TONIGHT'S race results from Worcester were: 6.10pm: 1 Basil Fawlty (T Scudamore, 4/1 2nd-fav), 2 My Mate Vinnie (D Elsworth, 7/4 fav), 3 Basford Ben (S Quinlan, 20/1). Nine ran. Distances: Head, 18 lengths, 7 lengths. Winning trainer: D Pipe.
THE Walled Garden, a peaceful oasis in the heart of Worcester, will be open to the public on Saturday afternoon as part of the first ever National Gardens Festival Weekend. The half-acre, 19th-century kitchen garden was bought 15 years ago by Julia
WORCESTER City Council's lone Green Party politician has fired a warning over “privatisation” of council services - saying he would not be prepared to back it. Councillor Neil Laurenson has voiced fears it will “generally lead to worse services
A TEENAGE chess whiz brought the hammer down on a television auctioneer this week. Year nine RGS Worcester pupil Ben Chin-See pitted his wits against antiques star Phillip Serrell, who has a salesroom in Barnards Green Road, Malvern, in the game
PREMATURE death rates across Worcestershire have been revealed - with lung and heart disease areas of particular risk in the county. New data has been published by health chiefs detailing how each local authority area performs based on the number
MALVERN Joggers hold their popular summer evening 10-kilometre race on Castlemorton Common for the fifth time tomorrow night. A picturesque but slightly demanding route heads towards Little Malvern Priory and then across the common to the Gullet
STUDENTS have given a mixed reaction to the latest plans for overhauling GCSEs. Education secretary Michael Gove today set out his vision for “more challenging, more ambitious and more rigorous” exams. Under the proposals, teenagers will study
A WOMAN caught drink-driving in her dressing gown has been banned from driving for three years. Katie Savage, aged 23, of Tavern Orchard, Warndon Villages, Worcester, told magistrates that she was giving her boyfriend a lift to see his cousin at
DETECTIVES investigating a spate of wheel-trim thefts want to speak to the occupants of a white van spotted near some of the scenes of crime. Police have released a CCTV image of the van after reports of at least 15 offences mainly in Stourport
A FORMER Worcester Sixth Form College student is helping victims of the recent Sichuan Earthquake in China. Five years ago WaiLo Li, aged 28, who still lives in Worcester, founded the charity Project TOM, which raises money for disaster victims
GENEROUS pupils from Droitwich High School have raised £1,500 for St Richard’s Hospice. The year eight pupils took part in the Flourishing Fivers initiative, where they were challenged to turn £5 into as much money for good causes as possible.
A NEW record label has been launched for younger listeners. Zeamu Music caters for children aged four to 11 and has been founded by some of the music industry’s top producers, musicians and composers. The aim of the label is to create pop music
A STUDENT teacher has received a £750 grant to help fund a trip to Peru to put her skills into action. Roxandra-Maria Crisan, who is in the second year of an education studies course at the University of Worcester, was given the money by the university
A HUMANE food group has joined the fight against plans to build a broiler farm for 80,000 chicken’s in the Worcestershire countryside – and urged opponents of the plan to stop eating chicken at all. Edward Davies has submitted a plan for the development
A WORCESTER teaching assistant hopes a sponsored walk will raise enough money to ensure the survival of an African school set up by her friend. Naomi O’Connor says she was so touched by a recent visit to the King’s International School in the Ugandan
FORMER pupils of Samuel Southall Secondary School and Bishop Perowne CE College in Worcester are invited to step back to their schooldays at a 50th anniversary open day on Thursday. The event, which runs at the Merriman’s Hill Road site from 8.30am
SIR – I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to my assistance after a nasty fallI had outside Argos in the Shambles, Worcester, on Friday morning, June 1. I would also like to thank the two ambulancemen who attended to me.
SIR – Asthma is increasing among children worldwide.I blame polluting, stinking motor cars. Use public transport. Focus... think of the future. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
SIR – The Shadow Chancellor criticised the Royal Navy and Royal Marines last week, peddling the urban myth that there are more admirals than ships. Ed Balls obviously did not look at the Royal Navy website, where the senior naval staff page
SIR – The average age of our sons and daughters leaving home nowadays is 24, but every year our society makes vulnerable teenagers across England leave their foster homes, some with nowhere to turn, few life skills and no support. The Fostering
SIR – I thought you might be interested in the photograph, above, of my maternal greatgrandfather Charles Emms with his 21-year-old daughter Maud, my maternal grandmother, the youngest of his 13 children. The photo was taken somewhere in the Littleton
SIR – Is it any wonder that health leaders in north Worcestershire are considering joining the Birmingham Trust (Worcester News, June 5)? Hitherto,Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has done a very good job in giving the county a service
SIR – Dog mess is pretty topical at the moment, so I thought as a responsible dog owner that I would just mention that when walking my dog I always have poop bags and I always clear up. I walked 3.4 miles along the towpath in Droitwich the other
IF I had to put my finger on one of the great evils of this world, it would be fanaticism. Life is, or at least it should be, a rich tapestry, each of us a unique thread in an ever-changing image. People may be similar to one another but no two
A POLICE officer had a lucky escape after he was pinned up against a police van by another car. Officers were responding to reports of two men acting suspiciously in an alleyway in Stoney Lane, near the Tesco Express in Stourbridge Road, Kidderminster
A LORRY driver was not at fault despite his lorry shedding its load and damaging a number of cars, a court was told. Godfrey Bragg admitted the heavy load on his truck was insecure and involved “danger of injury to any person” at a hearing at Worcester
A GANG member who helped steal guns worth £100,000 from a Worcestershire house has been ordered to pay back money he made from his crimes. Craig Clarke was jailed for 17 years in 2011 with four other men when he admitted conspiracy to commit three
SHE might not be your usual sort of rubbish collector but Daisy the dog certainly has a nose for litter. The four-year-old cockapoo has taken it upon herself to tidy up the unsightly rubbish on her daily walks along Worcester’s canal paths with
WORCESTERSHIRE hospitals are top of the league table when it comes to treating emergency patients quickly. Figures published by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust show that 97.5 per cent of emergency patients were seen within four hours of
A DJ will be swapping land-locked Worcester for island life after landing his dream job. Chris Keen, who presents the breakfast show at the city’s Youthcomm station, is tuning out of the Faithful City to work on the Falkland Islands for the British
TRAFFIC troubles topped a list of what people in Worcester want improving the most. The issue was the most common source of anger from residents in Worcester City Council’s biggest annual survey. Meanwhile, the number of residents who consider
AMBITIOUS proposals for a new football stadium at Perdiswell are due to be submitted by the end of next month, it has emerged. Worcester City Supporters’ Trust says it plans to make the formal bid to council chiefs before July is out, meaning a
