Worcestershire | Archive | 2004 | February
The Colwall Players are busy applying make-up and sewing on feathers in readiness for their latest production - Mother Goose. more...
Members of the Whitbourne Amateur Dramatic Society (WADS) will battle against time and magic during their pantomime performance of Hickory Dickory Dock. more...
TENNESSEE Williams's Suddenly Last Summer is about to get a second airing at the Malvern Theatres. more...
A powerful tale of love, treachery and loyalty will be brought to life in the Greek tragedy Antigone at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham. more...
A ONE-man play coming to Malvern in March brings to life the memoirs of a celebrated diarist. more...
Until Feb 21: Whistle Down The Wind at Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre. Box office: 0870 7301234. more...
Feb 21: Droitwich Concert Club presents Chameleon Ensemble, at Droitwich Spa Methodist Church. For further details telephone 01905 775246. more...
Feb 20: Dr Teeth Big Band, The Marr's Bar, Worcester. more...
Feb 7-March 20: A selection of work by Glyn Griffiths, at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street, Worcester. Telephone 01905 25371 for further information. more...
Feb 20: Brian and Philomena would like to invite you to practise your ballroom and Latin skills, at Fernhill Heath Memorial Hall, Worcester, (A38 between Droitwich and Worcester) to Brian's Supersounds. Bring your own refreshments. For further details and table reservations, telephone Brian or Philomena on 01905 454338. more...
TALL tales and colourful characters feature in Big Fish (PG), showing at Malvern cinema from today (Friday) until Thursday. more...
IS it wicked to submit to extreme desires and emotions or more destructive to keep a lid on them? more...
It may be a one-man show, but Ancestral Voices features around 50 different characters, including the Queen and the Queen Mother. more...
The hall at Hanley Castle High school will ring with the sounds of jazz, courtesy of Barry Martyn and the Young Bloods. more...
MUSICAL entertainment in Cheltenham begins on Sunday (February 22), when the Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra performs at the town hall. more...
The Elgar Birthplace Museum will host a new series of concerts throughout the spring and summer. more...
SOME of the best-loved country and western music of all time will be recreated in Worcester next month. more...
VIOLINIST Sergey Khachatryan has had to pull out of a concert he was to perform in Malvern with the English Symphony Orchestra, due to exhaustion. more...
The Dr Teeth Big Band will kick-start a week of events at the Marr's Bar in Worcester. more...
YOUNG musicians from The Chase high school in Malvern are taking part in a music festival in Hereford on Saturday, February 28. more...
The Galliard Ensemble will be the next to perform at Malvern Priory as part of the BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert series. more...
A Feast of Fiddles begins the week at the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury. more...
FOR years Dawson's Creek was must-see TV, catapulting sweet-faced actress Katie Holmes into the spotlight. Now this nice-girl television image is taking a bit of a battering, as the 25-year-old is shaking up her girl-next-door image with a series of daring movie roles. more...
Tenor James Oxley and pianist Caroline Dowdle were an ideal partnership, each displayed extreme versatility in switching from one style of music to another, while maintaining assurance and accuracy. more...
Tunes everyone knew was the plan for this concert of romantic film themes for Valentine's Day conducted by Stephen Roberts. more...
Continuing with the series of Tuesday lunch-time concerts, Catherine Leonard (violin) and Charles Owen (piano) paid homage to Elgar. more...
A FILM-maker from Malvern is looking for extras to take part in his latest movie. more...
WELLAND artist Olwen Tarrant heads an exclusive exhibition of renowned oil painters at the Shell House Gallery in Ledbury. more...
BOOGIE-woogie piano and fireworks will be lighting up the senses and skies when Jools Holland plays Ragley Hall. more...
A BAND from Los Angeles is playing its only UK show at a popular music night in Worcester. more...
A GREAT week of entertainment is set to take place at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall, with some great names such as Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, Stacey Kent, The Fortunes and The Ivy League. more...
A NEW music tour, which hopes to transform the state of the live music circuit, will be coming to Worcester's Marr's Bar. more...
LOGISTICS specialist Taylors of Martley has restructured its business to drive it forward into 2004. The £28m turnover firm, based at Martley, near Worcester, has created three regions, with dedicated managers in each area to steer performance. more...
The Wednesday Club Women's Networking Lunch is fixed for Wednesday, February 25, at 1pm. It will be at The Guesten, College Green, Worcester with a buffet lunch and refreshments, costing £10 a head. more...
ABOUT 250 people flocked to an historic country pub for a first glimpse of the £200,000, month-long refurbishment job. more...
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A SUMPTUOUS dinner was provided for staff by the directors of Warwick House in Malvern to mark its 70th anniversary. more...
ROYAL support for a very special arts-related anniversary was as true in 1979 as it is in 2004. more...
THE last leg of fund-raising for a new Acorns children's hospice in Worcester has been launched. more...
A WALK along Had-rian's Wall helped an Alfrick man raise more than £3,500 for the fight against cancer. more...
A plan to redevelop Runn-ings Park, a former hotel and healing centre in West Malvern, has been withdrawn. more...
CONCERNS have been raised about maintenance costs at Bromyard's high school after a blow to rebuilding plans. more...
ONE of the area's top business events is being held at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. more...
DAVID Masters is back on the board of the Malvern Hills Conservators after winning an election in Guarlford. more...
PUPILS from Bredon School, near Upton, had to cut short an expedition to the Cairngorms when they were caught in a fierce snowstorm. more...
VILLAGERS in southern India are set to benefit from money collected by people living around the Malvern Hills. more...
MP Sir Michael Spicer is fighting for better digital TV reception in the Malvern area. more...
NEW software created by a Malvern company is set to target insurance fraudsters. more...
THE reinstatement of headstones at Great Malvern Cemetery will be discussed at a meeting of the town council next week. more...
Businesses in the Malvern Hills district still have time to make their achievements known to a wider public. more...
SPORTS souvenirs from top teams in Britain and beyond will go under the hammer tomorrow (Saturday). more...
POLICE have made a second appeal for witnesses to a road accident which resulted in the death of a Malvern pensioner. more...
PLANS for a car showroom at Brooklyn Ford's premises in Newtown Road, Link Top, have been put on hold. more...
THE head of Malvern College has criticised plans for an overhaul of the exam system announced this week. more...
PLANS to clean up the streets, provide a community sports centre and raise the profile of the arts will not result in huge increases in Council Tax. more...
MALVERN Wells Parish Council is preparing to respond to a vision for the future of the area. more...
THE return of a penny-farthing bicycle to the roof of a Malvern Link shop after 29 years was a special occasion for a local family. more...
TWO prime sites in Malvern have moved a step closer to being sold by the district council. more...
Malvern's Lyttelton Well Christian Centre wants to expand because of the rising numbers of failed marriages. more...
THE cost of providing police and fire cover in Herefordshire and Worcestershire is to rise substantially. more...
Malvern Hills District Council has made clear its opposition to plans for a mobile phone mast near houses and schools. more...
Only days after its offices were destroyed in a fire at the adjoining Don Pedros wine bar, Malvern accountancy firm Meigh and Mansbridge has reopened to the public. more...
DEVELOPER John Roe is forging ahead with plans for a new restaurant and bar in Malvern. more...
A MAN was threatened with a knife at Great Malvern Railway Station. more...
ANYONE with concerns about local rail services will have the opportunity to put their questions direct to two top industry bosses at a public meeting organised by the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter next week. more...
TRAFFIC and the lack of facilities for young people were the main concerns of residents living near the proposed North Site development. more...
THE owner of a redundant military base in North Malvern has revealed its plan for the land. more...
WHEN Helen Crawford was a baby, doctors feared her medical condition meant she might never walk - now she is taking on the London Marathon. more...
WE would like to thank all the people involved in erecting the flood barriers along Hylton Road. more...
WE would like to say a big thank you to Mike Foster for all his help to all the homes and businesses in Hylton Road in the last flood. more...
WE agree with Michael Foster about the flood barriers. They should have been erected earlier. There was sufficient warning about the river rising rapidly. more...
I AM replying to the letter from John Hollis (Evening News, Thursday, February 12) about places to go for young people. more...
PETER Alcock asks "is 35 mph breaking the law?" more...
AHMED Raza has expressed his feeling over Kilroy-Silk. more...
THE Evening News (Saturday, February 14) published letters from N Taylor and Mike Cartwright. more...
COMMUNITY groups and charities benefit a large number of people but running them is costly. more...
MALVERN'S designation as an official Fairtrade town means the 10th anniversary of the brand will be keenly celebrated. more...
A RADAR safety system developed by QinetiQ in Malvern is to be tested at airports in Southampton and Paris. more...
MR CHEESEMAN may be surprised to learn that a number of members of the Town Centre Partnership Forum would probably share the ambitious vision for the future of Great Malvern he outlines in his letter this week. more...
LAST Friday we took a trip down memory lane back to the late 1940s when jive had only just begun at the Winter Gardens ballroom and Malvern rocked to the big band sounds of e.g. Joe Loss, Ted Heath, Cyril Stapleton and their orchestras. more...
A GROUP of Upton residents made a submission to the Health Overview & Scrutiny committee, the County Health Panel, because we had been advised it could be a way of holding the South Worcestershire PCT to account, to make transparent its seemingly arbitrary decision-making processes with regard to particular health service proposals for Upton, to ask how it has reached the point of overseeing plans here which are significantly different in several ways from all other practice moves now announced. more...
ANY reduction in the rail service between Great Malvern and Hereford must be viewed with alarm. more...
MAY I take issue with the dog owner who allowed their pet to foul the pavement of Avenue Road next to the post box last week. more...
The Malvern town plan! Wow! All-singin', all dancin'! Nice little architect's drawings with pretty little trees and no grotty bits anywhere! No litter, no leaky fountains! All hail to the Partnership Forum! more...
AS a temporary resident, staying with friends while I try and buy a property in Great Malvern, I have been taking a keen interest in all that I read in your newspaper. more...
MAY I, on behalf of the increasing numbers of renal patients in Malvern and the surrounding area, make a plea to the relevant authorities to give urgent and sympathetic consideration to the provision of dialysis facilities at the proposed new hospital in Malvern. more...
WHERE does Ivor Pumfrey (Head of Malvern Hills District Council's environmental services) live? It can't be Malvern. more...
IT would appear from Mrs Bray's letter (Your Letters, February 13), that the town clerk in his letter refers to a `Health and Safety Executive directive' to all local authorities that memorials should be tested for stability. more...
THE new path from the alley on Pickersleigh Road to the bridge on Worcester Road is alright if you want to go from the alley to the bridge. I'm sure someone does, but what about crossing the road? more...
IN response to Martin Ham's timely letter (Your Letters, February 6), he will, I hope, be encouraged to know that on the day it was published a meeting of the Vision 21 Partnership working group was discussing this very issue. more...
I was saddened to read on your website of the recent death of Yvonne Hodges, whom I remember, surprisingly vividly after more than 20 years, from my time at Dyson Perrins. more...
TO all parents of children in mainstream schools, have you heard of Thornton House? It is a fantastic, award-winning school in Worcester for children with moderate learning difficulties and autism which the county council is proposing to close. more...
I AM writing in response to the article about the proposed closure of Ledbury Jobcentre (Ledbury Reporter, February 6). more...
PLANS for a new bungalow off School Lane, Upton, were approved this week by Malvern Hills District Council. The house is to be built in the walled grounds of Willowbank. more...
A TABLE-top sale and raffle will be held from 10am to noon on Saturday, February 28, at Upton Memorial Hall, to raise money for the Acorns Children's Hospice. more...
Chris Evans will reveal how to get the most enjoyment out of horticulture at a meeting of Upton Gardening Club at 7.30pm on Thursday (February 26) at the Memorial Hall. Annual membership is £4. Contact Liz Jones on 01684 593821. more...
A DANGEROUS pavement in Old Street is to be repaired by the Malvern Hills Highways Partnership. Complaints were received after town councillor Simon Wilkinson tripped and fell over one of the old cellar gratings. Three new gratings are to be fitted in the next three to four weeks. more...
Lenten lunches of soup, rolls, tea and coffee will be served up from noon to 1.30pm every Friday, between February 27 and April 2, at Upton Church Room. Donations will go to Christian Aid. The fundraiser is being run by Churches Together in Upton, with people from individual churches taking turns to provide and serve the food. more...
A PLEA to close Oak Street, in Upton, for one day a year has been rejected. The town council received a letter from a resident, Mrs B Williams, calling for the temporary closure to preserve its original private status. However, councillors heard on Tuesday that the road could not be closed as it would restrict access for emergency vehicles. more...
CLIVE'S Fruit Farm in Upton has begun to stock Fairtrade products from producers in developing countries. more...
THE Upton branch of the RNLI is holding a fish and chip supper at 7.30pm on Friday, March 5, at the Memorial Hall. more...
A SUGGESTION that part of Court Street should be made one-way has failed to get the support of Upton Town Council. more...
CHILDREN on their half-term holiday were entertained at the Kids Kapers playscheme. more...
BOLLARDS in Old Street, Upton, are to stay after they were deemed a success. more...
BT should speed up the provision of broadband internet access to villages around Upton, according to Sir Michael Spicer. more...
THE future of Upton came under scrutiny as Malvern Hills District Council brought its Local Plan to town. more...
WE'RE tempted to suggest that the story likely to trigger the biggest debate in today's edition is the breakdown of British spending habits. more...
THE Evening News has received a huge postbag from parents condemning Worcestershire's planned reform of specialist education provision. After their Valentine's Day Guildhall protest, they sent a letter to MPs, councillors and the LEA, likening plans to use temporary buildings as classrooms to a "dumping ground" for children. Here are two of the parents' stories. more...
he indoor table top sale, due to have taken place in the Village Hall in early February, is being re-arranged for Saturday April 24 at the Village Hall. More details will be given nearer the date, but in the meantime, for further information/bookings please contact Yvonne Clayton between 9am and 5pm on (01684) 892380. more...
THE island of Phuket in Thailand will be subject of a talk this evening (Friday) in the hall at 8pm. It will be given by Hasje and Harold Mousley, who are very talented photographers and lively speakers. more...
SOMETHING positive is to be done with any money made at the monthly Get Together coffee mornings held in Johnstone Close lounge. With the blessing of the PCC, the aim will be to have a notice board made for St James Church, Staunton, something the church has never had. more...
POWICK Parish Hall was full to capacity at the RSPB meeting last week when Graham Wren spoke about the birds of Scandinavia. A study over ten years has revealed a relationship between the growth in the numbers of birds (mainly raptors) and an explosion in the lemming population. The illustrated talk showed the scenery of Scandinavia and the bird life over the changing seasons. more...
TO mark the beginning of Lent, a special united benefice service will take place on Ash Wednesday at St Mary's Church, Madresfield on Wednesday, February 25. more...
THE next production by the Colwall Players is Mother Goose, which is being performed at Colwall Village Hall on February 25-28 at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets are £6 and £3 concessions with a discount being offered to groups of ten or more (this applies to adults as well as children's groups). For further information regarding this, please ring Dianne Lloyd on 560224. Tickets are obtainable from John Goodwin Estate Agents in Colwall. more...
THE annual jumble sale will take place on Saturday, March 20 at 2pm in Castlemorton Parish Hall. For details regarding collection and delivery please telephone (01684) 833339. more...
LAST Friday's Flicks in the Sticks showing of Calendar Girls was a huge success. The parish hall had a capacity audience enthralled by the film and very appreciative of the WI refreshments during the interval. more...
A FORMER Hereford mayor has proved he is a champion fryer - smashing the record for the world's largest bag of chips. more...
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed a 2,000 year-old Roman road in a Herefordshire village. more...
CARD shop in Worcester won a competition for having the best Valentine window display. more...
AN outraged dog warden has warned that dog cruelty is "really getting out of hand" and has called for witnesses after a dead puppy was dumped on a grass verge in Honeybourne, near Evesham. more...
A WOMAN was arrested at Worcester Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning on suspicion of burglary, deception and passing counterfeit Bank of England notes. more...
A NATIONAL campaign to change laws on mobile phone masts could soon be launched, thanks to the actions of Droitwich councillors. more...
AN immigrant worker killed himself after a series of horrendous events in his life, including the murder of his mother, a coroner's court has heard. more...
LACKLUSTRE people from Worcestershire and Herefordshire are among the Midlanders hopping into bed the least. more...
POPPY Appeal organiser Charlie Owen has retired at the age of 73 after 25 years of dedicated service. more...
ANGRY Warndon residents fear there might be a fatality on a road used as a "rat-run". more...
FIVE Worcester schools are in line for state-of-the-art new buildings after a string of initiatives to upgrade education in the county. more...
FOUR more community support officers have been drafted in to help fight crime in Worcester. more...
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to a much-loved and respected member of the fund-raising Worcester Inner Wheel Club. more...
A 61-YEAR-OLD Worcester man has denied 10 charges of making indecent images of children. more...
PUPILS at Christopher Whitehead High School have been creating carnival costumes at the Worcester Arts Workshop. more...
TWO revellers escaped death by seconds after falling asleep in a skip this morning. more...
THE private firm that built Worcester's new hospital is charging the trust that runs it hundreds of thousands of pounds because it is running at almost full capacity. more...
A MARRIED father from Warndon Villages has been ordered to put his name on the Sex Offenders Register after he was found in possession of almost 200 indecent images of children. more...
EAGLE-eyed spotters with a real head for heights are needed to create a crack patrol team for Worcestershire. more...
A man accused of throwing a bottle that hit a Worcester nightclub customer in the face told police two different stories, a jury heard. more...
A SUSPECTED thief was chased into a stolen car after three flats were broken into at University College Worcester. more...
A TEENAGER charged with murdering a 47-year-old Evesham man has denied the charge. more...
POLICE are trying to trace the driver and passenger of a white Metro - registration K268 ANB - that overturned on a Worcestershire road. more...
ELECTRICITY giant Powergen has warned that jobs could go in Evesham and Hereford, following the creation of its new distribution business. more...
MONEY has been stolen from bank accounts after a cash machine in Worcester was targeted to clone cards. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's Nicky Crawford will be aiming to complete an international `double' tomorrow when she plays for England against Scotland in the Six Nations Championship at Galashiels. more...
Malvern 28, Nuneaton Old Edwardians 17 more...
Malvern Town 4, Lye Town 2 more...
Hanley Swan fencer Malcolm Fare has won the New Zealand Masters Games Classic Foil tournament. more...
Cheltenham 2, Malvern 6 more...
THE 2004 Malvern Table Tennis League Championships will be held on Sunday, February 29, at the Forum, Malvern Theatres. more...
BUDDING gymnasts from schools across Malvern showed off their skills at a competition last Friday. more...
STUART Brock and Graham Ward are winning their race to be fit for relegation-haunted Kidderminster Harriers' Nationwide League Division Three clash with Swansea City at Aggborough tomorrow. more...
EVESHAM United have recruited Peter Sutton to help pep up their strike force. more...
MORE goal power is the priority for Bromsgrove Rovers manager George Rooney as he seeks a top seven place in the Dr Martens Western Division. more...
HEREFORD United are desperate to avoid another home slip-up as they bid to stay in the Nationwide Conference title race. more...
STUART Brock and Graham Ward are winning their race to be fit for relegation-haunted Kidderminster Harriers' Nationwide League Division Three clash with Swansea City at Aggborough tomorrow. more...
DROITWICH'S John Bickerton slipped down the field in the Carlsberg Malaysian Open after a disappointing second round 75. more...
THE Harkaway Club stages the first local point-to-point of the season tomorrow with their fixture at Chaddesley Corbett. more...
TITLE-chasing Hereford United are poised to field two new signings in tomorrow's home Nationwide Conference clash with Woking. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's Nicky Crawford will be aiming to complete an international `double' tomorrow when she plays for England against Scotland in the Six Nations Championship at Galashiels. more...
KOINONIA 1, LANGLAND SPORTS 5 more...
EXEL STAR & GARTER 2, POWICK 5 more...
LEOMINSTER TOWN 3, MALVERN RANGERS 2 more...
GOODREST SPORTS 3, WEST MALVERN 0 more...
WELLAND ATHLETIC 2, HANLEY SWAN 0 more...
EVESHAM LADIES 2, MALVERN LADIES 3 more...
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