ARTISTS with mental health problems will be showing their creative flair at two exhibitions which are designed to help them recover and shatter the stigma around mental illness. Shrub Hill Workshop – Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust – and
FOND tributes have been paid to a teenager who friends said could light up a room with her amazing smile. Emily Mayo was aged only 19 when she died on Tuesday, September 25, after a brave battle with long-term illness which she fought for several
A WOMAN has thanked generous Worcester News readers who had helped to make her dream come true. Readers helped Beth Lawrence, of Barbourne, Worcester, raise more than £1,274 so she could travel to South Africa to help neglected and abused horses
A DRUNK man who had been homeless stole balloons to give to children playing by fountains in Worcester. Stephen Booth, aged 32, who gave his address as St Paul’s Hostel in Tallow Hill, Worcester, admitted theft when he appeared before magistrates
NOT everyone can boast of having received a thank you letter from the Prime Minister. But Charlotte Jarman, a 20-year-old student from Rous Lench, near Evesham, is someone that can. After a stint as a gamesmaker during the Olympics she was personally
FIFTY cows were rescued by firefighters in a dramatic operation after a lorry nearly overturned on a country lane. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service used winches to right the lorry after earlier attempts by locals to steady it.
COUNCIL chiefs have been urged to get “the best possible deal” for Worcestershire in handing three outdoor education centres to private operators. Campaigners turned up to a county council debate to raise fears over the future of sites in Llanrug
A MALVERN craftsman has become a world champion. Dave Jackson, who runs Wildwood Coppice Crafts, beat all comers to clinch the World Log to Leg Pole Lathe Turning Championships at Ragley Hall, in Alcester, Warwickshire. Mr Jackson competed
A LORRY carrying a large number of cattle has overturned near the water's edge of the River Teme. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue was called to Holly Bush Lane, off the B4203 at Wolferlow near Bromyard, near to Upper Sapey golf course at
REHEARSALS are well underway for Great Witley Operatic Society’s production of Roger and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Singers, dancers and people working backstage are wanted for the show which runs at the Swan Theatre between April 9 and 13 next year
RUBY CANTONESE Bransford Road St John’s Worcester 01905 425666 IF you like Chinese food, you can’t go far wrong with Ruby Cantonese Restaurant in St John’s, Worcester. My companion and I paid a visit to the Bransford Road eatery
SIR – I realise lots of cancer sufferers are not as fortunate but last month I had the all clear following my recent CT scan. All I can do is thank Almighty God and the expert nurses and doctors at the QE Hospital, Birmingham. GEORGE COWLEY
SIR – I see George Osborne has more problems. The poor fellow is trying to balance the books by taking from the poor. George, I think I must inform you the poor have got no more money to give. There’s some charities even donating food parcels
SIR – One poor nation... that will please them. [Tony] Blair, [Gordon] Brown and the Labour party subjected the people of the UK to what I can only describe as abuse and disrespect. The Labour party told lies (remember Mr Blair) and misled
SIR – I don’t know why letter writer Robbie Porter is obsessed with Allah Ditta. I do know that Mr Ditta has helped many people here and abroad through Rotary, as a councillor and in many acts of private kindnesses. Concerning the cemetery
SAINSBURY’S stores in Worcester are encouraging people to help tackle food poverty by taking in a nationwide food drive this weekend. Staff in Sainsbury’s Blackpole and St John’s branches will be taking part in the second annual Million Meal Appeal
SIR – It’s outrageous that the founders of Wonga.com made profits last year of more than £45 million. They live in properties worth millions, while their customers struggle to survive. This firm heaps misery on the poor and vulnerable by offering
SIR – The report by Tom Edwards ‘Council facing financial crisis’ (Worcester News, September 29) on a leaked document makes disturbing reading for all Worcester citizens. If Councillor [Andy] Roberts is correct, and as cabinet member for
SIR – Callow End’s Party in the Park was a great success on Saturday, having been washed out in July. With 15 bands, three stages, lots of activities and games for the family, stalls, pig roast, barbecue and bar, it took a huge amount of planning
SIR – David Leatherdale’s insistence that Steve Rhodes won’t be sacked as director of cricket (Worcester News, September 18) highlights what is wrong at New Road. The club is being run by a clique of ex-players who are clearly not up to the job
TWO members of staff from the Morgan Motor Company were among the first to sign up for the annual walk in the Malvern Hills to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Caroline Gudgeon and Sarah Baldwin are now encouraging other local people to take
A DOG owner has been left “devastated” after her two pets were shot dead by a Leigh Sinton farmer when they fled boarding kennels while she was on holiday. June Roden put one-year-old Millie and three-year-old Benson into Brookend Boarding Kennels
THE Faithful City will receive its second royal visitor next week when the Worcester Gilbert and Sullivan Society perform The Mikado. The hilarious Japanese-themed opera tells the story of Nanki-Poo, a prince on the run from his father, the Emperor
FOUR people held in connection with the Andrew Heath murder probe have been remanded in custody at the crown court. Daniel Martin, aged 23, of Canterbury Road in Ronkswood, Worcester, is accused of the murder of 52-year-old Mr Heath, after he was
HANDS up anyone over the age of 30 who remembers the wonderful world of subbuteo? Well, the retro table-top football game, which features matchstick players on weighted bases, is alive and kicking in Worcester and going from strength to strength
CONTROVERSIAL plans for 33 new student flats in Worcester City centre have been approved – despite angry traders protesting against it. Council chiefs have allowed the proposal for the bedsits at 17-19 Mealcheapen Street to go ahead. Stourbridge-based
CAPTAIN Stuart Whitehead is hoping to write another chapter in his illustrious FA Cup career with Worcester City this season. Whitehead has enjoyed some memorable matches in the competition and wants to lead his current side closer to the promised
JON Clarke will wing in as Worcester Warriors’ only change to the side that thrashed London Irish last time out when they face Wasps at Adams Park on Sunday (3pm). The former Northampton Saints man made his name in the centres, but will be deployed
THE man accused of stabbing Betty Yates to death at her home had previously made threats to kill an elderly woman, a court heard today. Stephen Farrow, aged 48, has denied any involvement in the murder of Mrs Yates, a retired teacher from Bewdley
AN unwanted visitor has been found lurking in the bottom of Worcestershire’s rivers and canals. The shrimp is a cousin of the killer shrimp and its discovery is sending a shiver down environmentalists’ spines, after it was found right here in the
HAVING endured a wretched start to the season, Kidderminster Harriers head to Ebbsfleet United tomorrow (3pm) bidding to stretch their unbeaten run to eight games. The Aggborough lost the first five games of their Blue Square Bet Premier campaign
A FORMER star of BBC’s The Apprentice has unveiled a new business academy to help coach and inspire Worcester’s businesswomen. Jo Cameron visited the city to launch her Achievers Academy for Women, a new excellence academy which will meet on the third
HEREFORD United go in search of their fifth home win of the season tomorrow when Stockport County visit Edgar Street (3pm). Martin Foyle’s men have beaten Macclesfield, Ebbsfleet, Woking and Cambridge at HQ in the Blue Sqaure Bet Premier so far
THE Vienna Festival Ballet is bringing it’s production of Coppélia to Evesham tomorrow. Eccentric toymaker Dr Coppélius is planning to bring his mechanical doll, Coppélia, to life but he thinks he just needs the right spell. When he leaves
The man being held by police searching for missing five-year-old April Jones is now being questioned about her murder, it was announced today. The grim news was revealed by Detective Superintendent Reg Bevan at a press conference in Aberystwyth
A YOUNG mum-to-be involved in a car crash in Worcester has described her partner as a hero after his swift actions saved her life and that of her sister and unborn child. Ashleigh Conner, aged 19, said the crash in Bromwich Road just before midnight
WORCESTER City have their sights set on reaching the FA Cup fourth qualifying round for the first time in six years tomorrow. The last time the St George’s Lane club reached that stage of the competition in 2006 Andy Preece was in charge and Dave
WORCESTER Wolves star Alex Owumi has been rewarded for his showing against Manchester Giants with a place in the British Basketball League’s team of the week. The 27-year-old guard scored 25 points and claimed seven rebounds and five assists in
TELEPHONE assessments have been brought in to cut fraudulent use of blue badges for disabled people in Worcestershire, which costs taxpayers millions each year. The assessments, introduced in July, are used when it is not clear from a customer
A WELL-KNOWN doctor has retired after more than 30 years of treating people in the town. Dr Glenn Ralphs, senior partner at Abbottswood Medical Centre, Pershore, was given a rousing send-off when he left the practice after working there since 1979
ELEVEN years ago, doctors feared Evesham schoolgirl Stefanie Mace-Gould might have serious brain damage after suffering horrific head injuries after being hit by a car. The teenager spent two weeks in a coma at Birmingham Children’s Hospital fighting
