Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | July
The Ledbury Lyricists' evening of poetry in the pub was a relaxed and informal festival event. more...
Alan Brownjohn is a lively icon of the British poetry scene and has even been described by one Romanion professor and fan as "a chivalrous desperado of poetry". more...
Ruth Padel came to the stage as Tom Paulin's replacement and read from her new book, Tigers in Red Weather. more...
A SOMBRE Kings Cross, with its echoes of tragedy, was a sadly apt choice for Simon Armitage to open his reading. more...
SUMMER holiday fun is on offer with the launch of the Malvern Hills District Council activities programme for young people. more...
violinist Nigel Kennedy has become the patron of a new orchestra for up-and-coming young musicians. more...
THE greatest symphonist of all time is showcased in the English Symphony Orchestra's Silver Jubilee season. more...
OPEN auditions for Malvern Theatre Players' new production, The Revenger's Tragedy, are on Tuesday and Thursday at Theatre House. more...
Theatre July more...
STUDENTS at Malvern Hills College have celebrated a successful year with an art exhibition. more...
Malvern Cinema: Madagascar (PG) Daily 7.30pm, Sat & Sun 3pm. more...
SINGER Lucy Hickman needs Malvern's support to win a Worcester nightclub's Pop Idol competition. more...
THE play of the film came to Malvern with television personality Gaby Roslin and Jonathan Wrather in the central roles. more...
ST James's Church in Welland is marking 130 years since its consecration with a weekend of special events. more...
A DECISION on plans for a housing development at the former Cradley Primary School site will be made at a meeting today (Friday). more...
POLICE have met with parents and issued warnings to seven youths after unrest in West Malvern. more...
100 years ago more...
A MOVE of location for Malvern's youth hostel could bring young travellers into town. more...
THE vexed subject of TB in cattle is by no means a modern concern. more...
ALLEGATIONS that sheep grazing on the Malvern Hills were waging guerrilla warfare in local gardens and putting the police to expense and trouble were being made 50 years ago. more...
A PHYSICIST who started his own company has won a prize for technological success. more...
CHILD migrant John Crofts has come home to Malvern for the first time in more than 50 years. more...
UNION flags were waving in Priory Park on Sunday where 400 people gathered to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. more...
MARY Lynch was in the perfect place to party and celebrate on VE Day - Paris. more...
OUTRAGE at `sexually explicit and violent' content of the GCSE English poetry syllabus prompted a woman to stage a protest outside a Ledbury Poetry Festival event. more...
A LEDBURY woman is still officially missing more than a week after a terrorist bomb attack which targeted the London Underground. more...
A crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Bromyard town centre will come into force for a second time on August 1. more...
The achievements of a dedicated Malvern businesswoman have been recognised in a European awards ceremony. more...
A MOTHER whose son narrowly escaped injury in the London bombings has criticised Malvern College for holding a firework display on the day after the attack. more...
NEARLY 3,000 homes in Malvern were without power on Monday night following an explosion at an electricity substation. more...
FIREfighters from Malvern and Worcester were called to two field fires in Malvern on Monday lunchtime. more...
MORE than 30 caravans arrived in Upton this week and set up camp on Fish Meadow by the River Severn. more...
MALVERN-based business Toastabags has signed a promotional deal with the creators of Wallace and Gromit. more...
Emergency services were called out to a chemical spillage at Newland late on Tuesday night. more...
WITH more than 70 activities, 90 per cent of them absolutely free, Malvern Pride Week promises to be bigger and better this year. more...
SAVE our school is the message from families who want Malvern Hills Primary to stay open. more...
I WOULD like to express my relief and thanks to Ledbury Town Council for being instrumental in securing a pedestrian crossing opposite Somerfield for the residents of Harling Court. more...
I WOULD like to thank my family for the barbecue they arranged to celebrate my 60th birthday. Thanks also to all my friends who kept the secret and joined us on the day. The weather was glorious and the food delicious. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. more...
THE decision to close a school is, one assumes, not one which would ever be taken lightly. more...
WOULD you permit me through your letters page to ask your readers if they remember my mother, Mrs Dorothy Patience Hammond nee Willis, who was born in Colwall and attended the Colwall Voluntary Controlled (VC) School, now called Colwall C of E Primary School, while she was living at Chances Pitch? more...
THE subject of Knapp Lane closure (Ledbury Reporter, July 8) comes up with monotonous regularity every few years. more...
IT was very gratifying to read the generous tribute to Sue in last week's Your Letters. more...
CAN anyone please explain to me why the number 44 bus has been re-routed to include County Hall and not the new hospital? more...
THE Friends of the Dymock Poets arranged The Golden Room, a recital of poetry at the Market Theatre. more...
WHY is the Rose Bank Gardens bus shelter empty during wet weather? more...
I would like to voice my displeasure at the recent destruction of the tennis court in Malvern Wells, below the Wells House School. more...
AS the portfolio holder for community health and well-being and a member of the Malvern Hospital Project Management Board, I feel I must comment on the contrast between the measured response of my board colleague Ralph Madden in the previous week's Gazette and bellicose belligerence displayed in the letter from John Wilcox last week. more...
reports and letters in the Gazette recently have attested to the great alarm of residents local to the former Wells House school site. more...
n FIREfighters from Upton helped rescue a lorry driver after his vehicle, travelling south, left the M5 and rolled down an embankment between junctions 8 and 9 just before midnight on Tuesday. The driver was taken to hospital. more...
UPTON'S Pepperpot Players have announced their next production will be a revue set during the Second World War. Songs, sketches, and wartime reminiscences will all feature in performances of What Did You Do in the War Dad? It will run from Thursday to Saturday, October 13 to 15, at Upton Memorial Hall. Tickets, priced £6, including a ration book, song sheet and street party supper. They will be available from Saturday, September 24. more...
DANCE duo Kymberley Lane and Russell Dudley will be dancing the night away tomorrow (Saturday) in a 10-hour danceathon. more...
SARA rescue operations will be made easier thanks to a new all-terrain vehicle. more...
UPTON Town Council has rejected a road safety scheme, including plans for traffic lights in Old Street. more...
Seven young-teenage youths have been placed on the police Anti-Social Behaviour Register following the rowdyism and vandalism on the Playing Fields two weeks ago. more...
AN old rowing boat called Tubby has been moved from the marina in Upton to the old churchyard. more...
A PLANNING application for three houses on garden land at Cherry Orchard, Upton, will be discussed at a Malvern Hills District Council planning meeting on Wednesday. more...
UPTON took on a continental flavour when a French market visited the riverside. more...
Welland Primary School's PTA summer barbecue takes place tonight (Friday) from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. There will be an assortment of activities going on to suit everyone: bouncy castle, tombola and raffle, archery, barbecue, assault course, pony rides, coconut shy, line-dancing, skipping demo, school brass band and Night Owl disco. more...
THE Rev. David Nichol, having left Powick, was safely installed in his new parish at a special service held last week at Holy Trinity, Link Top. more...
ADVANCE tickets are not necessary for the benefice evening at Priors Court on Friday, July 22. Gardens will open at 5.30pm - pig roast with salads, strawberries and cream, glass of wine and music, all for £10. This is a benefice fundraising event and profits will help pay the share assessment. We love our churches for their individuality, if we pull together we can keep them for generations to come. more...
NOW that the play area at Corse and Staunton Playing Fields is complete, it will be officially opened today (Friday) at 6pm, with the opening ceremony at 6.30pm. Food will be available with a barbecue and bar. Charlie Hulls, a member of the committee, and all the committee would like to see as many families as possible there. This is a wonderful facility for the children and families and the committee are to be congratulated on all their hard work and endeavours, to bring this to fruition. more...
THERE will be a plant sale with a wide range of unusual hardy plants and shrubs at Colwall Village Hall tomorrow (Saturday) from 9.30am-11.30am. more...
THE Castlemorton Common Association held its annual Shindig on Saturday, July 9, in aid of the Air Ambulance. more...
Just a reminder to members and guests that Castlemorton Garden Club is holding its summer garden party at Dingle Hill on July 21 at 7pm (please note, earlier than usual time). It will be signposted from Hollybush Church. There will be some chairs but not enough, so please bring your own if you can. more...
NEARLY 50 members and visitors at Bromesberrow Gardening and Social Club gave a warm welcome to Reg Moule, the well-known broadcaster and gardening expert, who spoke on container gardening. more...
FOLLOWING last Saturday's bell-ringing to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the Bosbury bells will be in action this weekend when visitors from Crediton in Devon will ring on Saturday at 2.30pm. more...
THE first outing for the newly formed Birtsmorton Pudding Club last Friday evening at Berrow Vicarage was an overwhelming success, with 40 guests sampling wine, cheese and 12 different puds (some old, some new). The weather behaved itself for the occasion. Our thanks to Mike and Margaret for the loan of their gardens and kitchen and to everyone who came along to enjoy the fare. This will now be an annual event. more...
TOMORROW (Saturday), commencing at 2pm at Berrow Vicarage garden, will be the annual church fete. All the usual attractions, cakes, tombola, bottle stall, plants, teas and grand draw. If you would like to donate any item(s) for sale, please bring them along during Saturday morning. All proceeds towards upkeep and running costs of Berrow Church. more...
WITH more than 70 activities, 90 per cent of them absolutely free, Malvern Pride Week promises to be bigger and better this year. more...
WORKERS over the age of 65 will get the same rights to unfair dismissal and redundancy payments as younger employees under new draft measures published this week. more...
OPTIMISM among business leaders in the Midlands for growth in the region has fallen since the January this year. more...
Worcestershire automotive suppliers have been urged to take advantage of a new European super cluster launched last week. more...
M&S man quits more...
This column has often reflected on the courage shown by the county's youngsters when faced with adversity. more...
I WOULD like to follow up on your honest reflection of the filthy state of Worcester despite the failing efforts of much washing, brushing and attempted cleaning by Worcester City workmen. more...
THAT was an extremely interesting photograph of the Worcestershire County Cricket team in 1897. A lot of history there, (Worcester News, Monday, July 4). more...
DEAR Letters' Editor (i.e. Editor of Letters) You really must learn how to use the apostrophe. more...
A RAIL journey to Hereford from Worcester's Third World High Street and Foregate railway station left me marvelling at the glorious state of towns like Malvern, Ledbury and Hereford. more...
WE have recently witnessed an astonishing worldwide mobilisation of millions of people calling for action to tackle the kind of poverty that kills one child every three seconds. more...
WE have recently witnessed an astonishing worldwide mobilisation of millions of people calling for action to tackle the kind of poverty that kills one child every three seconds. more...
POLICE have today issued an appeal for information about an Albanian girl who went missing while on a school trip to Worcester. more...
FRIENDS and relatives of a Herefordshire couple have begun grieving after they were confirmed as the 54th and 55th victims of the London bombings. more...
THOUSANDS of people joined a rally against proposed cuts at Evesham Community Hospital. more...
A MIRACLE boy in Worcester who has had 33 operations in seven months has become the only known child in the world to survive a rare condition. more...
THOUSANDS of people flocked to Upton-upon-Severn at the weekend to soak up music, and glorious sunshine, at the town's latest extravaganza - the annual blues festival. more...
JACK is dreaming of Jenson. more...
STAFF from Worcestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre are due to have tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace tomorrow. more...
A CLEVER bid to recreate the atmosphere of the Worcester carnival on a small scale will take place at a popular city park next month. more...
A FORMER Wyre Forest councillor, who has served the community since moving to the district in 1956, is to become the area's first honorary alderman. more...
MICHAEL Birch, the first headteacher of Oldbury Park Primary School in Worcester, has died at the age of 64. more...
A WAR veteran who was honoured with a trip to Buckingham Palace has emotionally condemned the bombers who struck in the capital. more...
JACK is dreaming of Jenson. more...
A MIRACLE boy in Worcester who has had 33 operations in seven months has become the only known child in the world to survive a rare condition. more...
LOOK to your front, steady... Lewis Murton and Ryan Edwards prepare to fire at the enemy as they recreate the reality of the Second World War. more...
LOOK to your front, steady... Lewis Murton and Ryan Edwards prepare to fire at the enemy as they recreate the reality of the Second World War. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid by former and current Worcestershire MPs to ex-Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, who died last night aged 89. more...
Worcestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra is at The Swan Theatre, Worcester, tomorrow. more...
ANDREW Ching loves Worcestershire so much he set up a website to sing its praises. more...
There are hundreds of reasons to celebrate Worcestershire, and some of them are listed below. The city is soaked in history, and has produced some of Britain's best-loved characters. But it is the people who make this county great. If you know someone who has helped support their community to make the county a better place - they don't have to be famous, just dedicated - nominate them for our Pride in Worcestershire campaign. more...
LOOK to your front, steady... Lewis Murton and Ryan Edwards prepare to fire at the enemy as they recreate the reality of the Second World War. more...
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