UPTON-upon-Severn will be celebrating the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton in style. Members of the town’s tourism and trade association are planning to organise a town party to mark the big day, on Friday, April 29. The day has
CHILDREN at the Grove Primary School in Malvern have taken part in a national record attempt. The sing-and-sign event was organised by the charity I Can, which helps children with hearing problems. The aim was to get as many children as possible from
COLWALL Parish Council has written to Prince Charles to ask if his Duchy Originals company would be interested in taking over Malvern Water. The bottling plant in the village stopped production suddenly in November 2010, with owners Coca-Cola saying
THE relaying of a Worcester footpath has been labelled a “colosall” waste of money by a resident. Workmen arrived in Kenwood Avenue, off Tolladine Road, earlier this week and began digging up and replacing one of the footpaths. But local
PEOPLE who work in Worcester city centre will be given discounts if they spend their money in local shops. A new scheme offers 16,000 permanent employees in the city centre a range of discounts from more than 60 participating businesses. The Employalty
TWO fire engines were called to a small fire in a microwave in Malvern. Hereford Fire and Rescue received reports of the fire at Optinet Ltd, Church Street, at 9.39am this morning. Two appliances were sent and firefighters had to use two sets of breathing
A RELIEVED takeaway boss cut off by bungling telecoms engineers say it is good to talk after the mistake was solved. Sau Chiu, the owner of the Wing Sing Chinese takeaway in Rainbow Hill, Worcester, was tearing his hair out when Sky engineers mistakenly
90+2 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Danny Glover for taking his shirt off. 90+1 mins: GOAL. City: Clarke heads the ball back following Ward's corner, Glover shoots and McGregor turns it home. 90 mins: Richman's corner evades everybody in the box.
A UNIVERSITY of Worcester student is aiming for gold at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Leanna Horne competes in shot put and holds the England under 23s record with a distance of 2.68 metres. The 22-year-old is now beginning a rigorous training
A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER is dancing her way into married life today – two days before her 90th birthday. Gladys Lewis and 85-year-old Jim Portman, who met five years ago, are due to marry at St Mary de Wyche Church in Wychbold, at 3pm. The happy couple will
WORCESTER paid the price for facing Bromsgrove a man short in Worcestershire Cricket Board Indoor League Division One. They collapsed to 34 all out chasing the town team’s 132-4 and lost by 98 runs. Bromsgrove fell to 52-4, which included 23 extras,
FULL-TIME: Warriors claim the full five points, but it was London Welsh who dominated the second-half, claiming a deserving try bonus in the process. The visitors won the second-half 22-7 as Warriors leaked four tries. Miles Benjamin's score
ST George’s suffered their first Worcester Table Tennis League Division One defeat of the season after 14 matches. The leaders fell 6-4 to Hartlebury Wanderers with Chris Webb and Will Pritchard leading them home, despite the efforts of Michael Siket
GAVIN Hurren says he feels privileged to be playing for Worcester City. Just two weeks ago, the 25-year-old was turning out for rivals Redditch United in a 1-1 draw at Nuneaton Town. Yet, within days, the cash-strapped Reds, cut their budget to zero
BUSINESSES in Worcester are counting the cost after a major power failure meant many opened late yesterday. The blackout happenened at 2.38am in Worcester – affecting at least 1,300 customers in the city – followed just minutes later by 4,896 customers
A GROUP of runners will be tackling the London Marathon in April for St Richard’s Hospice. For some of the group, all from Worcestershire, the marathon will be their first, while others are more seasoned runners. All have been affected by cancer in
THE much-improved Worcester Warriors press-defence implemented by head coach Richard Hill still needs some fine-tuning, according to the Sixways chief. Having taken over from Mike Ruddock at the start of this season, one of Hill’s first changes
WORCESTER Wolves head into this weekend’s British Basketball League double-header knowing they cannot afford any slip-ups if they are to stay in the hunt for the play-offs. Sitting just one place outside the top eight, the Uni-veristy of Worcester-based
HEREFORD United manager Jamie Pitman is looking forward to renewing old rivalries with Cheltenham Town. The sides meet in a League Two clash at Whaddon Road today (3pm) — both bidding to return to winning ways after recent defeats. It was honours even
IF Worcester Wolves are to make the British League play-offs, we have to win nine of our last 13 matches — but even that might not be good enough. However, the good thing for us is that eight of the matches are on our own court at the University of Worcester
OFFICE staff will be wearing their dancing shoes for charity. Staff at SMH Fleet Solutions are raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support by taking part in a Zumbathon on Wednesday, February 16, at The Vale Golf and Country Club. The company, whose
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers assistant manager Gary Whild is hoping the club will now take leading scorer Chris McPhee off the transfer list. The versatile player was put up for grabs as the cash-strapped Aggborough outfit looked to secure their future. Following
A WOMAN who stole her father’s mountain bike from a locked garden shed thought she had permission to take it, a court was told. Amy Daniel, aged 29, pleaded guilty to stealing the bike, worth £150, on June 9 last year and stealing £25.21 of items, from
A MAN uploaded several indecent pictures of children to complete his online slideshow, a court was told. Edward Shirley had chosen some photographs to put to a piece of music, which he intended to upload to YouTube. But discovering he was short of pictures
MEN who can’t decide between flowers and chocolates as a gift this Valentine’s Day should look no further than this tasty treat – an edible bouquet of flowers. Julie Bennett, of Floral Events in Malvern, uses sprouts, baby cabbages, apples and pears
