LOYAL NHS staff have received recognition for years of hard work and dedication at an awards ceremony. Nearly 200 workers attended the Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust staff achievement awards. The ceremony, hosted by BBC Hereford and
NEW affordable homes have been built on the derelict site of a former Worcester youth centre. A total of 34 one, two, three and four-bed properties, including apartments, family homes and bungalows for the elderly now sit off Chedworth Drive
A-BOARDS, posters and banners are being banned in parts of Upton-upon-Severn in a bid to prevent the town from becoming a mess. Members of Upton Town Council have discussed the issue and agreed to removing all promotional material around the historic
A CYCLING novice will be using pedal power to thank a Worcester hospice for the support it gave his niece as she battled a rare genetic condition. Mark Burton’s niece Olivia Collins, who suffered with Aicardi syndrome, benefited greatly from the
BEN Scott’s determined century ensured Worcestershire emerged satisfied from the first day of the LV= County Championship Division One encounter at a sunny Old Trafford. After looking fragile at 93-6 at one stage, Worcestershire rallied to reach
SIR – I believe there’s a new man taking over the top job with the BBC. With a salary well over the top, one way to pay for his huge salary would be to sack all the commentators employed by the BBC – at Wimbledon they are totally unnecessary, in
SIR – The bombing of Dresden was very wrong as George Cowley said, but so too were the raids over London, Coventry and Liverpool by Nazi Germany. Had modern aircraft been available to our air crews in the 1940s more selective bombing would have
CASH-strapped council chiefs have told politicians who want more grit bins to pay for them themselves. But the stance has sparked anger – with critics saying requests for free bins are being rejected in favour of parish councils “who are prepared
SIR – I have been reading an old history book and redicovered some longforgotten facts. The French Revolution was caused in the main because peasants and the middle classes were heavily taxed whilst the nobles etc paid very little. Sound familiar
A COUNTY school is among the second round of community sports projects to receive funding from the National Lottery. Malvern’s Dyson Perrins CE Academy has been awarded £150,000 towards a £715,000 project to build a new synthetic turf sports pitch
SIR – With yet another attack on the genuine disabled blue badge holders, the Government is now proposing to stop blue badge holders from parking on double yellow lines. Within the guidelines for blue badge holders are rules, which demand when
A DRUM-maker from Malvern is banging on the door of the big time after linking up with one of the region’s best-loved festivals. Musician Carl Haffield, aged 27, was asked if he would supply drum kits for the main stage at last weekend’s Two Thousand
ABANDONING Evesham United’s friendly against Hereford United following a clash of heads between two Bulls trialists was the right decision, according to Robins manager Matt Clarke. The pre-season fixture was called off 20 minutes into the second-half
A MALVERN company has donated memory boxes to St Richard’s Hospice in Worcester for children to keep treasured memories of a loved one who has died. Pendragon Presentation Packaging had already adopted the hospice as its charity of the year when
SIR – I ran with the Olympic Torch in Worcester on May 24. It was an absolutely amazing moment and there were so many local people out to cheer and take pictures. As it was over an hour from my home I didn’t have many friends or family to come
COUNCILLORS have been told to declare their partners’ business interests or risk future prosecution. Under a major shake-up of local government, they will commit a criminal offence if they fail to do so. The move, which is part of the Government
SIR – Is it me or is America trying to start World War Three? I used to support America’s policy on freedom but now I can’t stand the sight of the stars and stripes. Not only has the US turned our once great nation into its sick little
PLANS to improve an historic part of Worcester have been unveiled. Members of Old Saint Martin’s in the Cornmarket want to transform the neglected churchyard into a quiet, reflective garden. They also want to improve the church’s parish room
THE unsuspecting driver of this delivery van came a cropper at a ford swollen by recent floodwater. The UPS van was left ditched in almost 4ft of water in the lane in Kempsey, near Worcester, yesterday. A tow truck had to pull it out. David
SIR – 3.10am outside Rowan Court – I saw a fox sniffing around for food. I sat perfectly still, the fox didn’t see me. He/she just carried on sniffing then trotted away. Ships that pass in the night. GEORGE COWLE,Y Worcester
SIR – Every day blind and partially-sighted people face extra costs as a direct result of living with sight loss. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) helps cover some of these expenses, so I am extremely concerned by the Government’s plans to replace
SIR – On July 9 Harriett Baldwin made the following statement in Parliament about the proportional representation voting system; “However, it is clear that in many countries where PR has been used it is an extremely unsatisfactory system. It often
HOSPITAL bosses are prepared to pay someone up to £67,000 to help find ways to save trust money. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester, would pay the “head of transformation” between
UPDATE: This evening’s meeting at Worcester has been abandoned following significant rainfall this afternoon. This evening’s meeting at Worcester is now subject to a 2.30pm precautionary inspection. Although the jumps fixture was given the
A POLITICAL movement aimed at young people held a demonstration outside Worcester Crown Court yesterday demanding tougher prison sentences. The British Youth Movement received about 100 signatures on a petition calling for life to mean life.
TV TALENT show hopeful Tim Prottey-Jones has survived another night in his bid to become the next West End star. Last night, the Worcester-born 32-year-old found himself in the bottom two of the competition alongside Dirk Johnston, but was saved
MANY Worcestershire fans will have often dreamed of the chance to have a fly-on-the-wall insight into life inside the New Road dressing room — and now they will have their chance. Throughout the Royals’ Friends Life t20 campaign, the players have
A CLASSIC ‘Bugatti’ left to rot in a rubbish-filled garage is expected to fetch more than £100,000 at auction – despite being a fake. Eccentric engineer Alan Riley bought the Bugatti Type 51 in 1987 and was convinced it was the car used to win
ALAN Richardson has called for a revamp of Twenty20 cricket and a return to the ‘razzamatazz’ that heralded the early days of the competition in England. After blazing onto the county scene as the saviour of the English game nearly a decade ago
IF you’ve ever wanted to play at being a soldier, elite Special Forces training is about as close as you can get to the real thing without actually getting your head blown off. Armed with M4 carbine assault rifles and kitted out in helmets, body
DUMPING rubbish in Worcester’s green spaces isn’t just unsightly, it can also have an impact on local wildlife. Worcester City Council, our partners in the Take Pride campaign to keep the area’s streets and parks clean, has responsibility for about
