A HOUSEBOUND ME sufferer from Evesham is so concerned about planned cuts to the Disability Living Allowance that he pushed his endurance to its limits to travel to London and join a mass protest. Steven Sumpter, aged 33, was one of hundreds
EVESHAM JUBILEE STEVE Foster continued his good run with a win on the Withies pool at Jubilee Fishery, weighing in 15-7. Second was Pete Dutton (10-0) followed by Steve Rogers (9-4) and Tim Hunt (8-9). The fishery winter league continues
GRITTERS in Evesham were well prepared for Saturday’s frost forecast, but their good work was swept away the next morning. A Journal reader was glad to see the gritters out in Evesham town centre on Saturday night but their satisfaction turned
DUMBLETON’S experience was too much for newcomers Badsey in the Worcestershire Cricket Board Indoor League at Evesham’s Prince Henry’s High School. Batting first in their 32-run win, they began steadily against tidy opening spells from Dave Stokes
HIGH-flying Pershore held on for a 4-3 victory over spirited 10-man Newtown in ENER-G Men’s League West Midlands Division Two. With four changes from the previous week’s 2-2 draw at Yardley, the hosts’ history of struggling with under-strength
THE Cotswold League’s ‘A’ team semi-finals lived up to expectations with two close contests. Ilmington and St Catharines will meet in the final on Tuesday, March 6, with the title at stake. St Catharines had no reserves but saw off Tredington
THE bare 11 players were enough for Bourton Rovers Youth as they beat Brackley Athletic 5-0 in Witney and District Youth League Under 12s ‘C’ Division. Despite four dropping out on the morning of the game due to a bug, Rovers should have been three
SCHOOL pupils in Pershore and Evesham achieved better GCSE results this year, figures show. At Pershore High School, 66 per cent of pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at A* to C grades in both English and maths – the Government’s benchmark.
VALE hockey prospect Hannah Rosslee has won a place at Worcestershire’s junior academy centre. The Bredon School year 10 pupil, was promoted from the Herefordshire and Worcestershire junior development programme. The 15-year-old former defender’
PERSHORE bagged five gold medals among 10 in total at the Worcester County Age Group Championships. Simon Sweatman, nine, won the 100-metre individual medley with a new county record of one minute 25.82 seconds to top the UK end-of-year rankings
THE stunning visuals and dance anthems of the Chemical Brothers will transform cinemas in Evesham, Worcester and Stratford tomorrow. The duo’s Don’t Think film will be broadcast from the Fujirock Festival in Japan at Evesham’s Regal Cinema, Worcester
BADSEY resumed their Worcestershire Hockey League Division One campaign with a bang as they thrashed Pershore 8-0. A terrific team display downed their rivals after a cagey opening burst into life with Lynne Ellarby’s goal after Sarah Rickey intercepted
LAST weekend the RSPB ran the Big Garden Birdwatch, designed to get people, I think who don’t see themselves as ‘twitchers’, to glance out of the window and see something of the variety of birds we have in our gardens. I like the idea, partly
I AM sorry that the decision by Worcestershire County Council to give £200,00 towards the cost of bringing the Asholean Museum to Broadway has caused such an unhappy response from some councillors. It is a lot of money in the present times, especially
THE BalletBoyz will perform at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre tomorrow. Tickets cost £17 from 01242 572573 or everymantheatre.org.uk.
PASSION will be high on the agenda at this year’s Chipping Campden Literature Festival with a packed programme of demonstrations, illustrated talks and literary lunches to look forward to. The festival, which runs from Tuesday to Sunday, May 1-
THIEVES broke into a village post office and emptied a safe containing cash and foreign money in an early morning burglary. The offenders broke into a domestic property on Kemerton Road at 4.45am on Saturday morning and accessed the post office
EVESHAM head coach Gary Diston has reported a positive reaction from his squad after he questioned the poor attitudes of some players. The Lower Albert Road side’s boss was furious with some for going out drinking the night before games and not
SINCE Mary King started her own performing arts company in a quiet corner of Warwick it has inspired young people for a quarter of a century. Set up in 1986 with husband Stewart McGill, Playbox Theatre has evolved to become one of the leading
THE silence over Evesham Bridge continues. Is this because of the problems following the Tenbury bridge closure, where temporary car parking is inadequate and additional spaces are required, county councillors have admitted that alternative provisions
A WOMAN caught up in a terrifying car crash on the Evesham bypass says the road needs a safety overhaul. Tracey Davies’ van was left “with nowhere to go” after the car in front clipped a parked truck and lost control as she drove to work on the
MANAGER Matt Clarke has called on his Evesham United players to prove the Swindon Supermarine shambles was a one off. Having won six out of 10 games under Clarke’s leadership, the Robins conspired to lose 4-3 to the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier
