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  • Students get involved with Lea & Perrins's future

    DESIGN students from the University of Worcester have been allowed a rare glimpse into the secretive world of Worcester’s Lea & Perrins’ sauce factory. The factory doors were opened to students of green design on the university’s graphic design

  • Doctor led from the front

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a doctor described as one of the ‘giants of medicine in Worcestershire’ after his sudden death. George Wilson, a GP in Upton-upon-Severn for 40 years, died in the early hours of Monday morning after suffering a brain

  • Jobs boost at new tech park?

    A NEW technology park on the eastern edge of Worcester could bring up to 1,800 new jobs to the area. The proposed site lies to the south east of junction 6 of the M5 and links to Newtown Road. The technology park will be focused at securing

  • Cycling Santas raise sackful of hospice cash

    IT was not so much jingle bells as bicycle bells when a sea of santas took to their bikes to raise money for a Worcester hospice today. The first ever Santa Cycle proved popular with nearly 300 people of all ages taking part in the festive fundraiser

  • Plenty of support there for domestic abuse victims

    AS the county’s support of the 16 Days of Action comes to a close, the Worcestershire Forum Against Domestic Abuse is keen to raise awareness of the help and support available to those caught in its cycle. The campaign, which ends on Monday, has

  • Traditional folk is just the gift

    THE defining voice of English folk music will showcase the carols and songs learnt during her childhood this week. South Yorkshire native Kate Rusby is steeped in her local traditions and her concert at Malvern Theatres on Wednesday will serve

  • Can you spare just a few hours?

    A CHARITY providing services for blind and partially sighted people is in urgent need of volunteers to meet increased demand. Sight Concern Worcestershire is appealing for receptionists and helpers in their aids and equipment room at their base

  • GBH man caught with cocaine

    A MAN who was found by police with three bags of cocaine has been sent to jail. Richard Calder, age 37, of Rebekah Gardens, Droitwich, was in the passenger seat when police stopped a car in Droitwich on November 7. They found two full bags

  • Homecoming show for Jenny

    A SINGER-songwriter from Colwall is returning to the area for a mid-week gig later this month. Jenny Hallam, who now lives in London, brings her melodic piano-pop back to her home patch for a show at the Great Malvern Hotel, in Graham Road, on

  • Queen’s gifts sent in style by college

    A PATRIOTIC Morgan sports car with a special Union flag design arrived at Malvern College to collect a card and gift for the Queen and deliver it to Buckingham Palace. The gift was the work of a team of sixth form girls who set up a charitable project