A PERSHORE sharpshooter has become the country’s top woman clay pigeon shooter at the first attempt. Lucy Righton, aged 26, of Hill, near Pershore, was named top lady on sporting targets at the British Side by Side Championship, seeing off
A new £7,600 artificial wicket has been laid at Droitwich Spa Cricket Club. The Droitwich Spa Area Partnership Fund, Community Leadership for Health Fund and the Chance to Shine Fund all contributed cash for the wicket. It will be used by the
TRIBUTES have been paid to Brian Barry, chairman of the Vale of Evesham Civic Society (VECS). Mr Barry died aged 83 at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on August 24 and is due to be laid to rest tomorrow morning. Before his retirement,
VISITORS to the Elgar Birthplace Museum can now find out more about the composer’s garden. People will be able to speak to the museum’s gardener Becky Sinclair through the introduction of a new notice board advertising the days she is working. The
OWAIS Shah, in his final game for Middlesex, closed in on a farewell century at Lord’s despite bad weather cutting short the second day of the LV= County Championship Division Two match against Worcestershire. Shah was 70 not out when rain ended play
A MAN given a parking ticket for leaving his car in a restricted area tried to escape the fine by driving off before the ticket was placed on the windscreen because he thought it “didn’t count”, a court was told. Jeremy Brown, of Hall Green
A teenage soldier was killed when the vehicle he was travelling in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan, an inquest heard today. Private Rob Laws, of the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, died when the RPG penetrated his Spartan
AMBULANCE staff from the region are to travel to India to bring help to the world’s poorest city. Four members of staff from West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust will use their expertiseto treat the poor in Calcutta. They will help the Calcutta
SATURDAY WORCESTER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE GDL Athletic v YM Rangers (M Bullock); Hallow v West Malvern ( Hibbert); Newtown Sports v VBL Sports (J Marshall); Perrywood AFC v Northway (J Watson); Powick FC v Worcester Raiders (L Croy); Worcester Anchors
WORCESTERSHIRE events and communications company the drpgroup has once again expanded its team as the agency continues to grow. The Hartlebury-based group has set a series of ambitious targets as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations and
SATURDAY WORCESTERSHIRE LEAGUE FIRST XI Division One: Malvern v Droitwich; Redditch v Colwall; Romsley & Hunnington v Bromyard; Stourbridge v Bewdley; Worcester v Barnards Green; Worcester Nomads v Astwood Bank. Division Two: Hagley v Monmouth; Netherton
A DISABLED widow is celebrating after a potholed pavement that was keeping her imprisoned inside her own home has been repaired. Joyce Miller, aged 74, said she was delighted Worcestershire County Council had finally carried out the work enabling her
WORCESTER residents are bagging the chance to help a national charity by donating their unwanted goods. People are being invited to donate unwanted items to the British Heart Foundation throughout September as part of the BIG Donation. The BIG Donation
A COUNTY councillor has said he is angry that parents are having to pay so much money for their children’s school bus fares. Coun Tom Wells told parish councillors at Powick, near Worcester, that he was “outraged” at the rise in the cost of
DEAD in the water – that is the only way to describe the plan for a new Worcester City FC stadium at Nunnery Way. The proposal has been in existence in various forms since the late Nineties. The most recent incarnation of the scheme, a partnership
REPAIRS to a road damaged after a water main burst could take until the weekend to fix. The A44 Bromyard Road in Worcester could be shut until Sunday after the main ruptured. Water was left bubbling up through a split in the road after
WORCESTER’S famous peregrine falcons have been enjoying sweeping views over the city. As these stunning photographs show, at least one of the magnificent birds is still paying visits to St Andrew’s Spire in Deansway. This female, known
WHEN Helen Robson started suffering from migraines, she never expected they would force her out of a job. The 42-year-old worked as a police civilian for 23 years, but lost her job because she had to take so much time off with severe headaches
ROTHERHAM at Sixways on Saturday will undoubtedly be our toughest test so far this season. They are one of three other teams with a two-from-two record in the Championship. One of us will lose that record this weekend. The Titans have
SIR – Having just spent a few days in Hazel elective orthopaedic ward for a replacement hip operation I can confirm that the service I received from all the staff was superb. The consultants opted to give me a spinal injection rather than a general
SIR – I remember many years ago that the Conservative Prime Minister Ted Heath called an election on the grounds of ‘who is running the country?’ In other words, was it his government or the trade unions? If the same question was asked today
SIR – Having regard to the palatial office block being prepared for Baroness Ashton and her 1,000-plus staff in Brussels, it begs the question, what for? We have a government attempting to fill the hole in our finance by cutting millions of pounds and
SIR – As reported in the Worcester News (August 17) we had a serious motorcycle accident in Droitwich. We would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to the following, who helped both with the immediate consequences and with our ongoing
THE county’s police force has announced a new “operational model” which it says will save money and improve the service it provides. We reported previously in your Worcester News how 98 officers and 189 staff roles are being cut to help West
THE man whose weapons collection was taken away by police after they raided his Worcester home is the chairman of a local gun club. Graham Lane, aged 65, of Kilbury Drive, Worcester, was arrested on Monday and released on police bail yesterday after
ENGLAND fly-half Andy Goode will make his full Worcester Warriors debut against Rotherham at Sixways on Saturday (3pm) as head coach Richard Hill shuffles his half-back options. Former Leicester and Brive stand-off Goode will line up alongside
LITTLE miracles are at the heart of a new fund-raising bash. Parents Kate and Duncan Branchett, of Bath Road, Worcester, are organising the concert on Sunday to raise cash for a new regional neo-natal unit which will care for the most poorly babies.
A SCHOOLGIRL from Worcester who was captured lying on the ground by Google’s Street View cameras has become a global phenomenon. Your Worcester News exclusively published the story which featured images of 10-year-old Azura Beebeejaun, outside
PEOPLE from Herefordshire and Worcestershire are being encouraged to get into the groove with Dancing for the Games. The nationwide dance project inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is being unveiled this Saturday. A total of £2
GARDEN enthusiasts can get a special insight into the restoration of one of Worcestershire’s most beautiful spots. Tickets are still available for the garden restoration talk and tour at Hanbury Hall, Hanbury, near Droitwich, tomorrow between 1.30pm
A WOMAN has been fined and ordered to pay compensation after her dog bit her next door neighbour’s ankle. Hayley Mountford, of Hemmingway, Evesham, pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates Court to being in charge of a dog which was dangerously out of
