Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | June
A COMPANY that supplies medical de-vices to hospitals all over the world has chosen Droitwich as its global distribution centre. more...
A WORCESTER shop is encouraging people to wear hats and raising money for a cancer charity at the same time. more...
A NEW consultancy hopes to get local businesses talking and listening to their customers. more...
n I WAS absolutely appaled to read your recent front page article on the poor youngster who was bullied at Gorse Hill School (May 28). more...
n What an extraordinary thing - a fake funeral - theatre on a grand scale and a horse with a make-believe knight tramping the aisle of the Cathedral - a building ostensibly dedicated to the worship of the living God - and all condoned and encouraged by the by the Cathedral authorities. more...
n IS it too much to ask for someone to arrange to have the hedge trimmed around the bend in Bilford Road, opposite the waste site? more...
CURRENT controversy over corporal punishment in schools reminds me of a scripture lesson at Stanley Road School when I was about seven or eight. more...
n CC Vyvyan-Robinson asks for ideas for "losing" asylum seekers (You Say, May 29). The solution is to return them to France immediately after their arrival in UK. Having reached France, from wherever outside the EU, they have already attained their asylum there. more...
A HUGE variety of events took place at street parties all over Malvern on Monday, including one featuring around 130 people from just one family. more...
A HUGE variety of photographs, documents, artefacts, clothes and displays from Upton's past and present took place at the Memorial Hall over the bank holiday weekend. more...
IT was the garden party to end all garden parties, a right Royal romp through 50 years of popular music. more...
ELLA Candin, Jake Dennehy and Jade Meakin celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee early by opening three new classrooms at Northwick Manor Infants School. more...
A FIELD forming part of Stoulton's Millennium Wood is to be sold off, only two years after the project was launched. more...
PRIVATE photographs from the Queen's tours abroad and gifts from places such as Fiji, Tonga and Ghana are included in a Jubilee Exhibition at Upton-upon-Severn Memorial Hall. more...
"SECRET" judges will soon be making unannounced visits across the county to find Worcestershire's best kept village. more...
WITH World Cup excitement already taking hold, Worcester football fans are being warned: "Don't be tricked into drink driving". more...
A WORCESTER policeman will be mounting a bike to raise cash for Acorns Children's Hospice Trust. more...
DISABLED people will be able to have a go at painting, dancing and reflexology at a Worcester sports centre. more...
WORCESTER'S new hospital has received a number of complaints from worried patients and visitors who are spending hours trying to get through to the switchboard, it has emerged. more...
A TEENAGER has hit out at thieves who stole his prized flag bought to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee and the World Cup. more...
A NURSERY business has been given permission to replace a storage and packaging building with a larger structure. more...
CROOKS will have even fewer places to hide in Worcestershire, thanks to the success of a campaign to increase the number of calls to Crimestoppers. more...
CUTTING-edge internet technology could soon revolutionise teaching across Worcestershire, with plans to provide teenagers with tailor-made websites. more...
WHAT is arguably the most patriotic street in Worcester lived up to its reputation with a spectacular Jubilee street party. more...
THIS time next week, two residents of Diglis will be soaking up the sun on their honeymoon. more...
RAIN may have been dripping off the bunting, but the bad weather did not dampen the patriotic spirit in the Faithful City. more...
REIGNING British Superbike Champion John Reynolds claims it is only a matter of time before he wins his first race of the season. more...
SIR Stirling Moss shared the spotlight with Graeme Wight junior as large crowds flocked to watch hillclimbing at Shelsley Walsh. more...
BLUE skies and a scorching sun greeted the re-launch of Worcester Rowing Club's annual regatta with red-hot competition to match the temperatures. more...
WORCESTER'S Alice Ottley School performed with distinction at the Midlands Independent Schools Gymnastics Championships, held at the Bluecoat School, Birmingham. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE race ace Matt Neal has slipped to second place in the British Touring Car Championship after yesterday's races at Silverstone. more...
PERSHORE lost by one wicket in a thrilling finish to their Worcestershire County Cricket League Division One clash with Romsley and Hunnington. more...
WORCESTER travelled to Moseley to take on Attock in the Birmingham Cricket League Division One yesterday but fell foul of the weather. more...
HEREFORD United manager Graham Turner has completed his first summer signing with the capture of midfielder Ben Smith from South-end United. more...
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