Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | March
THE beautiful Worcestershire countryside is set to get an extra polish thanks to a new Government Environmental Stewardship scheme. more...
YOUNG horsewomen Charlotte Pykett has been selected to join the under-21s ladies' polocrosse squad. more...
WHILE we monitor levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the real cause of global warming is being overlooked. more...
HOW ungentlemanly of "Casanova Chris Pratt" to turn down an invitation to Ombersley for fish `n' chips with 74-year-old Mary Foley. more...
AS a vulnerable and gullible species, one of the greatest con-tricks we ever perpetrated on ourselves, is the Christian concept of "original sin", and as such, I just cannot take seriously Pauline Huckridge's dogmatic claim we were all born with "flawed nature". more...
BLAIR condemns the republican movement, the IRA and Sinn Fein in his weekly questions session in parliament. more...
SMALL shops are at the very heart of our community here in Worcester, where they provide a diverse range of goods and services to local people, particularly the elderly and those without transport. more...
THE hedgelaying contest laid on at Whitbourne, near Bromyard, had attracted so disappointing a response that it had looked as though all the planning and preparations would be in vain. more...
THE Government may yet prevail in the row over civil service pay and pensions. more...
Anne's weakest link with the Tories more...
Cop swap for CCTV more...
A MALVERN professor has gone to great heights to help his daughter do her ironing. more...
TOURISM chiefs want Worcester to be as big a draw for visitors as Cheltenham in 10 years' time - and they're on the verge of approving a plan that could make it happen. more...
WORCESTER racecourse has been named as the fifth most dangerous National Hunt course in the country. more...
WHEN 400 Malvern College schoolboys were told they were being evacuated during World War Two, little did they know they would soon be taking lessons in one of Britain's most splendid stately homes. more...
The former girlfriend of a skydiver who plunged 13,000 feet to his death told an inquest yesterday there was "no way" he would have killed himself. more...
ANGRY boat owners have lashed out at British Waterways over its planned development of Worcester's Diglis Basin, fearing they could be left high and dry. more...
THE treasurer of the troubled Worcestershire Racial Equality Council has said he is "disillusioned" with the organisation. more...
NOT only does Worcester resident John Shearon devour a bottle of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce every fortnight but he also uses it in his DIY. more...
HOUSE prices continued to fall in February with declines greatest in the West Midlands, according to research published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) this week. more...
FOUR teachers were taken to hospital suffering from breathing problems after being overcome by fumes during a chemical spillage at a Worcester special school. more...
HOT prospect John Danby has insisted first-team football is most important for him at this stage of his career. more...
PAT Sanderson will be hoping to play a big part in England Sevens glory when day two of the World Cup begins today. more...
POINT-to-point action this weekend returns to the Garnons track near Hereford when the Ross Harriers hold their fixture tomorrow. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett have won the Worcestershire Cricket Board Indoor Sunday League for the second time in a row. more...
PAT Sanderson will be hoping to play a big part in England Sevens glory when day two of the World Cup begins today. more...
HOT prospect John Danby has insisted first-team football is most important for him at this stage of his career. more...
STRIKER David Brown insists he wanted to stay at Edgar Street and claims he left following a confrontation with Hereford United's management team. more...
BRADFORD Park Avenue captain Dean Jones looked staggered when quicksilver Danny McDonnell saved his late point-blank header at the Horsfall Stadium. more...
WORCESTER Saints Rugby Lea-gue club have gone back to the drawing board in a bid to kick-start their fortunes. more...
WORCESTER Wolves are poised for one last push in a bid to secure a top four finish in England Basketball League Division One and with it home advantage in the play-offs. more...
BRADFORD Park Avenue captain Dean Jones looked staggered when quicksilver Danny McDonnell saved his late point-blank header at the Horsfall Stadium. more...
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