HUNDREDS of crates of music, forming the Worcestershire Music Library have been moved to a new home in Glebe Close, St John's, Worcester.More than 400 crates of music, which were originally housed in the basement of Worcester Library in Foregate Street
A WORCESTER business will be supporting the engineers of the future as part of a national event next month. Tomorrow's Engineers week kicks off on November 3 and is being supported by Bosch Group. The week hopes to change perceptions about engineering
WORCESTERSHIRE residents with an antique worth a few bob could get themselves a spot on TV as Dickinson’s Real Deal comes to the city.Now in its eleventh series the popular ITV show is coming to Worcester to find some real bobby dazzlers. People
AN annual charity table top sale is to be held at the Lyttleton Rooms in Malvern this Saturday (October 25). The event, which begins at 10am, will provide the opportunity to find out more about the various youth and health charities supported by the event
DETERMINED city golfer Darren Murton is looking forward to more England recognition after earning national honours despite only having the use of one arm. The 33-year-old from Worcester, whose right arm has been paralysed since a motorcycle accident
A WORCESTERSHIRE beauty sport is set to be handed over to the National Trust, despite fierce opposition to the move. The decision to give Kingsford Forest Park, a popular tourist attraction, to the charity was given the backing of the Worcestershire County
SCHOOLS in Worcestershire will get more money in the coming year after the county secured an extra £6.2 million in its budget. Notoriously the county has been one of the worst funded areas in the country, listed as 142 out of 151 in the money stakes
Sir - re CITY'S BOOMING SHOPSAre we all led to believe that Worcester's shops are booming according to the front page of the Worcester News on Monday. Was there a proper survey done or just a few newly open shops questioned !. There are still
SIR - I find myself agreeing with Robin Walker’s assessment of the recent parliamentary by-election results (Worcester News, 11th October). There really is no such thing as a ‘safe seat’ anymore. The inroads that UKIP is making across
Sir, I do appreciate the bigger picture, J Burgess Worcester news 7th Oct,I belong to KAALE www.kaale.org.uk, your readers can see many photos taken by us atRamsgate of live sheep going to mainly religious slaughter on the continent and beyond,we have
Sir - Since there is so little to distinguish the Conservatives, Labour, and Lib Dems on matters European, other than yet another vague promise waiting to be broken about the referendum the British people should have been given ten years ago, the three
A CAT was rescued by firefighters today after getting trapped in a car engine in Evesham. The crew from Evesham were called to release the cat, which had got into the engine compartment of a car after escaping from a local vet in Merstow Green. The incident
Sir -I understand that William and Kate are contemplating calling their second child (if a girl) Diana, for obvious reasons. However a few of The Royals would not like it because of old feelings in The Household.It is the right of all parents to name
Sir, I have experienced local Conservative 'Del Boy' political actions regarding the disabled being thrown off their parking in St Swithun Street in favor of the taxis, and, without consultation, the stoppingof subsidy towards the one hot meal
SIR - Re Mark Garnier's Important to Read Parties Manifestos, October 9, what he misses is the largest party is the They're in it for themselves party - the non-voters, which make up more than 40 per cent of any election.From the electorate'
SIR - I see that Nigel Farage's comment that immigrants with HIV should not be allowed into our country has provoked the now usual incandescent response from the liberal metropolitan elite, and its fellow bag carriers. More than 5,000 immigrants a
EXPERIENCED backs Ryan Mills and Ryan Lamb are soon expected to feature for Warriors in the British and Irish Cup. The pair, both former Gloucester players, have resumed training at Sixways after injury but will not be involved in Worcester’s home
SHAVING her head wasn't enough for one Pershore fundraiser who got a tattoo on her head as well in a bid to raise money for a charity rescuing gorillas. Julie Griffiths went under the choppers and then the tattooist needle on Monday (Oct 13) after
A PATIENT who fought for three years for a copy of a heart scan has been awarded compensation of £10.56.The pay out stems from a request by Andrew Brown, of St John's, Worcester, who in 2011 wanted a copy of a cardiac ultrasound echiocardiogram
SIR - The wheels on the bus do not go round and round.I live in Barbourne area, the park and ride buses have gone.Droitwich Road has bus 31C and 31A going to Worcestershire Royal Hospital from bus stop at St Stephens Church one an hour. Example I maybe
SIR - I was concerned to read that pupils from Chantry School, Martley had been sent to a horse racing course as part of their maths education.As well as the concerns about racehorses welfare, why would a school want to teach youngsters about gambling
THREE people were cut free from a car last night (Friday) and another two people were injured following a serious two car collision in Droitwich. A team of ambulance staff provided emergency treatment to five patients following the crash in Hanbury Road
A WORCESTERSHIRE businessman has slammed a court's decision forcing him pay his ex-girlfriend £28,500 following their break-up. In what is considered a landmark legal case for unmarried couples in the UK, David Southwell, of Droitwich, was forced
HEREFORD United need to settle debts of more than £365,000 to remain in business beyond Monday. The Edgar Street outfit are due back in the Royal Courts of Justice for the latest hearing of the winding-up petition hanging over the club. United
FANS have leapt to the defence of the famous cottage pies served at Kidderminster Harriers after they were once again named as the most expensive in football. The home-made meat and potato dish, which costs £4.50, topped the charts in the BBC’s
SKIPPER and opening batsman Daryl Mitchell has given Worcestershire a massive boost by signing a new four-year contract — and he hopes the best years of his career are still to come. Mitchell still had two years to run of his existing deal but
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 0 ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 194 Second Battalion in billets at Godewaersvelde. Third Battalion Le Hue: relieved by W Kent regiment at 5am. Sniping as we withdrew. Into billets west of Bois de Biez. The Worcester
Chapter 12 The Aftermath The grief was felt by hundreds of families who lost people with the Viknor. Nearly a century later one of the descendants of the lost of the Viknor wrote: “Then came the Great War, and my father, Chief Engineer, Henry
