Worcestershire | Archive | 2003 | July
Picture round-up of the latest events in the area. more...
MORE than £4m has been earmarked to strengthen the manufacturing skills base in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. more...
EXPERIAN, the global business solutions company that has a customer contact management centre in Newtown Road, Worcester, has acquired Yell Data. more...
A PUBLISHING firm is going from strength-to-strength with the acquisition of two new titles. more...
COMPANIES in Worcestershire and Herefordshire are being urged to enter the fifth UK Online for Business InterForum E-Commerce Awards. more...
A BUSINESSMAN took a break from his charity bike ride for a well-earned rest and to catch-up with friends and family. more...
DOES Worcester's "old" Labour guard have the knives out for Mike Foster, who is currently campaigning for reselection as the party's General Election candidate? more...
MIKE Foster's reward for helping to win an outright ban on hunting was not quite what he'd hoped. more...
CONGRATULATIONS to Bill Wiggin, who has been promoted to the Tory front bench team. more...
UNLIKE his new Labour colleagues, John Prescott likes to steer clear of political buzzwords or jargon. more...
THERE could hardly be a more marked contrast than between the urban snarl of Westminster and the beauty of the English countryside on a tranquil autumn morning, but the two are now locked together as the future of hunting enters yet another phase. more...
THERE'S a tiny corner of Worcestershire that will be forever Iceland thanks to a couple who are absolutely passionate about a particular breed of horse. more...
WE must not let our children become alienated from the countryside, otherwise they will be deprived of healthy activity in open spaces, have no understanding of farming and local production, and no access to their heritage, according to the Countryside Agency. more...
TOWN pensioners are driving forward a campaign for more taxi ranks in the town centre. more...
MARTIN Roberts' letter regarding halal and kosher methods of slaughter is littered with inaccuracies. more...
TONY Blair has little regard for the Constitution of Britain and its Parliament. more...
I WOULD like someone on Worcester City Council to tell me if the 29B service was taken off because the council would not continue subsidising this service. more...
MY old friend George Cowley writes (You Say, June 28): "It's enough to make me consider emigrating to Pershore." more...
F L JONES refers to people being given free furnished accommodation, cars, sympathy and pocket money on entry to the UK. more...
AS every soldier will confirm, the enemy has to be coaxed into the "killing area" before destruction. more...
I DO not agree with the remarks made by R W Hawker (You Say, June 28). more...
WHY does humanist Gerry (Jed) King get so worked up in his letters? more...
I WONDER if Martin Roberts of the BNP is informed about conventional slaughterhouse practices (You Say, July 1). more...
Beneath the Abberley Hills a small herd of goats nibble at the grass. These goats are no ordinary cottage garden pets, but the prized animals of John Jenkin, who has farmed the land for the last 30 years with his wife Margaret, the Countess of Mar. more...
DAISY was not our favourite rabbit. Far from it. Unlike the other residents on Happiness Row, she was the most unfriendly, cantankerous coney for miles around. more...
TWENTY-two year-old former rooky policeman Matthew Brooks and his 16-year-old fiancée Naomi Mills will open their hearts on television, tonight, about the drama which left the nation gripped - for a few days at least - and their families devastated. more...
A HUGE trail of 10p coins around a Ronkswood church has now found its way to the bank. more...
A FARMER from Worcester is offering holiday makers a unique rural experience this summer. more...
A WOMAN has pleaded guilty to two charges of benefit fraud. more...
HEALTH bosses broke the rules by consulting on a controversial shake-up in the middle of local election campaigning, an MP has claimed. more...
CHILDREN in Worcestershire believe Lottery funding should be spent on better sports provision. more...
MOBILE cameras are being used around Worcestershire to catch speeding motorists. more...
CUSTOMERS have been congratulating dedicated community chemists at DG Pharmacy after they won their fourth award in as many years. more...
A NEW forum has been set up to tackle the problem of rowdy students causing misery for people living near the University College Worcester campus. more...
SCHOOLCHILDREN enjoyed an action-packed wildlife day with help from Worcester's "wildlife rangers". more...
Where was all the blood and panicking? more...
PEOPLE in Ledbury say they are getting excited about the first Royal visit to the Herefordshire market town in 50 years. more...
FORMER policeman Matthew Brooks and his 16-year-old girlfriend Naomi Mills plan to leave Worcester and start a new life together elsewhere. more...
PARENTS are being urged to safeguard their children's future by backing a new campaign for fairer school funding in the county. more...
SCORES of youngsters turned up at the official opening of a memorial skate park in Dines Green. more...
A BRICKLAYER from Evesham, who was found dead at his home, committed suicide by hanging, an inquest has ruled. more...
HUNDREDS of bikers cruised into Worcester on Saturday to rev up support for their cause. more...
POLICE officers in Worcestershire are using controversial hand-held radios despite fears the emissions could make them ill. more...
HAVING survived eviction again Nush could find herself facing the public vote once more following the outcome of the latest challenge. more...
THE parents of a Hereford skydiver who plunged 13,000ft to his death are to help police build a picture of his life in a bid to find his killer. more...
THREE people were killed and three others seriously hurt when a high-speed intercity train collided with a minibus early this morning. more...
IF prizes were handed out for Worcestershire's best `team player' then David Leatherdale would surely be up there among the leading candidates. more...
Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis more...
GRAEME Hick is poised to return for Worcestershire after more than a month out of action with a broken bone in his hand. more...
REDDITCH United have been handed a comfortable looking away day in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals are in danger of facing a relegation battle after a disappointing eight-wicket defeat against Warwickshire Bears in yesterday's National Lea-gue division one clash at New Road. more...
ANOTHER tough FA Trophy hurdle to cross but a more favourable FA Cup challenge came the way of Evesham United in last weekend's draws for the early rounds. more...
WORCESTER'S Old Elizabethans extended their undefeated run to six games in the Birmingham Cricket League Division Two West when they visited Stourbridge in a match which was a much tighter than might have been imagined. more...
WORCESTER are facing a crisis of confidence after losing for the second week running in the Birmingham Cricket League Division One -- this time by three wickets to lowly Sutton Coldfield at Rectory Park. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are out of the Middleton Cup despite an 11-shot win over Warwickshire in their final group match at Coventry. more...
KING'S School Worcester is celebrating its first ever success at the Henley Royal Regatta. more...
IT was a trip back in time for hill climb enthusiasts yesterday as Shelsley Walsh staged its annual vintage meeting. more...
GUTSY Stourport welterweight Ernie Smith slipped to a 40-35 four-round points defeat at Brentwood Leisure Centre at the hands of debutant and ex-ABA champion Michael `The Look' Lomax of Chingford. more...
GRAEME Hick is poised to return for Worcestershire after more than a month out of action with a broken bone in his hand. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals are in danger of facing a relegation battle after a disappointing eight-wicket defeat against Warwickshire Bears in yesterday's National Lea-gue division one clash at New Road. more...
ANOTHER tough FA Trophy hurdle to cross but a more favourable FA Cup challenge came the way of Evesham United in last weekend's draws for the early rounds. more...
GRASS court tennis and cricketers' testimonials - two peculiarities of an English sporting summer both of which endure for very different reasons. more...
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