A HOSPICE’S travelling bench has been installed at a city shopping centre – with passersby invited to sit and reflect on their life and legacy. The St Richard’s Hospice Legacy Bench has arrived in Crowngate shopping centre’s Bell Square, Worcester
A COMPLETION on her first Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials appearance was a more than satisfactory outcome for delighted Worcestershire rider Nicky Hill. Hill and her horse MGH Bingo Boy finished 27th overall after a dramatic show jumping finale
WE’LL reach the magic million mark - that's the message from a Worcestershire paralegal firm that has raised over £845,000 for charity. Over the past five years Malvern-based Wills and Legal Services (WLS) has raised over £845,000 for the HELP Appeal
BROMYARD Folk Festival, one of the longest running and best regarded events in the folk calendar, once again attracted music fans by the thousands. And organiser say that the event has been acclaimed as the best one yet. Concerts took place at
ALFIE is an 11-month-old white and black male hoping for a loving new home to settle in. He is a very playful boy who loves toys, especially ones with feathers. Alfie has a very loud purr and loves to be fussed, but he doesn't seem to like dogs
A FATHER has confronted the Ukranian dealer who he believes sold the banned diet pills that killed his daughter. Doug Shipsey’s 21-year-old daughter Beth died following a diet pill overdose in February 2017, and the Worcester dad has been battling
JONO Lance says he feels like a “new signing” this summer for Worcester Warriors after the last campaign’s injury woe. The Australian fly-half described the longer pre-season due to the World Cup as “perfect” for his preparations and also gave
HAMISH Rutherford will make his home Specsavers County Championship debut for Worcestershire on Tuesday (10.30am) as they look for their first Division Two win since May 17. After a Rutherford-inspired victory at Leicestershire in April and a home
MOTOR sports enthusiasts have defended the rally in the Malvern Hills at the weekend. The Worcester News reported last week that residents in the Castlemorton worried they would be "imprisoned " in their own homes while the Three Shire Stages rally
THE annual Big Apple celebration of apple culture in the Marcle Ridge area is marking its 30th anniversary this autumn. Nine venues in and around Much Marcle will be involved to honour all things apple, on October 12 and the following day. Spokesperson
Celebrating 20 years at London's Lyceum Theatre opened its UK and Ireland tour in Bristol. The Lion King has entertained over 16 million theatregoers and remains the West End's best-selling stage production since the UK premiere in London on Tuesday
WORCESTER Raiders Reserves opened their West Midlands Football League Division Two win account despite being reduced to 10 men. Miguel Passaro (2) and Mitch Butterworth fired Raiders to a 3-1 win over Ludlow at King George V Playing Fields, Brickfields
REDDITCH United replay against Sutton Coldfield on Tuesday night at the TRICO Stadium (7.45pm) for the right to visit Kettering Town in the FA Cup second qualifying round. The teams drew 1-1 at the weekend with Rhys Hilton netting for the Reds
Commercial property sounds just like offices and factories, but my specialism is health and social care. At the moment, supported living is an active market; it’s fascinating because there’s such a range of care providers. Most people think of residential
PERRYWOOD won 2-0 at Pillar to keep up their winning start in the McDonald's Worcester and District Football League Sunday Premier Division. Goals from Ben Harbourne and Barry Hughes saw off the Droitwich hosts. Defending champions Callow End
A COUNTY communications agency is helping apprentices get into the world of work. DRPG, based in Hartlebury, has been fostering the next generation through its apprenticeship scheme which sees candidates integrate into the workplace through full-time
TODAY'S picture comes from May 1971 and shows some of Worcester's traffic wardens with the officer in charge, one PC H R Venn, right. The wardens on parade were described in the Evening News as, from left, Miss J E Houghtey, Messrs P Draper, A G Pickford
A CHURCH in Worcester has been praised for projects which have made the building more environmentally friendly. The Eco Church Bronze certificate has been awarded to St John Baptist in Claines. The Eco Church scheme has been introduced to rate
AN icy north-westerly wind blows in off the hills, snatching the first leaves of autumn from the trees in Malvern Winter Gardens. Brrr. It might only be September, but weather-wise, it does just feel a little bit like Christmas… And well it
TWO locomotives on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway are celebrating birthdays over the weekend of September 14-15. Both were built at the Great Western Railway’s works at Swindon; locomotive 4270 having reached its centenary while
TRAFFIC has been delayed in the city centre this morning due to Severn Trent Water (STW) workers being in London Road. STW has explained that the work was meant to have finished yesterday, but ran over into today. Worcestershire County Council
SIR – I would like, through the medium of your publication, to make an unconditional offer to Councillor Amos and his colleagues. The next time that the council issues an invitation to tender for a major highways project within the county, I will
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AFTER just finishing my first year at Worcester News it’s inspired me to look back on my experience working for a local paper. I started working here just after finishing university. I was fortunate to get a job straight away, because as you can
I am so proud of this hospital. I am proud to work here; proud of my friends and colleagues; and proud to play some small part in making a difference to patients, relatives and staff. And when I think of the past week, I have been invited into the
Local group Happy Feet Fitness provides community-based fitness activities across Worcester and are starting the new season of its Walking to Fitness group this week. The group is open to anyone with a cancer diagnosis and it is ideal for anyone
WHEN it comes to praying for a bit more money to aid the cause, you might think an organisation connected to ancient churches would have the inside track. But that isn’t the case and Worcestershire and Dudley Historic Churches Trust has to join
A 69-YEAR-old retired teacher was arrested for drink driving after an attempt to take her life, a court heard. Pauline Baker woke up and got in her car drunk and in her dressing gown and had to be talked down from jumping off a bridge before police
A MUSLIM cemetery has finally asked for planning permission 14 years after opening before asking for a major 785-plot extension. Worcester Muslim Cemetery has retrospectively asked for permission to build the cemetery despite it, according to the
A PRIMARY school has submitted a plan for a new nursery classroom. Cutnall Green CE Primary School in Cutnall Green near Droitwich has asked for permission from Wychavon District Council to build a much-needed single-storey nursery classroom for
WORCESTER’S Hopmarket – home to an eclectic mix of shops – is hosting a special art and music event later week as part of Worcester Music Festival. The retail space on The Foregate has teamed up with Participate in Art to deliver the event, which
