Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | February
IT'S a well-known fact that Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery houses one of the world's finest collections of pre-Raphaelite art. more...
AN initiative to encourage more women into the construction industry in Worcestershire has proved a huge success. more...
THE last few weeks have seen Worcestershire's MPs betray concerns about the poll findings of their political opponents. more...
THE foot-and-mouth nightmare, which brought such heartbreak and trauma to Worcestershire and Herefordshire in 2001, is refusing to go away. more...
PETER Luff's fan mail has its highs and lows, and the Dick and Dom debate has magnified things in the last couple of weeks. more...
MALVERN Festival Theatre's current run of The Lady in the Van will be attended tonight by Peter Luff. more...
WEST Mercia Constabulary needs more money in order to maintain its current level of spending, which could mean higher council taxes. more...
THE Bishop of Worcester, pictured left, has provided food for thought with his suggestion that a Catholic monarch should not be barred from becoming supreme head of the Church of England. more...
THE Pony Club, that bastion of equestrian society, celebrates its 76th birthday this year and there are riders in the two counties who will be forever grateful for its influence on their lives. more...
A GRANDMOTHER who lost more than five stones in weight last year has stepped up her exercise routine by walking 16 miles with a friend for charity. more...
A GROUP of pool players went potty at the weekend in a 12-hour marathon in aid of the tsunami disaster appeal. more...
YOUNG musical maestros are planning to be in tune for the victims of the Asian tsunami. more...
THOUSANDS of Evening News Wishbands have made their way to schools across the county with pupils snapping them up. more...
THE final lorry load of supplies collected by the Worcester Circuit of Methodist Churches is due to leave for a tsunami-hit area of Sri Lanka today. more...
IT was with great sadness that I read that Royal Worcester Porcelain, as I know it, will be no more. more...
THANK you for publishing Mr David Wornham's letter in reply to my criticism of the lack of warning on proven dangerous bends on the A44 road near Peopleton/Drakes Broughton. more...
IT is most heartening to see democracy developing in Iraq with a large turn-out for the election. more...
I READ Seven days with Phillpott with interest, Evening News, January 29. more...
I DO hope those who have written letters objecting to the superloos and wheelie bins have written to the council to voice their concern and now the extension to the car park in Cripplegate Park is being considered. more...
READING the public notices in the Press, I was absolutely appalled at the destruction the county council is inflicting on our schools by changing from three-tier to two-tier. more...
THE Government has just released some interesting figures. more...
WHAT have the owner of a village shop, a manufacturer of gourmet ice cubes and a marquee hire firm all got in common? more...
A FACT-finding business and Single Payment Scheme briefing for farmers and land managers is to be held on Friday, February 11, 4.30pm, at Worcester Cattle Market. more...
RACHEL Young was trudging around a farmers' market one cold winter's morning when she decided she wanted a steaming hot cup of soup. But she couldn't find one anywhere. more...
FUND-RAISERS at St Richard's Hospice are calling on Worcestershire residents to spare a little love for patients with life-threatening illness by supporting their annual Valentine's raffle. more...
PEOPLE in Worcester who bought their council homes in the 1980s are being asked to get in touch with a Channel Four documentary team to tell their stories. more...
MEMBERS of the public are invited to view and comment on the £115,000 plan to develop three hectares of Worcester's Gheluvelt Park. more...
A THUMPING row has erupted after a giant rabbit's offspring died three days after it was bought as a Christmas present for two brothers. more...
THE head of Worcestershire's emergency hospitals has been named chairman of a national assembly of employers in the health service. more...
A man killed when his tractor was dragged into a slurry pit more...
VISITORS had a sneak preview of a glorious National Trust garden in Worcester on Saturday. more...
A BAN on boozing in a Worcester churchyard has sparked calls to banish nuisance drinkers from all the city's churches. more...
PARENTS could be hit with £50 on-the-spot fines or made to attend parenting classes from next week if their children play truant. more...
MUMS at Worcestershire Royal Hospital are due to receive a little ``Red Book'' shortly after the birth of their baby. more...
TIME is running out for landlords to clean up their act and get their properties in order - or face being fined up to £1,000. more...
A LARGE-scale evacuation of Worcester City Centre in the event of a major emergency is one of the pointers in a new emergency planning directive for the city. more...
TELEVISION licence dodgers have shamed Worcester by coming the top of the league - yet again. more...
AROUND 500 people have signed a petition opposing plans to extend a car park into Cripplegate Park, in St John's. more...
NOT one Worcestershire pub will apply for round-the-clock drinking under relaxed licensing laws starting today, a government Minister has predicted. more...
A MAN has died after plunging more than 40ft from Worcester's St Martin's Gate car park. more...
OVER the last few years, the Government has attempted to combat truancy by throwing money at the problem. more...
THERE will be General Election this year, probably in May. more...
A south Shropshire museum, which opened just two years ago, is very nearly the best place to visit in Britain according to 20,000 readers of a national magazine. more...
A PLANNED fast direct rail link between Shropshire and London and linking with Birmingham Airport and the NEC, is "a lot of optimism," Church Stretton Rail Users Association secretary Derek Askew said this week. more...
IT was a historic moment at noon last Friday when the winning number in the first Ludlow Lottery came up on a computer screen at the town's Assembly Rooms. more...
A NORTH Herefordshire high school is mourning the death of one of its star pupils. more...
AT an informal ceremony in front of Ludlow Castle, 19-year-old Thomas Geuter received his certificate as a fully-qualified walk leader with the Breathe Walking for Health Project. more...
A SCHEME to build 26 homes at Church Stretton looks likely to go ahead, despite a host of objections. more...
CATERING students and shop managers have joined forces to have a flipping good time to raise money for charity. more...
ON Wednesday, February 2, it was reported more than 1,000 salmon were caught in the 2004 season on the Diglis Association Salmon Society's stretch of the Severn, below Diglis Weir. more...
GENEROUS students at a Worcestershire school collected more than £400 for charity with a fund-raising maths challenge. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE residents are being urged to be a little more imaginative when buying their loved ones a gift this Valentine's Day. more...
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to lend a hand in a busy charity shop. more...
Bollards in one of Upton-upon-Severn's historic streets have been knocked down several times in 18 months by vehicles mounting the pavement. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Droitwich's historic Lido are urging the public to attend a meeting on Thursday. more...
LAST summer Nick Balsdon was an office-bound worker for the Environment Agency here in Worcester. more...
MOTORISTS in Worcester are being warned of road works throughout the city. more...
A COMMUNITY centre undergoing a £500,000 revamp will open on time and with a new name. more...
NORTH Midlands slipped to a 17-8 defeat in the mud against Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire in their opening match in this season's RFU National Under 20 Championship. more...
PERSHORE Rugby Club were disappointed with their display, despite a comfortable 30-6 win at county rivals Droitwich in Midlands Three West (South). more...
MALVERN Rugby Club provided a cheque for £1,000 towards the Tsunami appeal but then showed no such charity to Aston Old Edwardians in a 54-3 thrashing. more...
MALVERN Town triumphed in a sea of mud to win 2-1 at in-form Alvechurch in the Travel Factory Alliance. more...
STOURPORT Swifts had a host of second-half chances to seal all three points but had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Corby Town in Southern League Division One (West). more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers breathed new life into their ailing promotion campaign and ended their three match-losing run with a nervy victory over lowly Burnham at the Victoria Ground. more...
WORCESTER Wolves sent out a message to the rest of England Basketball League Division One as they crushed Worthing Thunder 114-77. more...
WORCESTER City player-manager Andy Preece is confident of notching his first Nationwide North win tonight against Gainsborough Trinity at St George's Lane (7.45). more...
WORCESTER City player-manager Andy Preece is confident of notching his first Nationwide North win tonight against Gainsborough Trinity at St George's Lane (7.45). more...
THE notorious Causeway Ground at Cinderford again proved unplayable today when the match referee called off the Division One West match around 1.30pm. more...
The Travel Factory Midland Football Alliance more...
MIDLANDS TWO (WEST) more...
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