ROBERTO the giant rabbit is set to become an international star, with television crews travelling from as far as Japan to film him. The three-and-a-half feet long Continental Giant has been flooded with so many offers, since he appeared in the Evening
A COUNCILLOR in line to be Worcester's next mayor has admitted he is a Freemason - prompting questions from the opposition whether he should take the prestigious role. City councillor Aubrey Tarbuck has declared he is a member of the Worcester lodge for
A GREEN-fingered city resident is fuming after council chiefs removed her prize-winning plants from a shopping centre - claiming they were hazardous to shoppers. Eileen Yuce spent months lovingly nurturing the tubs of plants at the Hopmarket and even
REVISED plans for the redevelopment of the Diglis Basin are to be assessed by Worcester City councillors next week. Last month, councillors ruled out a scheme for 459 apartments, saying the figure was too high and the proposals would not do anything to
A HEARTBROKEN family who had two mares and foals stolen a year ago is helping trace two horses taken from a Callow End field last week. Jeanette Donnelly, of Canterbury Road, Ronkswood, Worcester believes the latest theft - from a field in Lower Lane,
YOUR correspondent M Burcher (You Say, Thursday, August 8) wonders whether I recollect the nicknames of some of Worcester's characters from my days serving in the local police soon after the war. The police knew all the nicknames and in fact we had some
REGARDING Bob Jones' letter headlined "Brilliant" (You Say, Tuesday, August 10) should pensioner's bus passes be a subject for levity? Closure of Perdiswell P&R would save some £250,000 per year, and allow for free bus passes without increases in
A FAMILY hoping to build a centre of equestrian excellence are urging horse riders from across Worcestershire and Herefordshire to register their support for the ambitious scheme. It's been a nail-biting two years of blood, sweat and tears for the Leightons
MORE than £800 was raised for Save the Children by Worcestershire Gundog Society's recent annual two-day event at Sudeley Castle and the Charlton Abbott estate at Winchcombe. Both days were well attended, with a significant increase in entries for the
THE soggy summer is set to continue with severe weather warnings issued for the weekend, and "surface flooding" and strong winds expected across Worcestershire. The Met Office has forecast gusts of winds up to 50mph across the west of England and Wales
VANDALS have attacked an obstacle course brought to them by an 81-year-old lady - before it even opened. Last week, the Evening News told how grandma Tony Baxter and the Friends of Ronkswood Field worked for two years to bring about a new £22,000 obstacle
A SCHOOLBOY is recovering after being in collision with a car as he cycled to buy some chips with his friends. James Whitaker, aged 11, suffered two broken bones in his leg, a broken collarbone and broken arm following the incident near Cherry Orchard
MAGICAL legends will be brought to life for a show at the Worcester Festival this weekend. Local storyteller Hyman Rapstoff and Dorothy Capper will be performing their show A Glimpse of Sheba's Gold at the Swan Theatre. The event is a programme of traditional
A 12-YEAR-OLD Worcester boy who suffers from epilepsy and has special needs swam 26 lengths in 15 minutes to raise money for Acorns Hospice. Sam George, of Acacia Close, in Brickfields, hopes to have raised more than £100 following his sponsored swim
AT Sale Green Farm, Himbleton, Andrew and Tiss Bomford have established pedigree herds of Longhorn and Hereford cattle and a flock of pedigree Blue Faced Leicester sheep. They are enthusiasts for traditional native British breeds. Andrew succeeded his
JULIAN Thake and I would probably agree about Munich (You Say, Friday, August 13). Where we differ is in the lessons we draw from it. At the end of the First World War, nobody made any sort of peace overtures to Germany. Instead, the defeated foe was
COUNCILLOR Mackenzie-Williams (You Say, Friday, August 13) asks for comment on his recent experience on a trip to Holland. First, I share his surprise that he was asked to pay a three per cent encashment fee on travellers cheques already denominated in
ON Friday, July 9, I wrote to Charles Clarke, Secretary of State and David Miliband, Schools Minister. I asked them both to support their own suggested government initiative of schools taking more responsibility for their own school funding budgets, by
CLEARLY, N Taylor's life revolves around his awful motor-car (You Say, Wednesday, August 11). As a change from blasting off in regard to bus lanes, speed cameras and park-and-ride schemes, this correspondent now defends the car boot sales fraternity that
AS I was extremely worried about my friend, an elderly lady of 94 who lives in Aldershot, and not being able to contact her, I didn't quite know what to do. I went to the Police Station in Castle Street, on Sunday August 15 with my query. A charming policewoman
IF you are a regular Country News reader, you will have seen lots of articles and pictures of YFC events - so I thought it was about time I filled you in on what YFC is all about! n Who are we? YFC is a youth organisation for people in England and Wales
THERE was a time, not that long ago actually, when living out in the sticks was a bit of a handicap if you wanted to run a business from home. But new technology has changed all that. Computers and the internet have brought national, nay global, markets
