WELL that's it - London 2012 is all over and to mark the occasion a host of pop stars took to the Olympic stadium. George Michael, Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, the Spice Girls, Muse, the Kaiser Chiefs, Fatboy Slim, Beady Eye, Queen, Take That and The
A WORCESTER district nurse was overwhelmed to discover that she is to receive the Queen’s Nurse Award. Carole Roberson, a district nurse team leader for the Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust which is based at St John’s House surgery, Worcester
TIME is running out if you want your chance to win an iPad in our online contest. We will be drawing the winner early next month so you need to log on now to our exciting new online newspaper service. For the first time, the entire Worcester
SCRUM-half Ollie Frost dived over for a dramatic last-minute try as Worcester Warriors kicked off pre-season with a deserved victory over Cardiff Blues at the Arms Park. Jason Tovey and Andy Goode exchanged early penalties before Warriors took
MORE than £45,000 was raised for charity when hundreds of people took part in the FireFit Challenge organised by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS). The initiative was inspired by London 2012 to encourage firefighters, fire service
WORCESTERSHIRE Olympic medal hopeful and mountain biker Liam Killeen has crashed out of the cross-country mountain bike event. The 30-year-old finished fifth in Athens and seventh in Beijing, but started in 25th place on the grid. Killeen was
THREE men – two of them former soldiers – are marching 15 miles carrying 14kg bergens on their backs for a military charity. The friends are walking from the TA Centre in Worcester to Fairfield in Evesham to raise money for SSAFA, the Soldiers,
MALVERN ace Liam Killeen suffered a suspected broken ankle as he crashed out of the mountain bike race on the final day of the London Olympics.
A CYCLIST was left with head and pelvic injuries after coming off his bike. An ambulance, rapid response car and the Strensham-based Midlands Air Ambulance all attended the scene in Dark Lane in Astley village near Stourport-on-Severn at about
THE contentious issue of wheelie bins will be back on the agenda in Malvern next week – with concerns that councillors are being pressured into rubber-stamping their introduction. Last month Malvern Hills District Council delayed a decision on
A DETERMINED Upton fund-raiser will undertake his most demanding challenge to date when he straps up his boots and walks almost 50 miles in aid of the neonatal unit at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. Clint Varndall, was inspired to support Upton mum
A CANCER survivor from Worcester says Prime Minister David Cameron should never be asked to choose between foreign aid and cancer treatments at home after he came under fire by a radio caller. Mr Cameron was criticised on the radio this week
WORCESTERSHIRE businessman Peter Sumner has his sights set on livening up the spectacles industry. The entrepreneur from Childswickham, near Broadway, set up loudspecs.com, which specialises in selling brightly coloured glasses. “I’ve always
