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  • All the latest angling news

    Evesham Jubilee Society THE annual general meeting will be held at Hampton Workingmen's Club starting at 8pm on Tuesday, April 8. All members are asked to attend and any tables of motion, which must have a proposer and seconder, must be received by

  • From the Archives - March 26, 2008

    100 Years Ago March 28, 1908 On Saturday morning many of the inhabitants of Stow-on-the-Wold were attracted from their beds by the ringing of the fire-bell. The scene of the burning was soon discovered to be an old historic house in Park-street, formerly

  • Patriotic villagers hoping to fly flag

    THE parishioners of Guiting Power have launched a campaign to restore a flagpole to the village church of St Michael and All Angels. Churchwarden Mike Edwards said the cost of installing a new fibreglass flagpole and mountings was £1,200. Letters have

  • Japanese reject ‘scary’ Caliban

    CALIBAN, the ill-treated servant of Prospero in Shakespeare's play The Tempest, has been rebuffed once again. A terracotta statue of the deformed character was created by celebrated potter Jim Keeling, of Whichford Pottery near Shipston, as part of series

  • Town leaders are a ‘bunch of moaners’

    STOW town councillors have been lambasted as a bunch of moaners by their own district councillor. Tough talking district councillor David Penman told town councillors last Thursday that he was so fed-up with complaints about Cotswold District Council

  • Challenge in ice and snow

    A MORETON man has completed an epic 350-mile mountain bike race across Alaska in temperatures of minus 30 degrees centigrade. Christian Cullinane, aged 36, of Oxford Street, overcame howling gales, equipment failure and knee deep snow to complete the

  • Gipsy site built over weekend

    GIPSIES moved onto land near Shipston and wasted little time trans- forming it into a caravan site over the Bank Holiday weekend. Since 100 English Romanies appeared on the land on Good Friday, building work including the installation of water and electricity

  • Six races on Saturday

    RACING gets under way at 2.10pm on Saturday when Stratford stages a top-class six-race card. Gates open at 12 noon and admission prices start from £8 for Centre Course/Picnic Area. Accompanied children under 16 are admitted free.

  • Racer Cassey is back on track

    EVESHAM racing driver Cassey Watson completed her first official duties as a BTCC package competitor when she spent two days at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire for last week's media launch days of the Ginetta Junior Championship. The teenager, right

  • Swifts next for table topping Evesham

    IT'S just one big game after another for Evesham United who can take an even firmer grip on matters at the top of Southern League Division One Midlands with victory over Stourport Swifts at St George's Lane on Saturday. After a hugely successful Easter

  • Town ground to stage two finals

    PERSHORE Town will stage a couple of Worc-estershire FA Cup Finals next month when two local clubs will be bidding for glory. Badsey Rangers tackle Kidderminster Lions in the Under-15 Final on Sunday, April 13 at 2.30pm. Bretforton Old Boys will be