Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | January
ONLY a few decades ago, the floodplain of the River Avon was teeming with wildlife. more...
Whether or not fox hunting is over hip flasks, so beloved by sportsman all over the world, will surely continue. more...
Theatre January more...
IT'S jolly hockey sticks and gym slips at the ready for the first West Malvern Players performance in almost a decade - a play about a 1930s girls' boarding school. more...
Film documentary Winged Migration (U) shows at The Roses, Tewkesbury, on Tuesday, February 1. more...
MALVERN Cinema is screening Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (PG) for a week from tonight (Friday, January 28). more...
Until Jan 29: The Dresser, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Julian Glover at Festival Theatre Malvern. Box office: 01684 892277. more...
Jan 22: Forces Sweethearts, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Box office: 01905 611427. more...
Jan 28: Rick Payne, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester; Stone Farm, Drummonds Bar, New Street, Worcester; And What Will Be Left Of Them? Marr's Bar, Worcester, more...
Until Feb 12: Fibreart Exhibition at Artistree Church Lane Ledbury. more...
Jan 29: Bring and buy sale organised by Churches Together in aid of the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal, at Cleobury Mortimer Market Hall. Refreshments will be available. All welcome. For further information telephone 01299 270061. more...
WHILE the world was being swept up in the global phenomenon that was Riverdance, one woman, born and brought up in Fladbury, remained blissfully unaware of its existence. more...
A VIVACIOUS quartet from Birmingham Conservatoire will be performing in College Hall, next to Worcester Cathedral, tomorrow night to give audiences a taste of this year's forthcoming Worcester Three Choirs Festival. more...
THE Nutcracker will be keeping the magic of Christmas alive at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham from Wednesday. more...
AUDIENCES at Huntingdon Hall are in for a treat tomorrow night when the Bochmann Quartet perform a concert. more...
Organ awe more...
A DOUBLE dose of arts is on the menu for audiences at Number 8 in Pershore in February. more...
THE sounds of Appalachian mountain music will be brought to Worcester's Huntingdon Hall. more...
Contemporary country rock group the Sarah Jory Band will perform at the Courtyard in Hereford this evening (Friday). more...
CELTIC vocal group Anuna will bring the haunting sound of Irish choral music to the Malvern Theatres on Saturday, February 5. more...
The Bochmann Quartet perform at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall tomorrow (Saturday). more...
A Jazz session takes place at Malvern Rugby Club, Spring Lane, on Sunday (January 30). more...
An African drumming session takes place at West Malvern Village Hall on Sunday (January 30), from 7pm to 9.30pm. more...
Traditional Polish music, song and dance will come to Much Marcle on February 5. more...
* (I) indicates Internet entries. more...
ANYONE intrigued about what happens backstage in a theatre should go and see The Dresser. more...
LEDBURY Amateur Dramatic Society was modest about its latest pantomime, The Owl and the Pussycat, billing it merely as "a musical play". more...
A FLIPPING good time is promised at a pancake racing afternoon at Storridge Village Hall on Sunday, February 6. more...
Watercolours and photographs by a West Malvern artist are on display in the gallery at Worcester Arts Workshop. more...
A CHANCE to see Aconites, Snowdrops and Camellias is on offer when the gardens of Barnards Green House, Poolbrook Road, Malvern, open to the public next Sunday (February 6). The gates are open from 2pm to 5pm and entry is £2.50. more...
A NEW textile exhibition has filled Ledbury's community arts centre with colour. more...
THERE are a few places left for budding young thespians in a youth drama group. more...
A BARREL of laughs is promised at Malvern Theatres on February 10 with the venue's first ever comedy club night. more...
AN exhibition of work by Malvern artist Bridget Macdonald is on show in Birmingham. more...
AN exhibition of work by members of the Bath Society of Artists is currently on display at Malvern Theatres. more...
CELEBRITY gardener Alan Titchmarsh has confirmed he will be at this year's Malvern Spring Gardening Show, which runs from May 13 to 15. more...
A FUNDRAISING soul and motown night at the Abbey Hotel, Malvern, is a sell-out. more...
NEW Beginnings is the title of an exhibition being held to mark some changes at a Malvern gallery and picture framing business. more...
THE summer season in Weymouth just won't be the same this year without the familiar figure of Professor Guy Higgins. more...
IT'S been a great 2004 for one Worcester band who have played scores of gigs across the country to growing audiences, performed with ex-Smiths members - and even been tipped for the top. more...
AUDIENCES will be transported back to the golden age of American country music next week as the band The Gathering (right) roll into the city. more...
A MASS of top musicians have raised more than £3,000 for the tsunami disaster appeal through two charity concerts held in the city last weekend. more...
JAZZ music will be the order of the day in Kidderminster next week as the Simon Deeley Trio put on a performance in the town's library. more...
THE City of Birmingham's Little Big Time Band is set to visit Colwall near Malvern this weekend for a concert at the village's Downs School. more...
VARIOUS - OCEAN'S TWELVE more...
1. The Killers - Hot Fuss. more...
IT'S not every day that you would have got the late great singer Frank Sinatra to sing in your school. more...
HOUSEHOLDS in Worcester will be asked to trial different types of wheelie bins to determine which design would be the most suitable for the city. more...
THE search is once again on to find Worcestershire's most impressive female business entrepreneur...as well as other worthy women more...
ONE of the West Midland's leading wholesale florists has moved out of the centre of Birmingham into the North Worcestershire countryside. more...
COMPANIES in Herefordshire and Worcestershire have been invited to take advantage of £1,000 worth of free training. more...
THE typical Worcester worker enjoys their jobs, feels more fulfilled when busy, and likes a challenge according to new research by Keele University. more...
TWO of Worcestershire's estate agents are to join forces from Tuesday, February 1. more...
100 years ago more...
MALVERN people were enjoying the wintry weather 100 years ago. more...
mysterious fireballs were seen over the Malvern Hills 50 years ago. more...
YET again, we read a headline (Evening News, Wednesday, January 19) telling us that we have another "dangerous" road. more...
HOW to make a farmer's life difficult in three easy EU lessons. more...
I WONDER if the residents of St John's are aware of the planned alterations/extension to Cripplegate car park, known as Tybridge Street car park. more...
IF Dr Peter Selby does not mind a Roman Catholic Head of the Church of England (Evening News, January 19), he does not show much spiritual and pastoral commitment to his own organisation. more...
THREE teenage boys committed a criminal offence on school premises some years ago, by knocking down a fellow pupil before kicking him while he lay on the ground.The Head, with the approval of the chairman of governors, immediately suspended them. more...
I see the Oscar nominations were out this week. It seems there are many awards ceremonies in this day and age, but the Oscars are still prized - although one or two people have turned them down. more...
A Malvern nursery has been praised for providing a warm and welcoming environment that captures children's imagination. more...
WHEN a US tourist visited Suckley searching for information about his ancestors, he opened up an important chapter of the village's history. more...
A high-tech firm in a very rural location has just agreed a new distribution deal . . . in Japan. more...
THE search is on for Worcestershire's Women of the Year for 2005. more...
A GROUP of Alfrick residents, unhappy at proposed housing developments in the village, have come up with a scheme of their own. more...
A FAMILY business is moving out of Malvern town centre - at least for the time being. more...
MALVERN Town Council should be commended for its campaign to get the public involved in the decision-making over plans for a new hospital. more...
The Malvern Spa Association is keen to start work on an important restoration project involving the town's water features. more...
Waitrose in Malvern is making another attempt to get its delivery hours extended. more...
LEGENDARY opera singer Jenny Lind, who is buried in Malvern, has inspired a new opera being written by rock musician Elvis Costello. more...
PRIVATE ambulance staff are being employed after NHS ambulances failed to reach targets for emergency response times. more...
Customers at Malvern Link Post Office have said goodbye to a couple who ran the business for more than 30 years. more...
A FUTURE replacement for the toposcope could be made from plastic instead of bronze. more...
A YOUNG Malvern chess player who has only just started playing in competitions has already shown star potential. more...
Money set aside to improve Bromyard cemetery is being drained away by repeated thefts. more...
A COMPETITION celebrating the best of business and industry in the Malvern Hills area is being launched next week. more...
This is an open letter to the relevant authorities responsible for the safety of our children arriving and leaving school. more...
A bus service linking Malvern and Ledbury will be presented as an example of a successful community project to MPs. more...
I am writing with reference to the letter of Mr J H Ling (Your Letters, January 21). more...
Herefordshire Council's cabinet was due to meet yesterday (Thursday) to discuss initial proposals for a rise in Council Tax. more...
With reference to last week's letter from S Charlton, my husband and I have lived in Callow End for many years and believe Tom Wells is an extremely hard working district and county councillor for the area. He not only believes in trying to get results in the community, but does succeed time and time again. more...
A MALVERN family has been left seething with anger after their daughter's grave was driven over. more...
I was dismayed to read that Malcolm Murray, the referee featured in your page 3 article last week, has been charged with bringing the game of football into disrepute. more...
LIDL has reaffirmed its commitment to building a super-market at the former eurohaus garage in Malvern Link, despite advertising it for let. more...
The Great Malvern Club, in Church Street, shut its doors for the final time on New Year's Eve. more...
AS a fan of music and the arts and having a professional interest in regeneration strategies, it is with sadness that I hear of the closure of the Great Malvern Club. more...
A little boy who suffers from autism has discovered a new lease of life after taking up motocross racing. more...
ROADS with bumpy edges, pot holes and dropped drain covers make road cycling uncomfortable and dangerous. more...
A MALVERN man is looking for a venue for a cultural evening to raise money for an Indian orphanage run by his father. more...
I MUST take issue with the comment of Sergeant Robert Werner de Sondberg who stated (Malvern Gazette, January 21) that a degree of flexibility is required when considering punishment for cyclists who ride on pavements. more...
A MALVERN Link pub could soon boast a new skittles alley. more...
AN otherwise accurate and informative report on page 3 of last week's Ledbury Reporter may have left readers with the wrong impression about RE teaching at the school. more...
A PATIENT representative has demanded answers to problems with the out-of-hours doctors' service for Colwall and Ledbury. more...
A POIGNANT collection of photographs, personal belongings and documents have gone on display at The Chase high school to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. more...
RE: `Lost paradise could be regained' (Your Letters, January 21) about the so-called `grot spot' car park next to the Splash, which misrepresents the intended use of the site. more...
Malvern Town Council warned South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust to expect a large turn-out at Monday's public meeting. more...
WYCHAVON District Council have set the stumbling Malvern Hills District Council an excellent example of what real leadership can produce - threats and petulance do not lead to solutions, especially where greater bodies such as the Strategic Health Authority or, as in the past, the old Regional Health Authorities are concerned - they have always controlled the money supply. more...
A FIASCO and a public relations disaster - that's the verdict on Monday night's aborted meeting on Malvern's new hospital. more...
I JUST had to write and say how very much my seven-and-a-half-year-old grandson loved The Owl and the Pussycat last Saturday at the Ledbury Market Theatre. more...
IT was interesting to read the comments made by David Maciejewski, the spokesman for the First bus company, at the meeting held in Malvern on Tuesday, January 19, (Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter, January 21). more...
ON Monday night I turned up at the Elgar Suite of The Abbey Hotel to witness what can only be described as a chaotic shambles. more...
TICKETS will go on sale shortly for an event to raise funds for Upton Blues Festival. more...
INTERNATIONAL cuisine will be on the menu at Bushley Village Hall on Tuesday February 8. more...
AN Upton playscheme is celebrating this week after receiving an excellent Ofsted report. more...
PARENTS and teachers at Hanley Swan Primary School raised more than £1,000 at a sponsored indoor rowing event at Malvern Splash on Saturday. more...
A LEADING conservation charity is to quit its Upton headquarters to become part of a new a national body. more...
WATER lot we've got... Worcester South Rotary Club's Dragon Boat Festival really pulled in the pounds. more...
A SPRIGHTLY old lady of 102 has celebrated her birthday surrounded by friends and family. more...
THE twisted limbs of trees in the abandoned death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau and storm clouds over the entrance gate are among the arresting images captured on film by Peter Holzapfel. more...
THE chairman of Droitwich's Forum for Older People is jetting off to Germany next month to represent the West Midlands at a European conference. more...
A MONTHLY dance dreamed up by five 16-year-olds which has been credited with keeping young people out of trouble kicks off its 2005 season tonight. more...
A FLOOD rescue service chief has hit out at what he says is the lunacy of Lottery cash distributors - claiming the organisation has been denied funding because it is "too white". more...
A MOTORIST has described how she feared for her life when she found herself in the path of a high-speed police car chase across the city yesterday afternoon. more...
THE people of Worcester paid tribute to the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust, as they joined in poignant commemorations held around the world. more...
THE family of a teenager killed alongside his father in a helicopter crash have paid tribute to the close-knit pair. more...
A BATTLE has been won by residents in St John's campaigning to stop a controversial housing development. more...
TWO Worcestershire men who are involved in two very different fields have been honoured for their achievements. more...
MORE than 150 people have returned their Worcester bus passes after confusion over the price of fares. more...
HOUSEHOLDS in Worcester will be asked to trial different types of wheelie bins to determine which design would be the most suitable for the city. more...
PETER Luff says he is not concerned that a children's show he criticised called him The Right Honourable Piece of Fluff. more...
POLICE and immigration officers swooped on a Worcester kebab shop in a huge operation to tackle illegal workers. more...
They save the lives of dozens of people each year. They are called in to rescue many who are in difficulties on the Severn and many other rivers and tributaries. more...
Live drama returns to West Malvern next week for the first time in several years, with the re-formed Brewers Troupe of the West Malvern Players staging a full length play the village hall on Friday and Saturday. Daisy Pulls it Off by Denise Deegan is described as a ripping comedy. It features the adventures of a group of boarding school girls. more...
AT the Garden Club meeting on Wednesday, February 9, Peter Thompson will give a talk on the Landscapes and Flowers in the Alps. more...
FANTASTIC was the only word for it - Tegwin Harrison's wish to do something to help raise money for the Tsunami Disaster resulted in the unbelievable sum of £3,160. more...
AT the inter-church games evening held last week at Somers Park Avenue Methodist Church Hall, a team of David and Margaret Allen (playing snooker and Ludo respectively) and Meg Allsopp (table tennis) represented St Peter's Church, Powick. more...
IT is now 20 years (what a life sentence) since Brian and Leta Woodcock edited, collated and printed our benefice parish magazine and how it has grown under their leadership. more...
An auction of promises and Wind in the Willows memorabilia will be held in Cradley Village Hall tonight (Friday). Items up for auction include Toad's car and caravan, and many more props and costumes from the production. more...
CASTLEMORTON bell-ringers will be participating in BBC Hereford and Worcester's hospice appeal on Sunday, January 30. The benefice service will be at Longdon at 10.30am, where the benefice ringers will be joined by others from neighbouring villages to start ringing at 9.30am. To support this appeal, make a donation at the service at Longdon or via Elisabeth Smith on (01684) 833302. more...
LINE-dancing sessions continue at the parish hall on Friday evening from 7.30-9.30pm. New members are always welcome, the charge is a very reasonable £2 for an enjoyable evening's entertainment and keep-fit exercise. more...
South Worcestershire NHS Primary Care Trust is asking people what they think about plans for a new hospital in Malvern. Representatives will be travelling on the mobile library in Castlemorton, Berrow and Pendock on February 17, Hanley Swan, Brotheridge and Hanley Castle on February 25, Welland, Hook and Castlemorton on February 28. They will be distributing a booklet on the hospital and telling you how you can make your voice heard. more...
A TRULY amazing weekend in our benefice, what caring people we have in our community! more...
PAULINE Price has once again proved her friends right. more...
A RETIRED Worcester man has had to endure two weeks living in a flat without gas or electricity during the coldest weather spell of the year. more...
WHERE in Worcester can you find top-notch computers for under £200? more...
A LEADING conservation charity is to quit its Upton headquarters to become part of a new a national body. more...
THE front of an environmental centre in Worcester's Gheluvelt Park has been transformed by the addition of some living greenery. more...
RESTAURANT owners have pledged to raise at least £5,000 for an Upton rescue service, after it was repeatedly turned down for Lottery funding. more...
SCHOOLCHILDREN across Worcestershire are being asked to put their green fingers to the test in a national schools' competition to grow a prize-winning petunia. more...
A TEENAGE motorcyclist was killed after colliding head-on with a car that was overtaking another vehicle. more...
THE fate of Droitwich's Lido could be decided next week at a meeting of Wychavon District Council's executive board. more...
READERS may recall the photograph which we published a few weeks ago relating to an old vehicle and cottage more...
n Rector Chris Hardwick is the new chairman of Upton Ecumenical Council. He took over from the Rev Ian Sim at a service at the Parish Church on Sunday. more...
WITH the Malvern Town first team having a well-deserved break this weekend, the action centred around the Reserves who entertained Bilston Town at Langland Stadium. more...
WEST Malvern Cricket Club's annual dinner is being held this year in the cricket suite at the County Ground, New Road, on Saturday, April 9. more...
LOOKING back over the 2004 season, Worcester Nomads Cricket Club have concluded that it proved well below the expectations at the outset. more...
THIS match was not one for the faint of heart and the Pirates let their rugby do the talking as their opponents resorted to the `rough stuff' as the Malvern lead built up. more...
THE Malvern Angels youth Section went to Old Coventrians RFC on Sunday to play in the West Midlands Tag festival. more...
ON a clear but cold afternoon Malvern's seconds made the short trip to Sixways last Saturday. more...
MALVERN Cricket Club's annual presentation night was held at the club's Regency Road headquarters last Friday night. more...
FOLLOWING last week's disappointing show against local rivals Malvern Town Reserves in the Evesham Hospital Cup, Rangers returned to league action at Victoria Park. more...
MALVERN had a point to prove in this match, having conceded their first Midlands Two West defeat away to Stafford in the autumn. more...
THIRD-placed Malvern Town are at home to Leicestershire side Coalville Town tomorrow (Saturday) in the Midland Alliance. more...
MALVERN retained third place in the Midlands Two West table, behind also winners Hinckley and Burton, after their win against Stafford on Saturday. more...
MALVERN RFC more...
MALVERN Rugby Club's U15 squad will have to put in a strong performance to overcome a useful Stourbridge team and qualify for the quarter-final stage of the North Midlands U15s Cup competition before Easter. more...
SATURDAY more...
MALVERN Girls' College held its annual Junior Schools Netball Tournament on Saturday with 10 teams representing eight schools. more...
IAN Sage saved the whitewash for Dynamos in Division Three of the Malvern Table Tennis League but could not make it a point when they played Crackpots B. more...
MALVERN Chess Club convincingly won their away match against Kidderminster Pawns in the Worcester and District League division one to reach the halfway point of the season with three points out of four and hold the top spot. more...
MALVERN cycling club VC Sevale's club ride on Sunday will be led by Steve Price. more...
COLWALL WHC fought back from 1-0 down to snatch a point against Severn division one leaders Newent at Ledbury Leisure Centre on Saturday. more...
WITH the Worcestershire Golf Club course enveloped in cold wintry weather, it was to the credit of the membership that a full field of hardy golfers competed in the Winter Alliance competition. more...
WELLAND needed to bounce back following their shock defeat the previous week where an excellent keeper stood between them and at least a share of the spoils. more...
WEST Malvern travelled to Fernhill Heath Spurs in the Phipps Cup on Saturday and scored four goals for the first time this season. more...
POWICK confirmed their place in the semi-final of the Phipps Cup with a good victory in bitterly cold and snowy conditions. more...
THE only 100 per cent record in The Soccer Site Malvern Football League was swept away on Sunday when home side Keyz 04 defeated division two leaders Perowne Park Rangers. more...
THERE was a good turnout for the latest round of the Malvern United Angling Association's winter league on the pool at Mathon. more...
UPTON Rugby Club's first XV played their first home game after a five week period covering the Christmas holidays and two away matches. more...
The Travel Factory Midland Football Alliance more...
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