Worcestershire | Archive | 2003 | February
THE classic and spine-chilling tale of Sweeney Todd the barber and his neighbouring accomplice was told with a humorous slant in this latest Break-a-Leg performance. more...
A GROWING number of townsfolk are enjoying the great outdoors and improving their health thanks to a successful walking scheme. more...
Wednesday, February 5 more...
ONE of television's favourite funnymen, Bobby Davro, will be having residents rolling in the aisles at a local theatre later this month. more...
WRITING about Iris will be the subject of the next talk at a meeting in Stoke Prior later this month. more...
A PUB lunch at a Belbroughton inn is just one of the treats in store for energetic walkers later this month. more...
SOCIABLE singles should don their best pub gear and get down to the New Inn in Worcester tonight (Wednesday). more...
DON'T forget to get your tickets for a Rednal pantomime later this month. more...
Thursday, February 6 more...
KING Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys appear at Solihull Arts Complex on Thursday, February 13. more...
THE search is on for strapping Redditch hunks who could appear onstage at the Palace Theatre with The Dreamboys later this month and ultimately bag themselves a contract with the group. more...
A NEW play is being shown at Birmingham REP as part of a festival of new works by up and coming writers. more...
ROMANTIC opera La Bohème, performed by the Chisinau National Opera, is staged at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham this week. more...
STUDLEY'S brand new village hall will host the popular Circus Berzercus with Komedy of Errors next week, the new hall's first live entertainment show. more...
HIGHLY acclaimed The Mysteries comes to Birmingham Hippodrome for one week only, starting on Tuesday, February 11. more...
GOOD Vibrations are coming to Redditch's Palace Theatre when Magic Limited Edition performs songs from The Beach Boys and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) on Saturday, February 15. more...
The magic of Birmingham's sights and stories will be brought to life by Kenneth Hughes, from the Heart of England Association, at the next Redditch Society meeting. more...
A LIFETIME of work by Redditch artist Norman Neasom went on show at the weekend at Forge Mill Museum. more...
Review: Jane Eyre at the Festival Theatre, Malvern (until Saturday). more...
ALAIN Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's epic musical Miss Saigon is landing in front of Midlands audiences at The Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre on May 23 with an opening night on May 27. more...
SOUL Trader will be providing the entertainment for romantic residents at a Valentine's ball next weekend. more...
THE sounds of Haydn, Ravel and Dvorak will be heard in Droitwich Spa this weekend. more...
Alvechurch Village Hall was broken into between Friday, January 24, and Monday, January 27. more...
FOR the first time in almost a century, village volunteers will take to the water to carry out essential work on the moated island of Inkberrow's millennium green. more...
LOCAL businesses are invited to join a directory on Alvechurch Parish Council's revamped website. more...
PLANS to close an Alvechurch road for part of a traffic-calming scheme to be installed have been put on ice again. more...
STAFF from the Redditch branch of Tesco went back to their school days on Saturday when they dressed up to promote this year's Computers for Schools project. more...
WORK is slowly but surely progressing at the troubled Studley Leisure Centre. more...
AN Alvechurch couple became prize winners when they took time out to swot up on their recycling. more...
REDDITCH rabbit owners are being urged to claim their lost pets due to a shortage of places in rabbit foster homes. more...
THE 14th AGM of the South Midlands branch was held at The Moat House, Kings Coughton, on January 15. more...
IT was Christmas all over again for two lucky Redditch youngsters who scooped goodies in a competition run by a town store. more...
THE 187th meeting took place at The Swan Hotel on January 23. more...
MORE than 100 jobs are set to be created when clothing and homeware giant Matalan opens in Redditch at the end of March. more...
THE Redditch branch is holding an as-new sale on Saturday, March 29, at the town hall. more...
EUROPE'S largest shoe retailer has made a £500,000 investment in Redditch with the promise of 12 new jobs. more...
THE doors were thrown open for anyone to attend the January meeting when Mrs Busher, from the DNA and Forensic Science Service, based in Birmingham, gave a wonderful insight into the work that is carried out there. more...
People who have recently divorced or need help to overcome the difficulty of a relationship breakdown can join a discussion group starting on Thursday, February 27. more...
COOKHILL Keyboard Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month at Cookhill Village Hall. more...
THE first meeting of the year was attended by 51 members. more...
A SCHEME to get milk back into schools has proved very successful for a Worcestershire-based dairy co-operative. more...
A PIONEERING scheme to lure jobless Redditch people into the world of retail has been failing to attract recruits. more...
AT the recent AGM, Alan Hitchcock was elected chairman and Pat Hodgkinson was re-elected secretary and a new committee was elected. more...
A WORCESTER marketing agency is riding a crest of a wave, with five major client wins so far this year. more...
'I DO' will be the words on everyone's lips at a Redditch church on Sunday, February 16, from 10.30am. more...
PRESIDENT Angela welcomed everyone to the first 2003 meeting. more...
A CARPET manufacturer is celebrating higher than expected sales that are outstripping last year's turnover. more...
The housing market remained strong during January with prices increasing by 1.5 per cent, figures showed today. more...
AT the January meeting, a bring-and-buy sale was held at the home or Mrs Thelma Woollerton. more...
ARROW Vale Community High School students who completed the Youth Sport Trust Millennium Volunteers programme were honoured at an awards ceremony last week. more...
A NEW College lecturer who has battled against leukaemia is representing Great Britain in the World Transplant Games to raise awareness of transplant donation. more...
THIS week I will be visiting the Alexandra Hospital to see trust managers for an update meeting. more...
THE human race, especially the human body - designed to ensure the continuance of the human species - is extremely well thought out. more...
DON Vincent writes that he's never read the Koran but he has 'run a CD-ROM on it and wasn't impressed' (Letters, January 29). more...
I SEE Council Leader David Cartwright is proposing to abolish the Redditch Local Plan (Advertiser, January 22). more...
MY daughter took me to visit the new market and I have never been so disgusted - I've been to better car boot sales. more...
I WRITE in reply to Max Harper's grossly inaccurate letter (Advertiser, January 29) condemning local Pagans for showing their respects to victims of intolerance at the Holocaust remembrance service. more...
I AM writing concerning the price increase in the fares on the First buses. more...
ALTHOUGH I am a political opponent of Councillor Gavin Smithers, I read his rant (Advertiser, January 29) with interest and would like to wish him every success with his new business venture, Coconut Island. more...
MY husband and I have lived on Easemore Road, Riverside, for just over a year now. more...
A UKRAINIAN woman who married a Redditch man she met over the internet wants to forge links with all other Russian and Ukrainian people living in the town. more...
TWO sisters were seriously hurt in a crash on The Slough near Studley on Friday morning. more...
THE reason for a car crash which killed a 20-year-old Oakenshaw man will remain a mystery, according to the Warwickshire coroner at an inquest on Monday. more...
THE row about comments made by Redditch Council's planning committee chairman over the proposed Abbey Stadium leisure development has erupted again with Tory calls for his resignation. more...
CAMERAS are to be installed in a number of Redditch police cars to video criminals in the act. more...
I AM writing in amusement at the county council's proposal to increase the council tax to what I can only see as a ludicrous and as yet unsubstantiated increase. more...
ANYONE who racially abuses or attacks taxi drivers in Redditch could be caught on film if a new scheme goes ahead. more...
A BIDFORD pub has been denied a public entertainment licence. more...
THE alarm has been raised by Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service and county Trading Standards after a resident was offered two smoke alarms and a small fire extinguisher for £150. more...
AN Alcester police patrol car was damaged after a generator was thrown from another car leaving a pub near Alcester on Thursday. more...
ALCESTER residents will have to go further to dump their rubbish from February 16. more...
A WOMAN who falsely claimed on prospectuses for her Leamington-based college that its courses were validated by a leading exam board has been given a conditional discharge for 12 months. more...
Thieves broke in to Morgam News in High Street, Alcester, on Saturday and stole hundreds of pounds worth of cigarettes. more...
AN Alcester High School teenager is cooking up a successful future as a chef thanks to a Warwickshire County Council initiative. more...
ALCESTER in Bloom's financial plight may be over thanks to a lifeline from two generous town trusts. more...
ALCESTER Infants School has been singled out for praise by Government officers after receiving 'outstanding' inspection reports. more...
ALCESTER's historic town hall could be at the heart of plans for a major town centre facelift, which includes ideas for a new market. more...
AN ALCESTER man who had sex in his car with a girl he knew was only 12 has been jailed for eight months by a judge at Warwick Crown Court. more...
TOMBSTONES in the picturesque churchyard surrounding Bromsgrove's Grade I listed St John's parish church may have to be permanently laid down to meet health and safety requirements. more...
A FUND set up in memory of a Bromsgrove man to support sports clubs and individuals is now up and running. more...
A BROMSGROVE care home, which has been earmarked for closure, could be granted a stay of execution at a meeting tomorrow (Thursday). more...
police have welcomed the tough sentences handed out to a group of men who were caught in a violent fight outside a High Street pub. more...
A DEVASTATED farmer has been left to pick up the pieces after a blaze ripped through his barn during the last firefighters' strike. more...
A CHARFORD teenager who has made residents lives a living hell for almost a year has finally seen the long arm of the law. more...
by KATE HUGHES more...
A LUNCH at a Lickey park was just one of the highlights of a whistle-stop tour by the new Bishop of Birmingham. more...
A LEADING pork producer has described a new EU ruling which requires farmers to put toys in every sty as "enough to make you pig sick." more...
A WOMAN suffered nasty bruising on her face after tripping on a paving slab in Rubery High Street, last Friday. more...
IF OUTSTANDING exam results and a citizenship award were not enough, a Rednal school has now netted an exceptional Ofsted report. more...
I CAN think of hundreds of excuses not to give blood, writes Emily Bridgewater. more...
TOTS at a town school put their taste buds to the test with a selection of Oriental delicacies to mark Chinese New Year. more...
A BRAVE college lecturer, who has battled with leukaemia, is gearing up for another challenge this summer. more...
A GENEROUS offer from Bromsgrove's Round Table has given a happy ending to a sad story. more...
A HOSPITAL worker has been rewarded for his efforts in helping his colleagues to get away from it all. more...
RECENTLY I needed hospital treatment while staying with my parents in Worcester. more...
A good turn out of players, vice presidents and friends attended the AGM of Avoncroft Cricket Club in January. They heard very positive reports of the 2002 season from captains Paul Athey and Martin Cound and from Pete Whitehead. The Saturday First XI had performed particularly well, only just missing out on promotion. Dave "Crockett" James had a particularly outstanding season with both bat and ball. more...
RURAL Affairs Minister Alun Michael's attempts to reassure people that fishing, shooting and horse racing (You Say, Friday, January 24) wouldn't be jeopardised by the Hunting Bill could be seen as a blatant lie. more...
OUR annual New Year's social event went off with a bang when a certain member spilt wine everywhere, causing chaos and laughter before our chairman Pauline could welcome everyone and wish them a happy New Year. An excellent buffet was followed by a fascinating slide show and talk about the Three Beer Houses in Cutnall Green by Bob Butcher, former owner of The Live and Let Live. Of all the thousands that once existed in the country, it is hard to believe that three should exist in Cutnall Green and very few anywhere else in the country. more...
I WAS very pleased to read that St Mary's Convent has been included in the top 100 schools (Evening News, Friday, January 24), but why oh why must Elgar Technology College yet again be mentioned alongside as one of the lesser performing schools? more...
"COLOUR and Interest in the Winter Garden", just what we needed at our January meeting to cheer us all up after rain, rain and again, rain! Duncan Coombes, lecturer from Pershore College, entertained us with his wonderful slides and fed us many ideas. Duncan is a great favourite with garden clubs for his relaxed and informative evenings. more...
I TOTALLY agree with Katie Akerman (You Say, Monday, January 27) - George Cowley isn't interesting or amusing at all. more...
THE usual numbers of ladies attending has been somewhat decimated this month by `flu and a rather unpleasant virus, a smaller attendance than usual gathered at The Ladybird Inn for the tasty meal of lamb and mint sauce, a chocolate sponge and custard pudding. more...
WHY do we have so many letters on hunting and the EU? more...
I SEE that the Downing Street thinkers have quickly reconsidered their cunning plan to refurbish a Sittingbourne hotel into an asylum seeker hostel without change-of-use permission. more...
"DON'T shoot the messenger", the saying goes, but many messengers are shot at because the message itself is unpopular. more...
A COMPLAINT was made at Bromsgrove Rural District Council about the manner in which swine fever regulations were administered. It was stated that it was of great inconvenience to farmers that no one had been at Redditch police station to sign the removal orders, last week. more...
FINANCES had so improved at Bromsgrove Parish Church that the vicar had to `blink and look twice' at them. The Rev FG Shepherd said he was grateful for the help and kindness - in the form of gifts and co-operation. more...
AS Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, I speak independently and impartially, without fear or favour, on the state of the English education system. more...
DEAR EDITOR - In reply to Action for Droitwich and the armchair critics, isn't it about time you stood up and were counted? more...
DEAR EDITOR - My thoughts having seen the recent demolition of the bell tower at the Worcestershire Hotel in Droitwich. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I am not in the habit of writing to newspapers, but a recent letter regarding the servicing of gas appliances at our home has incensed me. more...
DEAR EDITOR - How sad I was to read the letter from Dr Cath Elliott regarding her "good deed" being abused. more...
DEAR EDITOR - Droitwich is an historical town full of fascinating facts from the past, it probably has more history within its bounds than any small town of an equal size. more...
DEAR EDITOR - Recent Bromsgrove letters about wheel clamping have bemused Droitwich readers. But do Spa residents realise they have the same in store? more...
DEAR EDITOR - I feel compelled to write to you over a situation that has just happened to me. more...
HUNTINGDON ARTS could be the inspirational brand name set to save the Swan Theatre when the two Worcester venues unite. more...
DRIVERS will have to put up with inconvenient roadworks around Redditch for another two months. more...
Former mayor Madge Tillsley has been re-elected chairman of Redditch Community Relations Council. more...
NEW horizons for the over 50s could be opened up with the launch of the first Action Forum. more...
A total of £500 has been donated towards the provision of a loop system at St Luke's Church, Headless Cross, so people who are hard of hearing can hear services better. more...
The town's mayor will be watching some fancy footwork on Tuesday, February 11. more...
A CHILDCARE provider in Redditch has been awarded the highest level of Quality Care Assurance for its after-school and holiday clubs. more...
A CAMPAIGN to raise awareness of the plight of homeless young people moves another step forward this month with a seminar at Redditch Town Hall. more...
The National Blood Service is appealing for Redditch volunteers to attend a blood donor session. more...
TOWN Centre pub the Golden Cross has been busy fundraising again, this time raising more than £700. more...
A FREE open day to help people who stammer could take place in Redditch this month if enough interest is generated. more...
A DISPUTE over whether or not a bus firm should accept pensioner and disabled passes in Redditch is still going on almost 12 months after it began. more...
A POPULAR learning and skills centre threatened with closure last year has almost doubled its intake of students in the last 12 months. more...
AGENCIES across the county have joined forces with Redditch Council to launch a strategy aimed at providing affordable warmth for all residents. more...
A DOZEN large bins used to store machine components were stolen from an industrial unit on Howard Road in Park Farm Industrial Estate. more...
REDDITCH Co-operative Homes has been given planning permission for six bungalows in Ashtree Road, Batchley. more...
THE Redditch Partnership has been re-launched after members admitted a shake-up was needed to achieve their goals. more...
A STALWART Redditch councillor is calling it a day after the May elections because he is unhappy councillors no longer have the power to make decisions. more...
REDDITCH Magistrates Court is on course to re-open at the end of March after a massive revamp. more...
THE sound of music is filtering through the halls of low-security prison Hewell Grange after a new group opened a creative outlet for inmates. more...
CALLS have gone out for the morning after pill to be available free of charge to all Redditch women, not just teenagers. more...
MEMBERS of town health watchdog, the Redditch and Bromsgrove Community Health Council (CHC), have finally been given a date for its disbandment. more...
CAMPAIGNERS calling for better eye services in Redditch will be reassured by the inclusion of Redditch and Bromsgrove Community Health Council (CHC) on a new project team reviewing them. more...
THE impact on waiting lists through patients missing physiotherapy appointments is the focus of a new awareness drive. more...
IF we're honest, few among us are able to resist the urge to become tetchy and verbose when we feel unfairly treated. more...
February 3, 1978 more...
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A TEENAGE addict burgled a house while her drug dealer waited round the corner for debts to be repaid to him, Worcester Crown Court heard. more...
VANDALS smashed the window of a police car after officers were alerted to reports of a break-in at Woodrush High School, Shawhurst Lane. more...
A REDDITCH teenager had his head stamped on and his trainers stolen after being ambushed by three attackers. more...
Two men were arrested after police recovered thousands of pounds of what is believed to be stolen property and food from an address in Beoley. more...
POLICE in Winyates, Matchborough and Church Hill have launched a plea for residents' help to crack down on nuisance youths and vandalism. more...
REDDITCH people are being urged to help crack down on drug pushers working on the streets. more...
A MAN who claimed he had discovered an emaciated dog which later had to be destroyed has been sent to prison for six months for causing unnecessary suffering to the appallingly treated animal. more...
A man sacked by a firm of solicitors has been cleared of trying to blackmail his former employers out of £5,000. more...
PUBLIC opinion backed by a 590-strong petition has won the day and forced Tenbury Town Council to look again at plans to re-site the Regal bus shelter. more...
A TEENAGE skateboarding enthusiast has launched a petition calling for Tenbury Town Council to follow the example at Church Stretton and provide better boarding facilities at The Burgage. more...
CHILDREN in Clifton-upon-Teme will be celebrating the first birthday of their Early Years Centre with a party and balloon race on Saturday. more...
TENBURY Town Band has bought a piccolo as a lasting memorial to the late Thomas Matthews, former town mayor and a staunch supporter and fundraiser for the band. The piccolo case has been inscribed to his memory. This year the band is celebrating its 20th anniversary and throughout February an exhibition of the band's history and tours abroad will be displayed in the upper room at Tenbury library. more...
OLD sepia postcards are among items of stationery donated by Tenbury Press to the Hospice Shop. The cards, from the world famous Frith Collection, feature St. Mary's Church in Tenbury and various other churches in the Teme Valley and are up for sale at a bargain 25p each. Shop manager Trixie Greenly is delighted with the gift, which also includes a wide range of greeting cards. She said: "We rely on donations." more...
A NEW bus shelter is to be installed outside Tenbury Hospital following an agreement between Worcestershire Health and Passenger Transport Group. However, passengers visiting Worcestershire Royal Hospital will still need to change buses. Discussions are continuing with operators Yarrington Bros of Eardiston Garage, to try and get an extra journey in the evenings and maintenance of the shelter is expected to be undertaken by Burford Parish Council on behalf of South Shropshire District Council. more...
YOUNGSTERS at a first school had plenty to smile about when they achieved a healthy school award. more...
GREEN-minded residents are being urged to keep hold of their glass when using a Wychavon District Council recycling scheme. more...
Being told to shut up in the cinema by a complete stranger is not the usual way to begin a 50-year marriage, but that is how it started for Fred and Joyce Lerry. more...
SHOPPERS were submerged with tales of adventure and wonder as they walked down Worcester's High Street. more...
A TRAINEE estate agent was said to be suicidal as she was found to be two-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit after being involved in a collision. more...
TWO Worcester men, who battled in vain to save the life of a teenager who jumped from a cliff into freezing waters of a Malvern Hills quarry have been given top bravery awards. more...
A HUSBAND discovered his wife's body after she shot herself with a 12-bore shotgun, an inquest has heard. more...
CITY planners look set to again recommend that councillors block the plans from Tesco for a store on the site of Christopher Whitehead School in St John's. more...
A TEENAGER was found to be over the drink-drive limit after reversing her best friend's new car into a wall. more...
A WIDOW has paid tribute to her war veteran husband who died following a collision with a car outside his home in Sinton Green, near Worcester. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S director of education has been banned from driving after being caught speeding. more...
WORCESTER City Council has failed in its bid to secure an increase in its central Government grant. more...
PRIME Minister Tony Blair is once again set to be called to account for the state of the new Worcestershire Royal Hospital. more...
PRIME Minister Tony Blair is once again set to be called to account for the state of the new Worcestershire Royal Hospital. more...
Staff and pupils at Beoley First School returned last Monday to find rugby balls strewn all over the sports pitch. more...
FOR years it had been hidden behind the old church organ. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE paceman Kabir Ali and spinner Gareth Batty are included in a 14-man squad for the ECB National Academy tour to Malaysia and Sri Lanka. more...
A DROITWICH Spa English 8-Ball Pool player has his sights set on representing England and turning professional after being named Worcestershire County Pool Association player of the year. more...
THE Dr Martens Western title race will be thrown into the melting pot this Saturday when Bromsgrove Rovers and Merthyr Tydfil - the two main pretenders for the crown - go head to head at Penydarren Park. more...
A £850,000 redevelopment project is set to change the face of amateur boxing in Droitwich Spa. more...
Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis more...
Wollescote Sports 0 Tenbury United 2 more...
Tenbury 71 pts Warley 0 more...
Ludlow 20 pts Uttoxeter 0 more...
Cleobury Mortimer 22 pts Veseyans 13 more...
Castle Inn 2000 1 Clee Hill Reserves 1 more...
Leintwardine Colts 5 Dorstone 0 more...
Pegasus 1 Woofferton 3 more...
Chaddesley Corbett 1 Springvale 1 more...
The Community College in Bishop's Castle is celebrating the success of one of its students, Christopher Rimmer. more...
Ludlow Ladies 3 Montgomery 0 more...
Evesham Ladies 0 Tenbury Ladies 2 more...
Wolverhampton 3 Cleobury 0 more...
WILL Wigram looks to have secured his stay at Worcester Rugby Club until the end of the season. more...
PHIL Carbutt put recent injury problems behind him to finish second for Bromsgrove and Redditch Athletics Club at the Stourbridge Stagger last weekend. more...
LICKEY Monarchs and Barnt Green showed their class in division one of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Table Tennis League by recording whitewashes in the latest round of matches. more...
DROITWICH Spa boxer Michael Pardoe begins the defence of his national schools' title this weekend as five town fighters go in search of glory. more...
IT'S rapidly approaching make or break time for our season and there is little margin for error. more...
Saturday, January 4, 2003 more...
ALCESTER Ladies resume league action with a top three clash at Bridgnorth on Sunday (ko 2.30pm). more...
WOODRUSH skipper Paul Moore says the club cannot afford any more postponements after the match against Worcester Wanderers was frozen off at the weekend. more...
FIVE Ways Old Edwardians will have damage limitation on their minds when they take on league leaders Solihull on Saturday. more...
KINGS Norton skipper Pete May has targeted the visit of Droitwich on Saturday as one of the matches his side needs to win as they chase a daunting survival target of four wins from their last six matches. more...
REDDITCH climbed out of the Powergen North Midlands One drop zone for the first time this season with a win over fellow strugglers Stourport at the weekend. more...
Tuesday, February 4, 2003 more...
THE Birmingham Anglers Association has booked the following waters for this week. more...
GOALSCORERS more...
TWO coaching courses are being launched by the Worcestershire Football Association. more...
Hunt End Hunters U13s 0 Bromsgrove Town U13s 8 more...
REDDITCH and South Warwickshire results for Sunday, February 2, 2003. more...
WASELEY United have resigned from the Advertiser/Messenger Football League after struggling to meet player requirements. more...
BARNT Green Spartak crashed out of their second cup competition in a week after losing 2-0 at Northfield Town in the Smedley Crooke Charity Cup second round. more...
DROITWICH Spa A face their biggest match of the season this Saturday when they face current Worcester premier League champions Tolladine Sports in the Bayliss Cup semi-finals. more...
FIVE second half goals ensured Droitwich Spa Football Club remain top Midland Combination division two after a 5-0 home victory over basement boys Handsworth United. more...
WAYNE Davies scored a hat-trick as Fairfield Villa dismantled Kenilworth Town 7-0 in their one-sided Midland Football Combination division one encounter. more...
AFTER being displaced from Dr Martens Western top spot following three months leading the pack, Bromsgrove Rovers could only manage a goalless draw against third placed Weston-Super-Mare at The Victoria Ground. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers will only move into a new stadium if it can guarantee the club Football League status - according to chairman Tom Herbert. more...
THE Dr Martens Western title race will be thrown into the melting pot this Saturday when Bromsgrove Rovers and Merthyr Tydfil - the two main pretenders for the crown - go head to head at Penydarren Park. more...
MARAUDERS were the highest scorers of the week in Monday Division One of the E & E Engineering Worcester Friendly Skittle League. more...
Albert Hall set a new alley record as they trounced The Talbots by 50 pins to go top of Wednesday Division Two in the E&E Engineering Worcester Friendly Skittle League, Dave Jones leading the way with 52. more...
Bromsgrove U12s 14 Old Halesonians U12s 0 more...
BROMSGROVE School's U15s rugby team have failed to reach the last four of a national competition. more...
ANOTHER nail was driven into the Bromsgrove relegation coffin when they went down 20-16 to Spalding at Finstall Park last Saturday. more...
ROB McClean scored a hat-trick of tries as Droitwich Spa RFC First XV maintained their fine Midland Four West (South) record with an excellent 42-22 victory against Edwardians at the Glyn Mitchell Memorial Ground last Saturday. more...
BROMSGROVE RFC First XV coach David Stout insists there is still all to play for in Midlands One this season despite seeing his side slip further into the relegation mire. more...
DROITWICH Spa RFC First XV go into this Saturday's clash at second-bottom Kings Norton in high spirits after a recording their fourth win in a row. more...
The John Barton column more...
WORCESTERSHIRE went down 54-34 to Lancashire in their latest inter-county netball match at Preston. more...
ANNA Bailey will spearhead a six-strong contingent from Worcestershire at the World Indoor Rowing Championships. more...
Evesham United romped to their biggest home win of the season after beating Shepshed Dynamo 5-1 in the Dr Martens Western Division. more...
HIGH-flying Hereford United last night salvaged a valuable point after a tremendous second-half fight-back in an action-packed 2-2 Nationwide Conference draw at crisis club Farnborough Town. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE paceman Kabir Ali and spinner Gareth Batty are included in a 14-man squad for the ECB National Academy tour to Malaysia and Sri Lanka. more...
WILL Wigram looks to have secured his stay at Worcester Rugby Club until the end of the season. more...
BO Henriksen grabbed a late winner to keep Kidderminster Harriers' Nationwide League Division Three play-off hopes alive with a well-earned 1-0 victory over Bournemouth at Aggborough last night. more...
FORMER Redditch club captain Lee Knight has ignited a war of words with his old club after claiming he has been left to carry the can after an incident back in October. more...
REDS number two Gary Whild has confirmed the club are targeting another striker as they continue to rebuild. more...
PAUL Athey has been named as Avoncroft Cricket Club's First XI captain for the second year running. more...
REDDITCH parks side the Sportsman's Arms are gunning for a Stratford League record 21 consecutive wins on Saturday. more...
HEADLESS Cross Ladies continued their title tilt with a 2-0 derby win at home to Redditch United Women. more...
FECKENHAM pulled further away from the relegation trapdoor without kicking a ball at the weekend. more...
STUDLEY can play kingmakers in another nailbiting Midland Alliance title race. more...
ALVECHURCH are being held up in their bid to sign pacy Highgate United striker Liam O'Shea after losing lightning front man Brett Fitzpatrick to an horrific injury last month. more...
BIRMINGHAM City ladies manager Marcus Bignot says teenage ace Eni Aluka has the talent to be in the England squad for the European Championships in England in two years. more...
BEING a successful manager boils down to making the right decisions at the right time -- and John Barton will have to make some ahead of Saturday's vital clash with Stafford Rangers. more...
Redditch's Vicky Brady has been selected for the England U17s squad at the FENA championships in March. more...
Sunday saw twenty two Needles anglers turning up to fish the third winter league match on the club waters at Great Alne. more...
ROCKLANDS Social Club beat Studley Road Social Club B 224-216. more...
STUDLEY Blue 'n' White Rope Skippers pocketed another award for their bulging trophy cabinet when the 12-14 years team were named Stratford-upon-Avon District Junior Sports Team of the year. more...
AFTER a very hard 2002 which included the Manchester Commonwealth Games and Turin World Cup, Bromsgrove & Redditch AC racewalker Sharon Tonks is now deep into the heavy grind of winter training. more...
REDDITCH tennis ace Pauline Fisher cleaned up at the National Indoor Veterans Championships in Brierley Hill, winning the singles and teaming up with Shirley Fox for the doubles. more...
REDDITCH'S trip to basement club Market Drayton was postponed at the weekend because of a frozen pitch. more...
ALL teams at Bromsgrove Hockey Club had their games postponed due to the weather. more...
REDDITCH Regals ran out 39-30 winners at Tysley Tigers last week despite the loss of league top scorer Becky Nicholson. more...
IN THE Bromsgrove & Redditch Table Tennis League last week there were two 10-0 victories in Division 1. more...
BIRMINGHAM Solihull have tabled plans for a 7,000 seat stadium at the Portway and hope to bring Zurich Premiership rugby to the old Birmingham RFC ground. more...
ALVECHURCH climbed to second with a hard-fought 0-0 draw at Coventry Sphinx but have given title rivals Rugby the chance to open up a gap again tonight. more...
BROMSGROVE Ladies Hockey Club Seconds lost 3-2 to Old Sils last Saturday. more...
Feckenham were out of the Midland Combination Premier Division relegation picture for all of 48 hours. more...
BIRMINGHAM City Ladies have had a staggering eight players called up by England for forthcoming get-togethers. more...
LES Palmer has been shipped out to Oldbury United on loan to gain match fitness. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers will only move into a new stadium if it can guarantee the club Football League status - according to chairman Tom Herbert. more...
THE Dr Martens Western title race will be thrown into the melting pot this Saturday when Bromsgrove Rovers and Merthyr Tydfil - the two main pretenders for the crown - go head to head at Penydarren Park. more...
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