Monthly Archives: February, 2010

Two local women are hoping to raise £3,500 in this year’s London Marathon.

Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.

“When the north wind doth blow we shall have snow”.

The statement seems to have held true for this year, when we’ve had three winter months with much more snow than average, although some of the snow was from weather originating in the east.

Our charity fashion night raised £2,800 for Midland Air Ambulance.

Plans for 28 affordable homes next to the M42 in Alve­church looked doomed as The Village went to press.

Sally Oldaker samples the unusual cooking technique that’s creating a stir at the Dodford Inn.

The threat of Redditch creeping within earshot of Alvechurch village has re-emerged barely weeks after council chiefs hailed the scrapping of plans for a 6,000-home “Bordesley Park” housing estate.

Local girl guides learned the basics of first aid on a St John Ambulance course.

Premier League footballers could be playing at Lye Meadow this month when Alvechurch FC host Wolverhampton Wanderers in the quarter final of the Birmingham Senior Cup.

Louise Robinson reports on some of the treatments and therapies available at Gently Does It.