WORCESTERSHIRE chief executive Mark Newton has admitted the County could be forced to move all their summer fixtures away from New Road after a fresh downpour left the outfield under water. Their weather woes continued as the first day of their LV County
POWER has been restored to thousands of homes and businesses across Worcestershire. About twelve thousands customers were hit by power cuts yesterday afternoon when water flooded an electricity station in Timberdine, off Bath Road, Worcester. People
HARRIERS skipper Stuart Whitehead is hoping he can make a speedy recovery from his hernia operation. Whitehead faces the prospect of missing the start of the new Blue Square Premier season after having surgery earlier this week. Kidderminster begin
WORCESTER City have moved their pre-season friendly with League Two champions Walsall back by 24 hours because of the weather. The game was due to take place at St George's Lane today but will now be staged tomorrow at 3pm. Incessant rain forced City
CHILDREN were stranded at school after many Worcestershire roads became impassable. A school coach which was due to pick up children from St Barnabas C of E School in Drakes Broughton, near Pershore, was cancelled this afternoon due to the road conditions
WARRIORS new boy Loki Crichton could make a similar impact for Worcester as his compatriot Ricky Flutey at London Irish, according to former Australia coach Eddie Jones. Saracens-bound Jones, who led the Wallabies to the 2003 World Cup Final which they
FORMER Hereford United winger Michael McIndoe believes the club is on the way up. McIndoe returns to Edgar Street this afternoon when his new side Bristol City arrive for a pre-season friendly. The 27-year-old, who spent six months with the Bulls before
ANDY Preece admits he is fortunate to have four strikers vying for a place in the starting line-up. The Worcester City boss has plenty to ponder with Mark Danks, Craig Wilding, Adam Webster and Troy Wood all in contention to start the season. Danks,
FIREFIGHTERS received more than 400 calls to flood related incidents around Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, Alec Mackie said staff at the fire control centre had been working "round the
A 99-year-old woman was among elderly residents evacuated by emergency services when their nursing home flooded. Twenty-eight residents of Timberdine Resource Centre in Timberdine Avenue, Worcester, had to be carried out of the home when water flooded
FIREFIGHTERS, police officers and paramedics have rescued hundreds of children from a flooded Worcester school. One by one emergency services workers carried about 550 children out of Cherry Orchard Primary School in Timberdine Close after the building
The fire service has sent boats to rescue flood bound people in Sedgeberrow, near Evesham and Bromyard. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has sent boats to rescue villagers trapped in houses in Sedgeberrow, near Evesham, as waters from the
PEOPLE are being warned to brace themselves for more wet weather over the coming days and weeks. Folllowing torrential downpours, some parts of Worcestershire will have experienced up to four inches of rain today. While Worcester News weatherman Paul
REST centres for people affected by severe flooding have been set up in Pershore and Evesham. Wychavon District Council have set up the centres at the Wychavon Civic Centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive Pershore, and at the Evesham Leisure Centre, Davies Road
WORCESTERSHIRE racer James Thorp overcame a flying kart and a mistaken exclusion to qualify for the grand finals of the European Junior Karting Championship. At Essay in Normandy, France, Thorp was competing against the best from the UK, France, Portugal
BREAKING NEWS All train services between Worcester and Hereford have been cancelled due to flooding. Trains between Worcester and Birmingham have ground to a halt due to a possible land slip between Worcester and Droitwich. Engineers are currently
THE friendly match between Pershore Town and Redditch United, who included former Worcester City man Tom Warmer in their ranks, was abandoned at half-time when a fierce thunderstorm put the players safety at risk. Several bolts of lightning landed close
BREAKING NEWS HOMES in Worcester are the latest to be affected by torrential rain. Water is running off fields and entering homes in Tudor Way, Dines Green. One resident, whose home has not been affected by the water, is Eirlys Browning. She said:
OVERBURY'S npower Village Cup clash with Wrea Green on Sunday will now take place at Blackpool Cricket Club. The Lancashire side's home ground was badly affected by a fair recently and is currently unfit for play. They switched their match against Burghill
Latest road news from Herefordshire Council: Merton Meadow Car Park CLOSED / A465 Belmont Road STANDING WATER passable with care / B4348 Peterchurch / Vowchurch Area FLOODED / Fairfield Road Peterchurch CLOSED BY FIRE BRIGADE REQUEST / B4214
THE planned closure of Powick Bridge for essential repairs has been postponed following the torrential rain which caused severe flooding across the county today. The bridge was due to shut tonight for six week to enable refurbishment and waterproofing
FLOOD defence barriers failed to arrive in Worcester and Upton-upon-Severn in time to protect homes and businesses. Despite being escorted by a police convoy, the vehicles transporting the barriers were stuck in traffic jams as routes around the country
THE home of Worcester Warriors has been evacuated because of flooding. Parts of Sixways are completely under water and the brook running alongside the main entrance has burst its banks. All members of staff have been evacuated and are having to use
BREAKING NEWS Friday night road commuters have been told that there are now only four main routes in and out of the Worcester city area due to flooding. "We are losing the use of so many roads so quickly that we can now identify only one route north
After weeks (nearly two months actually) of gathering quotes, meeting building suppliers, meeting plumbers, central heating engineers, electricians, plasterers and gas engineers; everything seems to be happening at once. This morning we are woken by
THE Upton Blues Festival is still going ahead despite the horrendous weather. In a bid to cope with the torrential rain organisers have moved the festival campsite to the town's Hill Community Centre, in Milestone Road, and made Upton Memorial Hall the
Pygmalion, the tale of a draggle-tailed guttersnipe who becomes a darling of high society, runs at the Malvern Theatres from Monday, August 20 to Saturday, August 25. Tim Pigott-Smith, who is playing Professor Higgins, is well-known for his television
JULY 20 Abberley Hall Clock Tower Open to the public from 10-3pm. Abberley Hall is on the A443 between Worcester and Tenbury Wells. You can see six different counties from the top on a fine day. Rock n' Roll Dancing to Brian's Supersounds at
UNTIL JULY 28 Not Just History Collections from the past to the present. Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham. Craft Potters' Association 50th Anniversary event The Gallery at Bevere, Bevere Lane, Worcester. Telephone
JULY 20 Concert for Darfur An eclectic collection of local talent performing in aid of Oxfam's Darfur Appeal. The Angel Centre, The Butts, Worcester, from 7.30-11pm. All welcome. JULY 24 The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
UNTIL JULY 21 In The Club A political farce by Richard Bean, at Malvern Theatres. Tickets available from box office. JULY 23-28 Magic Of The Dance With a cast that includes more Irish dance world champions than any other Irish dance production,
Brought to you in association with Face The Music, Cathedral Plaza, Worcester. 1. The Enemy - We'll Live And Die In These Towns. 2. Interpol - Our Love To Admire. 3. Traveling Wilburys - Collection. 4. Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist. 5. The Chemical
TONIGHT Official Receivers - Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. Mud - Bossa Nova, New Street, Worcester. Stone Farm - Drummonds, New Street, Worcester. Rock & Roll with Brians Supersounds - Barbourne Ex-services Club, The Moors, Worcester.
Flooding and associated problems across Worcestershire will be dealt with by "fully joined up action" from emergency services, local and regional authorities, health, highways and charity organisations they said today in a joint statement today. The
PETE Adams profiles the stars of the Worcestershire music scene. This week: THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. WHO: Howard (vocals/drums), Stuart (guitar/synths/vocals), Thom (guitar), Willis (bass/synths). FROM: Bromsgrove/ Worcester. SOUND LIKE: Anyone present
THIRTY years ago Elvis, left the building. Now there is a show which sets out to capture that essential Presley-essence. The Elvis Collection, coming to the Malvern Theatres on Wednesday, August 13, is a fitting tribute to the world's greatest rock
FOR the past 12 months, the Little Hellfire Club has celebrated local music. And now, to celebrate its own first anniversary, Little Hellfire is hosting a special birthday event at the Marr's Bar. "I expect there'll be cake," said organiser Pete Adams
GIVING up your job to be a full time rock star is every musician's dream and now, for one Worcester band, it is a reality. At the end of the month, Host launch their first EP with a gig at the Marr's Bar and in August Mash Harrison (vocals and rhythm
BREAKING NEWS....... Children are being carried out of Cherry Orchard Primary by firefighters after the floods hit the school.
TWO of this country's most prolific comedians are returning to Malvern. Ken Dodd and Roy Chubby Brown will appear at the Malvern Theatres just days apart. Dodd, whose previous show was a sell-out, first set his heart on showbiz at the tender age
THE classic story of a young girl's journey to the magical land of Oz is to be retold with a difference at Witley Court. Heartbreak Productions are preparing to stage a new open-air version of The Wizard of Oz within the grounds of the romantic ruins
IT'S The Mikado, but not as you know it. When Hot Mikado is staged at the Swan Theatre, Worcester, later this month the audience will be in for jazz, swing and rock-style numbers that would have left Gilbert and Sullivan gasping. Worcester Operatic and
AN all-male dance group is set to take over Worcester's Swan Theatre armed with gravity-defying moves and relentless raw energy. The award-winning Hereford-based company 2FacedDance, noted for its innovative and cutting edge dance theatre, will perform
HEAVY rain has forced the postponement of tomorrow's pre-season friendly between Kidderminster Harriers and FC United at Aggborough. It is the third time this week Harriers have had a match called off to the weather following attempts to visit Bewdley
Worcestershire's weather woes continued this morning as the first day of their LV County Championship Division One clash with Lancashire was washed out. The two counties met with the England and Wales Cricket Board this week to decide whether New Road
AS torrential rain pours around the county many roads are being closed. These include the A44 at BBC Wood Norton; A443 at Great Witley; A451 at Dunley; B4424 Callow End, Weights Lane in Redditch and the A38 by Morrisons supermarket in Bromsgrove. Roads
CONCERN is growing for a missing 14-year-old girl. Police have appealed for information about the whereabouts of Ayesha Godber, of Rock, near Bewdley, after she went missing on Wednesday. She has been reported missing on a number of previously occasions
THE parents of a Malvern girl who badly cut her finger on a shattered children's perfume bottle have been left disgusted by the delays in Disney's action. Following a series of complaints to the multinational leisure giant, five-year-old Leanna Burston
PUPILS at Worcestershire schools are being sent home because of the torrential rain. Hanley Swan Primary School, near Worcester, Defford and Besford First school near Pershore, Bredon Hancocks First in Bredon, Harvington First School near Evesham, Bosbury
A MOTHER and son from Malvern are undertaking a sponsored paddle down the River Wye after a chance meeting in the United States with a boy suffering from a rare disease. Ryan Stanley, aged 13, and his mum Vickie, along with some school friends, will
KITCHENER Sylvia Maud The Family of Sylvia would like to thank everybody who attended her funeral and everyone who donated to St Richard's Hospice and Acorns Childrens Hospice. Special thanks to Reverend Fran Binding for the lovely funeral service and
STEADE Doris DollFormerly Owennee Smith Passed away peacefully on July 12th, 2007, aged 87 years. A beloved mother of Roy, Keith and Mary, mother in law of Rose, Lorraine and Ken, grandmother of Wayne, Lee, Katie and Lucy and great grandmother of Billy
BAKER Anne Aged 91 years. Passed peacefully away at The Haven, Droitwich on July 16th, 2007. Wife of the late Ronald. Loving and devoted mum to Melody and Sharon. Reunited with her Ron. Forever in our hearts. The Funeral service will take place at Worcester
WILLIAMS Diana Passed away on July 15th, 2007, aged 57 years. Beloved wife of Arthur The funeral service will take place at Worcester Crematorium on Tuesday, July 31st, at 1 p.m. No flowers please. Donations, if desired, for St Richards Hospice may be
SEAGROVE Margaret Ellen Passed away suddenly in hospital on July 17th, 2007, aged 76 years. Cherished wife of Richard, a much loved mother to Richard, Marguerite, Diane and Jayne. Also a dear grandmother and great grandmother. Funeral service at Worcester
LANE Margaret Wife of the late George Harold. A graveside service will take place at Waterside Cemetery, Evesham, on Wednesday, July 25th, at 2 p.m. Flowers or donations for the British Heart Foundation may sent c/o Philip Tomlins Funeral Directors, 36
EDWARDS June You are not forgotten loved one, Nor will you ever be, Your loving smile, your gentle face, No one can fill your vacant place. From your loving Family. Husband Les, daughters Teresa and Deanna, Nick, George and grandchildren James, Marie,
COMPTON Mabel Doris The Family would like to thank all who attended Mabel's funeral, sent messages of sympathy and donations. Special thanks to Stella for her care of Auntie Mabel over a number of years and to Teme Court who looked after her so well for
BALL Maurice Alan Beryl, Anne, Julie and Tina sincerely thank Family and Friends for messages of condolence in their sad loss. Also thanks to Doctors, District Nurses and to Sarah for their care and kindness. Thank you to Reverend J Hayward and everyone
MACKELVIE Andrew Greenlees Passed away on Sunday, July 15th, 2007, aged 41 years. Much loved and fondly remembered by Mum, Diane and Victoria, Alison, Barry, Charlotte and Laura, auntie Evelyn and Dorothy and Family. Funeral service at United Reformed
COOMBS MORRIS Nigel to Mandy July 28th 2007 Wishing you both all the luck in the world. Derek, June, Janet and Vernon Published in paper 20/07/2007
THORNELOW Gil Loving memories of a dear husband, dad and grandad. Always in our thoughts. Cath and Family. xx Published in paper 20/07/2007
SAY goodbye to steak and kidney pie, clotted cream and Eccles cake if the younger generation have their way - traditional British foods are in danger of dying out because teenagers don't eat them, says a new survey. Surprisingly, one fifth of 16 to 19
THE Harvester chain sells itself on good-value family fare in unpretentious surroundings, and while it's unlikely to win praise from Gordon Ramsay any time soon, it does just what it says on the menu. The Worcester outpost of this empire of cheap-and-cheerful
FIRMS are increasingly offering extra maternity leave to their women workers, partly to help retain staff, according to a new report today. Research by Incomes Data Services showed that some firms were giving significantly more than the statutory 39
CHARITIES and community organisations are being given the chance to win a year's free printing and copying by coming up with a snappy slogan for a charity event. Office supplies company Staples is running a competition aimed at any local charity, community
PARENTS in Worcestershire are being warned to remind their children of the danger of building sites, as the school summer holidays begin. Persimmon Homes wants children to be encouraged to stay safe and stay away. Alison Reading, sales director for
WORCESTER-based spray-tan brand, Sienna X, has been hailed a spraying success by weekly glossy, Grazia Magazine. The company from Sherriff Street was invited into Grazia Magazine to launch its new range of tanning products to the editorial team with
Going coastal? Be beautiful by the pool in aqua and look beach gorgeous in a white bikini, add a few stylish accessories and lashings of sun cream and it's hello summer holiday! 1. Perfect for a hot, balmy night, blue chiffon maxi dress, £170, by Nougat
SIR - Our city council wonders why more women do not stand as candidates in local elections. Most women have more practical common sense than us men and are not as devious and egocentric as we are. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.
MOTORISTS and pedestrians in Worcestershire are being urged not to attempt to drive or walk through flood waters after a couple became stuck near Astley. The couple were driving home to Hartlebury along the A451 last night when they came across flood
A DROITWICH grandad has brought a whole new meaning to the phrase mature student by studying for a degree - at the age of 76. Horace Coward is just finishing the second year of his sociology degree at the University of Worcester and said he thinks he
Sir - In reply to M G Evans' question (Letters, July 11): yes the Quo did play at the Coppertops. I was there and I think it must have been about 1972 when I first moved down here from Scotland, and if I remember correctly, it was in one of the smaller
STUDENTS at a failing Worcester school who achieved 100 per cent attendance over the past year have been rewarded. Staff and parents of Elgar Technology College have been celebrating the successes of a number of students, who were invited to an awards
SIR - Gordon Brown has said councils can borrow money to build affordable housing. So to Worcester councillors, get in quick now. Build as many affordable houses as possible and give the youngsters a chance of their own home. Let's have no excuses.
SIR - The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats wish to see counties eliminated and regions introduced despite the referendum that was held in the north-east and public opinion. However, we do not have regions and I would hence ask if anyone could please
SIR - I am writing in response to the picture Full Steam Ahead' (Worcester News, Wednesday, July 4). The picture is of Shrub Hill Shed, taken from Railway Walk, where trainspotters congregated. It was taken during the ASLEF union footplate strike of
SIR - I feel that I must defend Worcester County Cricket Club chief executive Mark Newton and the decisions he made regarding the Kent County Championship match. Mr Newton did the best he could under the circumstances. He tried to get a match put on
Sorry there was no Bradders last week, but I was up in the Lakes and, to be honest, getting a mobile phone signal can sometimes be a luxury, and getting a signal for a laptop is about as likely as playing a cricket match without it raining. Mind you,
SIR - I agree totally that the ambulance call centre performance will be the poorer without the responders having local knowledge. Incidents such as one which happened to me a few years ago will unquestionably happen as a result, possibly with disastrous
THE revelation that Worcestershire MP and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith smoked cannabis as a student appears to have pushed some sections of the media into a state of near apoplexy. Some broadcasters were yesterday quizzing Redditch MP Ms Smith on whether
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RESIDENTS and businesses across Worcestershire were today bracing themselves for further flooding as heavy rain lashed the county. Thunder storms and torrential rain, which began to fall at about 9pm yesterday, has been causing misery for many. The A443
TORVILL and Dean fans will be dancing on ice when a rink opens in Worcester on Monday. The temporary synthetic rink will be set up in the city's Cathedral Plaza and will fill Lychgate Square - the area in front of the former Sainsbury's store. The rink
A GOVERNING body has criticised a scheme to merge two Worcester schools. Worcestershire County Council is currently consulting on plans to amalgamate Northwick Manor infants' and junior schools to create a single primary school on the same site. However
A "dangerous paedophile" who preyed on children was caught after he was found downloading porn - at a public library. David Pates had 10,826 indecent images stored on his home computer and had written a novel about child sex using the names of real people
TORVILL and Dean fans will be dancing on ice when a rink opens in Worcester on Monday. The temporary synthetic rink will be set up in the city's Cathedral Plaza and will fill Lychgate Square - the area in front of the former Sainsbury's store. The rink
