Stories for 20 November 2003
News
Staff and visitors to the Mary Stevens Hospice will be getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend. more...
The hospice is looking for runners who will help raise cash by running next year's London Marathon. more...
Mary Stevens Hospice Tree of Light will be switched on again this Christmas in memory of lost loved ones. more...
Volunteers are needed for a sponsored walk around Baggeridge County Parks to raise cash for Mary Stevens Hospice. more...
Kinver Fundraising Group is holding a shoppers' coffee morning to raise funds for Mary Stevens Hospice. more...
This week's lucky £1,000 winner is 449402 Mr Michael G Guise of Halesowen. more...
Cancer Support's skin group will meet at The White House, 10 Ednam Road, Dudley, on Monday November 24 at 11am. more...
The Autumn Exhibition in the Gallery of the Crystal Glass Centre, Audnam, from October 9 to 24 was once again successful. more...
The 18th AGM of the association was held at the Community Centre, Kingswinford, when the president Geoff Warburton welcomed 50 members. more...
Why not start Christmas early this year at Brierley Hill Civic Hall on Tuesday November 25? more...
Chairman Pat Grimmett presided at the October meeting. more...
The November meeting of the society saw the return of Roy Peacock to give a talk entitled `In the Steps of the Duke of Wellington'. more...
Art lovers can drop into Hagley Art Club's annual exhibition this weekend. more...
At the November meeting of the Stourbridge RSPB Local Group the speaker was Gordon Forrest. more...
Why not start Christmas early this year? Wall Heath's Christmas Open is now only three weeks away and as this is the last year this will be held in Brierley Hill Civic Hall, because of dwindling numbers, please help make this the most successful ever. more...
The president welcomed members and one visitor to the October meeting, which commenced with the evening's speaker Mr Griffon. He gave an illustrated talk based on his holiday in the Canadian Rockies. more...
Among the regional population The Wrekin is arguably the best known of the Shropshire hills. more...
Dedicated volunteers at Dudley Age Concern - who have notched up more than 100 years of service between them - were rewarded at a ceremony this week. more...
St Barnabas Church in Russells Hall is getting into the festive spirit by holding a Christmas fair on Saturday. more...
A pet dog terrified by fireworks exploding across Rowley Regis chewed through a gas pipe causing a major leak last night. more...
My hope is that one of your readers can help me as I am trying to find a couple of pictures that will enable me to present my parents with a rather unique Christmas present. more...
I have recently heard that there are colleges/universities in the West Midlands, that are taking non-English speaking immigrants (legal or otherwise) and placing them on a free English Language course. more...
On Halloween I was alone when the bell rang at 9pm. more...
With reference to a letter in your paper last week namely (Did I miss it) - I must have missed it too. more...
Battle of Britain Wings Appeal 2003 more...
Following the report on the front page of the Express and Star (issue of Thursday November 6) suddenly the plot becomes clearer. more...
Many readers are probably unaware of the distressing fact that millions of animals every year have their throats cut in slaughter houses while fully conscious - and it is legal. more...
I am ashamed to admit I live in Kinver having read the heartless views of some more...
In a recent newspaper article Ms Kirkbride, the Conservative MP for Bromsgrove, was quoted making an emotional and misplaced appeal in favour of hunting. more...
Furious residents on an Amblecote estate say burglars are still plundering their homes at will despite police claims break-ins are falling. more...
Two brave Stourbridge bobbies who helped save a man who stabbed himself in the chest have been hailed heroes. more...
Game-for-a-laugh staff and pupils at a Wordsley school will be among those raising cash for Children in Need tomorrow. more...
BRIGHT sparks at a Kingswinford electricity company were switched on when they came up with a money-spinning idea to bring in £250 for LifeSavers. more...
THE Woodside Wobblers ladies soccer team has handed over a cheque for £430 to the unit. more...
TWINKLE-TOES will be dancing their way to cash for critical care when an Amblecote woman holds a fundraising show. more...
A Kingswinford yob has been caught back behind the wheel just days after being ordered to keep off the road. more...
A courageous 13-year-old Brierley Hill schoolboy who risked his life trying to save his pet dog will receive a top RSPCA award next week. more...
This week is Girlguiding UK Recruitment Week and Stourbridge MP Debra Shipley is urging both girls and adults to get involved. more...
Proceeds from Wollaston's famous festive fairy lights display will go to a leukaemia charity this year after the air ambulance pulled out of the event at the last minute. more...
A bizarre attempted theft was foiled by police after a gang of men were spotted pushing a boat down the street in Wordsley. more...
A Kinver drama group is staging Sleeping Beauty next month. more...
Stourbridge MP Debra Shipley is calling for a change in the law to protect Wollescote residents under siege from a series of controversial applications for phone masts. more...
A Stourbridge postman completed an epic Himalayan trek to raise cash for his daughter's school. more...
A Wordsley author's account of the grisly Gibbet Lane murder of 1812 is now on sale. more...
Pupils at a Stourbridge primary school have been busy preparing Victorian treats for a Christmas fair with an olde worlde theme next week. more...
A Brierley Hill estate could be lit up in an effort to make the area safer. more...
CCTV cameras are due to go up at a fly-tipping hotspot in Kingswinford this weekend as part of a blitz on litter louts. more...
A Pedmore church is getting into the festive spirit for a fair to help pay off a £4,000 loan. more...
Father Christmas will delight children at Red House Glass Cone's festive craft fair later this month. more...
Outstanding Stourbridge students celebrated their success at the Dudley Learner of the Year Awards. more...
A 36-year-old Brierley Hill man has been jailed for eight months for a series of thefts. more...
A shocked German lorry driver was left stranded in Lye after two thieves thumbed him down and then hijacked his vehicle. more...
A former Clent soldier is urging council highways bosses to hurry up and move road signs which are spoiling the view of the village war memorial. more...
The Stourbridge branch of Cats Protection has opened its first ever charity shop. more...
A Pedmore church is getting into the Christmas spirit with a festive fair to help pay off a £4,000 loan. more...
Thousands of books will be up for grabs at a Christmas fair in Wollaston to raise cash for an animal rescue centre. more...
An 84-year-old DJ is celebrating 60 years of spinning discs at venues across the Black Country. more...
The director of a Hagley cheese manufacturing and distribution business that failed with debts of around £7.5 million has given an undertaking not to hold directorships or take part in company management for eight years. more...
The funeral of a well-known Stourbridge figure will be held tomorrow, Friday. more...
Stourbridge's rundown High Street is to get a much-needed makeover this week which it is hoped will help draw Christmas shoppers to the town. more...
A grade two listed Kingswinford boozer could be transformed into a brand new £250,000 sports-theme `fun pub'. more...
An opera based on the haunting true story of a woman's body found decomposing in a tree in Hagley Woods in 1943 comes to Birmingham next week. more...
A lucky Brierley Hill tot experienced the true magic of Disney when she came face to face with her hero Mickey Mouse on his 75th birthday. more...
Council bosses have dismissed claims Stourbridge's Bell Street multi storey could repeat the collapsing car park of Wolverhampton disaster. more...
Enville Street Methodist Church Dramatic Society is staging tense thriller Intent to Murder next week. more...
A well-known charity worker who raised thousands of pounds for arthritis sufferers has died at the age of 86. more...
Charity events will be kicking off around Stourbridge tomorrow (Friday) as Children in Need gets underway. more...
Charitable organisations in Belbroughton are £27,000 richer following the village's best ever scarecrow weekend. more...
Staff and pupils at a Kingswinford school have gone soccer mad after they scored top marks in a fantasy football competition. more...
Sport
West Midlands Division One South more...
Tividale FC fixtures and results - 2003-04 (West Midlands Premier unless stated). more...
Lye Town FC Fixtures and Results 2003-04 (West Midlands Premier unless stated). more...
Blackheath Town FC 2003-03 West Midlands League Division One South. more...
Dudley Town team boss Tony Higgins has added three four new signings to his squad. more...
Stourbridge have signed blindside flanker Lee Crofts from Coventry in time for a historic first meeting with Moseley on Saturday (2.30pm). more...
Stourbridge joint boss Gary Hackett praised his sides work rate after the goal-laden 5-3 league victory over Alvechurch. more...
Dudley Kingswinford are hoping to have a number of players back from injury and illness for the vital home game with Darlington Mowden Park on Saturday (2.15pm). more...
It was a special night for members of Lye Boxing Club when its new premises were officially opened by Jane Couch on Friday night. more...
Halesowen Town dropped vital points from two games in their quest for the Dr Martens Western Division title. more...
Oldbury United have missed out on former Midland Alliance golden boot winner Craig Poutney after a last-minute change of heart by the hotshot striker writes Mark Butt more...
Justin Brown could be back in the Causeway United squad for the home game with Stafford Town on Saturday (3pm). more...
Football fans young and old will be delighted with a new exhibition at Haden Hill House, Cradley Heath more...
Jolly are six points clear at the top of Division One in the Monday night league at Cradley Ballpark after they thrashed bottom team Sedgley Harriers 14-1. more...
Coseley Town are set to move into a ground in the area after getting the go-ahead from Dudley Council. more...
Gornal Athletic players are preparing for a punishing training schedule in the run-up to Christmas as they look to continue their push for promotion writes Mark Butt more...
A junior football team featuring players from Kinver, Kingswinford, Netherton and Brierley Hill are on the sponsorship merry go-round after winning a new kit deal. more...
Halesowen Town dropped vital points from two games in their quest for the Dr Martens Western Division title. more...
Dudley Town team boss Tony Higgins has added three four new signings to his squad. more...
Play has now commenced in the many indoor leagues on offer, and last seasons Hadley Indoor League Champions at Smethwick, Black Country outfit Baggeridge have served notice to the rest that they intend to retain their title after a double success against the Throstles, with wins of 40/21 and 41/38. more...
Jul 19 ALFRETON TOWN (H) F 1-1 (Blake) more...
Leicester Open: The Leicester Open saw only one really notable result this year and it was at the bottom end of the sabre results table. more...
Rugby Union-National Three North: Blaydon RFC 53 pts Dudley Kings 7 more...
Sports shorts- more...
Schools Football with Graeme Hollinshead- more...
Forest Falcons U8s West have won ten out of ten games in the Stourbridge and District Youth League. more...
Rugby- National Two-Nottingham 27 Stourbridge 24 more...
Stourbridge and District Snooker League- more...
Kidderminster and District Football League more...
Football round up- more...
Since joining Withymoor Girls, things could not have gone better for Rosie Ellsmore. more...
Hockey Round Up more...
Stourbridge and District Youth League- more...
Warley and District Sunday- more...
Halesowen Athletic and Cycling Club- more...
Results: November 15- Old Halesonians 1st XI 3 Kingsheath 1st XI 2 (T.Bulteel 2, G.Oates), Kidderminster 2nd XI 1Old Halesonians 2nd XI 6 (M.Higginson 3, M.O'Connell 2, A.Dunhill), Old Halesonians 3rd XI 4 North Staffs 3rd XI 1 (A.Loveridge 3, N.Smith), Cannock 8th XI 2 Old Halesonians 4th XI 1 (D.Butler), Old Halesonians 5th XI 1 Edgbaston 6th XI 4 (D.Jones), Redditch 6th XI 9 Old Halesonians 6th XI 3 (A.Hewitt 2, J.Gurmin), Old Hales Badgers 1 Lichfield Badgers 4 (S Jones). more...
Halesowen Eagles: The under 12s played out a derby with local rivals Coombs Wood Colts. more...
Ludlow 33 pts v Old Halesonians 27 pts more...
Dudley Town fixtures and results, 2003-2004, West Midlands League Premier unless stated, home games in bold. more...
Stourbridge FC Fixtures 2003-2004 more...
Dudley Kingswinford 2003-04 fixtures-National Three North unless stated- (home fixtures in bold). more...
Rugby Union-National Three North: Blaydon RFC 53 pts Dudley Kings 7- more...
Aug 16: Rocester (a) 0-1 more...
Oldbury United Results 2003-2004 (Midland Alliance unless stated) more...
Causeway United FC results 2002-2003 (Midland Alliance unless stated) more...
Cradley Town travel back to Leicestershire to take on Barwell on saturday in the Midland Alliance (3pm). more...
August 16: Bolehall Swifts Res (h) 5-2 more...
