A GAMBIAN man who first came to the UK on a legal student visa 10 years ago has been given a prison sentence and faces deportation after it was discovered he used false documents to get work in Worcester. Momodou Sabally pleaded guilty to
PRIMARY school pupils celebrated as their new “super” playground was finally unveiled. Pupils of Hanbury CE First School, near Droitwich, played a major role in the playground’s £5,900 makeover. The transformation was part of the Royal Bank of Scotland
BUILDING work on a community youth centre is predicted to start in mid-August. Work on the new youth extension of the Warndon Community Centre, in Shap Drive, Worcester, was due to start last month but was delayed while plans for a new kitchen and changing
CATS Protection’s Worcester and District branch is encouraging people to consider adopting two cats that are infected with the feline immunodeficiency virus. The branch currently has two FIV-positive cats in its care and is keen to find them
WORCESTER’S Old Elizabethans staged the Asda Kwik cricket girls’ county final with all the district winners involved. Wordsley-based Fairhaven School won after being put up against Worcester’s Perdiswell Primary, Malvern’s Wyche School, Stourport’s St
IAN Bell warmed up for the forthcoming one-day series against Bangladesh with a career-best List 'A' score for England Lions as their game against India 'A' at New Road ended in a thrilling tie. Bell, who captained the side in the absence of
A MOTHER is celebrating following the publication of her first full-length poetry collection. Mum-of-two Sarah Leavesley, aged 35, of Vernon Grove, Droitwich, is an award-winning poet and her first collection titled Into the Yell has been published by
ROYAL Grammar School Worcester and Bromsgrove School proved the cream of the county crop. RGS won the Sport Structures Ltd Worcestershire Schools Cricket Association Under 13s Cup by 79 runs, while Bromsgrove claimed the under 15s equivalent by 22 runs
AS the £75 million regeneration of Lowesmoor continues, independent businesses are doing what they can to boost local trade. While businesses who backed our Buy Local campaign are still hoping that the major development currently being built on Lowesmoor
A GARDEN party to mark the launch of a newly revived nature reserve was held by the British Red Cross in Worcester. Red Cross volunteers and staff, as well as local businesses, were invited to Wednesday’s event at the charity’s branch at Berkeley Business
MALVERN Police are appealing for information after thousands of pounds worth of goods, including a sports car, were taken from a Worcestershire address. A silver Nissan 350Z - registration S3 RDN - worth £13,000, £1,200 in cash and three computers
ONE of Worcestershire’s best known businesses – Hewett Recruitment – staged a party to celebrate its 30th birthday. More than 120 friends and family gathered at the home of the company’s founder Louise Hewett, near Clows Top, as part of a year of 30th
A NEW project aimed at improving rural broadband for 40,000 people and more than 2,500 businesses in the rural West Midlands has been launched. The announcement, which headlined the Rural Regeneration Zone’s 5th annual conference, was made by Ludlow
A DEFENCE company is cutting 230 jobs at its site in Malvern. QinetiQ annouced 391 job losses across the country today with more than half coming from the site at Malvern Technology Centre, in Saint Andrew's Road. The firm ,which specialises
A LOG cabin housing a voluntary-run pre-school has been officially opened. Lord and Lady Sandys of Ombersley both attended the grand opening of the Tree House Early Years Centre on Friday. We previously reported in your Worcester News how the 3Bears
A SECOND mobile speed camera site is being set up in a Worcestershire village after the first one caught 100 speeding drivers in its first hour on the job. As previously reported in your Worcester News, the Safer Roads Partnership for West
A RURAL school has been rewarded for its excellence in arts. Arts Council England has awarded an Artsmark gold status to Suckley Primary School in recognition of the village school’s commitment to arts education. The school in Suckley, near
WORCESTER Warriors face away trips to Irish province Leinster and tournament newcomers Currie in the British & Irish Cup this season – and also host reigning champions Cornish Pirates as part of a triple header of home cup games. Warriors’ cup campaign
CHILDREN at Sedgeberrow First School took a step back in time during their school’s Victorian day last week. The youngsters got a visit from an historian from the County Museum at Hartlebury Castle who showed them what life was like for Victorian
A SCHOOL fair went down a storm. Staff, pupils and parents enjoyed a good knees-up at Abbey Park Middle School, in Abbey Road, Pershore. The annual summer fair was opened by town mayor Chris Parsons with games and entertainment led by Evesham
A PILOT scheme to improve graduate employability has been hailed a huge success after the first group of students successfully completed the Worcester Award at the University of Worcester. The award recognises the activities and experiences of
STUDENTS living in halls at the University of Worcester have saved enough energy to make more than 1.1 million cups of tea. Just by turning off lights and appliances in their rooms and being more energy-aware in the kitchen, students have managed
MURDER police on Tyneside have revealed they have been dealing with a hostage situation in the hunt for Raoul Moat. In a statement read out at a news conference at Northumbria Police Headquarters in Newcastle, Detective Chief Superintendent
ONE county school has done its best to help those with hearing problems. Pupils at Prince Henry’s High School in Evesham held a sponsored Deaf Day and raised £300 for the Worcester Deaf Children’s Society. Sixth form students at the school wore
BUDDING musicians across Worcestershire have the chance this summer to make music by performing alongside professional players. The ESO Summer School Beginners and Intermediate Orchestra courses take place at Number 8 in Pershore this August
THE cost and details of the police helicopter activity in south Worcestershire over the past year has been revealed to your Worcester News following a Freedom of Information Act request. South Worcestershire police used the helicopter 180 times in the
POLICE in Tyneside, hunting suspected gunman Raoul Moat, have thrown a two-mile exclusion zone around a picturesque village. Householders in rural Rothbury have been told to stay indoors while the on-going police operation continues, although
INJURY-cursed seamer Matt Mason is facing a race against time to be fit for Worcestershire’s next LV= County Championship Division Two clash at Derbyshire in a fortnight’s time. The veteran Australian bowler pulled up with a groin strain running
TOTS at a pre-school have put their best feet forward to raise cash for less fortunate children. Nearly 40 youngsters at St Peter’s Pre-School, Droitwich, took part in this year’s Barnardo’s Big Toddle, the UK’s biggest sponsored walk for underfives
SCHOOLS will be battling it out in an NHS Health Challenge quiz to win sports equipment. NHS Worcestershire will be hosting a Schools Health Challenge event giving local pupils the chance to pick up prizes amounting to almost £2,000 to be used
IT was sun, ‘sea’ and sand for the pupils, parents and teachers of a Worcester primary school. St Clement’s Primary School, Henwick Road, St John’s, transformed itself into the seaside – complete with shipwreck, undersea world and puppet theatre. Reception
HISTORY and family fun was combined at a village celebration. Six months of research and planning by Hallow local history group, supported by the village community group, ended in a day of events blessed with blazing hot weather. With the help
IN Peter Reynolds’s absence, Malcolm Delingpole chaired Worcester Anglo Hellenic Club’s 15th annual meeting. The previous year’s activities were briefly reviewed and a special tribute was paid to David Leggott for his many years of service to the
IN record time, a depleted committee transformed St David’s Institute ready for Comer WI’s annual quiz. The tables looked pretty with a centrepiece of summer blossom and the kitchen heaved with plated sandwiches, savouries and cakes. Joining
AN enjoyable summer barbecue was held at the home of president Lynda Gillespie on a lovely summer’s evening, with Rotarians and guests joining us. A raffle raised more than £100 and it was agreed that the proceeds should be forwarded to Help for
THE chairman opened the June meeting by welcoming Norma Pottinger as a new member. Members were asked to sign a list regarding the outing to Cardiff in July and also whether they would like a guild diary. The chairman reported on the national
MAUREEN Matthews welcomed members to our June meeting. Christine Williams read the minutes and notices and it was reported that the calendars and diaries were ready for ordering. We have invitations from North Claines, Oak Apple and Swanpool WIs
HALLOW Horticultural Society silver jubilee celebration meal was the culmination of the silver jubilee celebrations. The event was attended by 84 members and guests and was greatly enjoyed by all who attended. Everyone was welcomed by chairman
PUPILS have been learning a little about EU politics on a trip to speak to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Teenagers from the King’s School, Worcester, have been heavily involved in the Comenius Project with pupils from other
JUNIOR Tom Watts showed the seniors a trick or two as he won Worcester Triathlon Club’s annual sprint distance competition. Watts finished more than three minutes clear of the second-placed finisher in a time of one hour 16 minutes 59 seconds. He exited
A £120 million project to rebuild and refurbish some of Worcestershire’s schools has been axed. Headteachers and the county’s education chiefs have been left “extremely disappointed” by yesterday’s announcement by Education Secretary Michael
A DANCER who starred on stage and screen and appeared alongside the great names of a generation has died at her home. Former West End performer Barbara Evans, who danced alongside Gene Kelly and appeared in Hancock’s Half Hour: The Ladies Man, passed
WE’VE got five games left in this year’s Friends Provident t20 after last night’s match at Lancashire and are still in with a shout of qualifying for the knock-out stages. If we could get on a roll and win four or five fixtures, we could still make it
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show never fails to live up to expectation – it is one of the most outrageous and sexy musicals I have seen with a huge following, many of them dressed in basques, fishnets, suspenders, heels and that is just the
SIR – John Isner playing at Wimbledon had to play for 11 hours over three days to beat Nicholas Mahut, 70-68 in the 5th set. Even so, John had to play again next day in the next round (normally they get a rest the next day if possible). Perhaps
SIR – Can I say what an excellent event the Star Fest peace event, organised by Stanley Road School, was this year. People of all faiths and backgrounds gathered in the historic picture-perfect setting of Fort Royal Park. It really brought joy to
CHARITY shop workers were left flabbergasted after opportunistic thieves stole stock worth £500. The clothes, which were intended for the Red Cross shop in King Charles Place, St John’s, Worcester, were taken from a driveway in Toronto Close, Lower
SIR – It was with much delight I read your article, (Worcester News, June 29), on swifts. We’ve had the pleasure of these birds coming to our house for about 10 years from the beginning of May until the end of July. My husband, when replacing barge
SIR – Two decisions taken at an emergency meetings of the coalition government have both back-fired. The first was to sell the 2010 English football team on e-Bay to reduce the UK’s crippling debt. That has had no bids to date and FIFA say if we gave
SIR – Before naming his World Cup players Fabio Capello said he would not consider any player who was not completely fit or who did not play for his club on a regular basis. Six of the players who he did select and take to South Africa came under that
DO WE get value for money from the Royal Family? It is a question asked on a regular basis but the current state of the nation’s finances makes it more pertinent. New figures released by Buckingham Palace yesterday show the Royals cost us less
THE record-breaking dry weather is set to simmer on but a hosepipe ban is still “a long way off” say water chiefs. Worcestershire had just four fifths of the average rainfall it usually gets in the first six months of the year. And while
