Gas work could mean more delay WORCESTER's main road bridge was opened again today, but traffic could endure another day of delays as workmen replace gas pipes. The bridge, closed to traffic on Tuesday because of rising flood water, was opened for the
A MAN saddened by his girlfriend's experiences of Christmas stole a Santa Claus outfit to cheer her up over the festive season, Worcester magistrates heard. Daniel Jackson, aged 22, admitted stealing the outfit, as well as blank videos, from Woolworths
GIPSIES who likened their Worcestershire sites to concentration camps have been branded ignorant and ill-informed by former prisoners of war. Evesham and Pershore Housing Association were due to publish their research on the issue today. The association
Dark horse Straw - Keepsakes (Columbia) Straw's debut album is a genuine dark horse. Imagine an exuberant Radiohead who combine great hooks, jangling pop and some genuine heart rending. **** Brash The Offspring - Original Prankster (Sony) Loud and brash
FLOODED-out resident of Beales Corner Gillian Holland had also engaged Mr Blair's attention on the bridge. She talked to him for well over a minute in full view of TV cameras. She told him flood victims had learned to cope with such disasters but the
A CEILIDH Evening will be held tomorrow (Saturday) from 7.30pm onwards at Colwall Village hall. This is being organised by the Colwall Players and is a fund raising evening. There will be live music, dancing, a ploughman's supper and a bar. Tickets are
A SPECIAL presentation was made at the Three parish Service at St Mary's Church, Hartpury when the Rev Penny Hamer received the gift of a portable Communion Set from the PCC's of Hartpury, Corse & Staunton to commemorate her ordination in Gloucester
TOMORROW (Saturday) at 11am a wreath will be laid at the War Memorial in the Churchyard as part of a short Act of Remembrance. A Service of Remembrance for those who have died in time of war will take place at St Mary's Church at 6.30pm on Sunday, November
THE Memorial Hall Management Committee will be holding the Autumn Fair in St Katharine's Hall, Ledbury tomorrow (Saturday) from 9.30am to 11.30am. Please try and support this event. In view of the forthcoming re-build of the Memorial Hall it is essential
RECENT tidying and clearance of vegetation in St James' Churchyard by local volunteers and Community Service workers has revealed many long-obscured gravestones of former West Malvern residents. But one which has always been clearly visible commemorates
WHEN Mark King switched from drums to bass, he made a smart move. For the Level 42's lead singer is firmly established as one of the greatest bass players in rock history. And this week he showed his mettle to a flood-busting crowd at Worcester's Huntingdon
AWARD-winning Malvern painter David Prentice will be showing six of his paintings at a major gallery in London. The six paintings will be part of The Discerning Eye exhibition at The Mall Galleries, SW1, from Friday, November 24, until Sunday, December
A MALVERN man has published a detailed history of St Peter's Church, Martley. Jeremy Campbell Grant has lived in Imperial Road for three years, but before that, he and his wife lived from 1974 until 1997 in The Old Hall, Martley, the parish's former rectory
MOST men of around my age have at least a passing interest in the First World War. The post-1945 babyboomers, the sons and daughters of those who endured the second great conflict, were surrounded by its echoes. For if ever an event was to be turned into
TINTAGEL (1917), by Arnold Bax, was the imaginative curtain-raiser to the Chandos Orchestra's programme of English music. Dramatically atmospheric, Bax uses wide varieties of instrumental combinations to produce an awe-inspiring tapestry of orchestra
MISERY and mayhem has returned to Bewdley which is now enduring traffic chaos and flooded homes for the second successive week. As the rains continued to fall relentlessly throughout the Midlands, Kidderminster also came under flood alert on Tuesday as
MEMBERS of Wyre Forest Friends of the Earth have been contemplating flooding in Bewdley and Stourport in the run-up to the sixth world summit meeting on climate change starting in The Hague, Holland, on Monday. Spokesman Dave Finch said the movement had
FLOODED-out resident of Beales Corner Gillian Holland had also engaged Mr Blair's attention on the bridge. She talked to him for well over a minute in full view of TV cameras. She told him flood victims had learned to cope with such disasters but the
IN the News Feature Malvern, then and now... (Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter, October 13) may I suggest that the 19th Century photograph more likely dates from the 1870's. The reason for this dating are: 1. On the right hand side of the photograph
I have recently moved with my young family into Malvern Link. We have discovered that the supermarket group Lidl is proposing to open a site on the Worcester Road, Malvern Link, in a position which is between the Kwik Save store in Spring Lane, and the
WORCESTERSHIRE have moved quickly to snap up talented Warwickshire batsman Anurag Singh. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the County after turning down a similar deal at Edgbaston to search for more regular first-team action. Worcestershire
RUDI Keil is planning to give his all-time hero a headache on Sunday when Worcester Rugby Club bid to beat Francois Pienaar's Saracens. The South African centre, who arrived at Sixways last month, believes Worcester have a chance of moving into the quarter-finals
DAVE Finbow scored his first win in the Benson and Hedges Snooker Championship since 1997 last night when he progressed to round four. The Alfrick professional shouldered the burden of being the local fav-ourite at the Willie Thorne Snooker Club in Malvern
CONSISTENCY is the key to Worcester City mounting a serious title challenge, says manager John Barton. City go into tomorrow's home Dr Martens League Premier Division clash with Dorchester Town (3pm) having lost only once in their last eight matches and
PAUL Sturgess will make his long-awaited first appearance of the season for Hereford United in tomorrow's home Nationwide Conference clash with Forest Green Rovers (3pm). The former Charlton, Millwall and Brighton defender has yet to appear for the first
FORMER Worcester City defender Mark Shail returns to Kidderminster Harriers' line-up for tomorrow's Nationwide League Division Three clash against Hartlepool at the Victoria Ground (3pm). He missed Tuesday night's 2-1 JC Thompson Championship Shield win
FIVE-year-old Corniche can strike a blow for novice chasers by winning the first running of the £80,000 Thomas Pink Gold Cup (originally the Mackeson and later the Murphy's) at Cheltenham tomorrow. More than half of the 40 runnings of this prestigious
WORCESTER citizens were being incited to mob rule and vandalism at this time exactly 200 years ago. In November, 1800, Berrow's Journal carried a large public notice from Worcester's civic authorities offering what was then a very handsome reward of 100
BROMSGROVE Rovers must concentrate on the business of picking up league points when they entertain Tiverton Town tomorrow in the Dr Martens League Western Division (3pm). Rovers' spirits have been transformed by their excellent FA Umbro Trophy replay
MALVERN Town suffered their second successive blank Saturday when their scheduled home fixture against Ettingshall became the only victim of Saturdays Banks Brewery League Programme. The postponement had nothing to do with the condition of the pitch which
WORCESTER Nomads' Cricket Club were able to hold their recent Senior Presentation Evening in the pavilion following an extensive restoration carried out last winter. Such was the enthusiasm for an outstanding season just past, that the building was crammed
THE Worcestershire Cricket Society Winter Cricket Evenings series at New Road continues on Tuesday when the speaker is Dr Frank Duckworth. Co-originator of the Duckworth/Lewis system for setting a realistic target in rain-affected matches, the speaker
THE music of Mozart is being celebrated in a concert by Malvern Festival Chorus on Sunday, November 19. The concert is the first under the musical direction of Iain Sloan, who has taken over the post from Rory Boyle. On the programme are five works by
HIS grandfathers' experiences at the Ypres Salient in 1917 provided the inspiration for Robb Johnson's suite of songs, originally written for 1997's Passendale Peace Concert. Remembrance Sunday (November 12) is an apt time to stage Gentle Men - A Family
THE Swedish Jazz Kings, coming to Hanley Castle next week, have been described in the international jazz press as one of the best classical jazz bands on the scene. They were formed in 1985 by a group of first-class professional jazz musicians as a studio
VISITORS to Worcester's Swan Theatre are being promised a different kind of chill during next week's autumn nights. Audiences can see Nosferatu The Visitor, a sinister drama packed with suspense and terror and with a twist in the tail. Although the play
MALVERN RFC Saturday, November 11 1st XV v Sutton Coldfield (Home). Meet Railway Inn 11.45am, kick off 2.30pm. No. 1 Dress Code. S Cooper, D handy, K Withnall, V Hill, J Owen, S Taylor, P Hart, M Gaubert, D Sparrey, S Phillips, J Callow, B Kristoffersen
RAIL bosses have recently half admitted that trains have been going too fast. This dangerous speed culture should be confined to the race tracks and fairgrounds. MAX NOTTINGHAM, Lincoln.
Artist of the Month - Irene Packwood: Impressions. Bevere Vivis Gallery, Bevere Lane, Worcester (01905 451291). Droitwich Spa and Other Works - Gill Leighton. Nov 3-30. Droitwich Spa Library, Victoria Square, Droitwich Spa (01905 773292 or 779970). Shifting
I BET N Taylor, who attacks the Lowesmoor Bus Lane, (You Say, October 31) owns a car. But quite a few Worcester citizens don't and rely on an efficient bus service to take us downtown for doctors' appointments and to draw out £5,000 from our banks for
Orpheus & Eurydice - Gluck. Nov 11. 7.15pm. Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham (0121 780 3333). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Nov 16. 7.30pm. Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham (0121 780 3333). Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
THE European Union is at it again. This unelected, interfering bunch of bureaucrats now wants to end the football transfer fee system. Not content with undermining our fishing industry, farming, road haulage, legal system railways, and so on, transfer
Yeoman of the Guard. Nov 10-11. Festival Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern (01684 892277). To Be a Farmer's Boy - Worcester Theatre Company. Nov 11. 7.30pm. Swan Theatre, The Moors, Worcester (01905 27322). Antigone - Courtyard Youth Theatre. Nov 10-11. 7.45pm
JOY Turner calls those who complain about the health service as being "moaning gripers" and compares the NHS favourably against the American health provision. We know her remarks are usually politically motivated. But what she seems ignorant of is the
I WOULD like to thank the Evening News and Paul Stammers for reporting my calls to give information regarding Pitchcroft Park. This matter was of great concern to myself and others. We now have clarification and assurance that this park will indeed remain
SO here we are again with lorry drivers and farmers threatening to usurp democracy for their own personal ends and, it seems, with overwhelming public support. Are the people in this country completely barmy? Could they ask themselves which extra tax
TEENAGER Kirsty Goodes' talent in fashion design was just being recognised when she was killed in a car crash in July. Just before the accident she had created a vision of her dream dress - but did not live to see it made up. Her mother Debbie appealed
THE FUTURE of Littleton and Badsey Growers, the Vale of Evesham co-operative, is at the centre of a row between the board and shareholders. A group of shareholders wants to sell LBG, which was put on the market some months ago. However, the board of directors
AN era ends on Saturday when Evesham Post Office closes its High Street doors for the last time. It re-open inside the Co-op store in Riverside Shopping Centre next Monday. Post Office staff this week have been inundated with customers expressing their
MALVERN-based detectives leading a countrywide investigation into the illegal sale of high-value cars have recovered drugs with a street value of £350,000. Crime Squad officers have been involved in a special West Mercia Police-led investigation, codenamed
PLANS to redevelop land next to Malvern Splash as a sports hall should be abandoned, according to Priory ward councillor Roger Hall-Jones who has outlined an ambitious alternative. Coun Hall-Jones, whose ward takes in the Splash, says the sports hall
MALVERN'S art scene is being dominated by the over-50s and is failing to cater for the young, says artist Ed Hargrave. Mr Hargrave, who lives at Hanley Castle, said young teenagers would be "less destructive" if they were given something creative to do
ALTHOUGH one of the BBC's top training lecturers has retired after 40 years service, they can't get enough of him at Wood Norton. John Shepherd, who lives in Badsey, 'retired' as a lecturer from BBC Training and Development on October 22 - his 60th birthday
MORE than 5,000 shoeboxes have arrived at the Evesham collection depot of Operation Christmas Child, within a week of it opening. Bob James who is co-ordinating the appeal in Worcestershire and surrounding counties from its HQ at St Richard's Road said
MALVERN'S first mayor says he now wants to hear from ten people in order to call a public meeting to discuss the need for a Town Council. Adrian Ward, the current chairman of the Great Malvern Association of Trade, has questioned the usefulness of the
THERE are more negative than positive effects upon the wildlife as a result of the widespread floods. Andrew Fraser, wider countryside manager at Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, said some of the quieter flooded areas such as Longdon had attracted reasonable
LOCAL farmers helped ferry children from Upton CE Primary to school in tractor as the rising flood waters made the town's road bridge impassable to ordinary cars. Nine-year-old Max MacFarlane and his younger brother Tom, from Kinnersley, managed to get
A LOOK back through the Malvern Gazette's of the past underlines the huge changes to which the education system in this country is regularly subjected. Twenty-five years ago some parents were up in arms after it was announced at speech day that the Chase
IT was a case of Operation Noah's Ark for a Callow End pensioner forced to evacuate her house with her menagerie of pets last week. Mrs Anne Barthram made her escape with Cairn terriers Fudge and Truffles, Pippa the Jack Russell, Boris the cat, Sammy
Malvern Cinema: What Lies Beneath (15) Daily 7.30pm, Wed matinee 3pm. The Straight Story (15) Wed, 15th only 7.45pm. Dinosaur (PG) Sat 11th & Sun 12th only 3pm. Odeon Worcester: Bedazzled (12) 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00; Pitch Black 12.50, 3.20,
THE unveiling in France earlier this year of a memorial to soldiers of the Worcestershire Regiment who fell during fighting following the D-Day landings shows that events of more than 50 years ago are not forgotten. This weekend, the nation will be asked
THERE'S something for everyone at Malvern Cinema this week. The main feature is What Lies Beneath (15) starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Robert Zemeckis directs this Hitchcockian supernatural thriller, with Pfeiffer gradually coming to realise
A THREE-day beer festival is taking place at the Three Kings, Hanley Castle, this weekend, regardless of flood. Around two dozen beers will be on offer, including two new ones from local breweries - Red Earl from Malvern Hills and Dragon from St George's
SIX months after being placed on special measures as a "failing school", Upton CE Primary is preparing to celebrate. At the opening of a £10,000 computer suite funded by the Friends on Tuesday (November 14), chairman of governors Jon Parsons will report
PEOPLE living in East Waterside had not received any flood warnings as they evacuated their homes last week. Firefighters responding to a 999 call rescued Mrs Doreen Beach as water lapped through the house where she was born. Mrs Beach, who is in her
A DERA-derived project to detect mines in strife-torn Kosovo has been swinging into action this week. The Mineseeker project is a collaboration between scientists and technicians at DERA Malvern and the Lightship Group, one of the world's leading airship
THE Handy Person Scheme this week accepted its 500th job - far outstripping the projected performance that netted it a £110,000 National Lottery grant. Major George Waugh, of Malvern Age Concern, said the service was going "tremendously" and making a
MIDNIGHT races in stolen cars provided Malvern playwright Kate Dean with the theme for a television film. The S Bends, shown on Central Television as part of the First Cuts series by new directors, had a cast drawn from St Basil's project for the homeless
THE team that put together Colwall's Village Design Statement is hoping Herefordshire Council will adopt the document as part of its development plan. The design statement is a blueprint of the village and its amenities and a vision of the way residents
AN 80-year-old grandmother who went paragliding on holiday in Cyprus said the experience had given her a lift. "It was better than sitting back and feeling old," said Daphne Price, of Coronation Road, Malvern Link. "I feel a lot younger for doing it.
Nov 10 Splatt! The Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. Nov 11 End of Trail CM presents The Dick Edwards Trio. Royal British Legion Club, Salwarpe Road, Droitwich Spa, Worcs. Light & Shade - Duo. Barbourne Ex-Servicemens Club, The Moors, Worcester
A NEW take on the vampire legend is being presented at Worcester's Swan Theatre next week. Nosferatu the Visitor is being staged by Red Shift, which visited the venue last year with Hamlet on Prozac. Although similar to Bram Stoker's original, Red Shift's
OSCAR Wilde's satire An Ideal Husband will be tickling ribs at The Courtyard arts centre in Hereford for three nights from Monday (November 13). Richard Walsh, who played Sicknote in the long running London's Burning TV series, plays politician Sir Robert
RIGHT wing back Stuart Douglas is being used as Feckenham's reserve keeper at home to Northfield tomorrow (Saturday, ko 2.45pm). The outfield player, who has deputised in goal before, is providing cover after assistant manager Mark Campion lost two shot-stoppers
ONE point each for the teams in this Worcester League Premier Division match at the Worcester YMCA ground last Saturday although Radar should have secured all three well before the final whistle. CROWN & ANCHOR 2, MALVERN RADAR 2 The home side started
MALVERN Rangers' scheduled home Premier Division fixture against Perrywood was postponed on Saturday after the Malvern Council declared the pitches unplayable on Friday morning. Tomorrow (Saturday) Rangers are again scheduled for a home Worcester League
SIX boys from Hillstone, Malvern College, were successful in winning the regional qualifying round of the National Prep Schools soccer six-a-side contest. The region included schools from as far afield as Sheffield and York. The matches were held at Birchfield
IN awful weather conditions Town played some excellent football in this Stourport U 16's league match to overcome a brave Brierley Hill side who never gave up despite being outclassed. MALVERN TOWN 12, BRIERLEY HILL COLTS 2 The game was effectively over
HUNDREDS of jobs are coming to Redditch as a huge development proposed for the Alcad site in Smallwood finally received the go-ahead from the Secretary of State. The plans for the multi-million pound scheme, which would also include a mosque, were called
BROMSGROVE Rovers must concentrate on the business of picking up league points when they entertain Tiverton Town tomorrow in the Dr Martens League Western Division (3pm). Rovers' spirits have been transformed by their excellent FA Umbro Trophy replay
WORCESTERSHIRE have moved quickly to snap up talented Warwickshire batsman Anurag Singh. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the County after turning down a similar deal at Edgbaston to search for more regular first-team action. Worcestershire
DEDICATION to excellence has reaped rewards for a Worcestershire prison and security training provider. More than 1,700 guests - including Prime Minister Tony Blair - watched Worcester-based SITO win the small company category of Midlands Excellence Awards
THE Malvern Gazette King Pin representative side made a fine start to the new West Midland Front Pin League campaign defeating visiting Gloucester by 13 pins to record a maximum 6 points. Pete Wilding made an excellent debut, top scoring for the home
THE Malvern Hills Gymnastic Competition Club is going from strength to strength and over the last few months gymnasts from the Club have taken part in many more competitions. In September Jasmine Page and Alison Walker took part in a West Midland Level
FANS wondering whatever happened to Rodney Bewes will be able to find out next Sunday. The former Likely Lad - now a respectable gentleman of the theatre - is appearing on stage at the Everyman in Cheltenham in the one-man show - Diary of A Nobody. Bewes
THREE members of Malvern Schools Badminton Club, who were recently selected for the Worcestershire County Schools Badminton Under 13's squad, have been picked to play in a county match. James Anderson, Paul Kilbey and Edward Grizzell will be amongst the
THERE is an increasing awareness among people and their employers these days about stress and the effects it can have on work and life generally. Partly as a result there is also a growing awareness and acceptance of various complimentary therapies, many
COLWALL Women's hockey team travelled to Bristol eager to show their real potential as a side and used their experience and flair to gradually break down a young and skillful Portishead side. PORTISHEAD 1, COLWALL 4 The first ten minutes was frantic with
A WIDOW has realised a dream she shared with her late husband now planners have approved Worcester's first children's hospice on her land. June Sayce, aged 76, and late husband, Willie, were the toast of the city today after councillors unanimously granted
JUBILANT war veterans were celebrating today after being given the go-ahead for their Remembrance Day parade. A legal wrangle had forced the St John's and Hallow Royal British Legion to scrap Sunday's march. But yesterday, after devastated ex-servicemen
FAMILIES are being encouraged to observe a two-minute silence tomorrow as the Faithful City remembers those who gave their lives for freedom. Members of the Royal British Legion hope Worcester will come to a standstill to pay respects to those who fought
TERRIFIED staff were forced to hand over cash when an armed robber burst into a building society - and "politely" asked for the money. Scores of customers were forced to watch yesterday as the attacker struck at the busy Britannia Building Society in
A PATH in Worcester is to remain open, despite claims it is a haunt for vandals and "flashers". City councillors were asked last night to consider sealing off the path between Bilford Avenue and the canal towpath. Arsonists have attacked two properties
CRITICS who opposed emergency closures of Worcester Bridge put convenience before safety, it has been claimed. Labour and Conservative members of Worcester City Council's transportation sub-committee "wholeheartedly supported" the decision to seal off
FOR almost two-and-a-half years, the people of Worcestershire have been showing their support in no uncertain terms for the campaign to set up an Acorns Children's Hospice in the Faithful City. We have dug deep in our pockets to buy lottery tickets, dropped
A Kidderminster man has been acquitted on two burglary charges after a court heard that prosecution witnesses were reluctant to give evidence. Not guilty verdicts were recorded at Worcester Crown Court against 20-year-old Paul Carpenter, of Offmore Road
A HOSPITAL patient's home was burgled by her son while it was unoccupied, the prosecution alleged in court at Kidderminster. Jason Baker, 28, who has no settled address, entered the house and stole jewellery and medical equipment worth £1,000, said prosecutor
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 BANKS'S BREWERY LEAGUE Premier division: Bromyard Town v Malvern Town. Division One South: Malvern Town Res v Lye Town Res. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 BANKS'S BREWERY LEAGUE Premier division: Malvern Town v Wellington. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
THE MACHINE Breakers may have christened themselves after the 19th century Luddites, but there doesn't appear to be any anti-technology sentiment running through the band. And with members scattered from Worcester to Oxford, e-mail proves to be a handy
THIS Sunday, November 12, Benefice Service of Remem-brance followed by Holy Communion at 10.50am at our Parish Church of Birtsmorton
ANNUAL Jumble Sale tomorrow (Saturday) in Castlemorton Parish Hall, starting at 2pm. Entry 20p. Raffle and refreshments available. Any other donations for the sale please bring to the hall in the morning or contact (01684) 833339. Remembrance Sunday,
PLEASE note - Eldersfield Christmas Fayre 2000 on Saturday, December 2 at 2pm. More details next week.
PLEASE note the venue for the Jumble Sale/Coffee Morning tomorrow (Saturday) will be at Hollybush Church Rooms at 11.15am. All proceeds to Pendock Playgroup & Pandas. We will be grateful for all items of jumble, bric-a-brac, cakes, Christmas goodies
IT is a very strange feeling not being able to get to either Gloucester or Cheltenham without making a long detour with both Maisemore and Haw Bridge roads closed because of the floods and even getting to Newent can be unpredictable with the River Leadon
SPENDING time among shamans, medicine men and witchdoctors of remote tribes may not be to everyone's liking, but for explorer Benedict Allen it's a way of life. The author of several books, including Into The Crocodile Nest, Through Jaguar Eyes, Hunting
THE Gallery will host its last solo exhibition of the year from Monday (November 13) featuring work by Barbara Graham. In and Around the Three Counties will be on show at the Worcester Road venue for three weeks. Barbara studied at the Brighton College
AN exhibition of ambitious plans to enhance the town's canals received an enthusiastic response from residents. In October, Droitwich Spa Civic Society unveiled proposals for developing the canal basin and Vines Park. The blueprints were displayed at
A GROUND-BREAKING conference aiming to raise awareness of young children with speech difficulties is being held in Droitwich Spa. The Chateau Impney Hotel, off Bromsgrove Road, is hosting the meeting on Tuesday November 21. Parents, headteachers, speech
directions At the top of Church Street (the main street) bear right to walk up St Ann's Road. Keep straight on at the junction with Happy Valley. A little further on, soon after a wooden shed, join a footpath on the right which climbs into woodland. You
FORMER Worcester City defender Mark Shail returns to Kidderminster Harriers' line-up for tomorrow's Nationwide League Division Three clash against Hartlepool at the Victoria Ground (3pm). He missed Tuesday night's 2-1 JC Thompson Championship Shield win
REDDITCH United chase a fifth successive victory when they visit Racing Club Warwick in the Dr Martens League Western Division tomorrow (3pm). But although they thrashed Warwick 7-0 at home back in September, manager Rob Smith expects a much tougher game
WORCESTERSHIRE have moved quickly to snap up talented Warwickshire batsman Anurag Singh. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the County after turning down a similar deal at Edgbaston to search for more regular first-team action. Worcestershire
QUARTET in D Op. 18, No. 3 by Beethoven (in fact the first quartet he composed) opened this concert by the Bochmann Quartet. It was a performance of total unanimity of interpretation by this talented quartet, whose members include Michael Bochmann (violin
The excellent orchestra played the Overture as a preface to the fantastic story of Iolanthe, which opened amidst evocative scenery of a glistening spider's web, mist and colourful flowers. The Fairies entered in individually-designed costumes, complete
FORMER Worcester City defender Mark Shail returns to Kidderminster Harriers' line-up for tomorrow's Nationwide League Division Three clash against Hartlepool at the Victoria Ground (3pm). He missed Tuesday night's 2-1 JC Thompson Championship Shield win
WORCESTERSHIRE have moved quickly to snap up talented Warwickshire batsman Anurag Singh. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the County after turning down a similar deal at Edgbaston to search for more regular first-team action. Worcestershire
BUSINESSES on a Stourport industrial estate were left deluged by up to four and a half feet of water after the floods swept onto the site. About 10 firms on the Sandy Lane Industrial Estate were left paralysed as vehicles and offices were swamped by rampaging
I read Charles Clayton's well-argued and forthright letter (Postbag, November 3) with increasing delight, as he so clearly expressed my own reaction to the new eyesore at the corner of Hampden Road. I would simply make one further point: as a frequent
THE recently reported comments of Adrian Ward (Malvern Gazette, October 13 & 20) puzzle me. I seem to remember that when the first Town Council elections were held in 1996 the Liberal Democrats won 23 of the 25 seats. So for the past four years haven't
YOUR correspondent G C White (Postbag, October 13) is guilty of muddled thinking. It is ridiculous to suggest that an increase in fuel duty would be to our economic, environmental and social benefit. A tax on fuel is a tax on all our base commodities,
WEST Worcestershire MP Sir Michael Spicer has called for the Common Agricultural Policy to be scrapped (Malvern Gazette, October 20). On this, and on his statement that "the British government should use taxpayers' money directly to support our own farmers
AT the meeting of the People's Fuel Lobby at Chelford there was evidently unity of purpose among the protesters, in stark contrast to recent press reports of in-fighting. The Lobby supports 'peaceful protest', not 'direct action', nor violence or intimidation
WORCESTER'S Jon Tainton returned from Ireland with a highly creditable ninth place overall in the Skibbereen Rally. Over 180 starters competed in what many drivers claim-ed was the wettest rally they had ever competed in. The Skibbereen Rally was the
LIZ Hurley has been a fiery customer around Hollywood in recent years and with the movie Bedazzled she became a fiery customer on screen, too. Some of the screen's finest have taken on the role of the Devil and now it's her turn to try her hand as Old
FIFTEEN people have successfully come through a course in cricket groundsmanship staged in conjunction with the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The course, tutored by Roy McLaren, resulted in passes for: Don Aldridge (Stone CC), Richard Barnes (Eckington
THE cricket section of Barnards Green CC is holding its annual general meeting at the clubhouse on Sunday, November 19, starting at 7.30pm. All players are urged to attend this important meeting. The club will be running three Saturday, two Sunday and
DINOSAUR (PG): Disney technological marvel tells a story of triumph and adversity 65 million years ago. Odeon, Worcester. 12.30, 2.30, 4.30, 6.30. UCI Merry Hill, (12.30, 3.00 Sat/Sun) 5.10, 7.30. Malvern Cinema. (Sat/Sun only 3.00). Warner Village 12.10
THE first concert in the new Worcester Festival Choral Society season is being held on Saturday, November 18, at the city's Cathedral. Cathedral organist Adrian Lucas will conduct the concert, featuring Westminster Chamber Orchestra, and the soloists
This lad's done really well GIVEN the fact that he had played a leading part in one of the most successful comedy series ever seen on television, you could be forgiven for thinking that Rodney Bewes' success might have gone to his head. However, nothing
Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block (XL) First released last year, this single barely charted and XL are having another stab in the wake of Damon Gough's much-deserved Mercury Prize success. With its wonderful vibraphone loop, at once funky and romantic
TRAVELLING to the outskirts of Walsall for this Intermediate Cup third round tie, Malvern were aware that Handsworth would be no pushover. HANDSWORTH 7pts, MALVERN 37pts Playing two levels below Malvern, this was Handsworth's Cup Final, and they played
THERE was a time when the Malvern captain for the day Jon Owen and wing Dave Beech played for the Hereford side in their glory days. MALVERN 2ND XV 53pts, HEREFORD 2ND XV 0pts However, there was no sentiment shown as Malvern blew away Hereford including
UPTON'S first try was scored by Tim Badger who took a swirling high ball from the Chaddesley full back and left the opposing forwards fearing the worst as he set up Heeley who made good yardage before setting up clean ruck ball. CHADDESLEY CORBETT 0pts
THIS fixture was hastily re-arranged at the eleventh hour when both sides had been let down by their scheduled opposition. MALVERN (SEAGULLS) 20pts, EVESHAM 4THS 18pts This game was no exception with both teams giving 110%, Malvern's pack bolstered by
WARY councillors have made an about-turn and recommended Lickey End have its own parish council. Bromsgrove District Council's policy and resources committee has agreed to propose to the Government that the authority be formed. In July members decided
BOSSES at a factory near Bromsgrove have reassured residents that chemicals they use do not pose a health risk, following reports of a spill of the same substance recently in the English Channel. Parish councillors in Stoke Prior said at their meeting
CONSISTENCY is the key to Worcester City mounting a serious title challenge, says manager John Barton. City go into tomorrow's home Dr Martens League Premier Division clash with Dorchester Town (3pm) having lost only once in their last eight matches and
STAR striker Sam Bowen will return to Evesham United's starting line-up for tomorrow's Dr Martens League Western Division trip to Cirencester Town (3pm). The former Worcester City player has fully recovered from a hamstring injury to take his place in
WORCESTERSHIRE have moved quickly to snap up talented Warwickshire batsman Anurag Singh. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the County after turning down a similar deal at Edgbaston to search for more regular first-team action. Worcestershire
Coffee Evening with tombola, raffle, cake stalls etc. Nov 10. 7.30pm-9.30pm. Memorial Hall, Old Street, Upton on Severn. Everyone welcome, Tea Dances (In aid of Malvern & District Age Concern). Nov 10. 2.30-5.00pm. Please do not arrive before 2.20pm
DAVE Finbow scored his first win in the Benson and Hedges Snooker Championship since 1997 last night when he progressed to round four. The Alfrick professional shouldered the burden of being the local fav-ourite at the Willie Thorne Snooker Club in Malvern
WORCESTERSHIRE have moved quickly to snap up talented Warwickshire batsman Anurag Singh. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the County after turning down a similar deal at Edgbaston to search for more regular first-team action. Worcestershire
Nov 10 Splatt! The Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. Nov 11 End of Trail CM presents The Dick Edwards Trio. Royal British Legion Club, Salwarpe Road, Droitwich Spa, Worcs. Light & Shade - Duo. Barbourne Ex-Servicemens Club, The Moors, Worcester
THOSE who call for schools to teach more names of British kings and queens might reflect first on Canute. Facing a tide of instantly-forgotten sound-bites, many young people do not know how the vote was won and what taxes pay for, let alone the date of
UPTON was holding its breath this week with flood water at its highest since 1947 and the prospect of more water from the north held back by high tides to the south. As the water swept through abandoned homes, their owners waited in hotels and rented
VALE people have been busy fund-raising this week for the Danny Shew Appeal and plenty of other ideas are still in the pipeline. The appeal to raise money for the County Air Ambulance and Birmingham Children's Hospital has been organised by Daniel Sheward's
A GROUNDBREAKING research document on the traveller population commissioned by Evesham and Pershore Housing Association is being launched in Birmingham today (Friday). The research was carried out by the University of Central England in Wychavon District
MALVERN'S Richard Strawbridge will be appearing in the final of Channel 4's Scrapheap Challenge this Sunday evening. With his team-mates, Colonel Strawbridge, of the Royal Signals, will be flying the flag for Britain against the series' only all-American
PERSHORE'S St Agatha's Hall could be knocked down and the site sold for housing to fund the new town hall. Last Thursday Wychavon District Council's planning committee gave outline permission for the hall to be demolished and replaced with housing, of
A CLEEVE Prior man who bought a £4,000 stolen kitchen for £600 while doing up his mobile home has been convicted of receiving stolen goods. Tony Smith of Twin Oaks caravan site in Evesham Road, had pleaded not guilty to receiving the goods, including
A Mulberry three planted by the playwright George Bernard Shaw was among those brought down in the recent storms. Now the tree could be replaced under a campaign being proposed by Malvern Theatre Players. The tree, donated to Malvern by Shaw and planted
PAUL Sturgess will make his long-awaited first appearance of the season for Hereford United in tomorrow's home Nationwide Conference clash with Forest Green Rovers (3pm). The former Charlton, Millwall and Brighton defender has yet to appear for the first
SCIENTISTS using technology developed in DERA Malvern have achieved a world first in aircraft detection from space. An infra-red telescope on a satellite 400km above the Earth tracked an aircraft just by the friction heat of its fuselage. The breakthrough
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council is appealing for people to draw up their top three ideas to ease problems caused by the flooding. The Council says it wants to take a hit list of practical solutions to the Government to try and extract funding to put them
WEST Worcestershire MP Sir Michael Spicer visited Upton-upon-Severn at the weekend to see the devastation for himself and to talk to locals. In the house of Commons on Monday, during a question and answer session with Labour Minister Elliot Morley, he
Waterlogged homes may not be at the top of the pile as far as property sales go but estate agents say it's not all doom and gloom. Jeremy Prideaux-Jackson, from Andrew Grants estate agents, said in the short-term, riverside properties would be more difficult
OVER the past two weeks the area's firefighters have rescued more than 200 people from the advancing floods. But despite the extra call-outs, brigade spokesman, Alec Mackie, said the floods had not had a detrimental effect on the service. "We've just
FLOOD chaos hit county once again this week when river levels regan to rise after a short respite last weekend. The water began to recede from flooded properties in Upton-upon-Severn on Saturday and Sunday, but Sunday's heavy rain brought more misery.
CHILDREN were carried by wheelbarrow across the flooded yard at Hayswood Farm to the Madresfield Pre-School Centre on Monday. Water was draining off the road into the farmyard in one place and bubbling up from the sewers in another, said owner Alice Bennett
WHATEVER happened to the Bile Bean? Some grand claims were being made for this new invention in the pages of the Malvern Gazette in 1900. It was said the discovery by Australian scientist Charles Forde would do more good to mankind than all the gold his
100 years ago THERE was plenty of excitement on the hills on Saturday last, the Ledbury Hounds coming in full view of the town. Reynard, who came from the direction of Colwall, kept them a considerable time in the neighbourhood of St Ann's Well, where
BIDS for additional funding are likely to be made by Malvern Highways Partnership once the floods have receded. Highways manager Mike Davis said that in the long-term, the main problems are likely to be erosion of the banks next to the roads. "Water in
GREATER priority must be given to flood control, said Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, during a brief visit to Upton last Friday morning. "There are more things we can do than putting sand bags at the front door," he said, as he surveyed flooded New
RISING flood water breached the flood banks protecting agricultural land on the east side of the River Severn at Upton this week. The banks, or bunds as they are officially known, are blamed by many Upton people for making flooding worse in the town by
ARMY trucks from he local TA unit and a farmers' tractors helped ferry schoolchildren and shoppers through deep water by Upton Marina this week. The marina itself was littered with abandoned vehicles after motorists ignored "road closed" signs and tried
A FORMER pupil at John Masefield High School has returned home to Ledbury after helping to cure sick animals in Morocco. Newly-qualified vet Vanessa Thick, of Hereford Road, has been working in Africa with the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad
THE President of Worcestershire's branch of the Country Landowners' Association has called for shooting and fishing to be defended at a conference at Eastnor Castle. Jonathon Reeves was speaking at the start of a private seminar called "Scattered Shots
A VETERAN of radar development in wartime Malvern will be talking about his experiences at a one-day conference in Worcester. "Worcestershire and the Second World War" will take place at County Hall on Saturday, November 18. Among the speakers will be
THE Almeida Theatre returns to Malvern next week with Yasmina Reza's first play Conversations After a Burial. The playwright's talents have already been demonstrated in Malvern with Art earlier this year, starring Nigel Havers, a play which won Moliere
A FAMILY gathering provides the material for Alan Ayckbourne's play Living Together, to be presented at Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, next week. It is part of a trilogy known as The Norman Conquests, set in different parts of a shabby Victorian vicarage
Theatre November To Nov 11-La Cage aux Folles by Hereford Amateur Operatic Society at The Courtyard, Hereford. 7.30pm. Tickets £6-£9 (No concs). Box Office (01432) 359252. To Nov 11-Antigone by Jean Anouilh at the Courtyard, Hereford. 7.45pm. Tickets
IT is difficult to even begin to imagine the amount of research and work which has gone into producing a new book into the history of the Coventry family of Earls Croome, writes Andrea Calvesbert. The Coventrys of Croome has been written by architectural
NEARLY all the games in the Sterling Classic Malvern Football League were postponed due to the Council closing down pitches due to the recent floods. The only senior fixture of the day was at Hanley Swan, where Talbot Head were defeated by a rampant Bell
WEST Malvern made the perilous journey to Pershore on Saturday for this Worcester league division One fixture which resulted in the game kick ing off late. NEW INN PERSHORE 5, WEST MALVERN 2 Forced into making late changes to the side due to injuries
MALVERN Ladies FC travelled to Cam for a league match on Sunday which was played in strong winds and very heavy rain. CAM BULLDOGS 4, MALVERN LADIES FC 5 MLFC who started playing against the wind found themselves 2-0 behind after 18 minutes when they
MALVERN Athletic's Midland Combination Division Two fixture at home to Earlswood fell foul of the weather last Saturday. Tomorrow (Saturday) Athletic play in the Smedley Crooke Cup when they visit Combination Division One side Fairfield Villa, kick-off
A jilted man was attacked with a clawhammer by a love rival during a drunken attempt to win his ex-wife back, a court heard on Friday. John Martin flipped on the day his divorce was finalised and barged into a house and began making death threats. He
A WORCESTER pub has made it through to the final round of a competition aimed at finding top cellars. The Anchor Inn in Diglis Road has entered the Best Kept Cellar Award for the Union Pub Company - the tenanted division of The Wolverhampton & Dudley
DEMONSTRATIONS and top-level customer care could see a Worcester business named the garden centre of the year. Worcester Garden Centre is one of only three firms to be shortlisted for the 2000 Nurseryman & Garden Centre Awards. The winner is to be
MALVERN snooker fans are hoping for a double helping of Jimmy White magic this weekend as the big names start to arrive for the £35,000 Benson and Hedges Snooker Championship. White's appearance at the Willie Thorne Snooker Club tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon
TRAVELLERS returned to winning way in the Lamberts & Wade Malvern Table Tennis League's Division Two with Ken Hipwell leading the way. He won all three and partnered Martin Snee (2) in the doubles. In fact the doubles was the key match of the night
PUPILS from St Gabriel's with St Mary's Primary School lived up to their Sport England Activemark Gold award when they recently won the Malvern and District Mixed Netball Tournament. Teams from The Wyche, Great Malvern, Eldersfield, Longdon, Pendock,
MANOR Park Outdoor Bowls Club scored another resounding victory in the Creamflow-sponsored Indoor League played at Perdiswell BC, Worcester. The Malvern club defeated Evesham BC on all four rinks, making this their fifteenth consecutive victory, three
THE mother of a fatal stabbing victim has called for calm following a spate of violent clashes between gangs of white and Asian youths in Redditch. Her plea comes as police are growing increasingly concerned over the number of confrontations since Liam
