Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | January
BEING the songwriter and frontman of a band whose career has spanned more than two decades would be considered an achievement in itself. more...
A CUDDLY baboon stole the show on Saturday night, having been taken along by Mary Baulk, who runs the Butterfly Puppet Theatre. more...
A MUSICIAN whose trademark brand of bittersweet love songs has won the hearts of many a listener is hoping to win over the nation - and put Worcester firmly back on the musical map. more...
THERE will be plenty of "Stones" in the Malvern Hills next week as legendary rocker Bill Wyman rolls into the town. more...
WHAT can I say that has already not been said about this fantastic show? more...
A HUGE weight of expectation is riding behind new rock band Carbon/Silicon. more...
IT'S not every day you get to see a 65-year-old man reeling out tunes such as Teenager in Love to a huddle of adoring fans. more...
I DON'T like being uncomplimentary about a concert which was a great idea and for a wonderful cause, but this lacked organisation, with little attention to timing, balance or musical content. more...
IT WILL be a case of "Back with Sax" as opposed to "Back In Black" next week as the renowned contemporary saxophonist Scott Hamilton brings his silky-smooth musical skills to Worcester. more...
THE NEW Tracey Chapman, Sheryl Crow, Indigo Girls... the complimentary comparisons are coming in thick and fast. more...
BILL Kenwright's new production is a polished show with all the essential ingredients of a theatrical smash. more...
AWORCESTER musician whose brother was in an horrific car accident last year is organising a musical extravaganza in the city to raise funds for the charity that saved his life. more...
AUDIENCES can expect a gig with a spooky difference in Worcester this month - as a city band brings classic horror film Nosferatu to life. more...
THE only word I can think of to sum up this concert is "Wow". David Howles's idea to invite the concert-goers of Kidderminster to his birthday bash was inspired, and the talented singers of Wyre Forest combined with the Bostin' Pops Orchestra - new to me but absolutely brilliant - to present an afternoon of entertainment par excellence. more...
ATTEMPTING to mimic the sound of such a hugely-influential rock and roll band as Led Zeppelin and gain the backing of their fans would appear enough of a challenge. more...
WHO would have thought a couple of men singing soul and rhythm and blues numbers wearing dark suits, shades and hats would have gained such a cult following? more...
"JOLLY hockeysticks" abound in this tale of a "posh" girls school, where the students are horrified to learn that an elementary schoolgirl has won a scholarship to their establishment. more...
DESPITE having considerable solo success, musician Paul Young doesn't hark on about his glory days. more...
A HOST of musicians are getting ready to play notes for notes in Worcester - as the city gears up for two major charity gigs. more...
SUPERBLY written with some wonderful, witty dialogue, Arthur Miller's play The Price provided a perfect evening's entertainment. more...
FORMER English indie band The Smiths continue to attract scores of fans long after their split - but one such person also has the added bonus of playing in a band with two of its members. more...
THE term `it's a small world' springs to mind when you hear how two members of the up-and-coming music act Angel Brothers met. more...
WHEN David Quigley visited Kidderminster two years ago as guest of the Classical Music Society, I was most impressed by the confidence and style of this young pianist, and I eagerly awaited his return performance. more...
MUSIC fans will be "squeezing" themselves into Worcester's Marr's Bar on Sunday as highly accomplished guitarist Nick Harper comes to the city for a gig. more...
SHUFFLING samba, mambo mayhem and bundles of bossa nova will be coming to Malvern next month as the town hosts a Brazilian night. more...
WE were transported back to the days of the Palm Court orchestra at Kidderminster Library on Friday evening, in the first of the Classical Music Society's collaborations with the CBSO, which included the familiar strains of Fritz Kreisler's Liebesfreud, the theme music for the radio programme of my youth. more...
EYEBROWS are set to be raised in Worcester next week as a controversial song touching on global politics is aired in the city in the wake of the US elections. more...
ALASTAIR Fothergill told the remarkable story of the groundbreaking documentary series about our planet's oceans with great wit, charm and insight yet it was the breathtaking imagery captured for the BBC's TV epic which enthralled the festival crowd. more...
THE Andy Warhol Syndrome is Jenny Eclair's hard-hitting one woman comedy play which reflects the current obsession with reality television and the consequences on those living Andy Warhol's prophecy. more...
THE cast of Carpet Trades Operatic Society's latest production received a deserved standing ovation on Monday night. more...
WHEN Babyshambles last played this neck of the woods in April lead singer Peter Doherty was a member of The Libertines who, after just one album, were touted as the finest British band of their generation. more...
BOOGIE Nights is back - and this time it's the 1980s with stiletto heels, padded shoulders, puffball skirts, Bob Geldof and Maggie Thatcher. more...
STEPHEN Wicks and Mark Welford retired as principal dancers with the Royal Ballet 10 years ago, and opened a very successful flower business in Covent Garden. more...
IT is often difficult to bring radio or television shows to the stage but, with its format of great chat and intimacy with the audience, Test Match Special is made for the stage. more...
WE left the town hall to the strains of Thank you for the Music and those are my sentiments exactly. more...
LAST weekend the Zutons cancelled the remaining dates of their UK tour after drummer Sean Payne was struck down by a severe viral infection. more...
Nice blokes, The Finn Brothers. They drink what appears to be mugs of tea on stage, sing songs about how they grew up together, loved their mum and cherish their families and give fans the hits which made them famous as one half of Crowded House. more...
POINTLESS, silly and puerile, are the words which sum up the first of this double bill, presented in a joint venture between the Swan Playwrights and the Nonentities. more...
THIS year, the annual fund-raising concert starred The Sirens - Janine Smith (piano), Diana Sharp (soprano) and Dawn Foxall (mezzo soprano), and pianist Paul Fisher. more...
LIKE David Bowie before him, Nick Cave has won a huge cult following by balancing his love of discordant, semi-avant garde songwriting with melodic pop songs which retain the twist heart of his most daring work. more...
STUNNING is the only word to describe this production of Puccini's masterpiece by the Russian State Opera of Rostov. more...
MASTERMIND and University Challenge aren't a patch on the mental tortures dreamed up by cruel Chinese Princess Turandot. more...
AS far as I am concerned, you can never go wrong with Gilbert and Sullivan, so I was delighted to see that the first half of this anniversary evening was a potted, concert version of HMS Pinafore. more...
THE third in the series of Classical Music Society recitals featuring artistes from Birmingham Conservatoire was, as always, of a very high standard. more...
ON Saturday former Young Voices Russell Painter, Beth Dunn and Laura Bassett, led the youngsters in a concert performance of a condensed version of Leonard Bernstein's masterpiece, and it was brilliant. more...
FORMER Savage Garden frontman, Darren Hayes, has cultivated quite a following and they were out in force as he played to a packed hall at the Civic. more...
"TOUCH but my lips with those fair lips of thine" - thus Venus beseeches Adonis in Shakespeare's sensuous and voluptuous theme. more...
FROM the Matrix-like black robed figures at the start to the red-eyed wolves that roam the forests of the mind - this was a magnetic Beauty and The Beast back once again at Stratford. more...
Considering the prequel to this game was labelled as a fear evoking psychological experience which would reduce grown men to a cowering wreck, it is a tough task for Konami to create a game even parallel to the mighty Silent Hill 2. more...
SUCCESS is in the air at a Midlands' gallery. more...
Wednesday January 5 more...
ANYONE feeling the need to stretch weary limbs after the Christmas excesses should get down to the danceFEST classes in Worcester. more...
POPULAR Midlands comedian Jasper Carrott has been named in the cast of the hit Birmingham musical Go Play Up Your Own End. more...
Combining the brilliance of world-class ice skating with the intimacy of the theatre, The Sleeping Beauty On Ice can be seen at Birmingham's Hippodrome from February 8-12. more...
FUN and laughter is guaranteed when Droitwich Spa's Norbury Theatre stages its annual pantomime. more...
AS fans eagerly await the release of Gran Turismo 4 at the end of the year, Sony release a taster of what fans can expect in the form of Gran Turismo 4 "Prologue." more...
SHOWDOWN is without a doubt the wrestling fan's wrestling game. more...
SUMMER is upon us, so expect beach holidays, ice-creams, and many an opportunity to play tennis. more...
TICKLING stick at the ready, laughter legend Ken Dodd returns to Malvern Theatres next month. more...
DELVE into the minds of celebrated authors while honing your own writing skills at this year's Cheltenham Festival of Literature from Friday to Sunday, April 2-4. more...
IN Animal Crossing everything occurs in real time, courtesy of a 24-hour clock and both seasonal and daily variations occur. more...
There are just some folk you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of and a washed up former CIA agent played by Denzel Washington would certainly fit into this bracket. more...
Kinver Light Operatic Society's latest outing Ski Whizz proved more of a yawn-fest than a comedy. more...
IF Ben Stiller is a bit fed up with his Starsky And Hutch co-star Owen Wilson, he probably has a point - this is their seventh film together. more...
Few films have attracted as much controversy as Mel Gibson's latest film, depicting the last 12 hours of Jesus' life. more...
Dr Seuss will be spinning in his grave. more...
Former wild child, now Hollywood power babe Drew Barrymore is renowned for her quickfire love life. more...
ASHTON Kutcher may have a very impressive Hollywood career already, but there's no denying he's more famous for his romance with Demi Moore than for his acting. more...
Just how lucky can a girl get? Actress Saffron Burrows is stunningly beautiful, has a figure to die for, and a flourishing stage and screen career. more...
Confessions of a teenage drama queen (pg) more...
War looms large for two mighty civilisations on opposite sides of the Aegean. more...
When you ponder the reasons for Hollywood queen Cameron Diaz being cast to voice Princess Fiona in Shrek and Shrek 2, being "down-to-earth" isn't the first thing that springs to mind. more...
Steve Coogan is one of Britain's most popular and successful comedians but lately the joke's fallen a bit flat for the 39-year old funnyman. more...
WHEN actress Sophia Myles walks into the room, we aring a plain, white shirt and jeans, you do wonder whether her choice of nondescript outfit was a deliberate one. more...
Plenty of people would say actor Guy Pearce is a bit of a sexy beast, but he pales into insignificance next to his latest co-stars, a pack of real tigers. more...
His latest movie The Village has just topped the US box office charts but actor Joaquin Phoenix definitely won't be queuing up for his popcorn. more...
AS couples go, revered thespian Dame Judi Dench and Hollywood muscleman Vin Diesel make an odd one. more...
Tom Cruise - Hollywood superstar, Mr Nice Guy and all-round onscreen hero. But the A-lister seems to be shaking off his clean-cut image and showing a darker side - onscreen, at any rate. more...
HERE'S a tip: Don't go near actor Paul Bettany if you're feeling even the slightest bit insecure about yourself, because this man sums up the phrase ``having it all''. more...
SHE'S one of the most successful actresses in the world and one of the highest paid, but you won't have seen her name up in lights in Hollywood. more...
THE atmosphere of Vienna's Musikwerein was recreated in the second of what must now surely have become an annual New Year's Day concert. more...
THE Nonentities' inaugural offering of 2003 is perhaps a debatable choice - and one not helped by the decision to try to adopt American accents for David Mamet's script about desperate salesmen. more...
THE band made a shaky start to this concert in aid of the Kidderminster Mayor's charity fund, making an error at the end of the National Anthem, and they didn't appear to know how to end Olympic Fanfare and Theme by John Williams. more...
The story of Frank Abagnale Jr shows that teenagers really can make their dreams come true - as a Pan Am airline pilot, hospital doctor or qualified lawyer. more...
AFTER the decidedly ropey American accents in Glengarry Glen Ross, The Nonentities went from the ridiculous to the sublime in their latest production. more...
STOURPORT Choral and Operatic Society's spring concert comprised songs from musicals, such as The King and I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Carousel and Oklahoma!. more...
THE Wyre Forest Group of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust presented this concert in association with the Midland Gershwin Mayerl Society. more...
MOVE over Skippy, there's a new marsupial in town - Kangaroo Jack. more...
Birmingham Rep more...
A WINTER'S TALE more...
THE latest "Live at the Library" presentation by the Classical Music Society, was one of the most enjoyable concerts at this venue. more...
St Mary's Church, Kidderminster. more...
PLAYS by amateur writers performed by professional actors? more...
CHARLIE'S ANGELS - FULL THROTTLE ( 12A) more...
CHARLIE and Jamie are two advertising gurus with major hang-ups: they are spending too much time at work and not enough at play (with their kids). more...
THE opening chorus of Now's The Time for Fun and Laughter from The Bartered Bride got this programme off to a rousing start, but it really came to life when Mary Sinclair led Can't Help Lovin' That Man from Showboat. more...
THE visionary director of the first two Terminator films - who also struck gold with Aliens and Titanic - jumped ship (excuse the pun) for the third instalment of the series and his absence shows. more...
SO there I was, sat slurping my bubble gum flavour slush puppie and donning my 3D glasses - yes, it was time to pretend to be a six-year-old again. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Male Choir and the Valentines ladies choir spent the Bank Holiday weekend in Germany, as guests of twin town Husum, to help celebrate the 400th anniversary of the German town's charter. VON STEWART joined in the fun. more...
Meditations, Kidderminster Library, until September 20 more...
FORMER professional dancer Denise Churchett was obviously in her element as Mavis, the dance teacher in Richard Harris's gentle comedy. more...
FACT met fiction as resident group The Nonentities got the new season underway at The Rose. more...
SET in the fictitious Yorkshire village of Knapely, Calendar Girls is based on a true story about a group of middle-aged women's attempts to raise money for the hospital which treated one of their husbands before he died of leukaemia - by making the first nude Women's Institute calendar. more...
WHILE neither outstanding nor unpredictable, the US remake of the cult British film starring Mark Wahlberg in Michael Caine's role of Charlie Croker was both fast-moving and tense enough to hold my attention throughout. more...
MUCH is written about and made of the horrors contained in Titus Andronicus. more...
THEY walked the slow, studied, theatrical walk through Malvern's Priory Park for the benefit of the television cameras. more...
GLAMOUR comes to Malvern Theatres this summer with a whole host of top female stars lined up to grace the stage. more...
The Evening News was kind enough to run an article and write a Leader article about the fact that the Swan Theatre has now been re-opened for one year. more...
A DISTINGUISHED partnership is at the helm for a new performance of The Merry Widow at Worcester's Swan Theatre next month. more...
TOP comedienne Jo Brand has put a Herefordshire arts centre at the top of her menu. more...
SOMERSET Maugham's classic comedy The Constant Wife, one of London's biggest hits last summer, comes to Malvern Festival Theatre next week. more...
PATRONS of Huntingdon Hall shouldn't be surprised tonight if they are stopped at the door and asked to pop a topic into a bucket. more...
OPERA lovers have the chance to see Rossini's magical work Cinderella sung in Italian by Romanian opera stars. more...
IT'S not often you hear a classical musician describe the genre as needing a good "kick up the backside". more...
WHO hasn't dreamt of being woken up by a kiss from a charming, handsome prince, only to be roused by a snorting pig? more...
WITH a mother called Peg, what chance did writer, performer, festival frolicker and all-round mischief-maker Marcus Moore ever have of fitting in? more...
UNDER Milk Wood is one of those classic entities, so well known on the one hand, so little known on the other. more...
WHEN a major Hollywood film studio descends on a village in rural Ireland, the demand for extras from the local community is huge. more...
SIMON Trinder's Bolton drawl and laid back expletive-littered attitude to life does little to justify the stereotypical image of your average thesp. more...
LESLEY Joseph is one of those lovely ladies who invariably plays an over-the-top character on stage or screen, yet in real life is as down to earth as your best mate. more...
Review - Jack and the Beanstalk at the Birmingham Hippodrome (until January 30) more...
YOU'LL like this - but not a lot" is not exactly how Paul Daniels hopes to go down when he does an appearing act in Worcester next week. more...
THE A449 to Malvern will probably be strewn with rose petals next week and no doubt the red carpet is ready and waiting, along with half a dozen hunky flunkies and a celebrity chef or two, because Joan Collins is in town. more...
RABBI Lionel Blue may come across as a doting grandad, signing off our interview with a sincere "Goodbye, my dear, and God bless", but he is still a force to be reckoned with. more...
FOLLOWING sell-out seasons in the West End, Moira Buffini's wicked comedy Dinner comes to Malvern Theatres on Monday as part of a national tour. more...
ONE of Britain's best-loved comedy performers, Nicholas Parsons is taking part in a show being staged at Worcester's Swan Theatre by youngsters of a city amateur dramatics group. more...
WITH a line-up ranging from a latter day Tommy Cooper to a poignant dance portrayal of family life, July at Huntingdon Arts' city arenas should be sunny with a smattering of showers. more...
ONE of the most successful musicals in early British theatre history marks its 50th anniversary in Droitwich next week. more...
HUNTINGDON Art's larger than life director Chris Jaeger belts across the Swan Theatre foyer, "this isn't a music festival, nor an arts festival - it is a celebration of life." more...
NICHOLAS Parsons takes his tea strong, with just a splash of milk. He's not terribly keen on dairy products and, as he is in his 70s and still very sprightly, avoiding them can hardly be said to have been to his detriment. more...
MALVERN Theatres has put together what it calls its "biggest and most varied programme yet" for the autumn season. more...
WHY lug a double bass around school when you can send shivers up the spines of the opposite sex with a few blue notes from the sassy sax? more...
A PLAY dedicated to Laurie Lee's remarkable journey into war-torn Spain in the 1930s has been penned by the author's cousin for a debut in Cheltenham. more...
YOUNG Thespians from Hereford's Courtyard Senior Youth Theatre are busy preparing for one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", Measure for Measure, which runs from Tuesday to Saturday, July 27-31. more...
BILLED as the David Beckhams of dance, the infamous Ballet Boyz are whirling their way into Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre on Saturday, September 18. more...
STROLL along the banks of Britain's canals and you'll probably see a tourist or three supping wine as they watch the world go by from the helm of their narrowboat home. more...
DISTINCTLY diverse interpretations of a work of art by a husband and wife provide the backbone to a new play taking centre stage at next month's Worcester Festival. more...
A STUNNING selection of plays whose cast include Penelope Keith (The Good Life, To the Manor Born) and the actress behind the 1980s TV policewoman Juliet Bravo, are being brought to Malvern this summer by the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company. more...
SIXTY-four youngsters from a city drama group are gearing up for the rock `n' roll musical Return to the Forbidden Planet, which launches into Worcester's Swan Theatre next week. more...
JIVE bunnies are invited to don their dancing shoes and get down to Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre for a night of nostalgic musical mayhem. more...
A FEAST of ballet and opera courtesy of international performers is scheduled to sweep Wolverhampton's Civic Hall off its feet next season. more...
THE standard of amateur theatre is generally very high in Worcester. With some of the companies, it is outstanding. And not just the actors and singers who normally get all the credit - all the aspects of theatre are done very well. more...
A SPECTACULAR show of lights, lasers and special effects will provide the backdrop to this year's acclaimed Classical Spectacular at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. more...
CHELTENHAM'S Everyman Theatre has proved to be a showstopper in itself after smashing its record for ticket sales. more...
ITS internationally renowned, potently hot and has its roots firmly embedded in our very own Faithful City - let's hear it for Worcestershire Sauce. more...
LISTENING to Evelyn Glennie perform her critically acclaimed music, you'd never guess she was profoundly deaf. more...
JAZZ vocalist Tina May will be steering audiences through an evening of musical tales filled with woe, warmth and wit when she comes to Worcester's Huntingdon Hall. more...
A SUMMER school weekend of vibrant contemporary dance for teenagers and adults kicks off in Worcester tomorrow. more...
THOUSANDS of clubbers will be left shocked at the news that The Rooms in Hereford is to close its doors for good at the beginning of May. more...
STRING and brass players interested in playing some orchestral masterpieces are in demand to join Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra. more...
EVERY now and then, Have I Got News For You's Paul Merton and his nemesis Ian Hislop are upstaged by a genuinely ultra-witty personality. more...
COMEDY'S hottest property is appearing in Stratford this October for a week-long laughter fest. more...
SHOPPERS in north London's Brent Cross area could be forgiven a few double takes the other day, because even in this age of cross-dressing a figure in men's trousers and women's stiletto heels is not a common sight. more...
THE epitome of Englishness will be on show when a Noel Coward play hits the theatre next week. more...
THE ninth Cheltenham International Jazz Festival will be bringing some of the hottest names in jazz to town, as well as providing a platform for some of the best new talent. more...
EVERYONE will be going Aussie-mad when an Australian film extravaganza takes place during the Worcester Festival. more...
DJ Pin-Up, a former model, will be making a welcome return to a Worcester club when she plays at Caesar's, Westside, next Friday. more...
As you peruse this, dear reader, Huntingdon Arts will be girding its loins for the start of the Worcester Festival, and praying for good weather. more...
SOME of the hottest new musical talents from Worcestershire and Herefordshire have been chosen to battle it out in a new television series for ITV called Music Uncovered. more...
EVER fancied becoming a real life detective and taking part in solving a murder. more...
A BAND from Hereford will be one of the last band's to battle for a place in the second round of a new music programme. more...
A SINGER who has previously won the Best British Vocalist category at the British Jazz Awards, will be showing off her talents when she comes to Worcester's Huntingdon Hall. more...
A STALWART actress, renowned for her feisty and glamorous roles is due to take to the stage in Worcester. more...
ARTISTS in all fields are invited to the Arthouse café in Worcester's CrownGate tonight to join in the first anniversary celebrations of Phillip Newth, a city based art project that specialises in alternative cabaret. more...
WORCESTER is hoping for a major tourism boost when a new survey is released soon. more...
IN an admission that will probably give heart to all aspiring thespians, Roy Hudd said he has the very devil of a job remembering his lines. more...
MULTI-platinum selling and award-winning singer Mary J Blige will bring her Love & Life Tour to The NEC Arena this June. more...
PEOPLE who have always fancied being part of a theatre production will now have the opportunity to do so in one performance - thanks to the interactive show HMS Pinafore From Scratch. more...
AN up and coming solo artist, who is used to playing acoustic gigs, is looking for a guitarist and other musicians to help her promote a new album. more...
IT'S the sort of sight you're always likely to come across walking through a Malvern park in mid-summer - a beautiful slave girl, a 6ft Chinese widow with day-glo make-up and a fellow in a suspect suit with a skunk sitting on his hand. more...
IF you fancy seeing an artist who has shared the same billing as Sting and even the legendary Bob Dylan, then look no further than the Marr's Bar this Sunday. more...
AN open-air concert featuring much-loved film theme classics and proms favourites is set to be performed in Malvern by the world-renowned English Symphony Orchestra tomorrow. more...
Take a builder, a baker and a furniture maker and what have you got? No, not the modern reworking of a familiar nursery rhyme, but three ingredients in the gamut of musicians carefully mixed to cook up a traditional big band. more...
IT'LL be a battle of the soap stars when Frederick Nott's classic crime thriller Dial M For Murder opens at Worcester's Swan Theatre on September 13. more...
Benjy's Bop to bounce in to the Marr's more...
PENELOPE Keith, one of the best-loved actresses and television personalities of the last 30 years, makes a return appearance at Malvern Theatres next week. more...
FOLLOWING the announcement of their retirement in November last year, Lindisfarne were faced with a predicament - should they proceed with their planned acoustic shows in 2004? more...
THE carousel just keeps on spinning for theatrical duo David Humphries and Rachel Price, who first set foot on the stage together 21 years ago and now form a dynamic team of producer and choreographer for a leading amateur dramatics society. more...
Great Opera Recordings: Tosca by Puccini. more...
ANASTACIA the vocalist with a big voice, will be bringing her blend of soul, pop and rock to Birmingham's NEC. more...
A CELEBRATION of the life of Vera Lynn is among the highlights of the new season at the Rose Theatre, Kidderminster. more...
Frederick Delius: Arrangement for Piano 4 Hands by Peter Warlock. Noriko Ogawa and Kathryn Stott. more...
A SONG, which is becoming a favourite on the line-dance floor, is helping raise funds for a disease that nearly spelt tragedy in one woman's life. more...
Fazil Say Black Earth. more...
SAM Brown, best remembered for her stunning hit Stop!, is a busy woman. As well as writing songs and performing her solo sets around the country, she is touring with Jules Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, which comes to Ragley Hall on Saturday, June 26. more...
IT would be difficult to come across a better theatre for a performance of Shakespeare's The Tempest than the Swan. more...
Albinoni Concertos, op. 10, nos. 1-6 more...
THE winter season promises six months of entertainment thanks to a season of concerts organised by the Warwick Arts Society. more...
PEOPLE who enjoy Celtic, Balkan, Gypsy, Spanish, or Cornish music will be able to hear these influences in the sounds of 3 Daft Monkeys. more...
THEY liked it so much, they're doing it again. Great Witley Operatic Society is to repeat the formula of its Golden Jubilee concert, which had audiences enthralled at Worcester's Swan Theatre two years ago. more...
Historic Saxophone - Claude and Odile Delangle. more...
JON Amor is an artist worth checking out as his song-writing style and performance has been compared to great names such as Paul Weller, Beck and Led Zeppelin. more...
THE cornerstone of Warren Mitchell's career has been the ability to play a character much older than himself and he's still at it at 78. more...
A LIVE music event featuring local bands is being held by Worcester City FC Supporters' Trust. more...
COMEDY gurus can enjoy a night of hearty entertainment when The Keith Barret Show goes live. more...
Curtain Up! more...
RENOWNED singer and songwriter Jamie Knight is set for his big break after being chosen to be part of an international music compilation in aid of charity. more...
POPULAR entertainer and television celebrity Les Dennis is set to take to the stage in Birmingham in a star-studded performance of the hit show Kiss Me Kate. more...
My Love. more...
NEW YEAR'S DAY CONCERT more...
A HEREFORD duo are celebrating after being voted through to the second round of a new music programme. more...
So the Festival has finished for another year. more...
Dave Brubeck - Chromatic Fantasy Sonata, Five Pieces from Two Part Adventures, Tritonis, The Salmon Strikes, Rising Sun. more...
MULTI-platinum selling soul diva and singer/songwriter Gabrielle (right) returns to Britain's Second City with a concert at the NIA Academy on Monday, December 6. more...
A FEAST of well known stars from stage and screen are heading for Bewdley for the picturesque riverside town's 17th festival. more...
Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Suspended Night more...
WHILE it does not cater for everyone's tastes and takes some getting used to, there is no escaping the hilarious allure of spoof fly-on-the-wall documentary Bo Selecta once you're hooked - and I am. more...
THE Lightness are a tribute band to The Darkness and even dress like the lads. more...
WHEN Vicky Binns stepped out of the shoes of troublesome teenager Ollie Reynolds after four years in the long-running TV soap Emmerdale, she vowed to take her acting talents to the stage. more...
Il Campanello - Gaetano Donizetti. more...
AN unusual CD of Icelandic traditional music has been recorded by a Worcester woman who was born in north Iceland. more...
DON Clay may be in his 70s but he still has stars in his eyes and the smell of the greasepaint lures him on to the stage once again as he celebrates 50 years with a Worcester amateur dramatic association. more...
Manha de Carnaval. Guitar Music from Brazil. more...
IT'S fair to say funnyman Peter Kay and his hilarious pal Dave Spikey have created a timeless masterpiece in Phoenix Nights - and the second series provided me with a laugh a minute. more...
HEREFORD duo, BiZali will battle three other bands in Nottingham on live television tonight. more...
Missa Solemnis - Beethoven. more...
POP legends Status Quo are gearing up for their concert at Ragley Hall, near Alcester, next Sunday. more...
WORCESTER Gilbert and Sullivan Society is on the look-out for artistic types who can bring the amateur dramatics group in to the 21st Century with style. more...
Grieg Piano Concerto/Symphonic Dances by Edvard Grieg. more...
VIRTUOSO violinist Beverley Davison and her female musicians Hot Strings have taken the performance of classical music, given it a kick up the backside and made it fun. more...
IT is little wonder this movie, which charts the effects of the American Civil War on a group of people whose lives are intertwined by love, desperation and sheer hopelessness, has been nominated for 13 BAFTAs and is expected to shine at the Oscars. more...
AN artist who helped revive an interest in English Morris dancing and its music will be playing at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall tonight. more...
THIS year was the first time in 23 years that Swedish supergroup, ABBA could finally reunite on stage for fans across the globe. more...
Lachrymae - Music for Strings. Purcell, Britten, Part, Walton, Vaughan Williams, Tippett. more...
JOHN Tams is a man of many talents - radio producer, actor, and respected songwriter. more...
THE key to everything David Suchet does is his meticulous attention to detail and planning. more...
Heitor Villa-Lobos Symphony No 7 andSinfonietta No 1. more...
NEIL Simon's glorious dialogue is given a brilliant interpretation by the Nonentities this week. more...
NEARLY 40 years after Jack Wild shot to fame as the Artful Dodger in the hit Oscar winning 60s musical Oliver!, his fans are in for a double treat. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER band bagged a top producer for their debut single, thanks to a chance meeting. more...
WHAT do you do when three women you know all reach a stage in their lives when they develop an interest in New Age beliefs? more...
TOP Gun becomes Shogun in this epic tale of honour and conflict between eastern and western cultures. more...
Dig out your glam rags, funky flares, and glitter at the ready, for T.Rextasy, the ultimate tribute band to Marc Bolan & T.Rex are about to hit Worcester. more...
FANS of BBC 1's Monarch of the Glen will instantly recognise Lloyd Owen as Hector's illegitimate son Paul who has recently taken up the role as laird of Glenbogle. more...
EVERYONE knows the saying, never judge a book by its cover, but that's exactly what critics did when it came to the Alarm's new record. more...
A RENOWNED ghost hunter has made it his mission to pursue the paranormal across the length and breadth of Britain and nowhere has been ignored - including Worcestershire. more...
THEY were dancing in the aisles (literally) as this new musical based on the hit 1980s film starring Kevin Bacon hit the stage at the Alexandra Theatre. more...
PARTY-poopers are not the sort of audience expected to turn up to a Disciples gig, as the band like to see everyone strutting their stuff on the dance floor. more...
A COLOURFUL production featuring some of the most poptastic chart topping hits from the 60s and 70s is set to hit the Swan Theatre stage next week - and one of the stars of the show will be on familiar territory. more...
STEVE Ballard has been described as one of the best impersonators of the King Of Rock `n' Roll - Elvis Presley. more...
SU Pollard is remembered by millions as loveable cleaner Peggy in the hugely popular sit-com Hi-de-Hi. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Operatic and Dramatic Society have come up with another winner. more...
An unusual night for female DJs only will be starting up in September, with a special competition for an unknown DJ to win a residency. more...
THE legendary Bulldog Bash bike festival is revving up for take off next month. more...
I was panicking. I knew I was doing a phone interview with Syd Little, but the details were a bit vague. Was I ringing him or was he ringing me? more...
TICKETS for the Swan Theatre Amateur Company's production of Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart are selling like hot cakes despite the fact it does not even start its two week run at the Swan Theatre until February. more...
THE Young Musicians series organised by the Classical Music Society has introduced us to many talented pianists over the years, and the first recital since being renamed the Beryl Chempin series, certainly kept up the standard we have come to expect. more...
KELIS, R & B's most appetising songstress will be stepping up to complete the V2004 bill fresh from her monster chart hit Milkshake. more...
FIST-fights with transsexuals and punch-ups with prostitutes are all in a day's work for actor Christopher Key. more...
NICK Cave and the Bad Seeds will be gigging at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday, November 7. more...
ARE you a bride-to-be who dreams of walking down the aisle to the beautiful sounds of a male voice choir? more...
THERE are bossy women, very bossy women, and then there is Emma Hornett, who could boss for England. more...
THE angry, late 1970s will be revisited when the city's first big punk rock festival shakes the walls of Worcester Arts Workshop tomorrow. more...
A QUARTER of a century ago a small group of highly talented singers were assembled to perform two concerts of choral music that lay between the repertoire of the larger choral societies and the more restricted range of music provided by Worcester Cathedral Choir. more...
THE 12 contenders for the Nationwide Mercury Prize have been revealed, with bookies placing lad-rap heroes The Streets as joint favourite with Glasgow art rockers Franz Ferdinand to scoop the award. more...
WHILE the rest of us are busy finalising our Christmas card list and totting up how many presents we need to buy this year, the festive celebrations are temporarily at the back of the minds of two of the stars of this year's Swan Theatre pantomime. 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...
CHRISTMAS has come early for two talented young dancers from Worcester who have won parts in the nation's favourite festive production The Nutcracker which begins a 13-night run at the Birmingham Hippodrome tonight. more...
REMEMBER the girl-fronted band Echobelly? more...
ON stage and on screen funnyman Matthew Cottle has been keeping audiences entertained for years. 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...
JAZZ-lovers can enjoy a live performance by violinist Ralph Allin and his band at Croome Park, near Upton-upon-Severn, tomorrow. more...
PEOPLE who enjoy a good dance to music as diverse as Travis, Paul Weller, The Kinks, Reef and Britney, will find that Worcester band Medford are just the ticket. more...
THIS country pub near Telford was "the" place to be for any self-respecting indie fan last Thursday night when Babyshambles came to the Midlands for a hastily arranged and very secret gig. more...
IT is thanks to public transport and a hairy start that an unlikely friendship blossomed into a folk soul group. more...
A HARD House DJ competition taking place in Worcester for the first time, will give the winner a chance to support a top name in the industry. more...
THERE were so many twists and turns in this play I think the audience were almost as mentally tired as Dennis Beasley looked at the end of his marathon performance. more...
MALVERN based DJ Ad Lib returns to the Octagon Bar at St Ann's Well Cafe, Great Malvern tonight to deliver a selection of chilled beats & funk-soul grooves. more...
THANKS to the brilliant Scissor Sisters, pop music has exploded in an edgy, sexy, and tuneful commotion. more...
THE Nonentities brought the well-known characters in this very potted version of Jane Austen's novel to life with aplomb. more...
NEW York's Lord Bishop Rocks will be bringing their loud and proud sound all the way to Worcester's Marr's Bar in what promises to be a wild show. more...
A GROUP of talented young musicians will play at Avoncroft's Guesten Hall next Wednesday as part of the series of Bromsgrove Concerts. more...
SINCE the release of her debut album Call Off The Search last autumn, Katie Melua has gone from being an unknown artist to the most successful artist in Britain this year. more...
FOR an evening of breathtaking stunts, juggling dexterity and exhausting acrobatics, there can be no better place than at ringside of the circus. more...
CLASSCAL music lovers will relish a performance by the Birmingham Conservatoire Ensemble George Caird and Friends Programme on Saturday January 15 at 7.30pm. The event is held at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, in Birmingham. more...
A NUMBER of acts signed to Kidderminster College's MAS Records will be wowing the crowds when they take part in the 2004 Ross-on-Wye International Festival. more...
FOLK lovers should make a date in their diary for a visit by talented singer and guitar player James Keelaghan. more...
STRATFORD lads Antihero have just released their latest single, Don't Trust The DJ. more...
ANYONE who did not enjoy Saturday's concert must be very hard to please. more...
THE Ordinary Boys are no ordinary act, as this year has proved. more...
THE Relics will take people on a trip down memory lane when they play music from the 60s and 70s in aid of Cancer Research. more...
ON Friday night, after Duncan Honeybourne's performance of his Piano Sonata number one, composer John Joubert commented: "That was exactly right" - praise indeed. more...
THE Waterboys will be playing a live acoustic gig at The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, on Sunday, October 24. more...
ELKIE Brooks, whose career took off after supporting The Beatles on the early 1960s, will be the star name on the bill when she plays on the first night of the Worcester Festival. more...
KIDDERMINSTER MALE CHOIR CENTENARY CONCERT more...
WHO can forget classic rock ballads such as Summer Of 69, and Heaven? more...
JULES Benjamin, Medford and The Fever are just some of the big Worcester names who will be taking part in the Charity Party in the Park 2004. more...
THE young cast from Kidderminster College made us laugh with this up-beat version of Aristophenes' tale of the original women's libbers, who decided they had had enough of war-making, so refused any love-making until their menfolk came to their senses. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE-based groove-rock band The Fever are rehearsing for their latest tour of Midlands' venues. more...
ALL eyes will be on Birmingham this Sunday when a boy band search for a fourth male singer, to release a charity single. more...
IT is not every day a stately home opens its grounds to host a live music festival so I had to satisfy my curiosity when the wild child of jazz came a knockin'. more...
A SPECIAL gig tonight will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Coltrane's recording of A Love Supreme. more...
A HARD House DJ competition is gearing up for its final round at Worcester's Caesar's Nightclub. more...
IT was great to see the young folk of Kidderminster Operatic and Dramatic Society's youth section (KODYS) so obviously enjoying themselves while entertaining us last week. more...
A WORLD class British jazz singer will be joined by a trio of top musicians when a special charity night is held to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief. more...
TWO exciting music names have announced live gig dates at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. more...
DIRECTOR Peter Mimmack stated he wished to create a "fresh, visual, psychological, theatrical and dynamic perspective" with his version of this popular Shakespeare play. more...
FESTIVALS conjure up a host of glamourous images - live music, flamboyant outfits, booze, mud and portaloos. more...
THERE were a few dishevelled figures wandering among the giant foam footballers and ever-present waft of hot dogs on Sunday morning. more...
UP-and-coming Worcester band Rainmaker are looking to create a storm on the music scene with their explosive new sound. more...
ONE of Birmingham's landmark comedy venues will be serving up a barrel of laughs this month to celebrate its 30th anniversary. more...
ROCK musician Deborah Bonham will be crashing into Worcester tomorrow night for a gig at the city's Marrs Bar. more...
WORCESTER residents need never miss their weekly fix of celebrity gossip again as Hello! Magazine offers its readers the chance to reads news on their favourite stars as its happens. more...
THE sounds of Black Country comedy and music will be heading to Worcester this month as the city's Huntingdon Hall plays host to a couple of big-name acts. more...
FANS of talented rock artist Van Morrison, pictured below, will be delighted to hear he is booked in to play Cheltenham this month. more...
ROCK band The Ferret Convention sang their hearts out for charity in a fund-raising gig in Evesham over the Bank Holiday Weekend, helping to raise £900 for the Tracy Sollis Leukaemia Trust. more...
MUSIC fans can be prepared to be blown away as a couple of stars, whose careers have spanned the decades ,take to the stage at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall. more...
DEDICATED musician Clive John has battled against adversity following an horrific childhood accident to reach the final of a prestigious songwriting competition. more...
ANTHEMIC classics such as Baggy Trousers by Madness and Watching the Detectives by Elvis Costello are set to be aired at Worcester's Marrs Bar tonight as rockers Funky Skunk take to the stage. more...
THOSE of you who own the clutch of stunning albums Todd Rundgren made during the early 70s probably pondered over whether to check out his show last week at Symphony Hall, one of his first British dates in a decade. Well, you didn't miss anything. more...
THE sweet melodic sounds of instrumental jazz will be coming to Malvern as the Gareth Hall Quintet get set to stage a concert in the town. more...
WORKERS in Herefordshire and Worcestershire are being offered the chance to learn a second language in order to cope with the growing amount of work done with Europe in the two counties. more...
BRITAIN'S politicians and prospective parliamentary candidates were today urged to "think small first" in the run-up to the General Election. more...
ELDERLY people who found it difficult to cook dinners over Christmas benefited from a company that specialises in delivering ready-made meals. more...
BUSINESSES in the two counties are being asked to give disabled people the best possible start to the New Year - access to their premises. more...
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has slashed £80m off hundreds of products across its stores. more...
BRENDA Paramore has "bearly" had a moment to herself since she took up a hobby which has taken over her life. more...
MEMBERS of the Croome and West Warwickshire Hunt gathered outside Alcester on Saturday for their annual New Year's Day Hunt hoping it would not be for the last time. more...
POLICE have warned people to be extra vigilant when taking money from cash machines after a card copying device was found outside a bank in Alcester last week. more...
FORMER Alcester High School student Mark Wilkinson was enjoying Christmas on the beach on a tiny island off Thailand when the tsunami struck. more...
THE old saying `February fill dyke' had not lived up to its name in 1904. The wettest month had been May when 4.01 inches had fallen. The month had also seen the wettest day of the year when 2.20inches had fallen on the 27th. October had been the driest month and November the coldest when for 17 days the temperature had fallen below freezing. more...
THE notion held by many that last year had been the wettest in living memory was incorrect. There had been a total of 30.8 inches of rain, three less than average. This had been nowhere near the record of 41.54 inches in 1924 and the `deluge' year of 1912 when 44.40 inches were recorded in the district. more...
HARD up Bromsgrove Rovers were appealing to townsfolk to become agents to sell weekly lottery tickets. Clubs and pubs in the district were to be targeted. more...
THE speaker at the November meeting was the Rev Tony Wherry, who retired from the position of Worcester county archivist earlier this year. more...
BEFORE lunch on December 8, members stood for a minute's silence in memory of life member Mrs P McClellan. more...
A WARMING glass of Trixie and Pat's homemade mulled wine, together with president Sue and her flashing Christmas Tree earrings, welcomed members and visitors from Naunton Beauchamp WI and Kington with Dormston WI to the December meeting. more...
AT the December meeting, there was a talk on the history of shopping from Ned Williams. more...
THE December meeting was well attended and the church hall was a very busy place. more...
THE good work of the St John Ambulance has made its way to Studley. more...
ANTISOCIAL behaviour has featured prominently in the headlines recently but very little has been said about those working to combat it. more...
THE arts in Studley has been given a major boost for the new year and beyond after a community project won a three-year grant. more...
THE society's 40th anniversary was celebrated with a successful performance of Handel's Messiah at St Stephen's Church on December 4. more...
NO longer is Morris dancing the preserve of slightly eccentric middle-aged men according to 22-year-old Tom Neale. more...
LIGHT-footed youngsters in Redditch are invited to dance the night away with lessons at Church Hill Community Centre. more...
THOSE with hardy green fingers or anyone starting to sprout an interest in gardening can go along to the first meeting of a new club in Cookhill. more...
PARAMEDICS say they are "amazed" a couple survived when their car ploughed into a parked lorry in North Moons Moat. more...
A HOPWOOD man died in hospital after falling 9ft from the roof of an incomplete extension, an inquest heard. more...
VOLUNTEERS at a Matchborough school have been rewarded for hours of commitment to the community. more...
IT was Redi-steady-go for eight Redditch mums who turned into computer whizzkids and received an honour at a SureStart graduation ceremony. more...
GOING to watch TV's Des and Mel Show has been just one of many memorable trips for a club which has been thriving for more than 23 years. more...
AN inquest into the deaths of two Redditch women with legionnaire's disease heard the source of the outbreak had never been found. more...
THE fashion world was taken by storm as Inkberrow Design Centre students wowed the crowds and contended with the most en vogue designers in the business at the Clothes Show Live. more...
STAFF at West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority held a cultural festive celebration. more...
A REDDITCH youngster will be treating his family to the holiday of a lifetime in Egypt after scooping first prize in a national competition run by the Disney Channel. more...
SEVEN Redditch police officers will today be commended for bravery by Chief Constable Paul West at Kidderminster Police Station. more...
THIEVES smashed their way into a Redditch charity shop, stealing small items of cash and breaking items for sale. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a couple who died in an explosion at their holiday apartment. more...
GROUPS and organisations across town have been raising thousands of pounds to help the countless victims of the Asian tsunami disaster. more...
A GROUP of Redditch scuba divers who narrowly survived the catastrophic Asian tsunami which killed more than 150,000 people are desperate to repay the debt they owe the Sri Lankan villagers who saved their lives. more...
THE number of street collections in Droitwich Spa could be reduced to just one a month in a bid to boost funds for town charities. more...
CAFÉ culture could be heading for Droitwich Spa with plans for a new coffee bar set to go ahead. more...
A POPULAR Droitwich Spa teaching assistant has stepped down after more than three decades on the job. more...
DROITWICH Spa Civic Society has hit out at plans to add more mobile phone transmission equipment to the town's overloaded water tower. more...
KIND-hearted townsfolk have donated bucket loads of money for the tsunami appeal since the tragedy on Boxing Day. more...
OUR Give a Can a Home Christmas appeal - to provide festive food parcels for local animal rescue centres - proved a resounding success with our offices in Bromsgrove and Droitwich, in particular, overwhelmed by the generous response from animal loving readers. more...
HUNT supporters are confident they are winning the battle for public support after record numbers heeded their call to turn out to watch the area's two Boxing Day meets. more...
DROITWICH Spa's MP is throwing his weight behind plans to build a new health centre and one stop shop in the town. more...
A Home Office pathologist told a murder trial jury yesterday (Tuesday) that the death of alleged salt victim Christian Blewitt was the `most complex' case he had ever been involved in. more...
DROITWICH Spa couple Robert and Margaret Cooke have no excuse to forget their wedding anniversary because it falls on New Year's Day. more...
MOURNERS from as far away as Cornwall travelled to Bromsgrove yesterday (Tuesday) to say a final farewell to a young man who brought merriment and joy to thousands of people during his all too short career in show business. more...
SCORES of vulnerable and elderly people in and around Bromsgrove, who feared their vital lifeline to the outside world was in danger of being axed, can look forward to a happier New Year. more...
INITIAL plans to bring new shops to the Salters Shopping Centre in Droitwich Spa look set to get the green light at a meeting next week. more...
After the First World War, when production of munitions, armoured cars, ambulances and trucks came to a halt, the factory found times hard and the receivers were brought in. more...
WORKERS at MG Rover have been given some New Year cheer as job fears have been eased. more...
KIND-hearted Droitwich Spa residents are rallying round for the victims of the devastating tsunami, which struck South East Asia on Boxing Day. more...
MOURNERS packed Bromsgrove School chapel for the funeral of a former head girl described as a "ray of sunshine" whose "zest for life was infectious". more...
A GROUP of 20 scuba divers from Bromsgrove is back on dry land after a brush with death when the Asian tsunami flooded their dive centre and hotel in Sri Lanka. more...
BROMSGROVE could be hit by a plague of rats unless something is done to tackle a build-up of dumped bin bags. more...
A DEDICATED teacher received a long service award in recognition of 25 years at a Fairfield school. more...
more than £700 was raised for a children's charity when a town bank held a raffle. more...
YOUNG patients at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch have been given toys to keep them amused, thanks to the generosity of folk in the Bromsgrove area. more...
A COMPANY van containing the week's takings from a shop in a Bromsgrove village was stolen from outside the premises. more...
VISITORS to a popular Bromsgrove park over the Christmas holidays found themselves inconvenienced because the loos were locked. more...
OUR Give a Can a Home Christmas appeal - to provide festive food parcels for local animal rescue centres - proved a resounding success with our offices in Bromsgrov and Droitwich, in particular, overwhelmed by the generous respone from animal loving readers. more...
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PLANS to turn an eyesore pool into a beauty spot are under way in Redditch. more...
THE December meeting, being our Christmas party, was well attended, with members and visitors enjoying the festive season. Our president for 2005 was unable to attend but stepping in was Joyce Karle, doing a grand job. more...
LIKE Sherlock Holmes, The Sweeney or the Mounties, I was determined, many moons ago, to catch a thief who was being a real pain in the neck of my woods. more...
Members were welcomed by the president Maureen Smith. They were greeted with the seasons greetings and given a glass of sherry or fruit juice to toast the institute. more...
WITH regard to your article announcing that all the tenants of Reindeer Court are overjoyed that Worcester council has turned down the plans to upgrade the centre, as a new tenant of the court, I was disappointed by the report. more...
THE village hall looked truly festive for our December meeting. more...
YOUR headline concerning the closure of all free public toilets by the Conservative cabinet in the city and the introduction of "Super Loos" was another example of their short-sightedness and a lack of consideration for the less well-off members of the community and the elderly. more...
WE start the new year with a cine film show with our old friends, Mike and Audrey Flavell, who have been visiting the club for many years, and we always have an excellent night with them. more...
COUN Bob Peachey's letter headlined "Tories' long history of destroying city" is, as usual, very misleading. more...
Our president Marion Walter greeted us on December 9 for party time. more...
SINCE September, I have been regularly volunteering to help organise a pantomime at Warndon Community Centre. more...
I HAVE heard GP practices described as private businesses by people who might be expected to be more discerning. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S Labour MPs are trendsetting again. more...
A REDDITCH firm took the heat out of a big problem recently when it sent a huge oven on its way to Oman. more...
CATS were cited by Keith Hobson last month as being a major problem on the Westlands estate in Droitwich. more...
YOU can forget about Little Britain or Eastenders because for most of us Bromsgrove District Council have been producing their own comedy soap opera over the past few months. more...
THE disgraceful scenes outside the Birmingham Repertory Theatre shortly before Christmas just shows the trouble we are storing up for ourselves. more...
I AM writing to express my thanks to all those people who have supported the Meningitis Trust and helped to raise awareness of meningitis during 2004. more...
EVERYONE agrees that some action needs to be taken over the derelict Lido Baths in Droitwich. more...
WE are sure that some people may have received puppies for Christmas this year despite all the usual festive warnings. more...
CATS were cited by Keith Hobson last month as being a major problem on the Westlands estate in Droitwich. more...
YOU can forget about Little Britain or Eastenders because for most of us Bromsgrove District Council have been producing their own comedy soap opera over the past few months. more...
THE disgraceful scenes outside the Birmingham Repertory Theatre shortly before Christmas just shows the trouble we are storing up for ourselves. more...
I AM writing to express my thanks to all those people who have supported the Meningitis Trust and helped to raise awareness of meningitis during 2004. more...
EVERYONE agrees that some action needs to be taken over the derelict Lido Baths in Droitwich. more...
WE are sure that some people may have received puppies for Christmas this year despite all the usual festive warnings. more...
OXFAM shops in Worcestershire may have to temporarily close so staff can deal with the overwhelming number of donations being made to the tsunami disaster appeal. more...
FEARS that shoppers who can't remember their pin numbers could be refused goods are unfounded - for scores of Worcestershire shops have yet to install chip and pin technology. more...
NEW Year's Eve thieves got away with what police dubbed "a considerable amount of money" when they used a Range Rover to steal three cash machines. more...
A MAN from Worcester was found dead in his car on Christmas Day after attaching a hosepipe to the exhaust and running it through the window. more...
VILLAGERS in Little Comberton are celebrating after they were awarded nearly £180,000 worth of grants to refurbish their village hall. more...
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy is appealing for help to find his Christmas present after the remote control aeroplane was lost on its maiden voyage. more...
A HIGH Court judge has refused to extend the deadline set for gipsies to quit an illegal camp between two picturesque villages in Worcestershire. more...
A GENEROUS donor left an extra special Christmas gift following a Worcester concert - a cheque for £100,000. more...
A GOVERNMENT Minister has personally apologised to Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff for failings in the tax credit system which have left families penniless for Christmas. more...
A DEVASTATED Worcester-born man has told how his wife was killed and he was left with serious injuries after the car in which they were travelling was hit by a train. more...
A CASH boost of more than half a million pounds for environmentally friendly waste disposal in Worcestershire and Herefordshire will be used for the good of residents, a leading county councillor has announced. more...
THE county's portion of the council tax bill looks set to rise by about 4.25 per cent from April - moving towards that which "residents believe is reasonable", said one councillor. more...
PEOPLE have worshipped in Worcester Cathedral for more than 1,300 years - although the present building is a mere 920 years old. more...
A MAN tried to snatch handbags from two women in Headless Cross, hitting one of them in the face. more...
A SECURITY guard was threatened and a cash box stolen in a robbery at a Winyates superstore. more...
SEX, drugs and the media were just some of the issues discussed by pupils during a Citizenship Day at a Worcester school. more...
PLANS to build a two-storey extension on to a four-bedroom detached home in Droitwich look set to get the go-ahead, despite objections from residents. more...
DROITWICH residents thinking of a career in childcare can attend an informative workshop to be held in Hampton Lovett. more...
HISTORY buffs will be meeting in Droitwich later this month to discuss the town's VE Day celebration plans. more...
THE New Year will kick off in style with a performance of classical music at Droitwich Concert Club. more...
A CAREERS convention for young people in Droitwich is being held at Droitwich Spa High School on Thursday, January 27. more...
A PLANNING application to build a single-story side extension to a property in St Joseph's Close, Droitwich, will be considered by Wychavon District Council. more...
RESIDENTS in Worcestershire are being urged to don their trainers and get adventurous to raise money for county kidney disease sufferers. more...
THE best New Year's resolution parents can make this January is to be on the lookout for head lice, Worcestershire residents are being told. more...
A DROITWICH councillor is ditching his Vodafone phone in protest at the company's controversial phone mast at Salwarpe, which was put up without permission. more...
THERE'S no doubt that we deserved something out of the New Year's Day game at Nuneaton Borough after putting in an encouraging performance. more...
REVENGE was sweet for Redditch United after their Boxing Day blues turned into a happy New Year on Monday afternoon. more...
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hopwood based Kings Norton have a make or break month ahead of them starting with an awkward away match at Woodrush. more...
A CASE of the home jitters has posed Kidderminster Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss plenty of questions ahead of another Aggborough test on Saturday. more...
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LICKEY END under-9s B have set themselves high standards for the rest of the season after a blistering first half. more...
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ROVERS manager Jimmy Mullen is keeping his fingers crossed that key defender Ross Collins is fit for Saturday's home game with Cinderford Town (3pm kick off). more...
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GIFTED Droitwich full back Sean Walker can test his mettle against some of Britain's finest young players after being selected for the England College's squad. more...
NEIGHBOURS are set to lock horns as underdogs Droitwich Spa RFC take on hot favourites Bromsgrove in the quarter finals of the North Midlands Cup. more...
MORGANITE kept up the pressure on New Raiders at the top of the E & E Engineering Worcester Friendly Skittles League Wednesday Division One with victory over Legionaires. more...
MOTOR racing's answer to Pop Idol is revving up for a new lap of the television circuit. more...
FREE-scoring Droitwich Spa made it six Midland Combination Division Two wins in a row with a 7-0 victory at Nunnery Wood Sports, featuring an Andy Keenahan hat-trick. more...
ROY Jordan has left Westfields after three years with the Travel Factory Alliance club to join higher-ranked AFC Telford United in the Unibond League. more...
IT was a case of unlucky 13 for Cutnall Green as they were thrashed 13-1 by promotion-chasing Nunnery Wood Sports in the Worcester and District Football League Sunday Division One. more...
A CASE of the home jitters has posed Kidderminster Harriers boss Stuart Watkiss plenty of questions ahead of another Aggborough test on Saturday. more...
FLU victims Colin Hoyle and Pat Lyons remain major doubts for Worcester City's rearranged Nationwide North clash at lowly Bradford Park Avenue tonight (7.45). more...
FLU victims Colin Hoyle and Pat Lyons remain major doubts for Worcester City's rearranged Nationwide North clash at lowly Bradford Park Avenue tonight (7.45). more...
A POSSIBLE Redditch United and Studley final is shaping up in the Worcestershire Senior Cup. more...
STUDLEY manager Kevin Rowlands saw his side settle for a point at Racing Club Warwick after a six-goal thriller at Townsend Meadow. more...
BADMINTON: THE annual Worcestershire Schools Badminton Association under 17s championships will be starting on Sunday, January 23. more...
TENNIS: STUDLEY Tennis Club has a new coaching programme thanks to Alcester's Penny Harris. more...
A FEW brave Redditch pool players will be able to take on two-time World Pool champion Chris Melling on Saturday night. more...
REVENGE was sweet for Redditch United after their Boxing Day blues turned into a happy New Year on Monday afternoon. more...
BROMSGROVE cyclist Joe Rowe had to overcome all sorts of problems to win a bronze medal in the Midlands Cyclo Cross Championships veterans' race. more...
LICKEY END under-9s B have set themselves high standards for the rest of the season after a blistering first half. more...
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NEIGHBOURS are set to lock horns as underdogs Droitwich Spa RFC take on hot favourites Bromsgrove in the quarter finals of the North Midlands Cup. more...
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