Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | April
n Don't Mean Nothing, by Susan O'Neill. (Black Swan). more...
What Goes Around...is supposed to come around - but when? by Alexandra Carew (Piatkus) more...
The Wilderness Family, by Kobie Kruger (Bantam Books). more...
Choral Chillout more...
THE village of Blakedown lies between Kidderminster and the Clent Hills. Though surrounded by agricultural land, it was for about 350 years involved in a thriving ironworking industry, along with Belbroughton and other nearby villages. more...
A WORCESTER businesswoman is riding the crest of a wave as her area of expertise comes under the spotlight. more...
SEVEN new jobs have been created in Evesham now a leading sports retailer has come to town. more...
MORE than £150,000 has been spent on a facelift for an Evesham supermarket. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's website is one of the best in the country according to a survey of 467 local authority on-line offerings. more...
EMPLOYERS in the construction industry are invited to attend a breakfast meeting due to be held at Worcester College of Technology tomorrow. more...
THE Government's continuing love affair with news management has Paul Keetch in a spin. more...
BACK to school for the Education Minister, Baroness Catherine Ashton. more...
KEEN photographer Peter Luff has scored two successes with a snap of a newly-coppiced clearing in the New Forest. more...
For most of us, the sinking of the "unsinkable" Titanic is a tragic piece of history, an unforgettable disaster of the 20th century. more...
DID you know footie fans will be able to watch Saturday goals on their mobile phones within three years? more...
THIS summer marks the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Bromwich Road Mission - the lasting legacy of a member of the famous Cadbury chocolate-making family who lived in Worcester and was a significant local benefactor. more...
WORCESTER High Street was closed to traffic and lined by silent crowds on the day of the funeral of Richard Cadbury in 1935. more...
THE owner of the clothes shop which has attracted the attentions of the anti-fur protesters repeats the same old arguments in her defence without addressing the central issue of cruelty (Protest over fur clothing, Evening News, March 27). more...
FROM October this year, pensioners in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland will have the benefit of free bus travel. Unfortunately, this facility will not apply to English senior citizens. more...
At last we seem to be having some discussion about a proper library for Worcester. It's a topic shamelessly neglected for too long. more...
MARK Taylor of New Alliance, an anti-EU campaign group, suggests that the BBC has misrepresented the results of a survey on regional devolution (You Say, April 4). more...
Chancellor of the Exchequer, will soon be plundering our wallets and purses to shore up a Health Service that is in a desperate state due as much to poor management and demoralised staff as a lack of funding. more...
"WHAT is the point of local democracy when the decisions of our representatives can be overturned by a solitary bureaucrat?" people in the London Road area are asking. more...
I'VE been reading with interest that binge-drinking's rife among secondary school children. more...
GOOD news for Elbury Mount again. The school's seen no let-up following its recovery from special measures. more...
GREEN-FINGERED folk can share an afternoon with like-minded people when a Spa garden opens its gates to the public. more...
THE police force operating in Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa has met with Sikh elders as part of a drive to recruit officers from ethnic minorities. more...
JUST when you thought it was safe, the spectre of the trigger-happy public representative pops up with the abruptness of Glenn Close rearing out of the bath in Fatal Attraction. more...
THE nation's outpouring of grief following the death and funeral of the Queen Mother will be remembered as an epic saga of modern times that featured a cast of millions. more...
A MALVERN artist and a painting from the beginning of the last century have captured the imagination of a British `ex-pat' now living in Canada. more...
IF we look at the changes in our world over the past decade, one of the most dramatic has been the care we show for our environment. more...
A SMITTEN soldier who hated chocolate bought a Mars Bar after becoming sweet on the woman behind the counter more than 60 years ago - and today they celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary. more...
A PURSE was stolen in the latest in a spate of smash and grab thefts at houses in Hereford. more...
WYCHAVON residents involved in house building will be able to save money thanks to two initiatives from the district council's building consultancy team. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE doctors have hit out at the difficulties they face in having emergency patients admitted to hospital. more...
A WORCESTER woman whose husband relied on a ventilator to live has helped raise thousands of pounds towards buying a new machine for Worcestershire Royal Hospital. more...
A 20-acre Worcester eyesore is set to be transformed after city councillors voted unanimously to press ahead with its development. more...
COUNCILLORS in Kidderminster are mourning the loss of one of the town's former mayors. more...
MEMBERS of the public interested in helping the one in four people who are currently affected by mental illness are being urged to train as a nurse in the specialist sector. more...
THREE members of staff from a Worcester company joined dozens of other keen cyclists for a charity ride near Evesham. more...
A JEALOUS and possessive boy-friend who assaulted his partner has been given a community punishment order. more...
VOLUNTEERS are needed for two schemes to help children with special needs in Malvern and Worcester. more...
DEDICATED Worcestershire runners have notched up thousands of pounds for charities across the county after successfully completing the London Marathon. more...
AN alert off-duty police officer spotted a banned driver in a stolen car as he stopped at a garage for petrol. more...
SECOND World War buffs are being invited to University College Worcester today to hear an "eye opening" lecture from an acclaimed British expert. more...
SHOCKED film-goers walked out of a Malvern cinema in disgust after being shown a film featuring scenes of hardcore porn. more...
A WORCESTER mother is "incensed" after the family's pet cat was shot in the shoulder. more...
A SAFETY campaign in memory of the 12 Worcestershire children and one teacher who died in a school minibus crash is being launched today. more...
A SIGNED football shirt is going up for auction following a celebrity match to support Leukaemia Care. more...
STOCK car racer has been cut free from his vehicle at a Worcestershire racetrack. more...
TEN drums of what could be environmentally dangerous chemicals have been dumped at a layby at Bransford, close to the River Teme more...
THIS week's football fixtures for clubs across the two counties include: more...
Saturday, April 13, 2002 more...
Saturday, April 15, 2002 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers suffered a £265,375 loss during their first season in the Football League. more...
Redditch United 1 Cinderford Town 0 more...
SATURDAY more...
SUNDAY more...
Saturday, April 13, 2002 more...
MALVERN Town returned from the Black Country on Saturday with three Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division points, thanks to a 30th minute goal by youth team striker Steve Hancocks. more...
WORCESTER Wolves supporters turned up in their hundreds hoping to cheer on the team to a National League Division One play-off spot - but North West London arrived with ambitions of their own and finally triumphed 96-77. more...
THE Ladies Open race took the award for race of the day at the Ludlow Hunt point-to-point meeting at Bitterley when Upton Adventure took the honours by a head from the favourite Split Second. more...
JUST champion! That's delighted Bromsgrove Rugby Club after they clinched promotion from Midlands Two West by winning 23-15 at title rivals Old Laurentians on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER Wolves supporters turned up in their hundreds hoping to cheer on the team to a National League Division One play-off spot - but North West London arrived with ambitions of their own and finally triumphed 96-77. more...
JIM Jenner had a double celebration on Saturday after being named Worcester Rugby Club's player of the season. more...
WORCESTER boxer Leroy Williamson was back in action on Saturday night -- but slipped to a 40-38 points defeat in a four rounder against David Kier at Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool. more...
WORCESTER City remain on course to overhaul last year's points tally after a 2-1 win against Welling United ended a run of three straight defeats. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE were on course to open their first-class programme with a victory over Oxford UCCE in The Parks today. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers suffered a £265,375 loss during their first season in the Football League. more...
Saturday, April 13, 2002 more...
WORCESTERSHIRE were on course to open their first-class programme with a victory over Oxford UCCE in The Parks today. more...
JUNIOR golfer James Newman showed his elders how to deal with the drier and improved course conditions by winning two out of the first four of Perdiswell Park Golf Club's competitions. more...
BRANSFORD Golf Club won their first friendly of the season away to Tolladine with a 4½-1½ win in breezy conditions. more...
WORCESTER City remain on course to overhaul last year's points tally after a 2-1 win against Welling United ended a run of three straight defeats. more...
MALVERN gave coach Rudy Smith a fitting send off in his last league game in charge at Spring Lane as a battling but already relegated Banbury side did their utmost to spoil the party, but Malvern always had the game under control from the off. more...
AUGUST more...
JIM Jenner had a double celebration on Saturday after being named Worcester Rugby Club's player of the season. more...
TIM Langford's Stourport Swifts were given a lesson in finishing by Mangotsfield's young striker Darren Edwards who inspired the West Country side to a 4-1 victory. more...
© Newsquest Media Group 2008