Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | March
APRIL at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester promises the usual mix of styles, stars and shows including guitarist Steve Hackett a Doors tribute and a Thomas Hardy-styled rural band in the first week alone. more...
CHROMA, an ensemble familiar with local music lovers, is returning to Charlton for another interesting concert. more...
A VIOLIN and harp duo will be entertaining villagers in Kingswinford on Sunday with music spanning four centuries. more...
CHRISTIAN comedian and evangelist, Brian Rice, will present his take on disaster movies in an offbeat show at the Salvation Army's Kidderminster headquarters. more...
AN evening of music and dance by a tribute artists and Stars in Their Eyes performers will take place at a Kidderminster hotel. more...
A FREE concert will be given by an international music group in a Wyre Forest village as part of a tour bringing music to rural areas. more...
A MUSICAL director who has belonged to a Kidderminster choir for 20 years is saying goodbye with a farewell concert. more...
A GOOD bet? That men revealing jewel-encrusted G-strings under low-slung jeans have never before graced the Swan's stage. Indeed, A New Way to Please You by Thomas Middleton, William Rowley and Philip Massinger has been wrenched from its 16th century beginnings and bought right up to date for the first offering in the RSC's Gunpowder season. more...
BOOK adaptations don't always work - sometimes the desire to jump on a bandwagon of literary success backfires. more...
A POPULAR children's book about a boy who befriends a caveman will be brought to life at a Kidderminster theatre. more...
BEARS & Dolls, one of the most important events in the teddy bear calendar, returns to The NEC on Sunday, April 17. more...
PICK a stamp - any stamp - and prepare to be amazed, as Royal Mail celebrated 100 years of the Magic Circle on March 15. more...
If you are interested in increasing the value of your current home, saving up to 30 per cent on a new home or are simply looking for ideas to get you started on a renovation project, a visit to the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show is a must. more...
ARE you ready for great cars, courses, race modes and online gameplay? If so, then Gran Turismo 4 is the game for you. more...
There's a small wooden building in the middle of Habberley Valley that many years ago used to be a teahouse. more...
HEADLINE acts have been selected for the first ever Wychwood Music Festival, being staged at Cheltenham Racecourse from June 3 to 5. more...
THE Montpelier String Trio from Cheltenham will perform the next Parish Music concert in Teddington Church on Saturday, April 9. more...
ONE of Britain's most popular singers is coming on a tour of village halls. more...
A WHOLE Feast of Fiddles and a fleet of folk favourites will be crammed on stage at The Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury on Sunday, April 10. more...
HE was a star in the Ealing comedies, he played dustman Alfred Doolittle in the film of My Fair Lady and was an old-style entertainer of the highest calibre. more...
EXPECT a real farce of a show on the stage in Stratford this month. more...
HAROLD Pinter's is 75 this year and there has been a revival of his first full-length play The Birthday Party, described as one of the greatest plays of the 21st century. more...
HOLD on to your neck - a new version of Dracula, Bram Stoker's Gothic masterpiece, is set to send shivers down the back of Cheltenham audiences next week. more...
Rose, Kidderminster - Shakers, Monday more...
City Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester - more...
I WOULD like to introduce myself as the official representative of the War Research Society for this area. more...
WE are trying to trace Betty Jones, her last known address was 112, Albert Road, Evesham. Betty was stationed with us at RAF Hospital Wroughton in the 60s. We have recently regained contact and are planning a reunion. We would be delighted if Betty could attend. If you are out there Betty or if anyone knows of her whereabouts please get in touch. Telephone 01443 432257 or gartref@aol.com more...
D WATHEN attacks John Reid, MP, for raising class issues. As a working-class bloke of 68, it is my firm belief that the middle class in this country have always had all the privileges and opportunities. I shall vote Labour till my dying day. more...
IN a letter from Mr Bill Taylor regarding OAP tax refund. I believe the manifesto promise of £25 per week referred to is in fact, from the UK Independence Party. Either he or you missed out this rather important point. If Mr Taylor would like to contact me I will send him a copy of our manifesto as soon as it is released. more...
A CHAMPION frisbee player hopes he can soar to even greater heights when he brings a competition to the town later this year. more...
In "letters" of 24 March 2005, Mr D J Wathen asserts "many of the new Labour ministers were members of the Communist Party some years ago". more...
CHARITY collectors on the streets around Wychavon can now have their credentials checked by local residents. more...
We at Help the Aged were concerned to read in your report -'Increase In Conmen Preying On The Elderly' - that there has been an increase in incidents of older people in Evesham being targeted by bogus callers. In light of this, we would like to offer your readers some advice about dealing with an unexpected visitor. Help the Aged urges older people to follow the simple 'Lock, Stop, Chain, Check' doorstep safety advice. more...
SMALL boys with bayonets, ladies with aspidistras and soldiers from the Worcestershire Regiment were photographed a century ago by a county photographer. more...
A-BOAT litter (Cotswold Journal, March 24). Mrs Young's labours are indeed commendable, and your front page highlighted the ever increasing trashing of our countryside. The boat was only fleetingly amusing, it just proved that all beauty spots accessible by car are now mindlessly abused. more...
NEIGHBOURS on a Worcester housing estate hope to get a footpath that runs behind their gardens closed so thugs are kept away. more...
I AM grateful for Mr George Cowley's support on teaching children about their own culture. more...
WORCESTER MP Mike Foster has praised TV chef Jamie Oliver for his campaign to increase spending on school dinners. more...
A HAIRDRESSER'S receptionist has been found dead at home following a "suspected overdose". more...
POLICE have released "still" CCTV images in a bid to trace a man who assaulted a nightclub bouncer in Worcester. more...
A DISABLED man was found dead beside his bed in his Worcester home. more...
YOUNG people in Worc-estershire were urged this week to make sure their MMR jabs are up-to-date following a massive rise in the number of cases of mumps. more...
THE county council has apologised to motorists as temporary traffic lights brought Worcester to a standstill during this morning's rush hour. more...
THIS is the shambolic scene facing people in Worcester's High Street today. more...
EBRINGTON Gardening Society Spring Show is being held in the village hall at 2.30pm this Saturday. more...
SALFORD Priors county councillor Susan Juned is holding a final surgery in the village Memorial Hall this Saturday from 10am to noon. more...
MEMBERS of Salford Prior's Village Fete Committee have been celebrating with Spam sandwiches and Camp coffee after being awarded £5,250 by the national lottery. more...
A TOASTMASTER from Bidford has been appointed to a top post within his profession. more...
A TECHNICAL consultancy company in Malvern is set for a brighter future after moving to bigger offices in the town. more...
MORE than 1,000 employers from across Worcestershire and Herefordshire have been invited to the launch of plans to improve the skills of the region's workforce. more...
FULL-time female employees in Worcestershire work only slightly fewer hours than their male colleagues but for less than 80 per cent of the pay. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE company is celebrating after being named one of Britain's top employers for a second year. more...
A FINANCIAL advisor will be spending his honeymoon training for the London Marathon to raise money for a national children's charity. more...
ANYONE interested in helping to improve law enforcement in the Wyre Forest area is being asked to consider applying to join West Mercia Police Authority's new-look community policing boards. more...
IT'S hats off to two members of Cookley Over-60s Club after they won an Easter bonnets competition. more...
TWO groups of intrepid fund-raisers from Kidderminster stepped into space in an abseil challenge from an ancient monument. more...
POLICE are cracking down on vehicle crime in Kidderminster. more...
A TOWN centre landmark could find itself with time on its hands - again. more...
A DISTRICT special school finally closed last week to tears from staff and parents. more...
A FINAL call has gone out to Kidderminster girls to enter this year's competition to find the town's carnival queen - as well as her princess and rosebuds. more...
SIX fans of Kidderminster Harriers have been banned from attending matches at the club's Aggborough Stadium. more...
BIDFORD residents are protesting at plans to demolish the village's old Victorian school buildings to make way for new housing. more...
A LABOUR councillor experienced the worldwide divisions created over the war in Iraq after receiving a less than warm welcome during a charity bike ride in Egypt. more...
DISABLED motorists will be able to get their blue badges from Kidderminster from next month, instead of having to apply to Worcester or Bromsgrove. more...
MEMBERS of a rambling club will meet in Stourport on Sunday morning before taking part in an eight-mile walk around Bridgnorth. more...
PRODUCERS of a television series intended to end with the destruction of an eyesore building have invited a Kidderminster woman to make a case for the demolition of the town's notorious Crown House. more...
A WOMAN set on by three other women as she left a Kidderminster nightclub was pulled to the floor, punched and kicked. more...
A 17-year-old girl attacked by a gang of six youths on Kidderminster's ring road suffered a cut lip and bruising to her eye. more...
A FEMALE police officer who spent 18 months working in Cleobury Mortimer has been promoted. more...
A STUDENT at a Kidderminster high school has won first prize in a national poetry competition held to mark National Science Week. more...
POLICE have appealed for a man who was attacked by four others in Kidderminster to come forward. more...
THE annual meeting of Kidderminster and District branch of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association will be held at Brintons Chainwire Club on Monday, April 11. more...
YOUNG people in Evesham were urged this week to make sure their MMR jabs are up-to-date following a massive rise in the number of cases of mumps. more...
THE chairman of Worcestershire County Council has spoken of his delight following a visit to Broadway. more...
VALE and Broadway residents have been warned to be on the alert when obtaining money from cash point machines. more...
BROADWAY residents have shown their high regard for the village with almost 60 per cent responding to a parish plan questionnaire. more...
REGARDING the letter headlined "Democracy is a hoax" from E W Carr (Tuesday, March 8), when I wrote after the last election that Labour took power, with a landslide majority, having got just 10 million of the 25 million votes actually cast, the result was silence! more...
TALK about electioneering spin. The Government has for years stood by while superstores have battled it out among themselves for the right to build a store in St John's plus a school to replace Christopher Whiteheads. more...
I MUST thank Peter Venables for his recognition of wartime service (Letters, Friday, March 18). more...
IS there not a single political party out there that will stand British politics, law and order and "justice" on its head in the coming General Election? more...
ACCORDING to a recent report from the House of Lords, the Government steadfastly refuses to carry out any sort of cost-benefit analysis of how much EU membership costs us in cash. more...
BOB Brierley has got his facts all wrong. Mr Blair was not the reason that so much time was given to the Hunting Bill. It was the unelected House of Lords - they kept arguing with the MPs who are speaking on behalf of the whole country and that caused the delay. more...
THE new restrictions to vehicle access into Angel Place/Square are being routinely ignored. more...
THE recent letter from Conservative Councillor Pam Davey was a fairly pathetic attempt to explain the closure of the Lido and the undermining of the SALT plans and proposals. more...
THE life and works of a talented Worcestershire craftsman have been celebrated in a book written by a fellow county man. more...
OUR appeal has been given a major boost from Rhydd Covert neighbours, West Midland Safari Park. more...
Will Young did it and Gareth Gates was hot on his heels - but do you have what it takes to be the next Pop Idol? The Worcester News speaks to one talented young man who is hoping to make county youngsters' dreams come true - but it comes with a warning. more...
A PHONE line is to be set up to avoid long queues of Wyre Forest patients eager to sign up for four new NHS dentists coming to the district next month. more...
AFTER the Easter recess we return to London on April 5 to hear if the Prime Minister will call the General Election. more...
ASUM GRAMMAR: Mike Edwards, the `Asum Poet', joined other exponents of the local dialect at Badsey recently for a recording session for the BBC's Voice 2005 project. The nationwide project is to establish the degree of dialect in modern day use. John Hellings, the BBC's audio gatherer, spent an hour questioning Mr Edwards together with Badsey locals, Michael Hewlett, Wendy Beasley and Terry Brotherton. The resulting recording will be heard on Radio 4, and the BBC website, later in the year. more...
HIGHWAYS chiefs have demanded a Bewdley bank change an obstructive ramp for the disabled which has been branded "grotesque" and "awful". more...
THE Kidderminster side of the River Severn at Bewdley will finally be protected from flooding, thanks to a £130,000 barrier scheme. more...
AWARD-winning Stratford garden creation company Rock & Water is offering companies a marketing opportunity to say it with flowers. more...
THE Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, FAWG, has launched an advice service for farmers hoping to take advantage of Defra's new Entry Level Environmental Stewardship, which offers farmers £30 per hectare. more...
ORGANISERS of the Alpine Garden Society's Cotswold & Malvern Group Spring Show and Plant Sale at Pershore College on Monday said it was their best ever. more...
THE group now has monthly informal gatherings in Worcester, Malvern, Kidderminster and Pershore. more...
ON Sunday, April 3, the field trip will be to the Severn Valley Country Park, Alveley, meeting at the Visitor Centre at 10am. more...
LYNNE Beckett and Dorothy Worrell raised £4,500 at The Ramada Heath Craft Fayre by selling cross stitch cards and pictures. more...
MRS Judy Berrow gave a talk on private gardens and provided members with leaflets detailing gardens open for charity in Worcestershire. more...
AT the recent 25th anniversary disco/buffet evening, club chairman Paul Bartle presented engraved gifts to Dave Lees and Mike Burley in recognition of their long service. Other social events during the past few weeks found members at a quiz night and a skittles evening. more...
OFFICERS and committee for 2005 were elected at the annual meeting in March which was attended by Jean Williams as returning officer and Betty Bridgewater as teller. more...
THE annual meeting will be held at 11.30am on Sunday, April 3 at the TA Centre in Birmingham Road, Kidderminster. Details from Ron Harris on 01562 820855. more...
THERE are two rides this Sunday. The A ride starts at 8am and goes to Arthurs Stone near Bredwardine in Herefordshire. The C ride starts at 9.30am and is a half day to Bramley's Tea Room at Holt Heath. more...
THE next meeting will be held at Chester Road Bowling Club at 2.15pm on Wednesday, April 6 when chairman George Mattocks will talk to members about "My life under the Georges". more...
THE club met at the Lion Inn on Tuesday, March 15 when a Mitchell movement was played. more...
THE group took part in a recording of the new BBC morning programme called Page Turners. more...
ON March 9, Ian and Dawn Nex demonstrated how much gardeners can do to provide winter interest in their gardens. Ian's talk entitled "Trees and Shrubs for Winter Interest" was illustrated by slides, plus cuttings taken from flowering trees and shrubs in their own garden. more...
A FLASHER has indecently exposed himself to two teenage girls in Broadway as they cycled near a disused railway bridge. more...
STUDENTS at one Vale high school could up their game with the installation of a synthetic grass pitch. more...
A DAD has told of his horror when he found his ex-partner and their three-year-old son dead from barbecue carbon monoxide fumes - in the little boy's bedroom. more...
ST Richard's Hospice patients and staff are looking forward to a royal visit next week. more...
VALE gardeners are being encouraged to keep their gardens as green as their fingers by using home composters. more...
LAST week's letter appealing for photographs illustrating Wyre Forest's railway history should have referred to railway horses (GWR, LMS and Bantocks) and not houses. more...
THE former managing director of an Evesham electrical firm that went into receivership putting nearly 50 workers out of work, has lost his fight for redundancy pay. more...
THE owner of a former joinery business near Evesham is seeking to turn his old premises into offices. more...
MAY I, as one who lives in Kidderminster, presume to add my support to the people of Stourport who wish to see the Civic Centre kept as a most important and useful public building. more...
TRAFFIC calming measures at a notorious Evesham accident blackspot have been removed. more...
TEACHER Russell Ward was allowed to quietly resign from a Pershore school without the police being called in after a complaint that he had photographed a pupil naked, a court heard. more...
COUNTY councillors come and go, education officers come and go. St Barnabas Church of England First School has served the community in Franche for 130 years. more...
TRAFFIC hold-ups are expected along the A44 at Fladbury Cross near Pershore for about ten weeks while contractors carry out road widening works. more...
At last the public toilets in the Load Street car park in Bewdley are being re-furbished. But in view of the fact that this job is taking at least a fortnight couldn't anyone on the district council have thought of hiring a portaloo to stand on the car park during this time? more...
WHAT a wealth of talent we have in Kidderminster! My husband and I went to the Glades Arena recently to see our granddaughter among many children from the Wolverley pyramid schools performing a number of Andrew Lloyd-Webber songs. more...
I READ with elation Mrs Heid-Brazier's letter raising concerns about the relief road in the March 10 issue of the Shuttle/Times & News and fully agreed with all the comments made. more...
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A 48-year-old Kidderminster woman who gave false information in order to claim council tax and housing benefit totalling £7,343.56 has been found guilty by Kidderminster magistrates and given the maximum community punishment order of 240 hours, to be completed within 12 months. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER woman who threw a bottle at a man cold-calling for an electricity firm has been ordered to do 140 hours unpaid work for the community. more...
A YOUTH has been charged with rape after an attack was reported in Stourport. more...
TWO teenagers have been charged in connection with the stabbing death of Blakedown man Paul Tanner. more...
RESIDENTS of Stourport have been warned to be on the look-out for a bogus police officer knocking on their doors. more...
TWO charities are to benefit from the Mayor of Stourport's grand civic ball. more...
A RELIEF road will be built around Stourport if the Conservatives win the next election, the party has pledged. more...
TWO new buses, which are kinder to the environment and have easier access for disabled people, the elderly and mothers with pushchairs, have taken to the roads in Stourport. more...
THIS year will probably be recorded in the annals of the Faithful City as one when the new look of the High Street was unveiled. more...
Parents and teachers up and down the land are endeavouring to instil high standards of personal behaviour and responsibility among young children. We decry the use of bad language or harmful images. So what does the Countryside Alliance do? It litters the roadsides with posters of foxes putting up two fingers to the world. more...
WICK WIVES: Twenty-three members attended the meeting held on March 21 at the home of Jackie Edmunds. more...
SATURDAY: Worcester Ramblers - Charlton and Cropthorne, meet at 10.30am at Jubilee Bridge/Fladbury Bridge car park for a six-mile mainly level walk, via Charlton and onto Hampton, cross the river on one of the few remaining rope ferries in England. Details: Sandra 01386 556543. more...
ARTS THEATRE GROUP: At the meeting held on March 18, Janet Daniels gave an interesting and informative talk on the research she had done for the book, Pershore People, which she and Marion Freeman had produced last autumn. more...
GARDENING CLUB: The March meeting held in the Women's Institute hall was well attended. The speaker was George Hargreaves who gave an illustrated talk on gardens of the National Trust. The vote of thanks was given by the chairman. Schedules for the Spring Show which takes place on Monday, April 18, were distributed. more...
1st (£1,000) 20338, Wychbold; 2nd (£100) 18887, Evesham; 3rd (£50) 16617, Worcester. more...
THE increasing diversity of people living in rural communities has led organisers of the long-running Three Counties Show to give its flagship agricultural event a new look for 2005. more...
THE following gardens will be open under the National Gardens Scheme: more...
SATURDAY: 9.30am, Mayor and Mayoress to host an auction of photographic equipment in the Public Hall, Evesham. Viewing starts 9.30am, auction at noon. 7.30pm, Mayor and Mayoress to attend Redditch Civic dinner at Redditch Town Hall. more...
Evesham and District Older People's Forum: Members of the EDOP forum were entertained at Wallace House by actors from Salford Priors, with the comedy play, Meat and Two Veg. more...
DUNNINGTON SCHOOL: A party was held at Dunnington School on Tuesday evening, March 22 to say farewell to the outgoing headmaster Mr Lee who is taking up a post at Studley. Mr Lee was a well respected teacher who had been at the school for six and a half years and had been praised by Ofsted for his development of computers at the school. He will be missed by the children and parents alike. more...
MUSIC: On Sunday, April 10 at 7pm in Condicote Village Hall Joseph Crouch (principle cellist of the Academy of Ancient Music) and Gabriel Crouch (a member of the King's Singers 1996-2004) will perform Music for a While. This will include ranges from works from Bach, Purcell and Roberts Burns. Tickets are £5. more...
THE ambassador of El Salvador and his wife made a special trip to the tiny village of Far Forest to thank residents for the huge impact their help has had on a poverty-stricken area of the Central American country. more...
A WOMAN was injured when objects, including an egg, were thrown at her in Kidderminster town centre. more...
A 42-year-old baker from Blakedown who flouted food safety laws over a 16-month period has been fined £2,000 by magistrates. more...
THE Easter bunny visited Home-Start Wyre Forest's family group to hand out eggs to toddlers. more...
COMPANIES are being invited to lend their names to a service providing door-to-door transport for vulnerable people. more...
CROSS-Channel traders will be making their way to Kidderminster early next month when the French market returns to the town. more...
A SCOUT headquarters in Franche has been transformed in just a year thanks to a £50,000 fund-raising drive by its members. more...
THE suffering of Latin American street children has struck such a chord with a Wyre Forest music therapist that he is to raise cash for a charity that helps them, with a concert in Kidderminster. more...
THE Conservatives' prospective candidate for the next general election has been reported to the director of public prosecutions by his Labour rival for offering young voters trips to Parliament. more...
ONE of the women who helped rescue Chelsea Ormerod from her horrifying attack has told how the dog had earlier bitten her six-year-old son and jumped at the pram carrying her baby. more...
A SIX-YEAR-OLD suffered serious head injuries after being attacked by a dog rampaging near her Kidderminster home. more...
SACRIFICING weekends and holidays to help those in need is not a problem for pupils at Pershore High School, and now their efforts are to be recognised at the annual Co-operative Society Community Awards ceremony. more...
SALES of stretchy Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles masks are on the rise but people in Worcester are shunning the fun. more...
AN elderly widow who had just enjoyed a holiday in Devon with her twin sister collapsed as she took her luggage back to her flat. more...
PEOPLE in Broadwas, near Worcester, have organised a petition and letters of support for a couple living in a mobile home on a site intended for gipsies. more...
TWO best friends from schools in Worcester and Malvern have shown their artistic sides after collectively scooping six awards at two arts festivals. more...
KEEN movers and shakers on the dance floor have a chance to show off their steps at a series of dance classes taking place in Malvern. more...
KEEN gardeners have the chance to get closer to the glorious gardens and brilliant blossoms at a horticultural show, thanks to a new VIP parking scheme. more...
TEENAGE actor Kit Windows-Yule went stra-ight to the top for advice on playing the lead in Les Misérables. more...
SIX houses, including three affordable homes, could be built in the grounds of a cottage opposite the common in Lower Broadheath, near Worcester. more...
CELEBRITY TV gardeners Matthew Biggs and Richard Jackson are to host a family gardening fun day in Worcester. more...
THE Mayor of Droitwich and one of the town's Indian restaurants are preparing to tantalise taste buds at a charity feast. more...
SIMON Andrews, the Wickhamford British Supersports rider, received a "baptism of tarmac" on Monday at Brands Hatch. more...
ARDEN Sailing Club on the Avon at Defford saw Jeremy and Michelle Griffiths, in their Enterprise notch another win on the club's Easter Sunday dinghy racing programme. more...
THE Prudden Road Surfacing Junior Tennis League competition got under way earlier this month with free entry to teams comprising players aged 12 and under. more...
PETE Boyles will be back on track at Mallory Park on Sunday when he will be hoping to maintain his early lead in the Earlystock National Championship. more...
THE Norwich Union UK sportshall Final was held at Birmingham's cavernous National Indoor Arena where nine Stratford Under-15 athletes represented Warwickshire. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE CCC's entire professional squad will be taking part in the Natwest CricketForce this weekend. more...
THERE'S a six-race National Hunt card at Stratford Racecourse on Sunday, April 17. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE will hope to play a one-dayer against Derbyshire today after yesterday's wash-out. more...
THE future of Pershore Cricket Club is in safe hands. more...
POST match press conferences are never the best time to vent your feelings about referees. more...
AS THE eagerly-awaited 2005 season approaches, Evesham Cricket Club have announced several new signings, including three top players from other Birmingham League Clubs. more...
THE last time Evesham United lost at Common Road was more than four months ago when Mangotsfield, 3-1 winners at Stourport on Monday night, were the winners. more...
Evesham II 19, Pershore II 14 more...
Pershore 46pts, Evesham 5 more...
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ONE current pupil at Prince Henry's High School, a former student and an Evesham-based player studying at RGS Worcester have been making great strides in the national game. more...
TWO teenagers from Broadway Golf Club have earned selection for the Gloucestershire junior squad. more...
LOCK Sam McDonald has been called into the England Under 18 squad for their final match in the Four Nations Championship tomorrow. more...
ANDY Gomarsall has hit back at claims that he has not been 100 per cent committed to Gloucester. more...
WORCESTER have been rocked by the news that Chris Horsman is out until the end of next month. more...
AN Evesham motorcyclist is set to follow in his fathers footsteps as he aims for success in a national championship. more...
A TRIO of Vale based sides will contest end of season Worcestershire FA County Cup finals. more...
HANLEY Castle High School pupil Sophie Perry has reached the final of a national show jumping championship for riders aged under 20. more...
Evesham Utd Ladies 6, Droitwich Spa 2 more...
TWO county tennis clubs are preparing to pit their wits against some of the finest players around when they begin their quest for national glory. more...
Littleton 3, Knowle 3 more...
TY Shaw has given Worcester Wolves a huge boost by agreeing to return to the club for next season. more...
BROADWAY United provided a surprise in the Stratford Alliance when they sent Journal first division side Quinton crashing out of the Nursing Home Cup. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE will hope to play a one-dayer against Derbyshire today after yesterday's wash-out. more...
Corby Tn 0, Evesham Utd 1 more...
LOCK Sam McDonald has been called into the England Under 18 squad for their final match in the Four Nations Championship tomorrow. more...
PENALTY shootouts decided both internal Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League cup ties played at the weekend. more...
ANDY Gomarsall has hit back at claims that he has not been 100 per cent committed to Gloucester. more...
Evesham Utd 3, Stourport Swifts 0 more...
WORCESTER have been rocked by the news that Chris Horsman is out until the end of next month. more...
YOUNG rugby heroes from Wolverley High School are celebrating after winning a tournament at Kidderminster Carolians RFC. more...
GENEROUS rugby players from a Chaddesley Corbett school hope to prove they are good sports when they touch down for a tour of South Africa. more...
A 62-13 friendly win over Clee Hill will boost Kidderminster Carolians ahead of their Midlands Three West North trip to Wolverhampton on Saturday. James Whitehouse got a hat-trick with Ambro Neri (2), Dave Betson, Russ Slater, Dan Quinn, Ollie Toms, a penalty try and six Andy Stooksbury coversions completing the scoring. more...
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IN women's football Kidderminster Harriers Ladies Reserves concluded their Worcester County League campaign with a 3-3 draw with Hereford. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett are refusing to let their season-long struggles on the pitch dampen their centenary celebrations off it. more...
BEWDLEY Town are pushing to be crowned West Midlands League division one champions after cranking up the pressure on leaders Great Wyrley with two wins in a week. more...
HETA Angling Club - there will be a match on Heta pool this Sunday 7.30 draw. Fishing license check and subs required. more...
KIDDERMINSTER and Stourport Athletic Club's Tom Kenderdine retained the Lacon Childe 10k Road Race title in a time of 34 minutes and 41 seconds. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Victoria Cricket Club have invited a former FIFA and Premiership football referee to talk at a fundraising evening. more...
IN the National Ladies Volleyball League, joint-second Cleobury Mortimer were hoping for two wins during their double header weekend - but only got one. more...
WAGGON and Horses A gave a daring display to storm to victory in the Banks's Bewdley Darts League 2004/2005 title decider with Bliss Gate. more...
REX Tudor-Hughes had a hole in one on the eighth as he and wife Sylvia teamed up to win the Mixed Brunch and Eden Group Shield at Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club. more...
WYRE Forest cycle racing club's Paul Prince rallied to an impressive fifth place when the district's club promoted their open 25-mile hilly time trial on Good Friday. more...
MEMBERS of Wyre Forest Gymnastics School did themselves proud with a 100 per cent pass rate and six distinctions in the West Midland British Development Plan Championships. more...
IN one of the most spectacular successes in their history, Samurai Judo Club sent three players to the extremely strong North-West Junior Open and returned with three gold medals after thrashing the best judo players in Britain. more...
Evesham II 19, Pershore II 14 more...
Pershore 46pts, Evesham 5 more...
WORCESTERSHIRE CCC's entire professional squad will be taking part in the Natwest CricketForce this weekend. more...
TY Shaw has given Worcester Wolves a huge boost by agreeing to return to the club for next season. more...
DARLINGTON 0 HARRIERS 2 more...
HARRIERS 1 MANSFIELD 3 more...
MAN of the moment Mark Rawle has set his sights on continuing his scoring run to provide a secure future for his new family. more...
HARRIERS boss Stuart Watkiss has ruled out making wholesale changes for Saturday's trip to Wycombe despite seeing their six-game unbeaten survival streak come to an end. more...
STOURPORT may have suffered back-to-back defeats over the Bank Holiday weekend but the manner of the defeats could not have been more different. more...
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