Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | March
THE genre Christian rock tends to conjure up thoughts of "happy clappy" long-hairs with acoustic guitars. more...
IMAGINE a breathtaking kaleidoscope of classical, of modern, heavy rock and pop music and you will have put your finger on the essence of Lunar Mile. more...
City jazz and blues sounds like your thing, then head to Worcester's Huntingdon Hall next week. more...
PROLIFIC singer songwriter Conor Oberst will be hoping to put a sparkle in audiences' eyes when he plays a gig in the area this weekend. more...
I WAS standing in a Post Office queue, when somone said to me: "What's wrong with Aussie wines?" more...
Theatre March more...
SIXTH-formers at Hanley Castle High School are staging a production of Shakes-peare's Romeo and Juliet. more...
Witty one-liners and an all-singing, all-dancing cast feature in the latest show by the Malvern Light Opera Society. more...
Malvern Cinema: Vanity Fair (PG) 8pm, Sun & Thurs 4pm. more...
Until Mar 12: The Russian State Ballet of Siberia presents The Sleeping Beauty at Malvern Theatres. Box office: 01684 892277. more...
Mar 11: English Symphony Orchestra, Viennese Evening Concert at Malvern Theatres. Box office: 01684 892277. more...
Mar 11: Funky Skunk, Marr's Bar, Worcester; Generation, Under 18s Rock Night, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton; June Tabor, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester; Mercury Rev, Carling Academy, Birmingham; Fans of Kate plus Monogramme, Distopia and Loosen Your Undies, Little Civic, Wolverhampton. more...
Mar 12-13: The Wyre Forest Model Railway Club's 30th Annual Model Railway Exhibition at the Glades Leisure Centre, Kidderminster. All welcome. more...
Mar 11: Worcester & District Cats Protection Coffee Morning at The Guildhall, Worcester. Refreshments, cakes, stalls, bric-a-brac and tombola. All welcome. more...
WITH twinkling eyes, a dazzling smile and a personality to match, it's hard to understand why Damian Matthews is "going through hell and back" on the Atkins Diet. more...
A PAIR of would-be popstars will be put to the test when they compete against 12 others for the title of Pop Icon 2005. more...
THE Elgar Chorale performs Bach's St Matthew Passion at Worcester Cathedral on Saturday, March 19, at 7pm. more...
Swan Lake tells of the love and subsequent heartbreak Prince Siegfried feels for Odette, a most beautiful and graceful swan who wears a crown of diamonds. more...
Song will fill St James Church, Colwall, during a special Palm Sunday event. more...
Young musicians, cellist Alice Neary and pianist Gretel Dowdeswell, presented a programme of considerable diversity. more...
LEADING actor Timothy West will be one of the major attractions at this year's Ledbury Poetry Festival. more...
An unusual painting of a large lady and a beautiful Barbie doll reflection was the winning entry in a fine art competition for local sixth formers. more...
sights and sounds Edward Elgar experienced during his years in Malvern are captured in a new exhibition. more...
THE farmers' market will return to Upton-upon-Severn next month, together with an opportunity for local craftsmen and women to showcase their work. more...
POLITE notices asking residents to cut back overhanging vegetation and to stop parking on pavements could soon be going out to people in Powick. more...
BLACKPOLE residents with a caring attitude and an ability to handle stressful situations are the first to be invited to become part of a pioneering voluntary scheme to help save lives across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. more...
A MASSIVE clean-up of the canal in Worcester will be the main feature of the annual recycling and litter awareness campaign, due to start later this month. more...
A TEAM of motivated mums who tackle the Malvern Hills with their prams have turned their attention to a subject of a smellier nature - washable nappies. more...
SCHOOLBOYS of any age should be in Seventh Heaven tomorrow when an array of die cast toys comes under the auctioneer's hammer. more...
POP star wannabe schoolchildren are honing their vocal chords in preparation for the final of Pop Icons 2005 being held in Malvern. more...
There's not a second to be wasted! Proud parents who had their children photographed last week for Baby of the Year 2005 must return to enter the competition on Friday or Saturday. more...
BRAVE neighbours have rescued a 93-year-old woman from a house fire after she failed to put out a cigarette. more...
ANIMAL rights activists have targeted a pub between Worcester and Malvern, in protest at its Lobster Festival. more...
OBJECTORS have lost their battle to prevent a mobile phone mast from being erected in Worcester. more...
A SHEEPDOG from Worcester has made her owner proud after winning a first at Crufts. more...
THE friend and neighbour of a Kempsey man who died in an M5 car accident on Friday night remembered a quiet man who "lived for his children". more...
LOYAL fans said it was a "sad blow" that three-times Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate will not make it a fourth victory this year after being pulled from the race. more...
POLICE are asking women in Warndon to be wary of being approached by a man asking them to help him measure the road and take photographs. more...
RAIL passengers this morning found themselves locked out of Worcester's Foregate Street station for the second time in a matter of months. more...
A FOOD-packaging company is on the rise after being awarded a major multi-million pound contract to make bread bags. more...
A 17,500sq-ft office complex has been sold to a single company in Redditch. more...
BUSINESSES may be missing out if they do not have a high-speed internet connection, now that broadband is available to 98 per cent of households in the West Midlands. more...
SPECS wearers in Stourport-on-Severn can look forward to receiving the very best treatment when they visit their local Specsavers opticians - as the store recently scooped the top spot in a mystery shopper survey. more...
THE Government was today due to host a meeting of international employment ministers to discuss how to boost job opportunities for older workers. more...
FARMERS will now benefit from Ross Farm Machinery becoming a retailer of Simba Horsch's cultivation and crop establishment equipment. more...
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TO mark the 60th anniversary of the Second World War, the Malvern Gazette's publisher, Newsquest Midlands South, is producing a special commemorative magazine. more...
THE Malvern magistrates had a mixed bag of cases a century ago, as these reports in the Malvern Gazette demonstrate. more...
G MARSH accuses me and my Labour colleagues of electioneering regarding the proposed development of the car park at Cripplegate (Letters, Monday, February 28). more...
PEOPLE who use vitamin and mineral supplements to improve their own health could be in for a shock later this year when many hundreds of them are removed from the shelves. more...
YOUR article headlined "Residents blast Porcelain site proposals" requires a response. more...
TONY Blair has done more than any other European leader in history. more...
I HAVE just received a reminder that my TV licence is due at the end of this month at a cost of £121. more...
What a shame about old Best Mate being pulled out of the Gold Cup. We were all going to have a day out to cheer him on. I bet old Jim Lewis is a bit "gutted" as the footballers say, but Jim is a very philosophical sort of a bloke (well he's a Villa fan so you have to be) and I'm sure he will see the funny side of it. Hope he didn't have too much riding on it (very poor pun there). more...
Residents in Barnards Green are calling for action over heavy traffic and speeding on Pound Bank Road. more...
CHILDREN came face to face with snakes, snails and spiders last week at Suckley Pre-School. more...
POLICE beat managers or `beat bobbies' have been working in the Malvern Hills area for years. However, local residents may not know exactly what they do or who they are. more...
Spring is on the way at Madresfield Court, which will be opening its gates for Daffodil Sunday on March 13. more...
PEOPLE in Corse are angry that a new housing development at a former haulage depot will no longer include two affordable homes. more...
PLANS to lease the Sling Lane playing field to Newtown Sports Junior Football Club have worried several residents living nearby. more...
ANIMAL rights campaigners do the causes they fight for no good when they get so caught up in them, they forget how distasteful, of just plain silly, their tactics appear to most of us. more...
A grant of £65,000 has been awarded to St John the Baptist Church in Whitbourne. more...
PEDESTRIANISING Church Street in Malvern was one of the suggestions made at two public consultation meetings on transport issues affecting the town. more...
An electrical fault may have started a blaze that killed 9,000 chickens and destroyed a 14,000 sq ft building. more...
THIEVES smashed their way in through heavily bolted doors to steal high-tech equipment worth more than £15,000 from Malvern College. more...
A stained-glass window commemorating the life of Peter Morgan is being created for the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Stoke Lacy. more...
Children are being forced to play in the street because of dogs fouling a playing field. more...
QinetiQ has revised plans to build houses on part of its Malvern site. more...
A Malvern dental surgery has told patients it will no longer offer NHS care. more...
Elderly residents are back at a Malvern care home after being evacuated because of a fire. more...
I travel from the M5 to the Malvern area five days a week at varying times. From the Carrington (new) bridge to the A449 roundabout is a gently curving road. The traffic starts off from the bridge at a reasonable pace but then, for no reason that I can think of it slows down, sometimes to a stop in the middle. It then quickens up towards the roundabout. Can anyone explain why? more...
AN Upton war veteran has been revisiting Dunkirk 65 years after he was evacuated from the Belgian town. more...
FOLLOWING the death of Lucia Windsor, we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we at the Ledbury Country Market (formerly the WI Market) owe her for the many years she has worked in the market, particularly as our treasurer. more...
people will be able to match their hair to their red noses, thanks to a Malvern Link salon. more...
I wish to thank all the wonderful helpers, friends old and new and family who came together to make the open garden at Old Country Farm, Mathon, such a runaway success. more...
POLICE continued their crackdown on Malvern's under-age drinkers last Friday night, but the number found with alcohol fell dramatically. more...
WE are constantly being told that the greatest threat that we face is global warming, caused to a large extent by carbon dioxide emissions and that transport and energy generation are major contributors to our UK CO2 footprint. more...
MALVERN Town Council will press on with plans for a bus stop outside the post office on Abbey Road. more...
THE proposed new hospital at Seaford Court is apparently being financed by private money. more...
WE refer to the article "Smashed in Anger" (Malvern Gazette, March 4). more...
Best Mate has been withdrawn from next week's Cheltenham Gold Cup because of illness, ruling out an historic fourth consecutive win. more...
HARDLY have we got over Christ-mas and even here in Thailand the shops are already full of Easter eggs. But Boxing Day 2004 is going to remain in our minds for a long time to come. more...
GRAFFITI, including the words `Free the Lobsters', has been painted on a pub wall. more...
n UPTON Rotary Club is still in desperate need of local people to sign up for a bone marrow donor scheme. Member Ray Bird needs to find 25 Upton people aged 18 to 40 willing to donate bone marrow. If the required number of people sign up, bone marrow charity The Anthony Nolan Trust will run regular donor sessions in the town, helping to find matches for those who need transplants. Anyone interested in getting involved should call 01684 592740. more...
THE Diamante vocal ensemble will perform at Upton Parish Church on Saturday, March 19, at 7.30pm. The group's repertoire ranges from acapella to sacred music and jazz. Tickets are £5 on 01684 591241 or 01684 592158. more...
A DANCE show takes place at Upton Memorial Hall on Sunday, March 20. more...
A JUGGLING demonstration, crafts and a birthday cake will be on offer at Upton Library. more...
TWO of fundraisers have donated £3,000 to the Upton branch of SARA. more...
TOKENS of love and hot water bottles feature in new displays at Upton Museum, which is about to extend its opening hours. more...
MILLIONS of pounds of public money has been spent in the past four years on a new type of course for criminals addicted to drugs. more...
IMPRESSIONIST Alistair McGowan, who stars in TV ads warning against identity fraud, hit the news yesterday after the red-faced celebrity had his ID "stolen" when reporters took his bin bags and found credit cards and paperwork that could be dangerous in the hands of fraudulent crooks. more...
A reminder that the recital/concert by our resident international singing stars Richard Chew and Cheryl Pickering on the theme Love Bade Me Welcome will take St James's Church at 7.30pm tomorrow (Saturday, March 12). Ticket prices are £5 and £6.50 on the door. more...
March 14 at 7pm sees the recording of BBC Hereford & Worcester radio's Easter morning service at St Gabriels, Hanley Swan. more...
ST Peter's Church, Powick was full for the Mothering Day service on Sunday morning. The service was led by Rosemary Wells and began with the lighting of candles carried out by members of the Junior Church of St James' Callow End. more...
Mathon, Cradley and Storridge Tennis Club will hold its 25th anniversary celebrations on Sunday, April 10. All senior and junior members are invited to participate in an `American' tournament at 10am at the clubhouse, before a buffet lunch at 1pm in Mathon Village Hall. Both will be financed by the club, but please bring your own drinks. No dogs in the village hall. more...
THIS year it has been decided to take a break from holding the annual carnival and instead to hold Staunton and Corse grand fete in June. The date will be Saturday, June 25 in the school and grounds. There will be many attractions including the pig roast, an individual fancy dress competition and other competitions including cookery and flower arranging. It promises to be a fun day and there will be the usual grand draw. The proceeds will go to Staunton and Corse churches and Staunton and Corse CE School. more...
COLWALL Darby and Joan Club will be holding a bring and buy tomorrow (Saturday, March 12) from 10.30am-12.30pm in Chevenham lounge. Entrance 50p, including coffee. more...
CASTLEMORTON Gardening Club will meet on Thursday, March 17 at 7.45pm at the Parish Hall. Philip Aubrey, director of Birmingham Botanical Gardens will be giving advice on how to look after your lawn. Non-members welcome. more...
ABOUT 40 women attended the Women's World Day of Prayer last Friday evening at St James' Church, Callow End. The service, arranged by the women of Poland, took light at its theme. Led by Julia Davis, it began with the distribution of bread and salt, followed by various hymns and readings read by many local women from the parish and Stanbrook Abbey. Guest speaker was Renata Schmidt from Hereford, whose parents and grandparents are Polish. more...
TONIGHT (Friday, March 11) line dancing in the parish hall from 7.30-9.30pm. £2 per person. more...
TODAY is the day for everyone across Herefordshire and Worcestershire to go a little bit wacky - Red Nose Day has finally arrived. more...
WHEN Robert Bell was asked to represent St David's Church, in St John's, Worcester, on St Clement's Parochial Church Council on March 15, 1955 little did he expect to still be there five decades later. more...
A POPULAR jobs and careers fair organised by the Worcester News attracted thousands of people looking for a new opportunity. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Sauce is an essential item for any kitchen cupboard, according to head chef Jonathan Lloyd. more...
WHEN Trevor Clark applied to become one of Wychavon District Council's neighbourhood wardens two years ago his parents warned him against the Boycott estate. more...
TOP TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh is backing a fund-raising initiative by a Wychbold garden centre to help funds bloom for St Richard's Hospice. more...
TORY MP Peter Luff has heaped pressure on rival Mike Foster by urging his constituents to cross the parliamentary border and oust the Labour MP. more...
A START date for work on Upton-upon-Severn's new health centre has still not been fixed, despite rumours circulating that it was to begin in March. more...
MALVERN Hills District Council's leader Tom Wells got an insight into the plight of homeless people in the district when he called in on a centre in the town. more...
DEREK Edwards, a popular member of Worcester's Kays Theatre Group, has died at the age of 76 from a heart attack. more...
TOWN travelled to north Birmingham for this West Midlands division one fixture, which was played on a quagmire of a pitch that was made much worse with 90 minutes' constant rain and sleet. more...
COLWALL CC get their season under way on Sunday (March 13) with net practice at Ledbury Leisure Centre from 10.30am. more...
MALVERN U15s progressed to the semi-final stage of the North Midlands U15 Cup after a close win over Stourbridge. more...
A GUTSY performance from Malvern's seconds saw them come from behind to beat a well-drilled Stourbridge side on Saturday when the stiff breeze had a huge influence on proceedings. more...
TOWN Reserves played host to Bridgnorth Town Reserves on Tuesday evening and enjoyed their second best win of the season, with probably their finest display of football so far this season. more...
COLWALL Women's Hockey Club are celebrating their 75th anniversary tomorrow (Saturday) at the Full Pitcher in Ledbury. more...
NORTHLEIGH Primary School's six-a-side football team proved to be one of the top four in the Midlands when they represented Kidderminster Harriers in the national Kellogs Frosties U11 competition. more...
MALVERN Rangers entertained Wednesfield Reserves on Saturday and took full advantage of a number of sides' inactivity, by virtue of the overnight snow further north, to move into second place following this convincing victory. more...
MALVERN travelled to Coventry for this mis-named friendly match at former National League outfit Broad Street. more...
MALVERN Town's home game with 11th in the table Barwell ended all square with hardly a shot at goal from either side in the whole 90 minutes. more...
BOSS Stuart Watkiss believes the current Kidderminster Harriers 11 are proving they have what it takes to keep the club in Coca-Cola League Two. more...
DREW Hickey and Matt Powell have sealed their Sixways futures. more...
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SATURDAY more...
THE Hillstone, Malvern College, U13 netball team became Malvern District Schools champions and in doing so go to the county finals for an eighth consecutive year. more...
BRILLIANT sunshine and a light easterly breeze provided ideal conditions for the opening meeting of the season at Arden Sailing Club (Defford). more...
MALVERN Chess Club played at home and had a good win 4 ½-1 1.2 against Worcester City in the County League Division One. more...
STEVE Upton won the division one March monthly medal played at Sapey Golf Club on March 1. more...
WITH only two weeks of the official league schedule to go, the top four places in the Brewin Dolphin Malvern Table Tennis League's third division are still to be settled. more...
LEDBURY swimmers are celebrating a double win following a weekend of competition with a PGL Junior League gala on Saturday night and a Wyvern League gala on Sunday afternoon. more...
HILLSTONE U12s netball team will be playing in the National IAPS finals at Roedean School, Brighton, tomorrow (Saturday) after winning the SW England championship. more...
MALVERN Hockey Club travelled to Stourport to play mid-table Chaddesley Corbett and were unlucky to only draw this West Midlands division two game. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE sport was celebrated at an annual awards ceremony last night. more...
ANDY Preece takes his buoyant, yet depleted, side to Stalybridge Celtic tomorrow certain that victory ends any chance of relegation for Worcester City. more...
BOSS Stuart Watkiss believes the current Kidderminster Harriers 11 are proving they have what it takes to keep the club in Coca-Cola League Two. more...
HEREFORD United manager Graham Turner is confident away-day specialists Hucknall Town won't find it too comfortable at Edgar Street tomorrow in the FA Trophy's last eight. more...
DIRECTOR of rugby Julian Bailey has warned Midlands Three West (South) leaders Barker Butts that his Droitwich side cannot be under-estimated in tomorrow's top-versus-bottom clash. more...
HEREFORD'S David Park made a fine start to the Qatar Master on Doha. more...
WORCESTER City midfielder Pat Lyons has revealed that he always had plans to leave St George's Lane at the end of the season. more...
DREW Hickey and Matt Powell have sealed their Sixways futures. more...
WEST Malvern's Phipps Cup group one tie at home against Fernhill Heath Spurs was postponed for the second time last Saturday due to the waterlogged pitch. more...
MALVERN United travelled to Ombersley with a changed formation to try and improve over the previous week's lacklustre performance and what an improvement it was. more...
MALVERN Ladies booked their place in the semi-final of the Wyvern Cup with a resounding 8-0 win over Evesham Ladies. more...
THIS Worcester Saturday League Phipps Cup semi-final was an excellent spectacle for all those fans that had made the effort to watch in very windy conditions. more...
WITH neither of the top two in division one of The Soccer Site Malvern League in action last Sunday, the spotlight fell on the tight contest at the top of division two. more...
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EVESHAM United will welcome back skipper Gavin O'Toole for Saturday's Division One West championship clash at Yate, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
ANDY Preece takes his buoyant, yet depleted, side to Stalybridge Celtic tomorrow certain that victory ends any chance of relegation for Worcester City. more...
WORCESTER City midfielder Pat Lyons has revealed that he always had plans to leave St George's Lane at the end of the season. more...
DALE Rasmussen will be the next big name to commit himself to Sixways. more...
THERE was a good turnout for the last MUAA club contest of the river season held on the Avon at Birlingham, which was the final round of the winter league and the Baker Cup combined. more...
HANLEY Castle High School year 8 rugby team are joint county champions after a successful North Midlands Emerging Schools tournament. more...
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