Worcestershire | Archive | 2004 | April
THE Saint James's Singers will be performing a unique concert with the Corelli Orchestra in Stratford this Easter. more...
ACTORS from Cookley are set to bring laughter to the Rose Theatre in Kidderminster when they act out Ray Cooney's popular comedy, Caught In The Act. more...
"BADLY behaved" houses in Wyre Forest are being sought for a BBC television programme. more...
PUPILS from six Wyre Forest schools danced their socks off at the second annual Baxter College dance festival and it was hailed a "great success". more...
HISTORY came to life for pupils at Great Witley Primary School with a play about the mysterious age of the Egyptians. more...
A 16-year-old dance DJ tipped to be a star of the future has started a monthly residency at Kidderminster nightclub, Elements. more...
THE Mad Hatter will be introducing Wyre Forest youngsters to the White Rabbit in an "egg-stra" special event at Worcestershire County Museum in Hartlebury this Easter Monday. more...
BETWEEN 20 and 30 actors in Elizabethan attire will enhance the period appeal of Harvington Hall in the second of the historic landmark's Living History weekends. more...
THE street gang warfare providing the attritional backdrop for the story of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers resonates today as much as it ever did. more...
Hippodrome, Birmingham - Full Circle, until Saturday. more...
TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Symphony more...
A GLOBETROTTING Midlands choir is set to sing to raise cash for a Kidderminster church. more...
EASTER egg-citement is coming to Wyre Forest Discovery Centre tomorrow as children hunt to Easter eggs in Wyre Forest. more...
BRIGHT young glam rockers from Kidderminster College are bringing a ray of light into the Wyre Forest music scene. more...
THE seventh Coleford Carnival of Transport takes place in the Forest of Dean on Easter Monday. more...
THERE is a chance for visitors to make their own Windsor Chair using green timber at Westonbirt Arbore-tum from April 12. A pole lathe and traditional hand tool techniques will be used to craft a simple strong and elegant chair under an open shelter in the Silk Wood. An open fire provides heat for drying the turnings. The six-day course costs £240. more...
THE Wold Galleries in Bourton is featuring the work of Spanish pastel artist Domingo in its spring exhibition, which runs throughout April. The exhibition also introduces a selection of paintings by Jane Eccles, a graduate of the Cheltenham College of Art and Stroud Art College, who specialises in figurative painting. more...
CHILDREN can join in the adventures of Indigo Teddybear as he helps his nursery rhyme friends get ready to celebrate the Butterfly Birthday Party at Mac in Birmingham. more...
AN art exhibition being held during Easter week at the Swell Gallery, Upper Swell Farm, near Stow, will feature the work of 25-year-old furniture designer and maker Lee Morris. more...
OVER 100 Angels are arriving at the little church of St Nicholas, Earls Croome. more...
MORRIS dancing and music will be entertaining shoppers in Worcester as part of the BBC's week-long Easter music bonanza. more...
VISITORS to Hampton Court in Herefordshire this Easter can have a go at games and riddles in the gardens and grounds. There will be a Throne of Fortune, giant pick-up-sticks, an unusual game of chess and an Easter Trail. The Hampton Court Trail of Riddles and Games will be open Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 11am to 4pm. Admission is £5 for adults, £3 for children and £14 for families. more...
MORE COMPETITIONS COMING SOON more...
TINA May, one of the finest jazz vocalists in Britain, will appear at Huntingdon Hall tonight. more...
THE Stroud Easter Blues and Beyond Festival takes place at the Subscription Rooms over the Easter weekend. more...
EVESHAM'S answer to the Rolling Stones is marking more than 30 years in the business with a celebratory gig at the Vale Truck Stop. more...
THE Cadillac Kings brand of blues, boogie jump-jive and rock `n' roll brings the 1940s and 50s styles to life with massive levels of fun and energy at Cox's Yard, Stratford, tonight. more...
THERE'S bunny and Easter egg hunts, there's fairy tales, bonnet parades, colouring competitions, splash sessions and fun galore for children in and around the Vale, the Cotswolds and Stratford over the holidays. more...
THERE will be an abundance of magic at The Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury and The Theatre in Chipping Norton this Easter when MAC Productions present the children's classic The Elves and the Shoemakers live on stage. more...
HAVING spent most of the week at the end of March decorating I found myself with a free day. more...
THE "men in red" are on top form in this, their centenary year, and made a super start to their concert season, the high spot of which will be their concert in Symphony Hall on June 19. more...
JUDITH Standing forsook her usual position as musical director to take the title part in this happy musical, handing over her baton to Tim Hackett. Claire Worboys also stepped over the footlights, as director and choreographer. more...
I WAS delighted to read that campaigners have formed an action group to fight the continual and annual tax excesses of the local councils in Stratford, district and county. more...
I laughed out loud as I queued to pay 45p for this week's Journal. more...
I read with interest the report in last weeks' Journal regarding the proposed siting of the new mobile phone mast outside the North Cotswold Hunt kennels in Broadway. Why don't Orange erect the mast on the actual kennels site itself ? After all there will be no further use for the kennels when hunting is banned later this year and all the dogs presumably relocated to Wickhamford. more...
Re Mrs Jean Baston's letter in the Journal about the Pershore and District Meals on Wheels round. more...
I AM sure I am not the only one to be shocked and dismayed to see that a line of mature trees have been cut down on the A44 to make way for the Chadbury to Twyford link road. more...
AGAIN animal cruelty has made the headlines. This is a serious problem, and unacceptable by most people, to know that animal cruelty is now increasing with air weapons. But as long as irresponsible youths are allowed to buy airguns and other destructive weapons this is not going to stop. more...
I WOULD like to comment on your article entitled Council's anger over dog bins, Journal March 25, page 3. more...
I acknowledge that I have not kept up with the debate vis a vis the concessionary fares, and if what I write has been said before then I apologise. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE-wide vision for waste management over the next 30 years has been drawn up with input from Wyre Forest District Council. more...
SIGNS warning drivers about traffic calming measures outside Bidford Primary School could soon be installed by Warwickshire County Council. more...
WORK to install the first two CCTV cameras in Bidford has been held up. more...
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help maintain the garden areas around Warwick Hospital and improve the environment for patients and staff. more...
SALFORD Priors Amateur Theatrical Society is holding an open night to encourage more new members to come forward. more...
PUPILS at Bidford Prim-ary School performed the classic fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk for their parents. more...
BUSINESSES were today awaiting the Bank of England's decision on interest rates. more...
A BROMSGROVE company has launched an innovative service to help firms portray a professional image. more...
DAWN Foods has announced its "best ever" results with double-digit sales growth. more...
A DROITWICH company has been celebrating 180 years of service by six of its employees. more...
BLOOD donation sessions are being held at Kidderminster's Trinity Methodist Church in Churchfields tomorrow. more...
People making tracks for the next meeting of Kidderminster Railway Circle will hear a talk called A Year in the Life of an Enthusiast. more...
Inland Revenue staff will be offering a range of tax advice at Kidderminster Job Centre each Thursday during April. more...
IT WAS a case of friends reunited as a group of employees of a former Stourport firm met up for a "night of nostalgia." more...
CARING pupils moved another step towards creating a memorial to a beloved classmate who lost her fight for life last year. more...
CHILDREN are being the offered the chance to take part in an Easter eggstravaganza at a Kidderminster store. more...
A TWO-pronged environmental initiative is encouraging Wyre Forest residents to recycle to boost tree planting. more...
AN array of stunning hats created by children was the highlight of a Kidderminster nursery's Easter fun in aid of Kemp Hospice. more...
RON Galloway is hoping for a seamless move into retirement after working for the same Kidderminster carpet company for 43 years. more...
OPPOSITION is already mounting against plans to build a variety of houses on the old school site in Bidford. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER father-of-four who is in training for the Flora London Marathon says he cannot wait for it to be over - so he can sink his teeth into a Big Mac. more...
A HUSBAND and wife team will be keeping it in the family when they take part in the Flora London Marathon. more...
THERE will need to be some brotherly love on display when two siblings take part in this year's Flora London Marathon. more...
STEPS are being taken to clean out a pool which anglers believe has led to the death of thousands of fish and several birds, including Kingfishers - the symbol of Redditch. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER-based organisation championing carpets has won a victory over a rival group representing the tile industry in an ad wrangle. more...
A "COMMUNICATIONS breakdown" at a Kidderminster school during a power cut resulted in pupils "swarming" aimlessly - and some parents not knowing where their children were. more...
FUND-RAISING for Wilden Cricket Club meant days at the races for villagers who took part in their own versions of the Grand National. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER school is "failing to provide pupils with an acceptable standard of education", Ofsted inspectors have said. more...
FORTY jobs are being created with the launch of a new retail store in the former Worcester Street premises of McDonalds in Kidderminster tomorrow. more...
TWO working waterwheels will be on show to the public during an open day at Churchill, near Blakedown, on Easter Monday. more...
The Reverend Edward Pillar, minister of more...
PREPARATIONS are under way for the annual Good Friday pilgrimage up Bredon Hill. more...
FIRE chiefs have rejected moves to charge motorists involved in road smashes. more...
CAT'S a whopper! Bewdley man, Des Taylor, landed this monster catfish - thought to be the third biggest ever caught - while casting his rod in a Spanish river. more...
AN all-round sportsman who was a former captain of Kidderminster Cricket Club has died, aged 74. more...
STAFF at West Midland Safari Park are being bowled over by the winning ways of the attraction's spectacular new arrivals - the UK's first pride of white lions. more...
STAFF at a Kidderminster job agency took time out from helping people to find work to go on a Wyre Forest-wide Easter egg hunt. more...
DRUG addicts could be housed at soon-to-be-empty council offices in Kidderminster, it has been claimed. more...
A MAN was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital following a car accident on the A442 Kidderminster to Droitwich road. more...
A GRIEVING mother, desperate to put a headstone on her baby's grave, has praised councillors for waiving the fees on all child burials. more...
THE Easter Recess began on April 2, a week earlier than originally planned. The only reason that I could learn for this was the incredible theory that the House of Commons had run out of work. more...
A MAN has been charged with three separate offences of burglary after being arrested by Vale police in Broadway in the early hours last Wednesday. more...
STAFF and children at Broadway First School dressed up as their favourite book characters for book day at the school. more...
PLANS for two CCTV cameras in Broadway have been given the initial go ahead by Wychavon District Council's executive. more...
EASTER for many of us means a mouth watering feast of chocolate eggs and an excuse to indulge ourselves. more...
REGARDING the rejection of the planning application for housing development on the site of the former oil storage depot off Bath Road, (Evening News, Wednesday, March 31) Councillor Geoff Williams (Labour) should realise that this had nothing to do with party politics, but rather about quality of life for residents of the city of Worcester, who these councillors are elected to represent. more...
N answer to Coun Geoff Williams (You Say, Wednesday, March 31) and Coun Paul Denham (Thursday, April 1) both have missed the point. This was never a brownfield versus greenfield debate. more...
YOUNGSTERS in Pershore will have the chance to practise their skills when a mobile skatepark rolls into town. It will be set up outside the Riverside Centre, near the leisure centre, between 2-4pm on Sunday, May 2. more...
WILL it be homes or decommissioned underground oil storage tanks? more...
A VALE man is hoping to hit the high notes with a charity CD of a South African choir he helped produce. more...
nTHANK you, Councillor Paul Denham, for your predictable response regarding the proposed redevelopment of the old oil storage depot off Bath Road. more...
THE landlord of the Anchor at Wyre Piddle says the closure of the road through the village is hitting his trade, even though many motorists are ignoring the closure. more...
A VALE young businessman thought he was the victim of a cruel April Fool's Day joke when he heard his luck had dramatically changed. more...
PUPILS at Pinvin First School put their all into this year's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. more...
AN array of stunning hats created by children was the highlight of a Kidderminster nursery's Easter fun in aid of Kemp Hospice. more...
A HEALTH watchdog is inviting comments from patients as it gears up to begin a major probe into Wyre Forest services. more...
HEALTH bosses say the new treatment centre at Kidderminster Hospital has proved massively popular with patients and is helping to raise much-needed cash. more...
MEALS ON WHEELS: Throughout the area, there have been big changes in the deliveries of meals on wheels. The WRVS now handles the cooking and the deliveries, and local volunteers are no longer used for this service. Many of the Bredon volunteers had been on the rota for many years, and they deserve the thanks of all those who benefited from their personal service. Someone who deserves special thanks is the Bredon co-ordinator, Michael Needham, who has had the difficult job of communicating the changes both to the volunteers and to the recipients of the meals. It must be the wish of everyone concerned that the new extended service will help more people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible during their retirement years. more...
PEOPLE doing their spring cleaning and tipping rubbish in the Bewdley countryside have been warned they face prosecution if caught. more...
BEWDLEY hairstylist Kim Edwards has proved she has flair in her fingertips by coming up trumps in a national competition. more...
JAM-PACKED Bewdley High School is bursting with so many pupils it wants to move teaching to an unusual location - the caretaker's bungalow. more...
NEW powers being given to local authorities were a serious threat to all property owners and could represent a breach of human rights, according to the Country Land and Business Association. more...
MICHAEL Twite Landscapes, of Wellesbourne, has been awarded prestigious membership of the Marshalls Register of approved Landscape Contractors and Driveway Installers, which enables the company to offer a Marshalls 10-year guarantee. more...
WITH lambing in full swing and the Easter Holiday not far away, farmers have been advised to prepare for an increase in visitors to the countryside. more...
THANKS to the loneliness of a long-distance runner, a DVD produced by Stourport Civic Society has pride of place in the mayor of Vancouver's office. more...
Heightington village hall was the venue for the group meeting on March 18, attended by nine institutes. more...
The Society meets every other month, usually at Hartlebury, in the saloon of the Bishop's Palace, which is next door to the county museum. more...
April 15 is the closing date for booking for the "Tea in the Garden" event at Astley village hall on Wednesday, May 26. more...
At the annual meeting the existing committee was re-elected for another term. more...
The Wyre Forest group has organised a five-mile walk at Spennells Valley on Thursday, April 15, leaving the lay-by opposite Bromsgrove Road and Spennells Valley Road at 10am. more...
There were nine entries for the documentary competition. more...
Donations for the Millbrook Suite, Kidderminster Hospital have been made in memory of member Otalia Gibbs, who died recently. more...
A party was held for Doris Matthews, who was 100 on March 27. more...
On Wednesday, Peter Gilbert will give a show entitled "A Year in the Life of an Enthusiast" at Severn Valley Railway Station, Kidderminster, starting at 7.45pm. more...
At the weekend members will be on an Easter Tour of the Cotswolds. more...
Peter Osborne's presentation "The Devil and all his Works" mainly comprised music by Nicolo Paganini who was thought to have diabolical assistance in order to play the violin so well. more...
BROADWAY residents are now needed to have their say on the future needs of the village. more...
The annual meeting will be held on April 14 at St George's Church annexe, Radford Avenue, Kidderminster, starting at 7.30pm. more...
Hazel Butt and Ann McKenzie were returning officers at the annual meeting, when a new committee was elected. Pat Whitlock was re-elected as president. more...
At a recent meeting Neil Cook gave a presentation on the restoration of the gardens at Hanbury Hall. more...
Wyre Forest community Housing has donated £1,000 to Mentor Link, which is a voluntary organisation, based at Bewdley High School and St Anne's Middle School, Bewdley. more...
100 Years Ago April 9, 1904 more...
KEEN cyclists in the area can make the most of the Vale's natural springtime beauty and raise money for charity with the Blossom Trail Bikeaway. more...
WYCHAVON District Council has approved plans for a new bungalow in Cropthorne but the developer of the site may still go through with a planning appeal against an earlier refusal. more...
THREE Evesham groups are celebrating this Easter after receiving £16,000 in grants. more...
- Confusion surrounds the position of Three Counties Agricultural Society director Gareth Smith. The society will only say "he is not in his job at present" amid rumours he has been dismissed. more...
AN American pastor with a love of the Vale of Evesham is looking for a map of the area to hang on the wall of his new daughter's bedroom. more...
BISHAMPTON Barnstormers nearly swept the board at the Worcestershire round of the All England Drama Festival in Evesham's Art Centre last weekend. more...
ANOTHER campaign has been launched to make Pershore's Christmas light display even better. more...
DOZENS of affordable homes will be built in the Vale following a £3 million funding windfall from Government coffers. more...
EVESHAM Youth Network has been successful in attracting funding to employ three part-time youth workers to support youth clubs with sport, arts and personal, social, and health education programmes. more...
THE landlord of the Anchor at Wyre Piddle says the closure of the road through the village is hitting his trade, even though many motorists are ignoring the closure. more...
PLANS by board members of Rooftop Housing Group to pay themselves between £3,000 and £7,500 a year are going ahead. more...
THE owners of The Regal in Evesham should hear by the end of this month whether their grant application has been successful. more...
WITH reference to the debate over the Stourport mayor's ball being held in Bewdley - what did anyone expect? more...
YOUNGSTERS at Little Comberton Pre-School paraded their Easter bonnets through their local church in an Easter celebration on Monday. more...
AN ice-cream vendor has narrowly won the support of Evesham town councillors to trade in the town centre. more...
I HAVE just visited the recently opened Marks and Spencer store at Weavers Wharf, and was "underwhelmed." more...
THE Croome and West Warwickshire Hunt says it has nothing to hide after anti-hunting campaigners highlighted a series of artificial fox earths around Peopleton. more...
VILLAGERS at Birlingham have won the support of Sir Michael Spicer, MP for West Worcestershire, in their fight against a mobile telephone mast at the entrance to their village. more...
WOLVERLEY residents have just experienced the recycling programme, in which we put out our black container with lid, and green container without lid, before the collection. more...
HEALTH bosses are optimistic that they will get funds for a new health centre and cottage hospital in Pershore, members at a health meeting heard yesterday. more...
I SPOKE recently to a pleasant lady at Kidderminster Hospital's audiology department, explaining that I had been sent two almost identical letters confirming one appointment - one for a Tuesday and one for the following Thursday. more...
DOUBTLESS like countless others, I applaud the town centre redevelopment, and congratulate those behind the project, on creating a well-deserved new look for the dated and run- down town of Kidderminster. more...
WE were heartened by Mrs J Roberts' letter last week, in which she tried to heap scorn on the Labour Party's determination to get some decent political representation for residents of Oldington and Foley Park in Kidderminster. more...
PASSERS-BY were intrigued to watch what appeared to be a major incident in the Crossley Retail Park car park in Kidderminster during a lunchtime last week. more...
A BURGLAR who appeared in court on his birthday could not be dealt with due to an administrative error. more...
THE day after I read Don Gilbert's article in the Shuttle/Times and News on Joseph Priestley and the Birmingham riots, I found a draft tax assessment at the Worcestershire Record office. more...
LAWBREAKERS in North Worcestershire face tougher action from police chiefs. more...
CORRESPONDENT P Bissell, of Honeybrook Lane, Kidderminster, states that a pensioner couple on a total income of £165 a week will now pay £23.07 per week council tax on a band D property. (Letters, March 25) more...
WITH regards to a minority of roads in Kidderminster which are in a shambolic state of disrepair, can a member of staff from the Highways Partnership publish their parameters for how deep and wide potholes have to be before being filled in? more...
A FORMER religious education teacher who attacked a pensioner with a cosh in a neighbours' dispute is at risk of being jailed. more...
"THIS is the first year the Combined Fire Authority (CFA) is a precepting authority" - so states the leaflet regarding Hereford and Worcester CFA, recently delivered to Wyre Forest residents with their council tax bills. more...
A SCHOOL caretaker who innocently bought a stolen motorcycle has won an appeal against conviction. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER bus driver currently in prison after being convicted of indecent assault is not to face further trial on rape charges. more...
A FORMER Kidderminster man has been ordered to do unpaid work for the community after admitting assaulting his two daughters. more...
POLICE are seeking information to help them catch whoever carried out a car damage spree in Kidderminster. more...
A 17-YEAR-OLD from Kidderminster has been given a banning order by magistrates as part of a crackdown by police. more...
THREE residents of a Kidderminster block of flats - one of them a pregnant woman - had to ring the fire brigade after becoming trapped in their home by smoke from a fire that was started deliberately. more...
Firefighters were called to a disused carpet factory in Stourport at 4pm on Sunday. more...
THE hunt is on for new royalty to head up this year's Stourport Carnival. more...
CHILDREN undergoing dialysis in a Birmingham hospital will have a happier time thanks to staff at a Stourport firm. more...
AN appeal made through the pages of the Shuttle/Times and News has helped reunite pals from a Stourport trucking firm - but more long-lost lorry drivers are being sought. more...
ARELEY Common First School in Stourport provides a high quality education for its pupils, according to inspectors who visited earlier this year. more...
THERE may be a link to Stourport following a deception incident at a village school. more...
EVERY cloud has a silver lining, so the disappointment that funds for the revamp of Worcester's High Street have fallen short of what's needed is tempered by a growing feeling of relief. more...
THE Sheppey, as the village green in Cropthorne is known, is a place where people walk their dogs, play football on Sunday mornings, children play and joggers jog. more...
WICK WALKERS: Eleven people went on the March walk which was led by Beryl and Geoff Burton. It started at the Heritage Centre in Northleach and the route then was westwards to the Monarch's Way just south of Hampnett. The Way was then followed to the underground reservoir after which the walkers headed towards the Fosse. The interestingly named Winterwell Barn and Helen's Ditch were passed as the group returned to Northleach, when there was time to admire the church and the attractive town houses and cottages. more...
NCCPG: The National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, Worcestershire group members enjoyed an evening about Capability Brown and his garden designs including Croome Park given by Jamie Whitehouse in March and on April 13 Michael Leech, former Channel Four presenter and horticultural journalist, will be talking about British Poisonous Plants. Visitors welcome. more...
HISTORY: Moreton and District Local History Society will be holding its monthly meeting in the Congregational Hall next Wednesday, April 14, at 7.30pm due to building work still in progress at its usual meeting place, the WI Hall, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a major renovation. more...
THE first Bank Holiday weekend of the year brings out the early tourists and in the Vale of Evesham they are being helped to see the best of the plum blossom which is just bursting out. more...
KING GEORGES HALL: King George's Hall was the venue for a concert by the Chipping Campden School Swing Band. The programme of Big Band standards was superbly performed by these talented young musicians, under the direction of head of music Leon James. Tickets were sold out, but the band have promised to return, nearer Christmas, for another performance. more...
WEDNESDAY CLUB: At the two March meetings members and friends had two talks with pictures. At the first one Mr John Porter spoke of Travels down the Mekong River and for the second, Nicholas Clark paid a return visit to the club with his talk on Beyond Bangkok. more...
VILLAGE HALL: John Redman, chairman of the village hall management committee reports that a small sub-committee (of which he is a member) has been set up to facilitate the calling of regular and frequent meetings connected with the proposed development of the hall. The architect, with whom they are working closely, is now drawing up plans which are intended to embrace all the suggestions and options compiled from the survey done last year together with other, more recent, ideas which have arisen from consultation with various interested bodies. Meanwhile, it has been announced that Mrs Mary Stinton of 24, Village Street, has agreed to become the booking clerk and (for the time being at least) the key-holder. Customers wishing to hire the hall should contact her at that address or on 870817. There is no appointed caretaker as yet, but Mr Keith Seager has taken on many of the duties he performed for so many years as caretaker and is again keeping an eye on the property and all that goes on there. more...
LIONS HELP: Two local charities have benefited from fund-raising organised by Evesham Vale Lions Club. The cash came from the draw held in the Evesham Tesco Superstore in Worcester Road, and was presented to Dr Geoff Burton, chairman of the Vale of Evesham Committee of Macmillan cancer Relief, and Sally Padfield, co-ordinator of Evesham and Pershore Mind. more...
PROBUS CLUB: The 25th anniversary lunch was held at Broadway Golf Club. The president, Maurice Andrews, presided and 75 members and guests were in attendance. The toast to the club was proposed by Mr Bill Shead, president of Evesham Probus Club and the response was made by Maurice Andrews. The toast to the ladies was proposed by Maurice Andrews. more...
PASSENGERS are now able to catch Severn Valley Railway trains from the company's stations at Kidderminster, Bewdley and Arley, as a result of the re-opening of the Victoria Bridge. more...
THE bid to replace the soon to be demolished bandstand at Bewdley has gathered steam, with a new design put forward for a town centre project. more...
STOURPORT'S mayor has come in for more criticism over his choice of venue for a major civic event. more...
INITIATIVES designed to tackle the root causes of crime in Wyre Forest have been highlighted by police chiefs on the first anniversary of West Mercia Constabulary's North Worcestershire Division. more...
A BID to launch a Stourport-style boat hire firm in Bewdley has been given the thumbs down. more...
A POWERFUL committee which could make the final decision to shut a Wyre Forest special school will not be given an easy ride, angry councillors have pledged. more...
ALZHEIMER'S sufferers and their carers are being offered face to face advice at a dedicated support centre, which has just opened in Kidderminster. more...
BINDIANA Jones - aka globetrotting Kidderminster dustman, John McBride - recounted his greatest adventure yet after being rescued by desert dwelling tribesman, grilled by suspicious cops and caught up in historic international talks. more...
ARELEY Common First School in Stourport provides a high quality education for its pupils, according to inspectors who visited earlier this year. more...
STUDENT hairdresser, Stacey Andrews's perseverance paid off when she was crowned Kidderminster's carnival queen. more...
A BUILDER looking for extra workers to finish a job on a house unwittingly recruited a burglar from Kidderminster. more...
A CARPET race is to be held in Kidderminster this summer and organisers hope the charity event will become a regular feature in the town where the carpet industry was born. more...
"A GREAT read" was the verdict of the judges when the Kidderminster Shuttle collected another top accolade from its company this week. more...
AN environmental health chief has admitted it will never be known how many potentially hazardous asbestos particles could have been released into the Kidderminster sky by a blaze at a disused factory. more...
A DYSLEXIC Kidderminster 20-year-old has won an appeal to have his benefit re-instated. more...
A DAD from Kidderminster who made medical history when he received stem cells from his sister is celebrating after returning home - and says he feels fine. more...
HUNDREDS of people in Kidderminster's Oldington and Foley Park area are to take part in an "ask the audience" style vote to decide how best to spend £2.5 million. more...
TENBURY Town Band is to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on Sunday, April 18, at 6pm at Penlu Sports Centre in Burford. more...
A GUITARIST from Kidderminster who is recovering from an operation on his intestine is using his musical talent to raise awareness about the debilitating bowel disease he suffers from. more...
A COURAGEOUS Kidderminster youngster whose body is riddled with chronic arthritis is set to embark on a gruelling run to raise awareness of her painful condition. more...
A TENNIS facility to match any others in Worcestershire and Herefordshire is being planned at Pershore. more...
A MARATHON runner is hoping to raise enough money for his teenage daughter, who has cerebral palsy, to swim with dolphins. more...
FOUR men have been arrested after police recovered more than £18,000 worth of drugs from a raid carried out at an address in Kidderminster. more...
A mother-of-two has been jailed for seven years at Worcester Crown Court for her part in a £6.5m conspiracy to smuggle drugs into Britain. more...
MALVERN Hills District Council planning for the week March 22 are as follows: more...
ONE of the world's most famous musicals has come to the Faithful City. more...
CARDIAC patients and fitness enthusiasts will benefit from emergency equipment which was presented to a city college on World Health Day. more...
INTREPID oarsman Richard Wood, has been reflecting on his time spent rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. more...
CHILDREN across Worcestershire will have great fun joining the National Trust Easter Egg Trails this weekend. more...
MEMBERS of a Worcester choir have jetted off to Cape Town for a concert tour over Easter. more...
GARDENING writer Reg Moule will be in Worcester on Saturday, April 17, to explain the benefits of organic pest control. more...
WOMEN are more likely to land top jobs with West Mercia Police than at other forces in the UK - but ethnic minorities are missing out. more...
A FAMILY fun run is expected to go with a bang as more than 500 runners race past the historic site where part of the Gunpowder Plot was hatched. more...
HISTORY enthusiasts in Worcestershire can see archery in action, make their own fossil and even perform dance moves from the Regency period at Hanbury Hall. more...
A PLATINUM anniversary is already on the minds of Denis and Freda Williams, who are today celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary. more...
A MOMENT of pain completely changed the life of a Worcester woman who today celebrates with her husband 60 years of marriage. more...
A feast of sound has hit Worcester for a week-long music bonanza. more...
PLANS to build or improve eight county GP surgeries have suffered a further blow after the Government allocated millions less than needed to secure their future. more...
DROITWICH councillors who sparked a national debate on the safety of mobile phone masts have taken their concerns to Tony Blair. more...
A FATHER who attacked a man with a baseball bat in a row over his daughter being exposed to heroin users has been jailed for 12 months. more...
AN HISTORIC Civil War site in Worcester has received a £1m Heritage Lottery Fund boost for ambitious projects that could turn it into a worldwide attraction. more...
CITY MP Mike Foster has added his support to thousands of concerned parents in Worcester who are fighting the closure of a special school nursery. more...
ANGRY villagers have come out in force in a bid to stop a landowner from selling plots of land in a beauty spot via the internet. more...
PARENTS have been told they can seek advice from Worcestershire safety experts if they have concerns over baby bouncers. more...
AMBITIOUS plans to improve Worcester High Street have been slashed because of a cash shortfall. more...
A DISTRAUGHT mum whose toddler died suddenly from a vicious flu strain has pleaded with health authorities to offer vaccinations to all children. more...
UK NATIONAL Event racers braved the elements last weekend when they battled against constant rainstorms as well as the clock at Shakespeare County Raceway's spring training Test and Tune. more...
EVESHAM High School pupil Michael Elliott continued his fine start to the new racing season at two tracks last weekend. more...
OUTDOOR action starts at Welford later this month after the village club has staged its indoor finals weekend. more...
CYCLESTUFF riders continued their training in Majorca. more...
SUNDAY'S club run for members of Evesham Whee-lers was to Upton-on-Severn. more...
SUNDAY'S home shoot at Throckmorton CPSC welcomed members from South Worcester Shooting Ground to compete in an Inter-Team challenge. more...
IDEAL conditions were the order of the day for the monthly meeting of Childswickham Gun Club. more...
Evesham and District Airgun League more...
Evesham Invitation Pool League more...
THE finals of the Bengeworth Club Championships saw the opening event, the Junior Handicap Singles, won by Andy Bryant (+15) who beat Martin Brown (+5) 21-18, 21-13. more...
THERE was a terrific turnout of boats at the Common Road Club covering the river with sails of white, pale blue and red all competing for the Chelmay Cup one of the major trophies in the club's annual calendar. more...
LAST Sunday saw the season get into full swing at the Arden Club near Pershore with the first race in the Pursuit series. more...
CHILDREN from Cleeve Prior School won the recent Small Scho-ols' Swimming Gala with a massive 130 points - 20 points ahead of second-placed Cropthorne School. more...
THE National Duathlon Ranking Series 2004 started last Sunday at Cambridge. more...
PERSHORE biker Tim Wood has made a fabulous start to the season for the Hereford-based LuKRacing team. more...
TRIALS rider Ben Barnett aged 13, from Evesham, won the first round of the Stratford-upon-Avon club's 2004 Championship last Sunday. more...
THE new summer jumping season at Worcester Racecourse is nearly upon us. more...
MALVERN Town ground out a draw in the West Midlands League Premier Division Cup semi-final, first leg at Tividale on Tuesday. more...
Pre-season friendlies more...
LAST Sunday saw the season get into full swing at the Arden Club near Pershore with the first race in the Pursuit series. more...
SEEMINGLY dead and buried a couple of months ago, Badsey Rec are now only two points away from survival in Division Two following victory over fellow Evesham Sunday League strugglers Broadway United. more...
THE National Duathlon Ranking Series 2004 started last Sunday at Cambridge. more...
TOP-of-the-table Malvern Town go into the often decisive Easter period when they play two Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division fixtures. more...
PERSHORE biker Tim Wood has made a fabulous start to the season for the Hereford-based LuKRacing team. more...
THE new summer jumping season at Worcester Racecourse is nearly upon us. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club believe they have snapped up the next England scrum-half. more...
Tenbury United 3 Leominster Town 1 more...
THE Cotswolds has always proved attractive for days out over Easter, but the roads around the tiny village of Paxford will be even busier than normal for Monday's annual event. more...
Evesham and District Association more...
TWO of Evesham Swimming Club's senior members - Suzanne Hampson and Alison Usher competed at the Welsh Masters National Championships in Swansea last weekend. more...
EVESHAM featured in both the individual and team honours at the Worcester-shire All Sports Partnership awards evening. more...
Evesham and District Disabled AC and Partnerships more...
THE league pacesetters came to Spring Lane on Saturday in buoyant mood, knowing that a comprehensive victory before Christmas over Malvern had made them clear favourites to take the honours in their penultimate game before their title showdown against Bromsgrove. more...
THERE have been no Division Three wins at Brunton Park for Kidderminster Harriers. more...
JAN Molby is happy to accept draws for the rest of the season if Kidderminster Harriers can clinch Division Three safety. more...
WANT to practice your swing or perfect your putt? Golfers in Worcestershire will have the perfect opportunity to improve their golfing technique and make a difference to local people living with cancer this summer by taking part in Macmillan Cancer Relief's Longest Day Challenge 2004. more...
JENNY Marston and Conryn Abbott will represent Eve-sham at the Regional Final of the Ladies Moroccan Salver for the Douglas Bader Foun-dation. more...
AFTER the long winter period, Gloucestershire Juniors start their 2004 campaign this week. more...
WHAT a day Saturday was! People will of course say it was a long time coming -- but it was worth the wait! more...
SOME would say that throughout the last few years, Welcombe Golf Course in Stratford-upon-Avon has lay relatively dormant and an unused venue for golf. more...
MALVERN turned on a sensational display at Kington on Saturday, that not only maintained their place at the top of the Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division, but virtually eliminated any prospect of the third-placed home side remaining in the title race. more...
ASHTON and Evesham Casuals locked horns in a crunch clash in the WCB Indoor League. more...
BRIAN Gee, the driving force behind the North Cotswold Young Cricketers Club, died last week after a courageous battle against cancer. more...
A COUNTY Championship cricket cracker is anticipated in June when Warwickshire play host to Lancashire in a four-day match at Swans Nest Lane, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
LEDBURY Town needed a helping hand to take the points against Bustleholme last night. more...
THE season got into full swing at Arden Sailing Club near Pershore, with the first race in the Pursuit series. more...
OVER the past three years the Worcestershire FA's Football Development Unit has been working hard to create opportunities for footballers with a disability. more...
Evesham Utd 1, Halesowen Town 2 more...
WORCESTER MEN 2nds 7 more...
KINGS HEATH 2 WORCESTER more...
COLWALL secured runners-up spot in the Worcestershire Cricket Board Monday Indoor League with a five-wicket win over Droitwich `C'. more...
MALVERN Rugby Club is one of the first clubs in the country to receive an award from the Rugby Football Union's Community Club Development Programme. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club believe they have snapped up the next England scrum-half. more...
CLEOBURY Mortimer lost a key game narrowly by a 14-13 scoreline at Upton in North Midlands One. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett moved to within a point of clinching the North Midlands Three title after a 6-5 victory over closest rivals Harborne. more...
LICHFIELD'S talented backs proved the difference in a 32-17 victory at Kidderminster Carolians in Midlands Three West (North). more...
Evesham Utd U-11 0, more...
Bredon Colts U-10 0, more...
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Evesham Utd U-10 5, Peopleton 0 more...
Deddington Colts 0, more...
BOBBY Dazzlers were the Kidderminster Six-a-side League's top scorers on Monday with an 8-0 victory over Anything. more...
FERNDALE Girls U-16s were up for the big occasion on Saturday as they won their first ever cup final. more...
STRAWBERRY Pool: R Moule 16-0, J Hall 10-8, I Perrins 9-3. more...
THE club have organised a match for Saturday at Wassell Grove with a 9am draw and fishing from 10am until 3pm. more...
LEAGUE champions Ferndale Flyers completed the U-12s Stourport and District League double by beating Ferndale Youth 4-1 in an all-Kidderminster final. more...
JUNIORS, Canal: W Mills 0-6-8, J Loveridge 0-2-4, Y Loveridge 0-1-0. more...
THE next contest is on Sunday at Brookend, Hartlebury, and is the first round of the doubles knockout, meeting at the venue at 7am. more...
BURLISH Olympic Ladies are no longer just the bridesmaids after securing their first trophy in the Kidderminster County Women's League. more...
PRINCE Henry's Under-16 soccer team capped an excellent season by defeating Chase High School in the final of the Worcester and District Cup. more...
ROUND one of the Summer League will be fished at Moorlands Farm's Silver Pool on Wednesday when anglers must have two nets. The draw is at 9am with fishing from 10am until 3pm. more...
BEN Bryan and Darren George both netted hat-tricks as Alcester Lions hit nine goals without reply in Sat-urday's Stratford Alliance Herald first division clash with Blockley Sports. more...
A HIGH-scoring encounter saw Chaddesley Corbett lift the Bromsgrove Minor Cup with a 7-3 defeat of Sporting Harborne. more...
THE Mercian Festival Junior League is to expand it girls programme next season following a successful meeting with member clubs last Sunday. more...
Deddington Colts 0, more...
WOODSIDE Top Pool: T Cooke 15-5, M Brown 12-8-5dr, K Tombs 11-5-5, S Campbell 9-10-5, G Mansell 8-8. more...
VETERAN keeper Mark Thompson was the hero for Bewdley Town in a 0-0 draw at Bridgnorth Town Reserves in West Midlands League Division One South. more...
Littleton 1, Pilkington 1 more...
SEEMINGLY dead and buried a couple of months ago, Badsey Rec are now only two points away from survival in Division Two following victory over fellow Evesham Sunday League strugglers Broadway United. more...
RESULTS, Townsend Farm Fisheries: A Billingham 3-8, M Wood 3-0, H Sidebottom 2-8. more...
Evesham Utd 1, Halesowen Town 2 more...
WYRE Forest Brintons lost the first round of a derby double header after failing to convert their chances on Saturday. more...
MASONS Road was awash with goals on a night of torrential rain that made conditions tricky when Stratford Town Ladies played host to Evesham United last night. more...
WELFORD and Bidford Primary Schools shared the Welford Infant Football Cup when the two sides met in last Saturday's final. more...
RESULTS, Wednesday, Meadow Pool: Colin Pace 77-7, Brian Cawley 51-2, Mark Tooze 50-1. more...
THREE rainbow trout to 7lb 4oz were snared on the Masters Lake by one angler with a buzzer, while a Bromsgrove man captured one 7lb rainbow trout with a black lure. more...
RESULTS, Sunday, Willow Marsh Fishery, Whispers Pool: Gareth Hobbs 18-2, Mark McGinley 15-15, Roy Weaver 13-6, Mark Pearce 11-4. more...
DRAGONFLY Pool provided excellent sport on Sunday morning at Willow Marsh Fishery in Mustow Green. more...
The giant Senegal-born defender returned to Aggborough on a non-contract basis in February 2004 after training with the club for a few weeks. more...
TRIVIA: Both Rising Sun teams failed to reach the semi-finals of the Wyre Forest Cup. more...
CHESS: Maurice Bissell competed at the annual Inland Revenue two-day congress at Nottingham. more...
NETBALL: Kingfisher are only kept off the top spot by Not The Horse and Jockey on goal difference after both sides kept their 100 per cent records. more...
DARTS: The efforts of Bewdley-based lady-of-the-match Jackie Crew could not save Worcestershire at the weekend. more...
PARISH GAMES: Wolverley and Cookley won three of their matches to take the full 10 points at the Wyre Forest Parish Games' crib competition. more...
MOTORSPORT: Kidderminster Motor Car Club's Malcolm Brown claimed his first ever victory with a great display near Rhyl. more...
CYCLING: Steve Burns raced to a superb eighth place in his first time trial of the season at the Stratford CC open 10-mile on Saturday. more...
SWIMMING: A boys' team enjoyed tremendous success for Wyre Forest in the Nuneaton Junior League first round. more...
JUDO: The Samurai girls took home 14 medals at the limited grades championships with the seniors adding a further three. more...
VOLLEYBALL: Cleobury Mortimer Ladies played an experimental game in seeing off Sheffield 3-1 to finish third in National League Division Two. more...
SPECIAL OLYMPICS: It was a good day for the Allen-Trews as Wyre Forest swimmers were among the medal winners at the Greater London Regional Swimming Championships in Enfield. more...
GOLF: Sheelah Salsby won the Ladies Monthly Medal at Little Lakes by two nett points. more...
GOLF: Ross and Stewart Hawken were overall winners of Habberley's Saturday Winter League. more...
IF anyone was ever in doubt about Worcester Rugby Club's potential, this week's events at Sixways have blown away any lingering scepticism. more...
GOLF: A sporting trip of a lifetime awaits amateur Daniel Kelly and his Kidderminster professional Nick Underwood if they can come through the next stage of Europe's biggest pro-am contest. more...
GOLF: A golf professional swapped his clubs for a pen in a bid to encourage more youngsters to take up the sport. more...
SNOOKER: Snooks A cut four points off Franche A's overall lead but were made to battle hard in a 3-2 Kidderminster Wednesday League win at lowly Wribbenhall B. more...
ATHLETICS: Many personal best times were achieved by Kidderminster and Stourport juniors at a warm-up meeting for the new track and field season. more...
ATHLETICS: A huge turn-out by Amazing Feet at Sunday's Scenic Six race at Peopleton, near Pershore, was led by Brian Humphries. more...
ATHLETICS: Kidderminster and Stourport out-ran bigger clubs to finish 12th at the men's Midlands 12-stage road relay at Sutton Park. more...
HOCKEY: Stourport Ladies firsts shattered their hosts Camp Hill on Saturday, winning a rearranged Worcestershire League Division One match 12-0. more...
HOCKEY: A tense end saw Stourport run promotion hopefuls Bournville close in National League Division One before falling 4-3. more...
MOTORSPORT: Red Marley Hill Climb is again set to rake in the crowds over the Bank Holiday weekend. more...
HORSERACING: There was disappointment at Aintree on Saturday when Mantles Prince was pulled up during the world famous Grand National. more...
ONE of the county's oldest and most famous village clubs is heading for a player crisis just weeks away from the start of the new season. more...
A DOUBLE derby clash will add spice to Stourport Swifts' dwindling Dr Martens Western Division campaign. more...
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