Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | February
FOLK-loving folk of all types will be set to enjoy a weekend of their favourite music in Cheltenham, starting tomorrow night. more...
MORE passengers will be able to enjoy lunch or an evening dinner on steam trains travelling along the Seven Valley Railway line. more...
A DESPERATE call for help is being made by Kidderminster dance troupe members whose appeals for a new leader have fallen on deaf ears for more than a year. more...
TWO artists who met while studying in their 60s are preparing to exhibit their work in Kidderminster. more...
A DANCE and drama school where a singing teacher inspired pupils by reaching the final 20 of a national television talent search is to expand in Kidderminster. more...
IT is easy to understand why the award-winning production of Lord of the Flies, currently at Malvern, has achieved such critical acclaim. more...
THE trouble with opera is that people take it too seriously. The image, rightly or wrongly, is of stuffed shirts dining on caviar and champagne before snoozing in a private box as two overweight ageing juveniles make mad, passionate musical love to each other. more...
THE enigmatic frontman of a Kidderminster rock band is appealing for support to drum up cash for a centre supporting victims of rape and sexual abuse. more...
BAND Low are appearing at the Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton on Saturday, February 19. more...
AN eclectic mix of rock and pop music - wrapped up with a set by living legend Robert Plant and friends - will be performed at Kidderminster Town Hall when the third album by Mighty Atom Smasher Records is launched later this month. more...
HEAD out to Cox's Yard in Stratford next Thursday if you're in need of cheering up. The comedy zone is back in residence when there will be another line-up of top stand-up talent. more...
mannager José Mourinho arrived to coach Chelsea in the summer of 2004. more...
"BOING" said Zebedee, "time for bed-lam!" If you are looking for Round-about 90 minutes of pure Magic for both you and your kids then climb aboard the all new Magic Roundabout. more...
FOR the past couple of months the Ranger Service has employed an ornithological consultant to survey the birds as they over winter on the wetland nature reserves of the Wyre Forest District Council. more...
STAN Webb's Chicken Shack are back on the road and swinging by Worcester on their latest tour. more...
A SCOTTISH cellist and a Swedish pianist join forces for the latest concert in Chipping Campden and District Music Society's 44th season of events. more...
THERE'S no excuse for boredom this half-term, no matter what the weather as theatres all over the area have lined up children's events by the bucketload. more...
ENTHUSIASTIC performers are being sought for new projects at Evesham Arts Centre. more...
THE issue of hostages in the Middle East has a special resonance for contemporary audiences as disturbing images such as the death of Ken Bigley are beamed into our lounges from Iraq. more...
THE Royal Shakespeare Company is wheeling out a tried and tested production to replace the much-heralded return of Vanessa Redgrave. more...
A TOP scriptwriter and some well-loved actors are combining forces in a new play coming to Malvern. more...
FILM director, writer, food critic and advert star extraordinaire - calm down dear, it's Michael Winner! more...
TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - more...
Rose, Kidderminster - Caught on the Hop, more...
MAC, Birmingham - Lost and Found, until more...
HOW sad to see Jim Capaldi has died so young. more...
It was with real sadness that I read of the death of Jim Capaldi. more...
AS we celebrate loving relationships on Valentine's Day, we should spare a thought for those trapped in relationships blighted by fear and violence. more...
With reference to your letter in the Journal of February 3 regarding traffic in Birlingham I would comment as follows. more...
AN electrician has been fined after being caught driving at more than 94mph in a 60mph zone near Bidford. more...
A SPECIAL working group is to investigate the impact of crime against businesses on industrial estates. more...
SHOPPERS across the country are being urged to protect the oceans by following the advice of a new fish-buying guide produced by a Herefordshire charity. more...
BT has announced that even more businesses in Worcestershire will be able to obtain high speed internet access. more...
A NEW low-cost air traffic surveillance system has been launched by QinetiQ, in Malvern. more...
THE merger of Business Link Herefordshire and Worcestershire with Business Link Shropshire will take place on Friday April 1, it has been announced. more...
PEOPLE with hearing and speech problems could find that a new emergency services initiative is a lifesaver. more...
VILLAGES in Wyre Forest have been given the chance to compete in a county-wide contest. more...
DONORS are being asked to give blood during sessions being held in Kidderminster tomorrow. more...
THE next meeting of Take Heart, the Wyre Forest heart support group, will be held at The Briars Hotel, Habberley Road, Kidderminster, on Monday at 7.30pm. more...
FIRM foundations of quality management have been laid by council construction staff, who have earned national recognition. more...
ORGANISERS of Stourport Carnival are already looking ahead to the summer and seeking candidates for the roles of carnival queen, princess and rosebud. more...
DEPUTY warden at West Midland Safari Park, Angela Potter, has her hands full acting as a surrogate mum to a trio of rare African wild dog puppies. more...
A STAGGERING £8,000 was generated for the tsunami appeal in one afternoon when pupils at a Kidderminster school sold their unwanted Christmas presents to each other and made "butterflies of hope". more...
ROAD alterations to help wheelchair users cross a Bidford road have been called for by a county councillor - after an outline planning application with a nursing home has been agreed. more...
TELEVISION licence dodgers have moved Kidderminster to within one place of the top spot in a league of shame. more...
THE leader of Britain's second largest rail union used a visit to Kidderminster to call for the country's railway system to be returned to public ownership. more...
A MAN in his 30s was taken to hospital with serious injuries after his car was in a collision with a lorry. more...
REFURBISHMENT work is proceeding apace to prepare the hospice's new base to receive patients. more...
KEMP patient, John Lacy, said that if it were not for the care and support he and his family received from the hospice he would not be alive today. more...
ONE of the five-strong team of nurses caring for Kemp's patients describes the work as "a privilege". more...
PEOPLE giving freely of their time is vital to the running of the hospice. more...
IF someone at Kemp needs a listening ear there is usually one to be found in the form of a member of the hospice's chaplaincy team. more...
KEMP could not continue without the generosity of fund-raisers, who organise events ranging from coffee mornings to black tie nights. more...
A NEW era in care for patients with life-limiting illnesses is moving closer with the imminent move of Kidderminster-based Kemp Hospice to new premises. more...
SEVERAL years of hard work will be toasted tomorrow night at the grand opening of the newly refurbished Shrawley Village Hall. more...
RUNNERS stepped out to raise vital funds for a Wyre Forest charity that helps families cope with bereavement. more...
ALMOST 3,000 people in Wyre Forest could be barred from voting in upcoming elections because they have not returned official registration forms. more...
THE caring natures of a mother and daughter have earned them a family double by achieving national qualifications in social care. more...
FOUR Wyre Forest learners have been nominated for achievement awards in recognition of their hard work and determination to succeed. more...
A VALE grandfather was driven to tears after waiting in hospital for nearly two months for urgent chemotherapy treatment. more...
THREE adventurous 17-year-olds drummed up nearly £6,000 for the County Air Ambulance after trekking 50 miles in just under 20 hours. more...
THE eagerly-anticipated arrival of the final batch of tsunami Wishbands is due to arrive soon and will be going on sale across Worcestershire. more...
CREATIVE residents and staff at a Worcester nursing home have raised £500 for the victims of the Asian tsunami. more...
A 60th birthday party raised £250 for the victims of the Asian tsunami. more...
A MAGICICAL morning is to be created in Pershore Library for children looking for half term fun. A magician is set to perform various magic tricks next Tuesday, February 15. more...
ENOUGH is enough! When is the council going to tumble to the fact that it is the pedestrians who bring trade to the city centre, ie. the citizens of Worcester and tourists. more...
PARENTS in the Vale of Evesham who continually fail to ensure their children attend school regularly could be hit with £50 on-the-spot fines. more...
WITH reference to the recent invasion of St Peter's by so-called travellers masquerading as Romanies (Evening News, Thursday, February 3) I see that a Mohammed Aslam of the Worcestershire Racial Equality Council has stuck his oar in. more...
PAUL Saunders (Letters, Wednesday, February 2) seems to overlook that I was responding to correspondence criticising the Worcestershire County Council's proposal to conduct an independent feasibility study into the possibility of redeveloping Christopher Whitehead School on the same site. more...
A MAN who spent 25 years training people to avoid being seen is now spearheading a campaign to get them to "wear white at night." more...
A BRASS band that starred in the stage version of Brassed Off at Birmingham's Repertory Theatre is to perform a concert for an Evesham charity. more...
THE news that the restrictions on vehicular access toThe Shambles, Angel Square are to to be tightened, would be more welcome were there any evidence that the existing restrictions were being enforced. more...
ONE terrible and bloody hour in Evesham changed the course of the English Civil Wars in Worcestershire. more...
A DIABETIC Evesham man banned from driving passed out at the wheel and crashed during a desperate bid to buy chocolate bars. more...
LOVE grows, flowers wilt, according to countryside officers, who are urging folk to buy trees for Valentine Day gifts. more...
SCOUTS are to be mobilised for a massive bag-packing operation on Saturday, which, it is hoped, will raise more than £2,000 for Operation Covert. more...
WE are almost a quarter of the way to our £80,000 target after edging towards the £18,000 mark. more...
VALENTINE'S Day is almost upon us once again and the shops are brimming with clichéd gifts that include giant-sized teddy bears and heart-shaped chocolates. more...
MORE than 96 per cent of people age 18 to 24 have a mobile phone compared to just 48 per cent of those aged over 65, according to new research. more...
A MOTHER turned health campaigner is hoping people power can save Wyre Forest Birth Centre as she prepares to present a petition signed by more than 2,000 people to a health chief next week. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE health chief has taken the helm of a new national assembly for NHS bosses. more...
I HAVE learnt of the recent allocation of Community Support Officers (CSOs) by the Home Office. more...
DO you have a question about a disability issue? There is an advice service in Elmley Castle that can help you find the answer? more...
A FATHER-of-two who stole £10,500 in a faked robbery at the Kidderminster petrol station where his brother worked has been jailed for 21 months at Worcester Crown Court. more...
SORROW has turned to joy at a vandal-hit Bewdley play scheme, which has been inundated with generous donations - including an anonymous £500 cheque. more...
FARMERS and growers are being primed to expect a considerably greater cutback in their entitlements to fuel the National Reserve because of an underestimation of the number of farmers who will claim from it. more...
SEZINCOTE Farms, Moreton, made a clean sweep in the beef cattle competitions organised by the Moreton Show Society. more...
THE committee were re-elected at the annual meeting but the president/treasurer, R Clarke, advised that he will have to resign in the spring, as he is leaving the area. more...
A CHRISTMAS lunch was held in Harvington Hall. Several members attended the WI carol concert in Kidderminster in December, and five went to the "Christmas Goodies" day in Worcester. more...
THE speaker was Bernard Hackett, who wrote and recited his own Black Country poems to members. The poems covered all aspects of everyday life. more...
AT The Lion Inn on January 25, a Mitchell movement was played. more...
THE guest speaker for the January meeting was Mr R Richardson, who talked about his visit to Machu Picchu in Peru with his family and as a 21st birthday treat for his son. His talk was illustrated by slides. more...
JOHN Sparry returned to talk to members at the February meeting, this time his topic was his favourite comedians. He talked about Max Hall, Tony Hancock, Rob Wilton, Tommy Cooper, Ken Dodd and many more. more...
ON Sunday, a walk will leave the Rose and Crown, Shrawley between 9am and 9.30am, with check-in from 8.30am. more...
SPRING flowers of Cyprus" is the subject of Dr Tony Hughes's talk at the Holy Innocents community hall on Thursday, February 17. more...
GUY Rowland will present "A Light Programme" of piano music and comedy at Kidderminster Library on Thursday, February 17, at 7.30pm. more...
THE next meeting will be held on Wednesday in St Mary's Church, Chantry, at 7.30pm when Jon Clatworthy will speak on "fossils in the West Midlands". Mr Clatwortry is the curator of the Lapworth Musuem of Geology at Birmingham University. more...
MARY Smith told members of the origins of antiques they took to the January meeting. "Thank you" letters for donations had been received from Operation Covert and Cancer Research, and the certificate from the Macmillan Nurses. more...
AT the AGM on January 31, competition winners were announced. Eileen Fletcher was the winner of the flower of the month. Jean Delo was first and Joy Cook second in the floral art competition. The chairman's cup was given to Beth Jones. more...
A BROADWAY development for 70 houses and offices on the former Gordon Russell site has come in for criticism from parish councillors. more...
THE Decline of the American Empire is the featured film on Tuesday. more...
A THREE-MILE walk at Churchill, including the Roman road, will take place on Sunday. more...
THE next meeting in Kidderminster, will be held at the library from 1.30pm until 3.30pm on Wednesday. more...
THE Wyre Forest group annual meeting saw Richard Cory re-elected chairman, and the committee re-elected en bloc. After business matters, Mervyn Needham gave an illustrated talk on his visit to Argentina and Chile. more...
A FORMER Environment Agency employee who smashed his way into a house at night armed with a lump hammer was convicted of affray last Friday. more...
A VALE couple have sold their home and forgone a well-earned retirement to volunteer in Uganda for the next two years. more...
PARENTS in the Vale of Evesham who continually fail to ensure their children attend school regularly could be hit with £50 on-the-spot fines. more...
A BRASS band that starred in the stage version of Brassed Off at Birmingham's Repertory Theatre is to perform a concert for an Evesham charity. more...
A DIABETIC Evesham man banned from driving passed out at the wheel and crashed during a desperate bid to buy chocolate bars. more...
EVESHAM parking chiefs have urged disabled drivers parking on double yellow lines to show consideration to other road users. more...
A VALE lorry driver married the woman of his dreams, after meeting her on a mercy mission to Belarus. more...
VALE health chiefs' plans for a much-needed NHS dental surgery in Evesham could be realised within six months. more...
I READ with interest the campaign by Mark Garnier, the prospective parliamentary Conservative candidate, regarding the 24-hour manning of the front desk at Wyre Forest police stations. more...
COUNCIL tax payers across the Vale of Evesham are likely to have to dig deeper into their pockets to meet demands dropping through letter boxes from April. more...
HOW pleasing to read (Shuttle, Times and News, January 27) that Bewdley Museum's future is to be guaranteed for the next three years if the Conservatives, who control Wyre Forest District Council, get their budget approved next month. more...
VILLAGERS and community leaders have united to stop a hamburger van operating in Willersey - saying it will attract rats, yobs and create foul smells. more...
CHRISTIANS throughout the Vale have been praying for the recovery of Pope John Paul II. more...
A DANGEROUS precedent would be set if law-abiding businesses and citizens were expected to pay extra for the police to sort out yobbish behaviour in public places, as suggested on this Letters Page by a former chief superintendent of Kidderminster Police. more...
EVESHAM'S new state of the art health centre could be permanently sited on Abbey Road despite doctors' refusal to back the plans. more...
ISN'T it time a decision was made on whether to retain cycle routes? more...
100 Years Ago more...
MAY I be allowed to reply to the criticism of our MP, Dr Richard Taylor. more...
IT is with grave concern that we read the letter from a Stourport resident regarding the neglect of the Civic Hall and, we would like to add our fears over the Civic Centre. more...
LAST week you published my letter highlighting the problems I and my family have endured since November with attacks upon our cars and house, and a lack of police response. more...
BURGLARS stole a DVD and video player from a house in Kidderminster. more...
WOULD Wyre Forest beat manager, PC Dan Wood, please explain an apparent contradiction. more...
A FORMER Cub Scout leader who sexually abused three young teenagers - a youth and two girls - has been given the green light to challenge his sentence. more...
B & Q have shown their "generous" community spirit to the people of Kidderminster with their comments on car parking and the new cinema. more...
A DRUG addict from Kidderminster stole tools worth over £800 after breaking into a model maker's workshop. more...
I WAS surprised to read the headline article in a Conservative publication circulating in Areley Kings. more...
LADDERS were taken in an overnight theft in Stourport. more...
IT is with great regret that I read of the imminent closure of Waitrose in Kidderminster. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Conservatives will refuse to support controversial plans for identity cards - unless Ministers address worries about the cost. more...
REPORTS of a teenage girl trying to swindle householders by claiming her car has run out of petrol are on the rise. more...
THE cost of a huge new library and history centre in Worcester should stay within original cost projections, despite land prices being higher than expected. more...
WORCESTER City Council's youngest councillor is training hard to fulfil a life-long dream to take part in the London Marathon to raise money for charity. more...
A DRUNKEN Stourport man head-butted a telephone box after being denied entry to a pub, a court heard. more...
FLOOD campaigners have given a warm welcome to plans for a multi-million pound permanent barrier to protect Worcester homes and businesses. more...
SINGERS are being offered the chance to perform one of Sir Edward Elgar's finest works at the place where the man himself was born. more...
HORSE racing enthusiasts will be able to hear Worcestershire's most famous racehorse owner talk about his profession at a pre-Cheltenham Festival lunch more...
A MAN denied a charge of dangerous driving on several roads in Kidderminster when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court. more...
EAST will meet West at the Guildhall on Sunday when the Worcestershire Chinese Association holds its annual Chinese New Year celebration. more...
DROITWICH Spa Town Council has accused Wychavon of bad management over the Lido affair. more...
TWO Worcester students with disabilities have highlighted the everyday difficulties they face in getting to college. more...
A CRACK team of officers could soon be on the streets fining litter louts, under new plans for Worcester. more...
TOP Tory, shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin, has said his party's plans for the NHS would let health chiefs in Worcestershire tackle their £25m debt mountain. more...
A MIDDLE-aged man grabbed a 15-year-old girl around the back of the neck in Bewdley town centre after she refused to pick up paper from a fish and chip shop. more...
CHILDREN are being encouraged to pick up books at as young an age as possible - and the staff at Worcester's Warndon Library reckon it should be before they reach school age. more...
FRIENDS and family of a popular couple who went missing in the tsunami disaster are set to pay their last respects at a memorial service this week. more...
Harry himself would be hard pressed to cast a spell this good. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Conservatives will refuse to support controversial plans for identity cards - unless Ministers address worries about the cost. more...
THE Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles have set a date for their wedding. more...
JUST two days ago, this column bemoaned the lack of investment along Worcester's riverside. more...
In recent weeks, letters have appeared in the Journal expressing outrage towards "Jerry Springer - The Opera" and theatre in general. It is a shame that people don't have anything more useful to do with their time than to jump onto this bandwagon of narrow-mindedness. more...
MICKLETON SOCIETY: The chairman welcomed around 70 members to the second meeting of the year. the speaker was Jan Bollington, a tutor in Countryside Exploration from the WI's Denman College in Oxfordshire, who described some Surprises in Cotswold Churches. more...
WICK WIVES. At the AGM held on January 31, the secretary summarised the events of a very busy year. There had been seven talks by outside speakers and ten social and other events, and the members had organised and run the Senior Citizens' Dinner. more...
RBL WOMEN'S SECTION: Held their February meeting in the Betteridge Room. After the business David Cresswell gave a talk Tales of a Village Blacksmith. David was thanked by Mrs Brown. more...
LADIES GUILD: On February 1, members celebrated their first birthday with a party. The proceedings began with the vice-chairman, Mrs A Brown, introducing chairman Kelsoe from the Macmillan unit at Evesham hospital, to whom she presented a cheque for £750 raised by the Guild members. In thanking everyone for their generous donation, chairman Kelsoe explained that it would be used towards the provision of a new kitchen for the unit. more...
WEDNESDAY CLUB: Met at the Round of Gras, Badsey, for the annual dinner and AGM. Mrs Boath welcomed everyone and after the meal, the AGM was held. Minutes were read and agreed by Mrs Miller and Mr Hitch. Programmes for the meetings had been varied and entertaining and the outings to places of interest had been a success. more...
UP to 85 jobs could be axed at Victoria Carpets' Kidderminster factory, it has been revealed in a shock announcement. more...
A POPULAR Kidderminster recycling centre which sells old televisions and electrical goods to residents on low incomes is to close its doors next month, less than a year after opening. more...
THE son of a man who founded an agricultural auctioneers in Kidderminster at the end of the 19th century has died. more...
MORE than 1,000 art lovers flocked to the tiny Wilden church at the weekend for a glimpse of a previously little-known art treasure. more...
A BIG-hearted teenager turned fashion guru is hoping to bring a taste of the Paris and Milan catwalks to her Kidderminster school and raise hundreds of pounds for charity in the process. more...
MORE than £2,000 has been raised by a Wyre Forest group for a new hospice that will care for young people with life-limiting illnesses. more...
A MAN needed hospital treatment for cuts to his head and face after being hit with a traffic cone, Worcester Crown Court heard. more...
MEN in Wyre Forest are waiting longer than they should for prostate biopsies, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has admitted. more...
HORRENDOUS bureaucracy is holding back key improvements at Kidderminster Hospital, a health campaigner told the Shadow Secretary of State for Health during his visit to the site. more...
PARENTS and prospective parents are being invited to find out more about the benefits of using real cloth nappies. more...
FIRST they were turfed out of their long-standing premises and now the elderly users of a Bewdley lunch club have come up against another problem - the quality of the food. more...
WOLVERLEY and Cookley parish councillors have voted to freeze the rate of council tax charged in the villages. more...
A PENSIONER has said fear of a proposed phone mast - thrown out by planners this week - has driven her to a stress-related illness. more...
CROSS-dressing by staff at a Kidderminster building society has coined in £120 for a children's home. more...
SHOPPERS had to evacuate Tesco in Kidderminster after a fire in a bakery oven pumped smoke around the massive superstore. more...
KIDDERMINSTER'S new CCTV cameras will cover virtually every street in the town centre to catch thieves and troublemakers on film. more...
BEWDLEY'S beat manager, PC Nigel Barter, is holding a special police surgery in the town. more...
A 28-year-old father ransacked the house he and his girlfriend were days away from moving into and then hanged himself, an inquest heard. more...
CLOSED CIRCUIT television cameras go live in Kidderminster today to give police almost total coverage of the town centre 24 hours a day, seven days a week. more...
COUNCIL tax payers across the Vale of Evesham are likely to have to dig deeper into their pockets to meet demands dropping through letter boxes from April. more...
THE old saying that children should be seen and not heard was well and truly banished to the history books at the Chatterbox Challenge. more...
AN EXCITING programme of half-term activities has been arranged at a Wychbold garden centre. more...
GREEN-fingered Worcester residents will be able to enjoy the blooming delights of Spetchley Park Charitable Trust gardens on Good Friday. more...
HUNT organisers, remaining buoyant despite the looming ban, are encouraging the public to join them at their annual point-to-point race meetings. more...
A HARD-HITTING message to remind young people of the dangers of HIV has been designed by a Worcester student. more...
PRIMARY care in Worcestershire is to benefit from inflation-busting funding increases over the next two years, Health Secretary John Reid has announced. more...
MUSIC, dancing and socialising have kept young people entertained in Worcester as part of a scheme to keep them off the city's streets. more...
A CRUISE, two trips to the World Cup in Paris and an all-inclusive holiday in Jamaica are among the prizes won by a Kempsey competition enthusiast. more...
ADVICE on how to complain effectively is the latest service on offer in county libraries, thanks to a trading standards campaign. more...
TALENTED youngsters from a Worcester school are aiming for ping-pong perfection after having their moves analysed by a hi-tech computer system at University College Worcester. more...
Tenbury 3 Hinton 4 more...
STUART Watkiss is bidding to pull off a transfer coup that would create waves in Coca-Cola Two. more...
JAMES Brown has been included in England's `A' 22 to face France at the Recreation Ground tomorrow (7.45pm). more...
BEN Daly looks set to be in the shake-up for a Stoop showdown. more...
WORCESTER Wanderers can go one step nearer a Twickenham final on Saturday when they take on Solihull in the quarter-finals of the Powergen Junior Vase. more...
EVESHAM Hockey Club captain Martin Husbands claimed hosts Wednesbury used intimidating tactics after his side were beaten 3-1. more...
PERSHORE Hockey Club's' good start to the year in Coaching Solutions West Midlands Division Two came to an abrupt end with a 1-0 home defeat to Kynoch. more...
DROITWICH Hockey Club face a huge match this Saturday in their march towards promotion. more...
WORCESTER Wanderers can go one step nearer a Twickenham final on Saturday when they take on Solihull in the quarter-finals of the Powergen Junior Vase. more...
JAMES Brown has been included in England's `A' 22 to face France at the Recreation Ground tomorrow (7.45pm). more...
STUART Watkiss is bidding to pull off a transfer coup that would create waves in Coca-Cola Two. more...
CARL Heeley insists the pressure is on Worcester City's players to save their careers at St George's Lane following back-to-back defeats under new boss Andy Preece. more...
BEN Daly looks set to be in the shake-up for a Stoop showdown. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett swept into the quarter finals of the North Midlands under-15s plate competition with an impressive 22-12 win at Birmingham Solihull. more...
CHADDESLEY'S match with Upton was cancelled after the opposition cried off, but the seconds romped to a convincing 36-0 win over Harborne. more...
CLEOBURY Mortimer hope to have a friendly with Bishops Castle seconds on Saturday after last weekend's practice match at Ludlow was cancelled due to a lack of players. The seconds travel to Bridgnorth thirds. more...
STOURPORT firsts had a weekend off after their friendly at Handsworth was cancelled so attention turned to the seconds. more...
A SECOND successive victory for Kidderminster Carolians has placed a comfortable cushion between the-mselves and the Midlands Three West North drop-zone. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers trio Richard Evans, Danny Ludlow and Steve Thompson and Burlish Olympic Youth's Andrew Lacey have been selected for Worcestershire's clash with East Riding. more...
ST Johns became champions of the Kidderminster Six-a-side Football League when they won their final game to finish a point ahead of last year's winners, Yates's. Ads's lads are third. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers Ladies came back from a goal behind to record a convincing 6-1 win over Solihull Glades. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett's West Midlands League division two form took a turn for the worse when they were comprehensively beaten by 5-1 at home by Sporting Khalsa. more...
PAUL Bailey from Alveley landed a 2lb 13o Perch. Bait used double bronze maggot. more...
TITLE-CHASING Bewdley Town breathed a sigh of relief after producing their worst performance of the season - but still beating West Midland League Division One basement club Wolverhampton United 4-2. more...
WEDNESDAY: 1 S. Braithwaite 10-12-0 BNA 6; 2 G. Farmer 10-5-8 P65; 3 D. Roberts 9-6-0 P82. more...
TWO goalkeepers from Kidderminster Harriers Girls Centre of Excellence have been selected for hands on training at an England development camp. more...
RESULT of the match on the bottom pool, 1st D. Davis (13-15-0) 2nd J. Moon (13-0-0) 3rd E. McKeowm (9-10-0). more...
STOURPORT High School's girls under-16s football team have set their sights on national cup glory - with one of their star players keen to further her own international ambitions. more...
RESULTS from round 5, Mick Millinchip 7/6 2nd Brian Hill 6/5 3rd Stan James 6/0 4th Roy Vaux Harvey 4/14. Round 6 will be fished at Elmbridge, Heron on Wednesday. Draw 9. Fish 10-3. more...
THERE is a contest on Larford Lakes (Burr) Sunday February 13. Please meet at venue 7:30am. Two keepers are required for this contest. Any members still with trophies at home please return on this contest. more...
RESULTS from the last two contests. Sunday January 16 January, fished on the Wrens Nest Pool, R. Bastable, (14-10-0), Bob Harris (8-12-0), J. Fox (8-10-0), Sunday February 6. Fished on Staffordshire/Worcestershire. Canal Bridges 26-27(Caunsall) Ralph Harris (3-9-0), M. Weston (2-8-0), J. Moon, (1-15-0). Next contest Sunday March 13th B.A.A. Hallow 3,4 & 5. more...
SHATTERFORD'S Opening week went with a bang more...
AMAZING Feet's Andy Grice returned home to Worcestershire for the weekend, and walked off with the Champions Trophy for the 10 mile multi-terrain Stourbridge Stagger. more...
TWO Kidderminster Chess Club players were selected to represent Worceste-rshire's team for under 100 grades against Shropshire at Redditch. Terry Pountney won his game but Bill Pugh was beaten in the match, which ended in a 6-6 draw. more...
WYRE Forest Swimming Club's unsung heroes were celebrating success with a series of first places in the first round of the Ross PGL League at Droitwich. more...
July (friendlies) more...
CHESTNUTS, who are having an in and out season in the Gilt Edge Short Mat Bowling League, scored their first Hot Shot 6 against Just for Fun. more...
Volleyball more...
WYRE Forest Cycle Racing Club's Joe Rowe raced to a superb first place in his age group and eighth place overall in the final round of the West Midlands cycle cross league. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Cobras' topsy turvy season continued with two defeats in the West Midlands Basketball League. more...
Scunthorpe 2 Harriers 1 more...
YOUNG badminton players can compete at Worcester Schools Badminton Association under-13s championships on Sunday February 27. Participants must live or go to school in Worcestershire and must have been born after January 1 1992. For an application form or more information phone Derinda Fullerton on 01527 835341. more...
GRAHAM Meredith was the winner of the Senior January Medal at Wyre Forest Golf Club, with 85 gross 19 handicap 66 gross. more...
COOKLEY Cricket Club, who compete in Division two of the Crusader Worcestershire League, have enlisted the services of Gavin Haynes to coach some of their youngster players. more...
SNOOKS `B' are closing in on their third Kidderminster & District Monday Snooker League Premiership title after taking maximum points against Bewdley. Their march towards another championship comes despite good wins from the chasing pack of three. more...
IN the Trivia League Wyre Forest section, Red Man BCC posted the best score of the week against the Black Boy whose score of 40 was their worst of the season. Rising Sun `A' remain top having played an extra game. more...
CARL Heeley insists the pressure is on Worcester City's players to save their careers at St George's Lane following back-to-back defeats under new boss Andy Preece. more...
CHAIRMAN Colin Youngjohns has admitted he is looking forward to tomorrow evening's fans' forum at Aggborough - albeit with an air of trepidation. more...
GARY Birch has set his sights on scoring the goals to keep Kidderminster Harriers up after admitting a stinging attack from his manager made him take a long hard look at himself. more...
MARTIAL arts all-rounder Brian Smith is keeping it in the family by passing down his experience and expertise to his young daughters. more...
THE absence of Chaddesley Corbett's regular strike force cost them dear as they went down 3-0 at home to Berkswell and Balsall Common. more...
KIDDERMINSTER captain Chris Pocknell hailed their first points of 2005 after they came out on top in an 11-goal thriller at Solihull Blossomfield. more...
THE second half of Stourport's National Premier Two campaign got off to a disappoinitng start when they let a two-goal lead slip before losing 5-2 at home to Bowdon. more...
MARTIAL arts all-rounder Brian Smith is keeping it in the family by passing down his experience and expertise to his young daughters. more...
DETERMINED defender Simon Weaver has revealed that Harriers have set themselves a six point target from their next two games. more...
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STOURPORT Swifts have been boosted by the news that skipper John Newall is finally on the road to recovery after a 15-month injury lay-off. more...
STOURPORT may have been held to a 1-1 draw by visitors Corby Town on Saturday but there were still celebrations at Walshes Meadow - not for the result but for defender Craig Webb whose second half equaliser broke his Swifts duck. more...
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