A MUSICIAN from Malvern has got through to the next round of a national competition. Singer-songwriter Pete Clough, aged 26, of Malvern Link, beat hundreds of other musicians to make it through to the regional finals of the National Live and Unsigned
GRANTS for community and environmental projects in Worcestershire and Herefordshire – covering everything from solar roof panels to children’s swings and even £8,000 towards a new hockey pitch for Stourport Hockey Club – have been announced by
MORE management positions could be cut at the county council if proposed re-structuring is approved. With further funding reductions required, Worcestershire County Council’s cabinet has agreed to investigate the possibility of reducing
PATIENTS branded nuisance complainers by hospital bosses will be able to appeal against the label from April. As we reported last month, Andrew Brown and Ron Grainger both had grievances about standards of care at Worcestershire Royal Hospital
TWO kind-hearted teenagers from America gave a helping hand at St Richard’s Hospice. Hattie Wanning, aged 16, and her friend Melissa Sheehan, 18, have travelled from Maine to stay with Hattie’s aunt Maggie Duffield in Lower Wick, Worcester, as part of
CITY leaders will be hoping to restart stalled moves to slash the council’s carbon footprint. The carbon emissions from Worcester City Council, produced by everything from its fleet of vehicles to the city crematorium, have reduced by less than one per
ENGLAND welcome back Worcester’s flying winger Kat Merchant to the starting line-up as the reigning Six Nations women’s champions look to secure a record seventh successive crown — and a Grand Slam — against Ireland at Esher on Saturday (2pm). Although
Worcester publicans agree – stout, the rather old fashioned-sounding drink, is enjoying its moment in the limelight. The Government has added cans of stout, such as Guinness, to the basket of goods and services it uses to calculate inflation rates.
MP Harriett Baldwin congratulated the team running an “outstanding” Malvern care home. She toured the Howbury House Resource Centre in Pickersleigh Grove after being told how good it is. Harriett took tea with staff and residents during her visit. Howbury
A MAN who punched and kicked his father in the head following an argument over a tent must complete 60 hours of unpaid work. Matthew Cope, aged 19, of Berkeley Close, Whittington, near Worcester, admitted assaulting Andrew Fisher by beating
SIR – May we thank G B Dipper for his letter (Worcester News, March 5) in which he raised an excellent question. He asked why Education Secretary Michael Gove is about to clamp down on parents who take their children out of school during term
A MAN who touched a shopworker’s breast and leaned in to kiss her “sees everyone who is kind to him as a friend”, a court was told. Martin Wheatcroft, aged 59, of Maple Close, Evesham, had originally denied sexually assaulting the woman but
SIR – In response to Francis Lankester’s letter ‘Same promises were made over Europe’ (Worcester News, March 7). Let me help him in recalling exactly what did happen in 1975. About two years earlier, Edward Heath led the country into the EEC.
A RARE tiny bird roused ‘twitchers’ from their weekend slumbers after it travelled thousands of miles and landed in a Worcester garden. The yellow-browed warbler usually migrates from its home in Siberia, Russia, at the start of the winter,
SIR – In response to the worried resident (Graham Hill) who has been having problems with parking in his street (Worcester News, March 7). We in the Labour party have conducted a city-wide survey of parking with residents in the city, with myself
A MAN threatened his girlfriend’s ex-husband with a Samurai sword after they visited a supermarket together. Ashley Ellison, of Priest Lane, Pershore, held the 12-inch sword at shoulder height and threatened the man outside the address when they returned
SIR – Could the Tories address the issue of introducing new statutes against the disabled through their ‘back to work or onto the scrapheap’ benefits policies? The Tories are now trying to explain their thinking on scrapping support for Remploy
SIR – I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our generous customers who donated to the British Heart Foundation’s door collection during their recent visit to Sainsbury’s Blackpole on February 25. With your generous donations the
SIR – I am writing to express the profound disappointment of Worcester Trades Union Council following the decision by QinetiQ as an employer to derecognise the trade unions (Worcester News, February 25). This is almost invariably a decision made
SIR – Tony Pingree’s letter about Harriett Baldwin’s Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman (Worcester News, March 20) says as much about Tony’s stamina as the MP’s intellectual ability. I admit giving up after her first reply but Tony had the
SIR – John Shearon asks why not make bus lanes into cycle lanes? (Worcester News, March 7). The answer is that cyclists already are using them (along with buses). Because of a poor bus service, a few more people are turning back to cycling but
A WORCESTERSHIRE man has been arrested in connection with the seizure of more than £8 million worth of cocaine by Border Force officers. The class A drug was discovered in a lorry that arrived in Portsmouth roll on roll off ferry port at around
SIR – Dr George Lord is finally exposed as a serial sex abuser (Worcester News, March 9), someone who had no feeling for his victims whatsoever. He put his victims through the ordeal of court appearances which must have felt like being abused
THE future of Worcester parks and playing fields could be secured for generations to come under a jubilee honours scheme. The city’s leading councillors will discuss a plan to help guarantee the future of publicly owned open spaces, including
EVEN though the band held one or two nerves initially they soon grew into this gig to mark the release of Rooster, their third album. Playing before a crowd largely made up of familiar faces, the three-piece blew away the nerves by playing a mix of
THERE are growing calls for an inquiry into the county council’s handling of a sex assault complaint against the former council leader after a leading politician said the grimy episode had left County Hall “tarnished”. Worcestershire County Council says
OLDER people can feel cut off from their friends and family but for two decades a Worcester charity has been helping people realise there is more to life than the view from their living room window. Some older people may have been widowed and
ALEX Grove has been rewarded for his impressive Worcester Warriors form this term with a recall to the full Scotland training squad ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations wooden-spoon decider with Italy in Rome. It seems likely the 24-year-old Sixways centre
THERE have been some good Worcester City teams over the years. Likewise, there have also been some average and downright poor ones as well — most notably during the ill-advised foray into Blue Square South. But, on current form, you would surely have
OBESE people in Worcester will be able to have weight-loss surgery at the city’s hospital as early as next month. Worcestershire Royal will become one of six accredited West Midlands hospitals offering bariatric surgery from April, meaning
WORCESTER City manager Carl Heeley is determined to keep his players grounded as their play-off push gathers momentum. Monday’s 2-1 triumph over promotion rivals Gainsborough Trinity was City’s fourth consecutive victory and closed the gap on the Blue
THE historic Fownes Hotel in Worcester was packed with happy couples on Sunday, as the latest I Will wedding show welcomed more than 100 brides and grooms-to-be plus their families and friends. This Victorian venue in the heart of the city hosted more
