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Private 241770 James Hinett   1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died of wounds France and Flanders 20/04/1917

Private 36137 Edwin Roland Percy Hinett   1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 31/07/1917

Private 260205 Robert James Hines   2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 19/08/1917

Lance Corporal 16932 John Hine   10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 03/07/1916

Lance Corporal 21438 Frederick Hine   1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 10/07/1916

Private 34744 Arthur Hine   10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 07/07/1917

SOMETIMES its good to be bad, as IT student Brett Hollis found out. "At college I decided to take a computer course, but found it rather slow and boring," he said. "So one lunchtime a friend and I hacked into the college IT systems so we could

Private 10182 Joseph Hinds   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 05/07/1916

Private 13465 Joseph Hinchmore   10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt   Died France and Flanders 15/09/1916

THE second round of the Worcestershire FA Sunday Minor Cup saw success for McDonald’sWorcester and District League Teams with Brickfields going through with a 5-2 win over Charlton Old Boys. Joe Corbett was their shooting star, netting four times

STUDENTS will be able to travel in style after Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College replaced their minibuses.The college, in Timberdine Avenue, is now the owner of three nearly new Peugeot 17 seat boxer minibuses with wheelchair accessibility.The

WORK to resurface the M5 between junctions 9 and 8 has begun and is set to continue for two weeks. The surface will be renewed across all three lanes of the northbound carriageway between junction 9 at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire and junction

ALMOST a hundred people attended an event in Worcestershire raising awareness of the importance of treating mental and physical health equally. The event on Friday, October 24 was held as part of Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust’s Mental

THE whole family can discover the sounds of autumn on their doorstep at The Elgar Birthplace Museum until Sunday, November 2.Autumn Music Makers features fun trails and activities including the scavenger hunt to discover all the sounds of autumn that

A COURSE helping people to deal with divorce or separation will begin at The Hive in Worcester on Tuesday. The Moving Forward course will help people to take steps to rebuild their lives and to make successful relationships in future.Karen McVeigh, training

A MUTUAL love of music has spurred a woman to organise an evening of music in memory of her much-loved sister who died suddenly last December. Organising The Dragonheart Ball at The Goodrest Tavern, Baker Street, on Saturday (November 1) has been

CHEFS from a Worcester hostel laid on a feast fit for a king to raise funds for a campaign working to stamp out homelessness in the area.The team from St Paul’s Hostel in Tallow Hill prepared the four-course meal at the Army Reserve Centre in Pheasant

WORCESTER'S Sansome Walk will remain closed until mid-November after utility chiefs admitted defeat in trying to finish early. Severn Trent had hoped to get the project finished two weeks ahead of schedule, by this weekend, but has confirmed that

THERE will be a bewitching afternoon of fun for youngsters at St John's Library on Friday.Worcestershire LitFest and Fringe will be holding its Hallowe'en event packed full of pumpkin carving, spooky stories and even a few creepy crawlies.Families

THE region’s deputy police and crime commissioner has fired his own warning over terrorists – urging Worcestershire to be on red alert. Barrie Sheldon says the recent example of four young men from Portsmouth who were killed in Syria after becoming

A MOVE to hand a Worcestershire beauty spot to the National Trust has been dramatically placed on hold - after councillors launched an investigation into it. A watchdog-style body at Worcestershire County Council, which owns the Kingsford Forest

TRYING not to get lost will be the biggest challenge facing a group of cyclists who set off from Gheluvelt Park for Gheluvelt in Belgium.Leaving the park in Barbourne on Tuesday (October 28), the group of eight friends aim to be at the village for Friday

A NURSING home in Worcester has secured permission for a controversial expansion after fighting off a furious campaign from residents. The Shrubbery, in Barbourne, is going to get a big extension so it can go from a 27-bed private care home to

HEALTH bosses in Worcestershire have raised serious concerns after it was revealed the organisation running Worcestershire Royal Hospital could end this financial year even further in the red last year.Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust –

A WOMAN accused of poisoning her daughter with unnecessary medication has been cleared by a jury after a three-week trial at Worcester Crown Court. Mary Kidson was acquitted on the direction of Judge Robert Juckes QC on three charges of administering

IN the year of the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Pentabus Theatre Company will be bringing Each Slow Dusk to Heightington Village Hall, Bewdley on Saturday, November 8.Focusing on people from rural communities, their experiences of

EMERGENCY services have been called to a car crash in Malvern this afternoon. Two cars were involved in a collision at the junction of Church Street and Albert Road North, in Malvern, shortly after 2pm. One vehicle was blocking the carriageway.

POSTERS are being given out to residents living in Wychavon who want a quiet night this Halloween.People who don’t want to be spooked by trick or treat callers are advised to display the trick or treat poster prominently on their front door or in

MORE than 23,000 people have stopped smoking in the region, including Worcestershire, this month for "Stoptober". The figures, which include county quitters, were supplied by Public Health England who have been promoting the 28-day stop smoking

CLAIMS Worcester's massive new future swimming pool could cost taxpayers nearly £500,000 a year to subsidise have been rubbished - as the row over the grand £10.4 million facility rumbles on. Your Worcester News can reveal how the Conservative

SIX West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) staff will take to the skies as part of their new roles as aircrew paramedics.The newly qualified paramedics will fly on the Midlands Air Ambulance aircraft based in Staffordshire and Worcestershire.The six

THERE is still just over a week left to see the colourful and playful International Lemniscaat Illustration Competition Exhibition at The Hive, Worcester.The competition has been designed to encourage emerging young illustrators to take on the challenge

A CANOEING canon used paddle-power to raise more than £2,000 for a charity that is dedicated to helping Worcester's homeless.Canon Jane Fraser, a non-stipendiary minister in the Diocese of Worcester, along with her husband, Jake, floated 58

OLD-fashioned signing-on, job cards in windows, and Full Monty-style dole queues have been consigned to the past as Worcester Jobcentre in Sansome Street is among those to undergo a digital revolution. High-tech equipment, including specially-designed

MATT Panesh will present 300:1 in the Artrix Studio, Bromsgrove on Saturday, November 8.A writer, performer and producer, under the name Monkey Poet Matt has written three solo comedy dramas and four poetry shows and successfully toured them as double

ELSA and Anna - the stars of Frozen, the number one animated move of all time - will feature in next year's Disney On Ice presents Magical Ice Festival.Tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 7 for the show which will run from April 2 to 5 next

A THRIVING media training club launched by Worcester-based consultancy Chris Green Media has celebrated its first anniversary.The CGM Business Media Club, which meets on the last Friday of every month at Wild Wood Rooms in the city, combines media training

FOLLOWING its Tony Award nominated run on Broadway, Stones in His Pockets is back on the road once again and appearing at Malvern Theatres on Friday, November 14. Stones in His Pockets tells a hilarious and moving tale of a quiet Irish community turned

THERE will be a golden opportunity to catch this year's Chippy pantomime Mother Goose which opens on Tuesday, November 18.The Theatre Chipping Norton is renowned for its pantomimes which have previously attracted visits from Prime Minister David Cameron

A TREE near Malvern is in the running to be named England's Tree of the Year. The Whiteleaved Oak, based in a valley between Chase End Hill and Ragged Stone Hill at the southern end of the Malvern Hills. The tree is believed to be around 400

IMAGINE this. It's late at night. It's dark. You and a few friends are in a field somewhere in Worcestershire. You have a tiny torch but you know that, although you can't really see where you're going, it's probably better to keep it switched

SHEEP, dogs and owls are among the wonderful wildlife caught on camera by a Hereford-based nature photographer.Gill Perkins' stunning pictures of animals and wildlife will be exhibited at Dorstone’s Front Room and Outpost Gallery in Herefordshire

A DAY nursery and after school club in Kempsey has been rated good by Ofsted.Magic Moments Out of School Care was ranked grade two overall and in the three inspection categories.Inspectors visited Magic Moments earlier this month for the first time since

THE Legend of Love will be performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow and broadcast worldwide including at Pershore's Number 8 on Tuesday, November 4. A tale of forbidden love, self-sacrifice, jealousy and suffering returns to the Bolshoi stage after

A COUNCIL tax freeze in Worcester has been endorsed by the city council's leadership - bringing the prospect closer to reality. The Conservative cabinet has backed a suggestion that rates should be frozen next year, meaning it will go to a vote

A CAST of more than 60 performers will take part in a commemoration of the First World War with a spectacular evening of song, dance and comedy.Music from the 1940s through to modern songs by Michael Jackson and One Direction will be performed when Worcester

STUDENTS hoping to work in the criminal justice sector are studying on a brand new course at the University of Worcester.The university’s new Applied Criminology degree attracted a large number of applicants and 16 successful students are now taking

HARRY is a very sad six-year-old German Shepherd cross, who was rehomed by RSPCA Worcester & Mid-Worcestershire Branch two years ago.Unfortunately his owner's circumstances have changed and he can no longer look after Harry, so he's been returned

AN annual appeal is being made to bonfire organisers to check for sleeping hedgehogs.The British Hedgehog Preservation Society says the British mammal is in decline and each one is precious. It is asking those who will be lighting their fires soon to

A CRACKDOWN on rogue private landlords in Worcester has been defended by council chiefs - who insist they have "strong justification" for it. The city council's Conservative cabinet has backed the first step towards slapping up to 2,000 private

GOURMET burger restaurant Byron is set to open in Worcester after becoming the first business to snap up a unit in the soon-to-be refurbished Cathedral Plaza. The London-based restaurant has been signed up by Salmon Harvester Opportunity Fund (

Private 22713 John Hobson   10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died France and Flanders 30/07/1916

Private 202026 Edward Hobson   1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died France and Flanders 24/02/1917

TRADERS at another market run by the same 'first class' company set to take over Worcester's market say business has enjoyed a big boost. LSD Promotions have now been appointed to manage the city's markets, including Angel Place in Worcester when

Lance Corporal 5510 William Charles Hobbs   3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died France and Flanders 17/04/1915

Private 20903 Samuel Bateman Hobbs   4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died Gallipoli 26/11/1915

Private 63710 Richard Hobbs   1st Gn. Bn. Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died at home 01/07/1918

Lance Corporal 8881 Joseph Hobbs   1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died France and Flanders 07/04/1917

Private 8799 Henry Hobbs   1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died France and Flanders 24/04/1917

Lance Corporal 14820 Harry Hobbs   9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment   Died Gallipoli 10/08/1915

A PRE-SCHOOL in Rushwick has had its good rating reaffirmed by Ofsted in its latest inspection.Rushwick Pre-School, in Upper Wick Lane, was ranked good overall and in the three categories inspected - how well the early years provision meets the needs

A PLANETARIUM visited a primary school in Worcester to help youngsters learn about space.Pupils at Dines Green Primary were engaged by the galactic projections on the inside of the structure.Teacher and science co-ordinator Vicky Williams said: "

Sir - I trust I am not the one who greets the news that the HLF will give £5 million for Hartlebury Castle with less than enthusiasm. I certainly don't blame the diocese for wanting to downsize and relocate to Worcester. But it has managed to

A PLANETARIUM visited a primary school in Worcester to help youngsters learn about space.Pupils at Dines Green Primary were engaged by the galactic projections on the inside of the structure.Teacher and science co-ordinator Vicky Williams said: "

SPENDING a year with one of the UK’s leading thermotechnology firms has proved hugely beneficial to University of Worcester business student Chris Watling.Because he has now been signed up to Bosch’s student@Bosch Programme after spending

Sir, In your letters column on Wednesday 22nd October, Wendy Hands lectures us lesser educated people about what Nationalism means. She tells us that its latin root is "Nasci". She could have added that it's the first part of the word "

CHILDREN from Dines Green Primary School turned a tenner into tons of money to help fund services and therapy for disabled people living in the poorest areas of Mexico. The students were given the charity challenge to turn £10 into more. Each class

Sir - Horse before the cart, or in the case of the South Worcester Development its the cart before the horse. Development gone crazy, with 2,500 new houses between Dines Green and Broadheath and 2,400 new homes by Crookberry Way.Even then the Government

A £200,000 transformation of Worcester's cemetery has been officially backed - paving the way for a radical overhaul. The city council's Conservative cabinet has voted in favour of plunging the six-figure sum into a long-awaited revamp of the Astwood

JUBILANT Worcester City manager Carl Heeley insists his team will revel in their underdog status against Coventry City in the FA Cup and will be out to cause an upset. The Aggborough outfit are riding the crest of a wave after being drawn against

A SOUTH Worcestershire manor house business has won two top awards in the county's main tourism competition.Eckington Manor, near Pershore, took both best bed and breakfast and the tastes of Worcestershire categories in this year's Visit Worcestershire

ANIMAL-KILLING snares have officially been banned on council-owned land in Worcester - after the city council's leadership labelled them "inhumane". From today the snares, which have been used for decades around the UK to trap pests like rats,

THE University of Worcester has welcomed its two latest Commonwealth Scholarship students.James Abrokwah, from Ghana, and Divya Madhusudhan, from India, will spend the next year studying at the University under the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme

A MOVING and atmospheric tribute to the fallen will be installed at Worcester’s Bishop Perowne CofE College next week.The tribute will mark the start of the college's commemoration of the First World War and become a central point for acts of

YOUNGSTERS from Perry Wood Primary in Worcester were given a novel take on maths - when they were visited by Domino's Pizza.The children were taught a practical fractions lesson as the pizzas were sliced up.Sharon Walker from the school said the children

HEATING giant Worcester Bosch is one of the major names supporting Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, which runs from November 3-7 and aims to encourage UK talent to take up engineering as a career. The company based in Cotswold Way is working to promote

FIVE pupils from RGS The Grange won a competition to name a quintet of previously unnamed bridges in Worcester's Gheluvelt Park.The Friends of Gheluvelt Park ran the competition, which required youngsters to name the bridges and explain their choices.This

A TEACHER from Wolverley CE Secondary School has been named as one of Britain's classroom heroes.Kerry Poole was handed the Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School award at the Pearson National Teaching Awards.Ms Poole, PSRE subject leader at Wolverley

DIRECTOR of basketball Paul James believes Worcester Wolves still have plenty of room for improvement. Back-to-back victories against Leeds Force and Surrey United have kept Wolves third in the British Basketball League with just one defeat from

1. Top story: Worcester restaurant's expansion bid blocked after dispute with cafe A SWISH Worcester restaurant and bar has been blocked in an audacious bid for a big expansion - amid a bitter row with a next door cafe. 2. Today's weather

LOCAL CASUALTIES:  6 Private George Docker, Lieutenant Corporal Harry Fellows, Drummer  Thomas Hill, Private  Charles Augustus Meighan, Corporal  Charles Ricketts & Private Harry Wood - Third Battalion. ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT:  324 Second