Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | January
Over the Christmas period it seems to me that we have had almost every sort of weather imaginable. more...
THE daughter of jazz legends Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine, Jacqui Dankworth has been brought up on the road. more...
WHEN it comes to picking the handful of truly great bands which have defined the first few years of the 21st century, Kings of Leon will undoubtedly be on the list. more...
IRISH Railways 50 Years Ago is the title of a show being presented at the next meeting of Kidderminster Railway Circle. more...
AN account of life in war-torn Iraq by a Bewdley author was among winning entries in a short story competition. more...
A SHOW featuring a former Stars In Their Eyes finalist is set to mark the beginning of the third anniversary of tributes shows hosted at a Kidderminster hotel. more...
MEMBERS of a band which has performed at The Royal Albert Hall and the NEC since it formed 20 years ago in Bewdley are celebrating the release of their seventh album. more...
THE lead guitarist in an up-and-coming Kidderminster band has high hopes for the future - believing that his group's music is "what is missing from the music industry". more...
AIM for your name up on the screen with a new course at Pershore's Number 8 Arts Centre. more...
A CHARITY ball, featuring live music from Russell Shaun and his five-piece jazz/swing band is being held at Dumbleton Hall, near Evesham, on Saturday, January 29. more...
EAGER performers who have raised more than £250,000 for hundreds of Worcestershire charities are gearing up to perform their 39th pantomime. more...
NOT so long ago the battle for the top football game on any console opened up a bit when This Is Football 2002 was released giving Fifa and Pro Evolution Soccer a real run for their money. more...
BACH went harpsichord shopping in Berlin in 1719 and met the Margrave of Brandenberg, to whom he sent a number of concertos. more...
ALL things Bob Dylan will be on offer when a special tribute night to the star takes place at Worcester's Marr's Bar on Sunday. more...
THE sweet sounds of three soprano singers will be a treat for Chipping Campden music lovers next week. more...
A HUGE collection of painting, sculpture, treasure and museum pieces, all inspired by nature, is gathered together in one place in Gloucestershire. more...
YOU can see in the New Year with some big laughs, with stand-up comedy scheduled in both Stratford and Worcester in the coming weeks. more...
CHRISTMAS may be behind you but panto season certainly isn't! more...
THE Everyman theatre in Cheltenham looks set to raise more than £4,000 for the Indian Ocean Disaster Appeal after tickets for its charity performance of Sleeping Beauty tonight sold out in a record time of seven hours. more...
TWO of Britain's top actors are coming together to perform two great roles at Malvern. more...
SHERLOCK Holmes is drawn from retirement by the funeral of Dr Watson and returns to Baker Street for The Last Act of his career. more...
FAVOURITE songs from the shows are packed into one night of entertainment in a new show in Cheltenham. more...
BUDDING actors and actresses have the chance to star in a new musical adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. more...
TONIGHT: Birmingham: Symphony more...
TALENTED and musically-minded people are being asked to come forward to fill two slots in an up-and-coming band. more...
I AM writing in response to the comments regarding our proposal to introduce music in our public offices. more...
I WRITE with regard to foxhunting and the government's attempt to ban this long time rural pursuit. I question the ethics of this ban, and suggest that if the government wish to continue down this line, they must also take into account the shooting of foxes, poisoning, and snaring them with wires. These latter forms of control inflict far greater suffering in many instances. They cannot be seen to discriminate, for discrimination is a legal offence! more...
Many people who had set their hearts on running in this year's London Marathon will have heard before Christmas that they had not been lucky enough to gain a place in the ballot that is held. more...
Re: Scout Christmas Post. I am writing to ask if you will kindly publish in your paper a thank you to all the people of Stratford who have supported our Christmas Post service. more...
Further to Mr. Wathen's letter, in which he so succinctly illustrates the absurdity of our so-called "Honours System" in this country, may I voice my opinion that the granting of an OBE to a manufacturer and distributor of weapons of warfare ("Journal", January 6th., page seven) is more than just an absurdity? more...
IN answer to Sandra Loder's wish to show respect to animals and Lewis Potter's, misleading, vociferous, minority view, that he should be able to enjoy the spectacle of hounds violently tearing apart hares and foxes (Journal letters, December 30). more...
Thank you for publishing two letters protesting against Wychavon's plans to introduce piped music. I am entirely in agreement with their sentiments. more...
TWO outline planning applications will be considered for a development on Bidford's Friday Furlong site which has long been home to the travelling community. more...
BIDFORD'S B439 will be the first B road to be reviewed as part of an on-going safety programme in Warwickshire. more...
A TOTAL of £2,463.17 was raised for the tsunami appeal when retained firefighters from Bidford charged a voluntary toll to cross Bidford Bridge. more...
A MALVERN finance company is offering new businesses in Worcestershire and Herefordshire struggling to access funds a ray of light through a new grant scheme. more...
A £300,000 cash boost has assisted Worcestershire's car part suppliers accelerate into 2005. more...
WORK has started on The Sunnyside Brewers Fayre pub in Worcester Road, Wychbold, near Droitwich. more...
A BUTCHERY demonstration for local sheep producers highlighting the retail price difference between lean and overfat lambs will be the focus of a meeting at Worcester Market next week. more...
SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury's drew encouragement from its Christmas trading performance today - despite posting another fall in sales. more...
BUSINESSES more...
PINK power has enabled almost £1,000 to be raised for Cancer Research at the Granary Hotel and Restaurant in Shenstone. more...
CELEBRATIONS were in store for a woman who racked up 25 years' service with Marks and Spencer. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER man died from a chest infection due to chronic immobility caused by a fractured skull suffered after a stone was thrown at his head when he was 13 years old, the county's coroner's court heard. more...
FOUR of the world's top snooker players will be in action in Kidderminster next month and will be parading their skills in front of a sell-out audience at the Glades Arena. more...
MORE than £750 has been raised for a children's charity by a Wyre Forest group. more...
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to join the board of directors of a charity that helps people with disabilities. more...
WHEN reporting on the inquest of Christina Fletcher, of Stourport, in last week's Shuttle/Times and News, we inadvertently referred to Mrs Fletcher and her husband as Mr and Mrs Hughes. more...
THREE Wyre Forest schools have made the list of the UK's top performers over the past 10 years. more...
FOOTBALLERS in Wyre Forest have hit the target by giving a boost to seven good causes. more...
A CALL will be made today for a chief supporter of a massive shake-up of Wyre Forest schools to be sacked from her role as a leading county councillor. more...
WOULD-BE driving instructors are breathing a sigh of relief now that a firm who went into administration is back trading. more...
KIDDERMINSTER'S Charter Trustees have vowed to carry on their battle for the town to be classed as a parish after their bid was again rejected by the Government. more...
WOLVERLEY High School should take on Church of England status when a massive education shake-up takes effect in 2007, church leaders have agreed. more...
A GREAT grandmother has again been congratulated by the Queen after marking her 107th birthday. more...
PLANS have been announced to knock down a derelict pub on a Kidderminster estate for housing. more...
ATTENTION! All former members of the King Charles 1 Army Cadet Force are needed for a reunion. more...
A CINEMA is set to open in Kidderminster on March 25 after councillors gave the scheme the thumbs up. more...
ANYONE who ate too much over the holiday period is being urged to get trim for the New Year with a sponsored slim in aid of Operation Covert. more...
GREEN-FINGERED members of Kidderminster Horticultural Society also got their fingers sticky thanks to home-made jam which helped raise more than £150 for Operation Covert. more...
VINTAGE car enthusiasts have helped put Operation Covert on the road to success with a generous donation towards our appeal. more...
PENSIONERS were forced to use public toilets for more than a week after the sewer near their homes in Wyre Piddle was blocked. more...
KIND-hearted teenagers puckered up for an auction of kisses in aid of charity. more...
DROITWICH Spa tots are celebrating after education chiefs gave their school the thumbs up. more...
A NEW product to give the cold shoulder to icy roads is being put to the test in Droitwich Spa. more...
HAND-painted silk scarves, cushions and wall hangings will be on show at Droitwich Library until the end of the month. more...
THEATREGOERS are invited along to a Droitwich Spa playhouse for some thigh-slapping fun. more...
TWO headteachers have got 2005 off to a flying start by joining new schools. more...
KEEN green residents are being urged to take their Christmas trees to one of the district's many festive recycling points. more...
RUBERY couple Les and Florence Franklin celebrated 60 years of marital bliss last Saturday at their surprise diamond wedding anniversary party. more...
A GUITAR used on hit TV show The X-Factor can be won in a competition at a Bromsgrove music shop. more...
THE hustle and bustle of a busy Wednesday morning was temporarily put on hold as people in Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa and surrounding areas joined millions across Europe in a three minutes' silence to remember victims of the south Asian tsunami disaster. more...
A SCHOOLGIRL, touched by the plight of tsunami survivors, raised much needed cash through a coffee and mince pie party. more...
TWO Bromsgrove brothers, who have run a garage for nearly 20 years, said goodbye to the premises this week. more...
NEW fixed penalty fines are proving a major boost to policing in the Vale of Evesham. more...
IF you are determined to keep your New Year's resolutions, three new workshops could be just what you are looking for. more...
THE lovely corner of the Vale of Evesham on the Croome Estate near the church of the Lady on the Hill is steeped in history. more...
A BROMSGROVE bank is being forced to close its foyer at night due to vandalism. more...
A WEE dram will welcome townsfolk to a Burn's Night for the English Ear, which is being held to raise cash for the Primrose Hospice. more...
AN amateur photographer is showing off his work to give an insight into Bromsgrove's past. more...
THOUGH we represent different parties, my genuine hope is that Councillor John Buckley continues to work with me to provide better services for the Worcester's young people. more...
A FUN-loving Bromsgrove woman celebrated her 101st birthday surrounded by her family. more...
MICHAEL Foster's intemperate reaction shows that criticism of his complacency has struck home. more...
MONICA Hampton is still remembered with affection by Pershore Inner Wheel although she died eight years ago. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S public transport infrastructure and service is laughable compared to the West Midlands. more...
ROOFTOP Housing Trust is using an occupational therapist to advise residents from the Vale of Evesham how they can stay safe in their homes. more...
ON Wednesday, December 22, my friend and I were in collision with a car in St John's, Worcester, as we were walking home from the cinema. We both received injuries and were taken to hospital immediately. more...
A DISGRUNTLED Vale villager, recommended to receive £500 in compensation from Wychavon District Council, is being asked to publicly apologise to councillors. more...
PERHAPS it is a little late, but I would like to say how my friend (who treated me) and I enjoyed the pantomime Cinderella at The Swan. more...
A VALE high school has been recognised as one of the most successful in the country by education watchdog Ofsted. more...
L SPITERI'S letter of Monday, January 3, is a further example of his ability to turn fiction into fact. It assumes that my letter accused him of writing fiction on all the subjects he raised in his letter of Monday, November 29. more...
GENEROUS Vale residents are continuing to raise thousands of pounds for relief work being carried out in the tsunami disaster areas. more...
WENDY Hands writes (Letters, Friday, December 17) she is concerned that UKIP would be splitting the vote of parties bent on pulling out of the EU. more...
IT is quite apparent from this letters page that the electorate are beginning to regret voting Conservative in the local elections. more...
IF any of your readers or their relatives served with the Halifax bomber unit No.640 Squadron, Leconfield, during 1944-1945, I would be very pleased if they got in touch with me. more...
I JUST loved John Phillpott's phrase (Evening News, Monday, December 28) "quite a few will croak while in the yoke." more...
PEOPLE like to choose foods that are good for them - but they are now being asked to consider how the animals they are eating were treated as well. more...
BRITISH Telecom has been named the worst offender in 25 years of investigations by consumer TV show Watchdog. more...
LIKE everyone else, I was horrified to see on television on Boxing Day the devastation and disaster of staggering proportions wreaked by the Asian earthquake and tsunami. more...
BOUNCING Kidderminster tot, Mia Marshall, who many people mistake for a newborn baby, is eight months old but looks younger, after being born premature. more...
HEALTH chiefs have been left with a £1.5 million hole in their finances after being told they cannot use a vital payment to offset their debts. more...
WHY Wyre Forest Birth Centre "must be made safe and reopened" is to be put in a letter to health chiefs by the district's MP. more...
MOVIE MAKERS' CLUB: Just nine members were present at the January meeting. more...
OUTRAGED residents have lodged an official complaint against a former mayor of Bewdley after he allegedly swore during heated debates about a skatepark plan for the town. more...
A FUND-RAISING stalwart from Bewdley says he has been "overwhelmed" by the response to an event he organised in aid of the Asian Earthquake appeal - as it generated more than £1,200. more...
THE easing next year of the Over Thirty Month rule, so clearing the way for the relaxation of controls on beef exports, has been welcomed by farmers. more...
A TOP county agricultural show has a new executive director. more...
The Wyre Forest group of the Campaign to Protect Rural England held a mince pie and sherry morning at Organ's Hill Farm, Rock, when over £100 was raised for CPRE Worcestershire. more...
It has been decided to change the Malvern venue to St Mary's Church hall, Sherrards Green Road. Meetings will be held the third Monday of each month, from 2pm until 4pm, alternately at Malvern and Worcester. more...
The staff and customers of The Musketeer public house, Avon Road, Kidderminster, raised over £450 for Acorns Children's Hospice. The Wyre Forest group of the Friends of Acorns were grateful to The Musketeer, where pennies and two pences in a whisky bottle amounted to £111, and £340 from a raffle. more...
The names of WIs sending delegates to the annual meeting in the Royal Albert Hall in June must be sent to WI house by Saturday. more...
January 15 is the closing date to book for the "pudding days" at Little Witley on February 3 and Areley Kings on February 16. more...
The group holds monthly informal gatherings in Worcester, Malvern, Kidderminster and Evesham. more...
The annual meeting will be held on Monday, January 31 at the Social Day Centre, New Street, Stourport, starting at 7.30pm. more...
In December Margaret Peters sang seasonal songs and carols, accompanied by Margaret Reynolds. more...
The first meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, February 9 when the guest speaker will be Don Bannister, on "Colliery to Country Park". more...
The first talk of 2005 will be given by Sylvia Sheldon, of Bewdley, on Thursday, January 20 at Holy Innocents Community Hall. The talk will be entitled "Seasons in the Wyre Forest". more...
At the meeting on January 5, Tom Roy talked about "Robert Burns - The Man". more...
The next meeting, at Holy Innocents Community Hall, will be held on Monday at 2pm. more...
Melvyn Thompson, from the Weaver's Loft Carpet Museum at New Meeting House, Church Street, Kidderminster, will give a talk entitled "Woven in Kidderminster" on Wednesday. more...
"Hidden Talent" is the title of the first programme of the New Year, when some of the newer members of the society will interpret the title with recorded music of their choice. more...
There will be two rides on Sunday, both starting at 9am from The Green, Blakebrook, Kidderminster. more...
On Sunday, January 23, walkers will leave the Ramada Hotel, Bewdley, between 9am and 9.30am (check-in from 8.30am) for the first walk of the New Year. more...
Members will meet in St Mary's Church car park on Saturday at 11.15am, for a walk through Kidderminster town centre, old and new, looking at changes to the "townscape". more...
The Kidderminster and District support group's annual meeting will be held at Kidderminster Town Hall on Monday, doors open from 7pm. The guest speaker will be Christine Attwood. more...
A WEALTH of top musicians are set to perform at a couple of charity concerts in Worcester in aid of the tsunami appeal. more...
Foreign relief workers will have to take army escorts to most of Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh province because of the threat of attacks by rebels, the military said today, in a move that the United Nations says will create bottlenecks in aid deliveries. more...
The next meeting will be on Wednesday in the Railway Bell, Kidderminster, at 7.45pm, when Bob Smallman will give a presentation entitled "Irish Railways 50 Years Ago". more...
Debt relief for countries hit by the Asian tsunami has hit opposition while concern was raised that a shortage of bereavement counsellors could hamper efforts to support grieving Britons. more...
TRADING Standards has warned people to beware of "sick" scams taking advantage of the public's generosity following the tsunami disaster in Asia. more...
The annual meeting will be held on Wednesday. more...
SINGERS and instrumentalists are going to use their talents to raise funds for children orphaned by the tsunami disaster. more...
A KARAOKE evening and disco will be held at the Barley Mow public house, Sidbury, Worcester, on Friday, February 4, in aid of the tsunami disaster appeal. more...
At the first meeting of the year the coming programme was discussed, then members played Yahtzee, followed by a game of bingo. more...
STAFF at St John's Library are hosting a coffee morning this weekend to raise funds for the tsunami appeal. more...
A Christmas social evening was held on Friday, December 17, when Stourport Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor Allan Wood and Mrs Paula Wood were the guests. more...
OWNERS of an Evesham caravan park fear blocks of flats along Waterside could have a damaging effect on one of Evesham's most popular tourist areas. more...
MORE misery has been caused by bags going astray from a National Express coach luggage hold. more...
VANDALS have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a Vale village hall after smearing the front of the building with cream paint. more...
VILLAGERS in Willersey will be able to benefit from a new customer advisory service thanks to a partnership between the council and police. more...
ROOFTOP Housing Trust is using an occupational therapist to advise residents from the Vale of Evesham how they can stay safe in their homes. more...
LANDLORDS in the Vale of Evesham are being offered financial help to make their tenants homes more energy efficient. more...
A VALE pedestrian narrowly missed being knocked down after a delivery lorry drove through a no entry sign in Evesham town centre. more...
STAFF at Vale Wildlife Rescue have a prickly problem on their hands. more...
IT was standing room only at the funeral of the president of Avonbank brass band, Roger Spragg, who died suddenly at home. more...
A HONEYBOURNE woman remains in a critical condition after being involved in a collision with a tractor towing a plough and then with a second vehicle. more...
A FORMER stockbroker from Blackminster, glad to be alive after being caught up in the tsunami disaster, is now devastated after his failed business dealings six years ago were revealed. more...
IN response to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust chief executive, John Rostill, stating that there "has been no overwhelming support for Wyre Forest Birth Centre to be re-opened", I would like to question whether any public consultation on this matter has, in fact, taken place. more...
FAMILIES in the Vale of Evesham are being urged to ditch the school run. more...
AN Evesham man who claimed he would be unable to see his toddler son or continue working without having a car has been banned from driving. more...
100 Years Ago January 14, 1905 more...
FURTHER to the moanings of "Name and address supplied" regarding Kidderminster's street market (Letters, December 9), I would like to make the following comments. more...
GENEROUS Vale residents are continuing to raise thousands of pounds for relief work being carried out in the tsunami disaster areas. more...
ACORNS' new children's hospice is on schedule to open in March, now contractors have finished the building. more...
I CANNOT understand why being a church school would have been such a disastrous thing for Kidderminster's Baxter College that the headmaster would have resigned. more...
A VALE pensioner has gone missing from his home for more than a week after telling his wife he was going to pay a bill. more...
THERE is an article in the latest edition of the district council's NewsWyre magazine on crime and community safety and the views and priorities of the people of Kidderminster. more...
I READ with great interest the letter from D&M Jones (Shuttle/Times and News, December 23) on recycling. more...
THERE are a lot of young people in Kidderminster who love music and live for it. About 50 per cent of us are into alternative styles of music, and this number is rising. more...
WITNESSES are being sought following a racist incident at a Stourport newsagents. more...
JEWELLERY worth £2,300 was stolen during a burglary in Kidderminster. more...
A CYCLIST became the victim of thieves in the week pupils and staff went back to school. more...
A 32-year-old Kidderminster man described as a "prolific" thief has been given a chance to go straight by a judge at Hereford Crown Court. more...
A DROITWICH charity that offers first aid at local events has been given free off-road training. more...
GROWING a fruit tree in your garden can preserve an important part of Worcestershire's heritage - as well as providing you with an endless supply of free fresh fruit. more...
VANDALS are thought to have shot at a Kidderminster church's windows with an air rifle or ball bearing gun, causing £400 damage. more...
BUSINESSES and individuals are being urged to dig deep into their pockets to get homeless people in Worcester off the streets during the cold winter months. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE trio is rubbing shoulders with the likes of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman by appearing in a world-famous reference book. more...
TABLES and chairs were among items taken during a break-in at a Stourport caravan site. more...
A FISHERY owner in Worcester was in for a shock when he discovered giant caviar-producing sturgeon from Eastern Europe swimming around in one of his pools. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER binman who downloaded more than 3,000 pornographic pictures from the internet and was also convicted of indecent assault on a young girl has been jailed for four and a half years. more...
DROITWICH MP Peter Luff has accused the Government of "declaring war" on Droitwich amid rumours that the town's Customs and Excise office is to close this year. more...
A PELICAN crossing is poised to be built to help youngsters cross a busy road safely. more...
THE death of a Kidderminster teenager who stabbed himself in the stomach has been ruled an accident. more...
LEAGUE tables published this morning confirmed education in Worcestershire is on the up as secondary schools recorded their best GCSE, A-level and value-added performances. more...
AS superstitions go, it is probably one of the most famous, and most feared. more...
MOTORISTS have been warned not to be complacent after police released more county drink-driving figures for Christmas and New Year. more...
We have been asked to point out that the event arranged by a clairvoyant as reported in yesterday's Evening News had not been organised specifically to help the families of tsunami victims. more...
ANGRY Worcestershire residents have backed MP Peter Luff's criticism of a controversial TV show. more...
AN EIGHT-year-old's life could be changed forever thanks to community spirit, which has raised £10,000 for tests in America - the first step to let her eat her first meal in seven years. more...
TONY Blair has admitted failure in his bid to provide NHS dentists for all as new figures revealed one in three children in the West Midlands is without one. more...
POIGNANT tributes have been left at the site where a 38-year-old assistant headteacher plunged to his death. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to Stourport High School's head of maths, who has died, aged 52. more...
AN old photograph of Australian visitors to Stourport taken in the 1950s has proved inspirational for writers from across Worcestershire. more...
MEMBERS of Stourport Carers Group will have their general knowledge put to the test when they take part in a quiz. more...
STOURPORT'S budding farmers' market project looks like being put on the back burner unless an enterprising person can be found to take on the task of running it. more...
A SCHEME aimed at breathing new life into Stourport is set to take a major step forward in 2005 with the appointment of its first programme manager. more...
THE opening of a new children's hospice in Worcester for life-limited children has moved a major step closer following the official hand-over of the 10-bed unit. more...
THOUSANDS of parents, teachers, school governors and various interested parties will be spending a few hours today poring over the latest set of league tables issued by the Government. more...
EVESHAM Mayor councillor Andrew Dyke nonchalantly flourishing a goblet of bubbly toasts Adam and Eve's and innocently proclaims that he cannot think of anyone being upset. more...
HOW Does your CAP Fit? is the title of this year's Pershore Conference organised by the Pershore and Upton-on-Severn branch of the NFU. more...
ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY: The society meets each month on the third Tuesday at 7.30pm in the Townsend Hall. more...
LADIES' GUILD: A short silence in memory of the tsunami victims was observed at the start of the January meeting. The vice-chairman, Mrs A Brown, introduced the speaker, Ray James, who talked about the lighter side of his work when he was a vicar. Mrs Hunt gave the vote of thanks, and Mr James donated his fee to the tsunami appeal, to which members also contributed. more...
NEW statistics have revealed that more adults and children are packing the pews by attending church services in Wyre Forest. more...
MORE than 50 people were arrested for public order offences in the police division area including Wyre Forest over the festive period. more...
A MAN confined to a wheelchair following a stroke says he feels like a "traffic calming measure" because he is constantly being forced to ride his wheelchair in the roads. more...
TWO former school pals were reunited in Australia after 54 years - thanks to the Shuttle/Times and News. more...
A `QUACKING' crowd watched more than 300 competitors take part in the New Year's Day Duck Race, which resulted in £910 winging its way to the Asian earthquake appeal. more...
VINTAGE car enthusiasts have helped put Operation Covert on the road to success with a generous donation towards our appeal. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER organisation will celebrate 50 years of fostering the spirit of comradeship with a town in Germany with an array of events throughout this year. more...
YOUNGSTERS riding mini motorbikes could be breaching various motoring regulations, police have warned. more...
THREE Cleobury Mortimer parish councillors walked out of this week's council meeting and were joined by a fourth member in a mass resignation. more...
EXAM results were boosted in nearly all of Wyre Forest's main high schools during the last round of GCSE and A level tests, official figures show. more...
Angry stall holders want attendant more...
A FIREFIGHTER who married in Sri Lanka is to compete in a gruelling test of strength to raise cash for the victims of the tidal wave of terror. more...
YOUNGSTERS and organisers of an out-of-school play scheme have been left heartbroken after vandals and thieves stole, wrecked and even urinated on their toys. more...
PENSIONERS were forced to use public toilets for more than a week after the sewer near their homes in Wyre Piddle was blocked. more...
YOUNGSTERS have been busying monkeying around as they took part in a theatre workshop based on the The Jungle Book at their school. more...
FORMER Tory minister David Mellor is set to pay a visit to Malvern next week to host the patrons launch of the Elgar Festival 2006. more...
EDUCATION chief June Longmuir was facing the axe today after councillors questioned her handling of special schools and education in north Worcestershire. more...
YOUNG gardening enthusiasts took an adventure through a hidden passage to a secret garden in Droitwich. more...
UNIONS are planning to hold a day of campaigning in Worcestershire over potential changes to public servants' pensions. more...
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to do a parachute jump in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. more...
ANNUAL league tables this morning offered a rosy picture of secondary school education in Worcestershire - with good news for both independent and comprehensive schools. more...
MONICA Hampton is still remembered with affection by Pershore Inner Wheel although she died eight years ago. more...
TWO lucky nightclubbers will fly to Miami for the opening of a new British-themed nightclub. more...
A FORMER petrol station could be redeveloped and converted into three residential homes if planners give the go-ahead. more...
Vale of Evesham League more...
Broadway and District League more...
South Warwickshire Association more...
NORGREN Bowling Club will be the venue for a brand new competition - the Four Counties Under-25 Mixed Singles. more...
THE final round of Cotswold Floorball League A Division games produced a big turnaround of fortunes on Tuesday night. more...
Pershore League more...
Evesham and District Airgun League more...
SUCCESS at the fourth attempt came the way of local motor racing couple, Nick Frost and Sheila Marshall, at Silverstone. more...
WARWICK Racecourse stages the premier race meeting in the country on Saturday when the card includes the course's richest ever race - the £115,000 Totesport Classic Chase. more...
JENSON Button and the Lucky Strike BAR-Honda Formula One team will play a key role in a bold initiative taking place at next week's Autosport Inter-national Show. more...
ENTRIES are invited for the Worcestershire Schools Badminton Association's Under-17 Championship that takes place on Sunday, January 23. more...
Broadway and District League more...
THE Hampton Ferry Open was fished at Evesham last Sunday on a clear, cold and windy day. more...
JENSON Button and the Lucky Strike BAR-Honda Formula One team will play a key role in a bold initiative taking place at next week's Autosport Inter-national Show. more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
PERSHORE is one of half-a-dozen places staging Arsenal Soccer Schools and new courses are set to start later this month. more...
GIRLS representing Pershore Town Under-12 received the Worcestershire Female Fair Play Awards trophy at last Sunday's Mercian League meeting. The award capped a great 2004 for the club who were crowned league champions of the 2003/2004 season during a campaign that also saw them lift the League Cup. more...
Barkers Butts 48pts, Pershore 6 more...
Stafford Town 3 Tenbury United 1 more...
Barkers Butts 48pts, Pershore 6 more...
VICTORY at Mangotsfield on Satur-day will lift Evesham United back to the top of the Southern League Division One West table, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
THE Hampton Ferry Open was fished at Evesham last Sunday on a clear, cold and windy day. more...
Kidderminster 5, more...
Evesham U-9 9, Bromyard 0 more...
Bromyard 14pts, more...
Evesham 16/17 25pts, Yardley & District 21 more...
PEOPLE have asked me this week whether victory tomorrow night in Italy will give Worcester more problems in the longer term. more...
Edwardians 16pts, Evesham 3 more...
MEMBERS of the Harvington Society concluded their golfing year with a trip the Vale Golf and Country Club. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers were set to conclude a deal for Doncaster Rovers winger John McGrath at Aggborough today. more...
THREE of Worcester's young guns have been called up to an England Under 21 training camp. more...
NEIL Mason has been handed a pizza the action as Worcester go for Euro glory. more...
EVESHAM Cricket Club is running a series of training and coaching sessions to introduce girls to the sport. more...
THE series of Worcestershire Cricket Evenings continues next Tuesday when the speaker will be Jason Ratc-liffe, the education officer of the Professional Cricketers' Association. more...
MIKE Belcher made it a winning start to the new year, hitting four goals in Worcester Men's Fifths 9-0 thrashing of Old Silhillians Fourths. more...
THE new year break appears to have done some good in the Worcester and Distirct Ladies League with some high scoring matches and personal averages improving. more...
PEOPLE have asked me this week whether victory tomorrow night in Italy will give Worcester more problems in the longer term. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE began 2005 in the best possible style, beating Wiltshire 37-31 in Division Three of the English Counties Netball League. more...
STEVE Lloyd may have ballooned to 23 stone since he was forced to retire from senior rugby almost five years ago but he still hopes to achieve one last ambition in the game. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers were set to conclude a deal for Doncaster Rovers winger John McGrath at Aggborough today. more...
THREE of Worcester's young guns have been called up to an England Under 21 training camp. more...
NEIL Mason has been handed a pizza the action as Worcester go for Euro glory. more...
IT was honours even for Kidderminster Carolians under-13s and their Old Halesonians counterparts who drew 27-27. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett will be hoping to put their first weekend of action in 2005 firmly behind them after defeats for the firsts and the seconds. more...
STOURPORT felt hard done by with the margin of defeat at Bredon Star after going down 24-5 in North Midlands South Two. more...
CLEOBURY Mortimer maintained their push for promotion from North Mids South One by starting 2005 with a 13-7 win at Birmingham Exiles. more...
MIDLANDS THREE WEST (NORTH) more...
STOURPORT six-year-old Matthew Roberts saw his dreams come true when he led out his Worcester Warriors rugby heroes. more...
IT was a case of different year but same old story for Kidderminster Carolians as they suffered a 27-10 defeat at Mids Three West North bogey team Lichfield. more...
UNDER-8s DIVISION ONE more...
MATT Smith scored five goals for Kidderminster Lions Under-11s, who progressed to the semi-final stage of the Stourport and District Youth Football League Cup with a 7-0 victory over Nunnery Lynx. more...
SATURDAY PREMIER more...
unday's contest has been moved from the river to the Wren's Nest Pool. The draw will be made at 8am at the venue. more...
AN Andy Oakes hat-trick helped Broadwaters Inn, who play in Sunday Division Five of the Kidderminster and District Football League, to an 8-3 victory over Division Six side Queens Head to progress into the third round of the League Minor Cup. more...
Canal: J Moon 2-1-8dr, P Butler 1-13-8, E McKeown 0-11. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers Ladies kept their fantastic unbeaten run going with a magnificent 7-1 win at Cosford. more...
There will be a meeting on Sunday at the Old Pear pub for licences and details of venues to be collected, plus there will be a presentation. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett suffered another West Midlands League Division Two defeat when they went down 2-1 at Dudley United. more...
ANDY Grubb took the scoring honours in the Stratford Alliance last Saturday with a fabulous eight-goal haul as Alcester Lions banged in a deadly dozen against Badsey United Reserves. more...
A match will be held on Sunday at Furnace Mill's Willow Pool. Anglers are asked to meet at Dog Lane car park, Bewdley, at 8am. The draw will be at 8.30am. more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
PERSHORE is one of half-a-dozen places staging Arsenal Soccer Schools and new courses are set to start later this month. more...
Littleton 1, Atherstone Town 2 more...
Round Three: Mick Millinchip 22-6, Stan James 18-5, Brian Hill 12-11, Mick Scott 12-3. more...
Badsey Rgrs U-15 2, more...
GIRLS representing Pershore Town Under-12 received the Worcestershire Female Fair Play Awards trophy at last Sunday's Mercian League meeting. The award capped a great 2004 for the club who were crowned league champions of the 2003/2004 season during a campaign that also saw them lift the League Cup. more...
EIGHTY anglers contested round eight of the H Smith £10,000 Winter League at Moorlands Farm Fishery, when all pools were in use. more...
FORMER Evesham United goalkeeper Billy Turley is facing a life ban from football after being suspended by Rushden and Diamonds over a failed drugs test. more...
TOP scorer Jermaine Clarke netted United's winner in stoppage-time leaving the Bracknell boss fuming at Kidderminster referee Adam Watts. more...
TOP scorer Jermaine Clarke netted United's winner in stoppage-time leaving the Bracknell boss fuming at Kidderminster referee Adam Watts. more...
Harriers 2 Lincoln 1 more...
KIDDERMINSTER more...
DIVISION ONE more...
THE latest results in the Kidderminster and District Wedn-esday Snooker Lea-gue included a surprise defeat for Division Two leaders, St John's B, who were beaten 3-1 by fourth-placed Franche B. more...
P W L P more...
THE Bliss Gate made a good start to the year with a return to top position in Banks's Bewdley Town Darts League. more...
FORMER Evesham United goalkeeper Billy Turley is facing a life ban from football after being suspended by Rushden and Diamonds over a failed drugs test. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Chess Club secretary Maurice Bissell competed for the second time in the annual University of Westminster congress, at Harrow. more...
VICTORY at Mangotsfield on Satur-day will lift Evesham United back to the top of the Southern League Division One West table, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
P W L F A P more...
LUVLY JUBLIES have won the Cleobury Mortimer Sports Centre Ladies Netball season with a week still remaining. more...
A WIN over Bloxwich in a friendly match on Saturday, saw Stourport Ladies Hockey Club first team continue their unbeaten run, having finished the first half of the season without a defeat. more...
FORMER table-toppers The Invincibles are struggling to live up to their name after hitting a rough patch in the Gilt Edge Short Mat Bowling League. more...
BROTHERS Dominic and Oliver Porter have got a spring in their steps after bouncing their way to trampolining success. more...
STOURPORT kickboxer Shaun Bradley is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his cousin by becoming world champion. more...
BLAIR Sturrock has revealed his hunger to score the goals that keep Kidderminster Harriers in the Football League. more...
Kidderminster 3, more...
Bretforton 2, Portishead Firebrands 1 more...
STOURPORT Swifts make the trip to Somerset this weekend in the knowledge that they must lift their game against one of the league's form sides. more...
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