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SIR - Perhaps I am barmy, John Phillpott (August 23) but I am certain we all have a guardian angel watching over us. Pray quietly, John. Life goes too fast today.GEORGE COWLEY Worcester

AS A&E departments in Worcestershire continue to come under significant strain, an organisation representing patients and carers in the county has launched a study into why people visit hospital. Healthwatch Worcestershire has announced an Urgent

POWERFUL back-rower Gerrit-Jan van Velze has been appointed as the new Worcester Warriors captain. The 26-year-old skippered Warriors’ pre-season clashes with Sale Sharks and Exeter Chiefs and has now been given the role on a permanent basis.

MUSKET FIRE was heard over Worcester on Wednesday evening, followed by a minute's silence for those who fell during the very last battle of the English Civil War.The annual Drumhead March and Service is organised by the Battle of Worcester Society

Sergeant Bertram Frederick Grace 24855   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders, 27/12/1917

Private William Gozzard 11246   2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds France and Flanders, 25/09/1914

A ROW has broken out over a new high-speed internet cabinet due to be set up in Kempsey. Residents in Brookend Lane and The Limes are concerned about the impact of a new box due to be set up by BT's infrastructure division Openreach at the junction

Private Victor Gower 42228   1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds France and Flanders 28/03/1918

Private Edward Charles Govey 23276   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 02/05/1916

Private Norman Goulding 43183   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 07/08/1918

Private William Gould 16329   9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died Gallipoli 07/01/1916

Private Thomas Gould 40834   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds France and Flanders, 21/02/1918

Private Philip Gould 9714   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died at home, 20/02/1918  

Private Arthur William Cantrill 26042   Worcester Regiment   Died of Wounds France and Flanders 10/07/1916    

Sergeant Frank Cansdale 8819   Worcester Regiment   Died France and Flanders 03/09/1916    

Private Joseph Cannon 42939   Worcester Regiment   Died France and Flanders 06/06/1918

Private James Cannon 9449   Worcester Regiment   Died France and Flanders 12/12/1914    

Private Robert Haywood Candlin 27888   Worcester Regiment   Died France and Flanders 24/08/1916

Private Leonard Gould 52326   2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds France and Flanders, 29/09/1918

THE organisation running Worcestershire Royal Hospital is already £800,000 behind its financial plan just four months into the year. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – which also runs Kidderminster Hospital and Redditch’s Alexandra

SIR - I reckon Dave Bradley (Worcester News, August 23) that Charlotte Green reading the football scores on Radio Four is every bit as good as James Gordon whom I'd never heard of!I love Charlotte's music programmes on Classic FM.GEORGE COWLEY

Private George Candlin 240752   Worcester Regiment   Died France and Flanders 05/04/1917    

Private George Candle 7702   Worcester Regiment   Died of Wounds France and Flanders 16/05/1915        

Private John William Robert Gould 16365   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders, 16/06/1915

Sergeant Henry Gould 9466   14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died at home, 25/01/1916

Lieutenant John William Ronald Campbell   Worcester Regiment   Died France and Flanders 14/04/1918

Private George Gould 8529   2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 21/10/1914

Private Alick Campbell 51473   Worcester Regiment   Died France and Flanders 05/05/1918

On Friday 26 September, people in your area will be getting together with friends for a cuppa and a delicious piece of cake – all in the name of Macmillan Cancer Support.    So gather your favourite people together for the World’s Biggest Coffee

Lance Corporal Frank Gould 20662   2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 18/06/1916

Lance Corporal Harry Came 11552   Worcester Regiment.   Died of Wounds Cairo 27/09/1915

Second Lieutenant Francis William Gould   1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 09/10/1917

Lance Corporal Douglas Gould 15525   10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 03/07/1917

Corporal David Gould 6683   3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 7.7.1916

Private John Cambrey 21450   Worcester Regiment   Died Gallipoli 06/08/1915

THREE dental colleagues from Malvern took part in an epic cycling event around Malvern Hills to raise money for St Richard’s Hospice in Worcester.Kevin Fieldhouse, aged 54 from Mathon, together with Simon and Daniel Young, aged 54 and 19, both from

THE climax to Worcestershire’s 2014 campaign is beginning to turn into a rather tense affair. Having hurtled towards promotion for much of the summer, the County have seemingly started to stutter at the crucial moment. Although Steve Rhodes

THE red carpet for royalty will be rolled out next week at a Droitwich care home.Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester, will be welcomed by residents at the Elizabeth Finn Rashwood care home on Thursday , September 11.The royal VIP will be given a tour

WITH more than 1,900 in West Africa dead of ebola since the start of this year, hospitals in Worcestershire are braced for a possible outbreak of the disease here. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – which runs Worcestershire Acute Hospital

SIR - We are always hearing how hard up the council are.Just over a week ago in Folly Road in front of houses at Folly Crescent, Alfrick, a mini bus turned up with six men to clear a very short distance of the edge of the road dumping the rubbish into

ONE of Worcestershire’s most successful entrepreneurs has been selected to contribute to a new free online resource which has been launched to offer support and guidance to growing UK businesses. Neil Westwood, who along with his wife Laura, received

EVERY death in Worcestershire’s three major hospitals will be reviewed from this month onwards to determine if lessons can be learned.The new initiative was announced at a meeting of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust’s board on Wednesday

THE Hive in Worcester, the public and university library and history centre, is planning to set up a code club for children this autumn in collaboration with local technology company Postcode Anywhere and is looking for experienced volunteers to help

A STREET collection in Malvern on August 30 raised £181.97 for the Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research.The Fund is responsible for ground-breaking medical and scientific research that does not involve animals. Each year, the LDF awards grants

POLICE officers will be taking part in specialist awareness training to boost their understanding of the Polish culture. Throughout September police officers from West Mercia across north and south Worcestershire will be looking at all areas of

A UTILITY firm has apologised for having to carry out seven weeks of roadworks on a major Worcester route – insisting the project is “essential”. The National Grid has responded to criticism over its A38 Bath Road project by saying it is “very

CONCERNS have been raised over the amount of time people making complaints to the organisation running Worcestershire’s three major hospitals have been waiting for a response. A report presented at a meeting of the board of Worcestershire Acute

AN experienced collaborative family lawyer has joined Worcester practice HallmarkHulme.Pat Beeching, who has been appointed consultant solicitor at the city’s oldest law firm, will focus on developing alternatives to court-based resolutions to family

ONE of Worcester's leading politicians has defended the role of unpaid volunteers - saying it is "poppycock" to deride them. Tory Councillor Marc Bayliss has refuted concern over the growing army of people doing traditional council work for free

A WOMAN who was looking forward to celebrating a birthday doctors said she’d never reach was devastated to return from holiday to find her house had been ruined by fire. Emma Dixon made headlines in your Worcester News when she was 10 years old

FORMER Sri Lanka under 19 star Hemaka Pathiranage has put a knee injury behind him and is on the brink of his best season for Old Elizabethans. The 24-year-old seamer, who works at the University of Worcester, took his total in all competitions

Wychavon District Council is inviting the people of Pershore with dementia to grab their cowboy boots and head out on September 6 for a barn dance with Alzheimer’s Society. The event, to be held at Pershore Town Football Club, will kick off at

THE Evesham and District Quiz League, which has been running for over thirty years,will launch its new season in October.The quiz takes please on Sunday evenings throughout the winter. It caters for teams of all levels and is split into Evesham, Bidford

MORE than 1000 children have benefitted from Zig Zag coaching sessions this summer in the Worcester and Malvern areas.Activities enjoyed by local youngsters, at various local venues, have included dodgeball, den building and capture the flag.October half-term

HEALTH bosses in Worcestershire have vowed to make changes after food at the county’s three major hospitals was ranked some of the worst in the country.A report issued by the Department of Health last week showed all three sites run by Worcestershire

SIR - On Wednesday, August 8 I went to the doctors very ill.I was so ill the doctor ordered an immediate ambulance and I was taken to Redditch Hospital and straight into Ward 11.From my great doctor, the ambulance staff, the cleaners, the kitchen staff

A SEX attacker who was filmed on a mobile phone by a woman as he assaulted her in Evesham has been jailed. Luis Silva was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for the incident, which took place in Evesham at about 4am on Sunday, June 15

WORCESTER Warriors embark on their new season this weekend knowing that nothing less than promotion will suffice. Following relegation from the Aviva Premiership last term, everything has been geared towards returning to the top table of English

I am researching my family tree. John Hughes was my great grandfather and in the 1911 census he is listed as living at Fern Cottage, Moseley Road, Hallow with his wife Charlotte, nee Benbow. I am interested in any photos or information you can

NEONATAL services will remain at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital for the time being despite a national shortage of specialist nurses.In June it was announced Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was considering moving all high-risk births to Worcestershire

SIR - I have just spent a few days in Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Lavender Ward and must praise all the nurses, doctors and rest of the staff for their care and kindness during my stay.To watch a young male nurse sit and hold hands with an elderly

IT may only be the start of autumn, but garden centre staff at Webbs, Wychbold are looking for the perfect person to help bring the magic of Christmas to customers. With the festive season a few months away the search is on early to find the ideal figure

BALANCING a career with playing football is a juggling act performed by the majority of players in non-league. There might be millions of pounds swilling around in the Premier League but lower down the pyramid that couldn’t be further from the

BUILDING work at the expanding Stanley Road Primary School is Worcester is running slightly behind schedule; but all the children are back at school this week, in fully-functioning classrooms, and the end is now in sight for the work. Headteacher

THE award winning communications and events company formerly known as drp Group is rebranding. It will now be known simply as drp.Originally founded in 1980 as predominantly a video production company, the business at Hartlebury is now a full-service

FULL-BACK Chris Pennell says he’s excited about Worcester Warriors’ prospects in the Greene King IPA Championship. The Worcester born-and-bred star admits he felt like a new player when he linked up with Dean Ryan’s squad in the summer after a

A NEW IT apprentice has been appointed at Worcester-based soft company ClearviewThe business performance management solutions provider on Elgar Business Park at Hallow has been joined by for the next 12 months, apprentice Burgess Ellison. He will be

Private John Thomas Greaves 24010   1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds in France and Flanders 07/04/1916

Private Frank Greaves 235093   4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 20/11/1917

Private Alfred Greatorex 50735   2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 31/03/1917  

Private William Holloway Greathead 22172   9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 19/04/1916

Private Joseph Grealey 7209   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 24/08/1916

Private Edwin Grazier 18873   9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died Cairo 11/09/1915

Private William Oliver Gray 16366   2nd Battlaion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 24/08/1916

Private Oliver Gray 9790   2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 12/10/1914

Second Lieutenant Leslie Austin Gray    4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 14/06/1914

Private George Gray 9118   4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died Gallipoli 06/08/1915

Private Frederick Alfred Gray 260159   1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 27/08/1917

Private Bert Gray 40931   14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 22/08/1917

Lieutenant James Singleton Graves    4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died Belgium 15/06/1918

Private Henry Ernest Graves 53112   3rd Battaltion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds in France and Flanders 26/04/1918

Corporal Alfred Graver 12968   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 04/11/1914

Private Evan James Gravenor 1462   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds in France and Flanders 07/03/1915

TRANSFER deadline day is remarkable as a television spectacle. Primarily because, for the large part, nothing actually happens. Hours upon hours of presenters cutting to reporters outside grounds or training complexes with seldom anything new

LOCAL CASUALTIES: 0 ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 10 The Second Battalion marched to take up defensive position at La Grosse. At 8pm moved six miles SW and took up outpost position. The order to Divisional Cavalry to cover them at 4am failed and they