MORE than 2,000 people packed into the Severn Hall at Malvern’s Three Counties Showground for a successful antiques fair on Sunday. The event was organised by B2B events and director Helen Martin, who said about 1,900 buyers and almost 200 exhibitors
AN extra £235,000 will help more elderly people in Worcestershire stay in their homes. That means the county has now received £2 million under the Government’s Disabled Facilities Grants which enable councils to fund adaptations to peoples’ homes which
THIEVES broke into a village post office and emptied a safe containing British cash and foreign currency. The raiders broke into a house on Kemerton Road, Kemerton, near Tewkesbury, at around 4.45am on Saturday morning to break into the post
A MAN who was nearly three times the drink drive limit decided to get behind the wheel because he was afraid he was being followed by a gang after a night out. Steven Cartwright of Grasshopper Avenue, St Peter’s, Worcester, admitted driving
KING’S School Worcester survived a dramatic finale to their Daily Mail Cup quarter-final at Cheshire’s Wilmslow High School to secure a place in the last four of the prestigious national competition. Leading 15-13 going into the final play of the game
THIS poor fallow deer was left fighting for its life after becoming entangled in electric fence tape. Fortunately, RSPCA animal welfare officer Steve Davies and Bob Lawrence, director of wildlife at West Midland Safari Park, rescued the animal after
A SCHIZOPHRENIC stalker left pornographic magazines and a sex toy outside a woman’s home and told her “I love you”. Jonathan Cartwright, aged 45, of Randwick Drive, Warndon, Worcester, admitted a course of conduct which amounted to harassment
When the world was waiting for you by Gillian Shields is one of those rare treats that every parent and child should wait no longer to read. It’s beauty lies in its simplicity and brevity. In the two minutes or so that it takes to read, parents
IT was fitting that Paul Carrack walked on stage moments after the late great Sam Cooke’s voice had faded away over the sound system. For one day, this richly talented tunesmith will be mentioned in the same breath whenever the conversation turns to
A DRIVER caught up in a terrifying car crash on a Worcestershire bypass says the road needs a safety overhaul. Tracey Davies’ van was left “with nowhere to go” after the car in front clipped a parked truck and lost control as she drove to work on the
PERSHORE Town Ladies continued their dramatic improvement by going close to winning at leaders Pegasus Reserves. They drew 1-1 in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire League match in Hereford after a storming display. The Pershore defence and midfield
THE Queen giveth and she taketh away. That’s the message for Fred Goodwin who can no longer call himself Sir Fred. He was stripped of his knighthood after it was decided that the disgraced former chief executive of RBS no longer deserved his title
SIR – Why on earth does Lisa Woodman want to appear at Worcester nightspots in her skimpy outfits when she can look so fabulous in the makeover provided by the Daily Mirror (Worcester News, January 27). If I was much younger, I would look forward
SIR – Much has been assumed of men, and their roles in the family, and perhaps these myths are readily believed because they provide a rationale for some of the anti-male bias found in institutions such as government or the courts, which like
SIR – I see they are going to kill the badgers by shooting them (Worcester News, January 20). We all know that TB has been here for a long time and the farmers do need to know their cattle are safe from this bovine TB . I don’t agree with the
SIR – The Government’s campaign to justify benefitcapping, now supported by the Labour opposition, is dishonest and designed to divert attention from the excesses of the rich. The assertion that no one should receive more than £26,000 per year
SIR – This Government deserves the name of the Nasty Party. They know the energy companies are ripping people off and train fares are the highest in Europe. Here in Worcester we’ve hardly got a bus service. The fares are so high. People can’
SIR – Through sheer repetition, the Con-Dem Government has convinced a lot of people that the deficit was caused by excessive state spending. It has cut thousands of jobs, which has predictably worsened the recession. Instead of cuts, we need
SIR – I welcome Worcester City Council’s decision to help host a party to mark the arrival of the Olympic torch to the city (Worcester News, January 19). While I appreciate the reservations of some, it’s not always the cost that is important
A POPULAR young musician who died when her car hit a tree may have swerved to avoid something in the road. Justine Miskimmin, of Wyld’s Lane, Worcester, died from shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries after her blue Peugeot hit a tree on the
ROBBERS punched a cyclist in his head and stomach and put him in a headlock before stealing his bike and mobile phone. The victim was cycling up Rainbow Hill, Worcester, at about 8.45pm on Saturday (28) when two men stopped him near the top
A HOUSEBOUND ME sufferer is so concerned about planned cuts to the disability living allowance that he pushed his endurance to the limit by travelling to London to join a mass protest. Steven Sumpter, aged 33, from Evesham, was one of hundreds of wheelchair
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to deal with two serious crashes in the Vale of Evesham in just 12 hours. A woman had to be cut free from her car after a crash in the town this morning. Emergency services were called to Broadway Road just after 8.30am
FEATHERS could fly as a new female peregrine has been spotted on Bobbin’s patch. The juvenile was first spotted on Worcester Cathedral on Saturday, January 21, and was then photographed perched on top of St Andrew’s Spire on Monday.
MATT Kvesic starts at blindside for England under 20s in their Six Nations pipe-opener against Scotland in Firhill tomorrow (7.30pm). The exciting Worcester Warriors back-rower is one of seven players from last season’s under 20s named in head
A Worcester school which was put into special measures six months ago is still failing its pupils. But the acting head says she is confident the school can be turned round if it is given time. Inspectors returned to Warndon Primary School
PARENTS have been urged to stop panicking after false rumours circulated of attempts to snatch children from the streets of Worcester. West Mercia Police say none of the rumours are true and they have scared children unnecessarily. The
I THINK everyone at Worcester City will be glad to see the back of January. We played six games last month and only picked up two points, against Histon on Monday and at Workington last Saturday. It’s no good trying to hide from it, January has been
A WOMAN has been airlifted to a specialist hospital after being rescued from a house blaze in Worcester. The woman and two men were first taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital following the fire at the house in Christchurch Road, off Tolladine
RICHARD Hill wants to see more from his out-of-contract first team regulars before splashing the cash on new deals. While some players will inevitably opt to leave Sixways - including the likes of Miles Benjamin, who is now being reported as having
IT may not be Wimbledon Common but children from a school near Malvern have been doing their bit for the environment by Wombling free on the Malvern Hills. Pupils from the Downs Malvern in Colwall, took part in headmaster, Alastair Cook’s Aventure and
A Worcestershire man told a court how his bid to stop a man he thought was a burglar ended with him being knocked to the floor and breaking his nose. Neil Warne was walking home with his girlfriend after a meal out at about 9.30pm on March 25 last year
WORCESTER pensioner Alice Potter was all smiles as she celebrated reaching the grand old age of 106 surrounded by her nearest and dearest. Mrs Potter was born in Westminster in 1906 and trained as a school teacher shortly after the First World War.
WORCESTER pensioner Alice Potter was all smiles as she celebrated reaching the grand old age of 106 surrounded by her nearest and dearest. Mrs Potter was born in Westminster in 1906 and trained as a school teacher shortly after the First World War.
