PUPILS have been taking a look at the wilder side as they handled exotic and unusual animals. Inquisitive youngsters at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School and pre-school in Chedworth Drive, Warndon, Worcester, got the chance to handle giant rabbits,
HUNGRY competitors were angling for a win when they sat down to see who could eat 48 fish fingers the quickest. Ten competitors took part in the challenge at the Farriers Arms in Fish Street, Worcester, to raise more than £200 for Talking2Minds, a charity
AN Evesham care home manager has scooped a top national award but says thanks from those she cares for is her greatest reward. Mary Tasker, who works at the Hawthorns Care Centre, has been named manager of the year at a health and social care providers
THE chairman of Malvern Hills Conservators has come under fire for calling on the Charity Commission to get involved in the dispute with the tenant of the cafe at St Ann’s Well. Brian Pilcher said he raised his concerns over spending on the issue with
CHEERING crowds will be greeted by glorious sunshine and Mediterranean blue skies when the Olympic Torch passes through Worcester. The sunny weather is likely to continue for the rest of the week and into the weekend as summer finally arrives
WORCESTER City have announced they will entertain West Bromwich Albion at St George’s Lane in the opening game of their pre-season schedule. The match will take place on Tuesday, July 17 (7.45pm), as City aim to prepare well for the 2012-13 Blue Square
AN air ambulance charity which continues to save lives despite receiving no Government funding celebrates its 21st birthday this week. Leaders at the Midlands Air Ambulance charity have issued a thank you to all those passionate people who have helped
A woman has been pulled from the River Severn by a passer-by. The woman was unresponsive and had to be given oxygen at the riverside by paramedics and firefighters. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service were called at 4pm to
A PARALYMPIAN who lives in Worcester has spoken of her delight at being picked to carry the Olympic Flame. Mel Clarke, aged 29, of St John’s, will complete her stretch through the villages of Corse and Staunton, Gloucestershire, as the flame moves towards
THERE were furry goings-on in woods near Worcester as children gathered for a teddy bears picnic. More than 100 toddlers from across Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire donned fancy dress, face paint and brought along their favourite teddy for
OVERSEAS signing Phil Hughes is set to arrive at New Road on Friday and will be in contention to face Middlesex in Worcestershire’s home Clydesdale Bank 40 home clash with Middlesex on Sunday. The Aussie left-hander’s much-anticipated arrival will hand
A JUDGE has decided that the case against a former Worcester City footballer accused of posting a racist tweet on Armistice Day should continue despite defence claims that it would be unfair. District judge Joti Bopa-Rai ruled yesterday
HUNDREDS of children enjoyed themselves at an activities day to raise money for Acorns Children’s Hospice. The day was set up by the Worcester Lions Club at the Worcester Woods Countryside Centre in Spetchley Road and £301 was raised for the hospice
ON Wednesday, May 2, vicepresident Pat Smith chaired the meeting, and we wish president Jean a speedy recovery. Members are asked to support the table top sale (bric-a-brac) on Saturday, between 10am and 2pm at the Baptist Church. The Diamond
OUR sponsored WI walk through Monkwood at the end of April had to be cancelled because of the rain and strong winds. We did continue with our lunch and have re-scheduled our walk (and another lunch) for the end of May. This could go on indefinitely
OUR May bi-monthly meeting was the second since January and a busy business session dealt mainly with forthcoming events at county and group level. After the homage and silent tribute, the chairman advised us that Neville Fairbairn was standing
DESPITE the inclement spring weather, and the threat of flooding which may have made them abort their planned outing to the Beckford Silk Mill, we enjoyed an excellent visit. We began with a presentation giving an insight into the history of the
AT our May meeting, we welcomed two visitors. It was the usual resolutions meeting and this year it was to ask if the Government should invest more money in the training of midwives, as apparently there is a shortage. Ann Meredith, our WI adviser
OUT of disaster comes triumph and at our May meeting this was the case following the cancellation at short notice of our speaker due to illness. Our members came armed with favourite poems; long and short stories both philosophical and funny and
SIR – May I thank the Battenhall electors for having chosen me once again to serve the area as a city councillor. I also wish to thank everyone who helped in my recent campaign. It is an honour and a privilege to represent the area in which
WE enjoyed a ‘home-grown’ meeting with two members taking the floor. Jennifer Lockwood described attending the resolutions meeting where a proposal to increase the number of midwives was put forward. A representative from Oak Apple WI will take
A GANG of teenagers equipped themselves with a ladder and buckets to break into a first-floor flat, Worcester Crown Court was told. After the burglary of the sheltered accommodation in Rowan Court, Worcester, last November Olive Colburn, who
SIR – Once again the saga of Abu Qatada won’t go away. This man, who preaches hate against the country that supports him, should have been put on the first available plane and booted out, yet he his still here, trying every trick in the book
WORCESTER Warriors are still counting the cost of their 2009/10 relegation from the Premiership after their accounts for the 2010/11 season showed losses of £2.8million. However, Sixways managing director Charlie Little was keen to emphasise
SIR – I don’t know why Brian Hunt persists in writing (Worcester News, may 15) that I refused to meet him in town about the new taxi rank [on the Cross in Worcester]. He never contacted me about the issue, never asked to meet me and we have never
SIR – All the sports pages of our national press yesterday were shouting about Chelsea winning the Champions League on Saturday, but why is this something to celebrate? Chelsea’s fans are predominantly English, and Stamford Bridge is geographically
SIR – Most pedestrians would agree with Richard Farrell-Adams about the ongoing battle with cyclists on the pavement and dualuse pathways ‘Come on, you cyclists, show some respect’ (Worcester News, May 16). He naturally is annoyed at the attitude
MORE than 200 officers from West Mercia Police will be helping to ensure the Olympic Games run smoothly this summer. The force is working with other constabularies to help staff the London 2012 Games for 62 days between Monday, June 4, and Sunday, September
SIR – Former Mayor of Worcester David Tibbutt told us to be proud of our city (Worcester News, May 7) with a picture of the bridge to illustrate the story. There used to be lovely flowers all along the bridge and down the side of the river but
THEY say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, the picture of world leaders watching the Champions League final while holding the G8 summit says only one word to me. And that word is… awkward. Predictably, after the picture was released there
WORCESTER News’ roving reporters will be on hand in the heart of Worcester all this week. Yesterday kicked off the opening of the newspaper’s temporary office in the CrownGate centre to help mark Local Newspaper Week. Reporters Richard Vernalls and
A mirror from Lady Coventry’s boudoir will go on sale this week. The George II giltwood overmantel mirror sat in Lady Coventry’s dressing rooms at Croome Court, the Worcestershire seat of the Earl of Coventry, near Upton-upon-Severn. It was bought
THE Highways Agency has announced in the last few minutes that the M5 southbound has reopened following last night's lorry fire. However there are still long delays on the M5 itself and on routes leading to the motorway in south Worcestershire
West Mercia Police stored more than 20 body parts and organs from suspicious death or murder investigations, a report has revealed. The study by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) found the force kept 26 samples. Superintendent
DEBT levels at Worcestershire County Council have shot up by £20 million to a record high of £250 million. In the last year the authority’s outstanding bills have increased by eight per cent because of bosses borrowing extra cash. Opposition politicians
THREE fire engines rushed to a petrol station in Malvern Wells after smoke was seen coming from one of the petrol pumps. The call came at 7.45am this morning to the garage on the A440. Two appliances from Malvern and one from Upton were sent out. When
A MASH-up of local and out of town talent will feature in a packed night of free live music and art. The Firefly, in Lowesmoor, hosts the night presented by Young Pop Things on Friday, May 25 from 8.30pm. Topping the bill are Calm Like a Riot, south
NIGEL Redman is to leave the Rugby Football Union and return to Worcester Warriors as the new forwards coach of the Aviva Premiership club. The move ends his eight years working for the Union as an RFU National Academy Coach, England Under
TWO women were taken to hospital after a crash left their car on its roof. The incident happened on the A443 Hallow Road, Worcester, near the junction to the household recycling centre, just before 12.30pm. People rushed out of their houses after hearing
THE arrival of what at the time was called “new technology”, which swept like a tsunami across British newspapers in the mid to late 70s, ditching the noisy clack of typewriters for the almost silent click of computer keyboards, changed the working lives
