A HOSPITAL department is to save £40,000 by changing the way they order and store stock. The team met in February to work on making savings, looking at every area of their work before making changes. They identified stock control as a time-consuming
THE CAST of a Worcestershire theatre’s forthcoming production of Calendar Girls have posed for a Christmas card to raise money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research – the same charity that benefitted from the original calendar. The cast of 10 women
HUNDREDS of young singers are due to gather in Worcester next year when the city hosts an international festival. The Worcester International Festival for Young Singers 2013 (WIFYS), the UK’s first-ever international festival for children’s and
DROITWICH’S Waitrose store has given a cash boost to three local groups. Droitwich Arts Network, For Droitwich Spa and the Droitwich Canals Trust will all be given financial support as part of the store’s community matters scheme. This means
A VET surgery’s bid to beef up security has come a cropper after it was ordered to rip down a new fence installed following a spate of break-ins. Kevin Hammett, who owns the Stocks Veterinary Centre, School Lane, Upton upon Severn, with his wife
A MYSTERY man with connections to Worcester is being sought by police following a £5,000 raid on a house in which jewellery and war medals were stolen. Officers believe the man may have vital information on a burglarly at a property Copthorne Road
ENGLAND under 20s will head to Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium to play France in their third 2013 Six Nations game on Friday, February 22. The Red Rose side kick-off next year’s competition at home to Scotland before heading to Ireland. France
A HOSPITAL department is to save £40,000 by changing the way they order and store stock. The team met in February to work on making savings, looking at every area of their work before making changes. They identified stock control as a time-consuming
CRUCIAL votes over the South Worcestershire Development Plan take place in Malvern and Worcester this evening – a vital housing blueprint. Both district councils will be asked to either approve or reject the document, which allocates land for 30,000
CALLS for a £200 million Government bailout for Worcestershire’s struggling NHS will not yield fruit, say health experts. Health experts have been asked for their advice about a motion from Wor-cestershire county councillors to write to the Secretary
GRITTERS will be out on Worcestershire's roads tonight as freezing conditions take hold once more. Worcestershire County Council's gritting fleet will be treating primary and secondary routes from 6pm as overnight temperatures are set to plummet
A BUSINESS graduate who was previously one of Microsoft’s top ambassadors has scooped an award from the University of Worcester’s business school. The standard of his studies won Ben Price the Hewett Recruitment Prize for best undergraduate student
TODAY we bring to an end our campaign to end domestic violence. Along with the Worcestershire Forum Against Domestic Abuse, we have been supporting the 16 Days of Action campaign to end domestic violence. The international campaign started
A MAN from Evesham is in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in Worcestershire. The collision, involving a cyclist and a Volvo, took place just after 12.30pm on Saturday on the Snowshill Road, between Broadway and Snowshill. The
A WICKED snow queen turned a Worcestershire museum into her ice palace during some enchanting festive activities. Youngsters were captivated by the Snow Queen, Jack Frost and their life-like wolf Maugrim, who wished to make sure it was always winter
A WORCESTERSHIRE company has topped the 16th annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, which lists Britain’s privately-owned companies with the fastest-growing sales over the last three years. Shopping channel jewellery retailer the Genuine Gemstone
THE people of Worcester helped lift the spirits of prisoners of conscience by sending them Christmas greetings cards to let them know they have not been forgotten. Amnesty International Worcester Group was outside the city’s Guildhall on Saturday
CARL Heeley is determined Worcester City will not be tagged a “nearly team” in their bid for success. City have taken just two points from matches against the five teams in the Blue Square Bet North play-off places this season — draws against Bradford
A BRAND new stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s much loved novel Birdsong is coming to Malvern next year, marking the very first touring production of the play. Directed by Alastair Whatley, The Original Theatre Company and Birdsong Productions
MORE than 26,000 people have had their say over a controversial plan to cut at least £90 million from spending at County Hall – with bosses saying the public’s views are more important than ever. A series of roadshows by Worcestershire County Council
LIFE-savers from Worcestershire have been honoured at a top awards ceremony. The Excellence in the Community Awards for Herefordshire and Worcestershire recognised the efforts of members of the public who help save lives and support the work of
WORCESTER City manager Carl Heeley hit out at referee Martin Dexter after his side were beaten 1-0 by Halifax. Heeley was angered by Dexter’s decision not to award the hosts a free-kick in the build-up to Halifax’s winner at St George’s Lane.
THE chairman of Worcester’s planning committee has appealed for common sense over an ailing housing blueprint – insisting “we’ve got to have a plan” for warning off unwanted development. Councillor Geoff Williams said the South Worcestershire Development
• Click here for the latest travel news. A FEMALE pedestrian has been airlifted to hospital after she was hit by a car in Worcester. The incident happened shortly after 8am outside Nunnery Wood High School and led to the closure
THERE are just 600 tickets left for Hereford United fans for tomorrow night's FA Cup second round replay against Cheltenham Town. It is now expected that the Edgar Street clash will sell out before the 7.45pm kick-off and Bulls fans are being urged
THERE are often fine margins between success and failure in football. A missed chance, split-second lapses in concentration or controversial decisions — they can all turn a game. Worcester City found this out to their cost against Halifax at
WORCESTER Wolves put forward their best performance of the year so far when upsetting the visiting Newcastle Eagles. An initially-tight contest was blown apart in a last quarter of action that saw the reigning BBL champions held to just 14 points
THE band has undergone a number of personnel changes in recent times and this may be the reason why there was a chunkier sound at this Christmas concert. Either that or new musical director Chris License has deliberately beefed things up. In any
TWO hundred new homes could be built on an old mediaeval fishpond complex in Worcester – sparking anger that the land “is the wrong place” for such development. Miller Homes wants to build the properties at Middle Battenhall Farm, off Redhill Lane
VUE cinema in Friar Street, Worcester, will be screening a live broadcast of the Royal Opera House’s production of The Nutcracker on Thursday. Set to Tchaikovsky’s dramatic score, the story follows Clara, a little girl who is given a nutcracker
PLANS for a radical renovation of Malvern fire station have been approved at the second time of asking. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service plans to completely re-model the station, in Worcester Road, Malvern Link, to bring it up to
