A £350,000 fund-raising appeal has been launched to save a crumbling 18th century building at historic Croome Court. The National Trust bought the badly run-down Red Wing, a former servants’ quarter at Croome marked in the highest category on English
HARD work has paid off after ‘proud’ hospital staff hit a tough emergency waiting time target for the second month in a row. The national target is for at least 95 per cent of patients to be seen, treated, discharged, admitted or transferred within
FORMER Miss Worcester Verity Gwilliam has received another gem to her crown after being named Worcestershire’s Dazzling Beauty 2012. She is heading to London on Sunday to take part in the pre-grand finals, which will include the rounds of Miss
A JEALOUS ex-boyfriend dragged a woman out of his bed, threw her down the stairs and pushed her naked out of his front door, a court was told. Worcester Magistrates Court was told that Antony Hodgetts, aged 28, of Chedworth Drive, Warndon, Worcester
A DELIGHTED couple have scooped a national award for a residential caravan park that has been in the family since the 1800s. Ted and Doreen May, owners of the Fruiterer’s Arms in Uphampton, near Worcester, were over the moon to be given the award
THE stars of this year’s Malvern Theatres magical pantomime Cinderella are thrilled to be taking to the stage. The classic tale stars Hi-de-Hi’s Ruth Madoc as Fairy Godmother, and children’s TV stars Jamie Rickers at Buttons and Emma Nowell as
ROBIN Walker has ruled out making any attempts to contest the Mid-Worcestershire seat at the next general election – despite the fact it has a whopping 15,864 majority. Worcester’s MP said he was “totally committed” to the Faithful City and would
THE first phase of Worcestershire’s new multi-million pound events and destination centre at Stanbrook Abbey, Callow End, near Worcester, has officially opened. When fully completed in two years time, entrepreneur Mike Clare will have spent about
POLICE are looking for witnesses after a disabled man was attacked and robbed in Worcester. The robbery took place at about 9.50pm on Thursday, August 30, and was described by police as “particularly nasty” because of the victims visible disability
THE family and friends of Michael Brinton, the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, filled Worcester Cathedral today at a memorial service for the Queen’s man. Hundreds of guests for Mr Brinton, who served as Lord Lieutenant since 2001 until his
HUNDREDS of people turned out to join the annual village fete in Wick, near Pershore, on Saturday. The sun shone on the event, which raised a massive £4,700 for St Mary’s Church. This year, the fete, which attracted about 700 people, was opened by
A MAN has been airlifted to hospital after his arm became trapped in a piece of machinery in Herefordshire earlier today. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to a property in Bosbury in Ledbury at around 11.50am. An ambulance, a
CONCERNED residents are preparing to fight plans for a development of 12 homes that they say would destroy the character and setting of their rural village. The latest version of the South Worcestershire Development Plan – a document that will
A RISING star on the live circuit is stopping off at a city venue this month on the back of his latest single. Ben Montague released Another Hard Fall on Sunday, August 26 and an audience at the Marr’s Bar, in Pierpont Street, will get
EIGHTEEN Army recruits pledged their allegiance to Queen and country during a ceremony at Worcester’s Guildhall . The pledge was taken during a ceremony led by Major David Manners in front of the Mayor of Worcester Roger Berry and their proud family
TRAFFIC is beginning to move again after the M5 was closed in both directions following in incident in which a man threatened to jump from a bridge. THE M5 was closed between J7 and J8 from about 2pm while police spoke to the man and persuaded
THE OLIVE BRANCH 6 Church Street Worcester WR1 2RH Tel: 01905 616669 Olivebranchworcester.co.uk THERE’s something quite romantic about discovering a new restaurant tucked away in a little side street, especially when it’s housed in a
SIR – As is customary First Red Buses revised their timetables on September 2. I was pleased to see at St George’s Worcester at least that new tables were in situ at the bus stop. However having made a special jouney into town, new leaflets
SIR – I just wanted to say a big thank you to all the staff at the cardiac catheter suite at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. I recently had a procedure in this suite and everyone was very helpful and all were very friendly. Although I was only
RENTAL income from a Worcester shopping centre has dropped £14,000 in just one year, it has emerged. And Guildhall chiefs are forecast that the fortunes of the Hopmarket – which is owned by the council – will take another tumble this year due to
SIR – Here is another reason why the city has an ever increasing problem with gulls. Who allows the shops to bag their litter in no more than thin pedal-bin liners and then leave it out all night? Recently, one bag had been ripped to shreds by
SIR – The councillors must really get it together and stop being greedy and grossly overcharging people. I read the other day people selling products at the Guildhall are grossly overcharged for the use of a table and now they want to charge
SIR – The position on gay civil partnership/marriage (which is just the same thing at all effects) – as expounded by Bob Norfolk (Worcester News, August 27, Page 12) – is based on wrong analogies and on arrant newspeak deeply imbibed with hypocrisy
SIR – Your report “Cabs Flouting Rules of Road” (Worcester News , September 3) raises important issues. Most Worcester taxi drivers work long unsociable hours in difficult circumstances for modest incomes. The vast majority abide by a long
SIR – I was shocked to read in the Worcester News that Robin Walker MP has nothing to say about the review of acute hospital services in Worcestershire. The review was launched back in March and a number of public meetings, including discussion
SIR – Re ‘Mr Riaz, so there may not be a city A&E’, (Joe Squires, Labour parliamentary candidate for Worcester, August 17). If I were seeking election as an MP for Worcester, I wouldn’t be pussyfooting around with local A&E closures, to ‘
A MAN has appeared in court on child porn charges which involve tens of thousands of indecent images of children, some at the most extreme level. Darren Shearer, aged 25, of Newtown Road , Worcester, did not enter pleas to 16 charges when he appeared
SIR – I went to the South Worcestershire Development Plan roadshow on August 31 and was horrified to see that not a single display board informed the public of the intended doubling of traveller pitches in the area south of the Southern Link Road
THE Watermill Theatre in Newbury is bringing the “unforgettable” musical experience of Radio Times to Malvern Theatres next week. Radio Times is a funny and fast moving musical, with the cast of actor musicians playing more than 15 instruments
SCRUM-HALF Jonny Arr is set to make his 100th appearance for Worcester Warriors when they travel to Welford Road to tackle Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership tomorrow (3pm). Home-grown ace Arr, who made his club debut in December 2007
POLICE have released CCTV images of a woman they would like to speak to about an assault in a Chinese takeaway in Worcester. A member of staff at Golden City in Brickfields Road was slapped on the head by a female customer after a dispute over
RELAXING rules on house extensions could cause neighbour disputes in Worcester, say planners. Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday pledged that tens of thousands of families will be allowed to extend their homes by up to eight metres for single-storey
BACK in April, Worcester City left Gainsborough Trinity’s Northolme ground having seen their Blue Square Bet North play-off hopes finally ended. Knowing nothing less than victory would do, Carl Heeley’s team could only manage a dramatic 2-2 draw
MANAGER Martin Foyle has warned his Hereford United players not to take bottom-of-the-table Hyde for granted tomorrow (3pm). The Bulls make the trip to Greater Manchester having put back-to-back defeats behind them in beating Woking 2-1 last Tuesday
TWO fundraising events have raised a total of £370 for Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society’s forthcoming production of The Producers. WODS members also held a coffee and cake event at the Guildhall in Worcester on Saturday, August 11 and raised
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers host Southport tomorrow (3pm) hoping to record a Blue Square Bet Premier victory at the eighth time of asking. The Aggborough outfit lost their first five matches, but picked up points from 1-1 draws at Braintree Town last
OLD head on young shoulders Jonny Arr is poised to join some illustrious company at Warriors when he takes to the pitch against Leicester Tigers tomorrow. The Worcester born and bred scrum-half was only born in November 1988, yet he will join the
ENEMIES with the magnifying mirror? One in five women worry about their skin every single day, according to a new survey. Almost 4/5 of women (78%) believe airbrushing should be banned in cosmetic advertising to put a halt to unrealistic images
THE sun may have shone brightly at New Road yesterday, but it was a dark day for fans of Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Local rivals Warwickshire completed the formalities of a crushing victory by an innings and 202 runs over the home side
CLAIRE Cashmore longed for the stuff of dreams in the 200m medley at the Paralympics last night – however an all-too-familiar nightmare came back to haunt her. Four days after winning silver in the 100m breaststroke, Kidderminster’s Cashmore was
WORCESTERSHIRE director of cricket Steve Rhodes admitted his team have let the fans down this season, but promised to keep striving to put things right next term. The New Road side were thrashed by an innings and 202 runs by bitter rivals Warwickshire
PETROL companies are being forced to “think twice” about putting up their prices after the Office of Fair Trading announced an investigation. MPs in Worcestershire have welcomed the watchdog’s move, despite petrol station owners warning they were
A MAN is in a critical condition after suffering extensive injuries after being hit by a lorry. West Mercia Police were called to the A38 in Copcut near Droitwich at 11.40pm on Thursday after a pedestrian was seen on the carriageway. On arrival
THE stars of this year’s Christmas pantomime Cinderella cannot wait to get started when it kicks off at Malvern Theatres. The classic tale stars Hi-de-hi’s Ruth Madoc as Fairy Godmother, and children’s TV stars Jamie Rickers at Buttons and Emma
AN addict hid heroin between his buttocks twice but it was found when police carried out strip searches. Stephen Lines, aged 36, of Northwick Court, Malvern, admitted two counts of possession of heroin when he appeared before magistrates. The
