industry. more...
TERMINALLY ill children will benefit from tireless fundraising by a town women's group. more...
SILVER surfers have notched up 500 computer classes thanks to Bromsgrove's Age Concern branch. more...
A BROMSGROVE organisation is urging residents to foster new ideas about caring for children. more...
LABOUR councillor John Buckley attempts to get the previous Labour Council and present Labour Government off the hook for Worcester's serious budget position. But it won't wash. These are the facts. more...
I READ with great interest the article about The Cardinal's Hat selling beer in pints as opposed to litres. more...
I AM writing in response to John Hinton's somewhat obnoxious response to my comments regarding their clocks in the city centre. more...
I AM concerned at the reported comments in the local Press (Kidderminster Shuttle, September 26) by two leading councillors - Coun G Lord, Leader, and Coun Colin Beardwood - clearly showing their disappointment in the public inquiry outcome and their continued support for the incineration of municipal waste. more...
I'M SORRY to say that the Letters Editor now has disingenuousness to add to his/her genocidal crimes against the apostrophe. more...
IN response to Ian Tinsley accusing me of being anti-angling, I would say that I am neither anti-angling nor anti-hunting. more...
A MOBILE religious education unit has been launched at a Worcester church because of the popularity of the first multimedia centre. more...
AN ex-mayor of Worcester could soon be a talking point in a village pub after the landlady urged people to bring in old photographs. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE students will be going head to head with students from across Herefordshire and Shropshire in a battle for a challenge cup. more...
A SCHOOLGIRL who has recently moved to the city is being kept away from the classroom because of poor transport in Worcester. more...
IT was all smiles in Hammicks when children's author Jacqueline Wilson met her young fans. more...
A COLLECTION by Sainsbury's staff for a plucky youngster who is set to undergo a series of operations has been a huge success. more...
A KAMIKAZE skateboarder spotted speeding down a hill and crashing into cars is being warned to wise up by a Worcester woman. more...
WORCESTER Sixth Form College principal John Tredwell says he is not certain there will not be a similar fiasco next year. more...
SURREAL stand-up comic Harry Hill will be appearing in Worcester tomorrow, having been ``collared'' by a city comedy club. more...
PARAMEDICS called to help a stricken rider who had been thrown from her horse jumped aboard a narrowboat to try to rescue her. more...
BONE cancer victim Daniel Jarrold braves a bath of freezing jelly to drum up £1,000 for a hospital unit. more...
RIDERS are being warned to be on their guard after a horse was attacked by thugs. more...
ADVENTUROUS fund-raisers took to the roof of a Worcester warehouse abseiling 80ft in aid of a cancer charity. more...
STUDENTS at Pershore High School will soon find out if their exam grades have changed following the marking fiasco that has rocked the country. more...
CAMPAIGNERS were due to meet tonight to discuss how to save the cash-strapped Swan Theatre from closure. more...
A DISTRAUGHT pet owner has made a desperate plea for the collar from her dead cat to be returned. more...
AN elderly woman was killed when the car in which she was a passenger spun out of control on a bend and somersaulted along the road. more...
SCOUT groups, village halls, schools, mental health charities, sports organisations - and even a model railway group - have shared a bumper £156,000 of Lottery cash. more...
THERE was added excitement at a monthly antiques fair when crews and celebrities from the BBC swept in to film a TV show. more...
WOUNDED England fan Phil Holland is back home in Worcester after being shot in Bratislava, the Slovakian capital. more...
WORCESTER City's FA Cup exit at the hands of Hucknall Town at the could prove doubly costly for the club. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE today poured cold water on speculation that they are battling to keep three of their batsmen at New Road. more...
ANDY Keast has paid tribute to Duncan Roke's `awesome' form for Worcester Rugby Club this season. more...
WERNER Swanepoel could miss Worcester's title showdown with Rotherham next month after seeing red at London Welsh. more...
DELIGHTED John Brain described Worcester's performance, in their 53-7 demolition of London Welsh, as total rugby. more...
HOME, away more...
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Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis more...
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WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 89-88 over Plymouth Raiders in the National Basketball Trophy. more...
PERSHORE Rugby Club claimed the derby spoils with a 15-8 win over rivals Evesham in Midlands Three West (South). more...
MALVERN Rugby Club put their derby disaster behind them with a thrilling win over Walsall. more...
DROITWICH golfer John Bickerton finished joint 58th in Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Breteche in Paris. more...
WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 89-88 over Plymouth Raiders in the National Basketball Trophy. more...
NORTH Midlands were edged out 20-19 by Dorset and Wiltshire in their final warm-up match before the start of the Midlands 18 Group rugby championship at Ledbury's Ross Road ground yesterday. more...
WORCESTER City's FA Cup exit at the hands of Hucknall Town at the could prove doubly costly for the club. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE today poured cold water on speculation that they are battling to keep three of their batsmen at New Road. more...
WERNER Swanepoel could miss Worcester's title showdown with Rotherham next month after seeing red at London Welsh. more...
A player with an impressive reputation in homeland Denmark, Henriksen signed a two-and-a-half year deal at Aggborough in February 2002. more...
The Worcester-born teenager has worked his way through the youth set-up and reserves to get a handful of first-team chances. more...
Tall target-man who made an immediate impact with his aggression, spirit and goal-scoring on being signed for £50,000 from Peterborough in January 2001. more...
Pacy Foster was top scorer during the Conference-winning season and appears to have overcome the injury problems that have plagued him as a professional over the years. more...
Signed on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers, the creative Dublin-born playmaker has made a good impression and extended his deal for a second month. more...
Vastly-experienced Flynn took over the captaincy in Mark Blake's absence after putting pen to paper on a year's deal before the first league game with Lincoln. more...
Dubliner Doyle began his career back in his native Ireland with Cherry Orchard before being snapped up by Premiership Coventry City for a nominal fee in 1998. more...
Bennett was a then club record buy of £30,000 from rivals Bromsgrove Rovers in January 1999 and proved a goal-scoring menace to Conference opponents in the title-winning season. more...
The son of former England goalkeeping legend Peter spent two seasons at Hartlepool before his free transfer move to Third Division opposition Harriers. more...
After starting off as a trainee at Liverpool, Williams was released at the age of 19 to return to his native Wrexham. more...
Rangy Ayres joined Harriers as a youth-team player from Walsall but progressed to the reserves after impressing at the heart of the defence. more...
Dr Martens League Western Division more...
Stamps started with Torquay United despite being brought up in Birmingham and his obvious talent earned him a £10,000 move to Colchester United in 1997. more...
Another Mr Versatile, long-serving Smith signed for Harriers in 1997 for £19,000 from non-league rivals Bromsgrove Rovers. more...
Versatile Hinton began his career at right-back before reverting to a centre-half role during the Conference championship-winning season. more...
Released by Aston Villa, Brock signed for Harriers in September 1997 after a short spell at Northampton Town where he failed to make an appearance. more...
Saturday, October 12, 2002 more...
20/07/02 Cheltenham Town (Home) PSF 0-3 more...
Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson more...
STOURPORT Swifts battled back from a nightmare start to claim their third point of the season in a 1-1 Dr Martens Western Division draw at Clevedon Town. more...
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