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Stories for 17 July 2008

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Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Rise to occasion to pass course

IT was a proud moment for the eight people who successfully completed their Royal Yachting Association Level 2 Dinghy Sailing course at Arden Sailing Club at Defford.  more...

Past

From the Archives - June 17, 2008

100 Years Ago July 11, 1908 A ceremony of peculiar interest to inhabitants of the village took place on Monday afternoon, when the act of dedication of the new lychgate in the churchyard at Great Rollright and the recently-erected screen in the church was observed. The lychgate has been put up by the nine sons of the late Rev Henry Rendall, who for a period of 36 years was rector of the parish, in memory of their mother. The gate is a handsome structure built of massive local stone up to the sills, the upper work being of English oak, with oak pillars on each side. The oak screen which is placed against the entrance to the vestry is associated pathetically with the late rector, the Rev W S Guest-Williams, who, in his lifetime, commenced the carving of the same, with the intention of erecting it to the memory of his mother and sister.  more...

Round-Up

Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Golden glory in Golden Mile

DURING last weekend's River Boat Festival, Evesham Rowing Club played host to the annual Golden Mile - an event which attracts competitors from across the globe.  more...

Golden glory in Golden Mile

DURING last weekend's River Boat Festival, Evesham Rowing Club played host to the annual Golden Mile - an event which attracts competitors from across the globe.  more...

Ben races to easy Time Trial triumph

A TEN-MILE Evesham Wheelers Club Time Trial took place on the K39/10T course where Ben Stockdale put in his usual quality performance to clock 21 minutes and 39 seconds.  more...

Ben races to easy Time Trial triumph

A TEN-MILE Evesham Wheelers Club Time Trial took place on the K39/10T course where Ben Stockdale put in his usual quality performance to clock 21 minutes and 39 seconds.  more...

Young Charlotte is court mini marvel

WIMBLEDON certainly had an effect on Shipston Tennis Club starlet Charlotte Peckover as the youngster claimed two mini tennis titles.  more...

Man bit friend in face

MORETON man Dean Davenport has been convicted of assaulting long-time friend Roger Cross.  more...

Post office accused of getting its facts wrong

VILLAGERS have accused Post Office Ltd chiefs of getting their facts wrong when proposing the closure of Long Compton's branch.  more...

Worst-hit school's flood memories

MORETON'S St David's School sustained more damage in last July's floods than any other in Britain.  more...

Authorities working hard to protect against future floods

THE Cotswolds' civic leader says the authorities are working hard to ensure the district has the best possible defences against future flooding.  more...

Authorities working hard to protect against future floods

THE Cotswolds' civic leader says the authorities are working hard to ensure the district has the best possible defences against future flooding.  more...

Authorities working hard to protect against future floods

THE Cotswolds' civic leader says the authorities are working hard to ensure the district has the best possible defences against future flooding.  more...

Paralympian too ill to go to games

A BRAVE Moreton woman's dream of competing in the Paralympics has been shattered by her deteriorating health.  more...

Brewer's legacy is a valuable windfall

A TOTAL of £445,050 has been bequeathed to six churches, a doctor's surgery, a hospital and a charity in the North Cotswolds by an 89-year-old brewer who committed suicide.  more...

Police arrest Stow rape suspect

POLICE have arrested a Stow teenager on suspicion of committing rape in the town.  more...

Disabled lady, 94, victim of incident

POLICE have arrested a man following an attempted distraction burglary at the Mickleton home of a severely disabled 94-year-old woman.  more...

Tales of heroism in war memorial book

THE stories behind the names listed on Shipston's war memorials will be told in a new book.  more...

Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Weekend cricket fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday Cotswold Hills League Premier Division: Shipston v Overbury, Exhall & Wixford v Wellesbourne, Earlswood v Bretforton, Tanworth v Kineton, Henley v Stratford Bards.  more...

Rise to occasion to pass course

IT was a proud moment for the eight people who successfully completed their Royal Yachting Association Level 2 Dinghy Sailing course at Arden Sailing Club at Defford.  more...

Rise to occasion to pass course

IT was a proud moment for the eight people who successfully completed their Royal Yachting Association Level 2 Dinghy Sailing course at Arden Sailing Club at Defford.  more...

Flood protestors from Tewkesbury plan to visit Number 10

MORE than 100 Tewkesbury residents and town councillors will drop in on the Prime Minister on Monday (21) and plan to hand him a list of demands.  more...

Flood protestors from Tewkesbury plan to visit Number 10

MORE than 100 Tewkesbury residents and town councillors will drop in on the Prime Minister on Monday (21) and plan to hand him a list of demands.  more...

Water treatment works to receive additional flood defences

A WATER treatment works in Tewkesbury is set to receive additional flood defences twelve months after it was badly hit by raging waters.  more...