Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | January
THE owners of a Worcester computer firm are hoping new products will finally put the company into the black. more...
THOUSANDS of people are looking forward to a prosperous 2005 thanks to a Worcester-based recruitment agency, which has thrown a lifeline and found them work. more...
MARCHES Housing Association, based in Broad Street, Leominster, has announced the appointment of three new board members - Lynda Wilcox, Bob Strachan and Melvyn Ellis. more...
A WORCESTER firm of solicitors has welcomed Lisa Kemp into its family law department. more...
Norwich Union owner Aviva today said a gradual pick-up in consumer confidence helped UK sales of its life and pension products return to growth in 2004. more...
ANOTHER member of the Clift clan has joined the family pub, The Talbot of Knightwick, by becoming head barman. more...
WE are finally to have something done about the old Northwick cinema. Unfortunately, it will be lost forever as an entertainment venue. The car park will disappear under a new block of flats. more...
ANDREW Hall, quite rightly, refers to the shortcomings of some drivers, (Evening News, January 10). more...
ON behalf of all of us at the British Red Cross, I would like to thank your readers for their overwhelming generosity since the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck on Boxing Day. more...
REGARDING Mike Foster's statement about 24-hour drinking, I consider it to be totally unnecessary. more...
I WONDER if readers could help? more...
I AM calling on local people to support Marie Curie Cancer Care's annual Great Daffodil Appeal in March. more...
A CLEVER little gadget could make hedgehog road deaths a thing of the past. more...
A SPECIAL event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day will be held at Worcester's Guildhall on Thursday afternoon. more...
VOLUNTEERS lent a hand to a prickly task - planting a hawthorn hedge round a traditional orchard. more...
A DROITWICH teenager who is jetting off to America for his second Camp America trip is hoping to inspire other young people to do the same. more...
THE YMCA in St John's, Worcester, will host a coffee morning as part of a national fund-raising event for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster. more...
THE group campaigning to save Droitwich's historic Lido has hit out at negative comments made by Conservative town councillors. more...
YESTERDAY was all set to be the most depressing day of the year. With the dark, cold weather and mounting credit card debt, research showed people were going to feel worse than ever. more...
A GROUP has been set up to oust anti-fox hunting MPs in a possible General Election - with Worcester MP Mike Foster among top targets. more...
PUB managers in Worcester have rejected plans for 24-hour drinking licences but dismissed fears it would lead to more binge-drinking and alcohol-fuelled violence. more...
THE Bishop of Worcester has backed a penal reform charity's call for an "open and vigorous" debate on prison privatisation today. more...
A PUBLIC meeting to discuss plans for Malvern's long-awaited hospital was cancelled last night - because too many people turned up. more...
A BLUE Audi TT Quattro has been stolen from a home in Northwick Road, Worcester, after thieves broke into the property and stole the car keys. more...
AN EVESHAM teenager has been named as one of the people who died in a helicopter crash in Somerset at the weekend. more...
EXAMS in sex studies may be introduced in classrooms across Worcestershire under plans to improve the teaching of personal, social and health education. more...
THE funding gap between schools in Worcestershire and its neighbouring counties has deepened following the latest cash increases, Government figures have revealed. more...
A "MASSIVE" day for Christopher Whitehead High School saw it become a specialist language college and move closer to ending the five-year saga over a new site. more...
THE legal fight against the ban on hunting with dogs was set to go before the High Court today. more...
A TERRITORIAL Army volunteer who has been writing exclusively for the Evening News from Iraq has had an emotional reunion with his family at his Worcester home. more...
VALENTINE'S Day will soon be here and this Worcester woman's heart can be found in a London gallery. more...
FUND-RAISERS at St Richard's Hospice are calling on local residents to spare a little love for patients with life-threatening illness by supporting their annual Valentine's Day Raffle. more...
SINCE before Christmas, huge wooden hoardings have hidden one of Worcester's most prominent shop frontages from the public. more...
DANCING divas in Evesham are encouraging residents to go Latin and take part in a sponsored Salsa-thon. more...
A SUPERCHEF from Droitwich served up a sizzling dish to win herself a place in the final of a national competition. more...
THE Teenage Cancer Trust is £925 better off after a Hereford woman completed a sponsored 80-mile cycle ride for the charity. more...
STAFF, family and friends of the Droitwich Spa Hospital put their best foot forward to raise £500 for the tsunami appeal. more...
GAYNOR Paskin, Amanda Wright and Jerry Bescoby are inviting audiences to get into the pantomime spirit tonight. more...
RESIDENTS living in north Worcestershire are being invited to pass comment on councillors' spending plans. more...
WORCESTER will give Tim Collier every chance to make their trip to Kingsholm. more...
VIBRANT Archdales '73 boosted their great goal difference with a 10-0 thrashing of Midland Combination Division Two basement boys Continental Star Reserves. more...
THREE teams from lower divisions beat higher-ranked opposition in the King Pin Cup second round. more...
ARCHDALES stormed into the Worcester and District League's Katherine Rayer Cup semi-finals with a 6-3 win at Martley Spurs. more...
CHRISTOPER Whitehead High School's year nine team steamed through three rounds of the English Schools Football Association's 4 Aces Cup. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers turn their attention away from their league campaign tonight as they attempt to reach the Worcestershire Senior Cup final. more...
HEREFORD United boss Graham Turner is hoping to create history at Edgar Street tonight when his side host Wrexham in the LDV Vans Northern Area Semi-Final - although injuries could hamper their progress. more...
WORCESTER will give Tim Collier every chance to make their trip to Kingsholm. more...
WORCESTER City winger Nick Colley will not travel to Tamworth for tonight's GLS Cup third round tie to avoid potential confrontation with home fans (7.45). more...
WORCESTER City winger Nick Colley will not travel to Tamworth for tonight's GLS Cup third round tie to avoid potential confrontation with home fans (7.45). more...
NOW that the dust has settled on John Barton's sudden exit from St George's Lane, the spotlight will be shining in the direction of Dave Boddy over the next fortnight. more...
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