PEOPLE who can spare time to visit families coping with issues including illness and relationship breakdown are needed by Home-Start South Worcestershire.The charity which offers support, friendship and practical help to families with children under five
STORMY seas may have brought a Channel swim attempt to a halt but a dedicated swimmer still managed to raise £12,800 for the hospice that cared for his late son.Alan Gale managed to swim 21.75 miles but his pilot called time on the challenge because
FIRE covered over 100 square metres of trees and undergrowth in Lisle Avenue, Kidderminster on Tuesday afternoon.Firefighters from Kidderminster used one jet to tackle the fire on a railway embankment at just before 2.30pm.
AN EXHIBITION by Birmingham Watercolour Society is to be held at Worcester Cathedral next month.The society's annual exhibition runs from Monday, October 6 to Sunday 19 in the Dean's Chapel.The free event, entitled 'Life's Journey'
TICKETS are still available to see poet Elvis McGonagall at The Hive on Wednesday (September 24) evening at 7.30pm.Elvis has written and performed for BBC’s Saturday Live, The Today Programme and The Culture Show as well as his new Radio 4 series
THE fourth annual ‘Eye-Q’ Quiz, in support of the charity Sight Concern Worcestershire, takes place this World Sight Day at Sixways Worcester Rugby Club. The popular event, which will be held on Thursday, October 9, will see teams from across
AN afternoon of poetry and music will be held at Carnival Records in Malvern on Saturday (September 27) from 4pm.Music will be provided at the event by Martin Thorne and Co, Lounge Toad and the Brickshed.Other artists are also being invited to join in
THIS October the NSPCC in Worcestershire is asking everybody to go green to help raise money for its ChildLine Schools Service in the county. The service helps to educate local children about abuse before it starts.Between October 13 and 18 the campaign
SUPPORTERS of Phoenix House care home in Worcester raised about £2,000 with a sponsored walk.The 10-mile walk took place on Saturday afternoon, starting from the care home on Bromyard Road.Nigel Hooper from Phoenix House said: "It went very
A SPARE wheel and aluminium sideboards were stolen from a pick-up truck.The crime took place in Wellington Lodge Close in Bredon on Saturday, September 13 or Sunday 14.Anyone with information should call 101 and quote reference number 0452S 150914.
WORCESTERSHIRE came down to earth after the euphoria of clinching promotion as they were bowled out for 84 on the opening day of the LV= County Championship clash with Essex at Chelmsford. The visitors were put into bat on a green-tinged wicket
THERE will be dogs galore at Worcester Woods Country Park this Saturday (Sept 27) as the Saving Cavaliers UK group are holding a mega meeting between noon and 5pm. The Facebook group of Cavalier King Charles owners meet online to share stories, pictures
WORCESTER Concert Club's new season starts with a piano recital by nationally acclaimed Antony Peebles.He performs on Sunday, October 5.There will be a mix of local talent and national artists in the forthcoming season. Cellist Richard Jenkinson will
A CHARITY dinner will be held to mark the 25th anniversary of Worcester Volunteer Centre.The evening of entertainment at Worcestershire CCC takes place on Saturday, October 25 from 7.15pm.Tickets cost £35 and are available from the volunteer centre
HOPES of Worcester finally getting a Northern Relief Ring Road have suffered a bitter blow - after council chiefs ruled it out for another 16 years. Ahead of a crunch vote on 28,370 more homes, your Worcester News can reveal how Worcestershire
THE University of Worcester's adult nursing programme has been praised in a report.Nurse education was rated green - the highest possible - by Health Education West Midlands (HEWM).This means HEWM believes “the University of Worcester in collaboration
AN incredible two million miles has been notched up by Severn Valley Railways fleet of locomotives - the equivalent of going to the moon and back more than four times. The remarkable figures, discovered during a routine review of the SVR’s locomotive
WORCESTERSHIRE County Museum's annual harvest fair promises to be bigger and better than ever this year.Visitors to the event, on Sunday, October 5, can watch traditional cider-making demonstrations and will have the chance to witness heavy horses
EIGHT jobs are to be lost after administrators confirmed the Phones 4u store in Worcester High Street will not reopen.However, it is good news for staff from the store in The Shambles, which is to carry on under the Vodafone banner - saving five workers.Phones
FIREFIGHTERS contained fuel which leaked from a vehicle following a breakdown this afternoon (Tuesday).A crew from Malvern were called to Worcester Road at just before 1pm.Firefighters used an environmental grab pack.
A MAN who had left a blue Muddy Fox mountain bike secured to cycle racks at Foregate Street railway station returned to find they had been stolen. Police have now released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the
A FUN day organised by Cash Converters Worcester store raised £850 towards the national children's charity Dreams Come True.It was held in conjunction with a cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats by the firm's mascot Cashie
Private 30480 William Gardner 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 26/09/1917
Private 23094 William Gardner 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 06/08/1915
Corporal 20034 Thomas Gardner 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 18/04/1917
Second Lieutenant - Maurice Reginald George Gardner 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 27/05/1918
Private 201902 Jack Gardner 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 22/03/1918
Private 30164 Henry Edward Gardner 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 11/10/1918
Lance Corporal 17268 Horace Gardner 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 10/08/1918
Private 241729 Francis Aubrey Gardner 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Home 07/03/1917
Private 46858 Charles Edward Gardner 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 20/11/1917
Private 33462 Charles Gardner 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 20/09/1917
Private 14851 Walter Gardiner 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Mesopotamia 20/04/1916
Private 21335 John Gardiner 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 08/08/1915
Private 42322 Wilfred Garbutt 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 14/04/1918
Private 17960 James Gardener 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 13/03/1915
Private 27807 Joseph Garbutt 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 31/05/1918
Private 5803 Henry Garbett 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 12/03/1915
Private 23770 Thomas Ganley 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 21/08/1916
Lance Corporal 12171 John Ganley 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 27/09/1915
Private 17267 Thomas Henry Ganderton 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 10/07/1916
Private 12330 Edward Thomas Gammon 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 04/12/1915
Private 13358 Austin Gammon 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 14/09/1914
Capt. - Robert Arthur Winnington Gamlen 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 30/11/1917
Private 41865 Ernest Edward Gamlen 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 27/05/1918
Private 42768 Jasper Game 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 05/12/1917
Lance Corporal 20890 Wilfred Gamble 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 07/07/1916
Second Lieutenant - Theodore Hugh Galton 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 21/10/1914
Private 242063 Alfred Galsworthy 2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 31/03/1918
Private 22774 Louis Gallie 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 06/10/1915
Second Lieutenant - Robert Rankin Gallaugher 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 23/02/1917
Private 44236 Thomas Gale 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 15/10/1918
Private 9965 Joseph Gaffney 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 13/10/1914
Private 34741 Walter Charles Gabbitass 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Salonica 25/04/1917
WHEN Fran Fosh set up Charlie’s Café Bar she made sure her menu always included a ‘green page’ with options for vegetarians. That was unusual back in the 1980s when the Sidbury based café first opened, but she was inspired to do it because her
PLANS to hand Worcester's sports centres and play activities to an outside provider have been criticised by a would-be MP - who claims there is "no rationale" to it. Councillor Joy Squires, the city's Labour parliamentary candidate, says too many
Sir - My partner and I regularly take the opportunity to walk to Perdiswell, on occasion our trip takes us past what was once the Perdiswell Park and Ride. This morning (Sunday, 21 September) John Comyn Drive was packed on either side with cars.John Comyn
Sir - Re: Carole Roberts' letter on Friday, suggesting that there are too many people in our small country and that sending immigrants home would solve the problem.If we are going to send the immigrants home, it is only fair that other countries do
RETAILTRUST, the charity dedicated to those working in the retail sector, has launched a new UK-wide youth employment programme in Hereford. The main focus is to prepare 16 – 24 year olds for employment in the retail industry. The programme will
MEMBERS of CB Chartered Accountants proved they could add up their recipe figures when they baked home made cakes to win the Great Chamber Bake Off organised by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce.Held on Malvern's Three Counties
A WORCESTERSHIRE councillor has warned against any repeats of the county's consultancy controversy - saying it "must not happen again". Labour Councillor Robin Lunn says he believes confidence among the public has been shaken after a leaked report
A WARNING has been issued to residents about rising energy bills by price comparison service uSwitch.com.Consumers on 16 popular fixed energy deals could see their bills go up by more than £100 a year unless they take action to switch tariffs, uSwitch
MULTI-award winning events and communications company drp Group has just won another.The team from Hartlebury took the main category of agency of the year at the Conference and Incentive Travel Excellence Awards, held in the Grand Connaught rooms in London.drp
THIEVES stole £12,000 worth of power tools from Bridgewater House on Blackpole Road, Worcester.Police are appealing for witnesses who saw anything suspicious between 5pm on Friday and 7am on Saturday or may have been offered tools.PC Chris Royle
A SIGNED copy of Buzz Aldrin's book is one of the top offerings at a charity auction.The second man on The Moon's autographed autobiography comes with a photo and moon rock sample.The auction takes place in The Station Inn, Farfield, Kidderminster
APPRENTICES and firms from across Worcestershire and Herefordshire triumphed in the West Midlands round of the National Apprenticeship Awards. Lee Snead from Hereford, Evangelene Brookes from Kidderminster and Blue Moon Creative Ltd in Pershore all took
A MULTI-million pound project that could create more than 5,000 new jobs in Worcestershire has moved a step closer to reality.The £120 million Worcester Technology Park offers a vital boost to the county's economy, according to its backers.And
AN entrepreneurial father and son from Castlemorton have found what they hope is a gap in the business market.Twenty-years-old Edward George and his father Richard, one of the original family team behind the Upton-on-Severn firms Door Panels and Permadoor
AN exhibition of artwork inspired by the Pershore Avon Meadows Community Wetland will be on display to the public at Pershore Library from Saturday, October 4 for three weeks.The event is being put on by Pershore Arts, in conjunction with the Wetlands
WORCESTERSHIRE’S Emily Arlott has been included in the England Women’s Cricket Pathway development programme Under 19 winter training squad. It is the next step forward for 16-year-old Arlott towards realising the dream of playing for her country
A BOOK has been launched which aims to promote a variety of businesses in Worcester city centre.Titled Uniquely Yours, the book which was produced by Worcester BID, features 151 small sectors from across the region.Nicki Williams, Chairman of the Worcester
A "GOOD SAMARITAN" was attacked after he tried to intervene in an argument between two men and a woman. The 37 year-old, of Worcester, heard two men and a woman arguing and stopped as he was concerned for the woman's safety. He entered into
A NURSE was shot at with what is believed to have been a pellet gun while she sat in her car. The female nurse was outside Warndon Clinic on Cranham Drive at around 7pm on Sunday evening and was about to leave to visit a patient when her rear windscreen
BRADFORD Bulls Rugby League player Jamie Foster is being linked with a cross-code switch to Worcester Warriors. The 24-year-old is a goal-kicking winger who came through the ranks at St Helens, his home-town club, before joining Bradford ahead
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 3 Corporal Henry John Staunton - Second Battalion. Privates Frederick Avery and Frank Lucas - Third Battalion. ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 131 Second Battalion in billets at La Cour des Moines to rest and refit. Employed entrenching
