THE bunting is coming out for Worcestershire's VE Day 60th anniversary celebrations as Lottery grants are announced for commemorative events throughout the county. More than £12.3m has been awarded by the Big Lottery Fund and Heritage fund to events in
UPTON-upon-Severn rocked this Bank Holiday weekend - to the sound of folk music. It was the 15th annual Riverside Folk Festival and the town's streets and pubs were filled with music and dancing. In addition, there were concerts and workshops to be enjoyed
A VITAL service dealing with domestic abuse faces closure unless an 11th hour cash windfall can be found. The women's outreach will fold on Monday, May 16, because of a funding crisis - money to run the service has already run out. A spokeswoman, who
A WORCESTER man is using pedal power, to raise money for St Richard's Hospice. John Day plans to cycle the gruelling journey from Lands End to John O'Groats next week, a distance of almost 1,000 miles, despite having not cycled such so far before. Mr
MAY Day celebrations were out of this world in Malvern on Saturday with a space theme at this year's Priory Park event. Dick Strawbridge, star of TV's Scrapheap Challenge and Geronimo made sure the occasion went off with a bang with rocket workshops.
THIS collie-cross may look a picture of health but only last month she was found severely emaciated collapsed in a Worcester park. The Worcester News reported how a member of the public who found the dog rushed it to the RSPCA, where a vet confirmed she
FIREFIGHTERS asked the public to back their campaign to stop the closure of local emergency call centres which they say will put lives at risk. Plans have been drawn up by the Government to amalgamate the existing 46 fire call centres into nine regional
ONCE we feared wolves and brigands knocking at our door. Nowadays, it is the design of modern houses that fills some people with mortal dread. I have some sympathy with residents of Wick, near Pershore, who cannot abide the look of a neighbouring property
THE redundancies at Worcester Royal Porcelain are not just tragedies for the people concerned. Nor are these job losses just another setback for a city that has suffered casualties at Kays, Cosworths and also felt the aftershocks of the MG Rover earthquake
CHAD Keegan finished the game in style as Middlesex maintained their unbeaten record in the totesport League Division One with a three-wicket win over Wor-cestershire at Lord's. With seven needed off five balls Keegan hit Sri Lankan test bowler Chaminda
DOMINIC Cork ended Lancashire's long wait for a Frizzell County Championship triumph by producing a stirring performance to inspire a tense Second Division victory over Worcestershire at New Road. Lancashire suffered the humiliation of relegation last
BROMSGROVE Rovers were denied victory on the final day of the regular season as Egham 'keeper Lee Cobbey kept them at bay, writes Peter McKinney. Cobbey produced an immaculate display in goal as makeshift Rovers pushed for a late winner in the Southern
RICHARD Ball's splendid hat-trick was not enough to ensure Evesham United automatic promotion after they out-gunned a weary Cinderford side playing their fourth match in five days. Yate Town's victory at Rothwell meant United finished third in Southern
AN end-of-season hammering was the last result anybody expected -- but it mattered little to Worcester City's joyful following. Amid second-half carnage when Gainsborough ripped City to smithereens with three goals in 12 minutes, partying fans chanted
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' home faithful said goodbye to the Football League with an embarrassing mauling at the hands of Grimsby. Yet another Aggborough botch job summed up Harriers' season as they leaked goals like a sieve at one end and wasted their chances
TO dare, to dare again, ever to dare! These little revolutionaries from Worcester finally won the day as the establishment crumbled away amid scenes of unadulterated joy at Sixways. Harlequins' defeat to Sale meant that the Warriors and Saints could celebrate
CHAD Keegan finished the game in style as Middlesex maintained their unbeaten record in the totesport League Division One with a three-wicket win over Wor-cestershire at Lord's. With seven needed off five balls Keegan hit Sri Lankan test bowler Chaminda
THE Labour party is reminding us of the ills of 18 years of Tory government. But they will be silent on some parts of their own government's record over the last eight years. So I will remind readers of Worcester News of just a few. 1 They have already
LIKE many of your readers, I am an undecided voter. In this case, I am undecided whether the Tory Party are suffering from collective amnesia or breathtaking hypocrisy. Regarding immigration, which government cut the number of immigration officials with
Saturday, April 30,2005 AN end-of-season hammering was the last result anybody expected -- but it mattered little to Worcester City's joyful following. Amid second-half carnage when Gainsborough ripped City to smithereens with three goals in 12 minutes
OLYMPIC champion Leslie Law will be mounting a lone challenge for Worcestershire at the world famous Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials this year. For the first time within living memory, there is only one entry from the county to face eventing's
DOMINIC Cork ended Lancashire's long wait for a Frizzell County Championship triumph by producing a stirring performance to inspire a tense Second Division victory over Worcestershire at New Road. Lancashire suffered the humiliation of relegation last
TO the north-west of Bromsgrove is what looks superficially like an unremarkable, farmed landscape, notable only for some unusually large patches of woodland. But if you explore it on foot, you will find there is more to it than first meets the eye. Some
TO the north-west of Bromsgrove is what looks superficially like an unremarkable, farmed landscape, notable only for some unusually large patches of woodland. But if you explore it on foot, you will find there is more to it than first meets the eye. Some
THE sun shone, the stands were packed to the rafters and, crucially, Worcester Warriors won their biggest game of the season. Thousands of fans spurred their team on to a nail-biting victory over Northampton at Sixways, ensuring their place among rugby's
A CHEMISTRY teacher at a Worcester school has undertaken a gruelling charity running challenge to improve the lives of 10 homeless children in Tanzania. John Wheeler has set himself the goal of completing 10 half marathons this year to raise money for
IT will be a case of murder, mystery and suspense in Malvern this spring as an explosive drama comes to the town's theatre complex. Malvern Theatres, in Grange Road, is hosting the town-based Middle Ground Theatre Company's production of Dial M For Murder
IT'S the oddest General Election I can remember. In the past, Worcester's suburbs have been festooned with placards and posters extolling passers-by to vote for the preferred candidate. Walking the streets of the Faithful City, I must say that there are
JOHN Brain hailed his Worcester wonders after they sealed their Premiership future. The Sixways director of rugby was on cloud nine after Saturday's 21-19 victory over Northampton which secured their top- flight status. After finishing ninth, they are
TO dare, to dare again, ever to dare! These little revolutionaries from Worcester finally won the day as the establishment crumbled away amid scenes of unadulterated joy at Sixways. Harlequins' defeat to Sale meant that the Warriors and Saints could celebrate
JOHN Brain hailed his Worcester wonders after they sealed their Premiership future. The Sixways director of rugby was on cloud nine after Saturday's 21-19 victory over Northampton which secured their top- flight status. After finishing ninth, they are
Saturday, April 30, 2005 KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' home faithful said goodbye to the Football League with an embarrassing mauling at the hands of Grimsby. Yet another Aggborough botch job summed up Harriers' season as they leaked goals like a sieve at one
A DAVIES' letter headlined "Far better life under Labour" reads as if Labour's election campaign team composed it. What does Mr Davies have to say of Labour selling off half our gold reserves to buy euros? Hasn't Tony Blair been forced to go to the country
"CYCLING on pavements is dangerous," assert your dogmatists. I can think of many circumstances where it is infinitely more dangerous to cycle on the highway. Alongside a dangerous section of highway is often a stretch of pavement totally devoid of pedestrians
IN his column of Saturday April 9, John Phillpott writes that hawks are beautiful creatures and should be left in peace. Pigeon fanciers welcome conservation, but it should be balanced. Contrary to John's comments, peregrines do not take a "few off-form
MRS A Steel of the Countryside Alliance is probably right that this organisation has no connection with the Conservative Party. But anyone could be excused of thinking there was, because where there were once posters supporting hunting, there are now
YOUR article headlined "Letter shows cash crisis for elderly Elgar' (April 18, p2) contains two errors. First, the Cello Concerto was written in 1919, and not 1991 as stated. Second, Elgar's masque The Crown of India was written in 1912. Pageant of Empire
