WORCESTER Wolves have launched six new community hubs for people to get involved with basketball. The sessions, for anyone aged over eight, are aimed at attracting new players, coaches and volunteers. Pershore Leisure Centre will be the venue
A CABLE car on the Malvern Hills could be a blessing for our town.If it were installed, it would bring Malvern into the 21st century.The hills would be accessible to hundreds of people on a daily basis.They would come by cars or coaches from all over
WE visit Pershore twice a week and often use Coffee#1.The other tearooms in Pershore, in our opinion, serve very poor coffee.It is often that thick stuff that is filtered and left on a heater in a glass jug until required.We prefer the freshly brewed
THIS is not a "shriek of disapproval" (OpinionJournal, January 29) but a letter of deep concern about the proposed felling of the trees in Broad Street, Pershore.It should be remembered that we are not talking about a few trees, but eighteen
I WOULD like to thank Jean Rogers for the letter in the Journal (January 29) highlighting the impact that the Coffee#1 has had on some of the towns' caterers.Despite the hundreds of objections to allow Coffee#1 to open, the council chose to ignore the
DUMBLETON and Ashton-under-Hill remain unbeaten in the Worcestershire Indoor League Evesham Division behind leaders Bredon. Pershore (95 all out) lost to holders Ashton-under-Hill (96-2) with 11 balls left after a mixed display. A total of
MALVERN Hills club ace Ryan Atkins has won the English indoor under-25s singles title at White Oak. Atkins qualified for the final stages in Swanley, Kent, as the Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire area champion
St James’ Church has become a much more convenient place to meet after the official opening of the new toilet block. The ceremony was carried out by the Archdeacon of Worcester, the Venerable Robert Jones, who after blessing the building proceeded to
PERSHORE boosted their Warwick Printing West Midlands Division One top-three hopes with a 4-1 win over basement boys Yardley. Ed Deacon opened the scoring within 10 minutes and Russ McGettigan soon slotted home a second. Mike Doust and Andy
EVESHAM Rugby Club gained revenge on Atherstone by hammering them 56-3 in Midlands Four West (South). The Vale rugby side moved up to second in the table behind runaway leaders Rugby Lions after just three league defeats all season. Their second
MARK Wilkins of the County Air Ambulance Trust was our guest speaker when we met on Thursday, January 29 at the Evesham Rowing Club Boathouse.As none of our members had ever had to call on the services of the Air Ambulance helicopters, we were fascinated
BEAR moved a point clear at the top of Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League Division One with three matches to play. They may have ended Fladbury Athletic’s own title aspirations with a 5-2 victory. Davis (2), Cooke (2) and Styles scored for
THE chairman welcomed everyone to the January meeting and introduced Marilyn Watts who gave a talk on the children of Nepal. She had spent three weeks teaching children in Pokhara. Nepal is the fourth poorest country in the world but the children all
A CONFERENCE on wildlife crime held by West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police has been deemed a success. People from across the region gathered on Tuesday (February 3) to discuss new measures to reduce and prevent wildlife and rural crime within the
OUR new chairman, Jonathan Collins, welcomed everyone to the first meeting of 2015 and hoped the new program of talks and outings would be enjoyed by all. Our speaker for the evening was Jo Worthy-Jones who is Cheltenham Community Wildlife Officer for
ALMOST £15,400 was raised by the Evesham branch of the RNLI in 2014.Secretary Bob Crockford said it was the continuing support and generosity of local clubs, businesses and volunteers who helped the branch raise so much money.Donations had been received
GLASS and tableware company Arc International UK Limited is on the move.The business headquartered in Arthur Street, Worcester has bought a new site in Pershore, which will enable it to combine its existing three sites into a single site operation,
imaGine in Evesham’s Market Square has welcomed two new and much needed Volunteers. Vikki Wood and Jane Mason have joined our team and are helping to keep our shelves stocked with books and greet and pass on information to all who come through our doors
