HANBURY villagers are being given a sneak preview of an historical gem on their doorsteps. Hanbury Hall is throwing open its doors to locals with a special parish day on Thursday, May 31, to celebrate the opening of its tercentenary exhibition. The event
EVENING News readers who dug deep to help the survivors of January's Indian earthquake and last year's Mozambique floods flocked to a special meeting to find out more about UNICEF's charity project work. UNICEF regional officer Linda McCaughey said Tuesday
WEST MERCIA police have joined the search for a Scottish man who has been missing for more than a year. Adam McTavish, right, disappeared from his home in Errol in the Tayside region of Scotland in November 1999. Officers hunting the truck driver turned
AN employee of a wheel-clamping company tried to bribe a woman motorist not to give evidence to police, Worcester Crown Court heard. Greg Harris offered Sally Findon a refund of the £80 release charge, said John Maxwell, prosecuting. Harris and his Midland
CAMPAIGNERS battling plans to develop Worcester's Grove Farm have launched a £5,000 fighting fund. The Grove Farm Action Group is hoping to raise enough money for expert legal muscle should the issue go before a public inquiry. The organisation is kicking
A VICTORIAN bird book by a Worcester-born naturalist is expected to fetch a record £7,000 when it is auctioned at Sotheby's in London next month. The Birds of Jamaica, by Philip Henry Gosse, will become the most expensive Gosse book ever sold if it reaches
BLACKSMITH Paul Shepherd will be going back to school next week. The new artist-in-residence at Worcester's Bishop Perowne CofE High School was invited there by teacher Frank Charlton. He will be sharing his knowledge of the art with youngsters, having
SICKNESS and staff shortages in Worcestershire's community and mental hospitals are costing health chiefs more than a million pounds a year. Nearly £1.5m is being pumped into banking and agency staff with almost half of that going on locum consultants
BRITTLE bones and how to avoid osteoporosis will be among the topics discussed in Hereford next week. The National Osteoporosis Society has arranged an awareness meeting at the Green Dragon Hotel in Broad Street on Wednesday, May 16 at 7.30pm. Consultant
