NEW guidelines around when hospital trusts in Worcestershire and the West Midlands are able to declare a ‘major incident’ will make it almost impossible for them to do so, it has been claimed.Hospitals around the country have been suffering under extreme
MPs in Worcestershire have welcomed a £7 million cash bonus from the Government - calling it a "fantastic boost" for the county. As your Worcester News revealed earlier today, ministers have decided to extend the Local Growth Fund project to hand
The Worcester Buddhist Centre group will mark the physical death of Buddha with a Parinirvana Day Festival, on Sunday February 14, from 4pm to 6pm.All will be welcome to attend, but those wishing to attend should phone for venue details beforehand,
SIR - The planners have done it again!No foresight. Last Saturday my wife and I had cause to drive into town. I think our grey hairs entitles us to drive to to a little local shopping at Tallow Hill.From Sidbury we found City Walls Road beginning to get
A TEDDY bear tea party will take place at St Martin’s Church in London Road. The event, which is supporting the St Martin’s Interior Lighting and Electrics (SMILE) appeal, will feature a teddy parachute jump and teddy bear parade with prizes.
THE National Parks of America will be the title of a talk organised by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust at Bournheath Village Hall, near Bromsgrove, on February 2, at 7.30pm.The speaker will be John Homer.
WORCESTERSHIRE Symphony Orchestra will perform at St Martin’s Church in London Road.The event will take place on Saturday, February 7, at 7.30pm.Tickets costs £10 for adults, £8 for concessions and £5 for children.
TO celebrate National Storytelling Week, youngsters at Busy Bees Pre-School in Worcester will be dressing up as their favourite book character, on February 5, Donations on the day will go to Barnardo's.
WORCESTERSHIRE Youth Brass Band and Harrison High Concert Band from America will perform a joint concert.The event will take place at St Martin’s Church in London Road, Worcester, on Wednesday, March 25, at 7pm.Tickets cost £5 for adults while entry is
TV Licensing is reminding pubs and sports clubs in Worcester to make sure they are correctly covered by a television licence in the build up to the Six Nations rugby tournament. Fans from across Worcestershire are expected to flock to their local pub
SPATS Langham's Hot Fingers and Emily Campbell will perform for Pershore Jazz on February 25, from 8.15pm.The venue will be Pershore Working Men's Club, and the doors will open at 7.15pm.
THE Mayor of Pershore will host a coffee morning, in support of Pershore Carnival, on Saturday February 7, from 10am to noon, in Pershore Town Hall.
PERSHORE High School will host its annual auction of promises and quiz night on Friday, February 27, from 7.30pm, in the dining room. Entrance will be from 7pm.The popular fund-raiser is organised by the Friends of the school.
LOVERS of nature, literature, music and art are being invited to treat themselves to an evening out this March.The Michael Baker Boathouse at The Kings School, Worcester, will play host to BBC Radio 4 and Springwatch presenter Brett Westwood, mezzo-soprano
ST Barnabas's First and Middle School in Drakes Broughton has launched a fitness challenge for its pupils, called "The Golden Mile Challenge".Children aged eight to 11 will be encourage to walk, jog or run a distance of 50 miles by the middle
A QUIZ night is being held at the St Mark in Cherry Orchard church in Worcester on Saturday, March 14. The fundraising event will get underway at 7.30pm and anyone is welcome along but is advised to bring their own drink and nibbles. It costs £3.50 for
A DELIVERY driver has been filmed reversing a lorry through no entry signs into a busy pedestrianised street, close to where a pensioner was crushed to death by a bin lorry. The Shoe Zone lorry reverses from the end of the High Street into Broad Street
STUDENTS at Pershore High School will teach Spanish to youngsters at Himbleton First School, during a "taster session" day for the language, on Wednesday, February 11.
A FUNDRAISING group in Worcester are hosting a charity golf day at Ombersley Golf Club.Independent Fundraisers of Worcester are putting on the event in support of West Midlands Search and Rescue – a group of volunteers that are the first point of contact
THERE will be a pancake party for St Philip and St James Church, Whittington, on Tuesday February 17, from 7pm.The event will be held at 8, Stuart Rise, Whittington.
A UNIQUE planning application to build a new convenience shop in the car park of a Worcester pub is open for comments.Plans have been submitted to build a new 325 square metre Co-Operative store in the car park of the Goodrest Tavern in Barker Street,
A DISABLED author and her mother are helping to change attitudes towards disability in Worcestershire and further afield. Jess Hiles, 30, who has learning and physical disabilities, teamed up with her mum Jo Allmond to write Jess the Goth Fairy, a tale
CAROL singing in Dymock , on behalf of the Family Haven in Gloucester, raised £123.With funds added from a carol concert in the Beauchamp Arms pub, and the money from the Christmas Day collection in St Mary's Church, the grand total for the charity was
A CCTV image has been released of a man police wish to speak to in connection with an assault in Worcester.The incident happened on Monday, December 22 at around 7.50pm on Foregate Street.A taxi driver was parked in his vehicle at the taxi rank when he
Sir - I have had three different medical treatments in the last three months,15 appointments with Corbett surgery Droitwich,with five different nurses. I would score them 10/10.I have had an ultra test at the Royal Worcester, and a cataract appointment
SIR - After reading the stupid controversy over taxi drivers in Worcester making short journeys really makes me mad.i was a taxi driver for 32 years four months before I was forced to retire late 1995. The Council rules are these taxis are there to serve
YOUNG dancers from Worcester will represent England in the Dance World Cup this year.Members of Harlequin Stage School, which is based at Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Club, have been chosen to participate in the contest alongside groups from 36 other
A STUDENT who lived a double life as a 'modern-day Robin Hood', robbing banks and building societies, has lost his last chance of overturning his convictions.Stephen Jackley, 28, of Sidmouth, Devon, stole thousands of pounds in a string of raids, later
DON'T shoot the messenger. But the Met Office has once again issued a forecast suggesting snow could fall in Worcestershire. Whether or not the white stuff appears is another story. A yellow warning by the Met Office has predicted snow
Sir - A.G.Macdonald,(Worcester News 22nd January) says it is only a brain wave that stopping traffic going through Lowesmoor will decrease pollution.The problem will only go elsewhere if fewer new houses are built which only create more cars adding even
THE next major fund raising event being planned by the Worcester Lions Club is a "Pink Pamper Evening", on behalf of the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign. The fund-raising event will take place on Monday February, 16 from 7.30 pm at The Edgar
Sir -I would like to add my voice to those who 'Slapped down' Joy Squires about not trusting the Tories on subject of the NHS. Others on this page have made some of the same points that I was going to on our local hospital ie massive financial burden
NOMINATIONS are open for a prestigious award applauding real-life lifesavers.St John Ambulance is calling for nominations for its Everyday Heroes awards, recognising people and businesses who have saved lives with their quick thinking, have championed
Sir - The letter in the Worcester News (21/01/2015) from Mr M Young castigating New Labour for building the Worcester Royal Hospital under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) omits to point out that it was the Conservatives that invented PFI, built several
Sir - At a Worcester City Council committee meeting on 19th January, the Conservative Leader of the Council said that he has “an absolute aversion to cutting services unless necessary”.However, by adhering to the Conservative-led government’s austerity
Sir - I note today the dogged and continued pursuance of the road user!This morning whilst travelling down Tolladine I noted the appearance of the dreaded camera van outside Altafs. It appears the Safer Roads Partnership have resorted to stealth measures
FORMER Cabinet minister Hilary Benn visited Worcester today - urging Worcestershire's councils to go for it over creating a powerful "combined authority" to unlock millions of Government cash. The shadow communities and local government minister
A California-based film actress has given evidence in defence of her ex-partner, folk singer Roy Harper, who is facing a sex trial at Worcester Crown Court. Verna Gindoff spoke via video link from Santa Barbara, painting a picture of the busy,
WORCESTER MP Robin Walker has visited retirement schemes in the city as part of a programme to reach out to older constituents, especially those with limited mobility.The politician held drop-in sessions at Warmstry Court in Quay Street and Noele Court
NEW College Worcester has signed up to a Sainsbury's voucher scheme.The Active Kids vouchers were handed out from yesterday (Wednesday, January 28) and are on offer until May 5.Vouchers are available from all Sainsbury’s stores, petrol stations and when
THE owner of a lost black cat is desperately hoping he will return home soon.Diesel is an all black, adult, neutered, short-haired domestic male cat.He was last seen on Tuesday January 20, at 5.45am when he was let out from being kept in overnight from
ALTHOUGH most people are on a diet in January we enjoyed a fish and chips supper at our meeting,President welcomed members and as Linda had kindly fetched the fish and chips we all sat down to eat these before any business. Kate and Liz made us all tea
AN AUTHOR has written his second book about life working as a shepherd and farmhand in Yorkshire and Herefordshire.Trevor Robinson, 84, who lives near Ledbury, published Working with the Curlew about his teenage experiences of rural living in 2003.He
SIR, I don't agree Mr Phillpott (Worcester News, January 17) that the BBC is "left-leaning". The BBC (TV and radio) gives equal time to all points of view - left, centre and right.GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
NEWS that cigarettes could be sold in plain packaging next year is a good move. If it stops people from smoking and staying healthier for longer then I’m all for it. But it got me thinking about tobacco sponsorship in sport, which has been
THREE cases of poaching have been reported to police in Worcestershire. Poachers were seen hare coursing in a field containing heavily pregnant sheep in Grafton Flyford, east of Crowle. The incident (reference number 0554S250115) took place
IT was posh frocks and smart suits for the employees of IT firm OGL Computer when it held a winter wonderland themed dinner dance at the Chateau Impney, Droitwich, to celebrate a successful 2014.The company which has sites in Stourport on Severn and Kidderminster
IT’S great to have Caylin Raftopoulos back in the Worcester Wolves fold as we look to continue our push for silverware. Although Caylin has been training with us, he has been playing with our second team in National League Division Two since the
FRESH doubts have been poured over a drive to save money on bin collections in Worcester - after the current costs were revealed as being among the lowest in the county. A new report has been published showing how the yearly cost is now just £44
TICKETS have gone on sale for a popular car racing tradition, which is returning to the Chateau Impney Hotel this summer after a break of 48 years.The Chateau Impney Hill Climb sprint first launched in 1957, organised by the Hagley and District Light
IT’S nice to be back on the training ground after some time away from the club having got married in South Africa. The wedding was something my wife and I had planned some time ago and I spoke to Dean Ryan about it before I signed my contract to
BURGLARS have stolen tools from a garage in Throckmorton, near Pershore.The offenders removed the rear window of the garage to gain access.The incident took place sometime between Monday, January 19, and Saturday (January 24).Anyone with information should
A CIRCULAR galvanised sheep feeder has been stolen from a field in Hinton on the Green, near Evesham.The incident took place at about 7pm on Thursday, January 22.A pick-up vehicle was seen in the vicinity with a similar feeder on the back.Anyone with
A DELEGATION which went to London to try and secure £63 million towards dualling Carrington Bridge has come under fire from a Labour politician - who has labelled it a "shameful missed opportunity". Councillor Richard Udall, the chairman of Labour's
CROWD trouble is not something you often associate with Worcester City. For a club who attract modest attendances, seldom do things get too out of hand on the terraces. In the just over eight years I have been covering the team, there are only
THIEVES broke into a vehicle in North Littleton, near Evesham.They stole two bags but one was found abandoned nearby.There was no sign of damage to the vehicle and police confirmed it could have been left unlocked.The incident took place sometime between
A BODY of an elderly man has been found on allotments off Lansdowne Walk, Worcester, this morning. A police spokesman has said the death is not being treated as suspicious. Police and forensic officers are on the scene.
A MOTORIST in South Littleton, near Evesham, found his Jeep Commander's bonnet open.The suspicious incident, which took place sometime between 11pm on Friday (January 23) and Saturday (January 24) at 3pm, was reported to police.Anyone with information
LEAGUE tables showing how Worcestershire’s secondary schools performed in the latest round of GCSE and A Levels have been revealed this morning (January 29). Dodderhill School in Droitwich has been named the best performing school in the county
NEVER mind a helping hand, a rotational moulding business has received a helping arm from its bank.JSC Rotational Ltd, set up by husband and wife team Mark and Karen Drinkwater in 2003 and based on a farm at Inkberrow, has purchased and installed a
TWO men have been arrested following a police pursuit in Evesham which ended in a crash. The crash happened in Avon Street, Evesham in the early hours of this morning. A police spokesman said the vehicle, a red Suzuki estate, was suspected
ANDY Short’s decision to return to Worcester Warriors at the end of the season has upset their Greene King IPA Championship promotion rivals Bristol. Short, who brushed aside Chris Pennell to score a try for Bristol against Warriors on the opening
A WORCESTERSHIRE woman who faced weeks of worry after a life-changing operation to remove a brain tumour was cancelled three times is recovering in hospital after finally having the procedure.Emily Bennett of Fernhill Heath was due to have the procedure
THE British and Irish Cup has proved to be an excellent competition for Worcester Warriors this season. Saturday’s 24-10 victory over Pontypridd was their seventh in a row and secured them a place in the semi-finals. But it is still difficult
1. Top story: Popular retired Worcester GP died after falling at ski resort 2. Today's weather: Cloudy with rain and a little sunshine 3. Traffic and travel: St Mary's Street closed both ways due to water main work between A38 The Tything and
ONCE again Worcester woke up to no snow after as much as 2cm was predicted but drivers have still been warned to take care on the roads during the cold snap because of ice. Highways gritting and snow clearing teams were ready to respond to a possible
A £7 MILLION cash boost has been handed to Worcestershire - including a major business park expansion and funding for 600 new apprentices. The Government last night announced a surprise extension to its Local Growth Fund project, a kitty worth
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Private William George Bull - Third Battalion. Private Clifford Jones - Ninth Battalion. ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 622 First Battalion La Gorgue: Corps Reserve Billets. Second Battalion shelled during the day but not
