UP-and-coming artists will be showing off their work this week. Creative digital media and fine art students from the University of Worcester will display their final year work during a three -day exhibition. The exhibition – The Twenty Ten Arts and
ALEXEI Kervezee put the agony of missing out on his maiden LV= County Championship century behind him as he racked up a career-best 130 for Worcestershire before the New Road side made huge inroads into the Derbyshire batting. Having been
ADAM Hart won his first club trophy in Worcester St John’s Cycling Club's opener this season. Hart clocked 51 minutes 18 seconds in the Heron Shield 19.5-miler from the Carrington Bridge, Worcester, to a roundabout just outside Tewkesbury and back.
WORCESTER City will not put any pressure on Kevin O’Connor for a decision about his future. The 24-year-old AFC Telford United central midfielder has been offered a deal by the St George’s Lane club for next season. However, he is waiting for clarification
HEREFORDSHIRE lost their third group match in the Minor Counties Knock-out Trophy to Oxfordshire by just nine runs on the Duckworth-Lweis system. Arriving at the beautiful Radley College ground in light drizzle, Herefordshire could have been forgiven
A FINAL call has been made for runners to join hundreds of supporters in Acorns Children’s Hospice’s premier event, the triple run in Malvern. People have until Friday to sign up for the fund-raising run. They will join Acorns’ families, running veterans
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council has elected a female chairman for the first time in 25 years. Worcester councillor Mary Drinkwater, who represents the St Stephen ward, was elected at Worcestershire County Council’s annual meeting last week and will serve
A TALENTED Worcester schoolgirl will represent England in an international dressage competition in Ireland. St Mary’s School pupil Rebekah Wintle, 15, is also a member of the school’s thriving equestrian team. The girls have enjoyed success in dressage
A MAN has been told he needs to think about how his victim feels after he sexually assaulted her on a train. Roger Hobbs, aged 63, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl on a train between Worces-ter and Droitwich when he appeared at
PEOPLE can get an early glimpse of the war memorial being built in a Worcester park. Work on the sculpture, which will soon be a focal point of Gheluvelt Park, Barbourne, has started. The £33,000 memorial – which proved controversial when initial designs
A GROUP of children in Worcester have been delighted to welcome 10 new arrivals to their club. The children of the Brighter Futures before and after school club set up a bird box in February in the playground of Cherry Orchard Primary School, Timberdine
Customers and staff at a garden centre are being urged to donate items for Acorns children’s hospice in Bath Road, Worcester. Webbs garden centre, Wychbold, near Droitwich, is holding a Donate, Don’t Dump Day at the garden centre between 10am
THE A443 Worcester road has been reopened after it was closed because of a fire caused by fallen power cables. Firefighters were called to tackle around 100 metres of smouldering conifers at Witley Park House. Engineers were also called
A MAN threatened to commit suicide in front of his ex-girlfriend after they split up by taking an overdose or stabbing himself. Daniel Brooks then bit Leanne Phillips on the cheek during a struggle at her parents’ home. He left the house when her brother
ENGLAND women’s international Sarah Hunter launches West Mercia Police’s tag rugby tournament for primary schools at Hindlip tomorrow. Eighteen teams will compete after making it through qualifying events in Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire
STAFF at a cake manufacturing company have signed a petition against a deal between company bosses and a union. Some staff are angry after company bosses at Elis-abeth the Chef, which owns Broadheath Chilled Foods in Martley Road, Lower Broadheath, near
FIREFIGHTERS are tackling a fire thought to have started after power cables fell onto a row of conifers. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue service received a call to reports that 100m of smouldering conifers at Great Witley at 12.44pm
THIEVES have made off with what they hope will be the goose that helped make the golden eggs after stealing a special guinea-fowl from a property in Defford, near Worcester. Chicken rearers Lyn and Tom Newman made national headlines last week
A DRIVER who crashed into three parked cars while holding onto a plate of chilli and chips has been given a suspended prison sentence. Worcester Magistrates Court was told Kevin Cottrell fled the scene after crashing a van belonging to his employer,
A PUBLICLY-OWNED former respite home is being auctioned off despite an offer which could have helped reduce the city’s large housing list. Worcestershire County Council is selling numbers 6 to 8 Howard Road in Dines Green at public auction today with
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have completed the signing of Keith Briggs from Stalybridge Celtic. The 28-year-old midfielder has agreed a two-year deal at Aggborough and becomes managers Steve Burr's third acquisition of the close season. Burr and Briggs worked
THE story of Horace Coward, featured on our education page today, is truly inspirational. Mr Coward will be like many doting grandparents in all but one respect later this year when he sees his granddaughter Zoe graduate from university. The difference
POLICE chiefs have been accused of putting the public in danger by allowing the recruitment of civilian staff to outstrip that of uniformed officers. Research by the Police Federation found the proportion of police to staff has fallen sharply over the
THOUSANDS of teenagers are being invited to a free road show promoting apprenticeships in Worcestershire on Thursday. The Real Apprentice showcase is being held at Worcester Rugby Club from 3.30-8pm. It is part of a region-wide tour covering Worcestershire
PLANS for a new two-form town primary school have been put forward by the county council. The building will eventually replace Benge-worth First School in Evesham and will be sited next to a new housing estate, set to be decided by planners shortly.
STORY-TIME is being celebrated at a children’s centre in Evesham tomorrow. Worcestershire County Council’s Orchard Vale Children’s Centre and Evesham Library are celebrating National Share a Story month. A story-time session is being held between
VILLAGERS celebrated the opening of a new community pavilion. Budding sports stars now have their own purpose-built facility in Welland, near Malvern. Welland pre-school and Welland Junior Football Club will use the pavilion, which will also
PARKING meters and a greater use of charities could help the county council make £45 million cuts. Worcestershire County Council has identified where it could make “efficiencies and savings” in its £306 million budget over the next three
GARDENING gurus Alan Titchmarsh and Diarmuid Gavin have supported a fund-raising project in a Worcestershire school. Burlish Park School in Stourport-on-Severn enjoyed the sight of nearly 400 daffodils this spring as pupils planted daffodil
PUPILS have met the people behind Droitwich firms to find out how they are coping with the recession. The Worcester College of Technology A-level business studies pupils heard from Mike Davies, of Churchfield’s farms, David Ardron, general manager
CHILDREN have been putting their best foot forward to get to school. As part of national walk to school week, from May 17 to 21, Worcestershire County Council is encouraging parents and pupils to leave the car at home and walk to school. About
THE Worcestershire Teen Book Awards has been hailed a huge success – with about 200 youngsters taking part. Ten schools from the county took part in this year’s scheme, which saw teenagers read a selection of shortlisted books and vote for their
A WORCESTER PC is all set to plummet 10,000 feet – after losing three stone. Wayne Hurley, who is the local policing officer for Warndon, lost the weight in preparation for a charity skydive. PC Hurley and Mark Dodkin, the community support officer for
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THE society had another good attendance at its monthly meeting on May 5 at our regular venue of Plymouth Court, Headless Cross, Redditch. We appear to go from strength to strength. This month’s presentation was given by society member Ron Gallivan
A SECOND high-profile Worcester Liberal Democrat member has defected to the Green Party – angry that his party had abandoned its principles. Eddie Hartley, the former chairman of Worcester Liberal Democrats, made a very public exit at last
THIS month’s meeting took place in St James Chapel due to the village hall being used for the elections. The meeting was opened by Sylvia welcoming us to the resolutions’ meeting. A subcommittee was formed to decide our entry into the Festival
BARGAIN Hunt came to North Claines WI May meeting with a members’ auction. We even had our own Tim Wonnacott in the form of Bob Oakley who also sported a dapper bow tie. Our members had searched high and low – well upstairs and downstairs – and
CLIFTON’S April meeting started well with congratulations all round. As March was the group meeting there were many happy memories. The meeting had been lively, beginning with a tuneful rendition of Jerusalem led by two Clifton songsters. Members
THE Corbett Group of Women’s Institutes held their spring group meeting, which was hosted by Crowle WI, at 7.30pm on Friday April 16. President Janice Birch welcomed nearly 70 members from eight local WIs. Following a short business meeting, Julia
THERE was a good attendance at the meeting on Tuesday evening, April 13, in Wychbold Community Hall for Janet Woodfield’s presentation ‘Now that April’s here’. Janet assembled lovely arrangements with apparent ease, all the time keeping up an
WE were blessed with splendid spring weather for the society’s show on Saturday, April 10, and the Community Hall shone in a golden glow of the daffodils at their best after the long cold winter. It was a pleasure to welcome again our old friend
LEARNING can be done at any age and being old certainly doesn’t have to mean that it’s no longer an option. It just means you may have to go about it in a different way or juggle it with your job, family and life. This week is Adult Learners’
THE golden age of Stourport’s waterways was celebrated during a heritage weekend. The restored historic boat Lady Hatherton 1898, a canal inspection boat, was moored at the Stourport Canal Basins for the heritage weekend where the town’s heritage
Sir – Although I didn’t vote for any of the three main parties, my sense of relief at 9pm on Tuesday when Mr Cameron walked through the door of No10 was almost tangible. A quick e-mail across the nation to friends confirmed I was not alone and I wondered
SIR – The city’s newly elected team of Labour councillors want to thank voters for their support in the recent local elections. It is a great privilege to represent local people and all of us are ready to help everyone who lives or works in
SIR – I would like to thank the electorate of Warndon Parish North for re-electing me for a further term as a city councillor. I am looking forward to continuing to represent the residents at the Guildhall and to ensure the Conservative-led city
SIR – Just as my family and I sat down for our Sunday dinner my husband happened to remark that he was looking forward to his Worcestershire meal. I did not quite understand what he meant initially, but after a few seconds I realised what he was getting
ENGLAND, champions of the world — has a certain ring to it, doesn’t it? Seeing England win the World Twenty20 tournament should give the game here a massive boost. The victory will give the sport a little more publicity and a bit of a lift. Hopefully
DARYL Mitchell was delighted to score his maiden home LV= County Championship century as Worcestershire enjoyed a fine opening day against Derbyshire at New Road. The vice-captain fell two runs short of his 150, but his fourth Championship ton was his
A “PREDATORY” attacker has been convicted of carrying out four sex crimes in Worcester city centre in just over 48 hours. Mohammed Farooq attacked his victims in a city centre alleyway. West Mercia Police yesterday welcomed the guilty verdicts, saying
