A WORCESTER pensioner was left standing out in the cold for more than an hour yesterday - and she's blaming it all on the buses. Jean Lewis, aged 77, was enraged to discover that Worcester's buses were operating on a reduced timetable on New Year's Eve
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TALKING boxes have been introduced to hospital wards to remind doctors and nurses to wash their hands in a bid to beat superbugs. The boxes, triggered by motion sensors, have been put at ward entrances in Worcestershire Royal, the Alexandra in Redditch
HEREFORD United will look to cement their spot in the automatic promotion places tomorrow when they host struggling Notts County in Coca-Cola League Two (3pm). The Bulls, who lie six points behind leaders MK Dons in second place, have been the surprise
HEAVY goods vehicles will be allowed to operate 24 hours a day on a new business park to be created in Worcester, despite objections from people living nearby. The former Tolladine Goods Yard, the biggest brownfield site in Worcester, is to be developed
STOURPORT Swifts will look to upset Chasetown's preparations for their big FA Cup third round clash with Cardiff City when they head to the Scholars Ground tomorrow in the British Gas Business Division One Midlands (3pm). Neil Hunt's men will be hoping
A CONTROVERSIAL gipsy site for one family on a field at Leigh Sinton could lead to dangerous traffic conditions. A government planning inspector has dismissed an appeal by landowner Maurice O'Connor who wanted permission to use the land at Dragons Cross
WITNESSES to three linked incidents have been urged to come forward. Police are trying to identify two witnesses with information about the theft of a blue Peugeot 306, following which the driver was arrested and the male passenger escaped. The pair
A WORCESTER family are determined not to let the collapse of tour operator Travelscope ruin their holiday. Helen and Martin Smith, of Essex Close, Dines Green, paid more than £2,000 for an eight-day holiday to America, only to get a call two days before
HEAVY goods vehicles will be allowed to operate 24 hours a day on a new business park to be created in Worcester, despite objections from people living nearby. The former Tolladine Goods Yard, the biggest brownfield site in Worcester, is to be developed
WORCESTER City manager Richard Dryden has stepped up his quest to add a new player to his squad before the Valley Stadium clash with Redditch United today (3pm). The City boss was let down at the 11th hour over signing a player to face AFC Telford United
A LONE poplar tree that can be seen clearly from the top of the Malvern Hills and 20 pine trees - all on a controversial development site in Malvern Wells - are now permanently protected. A provisional tree preservation order (TPO), which also included
WARNDON Athletic are closing on the Worcester Sunday League Division Three leaders after a 6-0 drubbing of Northwick Sports. Kevin Insall cracked a hat-trick with Simon Insall, Richard Insall and Neil Radburn also on target for Warndon who have two games
A MAN who helped transform the arts in a Worcestershire market town has been given an MBE. Over the past 10 years, former police superintendent Ray Steadman has worked tirelessly to ensure that Number 8 Community Arts Centre in Pershore has become a
HILLS Roy Sheila, Karen and Pauline would like to thank all Family, Friends and Neighbours for their kind messages and cards during their sad loss. Published in paper 31/12/2007
POWELL Archie Passed away peacefully in the Staffordshire General Hospital on December 20th, 2007, aged 93 years. A dearly loved dad, grandad and Friend. He will be greatly missed. Funeral service will take place at Worcester Crematorium, on Monday, January
EWINS Thelma 1928 - 2004. Somewhere over the rainbow,Way up high,There's a land that I heard of,Once in a lullaby x Miss you mum. Diane and Family. Published in paper 31/12/2007
EWINS Thelma Passed away December 31st, 2004. Deep in our hearts your memory is kept, We loved you too much to ever forget. Love always, Teresa, Tony, Adam and Simon. xxx Published in paper 31/12/2007
CLIFFORD Josephine Anne Josie Sommerfields Barnards Green, December 29th 2006.Loving memories never fade away,You are in our thoughts everyday. Sadly missed. From all Friends and Colleagues and partner Paul. Published in paper 31/12/2007
MAYERS Mabel Rachel known as Rachel Of Mayfield Road. Peacefully in hospital on December 21st, 2007, aged 81 years. A dear mum to Mary and David, mum in law to Brian and Karen, a special grandma to Rebecca, Kathryn, Natalie and Luke. Dearly loved always
PENERY Charles Charlie Passed away suddenly at home on December 14th, 2007, aged 87 years. A much loved dad of Susan. Funeral service to take place at Worcester Crematorium on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008, at 2.30 p.m. Flowers may be sent to Co-operative
TIPPING Norah In loving memory of a very dear wife, who passed away New Years Eve, 2006. I turned and looked but you were not there, To hear the words of love we share. Eric Published in paper 31/12/2007
LARGE widescreen televisions have been stolen from a Worcestershire sports bar. Thieves forced their way into Liberty Sports Bar, in Foundry Street, Stourport-on-Severn, some time between 11pm on Tuesday, December 18, and 6.30am the following day. They
SATURDAY RUGBY UNION GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP Worcester Warriors 7 Harlequins 10. FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO Bradford City 1, Hereford Utd 3. BLUE SQUARE CONFERENCE NORTH Worcester City 0, AFC Telford 3. ERREA CUP Third round: Bromsgrove Rovers
THE fire service chased a hot air balloon around Herefordshire at the weekend. About 3pm on Sunday, there were reports of a balloon over the county being on fire. This resulted in crews from Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service driving around
TOMORROW Coca-Cola League Two: Hereford United v Notts County (3pm). Blue Square Premier: Kidderminster Harriers v Forest Green Rovers (3pm). Blue Square North: Redditch United v Worcester City (3pm). British Gas Business Premier Division: Yate Town
THE fire service used state-of-the-art rescue equipment to help an injured man at the weekend. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service were called to a house an Chilham Place, in Warndon Villages, Worcester, just before 3pm yesterday. The West
A CARAVAN worth £18,000 has been stolen from a Worcestershire golf club. Police in Wychavon are investigating the theft of the white Aldis Storm caravan from Great Comberton Golf Club, which they believe happened between Saturday, December 1, and Saturday
SIR - All this ballyhoo over police officers pay was totally out of order. They are on much bigger pay packets than police in Australia and America and many other countries. In fact, with their pension deal, they don't do too badly at all. The Government
INCOMING Australia coach Robbie Deans has failed in a last ditch bid to keep Worcester Warriors' new signing Chris Latham in Australia. The former Canterbury Crusaders coach, who was appointed as the Wallabies first foreign coach last month, tried everything
SIR - Pershore Day Centre provides a vital day care service for profoundly handicapped youngsters, who come from Worcester, Malvern and Pershore areas, but the centre is under threat of closure by Worcester- shire County Council. On Friday, December
SIR - I can't understand why Simon Gardner (Worcester News, December 22) thinks my letter was a thinly-veiled piece of propaganda. Of course, I am trying to promote veganism. Hunger kills one child every five seconds. Millions of people go hungry every
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This week in 1957: IT was a rather original and very international Christmas feeling this year at the Young Men's Christian Association hostel in Henwick Road, Worcester for a mixed bag of residents who come from as far afield as Africa, Hungary and
YOU may have thought they were just a summer veg, but there are also excellent large winter varieties of radish - hardy black types - which are often cubed and boiled for 10 minutes, with a dab of butter, or stir-fried. They take longer than summer radishes
SIR - With reference to Mr S G Beard's letter about the national anthem (Worcester News, December 21), I would point out that God Save The Queen has a second verse that should be sung in order to make logical, conceptual and even grammatical sense of
250 Years Ago: ON Tuesday last, a very odd and affecting scene happened at Bromyard. A person whose name is John Colley, who for some time past has appeared disordered in his senses, observing a serpent in the field, took it up and clapt it to his bosom
2007 has been without doubt the most important and exciting year in Worcester Warriors' history. Despite a poor start to the 2006/07 campaign, which saw the club suffer eight straight league defeats, Warriors began this calender year with a seed of hope
THERE was a real sense of optimism around St George's Lane at the turn of the year. Worcester City began 2007 in fine fashion with a 2-0 New Year's Day home victory against Kettering Town, including a sublime chip on a bog of a pitch from Adam Burley
SIR - I don't know if Mr Bushill-Matthews MEP will be rewarded or sacked for bringing the regionalisation of Great Britain to the attention of the public. Most EU policies are introduced by stealth, illustrated by the fact the MEP doesn't know about
WHEN Worcestershire announced profits of just over £53,000 last January, little did they know that in the year ahead they would need every penny and then some. One of the few counties in first class cricket not to run at a loss, the New Road side were
IN the third of our Christmas houseplant series the spotlight, for the next two weeks, falls on orchids. CARE OF ORCHID CYMBIDIUM These are often called the beginners' orchid' because they are difficult to kill, but they do require the correct treatment
THE river Teme occupies a wide, flat valley at Bransford, but on the north side of the valley there is a short, fairly steep slope which gives only the most minimal height gain, and yet provides unexpectedly good views, dominated by the Malvern Hills.
According to the Earthwatch Institute, UK households bought an estimated 830 million sprouts just for Christmas - as well as hundreds of tonnes of potatoes, parsnips, carrots and other assorted veg. If, like many others, your home has an excess of leftover
THERE'S nothing like the deep midwinter to bring home just how time-consuming horse chores really are. Daylight is a precious commodity, slow to arrive in the morning and quick to descend in mid-afternoon. There's ice in the yard, the water buckets
SIR - As stated in your article on the Droitwich Town Council meeting, the item on refuse collection was to enable councillors to clarify particular points that concerned the public they represented. The public attending the meeting were misled, by some
MANY gardeners will this year have received an orchid for Christmas to bring a touch of the exotic to their home. While some who don't do well with houseplants may fear that the gift orchid will have popped its clogs by the time the friend or relative
FATE and fortune have not blessed me with a large garden so I must therefore make the most of my miniature estate. This doesn't stop me from occasionally imagining herds of fallow deer in the misty distance, or even fantasising about radiantly resplendent
FOR generations of children growing up in Britain in the Fifties and Sixties, Johnny Morris was like their favourite uncle. Figuratively speaking, of course, he'd sit them on his knee and tell them a story. Usually with animals involved somewhere along
AS we say goodbye to another year, here are the hopes of the Worcester News for 2008. A dry summer - after what we suffered this year, this has to top our list. Many families in Worcestershire are still living in caravans, many businesses are still
CHILDREN with special educational needs in Worcestershire are achieving better GCSE results than their counterparts in many other areas of the country. Figures released by the Department of Children Schools and Families (DCSF) show 10.1 per cent of children
MIKE Ruddock has praised up-and-coming scrum-half Jonny Arr's quick-thinking after the teenager engineered Loki Crichton's point-salvaging try against Harlequins. Although the youngster's tap-and-go penalty led to the Samoan stand-off's converted score
WHAT do the following have in common? The multi-million pound retractable roof on the new Wembley Stadium, the tools used by Lewis Hamilton's Formula One team, and revolutionary hi-tech mining equipment used throughout the world. You probably didn't
CHILDREN with special educational needs in Worcestershire are achieving better GCSE results than their counterparts in many other areas of the country. Figures released by the Department of Children Schools and Families (DCSF) show 10.1 per cent of children
AS the transfer window opens today both Kidderminster Harriers boss Mark Yates and Forest Green Rovers chief Jim Harvey will have switched their phones off and buried them six feet deep in the garden. The clubs' strikers, James Constable and Stuart Fleet-wood
