Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | February
A CRISIS on the scale of last year's foot-and-mouth epidemic could engulf the dairy industry unless urgent steps are taken, according to a leading rural support organisation. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER-based specialist home delivery parcel company has been successfully reassessed for the respected business standard, Investor in People. more...
A NATIONAL communication systems company has launched a new venture - and its Worcestershire branch is set to benefit as a result. more...
STAFF at a Malvern insurers are celebrating the official launch of their new-look branch. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S economy would flourish if the city and county council pooled their resources, county councillors believe. more...
HELEN Smart (You Say, February 7) appears unable to accept that hunting remains an important, thriving part of our countryside. more...
WHY did the Rev D G Griffin have to be so condescending about the Tolladine Europhile? (You Say, February 6). Surely we are all entitled to air an opinion. more...
DURING the floods of autumn 2000 we had visits from Tony Blair and John Prescott to Bewdley and Upton-upon-Severn. more...
JOHN Phillpott tells us (Evening News, February 12) that the Tomorrow Project is advocating that people should continue working beyond 65. more...
HOW do you do £600-plus damage to your car or motorcycle? more...
D E MARGRETT (Evening News, January 28) believes that there is nothing wrong with a "Europe of Regions" and says that UKIP's warning of an EU takeover is "in our minds". more...
TWO local firms are battling to win prestigious awards at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Business Festival. more...
MALVERN patients and carers are being invited to join a new project to improve hospital services. more...
FOUR businesses from the Malvern area and the county fire brigade have been nominated for business awards. more...
FIRST there was the NHS, a service so under pressure that surveys showed that the public was prepared to pay more tax to finance it. more...
A WORCESTER teenager is hoping to visit one of the world's poorest countries this summer to help its people. more...
A WORCESTER teenager is hoping to visit one of the world's poorest countries this summer to help its people. more...
ONE of the country's leading charities is calling on Worcestershire people to leap from the sky for their cause. more...
A SINGLE mum who smuggled drugs into a Worcestershire prison in her underwear has been told to make childcare arrangements for a "substantial" amount of time. more...
A 16th Century Ledbury pub which avoided the bulldozers after being gutted by fire is to be re-built using timbers salvaged from the wreckage. more...
THE Woodland Trust is urging people across Worcestershire to show their passion for the environment by recycling their Valentine cards. more...
MALVERN'S Civic Society has re-erected an historic marker post which has been lying in a ditch for years. more...
SHOPPERS in Kidderminster could be asked to provide thumbprints under a new scheme to reduce crime. more...
A DROITWICH couple are desperately seeking two of their long-lost friends. more...
A THIEF who stole £20 from a pensioner's home has avoided a custodial sentence. more...
THE RSPCA is calling on Worcestershire animal-lovers to help it find new homes for unwanted pets in its care. more...
A SOUTH African evangelist farmer is coming to Worcestershire to help the farming community back on its feet. more...
AN elderly man has died in hospital after being rescued from his burning flat. more...
INCREASING safety in city parks will be top of the agenda when Worcester Women holds its next meeting. more...
A 39-YEAR-old man, who is registered blind, downloaded more than 20,000 indecent images of children from the internet, Worcester Crown Court heard. more...
MOST court staff were like children in a sweet shop as they found their feet at Worcester's new "soap opera" magistrates' court yesterday. more...
AN inquest has opened into the death of a mum-of-four killed in a freak accident on the A44 at Wickhamford, near Evesham. more...
POLICE seized cannabis with a street value of more than £8,000 after swooping on a Worcester railway station. more...
TWO young boys were threatened with a brick and a screwdriver as they played tennis in a Worcester school playground. more...
A MOTHER found her daughter hanging in a barn just over a year after a previous attempt to take her life in the same barn, an inquest heard. more...
VANDALS who stuff train lavatories with rubbish such as knickers and tin cans are causing them to overflow, a train company has said. more...
A MEETING called to try to resolve ambulance staff disquiet in the Wyre Forest has been called off after Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it didn't want union representatives involved. more...
THE 57-year-old woman found dead in Bromsgrove from a stab wound has today been named as married mum-of-five Maureen Troth. more...
POLICE believe they have cracked a massive drugs ring following a series of dawn raids made by around 300 officers across Wor-cestershire this morning. more...
Harriers steamed forward to test keeper Wilson on 51 seconds when Appleby played a neat one-two with Foster. Drewe Broughton hit the bar for Harriers on 12 minutes more...
Macclesfield were forced into a change on 26 minutes when Munroe came off to be replaced by former Nottingham Forest man Glover. Dean Bennett wasted a good chance to take the lead on 37 minutes more...
Lacklustre Harriers fell behind on the hour when Byrne lashed the ball home from 12 yards after Glover had held up an Adams free kick. more...
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Harriers contrived to miss another chance on 52 minutes through striker Foster. more...
With Macclesfield ahead and content to sit back, Harriers struggled to get anywhere near to breaking them down. Teenage striker Matt Lewis made an appearance as a late substitute more...
WORCESTER Cricket Club's Norton headquarters is to become known as The Gordon Jones Memorial Ground, in memory of their president who died last September. more...
A HARD fought tie at Express 88 saw visitors Perrywood Reserves go through to the Worcester and District Football League's Bernard Finnegan Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 victory. more...
LOWLY Bromyard Town visit Malvern Town tonight (7.45) in the West Midlands Premier Division looking to build on Saturday's display which saw them grab a valuable point at Gornal Athletic. Malvern boss Joey Rawle welcomes back Chris Thomas and Lee Hooper who missed their 2-0 defeat at Little Drayton but midfielder Keith Holmans is doubtful with a knee injury. more...
TOP spot is within grasp of Bromsgrove Rovers if they defeat second-placed Wednesfield in the Midland Alliance at The Victoria Ground tonight (7.45). more...
Injury-hit Kidderminster Harriers failed to take advantage of a strong start and slumped to a bad 1-0 defeat at home to Macclesfield Town. more...
TONIGHT'S clash between Stourport Swifts and Redditch United (7.45) has all the classic ingredients for a grudge match. more...
WORCESTER Warriors were given a rude awakening last night when they went down 29-7 to Northampton at Sixways. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton admits playing an injured Jon Holloway during the early part of the season backfired on the midfielder. more...
HEREFORD United pulled off a sensational 4-3 victory last night at promotion-chasing Boston United in a thrilling Sky-televised Nationwide Conference clash. more...
TOP spot is within grasp of Bromsgrove Rovers if they defeat second-placed Wednesfield in the Midland Alliance at The Victoria Ground tonight (7.45). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' blank day on Saturday certainly didn't do us any favours with a couple of our play-off rivals in particular taking full advantage to pile the pressure on us. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton admits playing an injured Jon Holloway during the early part of the season backfired on the midfielder. more...
A MAJOR injury crisis has hit Kidderminster Harriers boss Jan Molby's selection plans for tonight's Nationwide League Division Three clash against Macclesfield Town at Aggborough (7.45). more...
WORCESTER Warriors were given a rude awakening last night when they went down 29-7 to Northampton at Sixways. more...
Four players have passed late fitness tests but another six are out as Kidderminster Harriers encounter injury problems for their home game with Macclesfield Town. more...
LUCTONIANS fielded virtually their second string, as they had played a league match at Banbury 24 hours before, for this North Midlands Cup quarter-final tie. more...
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TONIGHT'S clash between Stourport Swifts and Redditch United (7.45) has all the classic ingredients for a grudge match. more...
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