WORCESTER Wolves have completed their second major signing in the space of a week with the capture of Lithuanian Marius Zemaitis. The University of Worcester-based side have been trailing the 6ft 1ins guard for a fortnight and he will arrive in the country
INJURY to second-row Richard Blaze has meant a late call-up to the starting XV for Phil Murphy ahead of tomorrow's Guinness Premiership game against Leicester at Welford Road (3pm). Lock Murphy comes in as a straight swap for Blaze, while Tim Collier
PAT Sanderson can be a big hit for England as they tackle New Zealand at Twickenham tomorrow - according to the man who is standing in for him as skipper at Sixways. Sanderson normally operates on the flanks for Warriors but will move to number eight
TWO of Worcester City's rising stars are aiming to put their loan spells to good use and become better players for the experience. Troy Wood and Gary Walker have been sent out to Gloucester City and Evesham United for a month respectively in a bid to
THE Worcester News two-part supplement First Days at School has been a resounding success. Our photographers have been out and about from Eckington to Clifton upon Teme to record the happy faces of youngsters enjoying their first schools days. Pictures
NATURE lovers in Worcester are set for a wild weekend - where experts will be on hand to provide information about the great outdoors. Pets at Home, Blackpole Retail Park, Worcester, will be welcoming representatives from Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
SIR - We were overjoyed to read that the Worcester edition of Monopoly is out this week. The desecration of this once beautiful city continues unabated - over the years we have seen the demise of Lychgate, Newport Street, Tybridge Street and so on...
A FANTASTIC firework display that will raise money for charities in and around Worcester is set to light up the sky tomorrow. The Worcester Round Table's annual charity bonfire and firework display will once again take place on Pitchcroft Racecourse.
SIR - I was one of the delegates of f40 who went to see Schools Minister Jim Knight about the funding situation of our county's schools. We are one of the lowest funded authorities in the country in terms of per pupil funding. I went as a parent and
UNTIL NOVEMBER 4 Postcards from the end of the world Watercolours by Adam White, at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. UNTIL NOVEMBER 11 World Mental Health Day An exhibition by local artists to promote public awareness of mental ill health,
NOVEMBER 3 The Midland Chambers Players Live at lunchtime at Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham. 1.10-2.10pm. NOVEMBER 4 Vocal Variations Will be performing songs about Conflict & Reconciliation in the Carice Elgar Room
UNTIL NOVEMBER 4 Rambert Dance Company Together with its associated 30-piece orchestra London Musici at Malvern Theatres. NOVEMBER 4 Rent A Guy Can a redundant guy become a scarecrow? Children's Theatre, the Swan Theatre, Worcester. UNTIL NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 3 Practice Night Brian and Philomena invite you to an evening of Ballroom, Latin and Sequence dancing at Powick Village Hall, Powick, Worcester. Bring your own refreshments 8.30-11pm start. Country Western Partner Dance Every Friday at
tonight Strange Machine - Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. Medford - Drummonds Bar, New Street, Worcester. The Datsuns plus Paisley Riot - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton. Mary Gauthier - Little Civic, Wolverhampton. Delta Blues Project - CBSO
*THE hugely-successful classical artist Katherine Jenkins is set to drop in on the region later this month as part of a UK tour. The singer's 2005 album Living A Dream reached number four in the album charts and Katherine has performed at Live8, G8 and
WHEN musician David Boothroyd had his computer changed in June, disaster struck as songs he had recorded on it were inadvertently deleted on being transferred from his old machine. However, the accident turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the
Versatile baritone singer Roderick Williams will entertain audiences at Pershore Number 8 on Monday. Tickets, priced £12, can be bought on the door or in advance from the box office on 01386 555488.
WE have quite a few tribute' bands at both the Hall at the Swan. I was very sniffy about tribute bands for a long time and wouldn't book them. I used to say loudly to anyone who would listen, the real thing or nothing. There's no artistic merit in just
ALAN Ayckbourn's Norman Conquest trilogy is being brought to life by the St John's Players. Three years after a very successful production of Table Manners, the Worcester company is back at the Swan Theatre to perform the second of the trilogy, Living
Felicity Kendal is to star in a stimulating drama about the power of love and loss. Kendal, still much loved for her role as Barbara in The Good Life, stars in Amy's View which opens at the Malvern Theatres on Monday. It is set in 1979 and she plays
LADIES Day, coming to the Swan Theatre next week, has been hailed as a feel-good comedy. It is the story of four friends who stick together through thick and thin. For Pearl, Jan, Shelly and Linda life is one hard slog, that is until they find tickets
FOR five days lavish baroque opera will take over the Malvern Theatres. The English Touring Opera company are not only staging works by Cavalli, Carissimi, Purcell, Monteverdi and Handel, there will also be free events in the foyer and an exhibition of
THE Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is joining a national rally to stop climate change. Tomorrow, trust representatives will join groups from across the nation for the Stop Climate Chaos Rally being held in London. Director Colin Raven said: "Wildlife
THE ashes of a 92-year-old Worcester woman who believed she was conceived on board the Titanic have been scattered at sea. Ellen Walker's mother Kate Phillips and Malvern shopkeeper Henry Morley, the man believed to be her father, eloped on the ill-fated
TIM Perry - the councillor who flouted planning laws - has been cleared of bringing his authority into disrepute. However, it is interesting to note the wording of standards committee hearing chairman Tony Lyons who told Councillor Perry: "You may have
THE new St Richard's Hospice at Spetchley, near Worcester, is a haven of loving care, according to one of the first patients to be welcomed into the new in-patient unit. Kristine Judd, aged 59, from Crossway Green, near Hartlebury, is singing the praises
BURGERS and hot dogs on Bonfire Night are almost as much of a tradition as Guy Fawkes and the firework display itself. Worcester butchers M&M Meats are making sure that customers have the very best traditional bangers and burgers for the celebrations
A TOWN councillor who flouted planning laws has been cleared of bringing his authority into disrepute and breaching the code of conduct - thanks to a legal ruling from the case against Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. Councillor Tim Perry, vice chairman
MORE Worcestershire companies can get free support under an extended £3.8m regional regeneration scheme. Following a successful first year, when £1.4m was invested, the Technology Transfer Fund (TTF) has more awards to make now that it covers the entire
THE charity-minded entrepreneur behind one of the world's biggest security businesses will be awarded an honorary degree today. Nils Jorgen Philip-Srensen created Group 4 Securicor, based on the Farncombe Estate near Broadway, which now employs 415,000
Worcester Business School Foundation Degree Arts in Business in the Electronic Age Ryadh Ali Moheeb Ali noor Amardeep Atkar John Crosdale Steven Grainger Alexander Reid Rachael Williams Foundation Degree Arts in E-commerce Bruce Hayward
A GRADUATE from the University of Worcester has been using her creative talents to help teenagers and battered women through art. Art and design graduate Claire Fox, aged 27, from Diglis Lane, Worcester, has been working with women's refuge groups and
Novelist, journalist and broadcaster Francine Stock is receiving an honorary degree from the University of Worcester. Ms Stock, who lives in Herefordshire, is being recognised for her contribution to the media and art through her TV work, her writing
CONFIDENCE is running high among Malvern's Britain is Bloom organisers. Not only have they clearly set their sights on winning the regional competition but they are aiming even higher for future years. The town's Britain in Bloom steering group has
BOOTS spell out winter and belong to cold climates. They're also a fashion statement - especially when women in tropical countries such as Malaysia and Singapore try to get a piece of the action by wearing trendy knee-high boots in scorching temperatures
A COUNTY-based charity that helps support young people whose personal problems are affecting their education is appealing for more volunteers to work with pupils in Worcester. Mentor Link was set up in 2002 and now has 65 volunteers working with students
WORK has finally started on repairing a collapsed section of riverbank in Worcester nearly a year-and-a-half after it fell down. Water company Severn Trent is spending £220,000 on repairing the stretch of wall and towpath by the River Severn near the
Back with you having missed last week due to a leg operation. Had some bits ripped out so that I could make the 2012 Olympics. I've said it before but I think the people who run the wards at our hopsitals are brilliant. It's a job I wouldn't want to
SIR - Co-habiting sounds like two nuns sharing the same outfit. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.
SIR - I have never been a motorist but must say that various kinds of cameras are being used by the authorities to catch unwary drivers. The police seem to be obsessed with motorists in particular, while hooligans and vandals and professional criminals
SIR - Having returned from living in Spain a few months ago, I was totally bemused to read that the Christopher Whitehead/Tesco proposal had not materialised. Before leaving Spain had I read that Tesco had offered to build a brand new hi-tech school equipped
SIR - A couple of weeks ago, national "switch it off" week was staged. On October 17, the Worcester News printed a small sample of posters submitted by children to promote it. Some of the worst culprits are business firms. A company with a car park in
STAFF and pupils at a Worestershire school are praying for a Worcester teacher who is fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific car crash near Droitwich. Twenty-eight-year-old Robert Young, of Caldy Avenue, St Peter's, Worcester, is in a critical
AN investigation is under way into the cause of a fire that destroyed a toilet roll warehouse in Malvern. Witnesses reported seeing flames from miles around the Enigma Business Park, where one of ESP's two buildings was destroyed. Up to 70 firefighters
TRADERS in a part of Worcester city centre earmarked for regeneration have urged the city council to include them in the plans or they could close. A proposed £75m revamp of Lowesmoor would create 1,000 jobs and attract major stores such as Asda. But
A CAMPAIGN group including Worcestershire and Herefordshire MPs has formed to win a stay of execution for Sir Edward Elgar as the face of the £20 note. West Worcestershire MP Sir Michael Spicer and Mid- Worcestershire MP Peter Luff are among those who
ROBERTS Mark Trevor Bel, Vern, Glen, Daron and Families, Fiancée Sue and his sons Sam, Aaron and Mason, would like to thank everyone for the flowers, cards, letters, telephone calls and also donations to Candis, which we received on our recent very sad
THOMPSON Cyril Passed away nineteen years ago today. There' s a garden chain of memories that binds two hearts together, It's lines are forged with love the years can never sever. Jean. Published in paper 03/11/2006
PETERS Howard Edward Peacefully in hospital on October 29th, 2006 aged 69 years. A much loved husband, dad and grandad who will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Funeral service at Worcester Crematorium on Friday, November 10th at 12 noon. Family flowers
WILLETS Gwyneth Annie Of Dorset House, Droitwich, formerly of Chaddesley Corbett. Peacefully on October 23rd, 2006, aged 94 years. Widow of Frederick George Willets. Funeral service at Belbroughton Church on Wednesday, November 8th at 2.30 p. m. Flowers
QUARTERMAN Evelyn Mary "Molly" Died peacefully at home at Great Witley, aged 93 years. Dearly loved mother of Tony, Richard and Angela. Private cremation. Funeral Service at Great Witley Parish Church on Thursday, November 9th at 12 noon, followed
RUDD Diane Tustin Passed away suddenly on October 27th, 2006, aged 46 years. A much loved mum of Kimberly, Laura and Robert. Sadly missed by Richard and all the Family. The funeral service will take place at Worcester Crematorium on Tuesday, November
GAIDERMAN Julie Heartiest Congratulations on gaining your Diploma in Adult Nursing. Well done. Mum, Dad and all the Family Published in paper 03/11/2006
FERRIDAY GEORGE A dear brother in law taken from us two years ago today. Time is swiftly passing, but our memories of you are everlasting. God bless Chris and Arthur Published in paper 03/11/2006
PALFREY Edith and Harry November 3rd and 11th Special memories of my beloved parents and grandparents. Forever in my thoughts. Love daughter Valerie and Family Published in paper 03/11/2006
FERRIDAY George Treasured husband, a truly wonderful man. Cherished memories of the years we shared will stay with me forever each day. The love we shared, the things we did and the way you cared. Ours was a love death cannot divide. You were so special
ADULT services and libraries are among those that could be affected under plans to save more than £8m from Worcestershire County Council's budget. The council has admitted for the first time it is not sure exactly how services, and the people who use
A BRAVE bird was stopped in its tracks by one of Worcester's retained firefighters. Keith Sheppard, a technician at Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service's Transport and Stores on Hylton Road, rescued a swan as it wandered away from the river
ANGRY parents say they and their children are being forced to dice with death after the county council closed off the pavement leading to their children's school. The kerb on one side of Bilford Road, Worcester, has been cordoned off for the past few
