WITH 2012 being a significant year of celebration for both the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Malvern Hills District Council has decided to restore the tradition of flying its own flag from the Council House in Priory Park. It
WORCESTERSHIRE hospital bosses are still wrestling with historic debts of £18 million which could scupper their chances of winning greater control over NHS purse-strings. The debts were incurred when Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was first
A DAVID Watts three-point shot in the closing seconds earned Worcester Wolves victory over injury-hit Glasgow Rocks. With all the top four teams winning, Worcester remain second in the British Basketball League with an 18-5 record and on a six-game winning
MEMBERS of Parliament in Worcestershire and Herefordshire have been left out of the latest BT phone book. Instead of listing the current holders of four local seats, the book gives the names and numbers of the MPs who held them before the 2010 election
THERE are 10 games left for Worcester City to make this one of the best seasons in their history. Having put together their second six-game unbeaten run in the league this term, following Saturday’s 3-2 victory at Corby, it has already been a fine campaign
IT was an action-packed night for Worcester’s MP as he was given an insight into life as a city firefighter. Robin Walker joined crews from Green Watch at Worcester fise station o experience a 15-hour shift on call. Mr Walker attended fires in Pershore
MOTHERS of disabled boys who felt “isolated and unaccepted” at Wyre Forest parks have launched a charity to build the district’s first specialist play area. Kaye Hibbert, aged 45, and Jodie Murrell, 32, have secured a plot of land from the
WORCESTER MP Robin Walker has welcomed the recent passing of the Welfare Reform Bill, ensuring that no family can get more in benefits than the average working family earns. Under the reforms, a household’s benefit payments will be capped at £26,000 per
THE father of a brave young woman who was sexually assaulted by a disgraced former council leader says the council failed her. The woman, just 19 years old at the time, was deeply traumatised after she was sexually assaulted by pervert Dr George Lord
RESIDENTS have been reassured that large cracks in Upton-upon-Severn Bridge’s new road surface are not down to a botched job. They appeared this week following a run of overnight closures as contractors continued with waterproofing and resurfacing work
KEEN walkers with a sense of adventure are being urged to trek the Great Wall of China for charity. The fund-raising trip for St Richard’s Hospice in Worcester involves seven days trekking the historic 6,000km route, as well as a day in Beijing
A MURDERER currently jailed at Long Lartin, near Evesham, is suing prison chiefs for £50,000 after claiming to have received abusive cards from his victim’s son. Karl Henderson, aged 40, was given 30 years behind bars for shooting Mark Sayer on his doorstep
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered a broken neck and a pregnant women has been hospitalised following a crash. Crews from the West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Hereford Road, Ledbury shortly after 1.30pm yesterday. Two ambulance crews, a paramedic
A 58-year-old man who stole hundreds of pounds of clothes and gift cards from Worcester shops “should know better at his age”, a court was told. Robert Spencer stole clothes worth £168 from Next in Cathedral Plaza, gift cards worth £29.14 from
CHILDREN, staff and parents gathered together in tranquil surroundings to celebrate the opening of Martley CE Primary School’s new peace garden. They were joined by special guests Phil Mitchell, the inspector who carried out a successful SIAS (statutory
A former cook at Malvern Town Football Club has been warned he faces a long jail sentence after being convicted of starting a “grudge” blaze at a neighbour’s home. Thomas Corns started three fires at the property in Elgar Avenue, Malvern, where 18-year-old
