MEMBERS of Upton Young Farmers Club are preparing to take their fund-raising efforts to new heights when they tackle the daunting Three Peaks Challenge in aid of Help for Heroes. They will be attempting to scale Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Snowdon –
WORCESTER City gave their play-off ambitions a huge shot in the arm with a dramatic victory at Boston United. Goals from Michael Taylor and Mike Symons were both cancelled out by Marc Newsham penalties, before Matt Birley netted the winner,
NEW recruits to the Evesham Army Cadets have taken part in the first county enrolment ceremony for 10 years. The group of five became official cadets as the Mayor of Evesham, Jim Bulman, presented them with their cap badge, welcoming them into the Royal
TWO teenage girls were headbutted in the face following an altercation with a man at a fun fair on Worcester Racecourse. The incident took place near the main entrance of the fair at about 10pm on Friday and police are appealing for witnesses. The man
A POPULAR waterside pub has shut after the current landlords walked away from a new lease. The Eagle and Sun in Hanbury Road, Droitwich, has closed its doors just months after a multi-million pound canalside restoration project was finished, in a boost
90+4 mins: Full-time. 90+3 mins: Kevin Austin heads wide. Most of the home fans thought it was in! 90+2 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Danny Carey-Bertram for not retreating 10 yards at a free-kick. 90 mins: Boston rallying, and Dormand plucks
MORE than 50 businesses, individuals and organisations across Worcestershire joined St Richard’s Hospice’s Part with a Pound Day, helping to raise thousands of pounds for the Worcester-based charity. These include Wychavon and Malvern Hills district
MIFFED councillors have asked why they have had no formal police update on the progress of investigations after recent reports of thefts, including the stealing of memorials, from a village graveyard. That theft – which could have happened
AN armed robber has coolly walked into a city bookmakers with a hand gun demanding cash. The robber went into Backhouse Bet in Angel Street in Worcester at about 5.20pm yesterday demanding money from the cashier. He walked in with what
A COTTAGE was severely damaged as a dramatic blaze tore through its thatched roof. Firefighters from across the county were called to the home in Crowle Road, Broughton Hackett, near Pershore, when the fire broke out at about 7.40pm on Sunday
A MAN was slashed across the arm and left badly hurt after an attack in the street. Police were called to Mill Street at the junction with Mill Bank in Evesham after a man was attacked at about 9.20pm on Sunday. The victim was left with
A MALVERN musician is gearing up to spend three months volunteering in the East African nation of Tanzania. Sam Walter will be working at an arts centre, the Tanzania House of Talent, which trains young people in music, dance and theatre. Many of
A FIRE which tore through a Worcester nursery was caused by an electrical fault it has been confirmed. The fire which ripped through KinderKare nursery, in Greenhill, off London Road, on Sunday night has been recorded as accidental by Hereford
Don’t give out your Ukash voucher details SIR – Re ‘Warning as woman is conned out of £3,000’ (Worcester News, March 20). At Ukash we are aware of scams of this nature but wanted the opportunity to explain the details of our product, educate
SIR – Plans to establish a minimum price for alcohol in an effort to curb binge drinking seem plausible, but the Government’s continual tax increases on tobacco hasn’t stopped smokers. PHIL PEGLER Worcester
VIDEO games stores in Worcester are not to close despite Game collapsing into administration. Neither Game in Crown-Gate shopping centre nor Gamestation in Broad Street are among the 277 stores in the UK and Ireland which will close.
SIR – Regular letter writer John Shearon keeps attacking the Tories. Can’t John get his head around the obvious fact that New Labour spent, spent, spent as though there was no tomorrow, hence our present financial crisis. Tories have far better
SIR – I found Phil Pegler’s letter ‘Surely they knew the company rules’ (Worcester News, March 20) to be appalling. I found it offensive that he compared the cross – a symbol of Christianity – with the Nazi swastika. He did not mean the Indian
SIR – Re ‘Nasty tone to letters on migrant workers’ (Worcester News, March 6) and other letters in the Worcester News regarding immigration. I cannot recall people using nasty words regarding immigration until a few years ago.Why? The answer
SIR – The only good thing to come out of the Budget is that George Osborne has literally cut the throats of the Conservative party at the next election. He has betrayed the millions of hard-working Brits and basically looked after the rich
A HEROIN addict who spends £50 a day on the drug assaulted railway staff on two occasions, magistrates in Worcester were told. Nathan Capewell, of Church Road, Malvern, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault when he appeared in court.
SIR – The Tory tax raid on pensioners to pay for a £40,000 tax break for millionaires is, quite simply, the wrong thing to do. Making pensioners who have played by the rules all their lives pay for the measures to tackle tax avoidance practised
SIR – In his letter (Worcester News, March 22) Neil Laurenson quotes Dr Mark Porter, chairman of the BMA, as saying that the Health and Social Care Bill will damage the NHS. Dr Porter is head of the doctors’ trade union body – it is his job to
THE sun was shining on hordes of Worcester shoppers as they eagerly awaited the opening of the city’s new supermarket. Asda in Lowesmoor was officially opened at 10am yesterday and shoppers waited outside to be among the first to browse the food, clothes
WORCESTER Cavaliers ran riot with a superb home display as they overwhelmed Northampton Wanderers in a nine-try 53-13 victory at Sixways. Cavaliers took control in the opening period as Craig Gillies, Jonny Arr, Neil Best, Ravai Fatiaki and Mike Penn
WORCESTER’S MP is quitting his other job as a financial media consultant – but says it never got in the way of his role as a member of parliament. Robin Walker will not be renewing his contract with Finsbury for the new financial year, he exclusively
AT a sun-drenched New Road, Worcestershire chalked up an impressive pre-season victory over Glamorgan in a 40-over contest. The Welsh county won the toss and opted to bat and they were indebted to Ben Wright's 104 and 45 from captain Mark Wallace as
WE are up against one of the best teams in Europe when we go to Welford Road to play Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership on Friday night and that is a great challenge. On the back of Friday’s 19-9 win over Newcastle Falcons at Sixways, our outlook
A BUS passenger and lorry driver who died following a crash on the M5 on Saturday have been named. Lorry driver William Mapstone, aged 65, from Wells in Somerset, died shortly after 9pm on Saturday at a Birmingham hospital. Bus passenger
MORE than 350 of Worcestershire’s roads are to be resurfaced after a £3.8 million investment from the county council. The money will be used to fund the council’s largest programme of surface dressing, which involves spraying on a coating of bitumen
OUR meal out this month was at the Red Lion, sampling their new catering menu. Our next eating experience at the community coffee shop at Callow End Village Hall is tomorrow. We meet at 2.30pm at the Orchard Club. We were invited to Ripple WI’
AT our March meeting, after the homage and silent tribute, the chairman confirmed that the Poppy Cup had been won this year by the Blue Bell at Callow End. The chairman also thanked those members who attended the county AGM at Bromsgrove in January
POLITICIANS are a bit pointless aren’t they? Well, that’s what people often say. “They’re all useless” or “they’re all the same” or “they don’t actually DO anything” are the claims normally levelled at them. Sometimes – although not always – they
OAK APPLE WI have celebrated their 16th birthday. They welcomed Suzanne Owen, who started Oak Apple all those years ago. The minutes were read and the president told members about a number of invitations and events coming up, and invited members
OUR March meeting started with silence for the British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since February. The two main military history anniversaries on our meeting date were from 1774, when Britain closed Boston Harbour and took another step into
AFTER the correspondence and business of the meeting had been dealt with, members were treated to a most interesting glimpse into the more remote rural regions of China via a collection of amazing garments brought along by our speaker, Jill Salmons
THE Wednesday Club held their March meeting and 44 members attended. One minute’s silence was held in memory of member Kathleen Jennings, who has passed away. Good wishes for a speedy recovery were sent to Shirley Keen who has been in hospital
ALTHOUGH our rendition of Jerusalem wasn’t the musical highlight of the year, the business part was the highlight of our March meeting. We were invited to sign up to visit Oxford Botanical Gardens and Highgrove, to sign up for a seven-mile daffodil
A FLAT was evacuated after a fire broke out in the store room of a bookmakers in the Warndon area of the city last night. Two engines from Worcester attended the incident at William Hill, in Cranham Drive, at about 9.45pm after smoke was seen
JACK the Ripper may well have been the first serial killer of the modern age but celebrated mistress of crime Agatha Christie most certainly went one stage further. For the queen of whodunnit single-handedly created the genre of the serial suspects
CHILLING out before they hot-foot it down a 20ft track of red-hot embers, Worcester News journalists Elizabeth Sweetman and Sarah Taylor prepare to walk the walk. The pair will be among nearly 70 brave souls taking part in a firewalk for
THE ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort are clearly visible for the first time in 50 years and plans are in place to protect them for future generations. Malvern Hills Conservators helped to preserve Midsummer Hill thanks to £3,800 from Natural England,
A FORMER Royal Engineer met Mayor of Worcester David Tibbutt before continuing on a 2,500-mile walk of UK’s canal network to raise money for Help for Heroes. In February, Doug Hamilton-Cox, aged 68, began his series of charity walks along the footpaths
