Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | March
OKAY, so we chaps may not be able to twist so low these days, and the ladies may be more likely to cultivate wisteria than hysteria but boy, did we baby-boomers have a great time on Saturday night. Number 8 was rocking to the sound of our youth. more...
LUCKY winners of the Worcester News CrownGate Cannons Competition have been taking advantage of their prizes. more...
THOUSANDS of public service workers will go on strike on Wednesday if a last-minute agreement is not found with the Government. more...
A CHATTY charity event at a specialist Worcester nursery raised more than £1,000 for children with speech and language difficulties. more...
AMATEUR archaeologists can find out if they've dug up a valuable historical artefact at a special event next month. more...
A NEW budget hotel opened in Worcester today relegating the Giffard name into the history books for good. more...
THE battle against litter-louts who are threatening the future of a Worcester nature reserve, noted for its rich diversity of plants and wildlife, is to be stepped up. more...
AN angry businesswoman wants an apology from Tilly Merrell's mum after she was accused of pocketing charity funds. more...
NEW schools in Worcestershire should be designed to accommodate full kitchen facilities to allow improved school dinners, MP Michael Foster reckons. more...
A CAT and two kittens are thought to have died in a fire which gutted a converted barn at the weekend. more...
DOZENS of youngsters have visited Worcester Youth Centre to pay tribute to popular 25-year-old city man Tim Boaz, who died in a snowboarding accident. more...
WORCESTER'S workers are on the march after topping a nationwide survey. more...
COMPANIES wanting to be part of the biggest business-to-business event in Worcestershire and Herefordshire have been urged to be quick with their entries. more...
THE First bus company has launched a lifelong learning centre in an effort to make sure its employees have the basic literary and numeracy skills. more...
A NEW union to serve members of the carpet and steel industries has been launched in Worcestershire. more...
THE owners of the Renaissance Spa in Upton-upon-Severn have launched a new company to help other lifestyle firms market their products. more...
Unions are seeking urgent talks with executives at car giant Peugeot following the firm's announcement it is to axe 850 jobs at its main UK factory under plans to end a production shift. more...
WYCHAVON Council's One Stop Shop at Broadway Library is to close due to lack of business. more...
MINISTER for Nature Conservation and Fisheries Ben Bradshaw's unusual but welcome U-turn on Open General Licences for shooting pigeons and crows obscures a more worrying approach by this Government towards shooting. more...
I WAS delighted to read that Acorns the Children's Hospice, after so much local support and effort and the wonderful generous gift of land by the late Willie Sayce and his widow June together with the backing of our local benefactor Cecil Duckworth, is about to open. more...
TIM Pinney is quite entitled to campaign against Michael Foster (Letters, Saturday, March 12). more...
AS a representative of leading recycling company Eurosource, I was delighted to be part of the recent Red Nose Day Recycling Appeal launch. more...
AT the end of this year a vast amount of vitamins, minerals are to be withdrawn from sale. more...
IF you were going to walk to work, you could pick plenty of worse places to do it in than Worcester. more...
FOUR teenagers from Worcester will be flying off to Canada to compete in an international karate tournament. more...
A SELECTION of some of the greatest acoustic guitarists in today's music scene will be coming together at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall. more...
THREE council employers this week celebrated a golden 25 years of service to the city of Worcester. more...
ORGANISERS behind a major gardening event are revamping its popular celebrity theatre to give the talents behind the floral displays a bigger share of the limelight. more...
PEOPLE can have fun and help local charities at the same time by taking part in dragon boat racing on the River Severn this summer. more...
A HILARIOUS 60s radio show which used to burst across the airwaves every Sunday afternoon is set for a revival in Malvern. more...
THE popular Red Marley Hill Climb has this year attracted 130 riders and classic motorbikes to the Easter event. more...
AN application to build business units at a former sewage works in Worcester has been given the go ahead. more...
YOUNG people around Droitwich are struggling to find somewhere to live because the town is fast running out of social housing, a civic leader has claimed. more...
IVOR Owen made his mind up the moment he saw her at the RAF dance just over 60 years ago. more...
TOWN Reserves have hit a purple patch of late, having scored 16 goals and conceded just one in their last three league games. more...
MALVERN Town returned home from Sutton Coldfield having suffered a 3-1 Midland Alliance defeat on Tuesday. more...
BARNARDS Green Cricket Club will be holding its annual general meeting at the club at 8pm on Wednesday (March 23), all members are invited to attend this important meeting. more...
WITH the result between Burton and Hinckley going the right way, with a win for the Staffordshire side, Malvern took the points at Tile Hill to reclaim second spot on points difference. more...
MALVERN pool star Andy Jones has been selected to represent Wales at the World Eight-ball Pool Championships to be held in Blackpool in May. more...
MALVERN mountain biker Ben Dale started his 2005 season in the best possible way with a fantastic win in southern Spain last Sunday, as part of a pre-season training week with International Bikes 51. more...
RANGERS travelled to the home of Bloxwich Town FC on Saturday to play fifth-placed Sporting Khalsa. more...
MALVERN Ladies clinched the Kidderminster and District Women's League title with a win against Headless Cross of Redditch on Sunday. more...
MALVERN Town turned in a polished Travel Factory Midland Alliance performance on Saturday, defeating an in-form Racing Club Warwick. more...
MALVERN Rugby Club kept the pressure on at the top of Midlands West Two with a good 20-39 win at Old Coventrians on Saturday. more...
SATURDAY more...
MALVERN North West Ladies Darts League is holding its summer AGM on March 29 at the Foresters Arms, Malvern, starting at 9pm. more...
MEMBERS of Colwall Womens' Hockey Club past and present enjoyed the club's 75th anniversary celebration at the Full Pitcher, Ledbury last Saturday. more...
LEDBURY swimmers made their presence felt at the second block of the Worcester County Championships held over the weekend at Wolverhampton, winning a grand total of 63 awards. more...
A LIGHT north-west wind gave the competitors a close-hauled leg at the start of the second race of the spring series at Arden Sailing Club (Defford) this Sunday. more...
THE success of a singles cribbage competition last year, in the memory of former Royal Mail manager Brian Shayler, has led to a new team event for this year. more...
MEMBERS of Wyche Primary School have been given new sports kits thanks to the efforts of a Year 6 pupil who was leaving to go on the The Chase. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Golf Club members were so keen to enter Barry Schofield's inaugural competition, that the newly-appointed club captain wisely decided to hold two shotgun starts, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. more...
UPTON Adventure, owned by Peter Corbett, trained at Eastnor by Nicky Sheppard and ridden by Emma James recorded their ninth course win at the Garnons track yesterday with a battling win in the Ladies Open against their previous conqueror Golfagent. more...
WORCESTER Wolves have secured fourth place in England Basketball League Division One. more...
UPTON ended their North Midlands (South) One campaign with a 27-5 defeat at table-topping Cleobury Mortimer. more...
EVESHAM should have beaten Kidderminster Carolians but ended up losing 12-10 in a friendly derby at Marlpool Lane. more...
LEDBURY went down 44-21 to London Civil Service at the Chiswick Sports Ground. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club were once again well represented as England women saw off Scotland 22-10 in a gritty Twickenham clash. more...
DEFIANT Stuart Watkiss has set his sights on a win feast from Kidderminster Harriers' last eight games to prevent a return to the Conference. more...
WORCESTER City chairman Dave Boddy has urged supporters to turn out in numbers again for the resurgent club's remaining three home games of the campaign. more...
A FOOTBALL course, run by Kidderminster Harriers, is taking place in Malvern next month. more...
MALVERN United met a much improved Salford team in the closing stages of the Mercian Festival League and found them difficult to break down. more...
THE first semi-final of the President's Cup was played on Sunday and what a nail-biter it turned out to be. more...
WEST Malvern returned to Worcester League division one action on Saturday and gained a good 3-2 win against Oak Apple. more...
AFTER this result, unbeaten Powick only need one win out of their remaining four games to clinch the Worcester Saturday League division one title. more...
July (friendlies) more...
UPTON went into their final home North Midlands (South) One league match of the season intent on exacting revenge for the result of the reverse fixture at the start of the season. more...
The Travel Factory Midland Football Alliance more...
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