Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | May
YOU won't find access to Lower Thrift Farm, near Whitbourne, marked on Ordnance Survey maps, so it's unlikely you'll meet other walkers. more...
WHEN writing on country matters for this newspaper, you don't often come across the phrase `chic to chic'. More like sheep to sheep or maybe chicken to chicken. more...
WHOEVER coined the phrase "From little acorns mighty oaks do grow" certainly wasn't thinking of Malvern Spring Gardening Show, but they could have been. more...
"ONE day I was bringing in the cows to milk and the next day I shot them all dead. It was terrible. I never want to go through that again." more...
I SUGGEST, N Taylor, that the money it would cost to change the city over to wheelie bins, would be better spent wiping out the MRSA bugs at our new hospital. I dread the thought of being admitted there. more...
I TRAVELLED on the No 37 bus service on Wednesday as did a man carrying out a survey. Passengers thought that this bus route could be axed. more...
RECENTLY, Tony Blair initiated a cost-cutting offensive against people in receipt of Incapacity Benefit. He thinks that some sick people are whinging, skiving, hypochondriacs who scrounge off the taxpayers. more...
JUST who then is to blame for the rise in crime, Mr Cowley? more...
I NOTE with amazement the recent letters from Mark Starr and Nick Chance claiming that MEPs get an extra £2,000 per month if they write a few letters to newspapers extolling the virtues of the EU. This is just not true. more...
D E Margrett seems to think that I don't take the threat of international terrorism or domestic crime seriously (Letters, Monday, April 25) simply because I don't wish to live in a police state. more...
THE Lib-Dem manifesto stated they would scrap council tax in favour of a local income tax. more...
I AGREE entirely that our first-past-the-post electoral system, which is similar to that in the USA, is rotten. more...
IF D E Margrett finds the replies to his frequent unsubstantiated views extolling the virtues of the EU "tiresome", he should except that other correspondents, with different views to his own biased thoughts, could just, occasionally, be right. more...
Established and cultivated as a luxury vegetable even in Roman times, gardeners have long prided themselves on growing large fine sticks of asparagus. more...
THE Bishop of Worcester has called on a district council to show greater understanding for the plight of gipsies. more...
IT must be a remarkable experience to reach the age of 100. more...
WE have halfwits turning residential streets into racetracks, 4X4 fanatics ploughing up woodland walks... and now river hooligans in powerboats. more...
A MALVERN school is celebrating 75 years of going underground as it marks a special anniversary of a unique tunnel to improve road safety for pupils. more...
INTREPID Atlantic rower Richard Wood has been highly commended after being nominated for the prestigious Beacon Prize for his charitable achievements. more...
AN extra 10,000 listeners have tuned their radios to BBC Hereford & Worcester in the last three months, independent research has shown. more...
THE Conservatives took overall control of Worcestershire County Council by the narrowest of margins after it gained vital extra seats at the polls. more...
POLICE are carrying out `anniversary checks' at the scene of a serious sexual assault on a girl. more...
A golf course is `virtually unplayable' this weekend after vandals struck for the second time this year. more...
WORCESTER'S Muslim mayor has given the thumbs-up to disgraced former Kidderminster Harriers football star Lee Hughes over his decision to convert to Islam. more...
A PRIZED collection of teddy bears is set to go under the hammer in Malvern to raise cash for a fund set up in memory of two victims of the Asian tsunami disaster. more...
SECOND World War veterans will this weekend march through the streets of Worcester to the Cathedral to mark the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe. more...
PLACES for Worcester's Race for Life 2005 have been filled in record-breaking time, with more than 2,000 snapped up in just one week. more...
A HANDFUL of Worcestershire's younger squad members are poised to make their first-team bow tomorrow. more...
Friday, May 6, 2005 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' on-pitch plans should become clearer next week, despite the cloudy picture behind the scenes at Aggborough. more...
CHRIS Horsman is expected to make his Worcester Warriors return in pre-season after undergoing a successful shoulder operation. more...
CHRIS Horsman is expected to make his Worcester Warriors return in pre-season after undergoing a successful shoulder operation. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' on-pitch plans should become clearer next week, despite the cloudy picture behind the scenes at Aggborough. more...
JOHN Trewick hailed Hereford United's away supporters as `absolutely fantastic' for their efforts following the club. more...
ANDY Preece labelled warhorse John Snape a "shining example" to Worcester City's young players. more...
JOHN Bickerton just missed the cut after the second round of the Telecom Italian Open in Milan. more...
HEREFORD must face another season in the Nationwide Conference after their play-off campaign ended in bitter disappointment for the second successive season. more...
A HANDFUL of Worcestershire's younger squad members are poised to make their first-team bow tomorrow. more...
ANDY Keast admitted it was a "game too far" for Worcester as their Heineken Cup hopes ended last night at Vicarage Road. more...
ANDY Preece labelled warhorse John Snape a "shining example" to Worcester City's young players. more...
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