PEOPLE in Malvern Link are gearing up for the first-ever Victoria Park Community Day on Sunday. There will be attractions such as live music, pig roast, barbecue and a bar, bouncy castle, skate demonstrations and much more. Local businesses
PLANS to stamp out rogue landlords in Worcester have been put on hold. Worcester City Council’s cabinet met on Tuesday to discuss plans to license all private rented homes in the city in an effort to improve conditions for tenants and neighbours
HOLIDAYMAKERS watched their dream trip go up in smoke when they were forced to flee a blaze which left them fearing for their lives in Turkey. Mother and daughter Kathy Moores and Kelli Evans, who were celebrating Miss Moo-res’ 60th birthday, were
A FINAL bid to stop a fire which has been burning at a recycling plant for a month will cost £250,000. The public purse will initially cover the cost of demolishing two fire-damaged bays at Lawrence Recycling, near Kidderminster, to allow firefighters
Worcestershire’s Joe Leach scored his maiden first-class hundred to hold up the Gloucestershire victory charge in the LV= County Championship Division Two match at Cheltenham. Leach, who top-scored with an unbeaten 82 in the first innings, made
FUND-raising was a snip for one young girl who went for a drastic hair cut in aid of Little Princess Trust. Ava Stephens had her long locks cut to a short bob so she could donate her hair to the charity which makes wigs for children going through
AN overwhelming majority of Worcester bus drivers have voted in favour of a strike because of changes to their working conditions. Almost 150 First drivers across Worcestershire and Herefordshire were balloted over the prospect of industrial action
A FORMER BBC news editor has been given a community order for downloading and distributing indecent images of children on his computer. Graham Day, aged 58, of Park Way, Droitwich, was ordered to attend a sex offenders programme for three years
POLICE searching for the mother of an abandoned baby in Worcester have released images of the bag he was found in. The baby, who has been named Joseph, is currently in the care of Worcestershire Royal Hospital. He was found in a Hessian bag
DEFINING figures of Worcester’s past have taken up a permanent riverside residence to mark a trailblazing project. A new public artwork featuring metal cutouts of Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist, Ernest Payne, founder of the British Medical
CLOSING speeches have been made by the defence in the trial of two Birmingham men accused of murdering Adrian Locke outside a Worcester drugs den. Worcester Crown Court will not be sitting for the case on Monday, with Judge Robert Juckes QC to
THE owner of a tortoise ‘on the run’ for almost a year says she is shell-shocked he has been found safe and well. Thirteen-year-old Ted was found just three doors away from his home in Hanley Swan, near Malvern, days after his owners had taken
SIR – Over the weekend Kempsey Parish Council held an exhibition on the recent planning application for 2,200 houses etc. at the community hall. I must congratulate them on a very good presentation. PETER CRESSWELL Worcester
SIR – It worries me that 100,000 more people in Britain will develop dementia this year. I am 76, and regularly forget people’s names and appointment times. Am I slowly going “ga-ga”? I hope not. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
SIR – I was in the same class as George Cowley at Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Evesham. A timid pallid youth who collected butterflies. He was never bullied. In the fourth year the teachers asked us to treat him gently – then suddenly
SIR – Like Stephanie Preece I agree that the sunshine makes us all feel a lot better about life and I am glad she is enjoying it to the full, but I take issue with her comment that she cannot comprehend how anyone should feel differently. She should
SIR – David Barlow’s last letter tried to convince me how good the unions are. All he did was convince me he’s like a shop steward who won’t listen to any other opinions but his own. Again I opened my paper and it seems Unite the country’s biggest
SIR – Former city councillor David Clark (Worcester News, July 11) complements what I have been saying for years,that any new housing only aggravates Worcester’s traffic problems. For every new house on average it means another two cars to join
A WORCESTER man who was on the run after being recalled to prison has been arrested. Kevin Bird, aged 22, was released from prison on May 1 after serving part of a 16-month sentence for burglary. He was due to serve the remainder of his sentence
SIR – We have just enjoyed a great production of Shakespeare in the Commandery, The Tempest. The inhabitants of Worcester should put aside their thoughts of school Shakespeare and go to the Commandery to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy a balmy
SIR – In your editorial on June 27 you wrote that ‘Labour and the Conservatives offer us nothing but years and years of austerity’. The former leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas MP, said last March: ‘It’s time to admit that austerity in
SIR – The report on 14 health service trusts showing thousands of unneccesary deaths must surely – finally – ‘blow the lid off’ this big NHS cover-up once and for all. Patients (and relatives) treated with contempt by some medical staff. Highly
SIR – I am writing to see if any of your readers have witnessed the same phenomenon as me. In the early hours of Monday morning, around 4.30am, I was awoken by a loud rumbling noise in the ‘atmosphere’ that surrounded my house, which I cannot fathom
SIR – How fit the men singles tennis players have to be in world class competition. They often play for three to five hours with almost no break at all. Yet vastly overpaid soccer players of today struggle through 90 minutes play with numerous
SIR – A decision made by the European Human Rights Commission appears to come out in favour of prisoners’ rights. I wholeheartedly agree with Prime Minister David Cameron’s comments on their decisions. After all this is our country and we should
SIR – How can MPs justify a pay rise when they’ve introduced a bedroom tax and don’t want unemployed people to claim money for the first seven days. Pensioners get a one per cent increase with inflation at three-and-a half per cent – that means they
SIR – In his letter of July 5, Will Richards doubted that Edward Snowden risked his career by divulging malpractice. The journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote that Mr Snowden ‘gave up his life of career stability and economic prosperity, living with
SIR – I am very sorry to say that I cannot take part in choosing a person who I consider the best medically, for attention and being cared for, after the attention and treatment that I have received over the last 10 days at Worcestershire Royal Hospital
SIR – What a waste of time... I attended the recent Wychaven planning meeting with regards to the proposed new development of 257 properties at “Ufnell’s Farm” site off Swinesherd Way (A4440). The council members were bullied into accepting this
SIR – You publish many letters from drivers moaning about the speed cameras around the city. Yes they do raise a lot of revenue but if drivers don’t wish to obey the Road Traffic Act or drive in accordance with the Highway Code, ie drive within
SIR – Once again, some of your letter writers have forgotten two things. 1. To exceed the speed limit is a crime and those caught doing so should be punished. The detection is not sneaky, there are warning sings and a big yellow box at the
SIR – The front page on Friday, July 12, “new superstore plan for city”, which is on the car boot field by the Ketch pub, just goes to show how confident the developer is, especially after buying the land, of the proposed development of 2,200
SIR –The Worcester News on a Saturday is always worth buying despite the increased price. Julie Royle’s walks are a must read and something well worth doing. The beauty of Julie’s walks are that they are achievable and comprehensively described
MOST people understand the need for more homes to be built in this country – but hate it when a massive great big development gets the go-ahead next door. It’s even worse when those residents don’t feel like they’ve been listened to, as was the
NEIL Pinner and Steve Leach will both leave Worcestershire in the summer, the New Road club have confirmed. The pair have been informed that they will not be offered deals for the 2014 campaign and are free to talk to other counties. County
A TEENAGER accused of starting a fire in his own home has been refused bail. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Worcester magistrates charged with starting the bedroom fire in the St John’s area of the city
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers step up their preparations for the new season tonight when they welcome Port Vale to Aggborough (7.30). It will be the second time in a week that Steve Burr’s side have faced League One opposition, following on from last
REVENGE will be on the minds of Worcester Wolves as their British Basketball League season gets off to a spicy start. The Universiry Arena side start their campaign on the road at Surrey Heat, the team that beat them in the play-off quarter-finals
WORCESTER City will be running the rule over a goalkeeper in tomorrow’s friendly at Nuneaton Town (3pm) as they seek competition for Matt Sargeant. The keeper, whose identity is being kept under wraps ahead of the Liberty Way clash, will get his
DIGNITARIES and residents gathered to witness the beginning of a new chapter for a Worcester estate. Mayor of Worcester, Councillor Pat Agar, performed the ground-breaking honours at St Michael’s Church, Burleigh Road, to signal the launch of Worcester
HUNDREDS of mourners dressed in red as they paid their last respects to teenager Russell O’Neill, who died while swimming in a quarry. The 17-year-old was given a tearful send-off by about 400 people who packed into St Martin with St Peter’s Church
WALKERS taking a stroll on a 40-mile route now have a number of new spots to rest their weary feet. Worcestershire County Council has installed eight rustic oak benches at various intervals along the Wychavon Way in a project funded by the Severn
A DISGRUNTLED driver visiting Worcester was given a parking fine when the automated service she used to pay for her ticket got her registration number wrong. Having entered her car’s details, car park location, and duration of her stay through
A BABY abandoned on a Worcester doorstep may have been left in a bag from South Africa. The baby, who has been named Joseph, is currently in the care of Worcestershire Royal Hospital. He was found by Adrienne and Jon Hunt of outside their
WHAT has happened at Evesham Cricket Club? In the space of two years, they have dropped from Birmingham League Division One to Three and are staring down the barrel of a third consecutive relegation this season. Quite incredibly, during that
THIS year a traditional ironmongers in Pershore celebrates its 100th anniversary after its opening went off like a bull in a china shop. W.L. Brown has stood in the town’s High Street since 1913 and has been kept in the family ever since. The
