A BEER has been brewed in honour of a Worcester real ale campaigner who died suddenly on holiday. Len Irving, aged 64, who was a key member of the the city’s Camra Beer Festival’s organising committee, suffered a heart attack while on holiday in Cornwall
ALE fans will once again be pouring through the gates for Worcester’s beer, cider and perry festival. The annual knees-up – which has grown every year with the exception of 2007, the year of the floods – will see the beer tent pitched on Pitchcroft
A WORCESTER man with a record of persistent anti-social behaviour has been banned from his own neighbourhood. Daniel Paintin, of Cranham Drive, Warndon, is already subjected to a criminal anti-social behaviour order (Crasbo) but has been given a further
THE 58th Kay’s Theatre Group panto is all set to be egg-ceptional. Despite panto season being months away, the cast of Humpty Dumpty has already been chosen and the first read through is scheduled for next week. The lead role has been won by Dean Bayliss
A Worcestershire estate agent confessed that he was “excited” when he downloaded more than 800 indecent pictures of children from the internet. Martin Collins told a probation officer: “It was like watching a car crash. You know it's wrong
VIKRAM Solanki says teenage academy product Nick Harrison showed a lot of bottle on his Worcestershire debut. The 19-year-old made his first-team bow for the County in the 23-run Duckworth/Lewis Clydesdale Bank 40 win at Derby. Although
A MAN and a woman have been killed after a serious crash on a rural road. The accident involving a car and a van happened on the B4362 Shobdon to Presteigne road near Byton in Herefordshire at about 7.15pm, yesterday. A woman thought to
A MAN was saved by passers-by and the emergency services after he was spotted in the river Severn in Worcester. The middle-aged man was seen fully clothed in the water near the city’s Worcester bridge at about 11.30am yesterday. It is
WORCESTER City captain Ryan Clarke hopes the St George’s Lane outfit can cause a few upsets this season. Going into today’s final friendly with Tamworth (3pm), Carl Heeley’s men are unbeaten in pre-season. With the Blue Square Bet North campaign kicking
BOTH Marcel Garvey and Alex Grove insist nobody is guaranteed a starting spot in Richard Hill’s new-look Worcester Warriors outfit. Red-hot wing Garvey raced over for 22 tries in 31 games last season, while academy-produced centre Grove is a Scottish
THREE illegal workers have been arrested in a series of raids by the UK Border Agency on Worcester restaurants and takeaways. It brings the total to 15 arrests in recent weeks at Indian and Chinese restaurants in the city. Two illegal workers were found
Izzy Crossland was one of the visitors to Hanbury Hall, near Droitwich, who was able meet birds of prey. The birds, owned by Trevor Hill, were on display as part of the National Trust’s Beautiful Birds family activity day at the house. Families were encouraged
A WARRIORS-MAD couple will hit TV screens when Worcester’s Aviva Premiership campaign gets under way. Darren and Tracy Birch, chairman and treasurer respectively of the Worcester Warriors Supporters’ Club, spent the day at Sixways being filmed for a
TAXPAYERS can now find out exactly how much of the county is owned and leased by the public sector. Worcestershire people can visit a new website which will tell them, for example, how many farm small-holdings the county council leases, or how many buildings
THE Worcester Festival is not easy to define. It’s not a festival of theatre, or art, or music. Or beer, or cider, or ale. Nor is it a festival of flowers, history or sport. But, at the same time, it is about all of those things. It is, in fact, “a
