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Judges let jailed animal rights campaigner appeal

2:00am Tuesday 7th July 2009

AN animal rights campaigner who was convicted over events during a long-running protest in Ledbury has won permission to challenge his conviction.

Burglar was caught after putting face up to glass

12:50am Tuesday 7th July 2009

BURGLAR James Marson apparently “kissed” the window of a Worcester house he was about to raid, a court was told.

Politicians swap talking for walking

HIKE: Richard Burt with Coun Beverley Nielsen enjoying the views from the Malvern Hills during their sponsored walk.

11:40pm Monday 6th July 2009

POLITICIANS swapped their talking for walking during a sponsored event to support a children’s welfare charity.

Drunk man threatened to knife his love rival

10:30pm Monday 6th July 2009

A DRUNK man threatened to knife his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in the face during a jealous rage.

Sixways chefs offer students masterclass

KITCHEN TIPS: Sixways chefs with Spires Restaurant students learning the ropes at Worcester College of Technology.

9:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

A TEAM of chefs have made sure students at a Worcester restaurant are at the top of the culinary league.

It’s official: Our museum is great

CERTIFICATE: Celebrating the awarding of Droitwich Museum’s official accreditaton are, from left, mayor of Droitwich Maureen Lawley with Pat Cashmore, John Glenn, Steve Cashmore and Don Lawley. Picture: Martin Humby. 27258201

8:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

AN eye-opening museum has received an award for proving it has the right idea when it comes to heritage.

We’ve all done so well to win award

7:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

IT’S celebration time for a Worcestershire school which has won a prestigious award for academic achievement at an advanced level.

Tragic trucker hit by a car as he crossed road

6:30pm Monday 6th July 2009

A WORCESTER pedestrian died of multiple injuries after being hit by a car near the brow of a bridge on an unlit country road, an inquest was told.

Worcester woman is first to wed in shopping centre

WEDDING: Laura MacDonnell tying the knot with Euan Crawford at the Kingdom Shopping Centre in Clydebank, Scotland.

5:30pm Monday 6th July 2009

A MUM from Worcester has become the first bride in the country to enjoy her big day in a shopping centre.

Classmates meet up after half a century

CLASSMATES: Some of the former pupils of St Peter’s Girls School in Droitwich who met up again during a special picnic at Lido Park more than half a century after their schooldays finished. Picture by Martin Humby. 27259602

4:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

A REUNION took place on Sunday for more than 20 ex-pupils of St Peter’s Girls School in Droitwich.

Have your say on how the fire service is run

Fire crews called to burning barn

3:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

PEOPLE across Worcestershire and Herefordshire are being invited to have their say about the way the fire service is run.

Teenage soldier killed in grenade attack is named as local man

Teenage soldier killed in grenade attack is named as local man

1:38pm Monday 6th July 2009

AN EIGHTEEN-year-old soldier from Bromsgrove has been named as the man killed in a grenade attack in Afghanistan.

Jewellery stolen in city park robbery

1:30pm Monday 6th July 2009

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a cider drinker threatened a man with a glass before robbing his jewellery.

The shops that benefited as you bagged bargains on Independents’ Day

BAGS: Patricia Weston from Just Leather. 27259003

11:30am Monday 6th July 2009

CUSTOMERS gave the big chains and supermarkets a miss and headed to their local family businesses for some quality bargain buys to mark Independents’ Day.

African adventures at school

CULTURE:  Virginia Hinayo and Peter Michael Makundi with Daisy Richard and Grace Nethaway. Picture by Nick Toogood 25243803

10:40am Monday 6th July 2009

PUPILS at a Malvern Link school have been finding out about Africa thanks to some special visitors.


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