A money adviser from Worcester has won a national award for helping people struggling with their finances. Tracy Murphy, who works for the Two Pennies Money Advice charity, was presented with the award for the Institute of Money Advisers’ prize for Money
DONATIONS and offers of support have been flooding in for a Worcester pub that is organising a weekend of events in memory of 21-year-old cancer victim Anthony Dobbins. Anthony’s family were left heartbroken when he lost his long battle with bowel cancer
AN animal welfare charity is hoping someone will say “hey Jude” when they see this picture and help reunite this springer spaniel with its owners. The RSPCA wants to hear from anyone who recognises the mature male dog, called Jude by the charity. Jude
A WORCESTER cancer survivor will light a beacon at the summit of England’s tallest mountain to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Beverley Hicks, aged 54, of Barbourne, Worcester, will join a group of cancer survivors, scientists and supporters scaling
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers host a Wolves XI and Walsall in their pre-season friendly preparations for the 2012-13 season. Steve Burr’s side begin with a trip to Sutton Coldfield to take on winger Marvin Johnson’s former club Romulus on Saturday, July 14.
MORE details have emerged about a car crash near Bewdley on Saturday in which two men were seriously hurt. At about 1.15pm, a green Land Rover Defender was travelling towards Stourport at Ribbesford on the B4194 switchback road. It had just driven
WORCESTER City will not face crisis clubs Kettering Town or Darlington next season after both were denied places in Blue Square Bet North. The Poppies and Quakers, who finished bottom and third-bottom in the Conference Premier respectively,
POLICE have offered reassurances to Worcester’s gay community and said that hate crime will not be tolerated after a second suspected homophobic attack in Worcester in less than two weeks. Witnesses are being sought after a man was beaten and
“We want to aspire to be outstanding” – that was the message from children’s services bosses as they begin to turn things around in Worcestershire. Two years on from a damning report which labelled safeguarding services as failing, County Hall chiefs
SIR – I spent a very pleasant 45 minutes listening to a choir of boys and girls from Rose Hill Primary School recently. They performed at the Tolly Centre in Rose Avenue, Tolladine. The children sang songs from the musical Oliver! (lyrics by
SIR – West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin yet again nods her head to Government proposals, this time on massive VAT increases, rather than consider their impact on her constituents. In the article ‘Why should we pay tax on monument repairs
SIR – Re ‘Are some councillors just in it for the money’ (Worcester News, May 17). I think some of them must be because some of the councillors are on the city council and the county council. It does appear that there are far too many city and
SIR – So British Gas has announced that it intends to increase prices again this winter, perhaps by as much as 19 per cent. This will surely please pensioners and the elderly who cannot afford the prices at best, and also the low wage earners
SIR – Birmingham Children’s Hospital is celebrating its 150th anniversary this week – a time to reflect on where we have come from, the care we are currently providing and where we want to be in the future. From a small hospital treating only
SIR – I wonder how people would react if they were asked to choose between the cathedral and the Hive. Which building gives the most to the city of Worcester? If one had to be demolished, which one would you choose? A case could
A MAN who was rescued from the river Avon by the emergency services on Sunday night has died. Carl Schmidt, aged 47, dived into the river at Corporation Meadow at Hampton near Evesham just before 7pm on Sunday but became injured and suffered
SIR – We have occasionally questioned on this page the continuing takeover of Worcester by the teacher training college, aka the University of Worcester. The impact of this ever increasing megalomania was brought home to us recently with a sickening
AS I write this I am tucking into my favourite vice – giant chocolate buttons. I admit it’s a weakness and one that has got harder to manage as the sweetie companies have wised up and started selling them in bigger packs. I know I’m not alone.
TWO teenagers were viciously assaulted in Worcester as they made their way home in the early hours of the morning. Detectives from Worcester CID are investigating after the pair - a 16-year-old male and a 17-year-old female - were set upon
POLICE are investigating a spate of fires in Worcester in the early hours of this morning. Officers are linking at least six fires, which are believed to have been started deliberately some time between midnight and 1.25am. Wheelie bins in Peterborough
SOME unusual thoroughbreds took to the turf at Worcester Racecourse in the name of charity. The bets were on for the St Richard’s Hospice panto horse race, with about £3,000 raised by those having a flutter. George Pickard and Will Kerton, of ReadyHedge
LOVING new homes are needed for these young pups found dumped near an industrial estate. The seven 10-day-old little bundles were found abandoned with their mother in a secluded area and then handed over to dog wardens. They are currently in a temporary
GLORIOUS sunshine, trestle tables, bunting? It must be a jubilee year. Youngsters from Great Witley CE Primary School were in the swing of things for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – albeit a few days earlier than the big day. The school’s friends group
AS Diamond Jubilee celebrations take place across Worcester residents will need to remember to leave their black bin out one day later than normal. Due to the two bank holidays there will be some temporary changes to the city council’s domestic
THE heatwave in Worcestershire has led to a drastic increase in 999 calls. West Midlands Ambulance Service received so many calls across the weekend that at times they were busier than an average New Year’s Eve. On Friday and Saturday the service dealt
HOSPITALS in Worcestershire face a bill of close to £10,000 a day because NHS staff are unable to discharge patients who are medically fit to go home. Figures supplied by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust which manages Worcestershire Royal Hospital
SHRUB Hill’s potential overhaul will “transform the edge of Worcester city centre”, according to business chiefs. Community leaders and politicians are backing the exciting development, which will turn Newtown Road, where the scheme backs onto, into
PLANS for the single biggest regeneration scheme Worcester has ever seen have been submitted to the city council – with Shrub Hill set for a complete transformation. About 600 new homes, an 80-bed care village for the elderly, five screen cinema
A Worcester Warriors rugby player has been arrested following an assault in which police say a woman was punched in the face, knocking her unconscious and breaking her nose. Back-row forward Jake Abbott, who signed a new contract with the
CCTV is being reviewed in Worcester to make sure the system is “fit for purpose” after funding for it was controversially cut last year. Councillor Jabba Riaz, the new cabinet member responsible for crime and disorder at the city council, is going to
IMPROVEMENTS to Fladbury Village Church, near Evesham, may be completed by the end of the year as donations to the appeal have reached about £53,000. The Fladbury Church Amenity Appeal needs about £70,000 for the works, but with current pledges and outstanding
