http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/ Worcester News /features/ en-gb Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:10:26 +0100 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:10:26 +0100 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/resources/images/528245/?type=rsslogo http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/ http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4467879.Had_heart_problems__He_can_help_you_get_fit_again/?ref=rss Steve Cooper is a fitness trainer with a difference – his speciality is helping people with cardiac troubles get healthier with exercise Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:39:15 +0100 bce8e7150611892e899b7c292fbf1736 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4464037.I_like_writing_features_so_I_ve_got_my_own_magazine/?ref=rss Ceressa Bateman came to the Worcester News for work experience. She went away and started a publication for people who foster Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:09:36 +0100 9850e6f2eabfeaf2e3a2ee8dfcee1b26 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4463561.Ragged_Stone_Hill/?ref=rss 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 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:44:11 +0100 93821b3fe514160f6675e465850d4d2e http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4455628.Healing_hands_can_help_to_combat_modern_day_strain/?ref=rss Osteopaths are seeing more people suffering with upper back pain thanks to our sedentary lifestyles Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:46:19 +0100 dda2d29a0cf40e2362927968f3df57be http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4451422.Maps_are_my_life_and_I_ve_even_stolen_a_few/?ref=rss Former King’s School pupil Mike Parker has turned his life’s passion into a job and written an amusing book Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:40:59 +0100 ad5652072868e9400f030df3b79a153e http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4451304.Northwick/?ref=rss 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 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:03:41 +0100 357b04bd32678917f0ca10cc0f6242b0 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4447939.Maggie___s_mission_to_make_us_feel_better_with_her_tango_tonic/?ref=rss 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 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:53:45 +0100 0b332ffdef1fc26d1bb4264e9a0ef908 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4442382.It___s_bad_being_ill__but_worse_when_nobody_believes_you/?ref=rss ME sufferer Judy Hughes has to live with the frustrations of facing uninformed doctors and sceptics as well as her draining condition Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:59:21 +0100 938049c7c92acf71a33ecef6231a9709 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4438178.All_aboard_for_a_return_to_that_golden_age_of_travel/?ref=rss 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 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:43:13 +0100 6f92f1431c3606172295f939bbd0fa4d http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4438121.Wooton_Wawen/?ref=rss 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 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:26:40 +0100 6a2a659e932876149ec07734c0d18dff http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4435945.Scrapped__plan_to_keep_YOU_in_the_dark_about_how_hospitals_are_run/?ref=rss 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 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:41:48 +0100 c2030e9b345a859889c1083e0f9ed7a4 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4429281.We_had_to_deal_with_name_calling_for_having_swine_flu/?ref=rss As if getting infected wasn’t bad enough two teenagers had to endure shouts of ‘Oink! Oink!’ and ‘Hey, swino’ while out and about Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:59:10 +0100 e96a05a97e083b6d3f70a790be6ff390 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4425305.Former_police_chief___s_mission_to_cut_speed/?ref=rss After 30 years in the force, ex-police chief Rod Reynolds knows the danger of speed. Richard Vernalls spoke to the new man in charge of our speed cameras and his predecessor Trevor McAvoy about how to slow drivers down Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:37:40 +0100 0ccbcac55c525fe903cb6ba5e053556e http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4425037.___We_did_use_to_drink_quite_a_lot__It_made_us_play_better___/?ref=rss The time the chap playing the tea chest fell off stage drunk is just one incident in the colourful career of Pershore legends the Woodpeckers Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:20:42 +0100 07565e83acf289d209d4e229cedcc70b http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/4425021.Geopark_Way___Knightwick/?ref=rss Walking through our landscape’s evolution - Julie Royle takes to a new long-distance path which links together geological beauties of four counties Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:16:57 +0100 24a8cd3ff42bbc1f592a3f88747cbcdc