A BAND won’t be feeling the blues after getting the seal of approval at a prestigious awards ceremony. With a busy few months ahead, BabaJack, the blues-inspired duo of Becky Tate and Trevor Steger, tasted more success at the British Blues Awards
THE party was in full swing in St John’s, Worcester, as businesses, community groups and residents joined forces to make the most of the balmy weather. Hundreds of people flocked to the Village in the City event on Saturday to join members of the
THE mother of a baby whose life was saved by a blood transfusion on the day he was born is urging more people to sign up as donors. It was touch-and-go for little Maxwell Haines when he was born with Rhesus disease – a dangerous condition caused
THESE new pictures show just how quickly a new state-of-the-art radiotherapy unit is taking shape at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester. With the doors of the new £22.5 million unit just over a year away from opening, the steel skeleton
MORE than 1,700 car trips will be added to west Worcester’s roads every day if a new 800-home ‘super village’ gets the go ahead, it has emerged. A report prepared on behalf of the land owners has laid bare the scale of the extra congestion on the
A £28 MILLION transformation of one of Worcester’s most historic sites will get underway next month, it can be revealed. Developers behind the much-anticipated overhaul of the old Kays factory in St John’s say the first spade will go into the ground
A WOMAN says she is still waiting for her £3,000 three-piece suite to be delivered – a year after ordering it. Carole Lorimer says she has had nothing but stress after ordering the furniture from Sofa Specialists in Droitwich last August. The
I GET fed up with people whinging about Worcester. I suppose we’ve all been guilty of it at some point, myself included. But Worcester is a great place to live and work when you stop and think about it. The city has a breathtakingly rich, well-preserved
SIR – Why did so many of our elected representatives (from the safety of their armchairs) ignore the wishes of the majority of the people and agree with Mr [David] Cameron that we should rain death and destruction on the people of Syria on the dubious
SIR – The attempts by Joy Squires to criticise the current government’s economic record (Worcester News, August 23) actually show how poorly equipped Labour is to do anything about it. She provided a long list of negative statistics but said nothing
SIR – I couldn’t help but chuckle at Councillor Adrian Gregson’s letter ‘High-level working party is needed’ (Worcester News, August 30) to solve Worcester’s chronic traffic congestion. While agreeing with his view that “at the moment, Worcester
SIR – Worcester’s NHS commissioners are to be commended in pioneering a scheme where GPs attend with paramedics on 999 calls (Worcester News, August 27). It costs £21,000 a month to run but £500,000 has been saved in under a year because 80 per
SIR – I am horrified that thousands of badgers are now being killed in two areas of England in a misguided attempt to control TB in cattle. It is a needless massacre driven by farmers and politicans. In protest I am boycotting English dairy
SIR – I love both Marmite and Oxo cubes, John Phillpott (Worcester News, August 24). I drink hot Oxo with pieces of bread soaking in it. Yum, yum! GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
SIR – Regarding the furore about the badger cull, it seems several questions remain unanswered. Although millions were spent in the 1990s on a culling programme, this resulted in only a 16 per cent reduction in bovine TB. Why, therefore, was this
SIR – Badger culling is a disgrace. Do people know there will be hundreds of young and baby badgers left to starve? I think many people think it’s cruel and pointless. It still has not been proven that the badger alone carries the TB.
SIR – Re the letter by Joy Squires ‘Who is Mark Garnier trying to kid’ (Worcester News, August 23). She wrote: “In 2010 under Labour the economy was well out of recession and growing at 1.6 per cent, unemployment was falling and inflation was well
SIR – Re the debate about the Perdiswell park and ride to the city centre. I have lived in the centre of Worcester for 20 years and have observed the park and ride bus from Perdiswell to the city centre at all times of the day. I and others
SIR – Re the controversy over what should be worn by the dancers at the new lap dancing club in the Butts, Worcester (Worcester News, August 27). I’ve visited five clubs in Birmingham. The police are just not interested what goes on inside as long
SIR – It appears that Jamie Oliver prefers hard-working immigrants than whinging Brits, who, he says, complain about working long hours. Well, Jamie, I don’t think you would have much of a business without the whinging Brits. It’s they who
SIR – The letter by Councillor Alan Amos (Worcester News, August 23) describing Warndon Villages as a commuter estate lacking the community strengths he says is prevalent in his part of Warndon has to be challenged. The Villages has various vibrant
A NURSE charged with leading the fight against potentially deadly hospital infections has been shortlisted for a prestigious national health award. Carol Clive’s efforts to help stamp out infections such as MRSA and Clostridium Difficile (C.diff
WORCESTER’S former bins chief has poured cold water over calls to introduce food waste collections – saying the city council has “no chance” without outside help. Councillor Roger Knight says the authority “isn’t flush with money” and needs to
“A GENTLE giant with a passion for his pets” – this was how a distraught family has described a Worcester man who died in a crash near Callow End. Worcester doorman Steve Hartill, aged 30, died after a collision on the B4424 Upton Road, in Clevelode
BREAK out the brollies - this weekend could be a soggy one. The Met Office yesterday issued a severe weather warning for Friday and Saturday predicting heavy and persistent rain throughout Worcestershire and the rest of the West Midlands. The
TALK about being a pampered pooch. Cromwell, the six-foot tall canine that has taken up pride of place in Upton this summer, has had a bit of a trim. As the 750kg plant structure grows and weather conditions change, his style continuously changes
UPDATE: IT has been confirmed that a teenager was recovered from the River Wye in Hereford last night. The male was spotted by canoeists near Castle Green at around 6.30pm. Emergency services were called and the body was recovered by the fire
DEAN Ryan says he has a long-term project on his hands with Worcester Warriors – but he is adamant the club will improve during his tenure. For too long now talk of Heineken Cup qualification has been banded around by various Sixways head honchos
THE Worcester News Jobs and Careers Fair, in association with Bright Assessing Ltd, will take place at the Guildhall, Worcester, on Thursday, September 19. Following the success of the previous fair held in March, this established event, now in
A BADGER cull is believed to have started on the Gloucestershire - Worcestershire border. The exact locations of any cull are not revealed, although areas around Newent are believed to be among them. Meanwhile, Gloucestershire Police said an
AN investigation has been launched after confidential medical notes for seriously ill patients were left lying on a table in a train station waiting room. Hospital bosses have pledged to find out how details for 18 elderly patients were left for
