A WARNING has been issued to Worcestershire dog owners on how to keep their pets safe from a killer disease. New research has confirmed that nationwide at least 30 dogs have died from Alabama rot in the past 18 months. An investigation detailing
A WARNING has been issued to Worcestershire dog owners on how to keep their pets safe from a killer disease.New research has confirmed that nationwide at least 30 dogs have died from Alabama rot in the past 18 months.An investigation detailing the extent
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to this van on fire on the corner of Battenhall Road and Timberdine Avenue in Worcester this evening. On Facebook, one eyewitness described hearing an "explosion" as the van "blew up". A crew were called at 5.21pm
A MUM has said she has had to walk with her daughter past piles of rubbish – including a pornographic magazine – spilling out of an overflowing bin every day for more than six weeks.Kai Tongue of Lygon Walk contacted your Worcester News to say waste has
Sir - According to “Conservative Party Advisors”, Mr. Cameron has been triumphant in scoring a pre-election strategic success!He achieved this success by eliminating the topics of the EU, Border Control, Immigration, and the NHS from his January “Six
CHILDREN from one of Worcestershire's most deprived areas will be given the chance to fulfil their potential thanks to a £10,000 grant.Worcestershire County Council has successfully bid for the cash from the Department for Education to create a new early
KEMPSEY is to get a new post office after being without one for years.The battle to get the stamp of approval for a post office in the village has been a long saga which risked becoming a dead letter since the one in Post Office Lane closed in November
Sir I am beginning to think there must be something in Worcestershire's water. How else am I able to explain the exceptional quality of all the amateur theatre productions I have seen this year? Last night's production of "Fiddler on the Roof"
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a small fire in the flue of a cooker in Stourport today (March 24).Crews from Stourport and Kidderminister attended the scene at 3.10pm.
MPs are warning that flood protection still faces "major risks" - saying too many homes remain in the firing line. A report by the Commons' watchdog-style Public Accounts Committee says despite the millions lavished on protecting areas like
Sir - Catherine Phillips (Worcester News 18th March),reports that there is traffic misery in the city due to the start of work on the old Ebeneezer Baylis site. One person said it took 25 minutes to do a 5 minute car journey.Unless that person is disabled
ALLEGATIONS that taxi drivers in Worcester are refusing to transport wheelchair users are being investigated by Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS). The licensing body will launch a three-month operation of test purchasing into the alleged
THE Bishop of Worcester donned purple marigolds and an apron to help wash up after a dinner service.Bishop John helped out at Maggs Day Centre today (March 24) as part of the Church of England's Lent campaign, #Washday15.This encourages people to take
THE search is on to find the nation's worst view and homeowners in Worcester are being asked if they can compete with last year's industrial horror. Online blind retailer, DirectBlinds.co.uk, is looking for those in Worcester who can only dream
ACTION is being taken to tackle speeding on a "dangerous" St John's road after another crash last week. Councillor Derek Prodger is leading the calls against the "irresponsible" drivers who speed along Bromwich Road after a garden wall and
HONEY is a pretty six-month-old labrador/collie cross in the care of RSPCA Worcester & Mid-Worcestershire Branch.She has a brilliant temperament, very loving and affectionate.Honey is fit and healthy, in good condition, loves everyone and is good with
THE mum of a quad bike crash victim says her heart is breaking over the accident which has left him in a critical condition but says her baby is a 'fighter'. Nick Ferrier, 22, is still fighting for his life in hospital and his mum says he keeps
FEARS are growing that Worcester faces the prospect of unwanted homes being forced on residents - after a shock change in the city's status. Your Worcester News can reveal how a significant planning quirk now means the city is suddenly vulnerable
BRIGHT orange barriers have gone up around Worcester's Cathedral island - as council experts reiterated their plea for people to stay away. After too many people crossing the road led to safety concerns, Worcestershire County Council moved in yesterday
NOT only are students from Dines Green Community Primary School appearing in newspapers, they have been creating their own news reports too.Using the school's Green Screen Technology, year six pupils have been coming up with thought provoking videos during
IT is the competition that will send chocolate addicts crazy this Easter. A 9st Easter egg, which has been donated by Cadbury, is being raffled by the Daisychain Benevolent Fund Trust in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The epic egg has been labelled
STUDENTS from Dines Green Community Primary School have been taking part in a range of science themed activities, which were all packed into a suitcase.The initiative, called Science in a Suitcase which was undertaken by visiting scientist Selwyn Van
Sir - The claim by UKIP's Richard Delingpole at the General Election hustings on Monday that man-made global warming 'is not happening' says a lot about UKI's approach to politics. Rather than consider the evidence, they make wild claims that they hope
SEVENTY-FOUR horses are going forward for the £1-million Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree after the latest scratchings' stage. A maximum of 40 runners can line up for the 168th running of the world's most famous jump race at 4.15pm on Saturday
UKIP were out in force in St John's again last weekend.Party activists stood outside betting shop William Hill on Saturday behind their campaign stall to promote the party's campaign to abolish parking charges at hospitals.This is the second time since
WORCESTER MP Robin Walker says David Cameron's announcement on his future "may surprise some people" - but has shrugged off fears of an unwelcome election distraction. The PM has confirmed he would not want to stand for a third term in power if
A WITNESS appeal has been launched by police after a fatal crash near Ledbury. West Mercia Police are looking for witnesses to the incident on the B4215 towards Ledbury on Saturday (March 21). The collision happened around 10am and involved
A BANKING giant has announced its UK headquarters - and around 1,000 staff - will be moving to Birmingham. HSBC confirmed the bank will be moving to the West Midlands in 2017 from its current base in Canary Wharf. The move will take place before
"DESPICABLE" thieves have stolen cable from Kempsey's flood defences as work continues to try and make the village safer from flooding.West Mercia Police has confirmed that 160 metres of the "triflex grey grade cable" (240mm diameter
A DEAL to bring superfast broadband to 55,000 properties across Worcestershire is facing fresh criticism - amid claims BT has been handed "free advertising" with these garish adverts. To encourage public interest in the £20 million project, in
A WORCESTERSHIRE charity shop is appealing for more volunteers so it can expand its work.The Kidderminster British Heart Foundation furniture and electrical store opened six months ago and has proved highly successful selling a wide range of pre-owned
AN award-winning author is visiting Worcester's Waterstones book shop during the Easter holidays.Children's writer Greg Dobbins will host story time events at the store, in The Shambles, between 11am and 1pm on Thursday, April 9.
A SLIMMER from Evesham who lost an impressive three and half stones has said she hopes others will follow her example.Emma Stokes of Bengeworth had tried a number of diets and weight loss programmes but had found herself unable to keep the pounds off.So
DIRECTOR of cricket Steve Rhodes is keen to give the majority of his Worcestershire squad as much game-time as possible ahead of the new LV= County Championship Division One season. The County, having returned from warm weather matches in Abu Dhabi
Thirty-two Worcester children and their families raised money for charity in Worcester Woods Country Park yesterday (March 19) by participating in a giant wiggly conga. The conga was organised by Action for Children and was based on the well-known
A LOCAL cafe has been chosen as a charity partner by a bank in a Worcestershire market town.TSB has picked Cafe 27 in Teme Street, Tenbury Wells and will now work with it on fundraising projects. The partnership was unveiled by bank manager Daniel Fenton
A MASSIVE recycling plant in Worcestershire is going to expand its hours of operation - churning away household waste until nearly 11pm at night. Your Worcester News can reveal how the huge waste facility in Norton known as 'Envirosort', which
AN image of a wanted man from Worcester has been released by police, who are looking to track him down. Kieran MacKenzie is wanted in connection with an assault which occurred in the Warndon area of Worcester on Sunday, March 15. The 19-year-old
A Worcester RAF Reserve has been put through her paces during an arduous training exercise in snowy Norway.Mandy Mitchell, who has been in the RAF for six years and is a senior aircraftwoman and MT driver, took part in the Wintermarch 15 exercise held
FITNESS fanatics have just under two weeks left to sign up for one of the highlights of Worcester’s running calendar.More than 1,500 people are expected to take part in the Worcester full and half marathons and more than £25,000 could be raised for local
FORMER Olympic hurdler turned television presenter Colin Jackson is likely to be in Worcester this summer to send a special "dads race" on its way.Wealth management company Sanlam, which includes the former English Mutual firm in The Tything
VOLUNTEERS are needed to run the Worcester Cathedral Ferry when it gets underway this summer. The fundraising crossing carries people from outside Worcester Cathedral to the opposite side of the Severn and back on weekend afternoons during the summer
A CHARITY helping people who find it difficult to leave the house take care of their beloved pets is appealing for volunteers.The Cinnamon Trust provides dog walking services to elderly people and the terminally ill and needs volunteers in Worcester to
A WORKSHOP offering advice on how to uncover the history of buildings has been organised.Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service is running a House History Workshop at The Hive on Saturday, April 18 from 10am to 1pm.House history is becoming an increasingly
WORCESTER'S Labour parliamentary candidate has admitted her party got it wrong on migration - saying the controversial EU expansion of 2004 was handled badly. Councillor Joy Squires said the 2004 expansion, which resulted in a huge influx of Eastern
A GROUP of University of Worcester students will deliver a special performance at a charity dinner. Second year students from the university have been invited to perform at the Secret Elephant Show on Thursday (March 26). The event has been
PEOPLE are being asked to check their garage or shed to see if missing cat Jessie has wandered inside.Female tabby cat Jessie has been missing from Halifax Drive in Lower Wick, Worcester, since the early hours of Saturday morning.She has quite dark markings
BRIGHT orange barriers have gone up around Worcester's Cathedral island - as council experts reiterated their plea for people to stay away. After too many people crossing the road led to safety concerns, Worcestershire County Council moved in yesterday
A VAN was stolen from outside a home in Stourport Road in Great Witley.The theft occurred between 8.30am on Thursday (March 19) and 11am on Friday.Offenders went up the drive to the property and made off with the blue Volkswagen Transporter Van, registration
PLANS are already in hand to extend the landscaped gardens of a luxury Worcestershire hotel which recently changed hands.The four star Stone Manor, in the village of Stone, near Kidderminster, been bought by Helena and Andy Hogarth, who own the Hogarths
A 91-year-old patient showed a touch of bear-faced brilliance when she sold off her prize teddy bears during a breast unit fundraiser in memory of her late sister.Jean Huggan, a patient of breast surgeon Mr Steven Thrush, organised an event for the Worcestershire
AN Elvis fan raised more than £400 for a Worcester school after walking the streets as the King.Dennis Smith donned his Elvis gear for the sponsored walk, which along with a raffle held at the Grosvenor Arms, raised £416.61 for Fort Royal Community Primary
FLANKER Sam Betty has signed a new contract to remain at Worcester Warriors. Betty, who is just 10 matches short of becoming a Warriors centurion, has been an influential performer under Dean Ryan, enjoying the best form of his career under the
THIS month marks a significant milestone in the history of Acorns Children's Hospice as it celebrates ten years providing care at its hospice on Bath Road, Worcester. Even before it opened its doors on March 14, 2005, the city had taken the charity
STAFF at the Tesco store in Warndon are appealing for donations of Easter eggs.The chocolate treats will be distributed to ill children and young people at Worcestershire Royal Hospital's riverbank ward on Good Friday.About 130 eggs have already been
POLICE are seeking help in finding a missing Worcester man.Sean Taylor, of Bridge Street, was last seen at the YMCA in Burton-on-Trent on Monday, March 16.He is described as white, of medium build, around 5ft 9 tall, with shirt fair hair which is thin
AS KEEN readers of this fine publication will know, the long-awaited planning application for Worcester City FC’s proposed new stadium in Perdiswell has finally been officially submitted and is open for comments. Devotees of my weekly column –
REDUCED admission, coach travel and car sharing are among the options being considered by Worcester City to boost attendances for midweek matches. Crowds for Tuesday games at Aggborough are consistently lower than on Saturdays, with the 500-barrier
WEST Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin donned her stout shoes and trousers to go down on the farm to discuss the Conservatives election manifesto with members of Tenbury’s NFU branch. Michael and Jane Hogan hosted the visit at Bickley Farm, near
WORCESTER Warriors duo Josh Watkins and Richard de Carpentier will be playing for England Sevens in the Hong Kong leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series tour. Watkins, who is Worcester born and bred, has made four first-team appearances for Warriors
1. Top story: Quad bike crash UPDATE: crash victim named locally as Nick Ferrier A FIRST aider tried to provide care to a man who suffered a head injury in a ‘horrible’ quad bike crash which has left a community in shock. 2. Today's weather
Private 16567 Herbert Pitt 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 01/03/1915
Private 29783 Albert Pitt 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 24/08/1916
Lance Corporal 8798 William Pitchford 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 11/10/1917
Second Lieutenant Lawrence Piper 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 10/06/1917
Private 11259 Charles Stanley Pinnock 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 24/10/1914
Corporal 12414 John Pinner 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 23/04/1917 Military Medal
Private 41842 John Pinhorn 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 11/04/1918
Second Lieutenant Alan Roy Ping 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 21/07/1917
Private 17021 Charles John Pinchin 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 10/04/1918
Private 12950 George Henry Pilling 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 17/07/1916
Corporal 13024 William John Piller 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 09/10/1917
Corporal 18648 Leonard Pile 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 30/12/1917
Private 201558 George Piggott Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died home 16/01/1919
Second Lieutenant Bernard William Pigg 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 03/07/1916
Private 42379 Sowden Charles Piercy 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 07/11/1918
Private 16435 George Pickett 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds Lemnos 22/08/1915
Captain John Cunliffe Pickersgill-Cunliffe 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 04/06/1915
Private 19122 Horace Pickering 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died at sea 20/07/1916
Private 15149 Edward Pickering 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds at sea 19/08/1915
Private 14638 John Henry Pick 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 11/07/1916
Private 31024 Frederick Phoenix 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Salonica 24/04/1917
Private 20668 William Phipson 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds Mesopotamia 20/04/1918
Private 45989 Thomas Phipps 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 09/10/1917
Lance Corporal 201953 Bert Phipps 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 27/04/1918
Private 201898 Alfred Phipps 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 29/09/1918
Lance Corporal 17665 Francis Edwin Hughes Philpotts 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 27/03/1918
Private 242207 Tom Phillips 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 17/04/1918
Private 13200 Thomas Phillips 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 26/09/1917
Lieutenant Leonard Harry Perrins Phillips 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 06/11/1916
Private 15239 Joseph Phillips 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 07/07/1915
Corporal 241616 Herbert William Phillips 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 05/10/1918
Private 22384 Harry Phillips 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 24/04/1918 Military Medal
Private 35882 Harold Marshall Phillips 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 06/11/1918
Private 242612 George Ernest Phillips 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 05/04/1917
Lance Corporal 30319 Alfred Merriman Phillips 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 26/10/1917
Private 25751 Albert Phillips 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 09/10/1917
Private 8473 Sidney Phelps 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 16/05/1915
Private 16887 Herbert James Phelps 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Alexandria 12/10/1915
Private 22461 George Henry Phelps 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 06/08/1915
Lieutenant James Archibald Peto 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 23/08/1915 Lieutenant James Archibald PETO, 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Killed in action 23rd August 1915 (age 19) at Gallipoli
Private 37811 Sidney Mardon Petherbridge 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 21/05/1917
Private 1208 Walter Petford 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 25/01/1916
Private 19372 Frank Petford 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 26/08/1916
Private 9322 John James Peters 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 02/02/1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 1 Private Walter Hingley - First Battalion. ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 952 First Battalion Brigade moved into billets at Neuf Bequin. Second Battalion A very quiet day. Little shelling and no material damage done. Lieutenant
Private 27573 John Pitt 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 08/12/1917
Private 35494 Arthur Edward Piper 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 12/10/1918
Private 13413 Alfred Frederick Pinfold 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 16/06/1915
Private 34809 Arthur George Piney 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Salonica 18/09/1918
Second Lieutenant Albert Arthur Pine 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Mesopotamia 16/01/1917
Private 35553 George Pincott 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Baku 18/03/1919
Private 203963 Sydney Pinchin 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 09/10/1917
Private 25733 Charles Pinchin 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds home 11/09/1916
Private 18125 Harry Pinchback 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds Salonica 01/06/1917
Private 10166 John Pilsbury 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 07/03/1915
Private 11425 Albert Edward Piller 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 29/04/1915
Private 242322 Charles Pike 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 03/04/1917
Private 2165 Henry Piggott 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 21/08/1916
Lance Corporal 206268 James Pickvance 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 28/08/1918 Military Medal
Lance Corporal 16605 Harry Pickup 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 10/08/1915
Regimental Sergeant Major 9373 Thomas Pickrell 13th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died home 14/12/1915
Private 240375 William Pickersgill 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 05/04/1917
Private 8698 John Pickering 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 09/06/1915
Private 40419 Arthur Pickering 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 04/03/1917
Private 40417 Reginald Pick 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 09/10/1917
Private 57557 Arthur Edward Pick 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 29/09/1918
Private 41396 Frederick George Phippen 2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 03/12/1917
Private 203773 Thomas Philpotts 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Italy 15/06/1918
Private 59321 Reginald Albert Philpott 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 04/11/1918
Private 18079 Alfred Frederick Philpot 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 10/10/1918
Private 9423 William Albert Phillips 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 27/10/1914
Corporal 241076 William Phillips 2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 27/08/1917
Private 39759 Walter John Phillips 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 18/10/1916
Private 18987 Joseph Henry Phillips 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 18/11/1915
Private 20159 George Phillips 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds Gallipoli 07/11/1915
Private 40338 Frederick Phillips 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 16/04/1918
Lance Corporal 39885 Frank Henry Phillips 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 21/05/1917
Private 15196 Benjamin Phillips 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 10/08/1915
Private 9818 Arthur Desmond Phillips 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 18/08/1917
Corporal 15201 Albert John Phillips 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds Mesopotamia 26/01/1917
Private 260297 Wilfred Thomas Pettifor 2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 03/12/1917
Private 242085 Edwin Petherick 2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 31/03/1918
Private 10949 John Petford 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 12/11/1917
Private 203453 Charles Harry Petford 2/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 13/05/1917
Private 13396 James Alfred Peters 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 06/08/1915
Private 202148 Herbert John Peters 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 20/09/1917
Private 27652 George Peters 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 24/08/1916
Private 2502 Frederick Perrygrove 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 23/05/1915
Private 240498 William Henry Perry 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 27/04/1917
