Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | April
ANY Worcester Zappa fans who didn't battle through floods to see Jimmy Carl Black and the Muffin Men missed a treat. more...
THERE are far from happy returns for the character of Stanley in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party. more...
IT is said that to kill a vampire with a stake through the heart is to end its personal hell. If only there were a similar technique for actors - perhaps a blow to the temple with a copy of the Complete Works, then the poor unfortunates forced to perform this play could be put out of their misery. more...
BOOK adaptations don't always work - sometimes the desire to jump on a bandwagon of literary success backfires. more...
AN alcoholic who had stopped drinking jumped off St Martin's Gate car park after struggling with withdrawal symptoms, an inquest heard. more...
IDENTICAL twin sisters from Warndon Villages, Worcester, are to feature on a popular daytime television programme. more...
WEDDING fever for the impending nuptials of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles has yet grip Worcester, a city that is historically a royalist stronghold. more...
BUNNIES galore hopped along to Worcester Woods Countryside Centre in Spetchley for a special family event in aid of St Richard's Hospice. more...
THE owner of a business beside one of Malvern's neglected water features has criticised delays to a £1.2m restoration plan following reports that the long-awaited work could finally start this summer. more...
DINERS are being asked to come up with a new name for a pub in Wychbold, near Droitwich. more...
WANNABE rock stars will be taking to the stage in Worcester this spring a bid to steal the limelight as part of a national talent competition. more...
FAMILIES in Worcestershire are set to benefit from a £7.8m cash injection to set up more Sure Start children's centres across the county. more...
THE family of a youngster who skewered his leg on a branch during a tree climbing accident said it could have been "100 times worse". more...
THE political make-up of Worcestershire County Cou-ncil will be hotly contested next month when the public chooses its regional representatives. more...
TWO thousand jobs could be created in Worcester with the development of a new hi-tech business park close to Worcestershire Royal Hospital. more...
HOUSE building activity fell for the first time in six years last month, a survey today showed. more...
THOUSANDS of workers at car giant MG Rover were waiting for news today about crucial talks on a joint venture with a proposed Chinese partner after the revelation that the negotiations had "stalled". more...
THE Chamber of Commerce and Business Link has been putting its staff through their paces with management training courses. more...
A DROITWICH business held a fun-packed charity event to mark its ranking in the Sunday Times' Best 100 Companies to work for 2005 list. more...
RECENTLY, the Countryside Alliance has announced that 800 foxes have been killed by hunts within the law since the Hunting Act 2004 came into force in February.This is being hailed as a victory for hunting but instead is a victory for the law. more...
SURELY it's time Michael Howard and the people of this country realised that gipsies are British citizens and should be housed on special sites near to schools so that their children can be educated. more...
I REFER to your front page article headlined "Easter crowds defy the weather" in which you write about crowds enjoying Easter despite the weather. more...
SHOOTING pheasants... once again the Countryside Alliance waves the diversionary red flag and plays the Toffs R Us card. more...
IT'S difficult to be sure whether the waxing and waning of Moon on that day (Thursday, March 24) had temporarily taken over from April 1 when reading the account of the Moscow surgeons who decided to enlarge the size of a man's penis by attaching it to his arm to persuade it to grow. more...
CLARE Rowson, Countryside Alliance regional director, (Letters, Wednesday, March 21) refers to "Home Office firearms review hints at restrictions on the age young people can use weapons." more...
PETER Luff MP claims that "the canals are safe with us" (Worcester News, Thursday, March 24). more...
MORE than nine in 10 students wish they had done more preparation for university or college life, according to a recent survey from UCAS. more...
SCHOOLS are facing a "behaviour meltdown" and should install CCTV and metal detectors to prevent a rise in weapon use, a teachers' union has said. more...
THE headteacher of Thornton House Special School, in Worcester, has invited school-food campaigner and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver for lunch. more...
FOR any city to survive - and thrive - there must be a balance between development and communities. more...
GIANT Bonsai trees, with a combined price tag of around £40,000 are receiving some admiring glances from customers at a garden centre. more...
DROITWICH community leaders are hoping to use the Lido to beat Conservative councillors at the forthcoming elections. more...
THE Duke of Gloucester will tour restored cathedral buildings and meet Muslim community leaders later this week. more...
GUIDES to five new trails through some of Herefordshire's most beautiful and unspoilt countryside have just been published. more...
KIND-hearted residents at a sheltered housing scheme in Worcester are limbering up to take part in a charity challenge. more...
PEOPLE wanting to set up a childcare business will be able to get help from a series of courses running in Worcester and Droitwich more...
A CARAVAN park hoping to extend its opening period is appealing against a council decision to refuse its planning application. more...
AN evening of entertainment at a Worcester café-bar raised more than £2,000 for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. more...
A GRAND award is up for grabs for top amateur pianists. more...
A GIFT day has raised almost £800 to go towards an appeal to raise funds for restoration works at a church in St John's, Worcester. more...
ZANDER de Bruyn could miss Worcestershire's opening three County Championship games. more...
TIM Collier looks set to miss Worcester's crucial trip to Newcastle. more...
WORCESTER City Amateur Boxing Club recorded three wins out of four fights in a visit to a show in Shrewsbury. more...
WORLD darts champion Phil Taylor heads an all-star cast as the best players in the sport arrive in Kidderminster. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers' slight hopes of automatic promotion from Southern League Division One West slipped further out of sight after teenage goalkeeper Anthony Breeden produced a man-of-the-match display to keep them at bay last night, writes Peter McKinney. more...
HEREFORD United coach John Trewick believes tonight's Edgar Street clash with Carlisle United won't make or break their play-off aspirations (7.45). more...
IAN Ford admits he is "mystified" after being sacked as manager by West Midlands Premier side Ledbury Town. more...
ZANDER de Bruyn could miss Worcestershire's opening three County Championship games. more...
WORCESTER City's ace marksman Adam Webster is ambitious to compete at a higher level. more...
TIM Collier looks set to miss Worcester's crucial trip to Newcastle. more...
WORCESTER City's ace marksman Adam Webster is ambitious to compete at a higher level. more...
WORCESTER City will qualify for the play-offs by winning their final five matches and scoring a hatful of goals. more...
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