REHOMED greyhounds will be drawing the attention of shoppers to their less fortunate friends this weekend. Dogs who have been rehomed by the charity Greyhound Rescue West of England will be meeting and greeting people at Tesco in St Peter’s, Worcester
A WORCESTER man who brought a touch of animal magic to his painting has been named artist of the year after winning a national competition. Rob Hooper scooped the top prize at the Craegmoor Artist of the Year Awards with his dramatic and vibrant picture
Worcestershire County Council has become the first local authority in the country to sign up for the iTunesU website. The council has joined iTunesU, an area of the iTunes store that offers free audio and video content. A wealth of information sourced
A WOMAN who carried out an unprovoked attack on an unsuspecting victim has avoided jail. Zoe Hayes, of Rail Ground, Pershore, was given a suspended sentence order for assaulting student nurse Francesca Shellis by beating her. The incident took place
TWO charities will benefit from a bumper bargain clearance sale at Hanley Swan Village Hall this weekend. The Worcestershire Sale of Sales takes place from 11am until 4pm tomorrow. Proceeds will be split between St Richard’s Hospice Community Care Centre
WORCESTERSHIRE Under 18s were unable to contain a slick Birmingham FA side in a 5-1 Midland Counties Youth Championship away defeat. In blustery conditions, the FA County Youth Cup semi-finalists created problems with their passing style. But the visitors
HOME security advice will be available at a new one-stop shop which opens in Worcester next week. The Love Your Home shop will feature a reconstructed crime scene, and will show how people can protect their property. The initiative is part of West
CASH-strapped Kidderminster Harriers have signed Hereford United striker Sean Canham on loan for a month. The former Notts County forward, who signed a two-year deal at Hereford in July, arrives at Harriers following a week which almost saw the Blue
TERRY Jenkins battled back from 6-4 down to claim an 8-6 victory over Raymond van Barneveld in their 888.com Premier League opener last night. The Dutch ace won five out of six legs in mid-game to edge towards victory. But his Ledbury opponent hit three
THE best friend of a city man who died mountain-climbing says he was pursuing his dream of scaling the world’s tallest peak. Zohara Multani, of Worcester, said Hyder Ali Manir was “the greatest, kindest and most humble friend, son, brother,
TWO schoolgirls fought out an all-Worcester final at the West Midlands Fencing Championships with both advancing to the nationals in May. Alix Turley beat fellow Royal Grammar School Worcester pupil Danielle Lawson, 12, in the under 14s epee contest.
THE latest church attendance figures show mixed results for the Church of England in the two counties. They show that the average weekly attendance for services in the Diocese of Worcester went down from 16,000 in 2008 to 14,900 in 2009. The numbers
A WORCESTER woman said she is in constant fear for her and her son’s safety after her ex-husband was released on bail while waiting to be sentenced for making violent threats against them. Hubert Locke is now on the run from police after failing to turn
OLD furniture at a Worcestershire library has been used to help supply books to children in Africa. The refurbishment team at Evesham Library was contacted by charity Build on Books, who managed to take the majority of the old shelving, to be otherwise
LIBERAL Democrat councillors across the country are increasingly critical of the Government’s cuts programme – even before their impact is felt. Ninety leading Lib Dem councillors, including the party’s leaders on Worcestershire County Council and Wychavon
THE pace and scale of the Government’s spending cuts has been criticised by Liberal Democrat leaders in south Worcestershire. Councillors Liz Tucker, Worcestershire County Council; Margaret Rowley, Wychavon District Council, and Helen Dyke, Wyre Forest
BUSINESS leaders breathed a sigh of relief as power was restored following a power cut ahead of the busy Valentine's day weekend. The power is back on in Worcester city centre after a power cut which affected central Worcester and Malvern shortly
TRAVELLERS who have pitched up on city playing fields are on their way to a “big fat gipsy wedding”. About 10 caravans arrived at Perdiswell Leisure Centre in Worcester at about 9pm on Wednesday night parking up on the municipal football pitches
SIR – Unlike John Phillpott (Worcester News, January 29), I reckon David Barlow’s letters make a lot of sense. But I agree the Labour Party is in a right old mess. I’m now a Tory. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
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SIR – Evidently the county council was either bored, trying to clear stock piles or feels the cold more than the rest of us. While out driving on Wednesday, February 2, I noticed a gritter lorry spreading grit. The only problem was that the
SIR – The proposal to utilise the heat from the Redditch Crematorium to raise the temperature of the town’s proposed new swimming pool is, frankly, obscene. Those of us who have recently attended committal services at our beautiful crematorium
SCAM artists have managed to steal more than £700 from homes and businesses in Worcester in the last 24 hours. Four different addresses have reported being contacted by a person claiming to be from BT since lunchtime yesterday. The bogus
A STAGGERING 4,000 tins of soup have been donated to a city homeless shelter following an online campaign. The tins are helping to keep the county’s homeless in the pink after a plea by staff at St Paul’s Hostel in Tallow Hill, Worcester. Donna King
SCOTLAND international centre Alex Grove will make his first start of the Championship season as Worcester Warriors tackle London Welsh at Sixways tomorrow (3pm). Grove is named in the starting line-up for a league game for the first time since
SIR – Robin Walker MP is right to campaign for a county radiotherapy unit (Worcester News, February 2). NHS Worcestershire has been working towards this. There is a danger, however, that the coalition Government’s plan to abolish NHS Worcestershire
SIR – The letter by Steve Davis (Worcester News, January 26) was critical of the Green Party, claiming that we are were more concerned about government cuts than about the environment. This was despite the fact that the letter he was responding
NOTE: We understand that the power is now back on. New article to follow. A POWER cut has left thousands of homes and businesses in Worcester without electricity, forcing some High Street shops to close. The cut happenened at around 2.38am
A LOVING mother found dead at home will “never be forgotten”, her grieving family have said. Sarah Fernandes Mason, aged 39, was found dead on a bed at the house she shared with her mother and teenage daughter in Cooper Street, Malvern, last
MIDLANDS Five West (North) club Tenbury are seeking a new first team rugby coach. Tenbury narrowly missed out on promotion last season but boast an unbeaten league record in the current campaign. They are now after a committed coach, who will be required
A COLLEGE student’s IT skills have won him a competition to design the website which will be the face of the Worcestershire Pear Tree Project. Brandon Scott said he was shocked to be named the winner at a gathering at Nexus Creative in Norton, near Worcester
PETE’S INDIAN RESTAURANT London Road, Worcester Tel: 01905 360909 THE last time I dined at this restaurant in London Road, Worcester, Desperate Dan cow pie was on the menu and all the rage when quirky themed pub the Little Sauce Factory was
WORCESTER-based law firm Harrison Clark has announced several promotions among its growing team of legal experts. Mathew Waddington, divorce and children’s lawyer at the firm’s Cheltenham office, has been promoted to partner, along with Emma Childs,
ARE you looking for ideas to woo that special someone next Monday Valentine’s Day ? It is said that the best way to someone’s heart is through their stomach, so why not treat your loved one to a gorgeous home-made cake on February 14? What’s more
KING CHARLES II RESTAURANT New Street, Worcester Tel: 01905 22449 FROM the moment you walk into this ramshackle looking, slightly leaning black and white framed building you get a sense of its history. The 15th century building
I T is 11pm on a wild windy night in the Cotswolds but instead of being tucked up in bed, I am standing on a bridge carrying a muddy lane over a railway line. Spotlights on a diesel locomotive and an excavator glow below me as engineers prepare
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers assistant manager Gary Whild hopes the off-field boost this week can help the club continue their Blue Square Bet Premier play-off push. The Aggborough side staved off a Company Voluntary Agreement at the 11th hour on Tuesday night
MATT Kvesic is hoping to build on his excellent start to England’s under 20 Six Nations campaign when he faces Italy at Bath’s Recreation Ground tonight (7.30). The Warriors back-row prospect made a scorching debut with a two-try display in the 26-20
THE race is on to create a new landmark in Worcestershire after the emergence of a second sculpture. First came the giant Worcestershire Pear Tree – but another project also taking inspiration from the fruit synonymous with the county has entered the
SIR – I am researching my family tree and looking for information on the Wyatt family from Worcester. My great-grandmother was Emma Alice Wyatt and she married Thomas Henry Collins in about 1908. They had children Lawrence Henry, Edith, Elizabeth
MANAGER Carl Heeley believes Worcester City’s next two games will be key to determining the outcome of their season. City are preparing for a Blue Square Bet North double-header at St George’s Lane, starting with the visit of Stalybridge Celtic
A DRUNK driver who killed a former pupil of Evesham’s Prince Henry’s High School after he ploughed into a group of seven students in the US last June has been jailed for 25 years. Dominic Hartley, aged 21, was one of two people who died when
EVESHAM United manager Paul West is hoping to continue his raid on Redditch United after making a move for their skipper Andy Jones. The Blue Square Bet North basement boys announced last week they were slashing their playing budget to zero. The Robins
COUNTY FIXTURES TOMORROW National Two North: Caldy v Luctonians (2.15pm). National Three Midlands: Malvern v Bromsgrove; Scunthorpe v Hereford. Midlands One: Worcester Wanderers v Camp Hill. Midlands Two West (South): Droitwich v Kidderminster Carolians
JACK Manuel and Jack Shantry are both due back in the UK this weekend after injuries curtailed their spells in Australia. The Worcestershire duo have spent most of the winter Down Under and were not due back at New Road until next month.
WARRIORS supporters worrying Matt Kvesic is putting himself in the shop window with stellar displays in England under 20s’ Six Nations campaign can relax — the highly-rated back-rower insists he is ‘more than happy’ at Sixways. The talented 18-year-old
STOURPORT Swifts host second-placed AFC Totton in Zamaretto League Division One South and West tomorrow (3pm) looking to build on two good away displays. The Walshes Meadow side drew 1-1 at play-off-chasing Frome Town last Saturday and were held to the
A MOTHER is to complete a sponsored abseil to raise money for the hospital staff who saved her baby’s life. Katie Gent, originally from Powick, near Worcester, and now living in Cheshire, is doing the Mailbox Abseil to raise funds for Birmingham Children
POOR Richard Hill must feel like a beggar with his nose enviously pressed up against the Harrods’ window, looking on as the well-to-do folks inside fritter their money on all manner of prized possessions. There are many sought-after players touting their
BINMEN in Herefordshire missed just two collection days during the worst December weather for more than 100 years. The service, provided for Herefordshire Council by Focsa, did struggle with the snow and ice, particularly in the more rural and remote
POPULAR historian Dorothy Thompson, the widow of international peace campaigner Edward (EP) Thompson, has died at the age of 87. For many years their well known family home was the country house Wick Episcopi in the village of Rushwick, just beyond
