A HAPPY bunch of half-marathon ‘virgins’ will be running in aid of people coping with life-limiting illnesses. The 16 runners from Worcester Community Housing have taken the brave decision to run 13 miles – with all but one having no experience whatever
A Worcester school has won a choir competition eight times in a row. The senior choir at RGS The Grange fought off stiff competition to be crowned the winners at the annual Worcester Competitive Arts Festival. The choir received a distinction from the
A SOLICITOR has raised concerns about a new law which will enable people to find out if their partner has previous convictions for domestic violence. Earlier this year the Government announced year-long trials of Clare’s Law in Greater Manchester
RURAL pensioners and people with disabilities could benefit from a council taxpayer-backed bus and car service. The charity Worcester Wheels Community Transport is running a service under the Rural Transport For The Elderly scheme, offering
SIR – We have to congratulate Alicia Kelly for making a ‘fair point’ (Worcester News, April 5) in that Trish Haines (the vastly overpaid Worcestershire County Council chief executive) appears to be acting with dubious haste in wishing to “draw
SIX fire and rescue crews took part in a mock road accident exercise in Malvern. The teams took part in the simulated rescue to compete for a place in the National RTC and Trauma Challenge later in the year. Crews taking part were given
SIR – Re the article by Alicia Kelly (Worcester News, February 27) concerning the plight of Mrs [Giuseppina] Mankowski of Albert Road, Worcester, who criticised inconsiderate drivers for trapping her inside her home. There is a dropped kerb
ALMOST £1 million has been awarded to a project helping children growing up in difficult family circumstances. The scheme – a partnership of local voluntary sector organisations and public services – has been given a £900,000 grant by the Big
SIR – Energy firms are taking us all for a ride. They are making a profit of £168 a second. This as wholesale prices tumbled and people used less energy due to the mild winter. Consumers must surely be asking how is this so? So with the £5.3
19-year-old says that she has built up some excellent business knowledge since August 2011 THE benefits of the apprenticeship system – as championed by the Worcester News 100 in 100 campaign – are evident from the success of Jade King, who has been
In the third of a series of features focusing on the concerns of young people, we look at the devastating effects bullying can have. VICTIMS of bullying face a daily battle that leaves them feeling isolated and depressed. It is an issue
TWO teenagers have admitted possessing knives and an imitation firearm in Worcester. Callum Reginbeau Bradford of Hanley Castle, pleaded guilty to possessing a machete with a 56cm blade in Timberdine Avenue, Worcester, on Saturday, February
SIR – In reply to Mr [Tim] Palmer’s letter ‘I must be on right lines if BNP criticises me’ (Worcester News, March 29). So you won’t accept my challenge to visit Worcester job centre to tell job seekers about the joys of immigration, then. So
A PIONEERING grower partnership in the heart of Worcestershire’s Severn Valley is going from strength to strength. One of the UK's largest fruit and vegetable wholesalers, Minor Weir and Willis, which is based in Birmingham, has brought six local growers
THE A449 Worcester Road at Malvern Link was closed for a short while after a collision involving a car and a mountain bike. The incident happened just before 7pm on Saturday at the road's junctions with Pickersleigh Road and Howsell Road. The ambulance
SIR – In a further attempt by Whitehall to protect us from ourselves, as of April 6 it became illegal to display tobacco products in certain premises, with the threat of imprisonment if flouted by a vendor. The question is, where will these measures
THE fact that a young man asked to spend his 21st birthday at a centre for people with learning disabilities in Malvern rather than in his own home speaks volumes. But, just in case you don’t take this young man’s word for it, you need only read
A FATHER and daughter from St Peter’s will be going up Wembley Way this weekend after winning tickets to see the semi-final of the oldest cup competition in the world. Football fan Chris Obern, of Queen’s Wood Drive, will be in the stands for the FA
SIR – Yet again we read about a motorist pleading with a court because they have got to 12 points on their driving licence and are facing a ban. They cry that they will be caused excessive hardship because they need to drive to get to work or
A FOOTBALLER was airlifted to hospital after suffering a horror injury in the first minute of a local cup final. Ledbury Town FC Reserves goalkeeper Mark Davis was left on the floor in agony after breaking his leg in two places during a collision just
COMMUNITY-minded Worcester residents have transformed a disused city centre land plot into 60 allotments. Retired Park Street resident Nigel Leech set up the Worcestershire Community Land Co-operative last August with friends Wayne Gibbons and Jim Lott
THE line-up of a new family-friendly festival has been completed following a keenly contested battle of the bands. City act East of the Sun will join the ranks of WuStock on Saturday, April 21 at Christopher Whitehead Language College after impressing
SO, Worcester City’s play-off bid comes down to this – win their last three games and hope it’s enough. Following Easter Monday’s disappointing 3-0 defeat at Nuneaton Town, City’s fate is no longer in their own hands. Even with Nuneaton’s six-point
IT’S an irony that the legend has now become even bigger than the doomed ship herself. Titanic sailed just once but her ghost rides the north Atlantic for all time. And this production by the One Off Performance Society certainly does the old girl
LOCAL strongman turned actor Sebastian Abbatiello has appeared in about 30 Hollywood blockbusters over the years. He is perhaps best known for his appearance in Oscar-winning film Gladiator and has appeared in a variety of other films from
THE search is continuing today for a missing pensioner whose car was found abandoned close to the river in Worcester. Police dive teams from Avon and Somerset Constabulary are searching the river near to where 80-year-old Robert Allen’s car
A CORONER at the inquest into the death of Andrew Heath has ruled that he was unlawfully killed. Andrew Heath died as a result of breathing in toxic material in the smoke from the fire which burned through his flat, abetted by his under-lying
PATIENTS will not be able to see their own GP in Worcestershire community hospitals, fears a health campaigner. NHS bosses are carrying out a review of how GPs provide care across the county’s five community hospitals in Evesham, Pershore, Malvern, Tenbury
WORCESTER City still have every chance of making the Blue Square Bet North play-offs, insists manager Carl Heeley. The St George’s Lane club’s hopes were dented by the 3-0 Easter Monday defeat at promotion rivals Nuneaton Town, which left City
WORCESTERSHIRE seam bowler Alan Richardson has been selected as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year in the 2012 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, published tomorrow. Also named alongside Richardson are England’s Alastair Cook and Tim Bresnan
A DETERMINED dad is taking on three exhausting challenges in support of two charities that have offered invaluable support to his children. Over the coming months Andrew Astill, a 48-year-old project manager from Mulberry Drive, Upton-upon-Severn
