CARE leaders are asking people check on elderly neighbours who live alone in Worcestershire over Christmas. Neighbours in the county are being asked by the National Association of Care Catering to spare a thought over the festive period for the 50 per
MEMBERS of the English Symphony Orchestra, which is based in Worcestershire, have been busy performing concerts in care homes. Classical guitar and cello duo Downside Up performed at the Herriotts in Worcester Road, Droitwich, Brambles in Birchfield
PARTY-goers are being reminded to take care while they enjoy festive nights out. West Mercia Police has launched its annual Operation Christmas Presence campaign, stressing the importance of planning transport home before a night out, not drinking too
ROYAL Mail is to make evening deliveries every night this week to try and clear its backlog before Christmas. Up to 14,000 extra delivery rounds are planned across Britain, weather permitting, tonight, tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday evening
Two distinctive mountain bikes worth £700 have been stolen from a shed in Worcestershire. The incident happened in Wilden Lane, Stourport, between 9.30am and 10.40am on Saturday, December 4, and police are asking people to look out for them. Two youths
STOURPORT Swifts chairman Chris Reynolds believes the big freeze is beginning to hit the club’s finances after tomorrow night’s home Zamaretto League Division One South and West clash with Frome Town was postponed. The Walshes Meadow outfit have not
THE future of Kidderminster Harriers remains bleak after businessman Chris Swan opted not to invest in the club. The Stratford-based entrepreneur has decided not to pursue his interest in the Aggborough outfit after his bid to take 100 per cent control
A MAN stole two bottles of wine by putting them down his trousers and walking out of an off-licence a court was told. Robert Gibson took the wine from Majestic Wines in October. Sarah Stock, prosecuting at Worcester Magistrates Court, said Gibson’
A MULTI-million pound scheme to replace fire control centres in England with regional ones is being scrapped. The surprise move to terminate the so-called FiReControl project follows a series of delays and increased costs since it was announced
EVESHAM United’s Zamaretto League Premier Division trip to Cambridge City tomorrow night is off. League rules do not usually allow clubs to postpone matches until the day of the game but, due to the adverse weather, they gave clubs permission to inspect
WORCESTER Wolves hope the snow clears in order to play their final match of 2010. The eighth-placed University of Worcester-based outfit go to Glasgow Rocks in the British League on Thursday, December 30, weather permitting. Sunday’s trip to Scotland
WORCESTER school pupils have been rewarded for being crafty and green. The students at Nunnery Wood Primary School have created Christmas decorations out of recycled material – even making their own tree – winning a competition run by the city council
THE Worcester and District Tuesday Men’s Skittles League has been hit by the weather. All of tomorrow night's matches in the competition have been cancelled due to the freezing conditions and concerns over travelling to venues.
WORCESTERSHIRE employees of npower have thrown their efforts behind the company’s volunteering initiative this Christmas. Nearly 40 volunteers from energy company npower’s offices in Worcester and Oldbury, West Midlands, have helped good causes
TOMORROW'S bin collections in Worcester are in doubt but residents are being asked to put their rubbish out. With more snow falling across the city this afternoon and the forecast showing no signs of letting up, bosses at Worcester City Council
IF you set your life’s sat-nav to a career working with disadvantaged children in Thailand it wouldn’t necessarily start by bunking off lessons at Nunnery Wood Secondary in Worcester. It would also be highly unlikely to detour off via Dolphin
A TWINNING scheme between Leigh and Bransford Primary School and Tanzania has been hailed a success. Headteacher Stuart Bill, also coach of Leigh and Bransford Athletic under 10s, visited Majengo Primary. While there, he ran some coaching sessions
CHRISTMAS is literally just around the corner now, and it is down to the last minute shopping. However, if you're still agonising over what to get for him or her, then here are a few ideas to help you in your struggle. I'm sure a lot of
CROWLE Searchers under 13s were beaten 5-2 at Sheppey in the Evesham Ambassador League. Sheppey established a 2-0 lead, before Morris fired agonisingly wide for the visitors. Then Crowle paid the price for failing to clear the ball as Brothwood
NUNNERY Wood Colts Panthers under 14s thrashed Evesham United 5-0 in the County Cup. Jamie Smith scored a hattrick alongside goals from Reece Snookes-Hathaway and Ollie Cotterill. Nunnery Wood Colts Leopards under 10s lost 6-2 at Cookley Jaguars
NUNNERY Wood Colts Tigers under 13s defeated Hucclecote Youth 3-1 with strikes from Matt Pinder, Jack Dorey and an own goal. The Tigers took the game to their Gloucestershire opponents from the start and went into an early lead when Matt Pritchard
A QUICK-FIRE hat-trick from James Day helped Oldbury Park Tigers under 16s beat Worcester Wizards 3-2 and reach the County Cup final for the third year running. Higher-ranked Oldbury took the lead after just three minutes. Good passing from Gavin
PRIMARY school youngsters have “outstanding teachers” and are part of a caring community, government education inspectors say. Ofsted inspectors were full of praise for staff and the standards of teaching at Swan Lane First School, Rynal Street, Evesham
James Connell FUEL tanks containing more than £2,600 of oil for central heating have been raided in a spate of thefts in rural Worcestershire say police. The first theft took place between 6pm on Friday, December 10, and 10am on Friday (December 17
POWICK is an ancient settlement at the junction of roads linking Worcester, Malvern and Upton-upon- Severn. Not much survives of the old village, though there is still some Norman stonework in the church. The village doesn’t lack historic associations
BY the time they leave primary school, one in five children in Worcestershire is classed as clinically obese. According to the latest shocking figures, 18.9 per cent of 10 and 11-year-olds are severely overweight. Among reception age
WHILE the recent snowfall – and there’s more forecast – has created a beautiful winter wonderland in many gardens, it may be a different story next year when many plants fail to recover from the bitterly cold weather. The Royal Horticultural
ALEADING equine charity has issued an emergency check list for horse owners after a glut of welfare calls because of the recent cold weather. Welfare officers from the British Horse Society (BHS) have been trying to cope with the huge increase
THE recent Arctic weather has brought a temporary halt to one of the countryside’s traditional winter activities. With the ground either rockhard through penetrating frosts or covered by layers of snow, foxhounds, beagles and bassets have found
●EVER since the first human being slid down out of the trees, existence has been about space. How much of an area in front of one’s cave was required, staking a claim to fishing and hunting rights… it wouldn’t have taken very long before our ancestors
READERS of your Worcester News will almost certainly be familiar with my reports about the Uptonupon- Severn Jazz Festival. I’ve been covering this annual midsummer night’s dream of classic and traditional sounds for more years than I care to
AN eyewitness has described the moment the earth shook during an explosion at a popular Christmas tree farm. One man was taken to hospital following the explosion at Leigh Sinton on Saturday morning. The man suffered burns to his hands and face after
SHOPPERS in Worcester braved the bad weather on Saturday to pick up the last of their Christmas goodies. But the icy conditons meant some businesses failed to cash in on one of the busiest shopping day of the year. Some shops had to
POOR driving conditions and problems with freezing machinery have prevented some binmen getting out and about. While normal household collection services are still going ahead in Malvern, they are not in Wychavon. A statement on Wychavon's
HEREFORD United’s FA Cup second round replay at Lincoln City tomorrow night has been postponed for a third time. Sub-zero temperatures in Lincoln has left the Sincil Bank pitch unplayable and the match was called off at 10.30am. While no new date for
WE’RE not out of the woods just yet, with more snow and frost forecast right up until the new year. Temperatures last night were predicted to fall as low as -19C (-2.2F) and more snow is forecast to hit Worcester this afternoon and tonight.
HOSPITAL bosses are appealing for help from 4x4 drivers to get stranded staff to work after heavy snows. Health chiefs need the drivers to take staff to work as the snow and ice has caused transport problems across Worcestershire. A
A NUMBER of libraries and day centre have been closed due to the treacherous conditions. The libraries that have closed today are: Hagley Library Pershore Library closed at 10.30am due to frozen pipes Bewdley Library will
BUS services across Worcestershire have been disrupted due to the snow. People are being urged to check with bus operators direct before travelling but here is a list of the services that are or are not running today: W1 (Perdiswell
TRAIN services between Worcester Shrub Hill and Birmingham Snow Hill are delayed today due to frozen fuel. London Midland is urging passengers not to travel unless absolutely necessary. On their website, London Midland confirmed that
ALICE bought me a copy of Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as a birthday present. For no particular reason, I had wondered of late whether the film might still have the same allure as it had done all those years ago back in the mid-1950s
A MAIN Droitwich road has been closed because of a jackknifed lorry. Police have closed the A38 Roman Way Northbound and are re-directing traffic as recovery work is carried out on the A442 Kidderminster Road (Berry Hill Island). Traffic
PLUNGING temperatures and heavy snow brought misery to motorists as the county’s roads struggled to cope over the weekend. Some drivers were stuck for hours on the M5 after the northbound carrigeway was closed just north of Worcester.
WORCESTER City’s rotten run of luck with injuries is showing no sign of abating with the news Tim Sandercombe could require knee surgery. The goalkeeper has been out of action since suffering the problem in training at the end of November. Swelling
LORD Faulkner of Worcester has praised the hard work of two hospices in the city and asked for reassurance about their future funding during a debate in Parliament. The Labour peer praised the “wonderful work” of both St Richard’s Hospice in
TOMORROW FA Cup second round replay: Lincoln City v Hereford United (7.45pm). Zamaretto League Premier Division: Cambridge City v Evesham United (7.45pm). Division One South and West: Stourport Swifts v Frome Town (7.45pm). WEDNESDAY Midland Floodlit
