AS this year’s plum festival draws near, it seems Pershore is not the only town crazy about the juicy fruit. Troyan in Bulgaria is also known for the quality of its plums and hosts the Bulgarian Plum Festival twice a year. With Pershore’s annual
THREE fire crews were sent to tackle a large grass fire near Malvern. Firefighters were called to Longdon Marsh, Longdon, at 3pm today and found 10 hectares of cut grass and 100 metres of hedgerow on fire. Crews from Malvern, Ledbury and Upton
WORCESTERSHIRE’S Friends Life t20 quarter-final qualification hopes were all but ended as they failed to overhaul Northamptonshire’s 137-6 at New Road. The hosts’ run-chase was limited to 132-6 as they suffered a five-run defeat, which saw them
BIG GUNS James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld, Simon Whitlock and Ledbury’s Terry Jenkins all enjoyed victories on the opening night of the BetVictor World Matchplay in Blackpool. Two-time finalist Jenkins defeated Andy Smith of Redditch 10-3, landing
MICHAEL Klinger scored a fluent 92 as Gloucestershire secured a six-wicket win in LV= County Championship Division Two against Worcestershire at Cheltenham. The Gloucestershire skipper, a former Worcestershire player, hit 14 fours and two sixes
A “professional” Worcester shoplifter with a chaotic lifestyle has had an appeal against a jail sentence dismissed. Christopher Smith, aged 31, of Rydal Close, Warndon, claimed at Worcester Crown Court that he had been given a “double sentence”
PEOPLE who have beaten cancer are urged to complete a lap of honour and join the fight against the illness. People whose lives have been touched by cancer are invited take part in Cancer Research UK’s Relay For Life – and in particular the Survivors
MEMBERS of a campaign group fighting to retain services at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital say they would never accept a solution that puts patients in Worcester and the south of the county at risk. Neal Stote, chairman of the Save the Alex campaign
AFTER 60 years of dreaming and three years of planning, the Worcester International Festival for Young Singers has started. Four hundred young singers from 11 choirs and 10 nations descended on Worcester on Friday night, some travelling for 36
A WORCESTER school choir has helped launch a new dynamic Sunday service which has seen people flock to a church. Children from St Clement’s CE Primary School’s junior choir performed at the inaugral Worship For Everyone service at St Clement’s
POLICE searching for the mother of an abandoned baby in Worcester say there have been no significant developments over the weekend. As previously reported, the baby, who has been named Joseph, was found in a hessian bag by Adrienne and Jon Hunt
AS WORCESTER wilted in the heatwave there was not a fan to be found after many city shops sold out. Some customers were so desperate to keep cool they even offered to buy a works fan in Staples in the Shrub Hill Retail Park, Worcester, which had
GRITTING lorries have been out and about in Worcester as the soaring temperatures melted the city’s roads. Tarmac has been melting on newly-surfaced roads in the city including in Cotswold Way, Warndon Villages. Jon Fraser, Worcestershire County
THIS dramatic picture captures the moment when a car crashed onto a traffic island in the middle of a village near Worcester. Police were called at 12.21am this morning to the main road through Ombersley, near Creswells, after a blue BMW veered
DRAMATIC fires and a road crash were among the mock demonstrations at the sixth annual Community Safety Day. Crowds flocked to the event at Worcester Racecourse hosted by Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue service (HWFRS) yesterday. Many
MUSIC rang out in the streets of Upton-upon-Severn over the weekend as the country’s biggest free blues festival came to town. Thousands enjoyed more than 100 performances over the three-day event which kicked off on Friday and included headline
THE eye clinic at Worcestershire Royal Hospital has been nominated for a national award after receiving outstanding praise from its patients. Consultant Jagdeep Singh Gandhi and his eye clinic team are in the running for the clinical service of
YOUNGSTERS can have fun in the sun for free this summer thanks in part to a county councillor. Coun Richard Udall, division member for St John’s, Worcester, has given £1,000 from his county council divisional fund to a summer club at the city’s
