Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | March
THE Rose Theatre in Kidderminster will be a hive of activity in the coming weeks. more...
A CHURCH featured in a book called England's Thousand Best Churches will host its fifth annual art exhibition this Easter. more...
1 Bridget Jones: The Edge of more...
BUDDING pop idols from five Wyre Forest schools are celebrating reaching the final of a prestigious competition promoting singing talent in the county's schools and youth clubs. more...
A SINGING group in Wyre Forest has joined many other national societies in celebrating the 70th birthday of a famous British composer. more...
A TOP Kidderminster recording musician is set to perform in his home town tomorrow night for The Classical Music Society. more...
EIGHTY performers aged between seven and 80 are gearing up to perform the 2005 Scout and Guide Gang Show at Stourport High School. more...
THE organisers of an £80,000 initiative bringing dance and education to Witley Court would like to hear from anyone with stories about the 19th century ruins. more...
AN exhibition being billed as "one of the most popular in the Midlands" will be on display in Kidderminster this weekend. more...
ONE of Britain's most popular comedians - who described finding out he could make people laugh as "like being kissed by an angel" - is returning to Kidderminster this month. more...
BUDDING pop idols from five Wyre Forest schools are celebrating reaching the final of a prestigious competition promoting singing talent in the county's schools and youth clubs. more...
US band Electric Six lived up to their name when they descended on Wolverhampton and performed an energising set of old and new tracks. more...
THE most wonderful thing about wildlife is its amazing diversity. more...
Ikon, Birmingham - Where the stars are coming once span closer, until March 28. more...
Rose, Kidderminster - Me and My Girl, until Saturday. more...
TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott more...
A LONG-awaited hospice offering care and support for life-limited children across three counties, including the Vale of Evesham, is getting ready to open its doors. more...
A POPULAR café nestling among the Malvern Hills is set to reopen on Friday after refurbishment. more...
MIGHT I make comment on Ms Gregory's letter regarding Port Street and her reference therein to a tacky Pound Shop? The lady must suffer from convenient amnesia perhaps - its former appearance for over ten years as a decaying Kwiksave relic should be recalled and one of the successful outcomes of the Evesham Markets Town Partnership Port Street regeneration study is the present store. Be realistic - Bengeworth was never in Mr Fayed's sights so we were never going to have a Harrods here. more...
A GIANT Scooby Doo is still making money for four Worcestershire hospices after raising around £1,000 in a charity auction. more...
I WAS interested in the article in your Journal regarding the lack of song birds feeding on bird tables and the probable explanation. more...
I WOULD like to thank all the people of Pershore and Evesham, who have sponsored me, in helping the Royal Naval Association, of Pershore and District to get their new club room, off to a good start. more...
TRADERS have hit out at a leaflet on Worcester's city centre evacuation plan, which could see Dad's Army-style wardens directing panicked shoppers. more...
I visited the Prince Henry High School on Saturday with my wife Mary to attend the musical Les Miserables. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE man has been named as the victim of a crash on the M5. more...
I am sure I am writing to you on behalf of all the Vale residents who were privileged enough to have seen the performance of Les Miserables at the Art Centre last week. May I take this opportunity to thank Prince Henry's High School for a production with such class and sheer vitality. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S most famous racehorse owner's dreams of achieving a quadruple Cheltenham Gold Cup victory with his steed Best Mate have been shattered. more...
In response to Ms Gregory's cutting comments about Port Street, I think it's time Ms Gregory took the time to experience what is actually on her doorstep. more...
A PHONE mast blamed for interfering with car locks and satellite TV has been cleared, after it emerged that it has been switched off since Christmas. more...
I was astonished (and a little amused) at the sensational headline given to the lead story in a recent Journal, bettered only by the dramatic opening words of Pat Smith's report "Killer dogs are believed to be on the rampage in Evesham......" more...
AN ingenious scheme to stop badly-behaving youths from hanging outside a Worcester store by broadcasting baroque classics by Handel on loudspeakers, will now be extended to other supermarkets across the country. more...
RESIDENTS who believe they have an inadequate or non-existent bus service are asked to help conduct a survey to push for a new route through their estate. more...
A GROUP of friends has decided to put themselves up for auction to raise money for comic relief. more...
EMERGENCY hospital beds will be freed up once a new state-of-the-art hospice in Worcester opens, according to the chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. more...
ALISTAIR McGowan, the impressionist starring in a campaign warning people about identity fraud has had his own ID stolen. more...
ANNIE Hofton, the county woman missing in the Boxing Day tsunami catastrophe has been confirmed dead. more...
PARENT groups split on how Christopher Whitehead High School should be rebuilt are united in their support of the Government's £12m pledge for new buildings. more...
RESIDENTS in Bidford and Salford Priors are being encouraged to visit a range of tourist attractions in South Warwickshire at special discounted rates. more...
A LEIGH Sinton pub that urged regulars to tuck into a hearty breakfast has raised more than £1,000 to help the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami in South East Asia. more...
A SPECIAL package is promising to not only help Worcestershire businesses survive but also thrive. more...
SUPERMARKET giant Asda has marked a successful end to the 2004 financial year by giving more than 113,000 colleagues a share of £19m. more...
A MOTHER-of-two from Worcestershire is championing holistic remedies with her new reflexology and Indian head massage business. more...
A DISTRAUGHT businessman says it will cost around £25,000 to restore a Stourport restaurant to its former glory after thieves burgled it and left the gas on. more...
BOXERCISE has been designed to incorporate active contact (punching/kicking pads and mitts), without any physical contact. more...
CHIPPIES in Kidderminster and Bewdley are taking part in a haddock happy hour today, with free battered goujons of the fish being handed out. more...
A PASSIONATE campaigner for the Worldwide Fund for Nature was due to meet Wyre Forest MP Richard Taylor yesterday to urge him to back new legislation to protect sealife. more...
The chairman of Wyre Forest Labour Party has been re-elected to the post following the group's annual meeting. more...
PEOPLE are being warned not to be suckered into falling for a new bout of financial scams. more...
CONSUMERS are being given the chance to find out more about a scheme designed to guarantee a fair deal for farmers in developing countries. more...
CHILDREN and teachers at a Kidderminster school, which is leading the way in early years education, have been filmed for a television documentary. more...
SELF-defence tips will be given by a martial arts expert during a free clinic next month. more...
IF you'd like a leisurely day out on your doorstep, then look no further than the Worcestershire county leaflet for the National Gardens Scheme. more...
STEPHEN Twigg blasted a "myth" about Labour's approach to special schools during a week of heated debate about provision for young pupils with learning difficulties. more...
VOLUNTEERS are urgently being sought to help run a weekly lunch club for the elderly in Bidford. more...
SCOUTS in Kidderminster are digesting the news that a supermarket fresh food manager is donating a cash prize to them after winning a top employee title. more...
SPRING cleaning the house could pay dividends for a Kidderminster-based charity shop. more...
TEACHERS in Wyre Forest primary schools are brushing up their language skills to help them in the classroom. more...
RESURFACING work - described as essential by the Highways Agency - will be carried out from Monday, March 21 to make the two and a half mile stretch of the A449 between Kidderminster and the A458 Stourton junction quieter and safer. more...
SINISTER-seeming phone calls and text messages, intended as jokes, are upsetting people receiving them, police have said. more...
A COMPUTER game shop will open its doors at midnight tonight to sell an eagerly awaited new machine. more...
FORMER Cookley resident, Paul Hayden, will take charge of Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service next week. more...
BAXTER College should be made a "city academy" to bring further academic success to the once-failing Kidderminster school, a top education minister said during a visit to the site. more...
THE Regal Cinema refurbishment plan is back on track again two and a half years after the initial plans were first published - but it could be derailed. more...
NOBODY likes council tax rises, but for many of the UK's 11 million pensioners, they are more than just an inconvenience. more...
PLAYING sport in the police force is a good idea - it not only keeps bobbies fit and more able to feel villains' collars more quickly, but also shows our opponents we are almost human! more...
TEN Worcestershire high schools, including the one in Pershore, could be in for a £2,200 cash boost. The money is being given out to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. more...
I THINK it's disgusting that the speeding driver was let off because he's a foreigner without a driving licence (Worcester News, Wednesday, March 2). more...
A PERSHORE woman kneed and punched her victim in the face during a fight outside a kebab takeaway. more...
I AM glad someone can see the sense of wheelie bins (J Norwood, Letters, Tuesday, March 1. more...
LIFE-saving volunteers are being sought in Pershore in a pioneering scheme to get trained people quickly to heart attack patients. more...
N TAYLOR (Letters, Monday, February 28) complains of wheelie-bins loaded with hygienic packaging from Tesco's, Sainsbury's and so on. more...
A WARNING that Wychavon District Council could be forced to provide more land for traveller encampments has come from Evesham MP Peter Luff. more...
LEAFING through Debrett I read Cowley, Earl (Wellesey) (Earl UK 1857) born 1934, Univ of S Carolina and Harvard (MBA) U.S. Army Counter Intell. 1957-1960, 3rd marriage to... and so on for two pages. What's going on? I think we should be told. more...
PERSHORE'S TV gardener Chris Beardshaw is promoting the Vale's Blossom Trail as part of a new tourism brochure for the heart of England. more...
TARMAC and trees can go together to the benefit of the commuter and conservationist. more...
HISTORIANS will know that 2005 marks an important anniversary for Evesham. more...
If you wish to make a donation to Operation Covert, you can: more...
MOURNERS donated more than £150 to Operation Covert in memory of a beloved grandfather. more...
THIS year the theme is "Big Hair & Beyond" - asking people to change their image for the day to help transform someone else's life forever. more...
THE annual meeting of Diabetes UK Wyre Forest branch takes place at Kidderminster Hospital Treatment Centre tomorrow. more...
VISITORS to Kidderminster Hospital will not need to walk through a cloud of smoke to enter in the future, according to a health chief who launched a no smoking campaign yesterday. more...
MEMBERS of a health watchdog have sprung to the defence of the GP out of-hours service in Wyre Forest after a patient likened it to images of overcrowded emergency aid centres in the Third World. more...
... but MP is critical of mobile unit system more...
THERE is good news on a project I have been supporting for use of our hospital buildings. more...
A BEWDLEY chef and his team have been praised for their restaurant's high levels of hygiene. more...
MORE children will be able to cycle to Bewdley High School after stands for 40 bikes were installed. more...
BURIAL plots are running out in Bewdley, vicars have warned, as an investigation is launched to find where else residents can spend eternity in their beloved town. more...
WYRE Forest District Councillors will visit West Midland Safari Park before deciding whether to grant planning permission for a new rhinoceros house. more...
A TASTY experience is being lined up for Tewkesbury in May when the Abbey will be the venue for the Tewkesbury Festival of Food and Drink. more...
Due to Easter, the March indoor meeting will be held on the fifth Wednesday of the month, March 30. more...
An indoor meeting, at Lickhill Community Centre, Stourport, will take place on Friday, March 18 at 7.30pm. more...
The Wyre Forest Heart Support Group, which is affiliated to the British Heart Foundation, has organised a quiz night on Monday, starting at 7.30pm. more...
The film to be shown at Kidderminster Library on Tuesday, at 7.30pm is Ae Fond Kiss, directed by Ken Loach. more...
The next walk around Romsley on Sunday, March 20, and will cover a distance of three-and-a-half miles. Meet at 2pm at Romsley crossroads. This walk is not suitable for pushchairs. Walkers should wear suitable boots or shoes and take a raincoat and snacks and drinks. more...
On Sunday, there will be a guided walk based on Redstone Marsh Reserve, The Walshes, Stourport, led by John and Beryl Jackson. Meet at 10am at the reserve's car parking area on the Rough Lane towards the caravan site off the A451. more...
Details of pub nights for forthcoming weeks are as follows. more...
The group is appealing for people to donate their unwanted bric-a-brac and jumble to raise much-needed funds to help care for needy cats and kittens in the DY1-DY13 areas. more...
On Thursday, March 17 at Olive House, Minster Road, Stourport, carers will be able to seek advice on wills and power of attorney from Stephen Share, senior partner at Lumsdon Grindley, solicitors, of Stourport. more...
In a short ceremony at Stourport Leisure Centre, club dive officer Mike Burley presented snorkel course completion certificates to John Day, Madeleine Belsey-Day, Sue Elkin, Joel Elkin, Alex Hamer, Marcus Hamer, Josh Hudson, Grace Humphreys, James Jones, Pam Morgan and Alistair Rhodes. more...
Alwyn Page travelled rom Cinderford to demonstrate her interpretation of "River Dance" on February 28. more...
The agenda for February's meeting was brief to allow time for the demonstration by Sue Robinson entitled Micro Magic. Members from Lickhill and Arley travelled to a quiz night on February 4. Mavis Morrissey and Audrey Lamprell are leading the Stepping Out Challenge in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the National Federation of Women's Institutes. The walks will take place every fortnight on a Friday at 10.30am. Members to assemble at Park Lane, Stourport. more...
On Thursday, March 17, June Ritchie, of Hoo House Nursery, Tewkesbury, will give a talk on "Hardy Geraniums" at Holy Innnocents community hall. more...
The last in the series of Severn Valley Winter Walks will take place on Sunday, March 20, leaving the Dog Inn, Dunley, between 9am and 9.30am. more...
Tomorrow - Prostate Cancer display at Severn Valley railway station, Kidderminster in main entrance from 9.30am. more...
There will be two rides on Sunday, March 13, both starting from The Green, Blakebrook, Kidderminster. more...
The next meeting of this group will be held at the Railway Bell, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, on Wednesday, at 7.45pm. The show, presented by Mike Squires, will be entitled "Steam Since 1988". more...
Richard Toff from Pershore College talked to members on March 2. more...
The next meeting of the club is at 2pm on Tuesday at Trinity Church centre. more...
The club met at The Lion Inn on Tuesday, February 22 when a Mitchell movement was played. The North South winners were Doreen Round and Terry Lucy with 62.50 per cent, second Steve Clifton and Nigel Wilkinson 56.25 per cent. East West winners were Sarah Green and Nick Holcomb with 58.85 per cent, second Gerald and Joy Link 51.56 per cent. more...
Mike Dickens, from BBC Hereford and Worcester, was the guest at a recent meeting. more...
At the annual meeting, members and visitors were transported to New Zealand to the gardens created at the homesteads, thanks to a talk by Marie Paginton. The most surprising thing was to find that everywhere looked so English. more...
Monday of each month at 2.30pm, in Heightington village hall. more...
A demonstration by Joan Scutterton took place at the February meeting. more...
VALE highway chiefs are being forced to install additional safety barriers off the Worcester Road, Evesham because motorists are ignoring existing measures. more...
THE refusal of Wychavon District Council to delete a parking condition imposed as part of a planning permission for an two-storey side and single-storey rear extension at Rosecroft, Shinehill Lane, South Littleton, is being challenged. more...
AVON Street in Evesham looks set to get more flats and a new snooker hall, despite town councillors opposing the plans. more...
LOADS of changes to rubbish collections are set to come into force next month to improve the way household waste is collected from homes in the Vale of Evesham. more...
A car mechanic and part-time disc jockey has been jailed for three years at Worcester Crown Court for peddling three types of drug. more...
POLICE and Wychavon District Council have received a number of calls about sheep worrying in Evesham following a report in the Journal. more...
VALE residents can take advantages of the services available at the Community Contact Centre and One Stop Shop throughout Easter. more...
EVESHAM shoppers have shown their support for a town store branded tacky in an ongoing debate about the state of Port Street. more...
I WOULD like to thank all the failed "good Samaritans" who did not help a damsel in distress on the evening of February 16 on Spennells estate in Kidderminster. more...
HARD work, good food and a strong faith is the secret to long life, according to Annie Witts who reached the ripe old age of 100 yesterday. more...
KANES Foods has been fined £11,000 after a worker had three fingers cut off while cleaning a machine. more...
I AM writing in response to two letters on your letters pages on February 24 entitled "Hunting is victim of an unjust law" and "Guilty of hypocrisy over cruelty". more...
A WARNING that Wychavon District Council could be forced to provide more land for traveller encampments has come from Evesham MP Peter Luff. more...
PERSHORE'S TV gardener Chris Beardshaw is promoting the Vale's Blossom Trail as part of a new tourism brochure for the heart of England. more...
WHEN local government was reorganised in the 1970s I, like many other residents, understood this to be an amalgamation of Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley for the mutual benefit of the three towns, not just a complete take-over by the larger partner. more...
VALE residents have got their red noses at the ready as they gear up for a fundraising extravaganza for Comic Relief. more...
AFTER recovering from the shock of your article concerning the Bengal tiger skin (March 3 issue), I feel compelled to express my distress. more...
I SEE that Richard Taylor is standing again for election (Shuttle Times and News, March 3). more...
100 Years Ago more...
ON Saturday Stourport Swifts Football Club allowing everyone in to their league game with Marlow for only £1. more...
I FELT I should write in response to your collection of letters regarding the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate, Mark Garnier (Letters Page, March 3). more...
I CAN perfectly understand local Labour Party chairman Keith Budden fretting (Letters, March 3) at the prospect of Kidderminster Liberal Fran Oborski, running for election for Parliament. more...
IT was no surprise to read in last week's Shuttle/Times and News of the problems within the out-of-hours GP service. more...
I CONTINUE to be amazed and incensed by the never-ending rhetoric about the Stourport relief road, when the proposed route is the most flabbergastingly illogical and ridiculous plan ever given consideration in the area. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER woman has been warned by a judge that she is in "real danger" of going to prison after admitting her 18th offence of violence. more...
THE Shuttle/Times and News has set up a new interactive feature for readers to have their say on local issues. more...
MOTORCYCLE owners are being urged to improve their security following a spate of thefts in Kidderminster. more...
A MAN accused of knifing his brother is facing a lung transplant operation, Worcester Crown Court heard. more...
FOUR people were arrested when trouble broke out in Kidderminster town centre on the day of a football match between Kidderminster Harriers and Cheltenham Town. more...
AN amusement arcade in Stourport has been raided for the second time in a week and police are looking into the possibility the crimes were linked. more...
STOURPORT has been put on the map - literally - with colourful illustrations of town landmarks. more...
MOTORISTS in Wyre Forest face disruption in the week leading up to Easter as a £1 million programme of roadworks is carried out. more...
A WOMAN hit by a car that drove off without stopping in Stourport needed hospital treatment. more...
THE green light has been given to plans for 144 plush new homes on Stourport's historic Lichfield Basin - despite residents' fearing the development will worsen traffic and parking problems in the town. more...
IT would be no great surprise if resounding cheers were heard to come from the directions of Christopher Whitehead High School and the Dines Green area of Worcester today. more...
LIVING in Evesham town centre, I am frustrated by the lack of available parking for residents. more...
A VALE of Evesham company is leading the way in promoting greater demand for plants. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER woman visiting the YMCA in Worcester made a bogus rape complaint against one of the residents, a jury was told. more...
A HOST of wild antics are set to raise cash for Comic Relief tomorrow - including a competition offering one lucky animal lover the opportunity to become a sealion trainer for a day. more...
THE owners of a Bewdley pub are celebrating after it was named Seafood Pub of the Year for the third successive year. more...
STOURPORT has been put on the map - literally - with colourful illustrations of town landmarks. more...
AGNES Whetton took centre stage when Wyre Forest Talking Newspaper celebrated 25 years with a silver jubilee party on Saturday. more...
A RAPE allegation against a 22-year-old man was dropped after the prosecution said it was likely he was the victim of "a practical joke in bad taste". more...
TWO adventure seekers from Kidderminster have been presented with prestigious awards in London. more...
POSTMASTER, Richard Vale, had a television surprise when a makeover team gave his village shop near Kidderminster a fresh look. more...
A BEWDLEY fund-raiser will be throwing himself out of a plane in aid of a local children's hospice. more...
CLEOBURY Mortimer's champion town crier couple will be all dressed up with nowhere to go because they cannot afford the flights to defend their title. more...
A DISTRAUGHT businessman says it will cost around £25,000 to restore a Stourport restaurant to its former glory after thieves burgled it and left the gas on. more...
A DISUSED Kidderminster cricket pavilion will be demolished after it was set on fire by vandals twice during the last week, its owners have said. more...
DRIVERS who leave their cars across more than one parking bay are being warned they face fines and even court action unless they get into line. more...
PASSENGERS on a £200 million cruise liner due to be launched next month will be walking on carpet supplied by Brintons of Kidderminster. more...
RESIDENTS in Bewdley are celebrating after councillors backed their opposition to a new mobile phone mast. more...
A YOUNG band from Kidderminster have proved they have an edge on other up-and-coming musicians after being asked to perform their biggest gig yet - supporting international rock star, Robert Plant. more...
A CONSERVATIVE councillor is to quit the party - after being passed over for a candidate almost half a century her junior for a coming election. more...
THE father of a Blakedown man stabbed to death has made an emotional plea for his killers to be brought to justice. more...
VALE residents have got their red noses at the ready as they gear up for a fundraising extravaganza for Comic Relief. more...
AN action-packed day of activities took place in Worcestershire as part of the national No Smoking Day. more...
POLICE in Hereford have named the city man who was stabbed to death in Thailand. more...
POLICE say they are stepping up high visibility patrols in the Arboretum to deter burglars after a spate of crime in the area. more...
A NAMEPLATE discovered in a loft is expected to sell for up to £20,000 at a Worcester auction - 10 times the original cost of the locomotive it once graced. more...
THIS week's national No Smoking Day will be a catalyst for 70 per cent of the 12 million smokers in the UK who say they want to quit their habit once and for all. more...
A STUDENT is hoping several bands will volunteer to "play for pounds" at a fund-raising concert he is organising in Worcester. more...
THE need for more bed and breakfast accommodation in the district brought a cautious welcome for extension plans at the Bear and Ragged Staff, in Station Road, Bransford, near Worcester. more...
A HEART attack victim from Worcestershire who underwent life-saving surgery is backing a plea for residents to horse around to raise money for vital medical research. more...
YOUNGSTERS across Worcestershire are being urged to ditch their university ambitions and become painters and decorators instead. more...
WARTIME rationing was in force when Jim and Kit Woodward had a white wedding, with six bridesmaids, on March 10, 1945. more...
SATURDAY more...
Evesham Jubilee AS more...
A MEETING with Olympic champion Chris Hoy was one of the treats for a group of promising young athletes on a trip to Manchester's Velodrome. more...
A COLD and windy day saw just under 40 riders, about half from Evesham Wheelers, undertake the annual 50 miles in four hours challenge. more...
THIS year's Cotswold Point-to-Point at Andoversford on Sunday has a new date and although racing will inevitably be overshadowed by proceedings at Cheltenham later in the week, there has been a positive response from owners with 178 entries for the six-race card. more...
BIKE ace Michael Elliott of Honeybourne began his season in great style with two second places in the EMRA Club at Mallory Park at the weekend. more...
BRILLIANT sunshine and a light easterly breeze provided ideal conditions for the opening meeting of the season at Arden Sailing Club (Defford). more...
REMAINING tickets for the NatWest One-Day International match against Australia at Edgbaston on Tuesday, July 28 and for the fourth day's play of the npower Ashes Test Match on Sunday August 7 went on sale earlier this week. more...
THERE'S a seven-race National Hunt card at Stratford Racecourse on Monday. more...
FORMER captain Simon Price has returned to his home club in Evesham as head coach. more...
Kidderminster 2, more...
Bretforton 1, City of Bath 3 more...
Evesham Utd 1, more...
I ALWAYS look forward to trips to the Rec and, after three successive wins, now is a good time to be travelling there. more...
EVESHAM Cricket Club has been awarded Clubmark status by the England & Wales Cricket Board and Sport England. more...
Evesham Casuals 162-2, more...
Evesham Utd 1, more...
STUART Watkiss is keeping his fingers crossed over Kidderminster Harriers comeback kings Iyseden Christie and Reuben Hazell. more...
Gloucestershire Golf Union more...
BEN Hinshelwood will turn his anger on Bath after being recalled by Worcester. more...
WORCESTER Judo Club players have had a successful time recently in both competitions and qualifications. more...
PERSHORE-based Bryan Smith beat a field of more than 40 starters to head a national show jumping qualifier at Gracelands Equestrian Centre, near Droitwich. more...
A 1966 World Cup shirt signed by Sir Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters is one of many items being auctioned by Worcester Referees Society tonight to raise money for the new Acorns Childrens Hospice. more...
NINE league games remain after this weekend's Southern League Division One West clash at Yate Town and Evesham United will be going flat out to win them all! more...
BEN Drew was the hero as Bewdley Town successfully defended the Mann Broadbent Insurance Worcestershire FA Saturday Junior Cup last night. more...
EVESHAM United will welcome back skipper Gavin O'Toole for Saturday's Division One West championship clash at Yate, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
STUART Watkiss is keeping his fingers crossed over Kidderminster Harriers comeback kings Iyseden Christie and Reuben Hazell. more...
Knowle 0, Littleton 2 more...
PAT Lyons has followed Colin Hoyle out of Worcester City to join Ilkeston Town. more...
THE big clash in Division One of the Stratford Alliance was called off on Saturday, giving Stratford Spartak the chance to make up a little lost ground. more...
BEN Hinshelwood will turn his anger on Bath after being recalled by Worcester. more...
SECOND Division Bredon reached the last four of the Birdseye Sports Evesham and District Sunday League's Tewkesbury Sports Cup with a surprise 3-2 win at division one Bear FC. more...
BEST Mate has been ruled out of the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup after breaking a blood vessel on the gallops today. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett under-15s' expert coaching paid off as they swept into the semi-final of the North Midlands RFU Plate by with a 30-10 win at Yardley and District. more...
A COUPLE of late cry-offs left Chaddesley Corbett up against it as they lost a friendly they should have won at Old Griffinians 19-14. more...
CLEOBURY Mortimer have their second successive free Saturday this weekend before they bid to get their North Mids South division one promotion push back on track at home to Upton on Severn on March 19. more...
STOURPORT also braved extreme weather conditions to secure a 26-19 friendly win at Five Ways. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Carolians overcame arctic conditions and an over-zealous referee to win their stop-start friendly at Droitwich 21-17. more...
UNDER-8s DIVISION ONE more...
RYAN Derek scored a hat-trick for Kidderminster Athletic Under-11s, when they beat Droitwich Spartans 4-2. Dominic Selly added the fourth goal. This result put Athletic at the top of the table. more...
SATURDAY PREMIER more...
THE Stanton top Pool A in the Cleobury Mortimer Sports Centre Five-a-side Spring Cup, as they are undefeated, continuing their fine form with a single-goal success over Lager Louts. more...
On Sunday, River Avon, Fladbury, Jamie Barfield was the only person to catch, so won the event with 4-6. more...
WITH the Kidderminster Harriers Ladies first team without a game, the reserves took centre stage with a 5-0 win at Droitwich in the Wyvern Associates League Cup. more...
The next contest will be on Sunday, March 20 at Solhampton (valley). Anglers should meet at Green Street car park at 7am. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett captain Neil Lucas has backed the West Midlands League division two club's team rebuilding plans as boss Martin Westcott closes in on several targets. more...
The annual meeting will be held at the Wagon and Horses at 8pm on Monday - all members are asked to attend. more...
Sion Farm: Shawn Pearce 6-4, Mark Pearce 2-1, Gareth Hobbs 1-11-8dr, Barry Chesson 0-5. more...
Hawford Fisheries: W Hipkiss 6-8, H Diubek 5-14, H Sidebottom 4-4. more...
The first match of the season will be fished on Sunday on Lyttelton waters. Anglers are asked to meet on the bank by the ramp at 7.30am. more...
A contest will be held on Sunday on the River, BAA waters at Hallow, 3,4 and 5. The draw will be made at 8am at the venue. more...
LOUIS Fazey is one of a host of Wyre Forest football fanatics aiming to play like the boys from Brazil thanks to a new series of soccer schools. more...
Final round: Stan James 28-12, Norman Beet 27-12 (bream), Ian Tetsall 26-12, Brian Dickinson 25-0. more...
Monday Cost-cutter, 10 fished, Moors Pool: Paul Webley (Bears) 14lb 7oz (peg 5), Jason Cowan (Team `Ave It) 10-7 (7), Mark Morris (Moorlands) 8-5 (15). more...
KIDDERMINSTER angler Duncan Bach took a 19lb common carp on corn from the Erics Lake at Shatterford Fishery. more...
ANY teams who would like to join the Sunday Darts League can do so on Sunday, from 12.15pm until 1.30pm, at The Sportsman. An entrance fee must be paid on entry to the league. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Table Tennis League division two's big game of the week saw top team Falcons B beat second placed Franche MS A 7-3 in a match that could decide that division's top spot. more...
THE final round-robin stage of the Wyre Forest Cup, to find the quarter-finalists saw Red Man BCC, Rising Sun, Hare and Hounds, Black Boy, Bell, Eagle's Nest, Franche Village Club and Hollybush through to the last eight. more...
LAST season's runners up Tornadoes went one better to clinch the Gilt Edge Short Mat Bowling League title in the last game of the campaign. more...
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PAT Bowater started off the new season in the ladies section at Wyre Forest Golf Club on form. Having won the February Medal, she also took first place in the February Stableford. more...
THE pro shop qualifying competition was held at Bewdley Pines Golf Club on February 20. more...
A STUDENT at Stourport High School Language College has been selected to join the Nick Faldo 2005 golf series. more...
DEFENDING champions in the Cleobury Mortimer Sports Centre Junior Netball Spring League, Cleobury Angels, hammered Cleobury 14-0 to start the new season in style. more...
THE Amazing Feet Running club provided almost 15 per cent of the finishers in the Kidderminster and Stourport Athletic Club's Treat 8 multi-terrain event on Sunday. more...
STOURPORT'S Derek Digger played his part in Worcestershire chess under-100 grades' 7-5 victory over Leicestershire at Syston by winning his individual game. more...
WYRE Forest youngsters are in line for recognition in the Worcestershire All Sports Partnership (WASP) sports awards, presented to people across the county for their achievements and dedication to sport. more...
THE big clash in Division One of the Stratford Alliance was called off on Saturday, giving Stratford Spartak the chance to make up a little lost ground. more...
SECOND Division Bredon reached the last four of the Birdseye Sports Evesham and District Sunday League's Tewkesbury Sports Cup with a surprise 3-2 win at division one Bear FC. more...
WYRE Forest gymnasts bagged 24 gold medals, 11 silvers and five bronzes in the Special Olympics West Midlands Regional Gymnastics Competition, held at Redditch. more...
THERE'S a seven-race National Hunt card at Stratford Racecourse on Monday. more...
FORMER captain Simon Price has returned to his home club in Evesham as head coach. more...
KIDDERMINSTER and Bewdley tae kwon do schools of excellence hosted a Nunchaku workshop in Bewdley, an event which was attended by more than 50 students, ranging from aged five to 40, from Kidderminster, Bewdley and Highley clubs. more...
WYRE Forest Gymnastics School continue to improve their impressive coaching credentials after two more tutors gained top qualifications. more...
CHAMPIONS Wolverley and Cookley will be determined to retain their title when the Wyre Forest Parish Games 2005 gets under way with a dominoes tournament next week. more...
SAMURAI Judo Club's Kate Walker and Kelly Edwards both swept into the finals of the Midlands Junior Open Champio-nships in Stoke. more...
CARELESS Chaddesley Corbett had to rely on a last gasp equaliser to salvage a point at home to West Midlands Division Two strugglers Malvern in West after throwing away a two-goal lead. more...
KIDDERMINSTER came unstuck against form team Kings Heath, slipping to a 7-2 home victory. more...
STOURPORT Ladies did not need their three remaining matches to clinch the Worcestershire First Division and a place in the play-offs as their nearest rivals lost to hand them the title. more...
PAT Lyons has followed Colin Hoyle out of Worcester City to join Ilkeston Town. more...
Harriers 1, Cheltenham 0 more...
STUART Watkiss has challenged his players to make their 1-0 victory over Cheltenham "an even better result" by following it up with another win at Notts County. more...
PREMIERSHIP Manchester City have refused to confirm or deny their interest in Harriers' super stopper John Danby despite the presence of their goalkeeping coach Tim Flowers at Aggborough last week. more...
KIDDERMINSTER captain Wayne Hatswell is desperate to get back to his best in time to help Harriers to stay up after opening his heart on his chronic lack of form and confidence. more...
STOURPORT Swifts are hoping for a bumper turnout on Saturday with a "quids in" scheme for their Southern League Division One West clash with Marlow. more...
SWIFTS boss Dave Titterton is hoping for a big turnout for his side's clash with Marlow this weekend. more...
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