Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | October
A WYCHBOLD swan sanctuary has inspired a new exhibition by a professional county artist. more...
Wednesday October 9 more...
AFTER wowing the summer audiences at Spa's Norbury Theatre as miserable Scrooge, a versatile actor is taking on a challenging new role. more...
REVIEW - Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Festival Theatre, Malvern (until October 12). more...
EAST meets west in the Birmingham Stage Company's production of Romeo and Juliet at The Old Rep Theatre. more...
THE Maggini Quartet will be performing the music of Haydn and Beethoven at a Spa spectacular on Saturday evening (October 12). more...
AN evening of friendly banter and top class country music is on the cards for night owls visiting a Droitwich Club this Saturday (October 12). more...
BRASSED-OFF youngsters are being urged to join an award-winning town band. more...
FOLK-music lovers can look forward to a poignant performance from a popular artist who is visiting Bromsgrove this week. more...
DON'T miss your chance to buy tickets for the last show in the season of a Bromsgrove classical music society. more...
TOWNSFOLK are being urged to don their party hats and get out their Union Jack flags ready for the musical extravaganza of the year. more...
BUSINESS in Herefordshire is set to receive a £750,000 boost. more...
THE Government is launching a campaign to recruit more Worcestershire school leavers into the construction industry. more...
A COUNTY housing association has been celebrating its first year in its new head office. more...
THE Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Patricia Hewitt, was visiting Malvern Science Park today to open the Royal Technology Exchange. more...
CHEESE-lovers are being given a helping hand by Heart of England Fine Foods (HEFF) as part of Regional Food Week. more...
ONE of Hereford's leading materials handling equipment distributors has become the local dealer for Kalmar industrial lift trucks. more...
A GUSHING appreciation from the Daily Telegraph, which dubbed Malvern "Our Little Switzerland" was reprinted in the Malvern Gazette a century ago. more...
THE foundation stone for the Anglican Church in the Wyche was laid a century ago. more...
A TOWN pensioner's battle to change the status of her town centre property has failed at the final hurdle. more...
A SPA horse racing enthusiast has enjoyed the track triumph he always "furlonged" for. more...
The former boss of a company which dumped illegal waste, including asbestos, on unlicensed sites has been jailed for 12 months. more...
PUPPIES and kittens born on the Westlands estate will be hit by the sad demise of a town animal charity. more...
CALLS for consultation on the future of the town's magistrates court are being made by leading Spa politicians. more...
POLICE are launching a mini blitz on drivers who are parking illegally in the town centre following calls for action by community leaders. more...
HOUSES could be built on the site of a village petrol station which has become a "thorn in the side" of its owners. more...
TRANSPORT bosses are facing a tidal wave of opposition from angry bus passengers who will be hit by radical timetable changes in Droitwich Spa. more...
CHAMPAGNE corks are popping in Belbroughton after planning chiefs approved proposals to open an exclusive art gallery in the village. more...
TALENTED teenagers added a splash of colour to the town's library with a new exhibition. more...
Vandals have struck at Bromsgrove's ancient parish church which is already beset by major problems. more...
WASPS, maggots and sticky sap are just some of the problems created by overgrown trees in a Droitwich Spa road. more...
residents living near a village cricket team's ground are being urged to act as its eyes and ears in a bid to stop petty criminals and vandals targeting the club. more...
SCHOOLS in Bromsgrove are reaching "saturation point" and can't find space for any more pupils in some age groups. more...
HOT tickets for a black tie bash, bringing together the town's business community, are still up for grabs. more...
SHOPKEEPERS in Bromsgrove's Worcester Road claim takings have nose-dived since a walkway linking the busy Market Hall to their premises has been temporarily closed. more...
THE Hopkins family from Bromsgrove will be tucking into a big birthday celebration after all - thanks to the Advertiser/Messenger. more...
A SERVING police officer has blown the whistle on the shocking reality of the "thin blue line" in Bromsgrove. more...
HUNGRY youngsters at a Bromsgrove school tucked into tasty treats as part of a healthy eating workshop. more...
A GREEN-FINGERED schoolgirl was over the moon when she arrived back from her summer holiday to find she had scooped a gardening award. more...
CRIME, in all its forms, is sadly an inescapable fact of life. It features every week to a greater or lesser degree in the columns of this and almost every other newspaper in Britain. more...
A WORRIED mum has warned parents to be on their guard after her children were sent a threatening chain letter claiming to be part of a world record attempt. more...
A Green-fingered town couple has gone bananas by swapping their English country garden for a tropical paradise. more...
A COACHMAN died after being kicked by the horse he was clipping for his master, Dr Ambrose, of Barnt Green. An inquest jury sitting at the Victoria Hotel in the village, returned an accidental death verdict on 34-year-old Edward Jones, who died a day after the incident. A fund for the deceased's dependants had been launched to which Dr Ambrsose had contributed £5. The coroner and jurors had also made donations. more...
HANBURY Bowling club held its annual meeting at the Vernon Arms. Fifty-four members, including many from Bromsgrove, sat down to a capital goose supper followed by entertainment, which included an accordionist. Dennis Baylis won the club championship. more...
BROMSGROVE would soon be featured on the world squash map when a new club built by town building firm William Weaver opened in Worcester Road. The town's MP Hal Miller was to perform the opening ceremony. more...
MEMBERS of the Droitwich Ladies Lifeboat Guild held a fundraising champagne reception and dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Rex Simpson, of Doverdale. more...
IN your edition of September 19, you reported the official opening of the new hospital at Newtown by Health Secretary Alan Milburn. more...
The society's annual summer show was held on August 31 in the village hall and provided the usual high quality display of exhibits. more...
I WISH to congratulate The Phillpott File (Evening News, September 23) for writing such a good, unbiased article on faiths. It was not religiously racist, or insulting. more...
AMAZING how many flowers and shrubs are blooming in September. The members listened entranced to Elaine Horton talking about and showing her beautiful flowers grown on Tin Penny Farm on the borders of Oxfordshire. Her love of tall stately plants was obvious and a few waving stalks could be seen progressing along the lanes of Chaddesley, as members had succumbed to temptation and purchased some bargains. more...
KNOWING how many members of the Worcestershire Hunt and their supporters live in and around Crowle, I am concerned to read that Miss Sowden (You Say, October 2) could find no one who could have allayed her fears about the safety of herself and dogs. more...
AT the September meeting, following the AGM and election of officers, the first speaker of the society's 30th season was Malcolm Atkins - from the county archaeology department. more...
WE would like to clarify an issue raised in David Lewins' recent article headlined "Support for mums with toddler twins". more...
PRESIDENT Marion Neale welcomed members to the September meeting at the Raven Hotel. more...
HOW unfair of Ian Morris of the UK Independence Party to describe Germany and Britain as the "givers" and all other EU members as "takers," on the question of our membership in the European Union (You Say, September 25). more...
A RECENT letter from a reader about stag hunting caused me to recall an incident that was reported in the Observer Magazine some time ago. more...
I AGREE that the football game probably is faster today than in 1973. However, I think Gary Webb (You Say, September 26) and myself are on different wavelengths. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I read the headlines in last week's Droitwich Advertiser - "God's Gift to Traders?" - with considerable surprise and dismay. more...
DEAR EDITOR - The Lickey Park Residents Association (covering Lyall Gardens, New Inns Lane, Thurloe Crescent and Woodham Close, Frankley) and the Clent Road Action Group, Rubery would like to thank everyone who turned out last Thursday for the heated and packed residents meeting at Reaside Junior School. more...
DEAR EDITOR - My thanks to Mr. Pugh on his response to my recent thoughts on the best way to decrease the incidence of crime. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I have followed with interest the proposed development of the new Waitrose store in Droitwich and the many articles and letters that it has generated. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I note with interest the recent front-page article entitled "Yobs are target" - concerning the most welcome initiatives being made to make Bromsgrove a more safe and pleasant place in which to live. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I enjoyed last week's Droitwich Advertiser and two items in particular. more...
DEAR EDITOR - Having read the recent article about Callowbrook Swifts football team I would like to say that I'm a nine-year-old boy and I play for them. more...
DEAR EDITOR - Theresa Thom's recent letter does my heart good. more...
DEAR EDITOR - As former Head of Art at South Bromsgrove High School I am very aware of the aesthetic and artistic value of St John's church.. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I object strongly to Councillor Pam Davey accusing me of being "economical with the truth" (Letters/Oct 2). more...
FUND-raising for a new children's hospice has hit the £1.75m mark thanks to generous donations from people throughout Worcestershire and Herefordshire. more...
THE issue of park-and-ride, which raised the hackles of so many in Worcester when the first site was proposed four years ago, is back on the agenda today. more...
POLICE want to hear from sharp-eyed people who saw a plump, red-haired woman and a man wearing dark clothing near Hereford shop Flipped. more...
CRIMINALS who prey on farms and country homes are being targeted by a new project in Evesham. more...
SOCIAL services and housing teams in Herefordshire are under scrutiny. more...
A MAN jumped out from an alleyway, grabbed a 17-year-old girl from behind and indecently assaulted her. more...
AN Evesham man sunk his teeth into a police officer's uniform during a drunken incident in the town. more...
WE have been asked to point out that yesterday's Evening News story "Nurse's assault on mentally disabled patients", which appeared on pages 1 and 2, contained minor errors. more...
A CONMAN has stolen £180 after forcing his way into the home of a Worcester pensioner. more...
A 39-YEAR-OLD man was found in the bath by his mother, with stab wounds and cuts to his wrists and throat. more...
A FATHER lost two teeth after a family came out of their home to complain about midnight noise, a jury heard. more...
THE number of police officers serving with West Mercia Constabulary has reached an all-time high after the recruitment of 51 men and women. more...
OVERGROWN hedges in Warndon are putting cyclists and drivers at risk, say residents. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE school that experienced an exodus of staff is finally back on track and is making good progress. more...
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a 58-year-old man who hanged himself from a tree in a "quiet and peaceful" spot, an inquest heard. more...
MONEY which could have been spent on a children's party has had to be used to repair a vandalised community centre. more...
AN 83-YEAR-OLD widower died after being hit by a car. more...
TWO Worcester men stole more than £3,500 of goods from a DIY store which was being refurbished. more...
A MENTALLY-impaired woman's death came as a "surprise" because she was unable to communicate her symptoms to carers. more...
NEARLY 50 years after emigrating to Australia, John Williams is catching up with old friends in Worcester, thanks to an Evening News website. more...
AN estranged husband called police and said: "I've just stabbed my wife," a court heard. more...
THE proposed asylum centre at Throckmorton should not be built in such a rural setting claims a leading member of the Liberal Democrats. more...
A DERELICT car abandoned for weeks in Worcester's Arboretum area has been dumped in the canal by vandals. more...
A WORLD-famous Worcestershire car company has been lambasted in court after it loaned a vehicle with defective tyres to a foreign visitor who was later involved in a fatal crash. more...
THE Government Minister who opened a new centre for lifelong learning in Worcester could be one of its new students. more...
POP star Ritchie Neville was mobbed by pupils at a Worcester school when he dropped in to celebrate the county's first specialist arts college. more...
POSSIBLE sites for two new Worcester park-and-ride schemes have been revealed - and the public can have its say on them later this month. more...
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers return to Dr Martens Western action this Saturday looking to get back to winning ways with the visit of fellow title challengers Atherstone United. more...
FOUR days, two games and two totally contrasting performances have left us with a big task to lift the players ahead of Saturday's FA Cup tie at Hucknall Town. more...
A PROMISING Hagley athlete has been selected to represent England in an indoor international at Glasgow in December. more...
DROITWICH Spa golfer John Bickerton collected £8,290 after finishing in joint 58th at the Dunhill Links Championship last Sunday. more...
BROMSGROVE Olympique Cycling Club will compete on home soil this Saturday when they host their second annual Cyclo-Cross event. more...
AN AMATEUR Droitwich Spa boxer is destined for great things according to his coach after putting in a top performance to beat an established fighter. more...
SEPTEMBER more...
WATERS booked by the Birmingham Anglers' Association. more...
Westsiders recorded their highest team score on the Herefordshire House in their Worcester and District Skittle League Division One match against Cradley Sports. more...
NEW Raiders are topping Wednesday Division One of the E & E Engineering Worcester Friendly Skittle League. DIVISION ONE more...
THE Acorn Childrens Hospice was the beneficiary of £1,667 last Monday, raised from the charity match organised by the Birmingham City Wholesale Markets. more...
Maypole United U7s 1 Lickey End U7s 10 more...
DROITWICH Spa A lost their first Worcestershire Premier League game of the season, losing 3-2 at home to Worcester City Youth. more...
LAST Sunday's action in the Redditch and South Warwickshire Combination. more...
WASELEY United remain pointless at the bottom of Bromsgrove Football League division one after going down 4-1. more...
FAIRFIELD Villa ripped up the form book to win 2-0 at Endsleigh Challenge Cup holders Coventry Sphinx. more...
FREE-scoring Fairfield Villa Ladies went to the top of the league and kept their 100 per cent start to the season with a 7-1 victory at Knowle. more...
BARNT Green Spartak moved clear at the top of Midland Combination division two after winning 3-0 at second place Droitwich Spa. more...
IT'S often said - in many walks of life - that when one door closes, another one opens. more...
Atherstone twice in four days more...
A SOLID second half display from Bromsgrove RFC U16s handed them a 26-7 home victory over Walsall. more...
BROMSGROVE RFC Colts were outclassed 57-0 at Worcester Colts. more...
DROITWICH Spa RFC lost their third Midlands Four West (South) league game on the bounce last Saturday with a disappointing 27-15 home defeat by Kings Norton. more...
BROMSGROVE RFC First XV's injury crisis appears to be on the road to recovery with several key players in line for a return to action this weekend. more...
JON Holloway has been doing an admirable job shoring up the centre of Worcester City's defence in place of the injured Mark Shail -- but he still hankers after a midfield slot. more...
The John Barton column more...
DROITWICH Spa Cricket Club paid tribute to their chairman, Brian Bradbury, at their recent annual awards event. more...
MOTORSPORT: The Chiron Supersports car designed and built by Lower Broadheath engineer Henry Nickless made it three wins in succession at Snetterton. more...
Malvern Town won 3-2 at Bromyard Town in a West Midlands League Premier Division derby last night. more...
HEREFORD United recorded their fifth consecutive away win with a comprehensive 2-0 victory last night over lowly Leigh RMI at Hilton Park in the Nationwide Conference. more...
FORMER Kidderminster Harriers boss Jan Molby has denied that he has offered his resignation as manager of Hull City. more...
A FURIOUS John Barton tore into his players after Worcester's woeful 1-0 defeat at Bath City last night. more...
EVESHAM United face, financially, the biggest game in the club's history this weekend. more...
WITH the cricket season now over, this section of the site will not be updated as regularly as the others. more...
MOST Kidderminster Harriers fans will be well aware by now that there is life after Jan Molby but Saturday provided the ultimate proof. more...
JON Holloway has been doing an admirable job shoring up the centre of Worcester City's defence in place of the injured Mark Shail -- but he still hankers after a midfield slot. more...
DROITWICH Spa Hockey Club Ladies Seconds won 1-0 at Upton. more...
BROMSGROVE Men's Hockey Club First XI began their DTZ West Midlands division one programme with an emphatic 4-1 home win over Market Drayton. more...
Atherstone twice in four days more...
DROITWICH Spa Hockey Club Men's First XI got their DTZ Premier league campaign off to the perfect start with a 3-2 home victory against Stone. more...
Saturday, October 5, 2002 more...
FORMER Hereford United and Coventry City defender Dave Titterton is the new manager of Stourport Swifts. more...
Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson more...
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