Sir - I read with interest your front page story in the Worcester News regarding Royal Mail parcel deliveries. My girlfriend and I live in a first floor apartment in St. John's and often we receive missed delivery cards from the postman even when one
THE very existence of Hereford United will hang in the balance just 24 hours before they are due to host Hitchin Town. Saturday’s Southern League Premier Division match is scheduled to kick-off at Edgar Street at 3pm but there is a chance the club
VULNERABLE elderly people have been left cold, thirsty and unclean in a Worcester care home after staff ignored their pleas for help, according to a damning report. The latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on Shaw Red Hill Care Centre, in
POLICE bosses may increase their council tax precept by almost two per cent next year – a hike that would add £3.65 to an average band D property.A consultation has begun on the proposed 1.99 per cent rise for 2015 to 2016, which West Mercia Police believe
WORK to expand the southern link road at the Ketch roundabout is to stop for the Christmas break to allow holiday traffic to flow. Worcestershire County Council's multi-million pound investment into the southern link road will take a short break
PARENTS in Worcestershire with children aged between two and four are being reminded to get their flu jab.Although children generally experience the same symptoms as adults when they have the flu – including fever, chills, aching muscles, headache, stuffy
CHILDREN in Worcestershire living with cystic fibrosis no longer have to travel to Birmingham for treatment following a new arrangement with the organisation running Worcestershire Royal Hospital. A new team of specialists is being set up to offer inpatient
DESPITE this December being a rather mild one, it is not expected to last too much longer, and there is even the chance to snow, according to weather experts.It is anticipated the weather will turn cooler and cooler as we head toward the big day, with
THE University of Worcester has been placed 113th in a table ranking UK universities in terms of their research.The list has been provided by Research Fortnight and is based on the results of the 2014 research excellence framework.Factors such as staff
FRESH calls have been made for Worcester City FC to return home from exile following the massive swell in support during their FA Cup run. The club has generally drawn crowds of little more than 500 since entering into a ground share agreement
SIR - There are far too many stinking, polluting, private cars on our roads.Ban them!Force people to use buses and trains. We are all dying of petrol fumes.GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
A BLIND man who lives in a cramped one bedroom flat with his two young sons says his family should be rehoused as a priority. Brian Hope says he is reaching the end of his tether after a seven year battle with Worcester City Council to be rehoused
ALMOST 400 miles of Highways Agency roadworks will be lifted over Christmas and New Year to help festive journeys go smoothly.The agency aims to complete or lift 156 schemes by Tuesday, December 23 – leaving 97 per cent of its 9,628-mile network free
AN INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED expert in occupational therapy visited the University of Worcester to share his experience with students.Professor Michael Iwama, chairman of the department of occupational therapy at Georgia Regents University in America,
THE new management team of a Spetchley public house wanted to do something to stand out this Christmas, and a giant red bow seems to have done that trick.The Berkeley, in Evesham Road, looks fantastically festive now that the red bow has been tied around
SIR - It's great to see the council spending over a million pounds on the development at Cathedral Square, and £900K at Diglis playing fields. Even the £2,000 on Gheluvelt Park is welcome. However, how about sparing a thought (and a few quid) for the
Sir - Robyn Norfolk and David Wrigley should read my original letter. I said 99% of immigrants before 1950 were white, then you mentioned apartheid, restricting the right to vote and civil liberties for some groups, and questioning people's right to
A TRIO of masked men broke into Gwillams Farm Shop in Bevere, near Worcester, by forcing their way through a wall at the back of the building between 7.50pm and 8.16pm on Tuesday, December 16 and stole a small amount of meat. The three men were seen on
Sir - As a local resident of Droitwich Spa, I know I can’t be alone in worrying about our housing situation and where the next generation are going to live?Surely, with an election around the corner, there needs to be more of a serious local debate about
TWO callous youths stole a mobility scooter from outside a Worcester shop – but their get-away was foiled by have-a-go heroes.Hazel Browning, 45, of Red Hill, Worcester, was getting a tattoo done when the thieves struck, stealing the £500 Wispa scooter
LIBRARIES in Worcestershire are the most cost effective across the country. The latest public library statistics collated by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy for 2013/14 revealed the county's libraries, for the second year running
PERSHORE lock is to remain closed until February next year as major repair works take place. The announcement came days after the lock was closed, on Monday, December 15.During the closure, which should last until February 27, works on the weir bull nose
KEEN historians will be able to take home books about Worcester at a sale being held at the Hive tomorrow (Friday, December 19).The books are duplicates of item already in the local studies and archaeology library, and will be of interest to those who
MP Harriett Baldwin has welcomed a deal which will mean £5 billion being invested by telephone operators in mobile phone signals for rural areas.The cash investment was agreed by Culture Secretary Sajid Javid after meeting with the mobile phone operators
STEP back in time this Christmas by visiting the Elgar Birthplace Museum for some festive entertainment from the composer's childhood. In a time before TV and cinema, magic lanterns were a popular pastime for Victorians of all ages.This Saturday (Dec
SIR - After mishandling the economy, George Osbourne now feels the need to take us back to the 1930s.Funny, I thought the Tories were more a party of the 60s - the 1860s.ANDREW DYKE Bishampton
THIS teddy bear discovered in a Worcester car park is still hoping to make it home in time for Christmas. The toy was discovered on the top floor of CrownGate car park on Wednesday, December 10. It has sparked a campaign with people hoping
A COUNCIL tax rise of two per cent has moved a step closer - as council chiefs vowed to "start the conversation" with Worcestershire's householders. The Conservative leadership at County Hall has endorsed its budget plans for 2015/16 by saying
A MASS sing-along broke out at a London Underground Station when performer Neil Francis blasted out 80s hit A Little Respect. The performer was at Kentish Town station when he decided to give his vocal chords a work out by breaking into the Erasure
ONE of Worcestershire’s most spectacular churches has been handed a £20,000 windfall to help urgent repairs to its roof. St Michael and All Angels Church in Great Witley has been handed the cash as part of a £550,000 series of grants by the National
A WORCESTER man is to appear in court after he was spotted carrying a 1.5 foot machete on a busy city centre street in broad daylight.Christian Fielding, aged 42, of Wylds Lane was arrested after he was stopped by officers on patrol in The Tything at
SIR - With reference to George Cowley's letter saying he gets his disability pension on a Monday and by Thursday he is broke.If he spent less money on postage stamps posting rubbish to your paper he would be better off rather than giving his money to
A WORCESTER man is planning to run 13 marathons in aid of a city hospice in memory of his girlfriend.Adrian Norsworthy is hoping the raise the cash for St Richard’s Hospice in memory of Sarah Veall, a former Worcester News journalist, who died earlier
THERE will be wagging tails at a Worcestershire dog rescue centre over the Festive Season after a pet food firm came up trumps.Forest Dog Rescue in Kidderminster has received a Christmas delivery of 130 dog’s dinners from leading UK pet food brand Webbox
SIR - Your angry reply to me, Jed King (December 8) made me laugh aloud!Seriously, Mr King, atheists are sad people because they believe physical death is the end of us.I, Jed, as a life-long working class Church of England Christian have all eternity
A BELOVED headteacher retiring after nearly 20 years says the school has held "a very special place" in her life. Tomorrow (Friday, December 19) will be Angela Deakin's last day at St Barnabas C of E Primary School, after 17 years at the helm.
TOUGH new criminal sanctions which could see people hit with hefty fines or 10 years in prison for copying someone else’s innovative designs have been welcomes by a Worcestershire specialist in intellectual propertySam Pedley, an expert at law firm mfg
CRAFTY adults have been going back to school to learn how to make some unusual artworks.The art department at Bishop Perowne CE College in Merrimans Hill Road has been running glass art workshops every half term for the past two and half years.The classes
A MAN will appear in court in connection with the criminal damage of three Worcester shops.The individual presented himself to West Mercia Police officers, after an appeal featuring CCTV images and footage was published in Your Worcester News.A court
ESTABLISHING a career as a professional writer can be very challenging, but a former University of Worcester graduate is on the right path. Jake Crowley, 22, who studied English literary studies and screenwriting in Worcester, has recently finished
A TWENTY-FOUR hour indoor rowing challenge has raised more than £4,500 for charity The physical challenge was completed by students at King’s Worcester who worked in shifts to clock up a whopping 1,399,200 metres – the equivalent of rowing a single scull
SIR - On December 9 I was one of a large group of elderly people who attended the King's School Christmas Party.We were treated to an excellent concert performed by very talented young people.We then had a festive tea and each of us received a present
THERE was wintery wonder in the air at a Worcester Library last weekend.Children went along with their families to St John's Library to take part in a fun day based on smash-hit movie Frozen.There were all sorts of themed festive activities on offer,
WORCESTER schoolchildren will be extra safe when out and about during the dark winter mornings and nights thanks to a Worcester opticians.The city's branch of Specsavers in Broad Street has been handing out high-visibility vests to schools in the city
ROYAL Mail has dismissed claims that people cards and letters sent in red envelopes cause problems for its sorting machines. A story circulating yesterday (which was published on this website) said the fluorescent orange codes printed on each envelope
THREE Worcester Warriors stars visited St Richard’s Hospice to wish patients, volunteers and staff a Merry Christmas.Players Niall Annett, Sam Betty and Josh Drauniniu visited the Worcester hospice and chatted with patients attending the day hospice and
WORCESTER Cathedral is offering a unique opportunity – to be immortalised in the very stone of one of its most prominent buildings.In return for a donation members of the public can have their initials, or the initials of a loved-one, cut into new stone
POLICE have issued a stern warning to anyone planning on causing trouble on the streets of Worcestershire in the build-up to Christmas.This weekend is predicted to be the busiest of the year for pubs, clubs and bars across the county, and with 37 per
ONE lane of the A44 near Pinvin is closed after a car caught fire. Firefighters were called to the scene just after 9am and used two hoses and two breathing apparatus to put out the flames, but the car was damaged beyond repair. The fire crews
CAMPAIGNERS are lobbying for action to boost mobile phone coverage across the Cotswolds. Many parts of the largely rural district are very poorly served by network operators and some areas have no signal at all, meaning people are unable to call
SIR, What is wrong with sending a Christmas card to a friend? Nothing.What is good about sending a Christmas card to a friend? Everything.- You are showing someone you don't see very often that you still think of them.- It is always nice to receive a
1. Top story: Is this the best view in Worcester? THE revamp of the high rise flats in St John's has taken another step closer to completion, after the sky lounge officially opened its doors to residents. 2. Today's weather A mild day with
THE University of Worcester is the most improved uni in the country, according to research released today.In the Research Excellence Framework rankings, the university climbed 32 places - the most of any higher education establishment.The university climbed
A SHOCK legal wrangle over building a new £19 million Worcestershire Parkway railway station could be on the cards, it has emerged. Your Worcester News can reveal how council chiefs are trying to prise the land needed to build the station, in Norton
THE FA Cup second-round replay against Scunthorpe United will surely go down as one of the most dramatic games in Worcester City’s history. Despite Scunthorpe being three entire leagues higher than City, the run-around Carl Heeley’s men gave their
WORCESTER City bowed out of the FA Cup in the cruellest of fashions as Scunthorpe United edged them 14-13 on penalties in a second-round replay that will go down in football history. The shoot-out saw 27 of the 32 kicks scored, including by each
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 0 First Battalion marched to ‘A’ Lines HQ remained in close billets in the houses around ‘A’ Lines HQ. An attack was made in the evening by the Second Devonshire Regiment in ‘D’ Lines against the German trenches. Second
