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STAFF at a Worcester card shop had to deal with a slippery customer just before opening time. A 3ft (0.9 metre) orange and brown snake which slithered its way into the Card Fair store in Broad Street was the star attraction surprising passers-by and

WORCESTER City won the inaugural Worcestershire FA Ladies' Futsal League in a tense final against Team Chase from Malvern. Players from City's first and reserve teams made up the squad to play in the new league over three Mondays in April. In the league

A BEREAVED woman who drove while almost three times over the legal alcohol limit finds solace in drink, a court heard. Shirley Drew, of Ramsons Close, Malvern, was caught drink driving in February this year. The 46-year-old had been visiting her blind

FORMER European Tour and Walker Cup star Jeremy Robinson heads an international line-up when the second Jamega Pro Golf Tour event heads to The Vale tomorrow and Thursday. Robinson, who played alongside Colin Montgomerie in the 1987 Walker Cup at Sunningdale

FANCY yourself as a Sudoku wizard or a crossword king? Maybe you're a traditional gamer with a thirst for Battleships or Minesweeper. Or maybe you prefer platform games, shoot-em-ups or puzzles. Whatever it is you need to fill a few spare minutes in

WORCESTER Swimming Club's A' team began their Nuneaton and District Junior League campaign at home. In the premier team competition for Midlands swimmers aged 12 and under, Worcester aim to repeat last year's first-time appearance at the finals. Drawn

WORCESTERSHIRE will be looking for a change in fortunes when they face Northamptonshire tomorrow (11am). The New Road side have seen both their LVCC Division Two matches end in rain-affected draws. The County have dominated both matches and are showing

A PENSIONER from Malvern will be putting his best foot forward during a 38-mile sponsored walk to raise money for charity - despite suffering from a stroke and hernia in the past 18 months. David Hawkins, 71, and a keen walker and chairman of the Leadon

WORCESTERSHIRE riders Sarah Parkes and Harriet Eaton were in good form at the Solihull Riding Club's BE affiliated one-day event. Droitwich young rider Parkes headed an intro section, seeing off Oxfordshire's Francesca Baillieu by just 0.2 of a mark

TERRY Jenkins suffered a second-round exit at the Amsterdam Casino Open Holland Masters. The Ledbury darts ace lost 3-1 against John Ferrell in Schiedam after beating Mart Boelaars 3-0 in the first round. Raymond van Barneveld defeated Colin Osborne

RYAN Clarke looks set to be one of the major casualties if Worcester City are switched to Blue Square South next season. Although the St George's Lane club will not find out until next month if they are to be moved, manager Richard Dryden expects it

WHAT is thought to be one of the rarest cars on the country's roads has been stolen in Malvern. The Indian Air Force-blue Hindustan Ambassador, worth £10,500, was taken from Albert Road North between 8.30am and 2.30pm yesterday. The owner believes the

BEIJING Olympic medal hope Zac Purchase will be one of the first names on the GB team sheet for next week's first World Cup rowing regatta when it is announced tomorrow. Several of the other GB boats have seen some musical chairs in recent weeks, with

THE Knockout Cup final between Bretforton Old Boys and Red Horse was abandoned at half-time due to excess surface water making conditions dangerous for players. Red Horse were leading through a Kays Sibanda goal, but the match will now take place at

A POLICE officer who has done a "sterling job" in a challenging role will leave Kempsey after five years walking the beat. PC Allen Naulls announced his departure as beat officer for Kempsey at the Annual meeting of the Parochial Electors at the village

What is the matter with Willaby Wallaby? Why is he sobbing and throwing a wobbly? Read this bonza billabong rhyme and find out just why one little wallaby is so cross. A hilarious story from an award-winning author about learning to stand (or bounce

"Things get really magical when I discover an old box of Tricks. Open the book to discover what hops out of my MAGIC top hat". .

MICHELLE Parsons, of Worcester Triathlon Club, opened her 2008 international racing season in fine style, finishing third in the European Powerman Championships in Horst en der Maas, Holland. Holland has always been a good country for duathlon races

FORMER Worcester St John's Cycling Club member Gavin Poupart, now with Echelon-Spiuk, claimed second place in the Beacon RCC Little Mountain time trial. The eight St John's riders in the 120-strong field endured mixed fortunes. Steve Price suffered

A DISTINCTIVE parrot has been spotted flying around St John's, Worcester. The yellow parrot was seen perching on a house in Comer Gardens before it was attacked by a crow and flew off into a tree in Tearne Street for protection. Resident Emma Gibbs

AN HISTORIC pub which re-opened after 11 years is to have its first beer and cider festival. The Live & Let Live pub in Bringsty Common, near Bromyard, Herefordshire, is hosting the festival over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The festival will mark

A MAN has been arrested in connection with a series of indecent exposures in Worcester. In all three cases, women in their 20s were approached by a man driving a black and silver pick-up truck in the Shrub Hill area of the city. In the first incident

A WORCESTER woman given a restraining order after admitting harassment has appeared in court for repeatedly breaching it. Lisa Bradley was given the one-year restraining order two weeks ago at the city's Magistrates Court. It banned her from going within

DOVEY Brian Marion and Family wish to thank most sincerely all Relatives and Friends for messages of sympathy and donations for County Air Ambulance received in their sad loss. Special thanks to Canon Keith Withington for the beautiful service and George

COX Ronald Douglas In Loving Memory On your Birthday dad I can't buy you a present like I used to do, I used to love to see your face when I handed it to you. That's just one of the many things that's going through my mind, I want to say so much to you

BARNETT Sheila Beloved wife of Peter, died peacefully at home in Kempsey on April 23rd, 2008. Funeral service to be held at 2 p.m. at Kempsey Church on Friday, May 2nd followed by Burial. Please contact Bedwardine Funeral Services on01905 748811 for further

DODMAN nee Cooper April 29th 2006. The next time that I see you Bren,Will be atHeavens door.You will be there to meet meAnd I will cryno more.I will put my arms around youAnd kiss your smiling faceAnd my broken heart will fall backinto place.Your ever

RICHARDSON David On April 21st 2008, suddenly at his home in Droitwich, aged 51 years. Dearly loved father of Carina and brother of Neal. Funeral service at Worcester Crematorium on Thursday, May 1stat 10 a.m. Family flowers only please. Donations for

JONES William Edwin Bill Taken so suddenly on April 19th 2008, aged 69 years. The devoted husband of Gloria and dearly loved father of Mark and Andrew, dear father in law to Julie and much loved grandad to Ben. Bill will be sadly missed by all his Family

LADDS Ken Joan and all the Family wish to thank Everyone for all the cards, kind messages and support following their sad loss. Thank you to all who attended the funeral and gave donations to the County Air Ambulance. Thanks also to the Reverend Kenneth

SIR - The summer has arrived. I have spotted my first sighting of nappies in the south quay fountain! C D LEE, Worcester.

SIR - Everywhere I go in Worcester, there are gormless rat-faced little runts sitting in cars producing really loud bass noises that are clearly intended to draw attention to them but are also quite intimidating. I suppose our invisible police force

PUPILS at Oldbury Park Primary School in Worcester have produced their first CD. More than 400 pupils at the St John's school worked with The School Recording Stars company on the CD, which features a bonus track from the staff choir. Music teacher

AN heroic Worcester pilot who crash-landed at Heathrow may consider leaving British Airways after facing rumours he froze at the controls. Captain Peter Burkill was hailed a hero after overseeing the successful landing of a Boeing 777 jet with 152 people

SIR - The proposed new hospital in Malvern looks very impressive. But I hope they do not make the same mistakes as with Worcestershire Royal where space was wasted to make the buildings look good from outside although the corridors are not wide enough

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SIR - I write to you expressing concern for all pedestrians using Worcester canal towpaths. Time goes by, but not for canal cyclists obviously - it is now illegal for manufacturers and suppliers to sell a cycle without a bell, but apparently not for

METAL railings destroyed when a runaway lorry narrowly missed hitting a Worcestershire pub have still not been repaired more than a year later. The railings were flattened after a lorry carrying cement powder stopped inches away from the the Crown Pub

AN elephant has proved she is in a league of her own as she shows off her flair with a football. Forget Nelly the Elephant, Latabe is more like Pele the Elephant. The 15-year-old African elephant at West Midland Safari Park, near Bewdley, has proved

MALVERN Town Reserves head to Riverway in West Midlands League Division One tonight (7.45). In Midland Combination Division One, Worcester side Archdales 73 play at West Midlands Police (6.45).

AS part of the worldwide Bosch Group, taking care of our employees and ensuring that they are treated in a fair and just manner lies at the heart of our values as a company. We take this responsibility very seriously indeed and for that reason, would

YOUNG fashionistas from a Worcester school took to the stage in a huge show, which attracted about 700 visitors. The fashion show at the Royal Grammar School, Worc-ester, and the Alice Ottley School (RGSAO), showed off the work of textiles students over

AS the new series of Britain's Got Talent got under way, a Worcester primary school held its own talent search. Lyppard Grange Primary School launched Lyppard's Got Talent and from more than 65 acts selected 24 finalists who performed to family, friends

WORCESTER College of Technology has received a £27,000 grant to develop an innovative way of training teachers of literacy and numeracy. The new course will be developed and delivered by the college in partnership with the School of Education at the

A SCHOOLboy is determined to fight the thieves who keep taking his bike. Eleven-year-old Andrew Sheppard goes everywhere on his bike, including Stanley Road Primary School every day. He is now on his third bike in two years after the last two were taken

PUPILS composed atmospheric music for the backdrop to their school production Perf-ormances of i-Portrait. Children in year 3 at King's St Alban's Junior School devised the music during the spring term. The production was performed for parents and guests

PUPILS from two Worcester schools spent the day picking up other people's rubbish when they took part in separate litter picks. Youngsters at Gorse Hill Primary School and Lyppard Grange Primary School got involved in the events, organised by Worcester

TWO Worcester schools have been recognised by the Specialist School and Academies Trust (SSAT) for adding value to students' GCSE achievements. Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College and Nunnery Wood High School were among 518 schools invited to attend

A-LEVEL students from Pershore High School got the chance to showcase months of work at a celebration and assessment day in Solihull. Stephen Maughan, Chris Jeffries, Matthew Smith and Oliver Sinfield were among groups of students displaying their innovative

Members were treated to a fascinating, illustrated talk by the branch chairman on the intriguing story of the Last Voyage of U234. The U234 was a German submarine in World War Two and was probably the last submarine to sail on a mission under military

Barbara Rowberry was president for the evening as Maureen Matthews had a granddaughter born on the day of meeting. She reported that Margaret Oakley had had a fall and was unable to attend the meeting. She said Barbara would be visiting her later in

IT was nice to welcome our president Rosemary back after her spell in hospital and she thanked everyone for their get well messages. Minutes were read and notices given, including an invitation to Littleworth WI in June. Margaret read out this year's

WE hosted the Lenchton/Redditch/Saltway group of WIs on St George's Day. It was an opportunity to share information about activities and outings as part of Worcestershire's 90th birthday celebrations. Members, wearing red, white and blue, gave a rousing

our own Julia Roberts has been appointed county chairman, which we are very happy about. We welcomed Jane as a new member and a letter of thanks was read out from Tenbury St Michael WI, who had enjoyed their visit when Brian Draper talked about the river

Vicky, our president, thanked the committee for their help in making the 60th anniversary celebration such a success. The skittles game against Rushwick WI was an enjoyable evening, although we lost the match. The annual council meeting on March 11

Pauline welcomed everyone to the meeting and members stood for a minute's silence in memory of Betty Thould, one of our long- standing members who recently died. Pauline gave an account of the annual meeting at Malvern which eight members went to and

Journalist Alison Parkinson was the guest speaker for the April meeting. Looking back over her career, Alison recalled her first days with the local Redditch paper before moving on to become the first woman editor nationally of a free newspaper in

Bob Polfreman told the story of Papa Haydn, with a potted biography of one of the world's most prolific composers Joseph Haydn. Haydn learned a great deal from the composer Nicola Porpora and members heard part of a recording of Porpora's cello concerto

ACTING president Jackie Taylor welcomed new members Dot Banner and Liz Thomas to the April meeting. Treasurer Sheila Garner gave a brief report of the annual council meeting in Malvern. The overall feeling was that the meeting and speakers were disappointing

THE Bishop of Worcester has paid a visit to St Richard's Hospice to see first hand the "wonderful work" being done for the sick. The Rt Rev Dr John Inge spent an afternoon visiting staff and patients at the hospice in Wildwood Drive in Worcester. In

PUPILS at Oldbury Park Primary School in Worcester have produced their first CD. More than 400 pupils at the St John's school worked with The School Recording Stars company on the CD, which features a bonus track from the staff choir. Music teacher

BARELY a week goes by without the issue of child obesity and fitness levels among our young hitting the headlines. It's certainly a growing problem, with more and more children becoming overweight. Much of the problem is blamed on schools for failing

TIME-conscious shoppers have a chance of winning a new watch as a city centre jeweller celebrates its first year of business. W1 in Worcester's CrownGate shopping centre has teamed up with Storm watches to give away a lady's and gent's timepiece. Manager

CUSTOMERS will be able to join in a double birthday celebration next month. The concessions Coast and Phase Eight have both been successfully trading under the House of Fraser umbrella for one year this month. There will be a pink champagne and chocolate

WHEN Matt Mason came back from a Wild West Day to launch the Friends Provident Trophy South/West Division he tried to make out he had a bit of a John Wayne day. Now Mase' is a fan of the Duke, but the picture on the right shows there is a small hat on

IN many ways, it has been action off the pitch that will provide the lasting memories of Worcester City's season. The 2007/08 campaign will go down in history as the season City finally took significant steps towards a new stadium and completed the sale

AN award-winning garden designer is teaming up with a Worcester builders' merchants to create a focal point for a hugely popular gardening event. Former Pershore College lecturer Chris Beardshaw, aged 39, planned the Design for Living Theatre currently

This week has revolved around St George, whose day it was on April 23. Appropriately, that evening I attended a special service at St George’s Church, Barbourne, at which Bishop John Inge gave the sermon. He reminded us that in fact St George was born

HOSPITALS in Worcestershire have had a case of MRSA - finally ending their record 113 days without one. The county's acute hospitals had a case this month, ending the longest stint without the superbug. The previous case was on December 23 last year

SIR - I would like to address Jack Amos's letter (Worcester News, April 22). He completely missed my point about the social changes that are occurring in St John's. Another social change to his "seer" vision of the future involves students staying in

WORCESTER Warriors' fantastic achievement in reaching the European Challenge Cup final has unfortunately been marred by a particularly poor choice of venue for the match. Tournament organisers European Rugby Cup (ERC) have decided that the final, in

A SCHOOLBOY with severe learning difficulties is struggling in a mainstream primary after being denied a place at a special school. Nine-year-old Joel Wright spends his school days with a one-to-one teaching assistant and goes home early each day. He

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THOUSANDS of Warriors fans are facing the prospect of missing out on Worcester's big day at the European Challenge Cup final. Tournament organisers, the European Rugby Cup (ERC), have selected Gloucester's Kingsholm stadium as the venue for the final

FOR the duration of the 2007/08 season, I have been marking the Worcester City players out of 10 for their performances in matches. It has not been an easy task and some gradings and comments have not always been well received by players and fans alike

TWO food businesses in Tenbury Wells have been recognised for top hygiene and health and safety standards on their premises. Fruit preparation company Elgar Foods on the Tenbury Business park, Bromyard Road, and restaurant Whites at the Clockhouse, Market

CUSTOMERS will be able to join in a double birthday celebration next month. The concessions Coast and Phase Eight have both been successfully trading under the House of Fraser umbrella for one year this month. There will be a pink champagne and chocolate

AN award-winning garden designer is teaming up with a Worcester builders' merchants to create a focal point for a hugely popular gardening event. Former Pershore College lecturer Chris Beardshaw, aged 39, planned the Design for Living Theatre currently

A DRUG user was found to have four bottles of methadone in his backpack when he was admitted to hospital. Daryl Tustin appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court on Monday and admitted possessing methadone. The class A drug was discovered at Worcestershire

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