Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | November
LED Zeppelin fans could be left "Dazed and Confused" when a Glaswegian band pays homage to the group in Cookley. more...
A CLASSICAL music buff has become one of the top members at a national federation representing about 230 UK recorded music groups. more...
FROM watercolour to charcoal paintings, art lovers have the chance to admire work by 35 artists at Kidderminster Library. more...
A UNIQUE book which marked this year's Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations will make the perfect seasonal gift, either to pop in the post or into a Christmas stocking. more...
ABANDONED rural railways across Wyre Forest are brought back to life in a new book. more...
A MAP of the past has been released showing Stourport as it was a century ago. more...
A NOSTALGIC musical extravaganza will take to the stage next week. more...
A MUSICIAN at the forefront of a new generation of British acoustic performers is coming to Stourport this weekend. more...
ROCK band manager Jonathan Pardoe was overjoyed when doctors told him an operation to remove a killer brain tumour had been a success. more...
FANS of dance will be in for a treat with a show featuring a wide range of styles at Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre tonight. more...
Rose, Kidderminster - The Herbal Bed until Saturday. more...
Royal mail celebrates the 150th anniversary of pillar boxes. more...
The Rally of Great Britain is heading towards the 14th and final round of The FIA World Rally Championship 2002. more...
A BAND specialising in English roots-rock will be bringing its own brand of music to The Theatre Chipping Norton next Wednesday. Little Johnny England - known to fans as LJE - will be on stage at 8pm. more...
THE Lygonian Singers are performing a Cavalcade of Music at the Lifford Hall, Broadway on Saturday. more...
WHEN musicians Phil Capaldi and Dave Nilo take to the stage at Evesham Arts Centre later this month, they will be well and truly on home ground. more...
LAST week's high winds saw the end of many fine trees. more...
Right now he's probably one of the most famous kids in the world. But even though Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is enjoying magical success his feet are very firmly on the ground. more...
BLOODTHIRSTY zombies which actually move faster than a drugged tortoise? What a great premise for a horror film, I thought. more...
THURSDAY: Kidderminster: Town Hall - lunchtime organ recital. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Fred Zeppelin. Birmingham: CBSO Centre - String Quartet. Warwick: Arts Centre - John Mayall and The Blues Breakers. Catherine Wilmers and Thea King. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Time Arrangement Workshop. Joe Broughton and Kevin Dempsey. Brierley Hill: Robin R'n'B - Mountain. more...
DUTCH National Ballet presents a mixed programme that includes the Pas de Deux from Ludwig Minkus's Don Quixote when the company performs at Malvern Theatres until Saturday. more...
SEX and a demented stage manager are the two very different subjects of a double bill of plays opening in Harvington this month. more...
THE Vale's own Toyah Wilcox stars in a new production of Calamity Jane at the Alexandra Theatre. more...
THANK you so much for sending me the copy of the Journal of September 5 - just what I wanted! It was very kind of you to take so much trouble for me. more...
THE joy of sorting dirty laundry, loud music, hot coffee, cold milk, heat, light and the wildlife feasting on our ruined foodstocks - a scene familiar to thousands this week. May I hope that you are not printing letters of complaint this week? more...
DRINKERS at the Hare and Hounds pub in Shenstone have put down their pints to raise more than £600 for Kemp Hospice. more...
WELL, what a week we had last week didn't we. First there were the gales on Sunday causing power cuts, damage and general mayhem. more...
THROUGH your newspaper, I would like to thank residents and visitors in Pershore who gave so generously to our annual street collection on Saturday, September 28. more...
HEROES and villains will tread the boards next weekend to pull in the crowds and drum up cash for Kemp Hospice. more...
ON behalf of the Worcestershire Association for the Blind, Evesham branch, I wish to thank all those who helped, and all those who donated an amount of £512.92 to the local branch at the collection held at Tesco on September 28. more...
WITH reference to M Palmer of Avonbrook, Wyre Piddle. I write to put my views on the road closure through Wyre Piddle. more...
REACTION to Kemp Hospice's plan to move to new ready-made premises - at a huge saving - has been universally positive, according to the campaign manager. more...
Re: Cleaner Wages War on Litter and the comments of Mr David Kelly, head teacher of Evesham High School. more...
THE Tree of Light is back to brighten up the lives of patients suffering from cancer and other life-threatening conditions. more...
STRATFORD Wind Band will be appearing at Bidford's Crawford Memorial Hall tonight. more...
BIDFORD residents can collect their parish council travel tokens at the Village Day on Saturday. more...
A BIDFORD St John Ambulance volunteer has been honoured for her long and outstanding service. more...
A FORMER Bidford resident has become the second sibling of her family to go into the medical profession. more...
THREE Worcester youngsters are the stars of a new film, thanks to a leading vocational training provider. more...
MALVERN'S Abbey Hotel is the setting for a special breakfast meeting where business people will have the opportunity to ask some penetrating questions about the new airport proposed for Rugby. more...
THE proprietor of a leading Worcestershire recruitment agency is due to meet the region's Euro MP to discuss a proposed new EU directive that business leaders claim could see the disappearance of a fifth of temporary jobs in Britain. more...
WE have had great encouragement this week from the Health Service Journal. more...
A RHINO is being charged up with herbal Viagra to help him rediscover a passion for romance and do his bit for an endangered species. more...
SPECIALIST cutting gear had to be brought in to free a woman from a car following a road crash. more...
A GROUP of four-legged passengers stepped back in time for their first train ride. more...
STRIKE action by firefighters has been delayed again as negotiations over pay continue. more...
CHILDREN from a Kidderminster nursery will be selling home-made cakes and biscuits alongside more seasoned food producers at tomorrow's Farmers' Market in the town. more...
HUNDREDS of people can sleep safely in their beds after more than 500 dangerous electric blankets were taken out of circulation. more...
KIDDERMINSTER College closed when hundreds of lecturers and support staff joined a national one-day strike. more...
PEOPLE left without electricity for up to four days following violent gales will not be compensated by power firm Aquila. more...
STUDENTS at Kidderminster College will share in an Autumn windfall of almost £340,000 for equipment and training facilities. more...
A "PERFECTLY healthy" dog, abandoned by its owners, is said to be the earliest victim of the Christmas puppy syndrome. more...
A DEBATE on the future of the county education structure will "make a mockery" of a district consultation exercise, it has been claimed. more...
A PROPOSAL to develop the controversial Marriage Hill Nurseries site has been deleted from the District Local Plan after residents sent in nearly 400 letters of objection. more...
it all started with Al Martino, who sang Here In My Heart, and 50 years later we're all still buying love songs as DJ Sammy is sitting pretty at the top of the charts with Heaven. more...
VILLAGERS in and around Throckmorton were celebrating this week following the Government announcement that plans for a 750-bed asylum centre on the former airfield have been scrapped. more...
MORE awards have been flooding in for an Ombersley butchers as it scooped four and three star ratings for its produce. more...
TOWN bookworms can pick up more than a good read at the library with the opening of a new exhibition. more...
BARNT Green traders and villagers have got the hump about a new traffic-calming scheme which is disrupting parish life. more...
They all pulled together through dangers, more...
BEING diagnosed with cancer is traumatic enough, but much more so if people have few family and friends to support them. more...
WHEN visiting a well-known supermarket I was asked politely to sign a petition to persuade the city council to in effect ignore the Local Plan and the interests of local residents and agree to the B&Q group to erect an enormous store in the wrong place purely to enable the local football club to move to a new ground. more...
I AM writing to inform your readers of the existence of the Metric Martyrs Defence Fund. more...
WHILE the subject of Worcester's public clocks is topical I wonder how many readers have noticed there is now no clock face on the recently restored tower of Old St Martin's Church? more...
IT is not often that I can agree with MP Mike Foster, but as far as the proposed football stadium is concerned, I suppose Worcester does need a new venue - but not at the expense of losing the adjoining site to a giant superstore. more...
READERS should study the following statistics and look what your capitalist state/country has done its own people. more...
RICHARD Chamings of the UK Independence Party was slightly inaccurate in his letter about the Cardinal's Hat affair (You Say, November 1). more...
I APPLAUD Dieter Schroeder for his comments. I have been to Austria and Switzerland, and two friends have told me about Germany. All are beautiful and clean. more...
IT'S nice to hear from Phil Hinton writing from Florida, USA. more...
MIKE Grundy's excellent Memory Lane feature on Derrick Bollen would hardly be complete without a reference to his Scouting activities. more...
IT'S a laugh a minute the was they keep on about prisons being overcrowded. more...
THE Brussels regime, and its satellites in London and Edinburgh, have determined to eliminate the British fishing fleet as well as any other national asset upon which we might rely for our independence. more...
ENLARGEMENT of the present EU will create a huge extra financial burden on the present members. more...
WHETHER the Queen should, or should not have "intervened" in the trial of Paul Burrell is surely academic. more...
I HAVE read about patients spending hours on trolleys waiting for beds at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital. more...
I WAS most perplexed to read Dieter Schroeder's letter (You Say, November 1) describing one of Worcester's great characters, George Cowley, as pathetic. more...
A YOUNG mother suffering from a rare heart condition which threatened her pregnancy has slammed her treatment by Kidderminster Hospital. more...
A RETIRED doctor is guiding people back to fitness along woodland paths. more...
100 years ago more...
ROCK band manager Jonathan Pardoe was overjoyed when doctors told him an operation to remove a killer brain tumour had been a success. more...
AWARD-winning Kiddermin-ster Hospital was downgraded in September 2000, with the loss of accident and emergency services, as part of a county health shake-up which saw the Worcestershire Royal Hospital built. more...
IMPROVED drugs have been cited as the reason Wyre Forest Primary Care Trust is set to overshoot its £12 million prescribing budget by five per cent. more...
KEEPING disused parts of Kidderminster Hospital for health services is a "blunt tool" in the battle to bring more facilities to the downgraded site, an inquiry heard. more...
THE impending downgrading of a major laboratory at Kidderminster Hospital and the axeing of the pharmacy will lead to an erosion in the service, it has been claimed. more...
THE Government aims to give people a major say on the shake-up of health services due to the controversy over Kidderminster Hospital, it has been claimed. more...
IT is said that the Swan Theatre wastes materials. Storage space is limited, but where materials can be economically re-used or recycled, they are. more...
A RHINO is being charged up with herbal Viagra to help him rediscover a passion for romance and do his bit for an endangered species. more...
YOUNG artists had the chance to make special Yuletide decorations during half-term. more...
A SCOUT group has installed new windows and shutters at its home after generating about a third of a £15,000 fund-raising target. more...
SURGICAL instruments and drugs are still missing after a car was stolen from an undisclosed Bewdley veterinary practice. more...
FARMERS and pet owners won an important victory in the European Parliament in Strasbourg when key amendments to the EU Veterinary Medicines Directive were passed. more...
HEART of England fine foods has launched HEFF-by-Post, a unique full-colour catalogue listing local speciality food and drink producers who can supply one-off items or a whole hamper of goodies direct to the door. more...
THE new regional director of NFU West Midlands is to be David Collier, who will succeed Bob Forster, who retires at the end of November after eight years looking after the interests of farmers in Warwickshire and Worcestershire. more...
The monthly meeting will be held on Thursday, November 14 when Julie Askew will be the demonstrator. more...
A talk by Helen Allen from the West Mercia Probation Service was given on October 14. more...
At the annual meeting of the Ramblers Association at Wribbenhall Community Centre the following officers were elected - Hugh Buttress secretary, Dixon Shepperd chairman, Rosemary Lester treasurer, John Drew publicity. more...
Barbara Jones, president of Rock WI, chaired the autumn meeting, group co-ordinator when Margaret Johnson outlined recent activities including a Jubilee Concert and several walks. more...
There will be two Traidcraft sales this month. more...
At the October meeting, Dr Helen Ford told of her experiences while undertaking research into the underlying causes of disease resulting in her writing a series of articles about spiritual growth and the attainment of physical, mental and emotional health and well-being. more...
The speaker at the next meeting on Thursday, November 14, will be Marie-Isabelle Marshall, a waterway development manager. more...
On October 28 a presentation was given by Peter Preece on a Beginners Guide to Wildlife Photography. more...
At the October meeting Richard Elliott recounted the History of the Order of St John. more...
A flower arranging demonstration has been organised by the Floral Art Ladies section of Kidderminster Horticultural Society, to be held on Thursday, November 14. more...
The autumn group meeting, hosted by Somerleyton WI, was held at Hartlebury Memorial Hall. more...
Members of the church had a successful collection of old tools and sewing machines. more...
At the last meeting nominations for officers and committee to be elected at next month's annual meeting were taken. more...
A HUGE crowd turned up for Evesham Town Council's bonfire and firework display on Tuesday. more...
CARS have returned to an Evesham car park after a £37,000 improvement scheme was completed almost a week ahead of schedule. more...
COMMUNITY-minded people in Pershore are being urged to pool together and take part in an event aimed at ensuring a brighter future for the town. more...
ELDERLY people could be at risk his winter after it was revealed there will be no free electric blanket testing sessions in Evesham or Pershore. more...
BROADWAY villagers are being urged to report all crime if they want to attract more police patrols in the village. more...
EVESHAM Marina's makeover is now under way after Wychavon planners finally gave the go-ahead to a £1.5m improvement programme at the third time of asking. more...
AN elderly couple had to be cut free from their car after it collided with a lorry on the A46 at Evesham on Tuesday. more...
AN Evesham victim of child abuse threatened to kill police when they tried to break up a quarrel with his boyfriend, magistrates at Worcester were told. more...
EVESHAM town councillors have declared their support for the continuation of a retail market in the High Street following rumours that the facility was about to make way for a housing development. more...
VISITORS to the Arts Centre Theatre in Evesham on Saturday will be taken into outer space. more...
PLANS are already afoot over the future of the former airfield at Throckmorton now the scheme for an asylum centre has been thrown out by the Government. more...
SEVEN illegal immigrants were arrested by police when they swooped on a lorry at an Evesham industrial estate. more...
A ONE-day strike by lecturers and technical and administrative staff caused minimal disruption to Vale colleges on Tuesday. more...
I REFER to the letter headed "Discrimination Concern" (Shuttle/Times & News, October 24), regarding the refusal for an extension at the Holy Family Church in Bewdley. more...
A MAN has died after his bicycle was in collision with a lorry near Evesham. more...
HARRY Potter fans, keen to be among the first to see the very latest blockbuster, The Chamber of Secrets, should get down to Evesham's Regal Cinema in Port Street tomorrow. more...
HAVING recently moved to Northwood Lane in Bewdley (for those who live outside the area it is the 'No Through Road' that leads to the reservoir by the Texaco service station) I was unaware that I was living by a road where drivers are excused from observing the national speed regulations. more...
HARRY Potter fans, keen to be among the first to see the very latest blockbuster, The Chamber of Secrets, should get down to Evesham's Regal Cinema in Port Street tomorrow. more...
RESIDENTS young and old throughout South Worcestershire will be joining ex-servicemen and women this Sunday and Monday to honour the county's war heroes. more...
AT the David Wilson Homes site at Habberley Coppice, Bewdley, many trees have already been felled and three horse chestnuts are currently under planning consideration for removal. more...
EIGHTY workers at an Evesham distribution depot are set to lose their jobs following the shock announcement the site could close by early January. more...
THE Shuttle/Times & News report on Thursday, October 10, concerning the unfair dismissal case of paramedic Karen Faulkner, once again highlights what a tragedy the downgrading of Kidderm-inster Hospital has been. more...
IT is great to discover that Councillor Maureen Aston actually has a view on plans for a single site Council HQ (Shuttle/Times & News, October 31). more...
I WRITE in response to your View on the Street feature (Shuttle/Times & News, October 31) regarding the industrial action currently being planned by firefighters over their 40 per cent pay rise. more...
POLICE have emphasised advice to residents to check callers' identities after a bogus official stole cash from an elderly woman. more...
A man charged with burglary at a Stourport home on Christmas Day last year is to face trial. more...
THE latest hotel break-in has seen thieves escape with £4,000 worth of electronic equipment. more...
POLICE suspect a fight between white and Asian men was racially motivated. more...
THE theft of a half bottle of whisky from a supermarket has cost the thief £500 at Worcester Crown Court. more...
BURGLARS stole jewellery worth more than £1,000 at a break-in at a Blakedown home. more...
MUGGERS and yobs will no longer be able to lurk in overgrown shrubs on a Kidderminster subway. more...
AN "athletically built" white teenager snatched a black leather shopping bag after its owner, a woman in her mid 80s, put it down on the floor. more...
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was forced into a public toilet at a bus station and sexually molested, Worcester Crown Court heard. more...
HUNDREDS of spring flowers will brighten up a Stourport garden for the disabled next year after a mass bulb plant. more...
A GARDENER of more than eight decades is still reaping prizes 50 years after joining a horticultural society. more...
THE race is on to get a Stourport marching band's bus back on the road after it was wrecked by vandals. more...
A FATHER-of-three who beat up two schoolboys on the car park of the Stourport supermarket where his wife was manageress has been jailed for 21 months. more...
IN these hi-tech days of the world-wide web and CD writers, there's much talk of music "pirating", but it's fascinating to find that the same illegal practice was being perpetrated a century ago! more...
BERROW'S Journal seems to have been particularly interested a century ago in the travels around the country of author Rider Haggard as he looked in depth into the trials and tribulations of country life in England. more...
ARGUABLY the best ceramic artist ever to work for the Royal Worcester porcelain company was presented with the British Empire Medal at this time 50 years ago. more...
1802: On Saturday evening last, an inquest was taken before Mr R.M Mence, Gent, on the body of a man found suffocated in a wash-barrel at a public house in Worcester. The deceased had driven the mail coach from Birmingham to this city on the proceeding evening. He afterwards went to the public house where he usually slept and, on being called the following morning to return the coach to Birmingham, he was found in the situation already described. Verdict - "Lunacy". more...
THE jubilation of many county residents and, we suspect, virtually the total population of the parishes surrounding the former RAF Pershore airfield at Throckmorton is unsurpassed. more...
Every Thursday evening I sit down and have a read of the Evesham Journal to find out what's going on around the area. I especially enjoy reading the letters' page and say every week I must write in response to this and that so here goes. more...
VILLAGE HALL: The refurbishment work is nearing completion but the fund-raising continues. The next event will be an Auction of Promises and Other Items at the village hall on Saturday, November 16, at 7.30pm. Viewing from 6.30pm. Enquiries to 01386 853430, 858695 or 858351. The Halloween-curry evening was a success with more than 70 present. The AGM of the village hall committee will be next Wednesday at 7.30pm. more...
HERITAGE AND HISTORY SOCIETY: Will hold the next monthly meeting at Wulstan Hall, Priest Lane, Pershore at 7.30pm tonight when an illustrated talk on The Working Countryside will be given by Mr R Hill. There will be a raffle and tea or coffee is available. Admission is free to members and £1 for visitors. Everyone is welcome. more...
VILLAGE HALL AGM: The chairman, Nick Walker, opened the meeting by saying that this was his last meeting as chairman. He could not have done the job without the support of the committee, particularly with regard to the refurbishment and extension of the hall. more...
VILLAGE HALL: The Village Hall Emergency Fund benefited by more than £400 from the two-pronged event held last Thursday at the home of Mrs Sophie Dodds who had kindly agreed to be organiser and hostess of this all-day effort in response to the appeal put out by the hall management committee some weeks ago. A successful coffee morning was followed later by a wine and cheese evening and both were greatly enjoyed by all who attended. The evening event was marred by the power cut which kept people away, thus adversely affecting the amount raised, but the candle-lit rooms and the friendly and good-humoured atmosphere were a reward in themselves. Sophie is to be congratulated and most thanked for her generosity and goodwill. more...
PARISH COUNCIL: Notes from the parish council meeting held on October 21: more...
MOTHER'S UNION: `Restore' is the name of the Birmingham centred group made up of Anglicans, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, United Reform and the Salvation Army, set up to help `restore' some stability and freedom from fear of the Afghan, Iranian and other asylum seekers and refugees. more...
DEBATING SOCIETY: Members debated the motion: This House believes that Great Britain does not deserve to attract tourists. more...
OUT AND ABOUT: Talk and slides at Bidford Library by famous lady explorer on her journey to the Pole, information from the library, tickets £2. more...
LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY: The speaker at October's meeting was Mr Les Gwilliams; his talk entitled The North Cotswolds. Some of the most fascinating sides showed some of the idiosyncrasies of the local architecture. The whole evening was like a coach tour of the Cotswolds. more...
A NEW near half-million pound warehouse and office extension by BHGS at Vale Park, Evesham, was described as "magnificent" by Michael Paske, vice-chairman of the NFU. more...
AN investigation is under way to bring an end to the long-running flooding misery in a town underpass. more...
A NEW dialysis unit for kidney patients in Wyre Forest has been hailed a great success, nine months after opening. more...
LIFE in Stourport will become "intolerable" FRED ATTEWILL more...
TWO charities have joined forces to increase awareness of the services they provide in Wyre Forest. more...
PARADES, church services and silences across the district will mark Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day on Monday in tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in warfare. more...
VILLAGERS have clubbed together to buy a popular nine-acre patch of woodland to stop it falling into private ownership. more...
THE proposals have not gone down well in some parts of the district. more...
MOVES to upgrade 10 children's parks across Wyre Forest and shut down seven others have won backing from councillors. more...
A POSTMASTER who was the victim of a horrific armed robbery has applauded the courts for jailing one of the gang for life. more...
RINGLEADERS behind a wave of violence and vandalism on a Kidderminster estate are being targeted in a police crackdown - with hopes high they will be scared off the streets by Christmas. more...
FILMGOERS hope it won't take From Here To Eternity for the silver screen to hit Kidderminster after two proposals hit problems. more...
FRIDAY, August 23, 2002 is a date which will be forever significant to Vicky Lavelle and her family. more...
A YOUNG mother rescued from a horrific house fire collapsed and nearly died only four days after being discharged from hospital. more...
COMMUNITY-minded people in Pershore are being urged to pool together and take part in an event aimed at ensuring a brighter future for the town. more...
WORCESTER Mayor Councillor Robert Rowden made a surprise visit to one of the city's eldest residents as she celebrated her 100th birthday. more...
HISTORICAL documents bought by Ledbury Town Council at an auction could be sold to the Ledbury and District Society for safe-keeping. more...
THE Ministry of Defence is to pay pensions to the unmarried partners of soldiers killed in the line of duty, in the wake of the scandal highlighted by the partner of SAS hero Brad Tinnion. more...
A fire crew from Bromyard was called out to deal with an overturned car on a "notorious" stretch of road. more...
SEVERN Trent's plans to impose inflation-busting price increases on Worcestershire customers have been thrown out by the water industry watchdog. more...
QUAD trekking at Lower Broadheath looks set to stay, with the approval of planners and environmentalists. more...
A YOUNG man "full of good intentions" but with a history of depression and drug abuse hanged himself with the cord from a vacuum cleaner. more...
A BROMYARD primary school teacher will be leaving electricity and running water behind when she travels to Tanzania to spread awareness about health and the environment. more...
A MULTI-agency project aimed at giving Tolladine people a lifestyle makeover has been hailed a success, despite not drawing the crowds expected. more...
CANCER patients across Worcestershire are substantially better off thanks to a former Mayor of the Faithful City. more...
A SUBARU Impreza was stolen in the latest spate of robberies where thieves have broken into a house and taken the car keys. more...
BOTH carriageways of the M5 were closed for two hours after a volatile acid leaked from a tanker. more...
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a 25-year-old Stourport man. more...
A DROITWICH teenager hurled abuse at an alleged rape victim while a baying mob pushed her against a wall and attacked her. more...
TWO brothers who beat up a lorry driver in a road rage incident are facing jail sentences. more...
A pensioner who escaped incarceration in a Nazi concentration camp has cheated death for a second time after a giant oak tree crashed through her mobile home. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE farmer will be putting his stamp on Christmas this year thanks to his first-class botanical know-how. more...
A WORCESTER heroin addict whose handbag-snatch victim died in a Worcester supermarket may have been released from prison by mistake. more...
A PASSIONATE chef is hoping to create the winning concoction for Worcestershire when she represents the region's finest foods in a West Midlands competition. more...
A WIDOWER who waged a lifelong battle with depression hanged himself, an inquest has heard. more...
RAY Clarke, one of Worcester's leading theatre organ enthusiasts, has died. more...
UNDERCOVER detectives infiltrated and busted a gang passing £20 counterfeit notes in Herefordshire, a court has been told. more...
WHAT exactly was lurking in the shadows on the Worcester to Bromyard Road that startled this carload of football players? more...
TWO suspected drug users were arrested after a quick-thinking police officer spotted them on a Worcester trading estate. more...
CITY council workers could lose their jobs as Worcester's politicians struggle to balance the books. more...
A LEADING councillor has branded a former colleague a "publicity seeker" - and said he should concentrate on securing concrete improvements for Stourport. more...
A PROMINENT politician has rebuffed charges of dictatorship and called for honesty from councillors. more...
JOHN Percival led the Evesham Wheelers touring paced club run to the north Cotswolds last Sunday. more...
Evesham and District Airgun League more...
THE Worcestershire Field Championships were staged in gale-force conditions at Feckenham. more...
Evesham and District Association more...
Cotswold League more...
AT NATIONAL level in the mixed pairs, Trevor Francis and Judith Hart won their second round matches against a couple from Rugby Thornfield 29-12. more...
STRATFORD-ON-AVON District Council, in conjunction with the Journal Series, is organising an Awards Evening to celebrate sporting achievement and to celebrate the huge amount of work that takes place within sport across the District. more...
THE first of the knockout finals in the 2002 Wychavon Parish Games took place on Sunday evening when the dominoes was held at Wick Club. more...
EVESHAM Swimming Club's Michelle Dige was in stunning form at last weekend's British Masters Championships at Sheffield. more...
EVESHAM High School's Under-14 netball squad proved themselves top of the shots! more...
INTERNATIONAL football returns to Worcester City's St George's Lane ground after a 52-year absence tonight when Macedonia take on Moldova (7.30). more...
TIM Walsh could force his way into the frame for Worcester Rugby Club's showdown at Rotherham after being named in Saturday's side to tackle Manchester. more...
Pershore 18pts, Old Coventrians 10 more...
Pershore Town 5, Romulus 3 more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
Cleeve Colts Rvrs 1, more...
EVESHAM United youngsters, Mathew Staley and Lee Allen, are in the Worcestershire FA squad for Saturday's FA County Youth Challenge Cup second round tie. more...
Kidderminster Harriers' Nationwide League Division Three game at Torquay United has been re-arranged for Tuesday, November 19 (7.45). more...
BROADWAY golfer Ben Storey finished a splendid sixth in the Daily Telegraph Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Junior Championships in South Africa last week. more...
RC Warwick 0, Evesham Utd 6 by Mervyn Collins more...
Evesham and District Association more...
Evesham U-16 0, Stow 25pts more...
The Werner Swanepoel column more...
Keresley III 15, Evesham III 27pts more...
Pershore 18pts, Old Coventrians 10 more...
OLD HALESONIANS 0 WORCESTER NORTON 9 more...
WORCESTER Norton ladies' comprehensive defeat of basement team Luton puts them within two points of league leaders Charnwood Livingwell, who are the visitors to Nunnery Wood at 3pm on Saturday. more...
THE winter series of Worc-estershire Society evenings continues next Tuesday when the speaker is Roger Newman, director of the Warwickshire CCC Aca-demy, one of eight approved by the ECB. more...
FLINTSTONES were the top scorers of the week in the Worcester and District Ladies Skittle League, scoring 405 to beat High Flyers by 13 pins in Division One. more...
BELPER 3 STOURPORT 3 more...
OLD HALESONIANS 0 WORCESTER NORTON 9 more...
North Midlands 16-Group Schools continued their successful start to the season with a 33-15 victory over Staffordshire at Droitwich. more...
BROMSGROVE and Luctonians continue their quest for cup glory on Saturday. more...
Mark Dobson's In Touch column more...
The Werner Swanepoel column more...
INTERNATIONAL football returns to Worcester City's St George's Lane ground after a 52-year absence tonight when Macedonia take on Moldova (7.30). more...
TIM Walsh could force his way into the frame for Worcester Rugby Club's showdown at Rotherham after being named in Saturday's side to tackle Manchester. more...
RC Warwick 0, Evesham Utd 6 by Mervyn Collins more...
AN IMPROVED display should give Stourport hope despite losing 17-0 at home to Staffordshire Division One side Handsworth in a friendly. more...
HIGH-FLYING Cleobury Mortimer wrapped up their fifth win in six North Midlands One games by a 27-0 scoreline at bottom club Five Ways Old Edwardians. more...
TRIES from Dan Quinn and Mark Cleeton helped Kidderminster Carolians win a historic first meeting with Stoke 24-13 in Midlands Three West North. more...
SATURDAY (3pm unless stated) more...
Evesham Utd U-9 16, more...
THREE straight wins after four successive defeats could become five out of five and seven out of seven if the Robins win twice in four days. more...
SAM Rogers bagged her first hat-trick for Kidderminster Harriers Ladies in Sunday's 7-2 win at Racing Hibernian. more...
Evesham Utd U-12 0, Deddington 4 more...
PLAYERS are needed for three teams at youth football club Kidderminster Lions. more...
Bredon Colts Girls U-11 2, more...
Evesham Utd Robins U-10 13, more...
A NEW Kidderminster league is looking for teams to join in with six-a-side games on Thursday evenings from December. more...
EVESHAM United youngsters, Mathew Staley and Lee Allen, are in the Worcestershire FA squad for Saturday's FA County Youth Challenge Cup second round tie. more...
EMILY Gilbert's second hat-trick of the season guided top-of-the-table Ferndale girls U-16s to a 5-1 win over Tamworth in a strongly contested clash. more...
PRAWN Stars stay in command at the top of Kidderminster Six-a-side League Division One with a 5-2 win over Woodthorpe Wanderers. more...
FOUR-GOAL Hayden Smith dominated the scoring as Bewdley Town U-10s beat rivals Mostyn Youth 4-0 in the Stourport and District League. more...
LEADING Kidderminster and District League Sunday side Brintons began their Worcestershire Premier Cup quest with a 2-0 win over Bromsgrove Athletico. more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
Pershore Town 5, Romulus 3 more...
BEWDLEY Town bounced back from a two-goal deficit to triumph 3-2 at Bridgnorth Town Reserves in West Midlands League Division One South. more...
EVERYONE is welcome to come along and visit Cheltenham Town's Whaddon Road ground from 12 noon on Sunday. more...
EVESHAM United youngsters, Mathew Staley and Lee Allen, are in the Worcestershire FA squad for Saturday's FA County Youth Challenge Cup second round tie. more...
WYRE Forest Brintons kick-started their season with a 3-2 West Midlands League Division One South win at Lye Town Reserves. more...
THREE straight wins after four successive defeats could become five out of five and seven out of seven if the Robins win twice in four days. more...
SOLHAMPTON Farm result: E McKeown 16lb, R Jordan 12-11, T Hyrons 8-7, M Brickles 4-7 more...
Halfords 0, Littleton 8 more...
WEST Midlands League Division One South leaders Hinton's title challenge was hindered by a fantastic display from Chaddesley Corbett on Saturday. more...
ALCESTER Cross Keys hit the goal trail with a vengeance last Saturday as they found the net 19 times against hapless Kenilworth Town. more...
HAYE Farm result: S Phillips 10, B Edwards 8, A O'Brien 7-2. more...
CONTEST on the river at Stourport 21-43: R Broadhurst, P White, F Guest. more...
MOORLANDS final round results: Mick Millinchip 17-2, R Conde 11-10, B Hill 6-0, S Devan 3-12; more...
PERRY Mountain caught a small mixed bag on swim feeder and waggler with maggot hook bait to record his second win of the season on the River Severn at Snead Green. more...
CANAL contest, Wolverley: D Martin 1-9, G Bird 1-3-8, S Downing 1-1. more...
STRAWBERRY Pool result: Paul Walker 15-9, C Tipper 10-15, R Moulie 4-15. more...
DOWLES result, transferred to canal: Phil Reynolds 2-0, Dave Smith 1-14, Bernie Partridge 1-12. more...
AN ANNUAL meeting will be at the Sutton Arms tomorrow at 7.30pm with all members asked to attend. more...
WREN'S Nest Pool results: D Maistowski 8-13, J Brooks 5-12, P Knowles (visitor) 2-10, J Whitehouse 2-5-8. more...
THE next contest is on Sunday on Lyttleton Waters at pegs 44 to 79 with a 9am draw at Gladder Brook, subject to river conditions. more...
KINGSNORDLEY match result: Pete Mugridge 21-1, Paul Harvey 7-8, Billy Carwood 7-4, Chris Calder 6-4. more...
TUESDAY, Junior Open 34, Silver Pool: M Machin 31lb 3oz, C Scott 27-0, B Healey 20-0, J Brooks 16-13, D Albutt 10-2, L Williams 10-0. more...
THE average bag on the Wyre Dell Lake, stocked with trout from 2lb to 10lb, was one to two fish. more...
KIDDERMINSTER'S Paul Green landed 32lb of mixed fish at Poole Hall in a good week of fishing on all pools. more...
TRIVIA: Wren's Nest took no prisoners in the Wyre Forest Cup first leg with a 67-32 hammering of Wood Colliers. more...
SATURDAY'S opponents Carlisle United have extended the loans of a Premiership trio proving crucial to their improvement in form. more...
CHESS: Kidderminster A took the club honours in the Wolverhampton and District League but were up against a brave B team effort. more...
FORMER Kidderminster Harriers defender Parfait Medou-Otye is hoping to earn a professional deal at Conference promotion challengers Chester City. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' young guns waltzed through to the second round of the Worcestershire FA Youth Cup with a 5-1 thrashing of Cradley Town last night. more...
DARTS: Holders Rising Sun are in no mood to give up their Banks's Bewdley Darts League Team Knock-out crown. more...
SAM Rogers bagged her first hat-trick for Kidderminster Harriers Ladies in Sunday's 7-2 win at Racing Hibernian. more...
SNOOKER: Snooks A continued their pursuit of the Kidderminster Wednesday League with a 4-1 win at mid-table Chester Road A. more...
MARK Clyde is continuing his dream transition from Kidderminster Harriers to Wolverhampton Wanderers' first team. more...
GOLF: Keith Cosnett and Alan French were victorious in Habberley's Sunday Winter League with 63 net, one ahead of Eamon Campbell and Major Wilmore. more...
BEN Hinshelwood has undoubtedly been one of Worcester Rugby Club's success stories over the past year. more...
GOLF: Margaret Ellor triumphed in the Wyre Forest Ladies Summer Eclectic final with Sue Gibbard runner-up on countback from Val Bow. more...
FORMER Aggborough favourite Richard Forsyth has finished his loan spell at Cheltenham Town but boss Graham Allner wants him permanently. more...
GOLF: Alison Grove and Tim Wright won Little Lakes' mixed knockout foursomes with a five and three success over Marilyn and Mike Wood in the final. more...
DIVISION Three leaders Hartlepool United have lost their manager Chris Turner who has taken over at Division One giants Sheffield Wednesday. more...
BOWLING: The Tornadoes swept up their latest opposition to reach the top of the Gilt Edge Short Mat League table. more...
MOTORSPORT: Matt Barker and co-driver Steve Worton had to contend with gale-force winds and falling trees to finish 40th overall and sixth in class at the Airwaves Premier Rally. more...
TENNIS: Promotion was the reward for three of Bewdley men's teams in the Hereford and Worcester Summer League. more...
TABLE TENNIS: Division One holders Jim's Gym A suffered their first Kidderminster League defeat in more than 12 months at the hands of Bewdley CCA. more...
GYMNASTICS: Wyre Forest Gymnastics School members competed in the West Midland Level Five Championships at North Solihull Sports Centre. more...
JUDO: Six top juniors from Kidderminster's Samurai Judo Club tried their hand at Russian wrestling and scooped six medals from the British Kurash Championships at High Wycombe. more...
ATHLETICS: The cross country season was off the mark for Kidderminster and Stourport at Senneleys Park in Birmingham. more...
HOCKEY: Sam Boden grabbed a winner to lead Chaddesley Corbett back to fourth in DTZ League West Midlands Two by beating Keele University 2-1. more...
HOCKEY: A larger and more physical Finchfield proved too much for under-strength Kidderminster who lost 8-1 in DTZ League Midlands One. more...
HOCKEY: Sarah Bentley scored a double hat-trick as Stourport Ladies created a club record with a Worcestershire Division One 16-0 swamping of Worcester Norton thirds. more...
HOCKEY: The prolific Imran Yousaf snatched a late equaliser to give Stourport their first National League Division One point of the season in a 3-3 draw at Belper. more...
VOLLEYBALL: Cleobury Mortimer ladies were pipped at the post by Birmingham University after producing some outstanding West Midlands League volleyball. more...
SWIMMING: Paul Ingenthron swam superbly for three medals in the Junior Jubilee Open at Wolverhampton. more...
MARTIAL ARTS: Instructor Paul Acton demonstrated his expertise by winning a gold and two bronzes at the Shukokai National Championships. more...
POWERLIFTING: Tough Wyre Forest duo Steve Knight and Stuart Ingram lifted a great weight from their shoulders with second places at the World Drug Free Powerlifting Championships. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers fans are holding a sponsored walk at the end of the month. more...
ON-SONG Kidderminster Harriers are searching for a fourth win in a row at home to relegation-threatened Carlisle United on Saturday. more...
Pershore 8, Rhamgaria 0 more...
Badsey Ladies 8, more...
Bretforton 0, Lansdowne 0 more...
ALL clubs are invited to Stainweld Cricket League's annual meeting and presentation evening at Wilden Club on Tuesday from 7.30pm. more...
THERE will be two free courses in Kidderminster for those interested in basic umpiring. more...
CHESTER Road Sporting Club chiefs are staying positive after Worcestershire scrapped their traditional first-class cricket clash in Kidderminster. more...
FORMER Stourport Swifts boss Tim Langford has signed for Midland Alliance side Oldbury United as a player. more...
STOURPORT Swifts defender Parfait Medou-Otye is hoping to earn a professional deal at Conference promotion challengers Chester City. more...
Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson more...
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