Stories for 6 August 2005

Leisure

Have a wild thyme in the cherry orchards

THIS is a delightful walk in the peaceful countryside around Stockton on Teme, Menith Wood and Pensax, on the high ground between the Teme Valley and Wyre Forest.   more...

News

- It's the city of music! Visitors pour in to enjoy Three Choirs and Worcester Festivals - At last, I declare this playpark open - A town bids farewell to teh devoted couple so cruelly cut down by London bombs - If you want fun with your music, you've hit the right button - Duo give County a headache -   more...

Hives crisis as bee inspectors face the sack

WORCESTERSHIRE'S bee population could be under threat because of Government plans to save money. Defra aims to cut £225,000 from the £1.25m annual budget of its Honeybee Health Programme by 2008.   more...

Not part of Britain

GARY Webb may be misunderstanding the term "City" of London (Letters, Saturday, July 30) as this is not part of Britain but an independent Financial Square Mile of 677 acres in the heart of London.   more...

Why we're in the grip of terror

D E Margrett's letter (Monday, August 1), in which he wrote of the UK's reluctance to deport clerics who preach violence against the West, accurately highlighted the reason this country now finds itself at the mercy of suicide bombers.   more...

His play on words just about hit nail on head

BRIAN Hunt's assessment of the organisation "Liberty" as a "liability" is right and the last few weeks in Britain have demonstrated just what happens to the liberty of a people who let themselves be bullied into silence for fear of upsetting the BBC.   more...

Superstore a threat to Worcester city centre

This week in 1990   more...

Healthy goodness in a jar

DOTTED around the Severn Valley, between Kidderminster and Bewdley, Frank Dooley's beehives are well placed to capture the scent of a Worcestershire summer.   more...

The reining champions dazzled in the drizzle

RAIN failed to dampen spirits at the British Palomino Society National Championships when more than 300 golden horses gathered at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern.   more...

SEVEN DAYS

WHEN the IRA terror was at its height in the mid-1970s, a number of completely innocent Irish people received visits from the police.   more...

SEVEN DAYS

THE SINS OF SYNTAX   more...

SEVEN DAYS

GULL CULL WAR BEGINS   more...

SEVEN DAYS

STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT   more...

Composer's music to grace restored organ

THE 12th-Century church of St Michael and All Angels, Martin Hussingtree, near Droitwich, is celebrating the restoration of   more...

Residents' joy after flats plan is turned down

RESIDENTS have won their fight after a controversial application to build 71 retirement flats in Pershore has been refused.   more...

Cancer fails to stop a winner

COURAGEOUS golfer Cathy Harris is on top of the world after beating her opponents - and breast cancer - to win a top trophy for the third consecutive year.   more...

Neighbours join purge on reserve fly-tippers

PEOPLE living near a nature reserve are being asked to join a purge on fly-tipping.   more...

Century not out for an Olympic referee

A FORMER Olympic referee and founder of a Worcester men's club is celebrating his 100th birthday today.   more...

If you want fun with your music, you've hit the right button

THOUSANDS of people are expected to descend on Worcestershire as festival fever hits the county.   more...

Quiet, friendly tabby is looking for a new home

THE Worcester Branch of the RSPCA has appealed for people to give a loving home to the 40 cats it is looking after.   more...

A town bids farewell to devoted couple so cruelly cut down by the London bombs

HUNDREDS of people packed Ledbury's St Michael's and All Saints Church to pay their last respects to a devoted couple killed in the July 7 bombings in London.   more...

At last, I declare this playpark open

A NINE-year-old girl's dream came true when she opened the playground she had spent three years waiting for.   more...

It's the city of music! Visitors pour in to enjoy Three Choirs and Worcester Festivals

THOUSANDS of music-lovers from all over the world are expected to arrive in the city today, as the Three Choirs and Worcester Festivals begin with a bang.   more...