FESTIVE decorations stolen in a burglary at a DIY depot are likely to be re-sold, police believe. Lights and imitation Christmas trees - together valued at about £2,000 - were among items taken from Homebase, in Droitwich, Kidderminster Road, on Roman
LIGHTS of love will be shining across Worcester when the annual St Richard’s Hospice Christmas tree lights are switched on on Friday, November 13. The Lights of Love evening will begin at Worcester Cathedral at 7pm when people can gather and reflect
AN enthusiastic acting troupe is celebrating its 60th anniversary. St John’s Players have been performing in and around Worcester since 1949. Tonight, the amateur-dramatic group will mark the milestone with a production of light-hearted comedy Party
DROITWICH turned in their best performance of the Midlands Two West (South) season, thrashing Bedworth 58-19. A neat break by Steve Poke found the impressive Rob Dowdeswell, who raced in to open the scoring. Good running by the ever-threatening
IT was a busy summer for Worcestershire tourism attractions with more and more people holidaying at home. Visitor numbers boomed over the summer months. The County Museum at Hartlebury Castle, near Kidderminster, had a record-breaking August and attendance
WORCESTER Sunday League Premier Division leaders AFC Heenans suffered their first defeat of the season, 5-3 at Kempsey, following five successive wins. Paul Scriven scored twice for the home team with Chris Cornes doing likewise for Heenans. Arrow 2000
THE Spring Lane crowd were treated to a roller-coaster ride of emotions as Malvern fought back to beat Newport 22-15 in national Three Midlands. After a few opening salvos from both sides, a Malvern run from defence resulted in a poor pass
A COUNCIL has pledged to do its bit to tackle unemployment. Wychavon District Council has agreed to consider long-term unemployed candidates which Jobcentre Plus puts forward as candidates for vacancies as and when they arise. Work experience and work
A CONSORTIUM hoping to gain control of Bromsgrove Rovers are still waiting to hear from the administrator. The Victoria Ground side were formally placed into administrator yesterday at a hearing in the High Court in Birmingham. With debts in the region
BROMSGROVE were involved in a thrilling encounter when they visited Hinckley with the National Three Midlands clash ending in a 27-27 draw. Winger Mark Coulson’s try made it 5-3 at half-time. Tries from James Lloyd Jones and Warren Oliver, both converted
MG Sportswear Bromsgrove And District Football League Bridgewater Cup first round: Austin Sports & Social Reserves 1 Navigation La Coruna 2; second round: Rubery Sunday 4 Ladybird 4 (aet, Rubery Sunday won 8-7 on penalties), Holloway Park 3 Victoria
WESTFIELDS put up a fine second-half display but lost 1-0 at runaway leaders Barwell in the Midland Alliance. The hosts raced into a seventh-minute lead when Adam Cunnington put them ahead after a four-man move. Fields’ midfield was often overrun by
A WORCESTER-born woman was inspired to write her debut novel after the death of a childhood friend. Cally Taylor’s supernatural romantic comedy, Heaven Can Wait, is about a woman who dies the night before her wedding and wants to return to
PEOPLE in Worcestershire are being warned about a telephone scam. Trading Standards say the con involves people ringing up claiming to be from BT or Ofcom and claiming unless a sum of money - usually £6 - is paid within 10 days their lines will be cut
An expert on fungus told visitors to Worcester’s Gheluvelt Park all about mushrooms during a walk-and-talk event at the weekend. Children and adults were entertained by self-confessed fungus anorak Cynan Jones. Mr Jones runs the Mushroom Garden in North
WORCESTER Wanderers’ fine start to the Midlands Two West (South) season continued with a 19-3 victory at Berkswell and Balsall. From the kick-off, Berkswell attacked the loose ball and earned a scrum close to the Wanderers’ line. However, solid defence
Ganesh Vijay, the first elephant calf born at Twycross Zoo by Artificial Insemination (A.I.), will be formally named and blessed for good health during a traditional Hindu ceremony. This will be carried out by a Brahmin (Hindu priest) on 21st October
Twycross Zoo’s ghost train is back by popular demand this October half term (Saturday 24th to Saturday 31st October 2009). Ghosts, gremlins and ghouls will be haunting the train and scaring the passengers as it travels through the middle of the Zoo.
A HOMELESS man who smashed the window of a car with a wooden post and harassed his alcohol support worker has been given a community order to help with his drinking and mental health problems. Christopher Berry was seen by two women pulling
200 YEARS AGO: BETWEEN two and three o’clock on Friday morning, an alarming fire broke out at a house in St John’s, Worcester, inhabited by a person of the name of Howe. An alarm was given by a person passing by, at which time the flames had
THIS WEEK IN 1959: EARLY on Tuesday morning, radar signals transmitted from the Royal Radar Establishment (RRE), Malvern, were successfully received in Texas after reflection from the moon. This is the outcome of a joint experiment between members
A HEALTH worker who refused to pay a parking fine after he moved his car to help an injured solder is delighted that an independent adjudicator has advised that the ticket should be torn up NHS podiatrist Keith Turner refused to pay the £70 fine
A WORCESTERSHIRE man who died in a car crash near Kidderminster has been named as 23-year-old Kelvin Stephens. Mr Stephens, of Wolverley, was killed when the black Honda Coupe he was driving crashed with a silver Vauxhall Zafira on the A442
WORCESTERSHIRE will face a trio of last season’s squad in the new ECB 40 League. The New Road side have been drawn in Group ‘A’ of the 21-team 40-over competition. In their group will be the ECB Recreational XI, which will be a side made up of players
FAMILIES who spent yesterday at Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle, near Stourport, enjoyed falconry displays, ferret racing and cider making. The events were part of the museum's country festival.
MEMBERS of Worcester Greenpeace spent their weekend picking litter. The litter-pick was at the Offerton Lane Nature Reserve, near Sixways stadium, and was part of Duckworth Worcestershire Trust’s Rubbish? Sort It! campaign. Volunteers with bin bags spent
CARTER Olive My wife, my life. What more do I say, except every day that goes by, brings me closer to you, then we will be Olive and George once again. Your loving husband George. xxx Published in paper 19/10/2009 in Worcester News
PHILPOTT Gloria Jane Passed peacefully away in hospital on October 10th, 2009, aged 83 years. Much loved mother of Jayne, loving sister of George and Joyce and a dearly loved nan and great nan. Will be very much missed. Funeral service at Worcester Crematorium
MORRIS June Formerly of the Drapers Shop Dines Green. Passed away peacefully after a long illness bravely bourne on October 9th, 2009. Dearest beloved wife of James. She will be sadly missed by all her Family and many Friends. Funeral service at St Mary's
WHITE Gertrude Gertie Former Caretaker at Dines Green and Christopher Whitehead Schools. Passed away peacefully at Cranham Care Home on October 9th, 2009 aged 80 years. Beloved wife of the late Joe, dear mum to Chris and Andy also a dear grandmother.
WHITTALL Poppy Congratulations Jane and Jason on the birth of Poppy, a sweet little sister for Maisie and another lovely cousin for us! Lots of love from Louis, George and Eddie. xxx Published in paper 19/10/2009 in Worcester News
CLOUDS form by condensation or freezing of water vapour, and the way they form very much depend upon the climatic condition that prevails at any one time. Anticyclones produce small delicate cloud formation and they rarely give any precipitation
IN Illinois that year, the six surviving veterans of the American Civil War gathered for their final reunion, while in New York RCA introduced the 45 rpm record. In Evesham, England, Gerry Barnett arrived on his bike for his first day as a junior
●THIS newspaper recently carried a story about a Barbourne man by the name of Mark Harborne who has been given the council’s go-ahead to develop a marina complex on the Severn. I know this area quite well. In fact, I heard a rumour last year
I INTEND to labour the riverside issue because it is my view that there are many people in Worcester who know exactly what I’m talking about. For example, last month’s Chalk for Peace weekend held on the area near to the fountains was disrupted
THE first regular farmers’ market held in Worcester city centre has been hailed a success. There was an array of fresh, locally grown produce on sale in Angel Place yesterday, with more than 25 stallholders selling home-grown goods from ciders and quince
THE two men killed in a head-on car crash in Herefordshire have been named. Eighteen-year-old Lewis Mather, of Adforton, and 46-year-old Christian Baker, of Bucknell, died when the cars they were driving collided on the A4110 Wigmore to Adforton road
A LEADING politician called at my house one day during the latter stages of the summer and told my wife he’d like a word with me. As it happened, I was out hacking away at the coalface in Hylton Road, so this momentous ideological exchange
AS the evenings start to get darker and the weather begins to cool, nothing heralds the beginning of autumn quite like the taste of partridge. This delicious – and often underrated – bird is at its best served up on a chilly autumnal evening,
THE countryside to the east of Worcester may be gentle and unspectacular but it provides endless opportunities for enjoyable walks. Though close to the city, it is peaceful and mostly unspoilt. There is a mixture of pastoral and arable land use
Plant new climbers, shrubs and trees while the soil is still warm. Take cuttings or save tender plants when you clear out summer containers if you have space to overwinter them. Check the greenhouse heating and insulate to save heat. Make sure
A PUMPKIN is not just for Halloween – they can make great soups and pies, and are really not difficult to grow. These huge orange vegetables need a long, hot growing season to fully ripen and are best planted in fertile, moist soil in the sun.
WHILE natural gardens and meadow plantings may have increased in popularity in the last few years, formal gardens still have a place in our fast-paced, chaotic world. The desire to shape and square, to manipulate plants and space to attain order
YOUNG riders from across Worcestershire are set to benefit from the World’s Biggest Riding Lesson. The ‘lesson’ was held at Hunts Farm, Crowle, near Droitwich, and raised funds for the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA). The event was
IT doesn’t seem that long ago that a field was a field was a field. It was there to be grazed, ploughed, seeded and cropped or put to some other use and no one turned a hair. But things have changed. Now there is much concern in certain quarters
A PARK bench has been dedicated to the memory of a fallen Worcester soldier. Private Jason Williams died in an explosion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while trying to retrieve the body of an Afghan comrade in August. A bench in memory
JASON Williams may only have been on this earth for 23 short years but his name will never be forgotten in Worcester. Private Williams died in August while serving with the 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) in Afghanistan
YOUR Worcester News is looking at the possibility of introducing daily ballots to the front page of the website. This is a quick test to gauge the popularity of the feature - and to see if it actually works! Please take a second to vote
PROFESSIONAL wrestlers from all over the world came to Worcester to entertain children and adults. Dozens of youngsters accompanied by their mums, dads, grandparents and older siblings went to the Sixways Smackdown on Saturday. The family-friendly
A LEADING councillor and former Worcester mayor is considering reporting the city’s MP following an investigation. We reported in Wednesday’s Worcester News how Coun David Clark was found to have abused his position, albeit only on a technicality
SIR – With the county council trying to save £55 million. Here’s a few suggestions. Amalgamate all the councils and stop duplicating services. Reduce the over-inflated salaries of the people at the top of the tree because they take out far more
REMEMBERING: Philip Saunders sent in this poignant photo of michaelmas daisies growing next to the grave of a soldier of the Worcestershire Regiment in Orvillers cemetery on the battlefield of the Somme.
SIR – I agree with Conservative leader David Cameron that those who can work, should work – but are there enough jobs available? GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.
SIR – Having recently been in Worcestershire Royal Hospital for a much-needed operation, I would like to say a big thank you to all the doctors, nurses and healthcare workers on Lavender gynaecology unit. I found everyone so friendly and helpful and nothing
SIR – After spending two periods as an inpatient at Worcestershire Royal Hospital it would be remiss of me not to congratulate the much-maligned NHS staff. My treatment by all staff on Severn Unit was up to BUPA standard. Top class care, clean wards
SIR – Regarding “We are forsaking democracy in EU” (October 8) well said Gary! The fact that loony Labour has blatantly ignored a promise they made to the electorate at large, defines the honour and integrity of those we elect to govern us. Indeed
SIR – I note with interest that the county council has decided to hold a “public” meeting to discuss their proposed cuts of £45 million. Strange though, that they have chosen to hold the meeting at 10am on a Wednesday morning when most taxpaying voters
WORCESTERSHIRE director of cricket Steve Rhodes says he would rather give his young guns a run in the side next season than sign mediocrity. The New Road chief is trying to fill the gaps left by the departures of opener Stephen Moore, wicketkeeper Steve
A WOMAN suffering from inoperable brain cancer may soon be homeless if council staff cannot find her a suitable home. Janet George has until the end of this month to leave her rented Lower Wick home after her private landlord decided to sell the property
TONIGHT Midland Floodlit Youth League Premier Division South: Bromsgrove Rovers v Redditch United. Herefordshire FA Youth Giantkillers Cup: Hereford United v Pegasus Juniors; Wellington v Ledbury Swifts. TOMORROW FA Trophy first qualifying round
