WANT to know the recipe for a long and happy married life? Then KEEEEP Dancin’, as they say on the TV show Strictly. At least that’s according to couple Dennis and Beryl Flynn, who have waltzed, tangoed and quickstepped their way across the UK from
NATURE lovers who feel they have been barking up the wrong tree in previous relationships can try Logging for Love as Valentine’s Day approaches. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is hoping visitors will find love at its annual Valentine’s Volunteers
A GROUP of intrepid adventurers handed over a cheque for £2,000 to Help for Heroes at a special event at the end of an extreme off-road expedition. The Napier Trail Expedition, organised by Malvern-based Trailquest, was a 1,600km motorcycle ride in
There are some really good snow pictures on our Facebook page. Have a look here
A STREET drinker punched a man in the face for calling him a tramp and because he believed that he had been burgling old ladies. Patrick Niblett was seen by security staff in Angel Street, Worcester, punching Marco Velasco three times in the face. Niblett
A SPECIAL and unusual programme of choral music comes to Malvern Theatres next weekend. The Warwick-based Armonico Consort present Super Size Polyphony with director Christopher Monks on Friday, February 10 at 7.30pm. The centre-piece of the concert
RACING fans wanting to avoid the crowds and the cold at the Cheltenham Gold Cup are being given an alternative option by a Worcester charity. St Richard’s Hospice is holding a fund-raiser at Worcester Racecourse on Gold Cup day, where guests can enjoy
TIME is running out for businesses to get involved in our Worcester News Loyalty Card scheme. The scheme, which gives our readers discount at local shops, businesses and attractions, is about to be relaunched for 2012. It has already enjoyed a hugely
FLY-half and former England Sevens international Danny Gray has today signed a new contract at Worcester Warriors as the club continue to build a squad for the coming seasons. Gray joined Warriors last summer on a one-year deal from French
BARGAIN hunters have seemingly been out in force in Worcester, resulting in some traders reporting a positive start to 2012. So good, in fact, that some closure-threatened stores look like they might pull through after all. Shoppers visited the Faithful
ELDERLY people in the Malvern area could soon enjoy the comfort of warmer homes thanks to the launch of a new £70,000 insulation scheme. Malvern Hills District Cou-ncil (MHDC) is working in partnership with Warmer Worcestershire and Act on Energy to
A MALVERN dental practice has won a major award for going the extra mile to help the community. Beacon DentalCare of Pickersleigh Road was named winner of the ‘provision of extreme patient services’ category in the national competition organised by
BLUE plaques commemorating some of Worcester’s best and lesserknown figures are being installed at key locations around the city. The plaques will acknowledge the achievements of landscape artist Benjamin Williams Leader and engineer John James
THE wintry weather that struck on Saturday will be hanging around Worcestershire all week, say weather experts. There should be no repeat of the half-an-inch of snow which fell on Saturday evening across lower parts of the county, but temperatures
SIR – I agree with Chris Groves (Worcester News, January 26) – £10 for a ticket to the newly opened Regal Cinema in Evesham does seem a lot. In the 1940s I paid one shilling (5p in new money). Happy days. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
YOUR Worcester News has teamed up with official Aviva Premiership partner MBNA to offer Warriors supporters the chance to win one of four pairs of tickets to watch their team in action against Saracens at Sixways on Friday, February 24. MBNA is a major
SIR – The front page ‘Parking chaos’ in the Worcester News (January 26) gives residents in Canterbury Road, Worcester, cause for thought. Kim Weston is understandably organising a petition asking people to sign if they are unhappy with the car
THE PANTO spirit is still alive and well as the Claines Amateur Theatre Society prepare for their forthcoming production. CATS’s latest offering see’s another departure from the more traditional pantomime with Panto in the Jungle, directed
SIR – In MP Harriett Baldwin’s monthly column in the Worcester News (December 22), she said that everyone between 60 and 80 or on income-based Jobseeker’s allowance, living alone, received £200 cold weather payment and couples got £300. She
SIR – Thank you Worcester News for your continued support of the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign (Worcester News, February 1). As a pensioner there is only so much I can do. However, to coin a phrase ‘every little helps’, so I have an arrangement
SIR – What an eyesore the Hive is. It’s a blot on the landscape. Worcester has many old buildings and this hideous building does not fit in. If I submitted plans to have a gold roof on my house do you think I would be successful? We all know
SIR – Re Mr [Tony] Pingree’s letter ‘Where are the figures for cycling deaths?’ (Worcester News, January 31). It doesn’t surprise me that he cannot find any statistics regarding cyclists causing death and injury to pedestrians because in all my
SIR – Like everyone, I welcome Stephen Hester’s decision to turn down the near £1 million bonus he was offered. But let’s be clear – it was Labour’s decision to force a Commons vote on this issue that made him change his mind. Not David Cameron
SPENDING on high cost agency nurses and doctors to staff Worcestershire hospitals is rising despite mounting pressure on NHS finances. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust spent £1.26 million on temporary staff to fill shifts in county
YOUTH footballers playing a memorial match to remember their talented young teammate were watched by more than 400 people. The large crowd turned out to watch Drakes Broughton Rangers Football Club Under- 16s playing without the young man they
MY three-year-old has developed a new mode of attack. Negotiation. It means we are living by some rather strange rules. I like to call them the ‘that means’ rules. I’ll give you some examples. We are at the park when I suggest it is time to go
DETECTIVES hunting the killer of a retired teacher have arrested a man. West Mercia Police detained a man – who is not local – on Thursday evening, February 2. He has since been bailed while inquiries continue. Betty Yates, aged 77,
WORCESTER City officials say the club did everything within its power to stop the Gainsborough Trinity match being postponed. Despite having covers in place, last Saturday’s Blue Square Bet North clash at St George’s Lane was called off because of a
TO his friends and neighbours in the little south Worcestershire village of Ashton-under- Hill, which lies tucked beneath the southern slopes of Bredon Hill looking across to the Cotswolds, Lt Col Robertson was a good egg. Even in his later life
THE amazing 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II, which has witnessed a seismic change in British life, is well described in the latest book by historian and biographer Sarah Bradford. The Queen was only 25 when she ascended the throne, yet from the
BEGONE January blues, the outlook for spring denim is looking bright, with traditional indigos, navies and stonewash jean hues making way for pastels, prints and eye-popping colour. The big denim makeover comes at a time when it's revealed 75% of British
A GIRL trapped in a boy’s body says she sometimes feels suicidal but is determined to give hope to others like her. Livvy James, aged 10, of Worcester, has gender dysphoria which means she was born a boy but feels she has always been a girl
THIS scenic walk features the river Teme, but does rather focus the mind on just how very limited is the riverside access legally available to walkers. All the more reason then to take advantage of permissive access to a ‘conservation walk’ by
IF you want a career working with horses make time to visit an event in Worcester on Monday. Pershore College is preparing to take part in National Apprenticeship Week. Last year, the college, which is part of Warwickshire College, trained and
YOUNG riders are invited to a social event this weekend. Croome Pony Club is holding an open afternoon on Sunday for people interested in finding out about membership. The event at the Lenches Club, Church Lench, between 3.30pm and 5.30pm, is
NOT flowers and chocolates again! Surely the way to a greenfingered person’s heart on Valentine’s Day is to make the most of the great outdoors, do some spectacular planting and wallow in luxury at the end of a hard day’s digging. There’s an
A TALENTED dancer from Malvern has been named as a performer at the Olympics opening ceremony. Rhian Barker, who teaches PE, dance and drama at Dyson Perrins CE Academy, auditioned for a role as a volunteer performer in November and December and will
WORCESTER Warriors maintained their unbeaten home record in 2012 with a 24-14 LV= Cup win over Ospreys at Sixways and head coach Richard Hill is keen to take that form into Friday’s massive Aviva Premiership trip to Sale Sharks (7.45pm). After a break
