Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | October
ALMOST 70 new homes are set to be built on a site in Malvern Link and the surrounding woodland turned into a "sustainable development". more...
THE Minister of State for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education took time out of her busy schedule to visit the Worcester offices of the Learning and Skills Council, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. more...
FAKE owls are being used in the city to scare away seagulls that are causing problems for businesses. more...
A MAN was arrested and charged with suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in Ombersley Street East, Droitwich Spa, last Friday at 8.25pm. He is due before magistrates on Thursday. more...
BROMSGROVE residents took their health into their own hands on Saturday and lined up to protect themselves from the winter blues. more...
BRIAN Hunt - the unofficial spokesman of Worcester's "Independent" party - has once again managed to concoct a bogus charge on which to attack the Labour Party and local Labour councillors. more...
YET again Tim Pinney (You Say, October 3) rambles on with a feeble defence of hunting. more...
I HAVE written before that I am neither for nor against foxhunting. more...
IN his explanation over Britain becoming a European state, Gary Webb likened EU federalism with the American states of the USA. more...
WHEN my letter (You Say, October 4) was printed concerning foxhunting, I received two phone calls from irate pro-hunters. more...
I WONDER if someone can help me. I am researching the life of Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones, who was the founder and director of Papworth Hospital and village settlement near St Neots, Cambridgeshire. more...
GEORGE Cowley wrote (You Say, October 7) of his thoughts regarding the location of the future Worcester football club. more...
Lottery grants totalling nearly £30,000 have been given to groups in the Malvern area. more...
TODAY, as Britain and the rest of the civilised world mourns the murdered victims of the Bali terrorist outrage, the world's leaders will be considering their response. more...
BRICK and nail making were just two of the authentic workshops on offer when history was brought to life at a Worcestershire museum. more...
STUDENTS in Herefordshire will be able to reap the benefits of financial advice to help them achieve higher education ambitions. more...
PEOPLE in Worcestershire helped to smash a world record by taking part in Macmillan Cancer Relief's World's Biggest Coffee Morning. more...
A "DEPRESSED" Worcestershire accountant was more than four times the drink-drive limit when he took to the wheel after downing a bottle of vodka. more...
A SUNSHINE snap has landed an Evening News reader with the family holiday of a lifetime. more...
ECO-FRIENDLY Bromsgrove councillors are attempting to "slim their bins" in a bid to reduce the district's rubbish mountain. more...
POLICE in the Wyre Forest are visiting schools this week to warn youngsters that they are "on the case" in the weeks leading up to Guy Fawkes night. more...
A LOTTERY award of £300,000 has brought a dream nearer to reality for a community group in Areley Kings, Stourport. more...
WORCESTER Sixth Form College turns less able pupils into highly successful students, research by Durham University has found. more...
Helping people with learning disabilities find work is the aim of the Routes to Employment job fair, which is being held at Kidderminster College tomorrow. more...
THE people of Worcester are being warned against chain letters demanding cash after a former city councillor was sent one. more...
THE same chain letter, originating from David Rhodes, of Norfolk, has also found its way to Kempsey. more...
NEWLYWEDS Katie and Gary Davies are heartbroken after a thief stole the only copy of their wedding video. more...
KEEP warm, safe and well is the message that organisers will be giving at a special meeting for the over 50s. more...
HOME Secretary David Blunkett has vowed to reverse a House of Lords defeat over plans to build a massive asylum seeker centre at Throckmorton. more...
A WORCESTER postman whose friend was shot before the England football team's match in Bratislava has labelled the Slovakian police ``a joke'' - after fans were struck with missiles. more...
A Stop Notice has been served on a mobile phone company by the local council because it started work on a proposed mast site without planning permission. more...
MPs were today due to vote on a controversial £210m package which could spark the closure of up to 31 post offices in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. more...
AN elderly woman who was killed in a road accident near Evesham has been named as Elsie Rodgers, from Birmingham. more...
PUBLIC demonstrations and petitions were among the suggestions made at a crisis meeting to save Worcester's Swan Theatre. more...
WORCESTER Fire Brigade has launched an appeal to raise £1,250 to pay for a permanent memorial to those who died in the September 11 terrorist attack on New York. more...
A WORCESTER headmaster is urging schools across the two counties to take positive action to help save youngsters' lives. more...
GETTING stuck into books has never been more fun thanks to a reading scheme being run throughout the county. more...
IT'S the Evening News' birthday tomorrow and no birthday would be complete without a cake. more...
A FORMER Worcester schoolboy and an ex-Droitwich rugby player are among the Britons feared dead in the Bali nightclub bombing. more...
MALVERN Town and Ettingshall fought out a fairly lack lustre Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division goaless draw at the Langland Stadium on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER City's injury problems show no sign of easing with the news David Foy will see a knee specialist on Thursday. more...
WERNER Swanepoel has been suspended by Worcester Rugby Club following his red card at London Welsh. more...
NICKY Crawford has spoken of her delight after being named as English rugby's top female player. more...
HOME, away more...
WORCESTER Wolves player-coach Rick Solvason has urged his players to keep their feet on the ground as they prepare for a crucial National Basketball Trophy match tonight. more...
THE annual Worcestershire Beacon Race over the Malvern Hills attracted its largest ever field of 260 runners. more...
MANAGER Dave Titterton will have to chop and change his Stourport Swifts' side ahead of tonight's cup clash with Halesowen Town (7.45). more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers have a swift return clash with Atherstone United tonight in the Birmingham Senior Cup (7.45). more...
WORCESTER City's injury problems show no sign of easing with the news David Foy will see a knee specialist on Thursday. more...
WORCESTER Wolves player-coach Rick Solvason has urged his players to keep their feet on the ground as they prepare for a crucial National Basketball Trophy match tonight. more...
NICKY Crawford has spoken of her delight after being named as English rugby's top female player. more...
WERNER Swanepoel has been suspended by Worcester Rugby Club following his red card at London Welsh. more...
HEREFORD United must start to win at home if they are to sustain a Conference challenge warns manager Graham Turner. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers' trip to Atherstone United in the Birmingham Senior Cup First Round tonight goes ahead as planned despite atrocious weather conditions. more...
Tuesday, October 15, 2002 more...
FIXTURES more...
CAPTAIN Sean Flynn is warning his Kidderminster Harriers team-mates not to let too many bookings jeopardise their chances of clinching a play-off spot in the Nationwide League Division Three. more...
MIDLANDS ONE more...
MANAGER Dave Titterton will have to chop and change his Stourport Swifts' side ahead of tonight's cup clash with Halesowen Town (7.45). more...
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