A FORMER soldier battling for his life against terminal and incurable prostate cancer called in at Worcester as part of an epic fund-raising feat to give other men a chance of survival. Grandfather Nigel Lewis-Baker is part-way through an 876-mile charity
PEPPA Pig had to forgo her favourite pastime of jumping in puddles as she launched Acorns’ third spring fair on Saturday. Fortunately, the rain held off for the event, which took place at Acorns Children’s Hospice in Bath Road, Worcester.
A MAN who stole a bottle of liqueur from a city centre superstore was struggling with substance abuse issues and a family illness, a court was told. Leandro Licursi, who appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court, took a bottle of Disaronno from the new
A BOXING club is a step closer to a new home after a key decision by council chiefs. Councillors have agreed in principle to loan up to £100,000 to Droitwich Amateur Boxing Club to enable the club to bridge a funding shortfall and allow it to build a
Homeowners all along the river Severn have been put on flood warning as water levels continue to rise. The warnings from the Environment Agency, which came into effect last night at Kempsey, Callow End, Clifton and Severn Stoke, near Worcester
PAST and present pupils at the King’s School in Worcester turned out in force to see the opening of the new £2.5 million boathouse on Saturday. The new boathouse, which looks like a boat from above with a glazed ‘prow’ that projects over the
TWO men from the Evesham area have been charged with committing a distraction burglary at a house in Hollyberry Close, Redditch. A 23-year-old man and a 47-year-old man from Cleeve Prior were arrested in the street on Wednesday, April 10, before being
A MULTINATIONAL brick-making company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he was crushed on a conveyor belt. Wienerberger was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £11,611 after being prosecuted by the Health
ABOUT 60 patients a day cannot be discharged from Worcestershire hospitals because there is nowhere for them to go. Hospital bosses have blamed pressure on beds across Worcestershire, including in nursing and care homes, for the difficulties they are
WORK is underway to transform one of Worcester’s most prominent buildings into a popular Italian restaurant. The grade two listed building at 106 High Street, which formerly housed the Portman Building Society, has been bought by the Zizzi’s chain.
Croc and Bird by Alexis Deacon is a tale of two eggs, one containing a bird, the other a crocodile. After the eggs hatch next to each other, an unlikely friendship develops with the two animals, thinking that they are brothers, helping each other
A 40-year-old Worcester man accused of multiple rapes and sexual offences, has been cleared by a jury after a four-day trial. Gareth Beard, of Chedworth Drive, Warndon Villages, had consistently denied the allegations and he was found not guilty
FIRE and rescue service staff and officers have been praised for achieving outstanding results in life-saving health and safety training. Representatives from NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) and RCES (UK),
THE president welcomed members to our April meeting and read the minutes as the secretary was unable to attend. She referred us to the notice board and asked members to sign up to any of the invitations or activities they wished to attend. Although
A CHURCH has opened a hub which promises to be the heart and soul of the community. The Hub at Christ Church, Church Lane, Lower Broadheath, is now open following a successful fund-raising project. Church stalwart Sandra Hobday, a volunteer who has
THE April programme commenced with an excellent talk by past chairman Stan Kilby on his career as a veterinary surgeon. Commencing in 1965 at a practice in Devon before moving and helping to control the devastating foot and mouth outbreak which
THE president welcomed members to our April meeting and read the minutes as the secretary was unable to attend. She referred us to the notice board and asked members to sign up to any of the invitations or activities they wished to attend. Although
THE guest speaker at the April meeting was Peter Riley. He came with his wealth of knowledge of the parks and gardens of the National Trust. Peter described what gardens were like back in Roman times and explained the changes through time and
“INSPIRATIONAL”, “absolutely moving” and “puts our complaints into perspective” were some of the words and phrases from our members following the talk by Stella Hewitt (not forgetting her dog Jenson) at our April meeting . Independence is taken
WE had a great turnout for our open meeting in April. Our speaker gave a lively and nostalgic talk and slide show on the Swinging Sixties, we enjoyed delicious cakes with our tea and coffee, tested our knowledge with a Sixties quiz, and had
SIR – I just wanted to let people know what a success the third rehoming show was for the Worcester and District branch of Cats Protection. We had a fantastic number of people viewing the cats, enjoying refreshments, having a go on the stalls
SIR – At the risk of upsetting motorists in the Worcester rush hour, and as a mere bus passenger and pedestrian, I have made the following observation. I noticed that whenever I was travelling on a bus from CrownGate to Barbourne we invariably
SIR – Re ‘£200,000 funding for health watchdog’ (Worcester News, April 25). Many thanks for the article covering the establishment of Worcestershire Healthwatch. From 2013 the new organisation will play a key role in holding the local NHS and
SIR – Re ‘Cabbie dumped medical records’ (WorcesterNews, April 18). First of all I would like to point out that Mr [Bilal] Baig is neither a licensed taxi driver within the Worcester City nor within the Worcestershire Regulatory Remit (WRS) of
SIR – I can’t but help feel that the essential spirit of the Olympic Games has been betrayed by the decision to allow drugs cheats to participate in London 2012. Not because Dwain Chambers and David Millar are now likely be flying the flag for
A RAPIDLY growing Malvern business is the latest county firm to throw its weight behind the Worcester News 100 in 100 apprenticeship campaign. Working with the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) and several key organisations to help find jobs for
A MAN was threatened with a knife during one of two robberies in the St John’s area of Worcester. Police have stepped up patrols and officers are appealing for information from members of the public after two men were robbed in separate incidents
CONGRATULATIONS to William and Kate who celebrated their anniversary this week. To say the pressure is on is the understatement of the year. The tabloids have become fond of saying that this marriage has to work to secure the future of the monarchy
A MAN violently entered his ex-partner’s home while she was in bed, leaving her “utterly petrified” because he had been receiving threatening texts from another man, a court was told. Mark Crake, aged 41, of Marigold Close, St Peter’s, Worcester, was
THE Pershore-based Honda/ Dynamics team had a weekend to remember in the rain-soaked Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship races at the high-speed Thruxton circuit in Hampshire. They won two of the three races, but it was Gordon Shedden who took
WE find ourselves in a strange position as we come to our final fixture this season. We set out with ambitions of climbing to the top half of the table and, for the most part, these ambitions were achievable. To be mathematically safe is obviously a
A WORCESTERSHIRE company has won a major contract to help mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Thousands of commemorative medals are being produced for the event this summer and Worcestershire Medal Services (WMS) beat off international competition and
VIXEN is the first novel in The Flappers series for your adults by Jillian Larkin. It follows the lives of three flappers. The main characater, Gloria Carmody, is a socialite, who is engaged to rich, but dull Sebastian Grey. Her best friend Lorraine
THESE images show what a state-of-the-art radiotherapy unit in Worcester could look like. The unit, due to open at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in 2014, will mean patients no longer face gruelling journeys to Wolverhampton and Cheltenham for radiotherapy
A FIVE-piece rock outfit from the county is busy making strides at a national level. I Am Ryan from Evesham have progressed to the area finals of Live and Unsigned, the UK’s largest competition for original and unsigned artists, on Sunday, May 13 at
THE CROWN INN Main Road, Hallow, Worcester WR2 6LB Tel: 01905 640408 EVEN though the Crown Inn is a five-minute drive from the office, it is not somewhere I have stopped for a bite to eat or even a drink, preferring to head into
GRAFTON Wood is the largest surviving remnant of Feckenham Forest and was jointly acquired by Worcestershire Wildlife Trust and Butterfly Conservation in 1997. It consists mainly of hazel and ash coppice, with oak standards. The previous owner
THE story has been the same for the last few years and, eventually, it will come to pass. But for the moment, the equestrian world is left to wonder whether 2012 will be the last appearance at Badminton for James Robinson’s seemingly evergreen
WHILE much of the country is now in official drought status and householders are being urged to use water wisely, there’s no better time to create a low-maintenance, low-cost gravel garden which isn’t going to demand masses of water or time
WORCESTER Wolves director of basketball Paul James is planning to raise the bar still further next season, despite seeing his side crash out of the BBL play-offs at the quarter-final stage. The University of Worcester-based outfit lost by 10 points on
CHIEF executive David Leatherdale admits Worcestershire are ‘fearing the worst, but hoping for the best’ as the New Road club keeps a nervous eye on the rising level of the River Severn. The financial implications of the devastating summer
A MOUNTAIN rescue team continues to search for a missing hill walker from the Worcester area. The 73-year-old man was reported missing around Glendessary, near Fort William in Scotland on Sunday but has not been seen since Friday night. Despite carrying
OH! What A Lovely War is being staged at the Artrix in Bromsgrove tomorrow and Thursday by the N.E.W. College Performing Arts Degree and Diploma Students. The show has a style all of its own, combining live music, dance, songs and sketches to create
‘RISKY’ lights fitted to bollards as part of Worcester’s riverside spruce-up are to be safety checked after claims they could damage children’s eyes. The LED (light-emitting diode) lights were fitted in the new bollards at Diglis Parade and Kleve Walk
STAFF at a Worcester care home braved everything the elements threw at them when they took part in a sponsored walk. A team from Regent Care Home, School Road, St John’s, run by Sanctuary Care, paced the 10 miles to the Camp Inn at Grimley and back.
