Stories for 25 September 2007

Alan'S Recipe

Baked Apples with Honey and Hazelnuts

4 small cooking apples such as Bramley  more...

Alcester

School seeks patrol funds

A SCHOOL is having to raise its own funds for a lollipop patrol after Warwick-shire County Council refused to pay for the service.  more...

Drumming up support

A DRUMMER on a marathon mission has hit Alcester as he walks and drums his way from John O'Groats to Lands End raising money for prostate cancer.  more...

Business

COMMUNITY WORK: Npower helps its staff to volunteer

WORCESTER-based energy company npower is hoping more businesses follow its example to invest in volunteering. It believes companies offering their employees the opportunity to volunteer are helping more than the wider community, they are boosting profits.  more...

Course equals training success

HIGHER education added up to success for a Kidderminster accountancy student.  more...

Cue to meet snooker star

SNOOKER legend Steve Davis's appearance in a tournament not far from Stourport was Paul Ames's cue to try and meet up with the star.  more...

Business News

High standards

THE team at a Redditch-based contract packing, storage and logistics firm are buzzing after earning the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) accreditation for storage and distribution.  more...

Coach'S Column

Campaign to remember at New Road

IT has be a year of mixed emotions at Worcestershire this season.  more...

Community News

PEOPLETON WI

THE president, Jill Brotheridge, welcomed everyone to the September meeting.  more...

BROADHEATH WI

A sunny afternoon on September 12 greeted us after the break and the wet of June and July seemed a long time ago.  more...

DROITWICH WI

THE monthly meeting of Droitwich WI was chaired by the vice-president, and a get-well card has been sent to the president, Margaret Wainwright, who is convalescing after a hip operation.  more...

LITTLE WITLEY WI

Members were welcomed to September's meeting and minutes of the previous meeting in July were read.  more...

HALLOW PARISH COUNCIL

THE following is extracted from the minutes of a meeting of the council held in August.  more...

Down The Lane

City must put Mills’ Lambs to slaughter

THERE are many factors which will make Worcester City's trip to Tamworth on Saturday compelling viewing.  more...

Education

We’re learning about cash at our own bank

NINE-year-old Keelan Virgo turns up at the bank to pay in his weekly pocket money. He is saving for a computer game and is slowly watching his savings grow. But this is no ordinary bank that Keelan is visiting - because all the cashiers are his classmates.  more...

Eufc - Live Match Updates

Stourport 1 Evesham 0

Due to technical difficulties, the Evesham Journal is unable to provide their usual live coverage from tonight's game.  more...

Stourport 1 Evesham 2

ROBINS substitute Danny Lennon rocked Stourport with two late goals to secure an Errea Cup win for the visitors.  more...

Features

Country colour

BRACING itself for a magnificent show of fall colour across its 55 counties is West Virginia, America's mountain state, while the state tourism office prepares to share the best leaf-peeping spots with visitors.  more...

Food Facts

Apples

What's in the name? The first cultivated apples seem to have been called abel, and variations of this word developed as it spread across Europe. The Anglo-Saxons called it aeppel, which gradually developed into the modern world.  more...

General

Safari fright nights

VISITORS to West Midland Safari Park, Bewdley, will be walking with dinosaurs from tomorrow.  more...

Kidder News Latest

Popular races will help youngsters

MORE than 250 runners took part in the Shuttle Mercer Races at Stourport on Sunday to help raise money for Wyre Forest's most talented young sportsmen and women.  more...

Carpet staff floored by signs theft

CARPET company staff were floored when four advertising signs mysteriously disappeared just a week after they were erected on a Kidder-minster roundabout in a £4,000 sponsorship deal.  more...

Tributes paid to 'smashing gent'

A BIG-hearted man who dedicated his life to youth football was mourned with a minute's silence last week.  more...

Washed-out fair back on

Kidderminster's Franche Community Primary School in Chestnut Grove, will be holding a celebration fair on Sunday, September 30, from 1pm to 5pm.  more...

Fresh look for charity outlet

A CHARITY shop in the centre of Kidderminster has re-opened after being closed for a fortnight while refurbishments were carried out.  more...

Witness plea after attempted arm robbery

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an attempted armed robbery in Kidderminster.  more...

Witness plea after attempted armed robbery

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an attempted armed robbery in Kidderminster.  more...

Kidderminster College

College beautician wins student of the year title

Jessica Smith, a 17 year old NVQ Level 3 Beauty Therapy student at Kidderminster College, is celebrating after winning the title of Dermalogica Student of the Year, an award which highlights Jessica's dedication to Beauty Therapy.  more...

College beautician wins Student of the Year title

Jessica Smith, a 17 year old NVQ Level 3 Beauty Therapy student at Kidderminster College, is celebrating after winning the title of Dermalogica Student of the Year, an award which highlights Jessica's dedication to Beauty Therapy.  more...

College beautician wins Student of the Year title

Jessica Smith, a 17 year old NVQ Level 3 Beauty Therapy student at Kidderminster College, is celebrating after winning the title of Dermalogica Student of the Year, an award which highlights Jessica's dedication to Beauty Therapy.  more...

Kidz Write In

My Cat Lily by Eloise King

I have a fat cat called Lily, sometimes she is silly, she tickles me with her little nose, and gets her hair all on my clothes, she is soft to the touch and I love her, oh so much.  more...

Latest

Kind Meg gives her toys away

A BIG-HEARTED six-year-old has donated toys to a children's pre-school after vandals destroyed its playground.  more...

Herefordshire pensioners bus pass opportunity

Holders of Herefordshire Council's concessionary bus passes for the over 60s and disabled people are being invited to apply for a new-style bus pass that will allow free bus travel over a much wider area.  more...

Decision due on school merger plans

CONTROVERSIAL plans to merge Worcester's only remaining infant and junior schools look set to get the go ahead.  more...

Kinky pictures removed from restaurant walls

EROTIC pictures displayed in a Worcestershire restaurant have been taken down after complaints from prudish customers.  more...

Open invitation to health fair

THE first of a series of health fairs will be coming to Worcester tomorrow.  more...

Open invitation to health fair

THE first of a series of health fairs will be coming to Worcester tomorrow.  more...

Pupils take musical step back in time

YOUNG performers are set to step back into Worcestershire's musical past.  more...

Rock genius Bonzo is never forgotten

A tiny churchyard in a quiet Worcestershire hamlet has become a place of pilgrimage for thousands of fans of one of the world's best known rock bands.  more...

Arrest over suspected arson

A MAN has been arrested in connection with two incidents of suspected arson at the same address in Worcester.   more...

Head of college since 1984 to retire

THE principal of Worcester Sixth Form College is to retire after almost 25 years at the helm.  more...

Volunteers wanted to safeguard the Malverns

MALVERN residents have a chance to play a vital role in preserving the hills by joining the board of conservators.  more...

More aid hope for Severn Valley Railway

The stricken Severn Valley Railway has been included in the UK's application to the EU Solidarity Fund for emergency aid after the summer flooding disaster, local Euro MP Liz Lynne can confirm.  more...

Tennis floodlights still off a year on

FLOODLIGHTS at a tennis club in a Worcestershire village are still not working - one year on from when they were installed.  more...

Tennis floodlights still off a year on

FLOODLIGHTS at a tennis club in a Worcestershire village are still not working - one year on from when they were installed.  more...

Ambulance service holds AGM

THE chairman of West Midlands Ambulance Service was due to tell the trust board that it had been an "excellent year" for the service, at the trust's first annual general meeting today.  more...

Elderly woman has bag snatched

AN elderly woman has had her bag snatched near a Worcester supermarket.  more...

Foster battles to keep new Post Office accessible

THE battle to secure ground floor access to Worcester’s centre Post Office, when it moves to WHSmith, is not lost, according to Worcester MP Mike Foster.  more...

Advice on garden waste

WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's waste management team is offering advice to people on how to deal with unusually high levels of garden waste The wet summer has led to gardens growing at unprecedented levels and resulted in lots of left over trimmings.  more...

Bidford duck race is back

THE RIVER Avon will be awash with yellow plastic ducks in Bidford when the annual duck race returns to the village.  more...

Grant scheme running out of time

A GRANT scheme aimed at celebrating cultural diversity in Worcestershire, is only open to applications for three more days.  more...

Sedgeberrow pupils go continental

CHILDREN at Sedgeberrow First School will be dressing in the costumes of European nations for a special day of celebration at the school tomorrow.  more...

"Gran" Basson to be remembered

A WOMAN known as "Mother" to generations of orphans and children in care at an Evesham children's home is set to be remembered by having a new development named after her.  more...

World champ set to retire

AN Evesham world champion will bring the curtain down on his powerlifting career in October and is looking to bow out on a high'.  more...

Evesham man died after operation

RETIRED chauffeur William St Leger-White, 66, died after a surgeon accidentally cut an artery in his abdomen during an operation - and other doctors then failed to realise what had happened.  more...

Latets

Drunk mum racially abused Asian teen

A DRUNKEN woman racially abused a 15-year-old schoolgirl and spat in the face of a police officer after being arrested.  more...

Residents moved by Oliver’s plight

FOLLOWING an article in last week's Advertiser about Oliver Medhurst, the 34-year-old tetraplegic who was burgled on his birthday, the family have been inundated with offers of items to replace those which were stolen.  more...

‘I can’t thank people enough’

Mum speaks about house blaze rescue  more...

Letters

Please have your say before it is too late

SIR - Staff at Bransford Ambulance Control Centre are enormously grateful to the Worcester News team for the coverage given to its proposed closure.  more...

Other planets are warming up too

SIR - Credit where it's due - and every little helps, as they say, so the latest Lib-Dem proposals on getting us to "save the planet" are to be warmly welcomed.  more...

Eat healthily and help stop cancer

IR - A survey we recently commissioned showed that about half do not know about the link between cancer risk and lifestyle.  more...

Eat healthily and help stop cancer

SIR - A survey we recently commissioned showed that about half do not know about the link between cancer risk and lifestyle.  more...

Sort out hair and go back to school

SIR - Firstly I was amazed to see Jenna Hewlett's hairstyle merited front page coverage (Worcester News, September 19).  more...

Why can’t cyclists just use the road?

SIR - I am fed up of being nearly run down by cyclist riding on the pavement.  more...

Why so much free time, Coun Inman?

SIR - With countless pressing social problems in Worcester, I'm surprised our mayor Stephen Inman finds the time to leisurely browse through ancient manuscripts in our Cathedral library (Mayor's Diary, September 11).  more...

PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

TO really appreciate Harvest thanksgiving, you have to be tired. Dog tired! That's what made the festival so special for our forbears.  more...

Bishop's Diary

WHATEVER bishops may become involved in on the national scene they are first and foremost local'.  more...

Getting a rough ride in our road

CAN any other resident in Kidderm-inster beat the record of not having their road re-surfacing in 45 years?  more...

Local News

The Worcestershire Youth Cabinet

The Worcestershire Youth Cabinet, a group of young people (aged 11-18) elected annually from the across the county have recently completed the Big Questionnaire. The questionnaire will be made available from completion to young people across the county in schools, colleges, youth centres and voluntary organisations and charities working with young people, and the results of this widespread consultation will benefit the Youth Cabinet themselves, and Worcestershire's Members of Youth parliament, as well as local health services, schools, district councils, the police and many many more. The Youth Cabinet have decided on a target of 10,000 responses from the questionnaire, and we are optimistic that this target will be met.  more...

Music

Reflect a while

TWO local bands will take to the stage at Hanbury Village Hall in aid of Arthritis Research next weekend.  more...

Coaches laid on for cathedral concert

COACHES have been laid on to allow Malvern music lovers to see the ESO Chamber Orchestra's Seasons II concert in Gloucester Cathedral next Friday (October 5).  more...

News

Feau’nati comes in from the cold

ONE of the biggest surprises in Worcester Warriors' splendid comeback against Wasps was the impact of forgotten man' Dominic Feau'nati.  more...

County in chase for England Ashes ace

WORCESTERSHIRE have held talks with England Ashes hero Simon Jones - but the New Road outfit insist they have not yet offered the out-of-contract Glamorgan star a deal for the 2008 campaign.  more...

County duo named in Team of the Year

WORCESTERSHIRE'S Graeme Hick and Kabir Ali have been named in the Professional Cricketers' Association's inaugural team of the year.  more...

County duo named in Team of the Year

WORCESTERSHIRE'S Graeme Hick and Kabir Ali have been named in the Professional Cricketers' Association's inaugural team of the year.  more...

Starlets to begin quest for cup glory

WORCESTER City begin their FA Youth Cup campaign tomorrow night looking to go one stage better in the competition than last year.  more...

‘Volcano’ misses Warriors clash

WORCESTER Warriors won't have to worry about tackling an errupting Volcano' when they take on local rivals Gloucester at Kingsholm on Saturday.  more...

Maynard keen to keep Jones

GLAMORGAN are keen to have the future of Worcester-shire target Simon Jones resolved sooner rather than later.  more...

Kabir shock at accolade

KABIR Ali was shocked to discover he had been named in the Professional Cricketers Association's inaugural Hewitt team of the year.  more...

West snaps up keeper Anstiss

Evesham United manager Paul West has signed goalkeeper Richard Anstiss as cover for the injured Nathan Vaughan.  more...

Opinion

Bonzo’s star will never be one to wane

THE shrine that has built up around the last resting place of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham is truly remarkable.  more...

Round-Up

Injuries hamper Wanderers’ efforts

WORCESTER Wanderers were outclassed at Old Leamingtonians, losing 33-18.  more...

Pupils take musical step back in time

YOUNG performers are set to step back into Worcestershire's musical past.  more...

Screamer by Adams seals win

STRIKER Hazel Adams scored a 30-yard screamer as Worcester City Women went second in West Midlands Division One South.  more...

Starlets to begin quest for cup glory

WORCESTER City begin their FA Youth Cup campaign tonight looking to go one stage better in the competition than last year.  more...

Starlets to begin quest for cup glory

WORCESTER City begin their FA Youth Cup campaign tonight looking to go one stage better in the competition than last year.  more...

Coaching job

LOCAL basketball coach George Fraser-Barker, director of coaching at the Worcestershire School of Basketball, has accepted the position of head coach at Loughborough University - one of the most prestigious sporting universities in the UK.  more...

Success for local drivers

FOR the first time in Grimley Raceway's 45-year history, the venue hosted two new formulas.  more...

Allstars bag big victory

TOWER Allstars beat Freshmen by 57 pins in Worcester Friendly Skittle League Wednesday Division One.  more...

Harrison’s title

MARK Harrison claimed his third successive Monoposto 2000 Championship at Croft with two poles and two second places.  more...

Elliott off the mark in league

THE William Hill Worcester League's only female player Nikki Elliott secured her first victory.  more...

St John’s ‘Q’ put on five-star display against close rivals

ST John's Q' recorded their first 5-0 victory with a stunning display against St John's C' in SEC Solutions Worcester League Division Three.  more...

Home sweet home for golfer Phil

PHIL Shurmer clinched the Midland Mid-amateur Championship at his home club The Worcestershire.  more...

China challenge

TWO Worcestershire gymnasts are getting ready to head off to China with Team GB for the 12th Special Olympics World Summer games.  more...

Happy Days as city club vie for medals

FATHER-and-daughter duo Roger and Marianne Day impressed at the BTF National Middle Distance Championships.  more...

Holdham bags world double

JUNIOR black belt Ryan Holdham won a double gold at his second World Martial Arts Games.  more...

Champion Smith targets English bid

MIDLANDS Area boxing light-welterweight champion Billy Smith has set his sights on becoming the English champion before dropping down to lightweight.  more...

County duo third

WORCESTERSHIRE Grasstrack Club's Scott Francis and John Skinner picked up a podium place in a big 500cc sidecar meet.  more...

Stourport 1 Evesham 2

EVESHAM United substitute Daniel Lennon grabbed the winner four minutes into injury-time to inflict more misery on struggling Stourport Swifts in the Errea Cup first round.  more...

Bursting with civic pride

ABOUT 130 worshippers packed into All Saints parish church in Bromsgrove last Sunday for the annual civic service.  more...

Bursting with civic pride

ABOUT 130 worshippers packed into All Saints parish church in Bromsgrove last Sunday for the annual civic service.  more...

When the going gets tough . . .

STAFF from a Bromsgrove hotel hit the gym in the name of charity.  more...

Party on

A RUBERY woman is appealing for townsfolk to support a children's party in aid of a global charity.  more...

Best foot forward

STAFF from a Bromsgrove-based marketing and communications agency will join approximately 1,000 people from across the West Midlands in a sponsored walk to raise funds and awareness of type one diabetes.  more...

Best foot forward

STAFF from a Bromsgrove-based marketing and communications agency will join approximately 1,000 people from across the West Midlands in a sponsored walk to raise funds and awareness of type one diabetes.  more...

Best foot forward

STAFF from a Bromsgrove-based marketing and communications agency will join approximately 1,000 people from across the West Midlands in a sponsored walk to raise funds and awareness of type one diabetes.  more...

Pet smile month

THERE is still time for pet owners to take their animals in for a free dental check at a town vets.  more...

Tarmac cowboys

BROMSGROVE residents have been reminded by Worcestershire County Council that its highways contractors will never knock on the door offering to resurface driveways with leftover road surfacing.  more...

Do something amazing

BLOOD donor sessions are being held in town next Wednesday (October 3). The National Blood Service is appealing for volunteers to give blood. There are two sessions which will be held at the Members Club, (formerly Labour Club) in Worcester Road, from 1.30- 3.30pm and again from 4.30- 7.30pm. For more information, or to book an appointment, call 0845 7711 711.  more...

No plan

A DECISION has been taken not to reverse a previous resolution not to produce a parish plan for Stoke. At Stoke Parish Council meeting, the agenda item was up for discussion along with appointing councillors to set up and take part in a parish plan working group. But Councillor Dean Smith said: "The parish plan is not worth the paper it is written on and is a waste of money. It's only use is to us and would be how we want to spend our money on projects. We have a projects working group so should utilise this. Bromsgrove District Council is not adopting the plans, so I don't think it's worth it." Councillors decided not to reverse the previous decision.  more...

Conference delegate

THE Bromsgrove Constituency Labour Party delegate at this week's conference in Bournemouth was due to meet Gordon Brown. Elaine Shannon, from Stoke Prior, said she was very much looking forward to meeting the Prime Minister. Elaine is being accompanied by her husband Sean, who represents Charford ward for Labour on the district council and Bromsgrove west on the county council. He will watch the proceedings from the gallery. It is Elaine's first visit to a party conference.  more...

You ‘water’ be smart and join in...

A BROMSGROVE school was making a big splash after being presented with an award.  more...

Begging for help

THE Charford area of Bromsgrove is one of the most socially deprived in the county and there is a danger the situation could get even worse That's the bleak picture that was put before members of Bromsgrove District Council last Wednesday when they met for the full September meeting.  more...

Customer care

A NEW queue management system is to be introduced to improve the service at Bromsgrove's Customer Service Centre.  more...

Disability help

AN easy read version of Bromsgrove District Council's disability equality scheme has been produced to make it easier for everyone to understand.  more...

Here’s a garden to tempt the senses

TV GARDENER, Hannah Genders, has transformed a dead space at Burcot Grange residential home into a delightful sensory garden for the residents to enjoy, providing a combination of textures, smells, colours and shapes to tempt the senses.  more...

Smell complaints

SEWAGE smells in Stoke Heath and councillors' holidays were just two items up for discussion at the village's parish council meeting.  more...

Rat patrol plea fails

BROMSGROVE District Council will not play the role of the Pied Piper to get rid of rat infestations on residents' property, unless there are special circumstances.  more...

MP to visit support centre

BROMSGROVE MP Julie Kirkbride will be visiting The Stroke Association's Communication Support Group in Bromsgrove on Thursday, September 27.  more...

MP to visit support centre

TOWN MP Julie Kirkbride will be visiting The Stroke Association's Communication Support Group in Bromsgrove on Thursday, September 27.  more...

They’ve got it all sewn up

A TALENTED group of women will have an exhibition "all sewn up" at a church near Droitwich.  more...

Spa bikers pay tribute to one of their own

A THRILL seeking motorbike enthusiast has been laid to rest following the bike crash which killed him.  more...

Farmers need more for milk

A FARMER who works in the town fears the latest news about milk prices could have a negative impact on dairy farmers.  more...

West snaps up keeper Anstiss

Evesham United manager has signed goalkeeper Richard Anstiss as cover for the injured Nathan Vaughan.  more...

Latest crib league news

Evesham and District League Results - Knockout Cup first round: Angel Vaults B 2, Badsey RBL 7; Swan Inn 6, Coach & Horses 3; Ivy Inn 5, Bidford RBL 4; Ambassador Club 3, Hospital B 6; Angel Vaults A 6, The Bear B 3; Rowing Club 2, Hampton WMC 7; Talbot Inn B 2, Wheatsheaf Inn 7.  more...

Latest angling news

Evesham Jubilee Society MEMBERS met at Bidford last Sunday for the latest Avon Shield Series match.  more...

Kiwi Zane takes plaudits after win

Evesham II 39pts, Southam II 7 PLAYING up the hill in the first half, Evesham went behind when the Southam centre crashed over for a converted try.  more...

Piddle Parkers get a home hammering

Pershore 20pts, Berry Hill 51 WHILE Saturday's hosts managed to get temporary facilities installed in time to play their first home game of the season, the performance on the field did not even come close to the current off field efforts!  more...

Rider Russell fares better

CAMILLA Russell and Toome Yankee finished a creditable fourth in the Dressage Championships at the Summerhouse Equitation Centre in Gloucester.  more...

Darters meet

Badsey League THE annual general meeting for the Friday night winter season will be held at Badsey Legion tonight from 8pm.  more...

Pat lands an ace at the Vale

A DELIGHTED Pat Darch rounded off an unexpected run of golfing good fortune by shooting a hole-in-one during a competition at the Vale Golf and Country Club.  more...

Junior golfers are ruling the roost

JUNIOR boys are ruling the roost at Evesham judging by the latest results from the men's competitions.  more...

Junior golfers are ruling the roost

JUNIOR boys are ruling the roost at Evesham judging by the latest results from the men's competitions.  more...

Spencer's treble is all in vain

SIX matches in Herald Division Two of the Stratford and District Alliance produced 41 goals last Saturday.  more...

All the latest junior football reports

Alcester 2000 1, Evesham Utd U-14 11 EVESHAM dominated throughout with Henry Woods opening his account early in the game.  more...

Water flows again at Wyche spout

THE water supply has been restored to one of Malvern's historic spouts after it went dry many years ago.  more...

Lace up your boots for charity walk

MALVERN Friends of Cancer Research UK are holding their ninth annual sponsored walk on Castlemorton Common and the Malvern Hills on Saturday, October 13.  more...

Sign up for jeans campaign

MALVERN'S Kumon Maths and English Centre, at Holy Trinity Church, will donate £10 to the Jeans for Genes campaign for everyone who enrols on a course between Monday-Wednesday, October 1-10, while wearing jeans. To find out more, and to book a time to enrol, call Rachel Tobin on 01684 833648.   more...

Land sold at auction

A PLOT of land off Leigh Sinton Road in North Malvern was last week sold at auction for £131,000.  more...

Folk festival promises diverse sounds

THE diversity of present-day folk is reflected in the eclectic line-up for the Malvern Folk Weekend on Friday-Sunday, October 12-14.  more...

Fixtures

SATURDAY  more...

Allergy group launched

A FORWARD-thinking parent is launching the first pre-school group for children with allergies in Redditch.  more...

Deadline on group grants

RESIDENTS have until the end of the week to take advantage of a special grant-giving scheme to celebrate cultural diversity.  more...

Pride of place for new board

A NEW notice board is now gracing Alvechurch, thanks to Where Next Industries and members of Alvechurch Village Society.  more...

Driver is jailed over cash theft

A DRIVER for a security company collecting cash in Redditch stole £8,000 after he fell out with his employers.  more...

School set for closure

A WOODROW school looks set to be shut by Worcestershire County Council next year in light of low standards, highlighted by a damning Ofsted report, and low pupil numbers.  more...

Ideas sought on planning issues

RESIDENTS are being asked what they think the planning issues of the future are by Redditch Council.  more...

Roundup

Powell stars as Amazing Feet shines at Mercer

AMANDA Powell was Amazing Feet Running Club's star at the Shuttle Mercer races in Stourport on Sunday.  more...

Brown lays down the law

MARTIN Brown laid down the law for Samurai Judo Club at the British Police Championships to win a gold medal for the third year in a row.  more...

Unbeaten men up to fifth

STOURPORT Hockey Club's men's first team are riding high in the National North Division One after two good results over the weekend.  more...

Ian shines and Sophie gets Shanghaied

KIDDERMINSTER gymnast Sophie Lane is set for an experience of a life time when she competes at the World Sunmer Special Olympics in China in October.  more...

Ian shines and Sophie gets Shanghaied

KIDDERMINSTER gymnast Sophie Lane is set for an experience of a life time when she competes at the World Sunmer Special Olympics in China in October.  more...

Schools

Good rating for school

MEADOW Green Primary School has received a good rating from Ofsted for the quality and standards of care it provides for pupils.  more...

Pupils take up chef’s challenge

ST Augustine's pupils were kick-starting British Food Fortnight on Monday in a Ready, Steady, Cook-style session with a local super chef.  more...

Schools News

WORCESTER: Back at school: the girl banned over hair colour

A GIRL who was told she was not welcome at a Worcester school because of blonde streaks in her hair has returned to class.  more...

Go-ahead likely for merger of infant and junior schools

CONTROVERSIAL plans to merge Worcester's only remaining infant and junior schools look set to get the go-ahead.  more...

Join us and have fun playing music from our county’s pastYOUNG performers are set to step back

YOUNG performers are set to step back into Worcestershire's musical past.  more...

NUNNERY WOOD: We’re helping others learn about Ramadan

PUPILS at a Worcester school have been learning about the Islamic tradition of Ramadan.  more...

Special award for high standard of geography

A WORCESTER school is celebrating after picking up a special award for geography.  more...

School opens up a 24-hour classroom

A VIRTUAL learning environment has been launched at a Worcester school giving pupils access to a host of resources 24 hours a day.  more...

Society

Areley Kings

WIVES - The group was back in the village hall for an evening with Sue Ward of Specialist Make-up Services. Sue gave a make-up demonstration using a volunteer model.  more...

Theatre

Dame has a major festival date

ACADEMY award-winner Helen Mirren has confirmed her attendance at this year's The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, joining a line-up of the world's leading writers, historians, politicians, poets, philosophers and stars from stage and screen.  more...

Panto season looms large

YOU had better believe it... Christmas is a coming.  more...

Move over for mirth

THE dark nights are starting to draw in, and what better way to cheer up a chilly autumn night than to sit in a cosy theatre and laugh until your sides split watching a rip-roaring hilarious farce?  more...

  
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