Don’t let your holiday be a treat for thieves

12:22pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

Summer is always a good time for burglars to make their move, as windows and doors stay open more than usual. With predictions of hot weather for the next few months, it's vital to adopt some security measures

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There was always the fear we’d fall out of the plane

12:48pm Monday 6th July 2009

Alan Sier learned to fly at Perdiswell airfield, Worcester, in a Tiger Moth like the one above, but so flimsy his feet could go through the floor

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Cotheridge

12:30pm Monday 6th July 2009

Take a gentle stroll in unspoilt countryside. Julie Royle leads an undemanding walk through a landscape on the edge of the beautiful Teme Valley

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Had heart problems? He can help you get fit again

9:39am Wednesday 1st July 2009

Steve Cooper is a fitness trainer with a difference – his speciality is helping people with cardiac troubles get healthier with exercise

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I like writing features so I've got my own magazine

12:09pm Monday 29th June 2009

Ceressa Bateman came to the Worcester News for work experience. She went away and started a publication for people who foster

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Ragged Stone Hill

9:44am Monday 29th June 2009

This beautiful route spans three counties. Julie Royle takes us on a walk offering glimpses of various hills and mountain ranges as well as rare animals

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Healing hands can help to combat modern-day strain

9:46am Wednesday 24th June 2009

Osteopaths are seeing more people suffering with upper back pain thanks to our sedentary lifestyles

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Maps are my life and I've even stolen a few

11:40am Monday 22nd June 2009

Former King’s School pupil Mike Parker has turned his life’s passion into a job and written an amusing book

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Northwick

11:03am Monday 22nd June 2009

Plenty of unspoilt gems to discover along river Julie Royle plans a route that includes sites such as the pumphouse, lido and beautiful Georgian houses

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Maggie’s mission to make us feel better with her tango tonic

11:53am Friday 19th June 2009

John Phillpott meets a woman who found a new meaning to life when she discovered dance and mixed her passion with an interest in eastern philosophy to set up workshops in the county

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It’s bad being ill, but worse when nobody believes you

9:59am Wednesday 17th June 2009

ME sufferer Judy Hughes has to live with the frustrations of facing uninformed doctors and sceptics as well as her draining condition

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All aboard for a return to that golden age of travel

9:43am Monday 15th June 2009

Steam trains are a rare sight on our railways but they still manage to conjure an air of romance, and it’s a vision that lingers for Mike Hitches

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Wooton Wawen

9:26am Monday 15th June 2009

Head for towpath to escape din of traffic. Julie Royle finds a refuge from the noise of modern life – along a watery highway of the Industrial Revolution

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Scrapped: plan to keep YOU in the dark about how hospitals are run

2:41pm Friday 12th June 2009

Hospital chiefs have backtracked on plans to make vital decisions about the future of your NHS behind closed doors – a victory for democracy as well as common sense, says health reporter James Connell

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We had to deal with name calling for having swine flu

9:59am Wednesday 10th June 2009

As if getting infected wasn’t bad enough two teenagers had to endure shouts of ‘Oink! Oink!’ and ‘Hey, swino’ while out and about

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