Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | March
A VISION to transform Worcester into "a national destination for high quality art" is being launched in the city. more...
COMPUTERS and hi-tech equipment worth more than £15,000 have been stolen from a Worcestershire college. more...
A FATHER-of-seven, who was set on fire in a vicious attack nine years ago, has died at the age of 48 from a brain haemorrhage. more...
DOCTORS and nurses at Worcestershire Royal Hospital swapped stethoscopes for the stage as they put on a song and dance in the name of charity. more...
OUTBREAKS of MRSA at Worcestershire hospitals have fallen, the Health Protection Agency has revealed. more...
VOLUNTEERS and conservation groups competed to lay the best piece of hedging alongside a neglected orchard over the weekend. more...
A MAN who has been challenged to get three dates in two weeks is still waiting to hear from a prospective suitor. more...
A CARD-cloning device has been discovered at a cash machine outside a Worcester city centre bank. more...
INTREPID walker Mark Grooms has announced his latest and most ambitious challenge to raise money for charity. more...
THE search to find the ideal husband begins at Pershore High School this week. more...
A POPULAR pet goat in a grandparents' front garden has died after being allegedly poisoned after weeks of abuse from thugs. more...
JOBS suitable for people of all ages and ability will be on offer this Thursday at Worcester Guildhall. more...
FIRMS in Worcester are being encouraged to take advantage of a new Government initiative to get Britain giving. more...
ENTREPRENEURS in Worc-estershire and Herefordshire are officially the nation's greatest worriers with 27 per cent losing sleep every week due to work concerns. more...
SECOND World War veterans will be able to get in touch with long-lost pals via a new Herefordshire website. more...
A HARTLEBURY-based presentation and communication group has announced a series of expansions and improvements within its award-winning events division. more...
A NEW website has been launched in Worcestershire in a bid to help both architects and residents understand more about designing houses. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE holiday firm has been shortlisted in the Enjoy England Excellence Awards 2005. more...
RECENTLY, I had the misfortune to try to drive through Malvern Road at a time when the majority of the Christopher Whitehead pupils were leaving school. more...
IN reply to Frank L Jones (Evening News, Thursday, February 24), I did not suggest that membership of the EU had increased UK pensions. Pensions are controlled by UK governments of whatever party. more...
THE recent letter from N Taylor struck a chord. My wife and I have been stringently re-cycling since the conception of the scheme. more...
FOR the information of Reg Price, (Letters, Monday, February 28) there are many pensioners who do not get any help with council tax, many who do not get free TV licences and, as for Pension Credit, that is a pittance awarded after means testing. more...
N TAYLOR'S letter (Saturday, February 26) gives a sensible solution to the dilemma that the electorate faces with the forthcoming General Election. more...
I WAS delighted to see your photograph of the Dean of Worcester Cathedral handing a cheque to Herr Stehli, of Magdeburg Cathedral. more...
IN the course of chatting to teenagers from a Worcester school about their experiences of education, there was a clear consensus of opinion. more...
WHEN any new housing development is considered, planners will do their best to include all those elements which they consider vital. more...
THERE can be few people who have not been dismayed by the revelations of abuse coming out of Iraq. more...
PARENTS and children will benefit from the opening of a "wonderful" new nursery in Warndon, Worcester. more...
A CAR boot sale is being held at a sheltered housing complex in Worcester this weekend. more...
DROITWICH'S Westlands estate has received more good news after the announcement of a lottery grant to help refurbish the community centre. more...
POLICE are appealing for information about a motorist who hit a wall and then drove off without stopping. more...
A MAN employed to cut down brambles and overhanging vegetation on roads and paths has been a great success - but now red tape is stopping him taking the cuttings to the dump for composting. more...
CHRISTOPHER Whitehead High School is to be visited by Secretary of State for Schools, Stephen Twigg today. more...
PATIENTS in Worcestershire and Herefordshire who have a heart attack will have a better chance of survival thanks to the National Lottery. more...
SHEEPDOG "Nutmeg of Windermere" has been selected to try her luck at Crufts. more...
SUPERMARKET chain Lidl has threatened to take action against Malvern planners over delays to blueprints for a supermarket in Malvern Link. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE charity for blind and visually-impaired people is calling on supporters to join its sponsored walk around the county cricket ground. more...
JOHN Brain is aiming for a shot at the Heineken Cup. more...
SPORTS stars from around Worcestershire will be honoured at a ceremony this week. more...
WESTFIELDS face a busy period in the next 10 days after their Travel Factory Alliance game at Cradley Town was postponed on Saturday. more...
ONE of the biggest wins in Worcester League history took place in a Sunday Division One encounter. more...
A LATE goal at Paulton denied Bromsgrove Rovers maximum points and dented their promotion hopes in the Southern League Division One West last night. more...
STOURPORT Swifts' hopes of a late dash for a play-off spot in Southern League Division One West will be put to the test tonight at lowly Cinderford Town (7.45). more...
GRAHAM Turner is hopeful his Hereford United side boost their Nationwide Conference play-off chances with a win at struggling Tamworth tonight (7.45). more...
HEREFORD United director of football Graham Turner has emphasised the importance of beating Tamworth in the Nationwide Conference tonight (7.45). more...
JOHN Brain is aiming for a shot at the Heineken Cup. more...
WORCESTER City for the play-offs? The suggestion would have been laughed off three weeks ago but the smell of promotion still hangs in the air. more...
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