MOST young Worcester families will be waiting 12 years before they can afford their first home, a charity has said. Shelter has warned the stark figure shows the prospect of youngsters owning a home is “slipping away”. The wait is likely to
JUMPING from a plane and helping people bag up their shopping are not two activities usually found on the same to-do list. But a Worcester woman has been able to tick both off as part of her attempts to complete 40 challenges to raise both awareness
A YOUNG couple are gearing up for an epic road trip across the world – starting in their home town of Malvern. Mike Ferguson and Jess Heath are currently living in Sydney, Australia, but are travelling back to Britain –- and in particular Belle
THE only Green politician on Worcester City Council says he is prepared to give the new administration time – as long as his policies are given serious consideration. Councillor Neil Laurenson says he is pleased a fresh effort to find new funding
A WORCESTER professor put her best foot forward to complete five mara-thons and reach her fund-raising goal in a fight against dementia. After her own family was touched by the disease, Professor Elizabeth Peel has spent the last three years conducting
SHANE Watson warmed up for next week’s opening Ashes Test with a century before lunch against Worcestershire at New Road. The Aussie, who reached three figures in the 28th over, made 109 and was the mainstay of the tourists’ total of 340-4, before
SIR – In the current climate, with real wages falling, many working people are struggling to make ends meet. We have seen on the news recently that more and more of the hard-up are being forced to take out pay-day loans with punishing rates of
COMPLAINTS about Worcestershire Royal Hospital have almost doubled in the last five years. The number of complaints received has gone up from 277 between April 2008 and March 2009 to 407 between April 2012 and March 2013 – a rise of 47 per cent
SIR – Fenella Gerry’s article on attracting wildlife into your garden was very informative (Worcester News, June 26). However, the one point that she did not address was access for mammals, particularly hedgehogs. Hedgehog numbers are falling
DUST off the suncream bottles, grab your sun hat and shades and prepare for the heatwave that will be hitting the city from Friday. It is predicted that the overcast weather we have been experiencing all week will make way for blue skies with the
SIR – I see one of the energy companies wants to get rid of the standing charge but won’t make a move until the other five energy companies do the same. Doesn’t this prove that the energy companies are running a cartel? The same goes for the
IT was glasses raised all round when the Probus Club of Worcester celebrated its 40th anniversary with a lunch at Boughton Park Golf and Country Club. Club welfare secretary John Mason said: “We had a most enjoyable lunch followed by a toast to
AN angry man fuelled with alcohol who smashed a window at a shopping centre’s bus station was identified by DNA from his blood. Daile Torbett-Traylor, aged 27, had earlier cut his hand, which left blood at the scene when he kicked a window at the
SIR – Re the fire at Lawrence’s recycling plant in Kidderminster last month. This shows why we should have an incinerator as it would be in a controlled building. It would not spread smoke as this open site did. A K HILL Fernhill Heath
LETTERS are being sent to dog walking companies in Worcester following compaints some aren’t cleaning up after the animals in their care. Worcester City Council has been made aware of a problem area at Acon- bury Orchard in Warn- don and has since
MPs in Worcestershire have admitted a £10,000 pay hike would be too much - with one even suggesting she would take measures to “prevent it happening”. Harriett Baldwin has suggested abolishing the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (
SIR – It is all very well for the million over-65s continuing in employment whom you refer to in your Comment (Worcester News, June 13) but has anyone thought about all the youngsters who are unemployed and would be glad of their jobs? Many people
WITH the anticipation among the Barmy Army building to fever pitch ahead of the Ashes, I must admit I won’t be among the masses tuning in to hear the thwack of leather on willow. Although I follow pretty much any sport to a certain extent, cricket
SIR –There are two points I wish to make regarding your front page story involving the death of Councillor [Jabba] Riaz’s aunt (Worcester News, June 29). Firstly, the role of a coroner (usually a medical practitioner or a lawyer) is someone who
AN award-winning AA patrolman has carried out his most important pick-up to date, collecting his sister’s premature twin babies from hospital. Donna Anthoney, aged 33, and her husband Rob, 42, had feared their twins would not make it home to Droitwich
TEA UPDATE: Centurion Shane Watson was dismissed shortly after lunch, but his colleagues continued to pile on the runs at New Road. The opener was caught on the square-leg fence by Jack Shantry as he aimed a slog sweep at Moeen Ali's off-spin for
AMBULANCE crews have now treated 13 people at the scene of a massive blaze that caused £6 million damage at a recycling centre. The fire at the Jayplas recycling facility in Dartmouth Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, is believed to have been caused
WE will be taking on the touring Australian team this week — it is a great game for the club to have and financially it will be a good thing for New Road. For the players, as a professional you always want to test yourself against the best, so
WEST Mercia and Warwickshire Police will feature on three live television broadcasts this week. The Crimewatch Roadshow programmes will be aired on BBC One tomorrow, Thursday and Friday from 9.15-10am, and they will feature a wide variety of witness
YOUNGSTER Charlie Morris has been handed his Worcestershire debut in this week’s New Road clash with the touring Australians. The 20-year-old Oxford University seamer lines up for the first time in the County’s senior side today (11am) and will
MORE than 100 taxi drivers in Worcester have flouted the rules in the last year – but none has been punished for it. Now the city council is to tighten up its penalty system after critics said it is “not working” in weeding out rogue drivers.
