THE team at the Morrisons Evesham store on The Link will be welcoming local pensioners to join them for a mince pie and tea or coffee next week.Between 2.30pm and 5pm on Tuesday December 2, local pensioners are invited to stop by the store’s café where
UP TO 100 beds in Worcestershire hospitals are regularly being taken up by patients who are ready to go home, new figures have revealed. A report by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust showed 2,308 bed days at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster
EVESHAM Vale Triathletes’ juniors were joined by Pershore High School youngsters in the club’s duathlon. The Tristart category for eight-year-olds featured 400-metre and 200m runs and a 1,500-kilometre bike race with Dale Finley edging out Ben
A SERIES of team-building activities have been designed to help boost the fitness and morale of desk-bound workersWorcestershire Wildlife Trust is offering memorable and fun practical conservation sessions or wildlife experiences on nature reserves across
AN amateur musician has plucked up the courage to take on the London Marathon – and will be carrying his trusted ukulele around the famous course. Kevin Kilmartin, of Worcester, will be running on ukelear power when he faces the fitness challenge in April
THE organisation running Worcestershire Royal Hospital has continued to fall further behind its financial plans.Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust ended the 2012-13 financial year with a £14.2 million deficit and forecast it would end this year
A SPECIAL medal ceremony in Worcester has recognised the bravery of 36 veterans during the Second World War.The heroes were awarded the Ushakov Medal for their roles in the Arctic Convoys, delivering essential supplies to the Soviet Union.Worcestershire
FOUR Bredon Hill Middle School pupils tackled the Central England Snowsports Association Schools ski race. Ben Ferris, Emily Gray, Henry Rose and Stanley Simpson competed in Telford, and the Ashton-under-Hill youngsters did two timed slalom runs
THE amount of people going to A&E at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in October was up by 11.5 per cent in comparison to last year.Figures revealed by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – the organisation running the Royal as well as Kidderminster
HILL and Moor have picked up their first Wychavon Parish Games crown. They were declared overall champions at the Bell Inn ahead of runners-up Eckington, who had won for the last two years. Hill and Moor parish organisers Michelle Orgill and
We met on November 18 for the last meeting in 2014 - we return on January 20, 2015.The speaker was Mr Roger Butler and the topic Canal History and Heritage, and it was presumed that he either had worked on a canal boat or lived or holidayed on a barge
MORE than 18 per cent of cancer patients in Worcestershire have waited longer than 62 days since being referred by their GP for treatment in the past 12 months. Figures released by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust this week showed 18.9 per cent
DOCTORS are reminding people in Worcestershire with long-term medical conditions, those over 65, pregnant women and children aged two to four to get a free flu jab this winter. For most healthy people flu is unpleasant but usually passes within a week
SEVEN Pershore Swimming Club youngsters secured 29 podium finishes at the Aquae Sulis Grand Prix in Bristol. They also smashed personal bests at the tough Level One 50-metre meeting. Hannah Woodcock won two golds and three silvers in the girls
THE closure of Worcester’s park and ride service has hit hospital staff in the city. The Worcestershire County Council-run service was stopped in September after it was revealed it was costing the taxpayer £3,000 a month.And now it has been revealed some
Sir - May I congratulate the town council for a fantastic show of lights in Evesham. Yes I was joking, Scrooge himself could not have done better.Where are the lights? What a pathetic array of lights in Bridge Street. Well the Christmas tree I take it
FINE conditions helped Broadway ladies produce some impressive golf in their winter alliance. With the best two scores counting over 16 holes, Chris Parkinson, Sonia Ward and Janet Sandalls romped into first place with 64 points. Jenny Bruton
HEALTHCARE workers across Worcestershire were assaulted 376 times between April 2013 and March this year.NHS figures show 120 assaults were committed against people working at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital or Redditch’s Alexandra
THE Vale Golf Club held a seniors stableford. Results, Division One: 1 Erle Andrews handicap 15-points 37, 2 Chris Enticknap 17-36, 3 Gerry Clayton 10-32, 4 Steve Kirby 12-31. Division Two: 1 John Turner 24-39, 2 Larry Taylor 22-37, 3 John
VALE football sides continue to pursue county glory this weekend. Fladbury Athletic head to Plough Dukes in the Worcestershire FA Sunday Junior Cup third round, while Evesham WMC entertain Areley Kings (both 10.30am). There are plenty of fellow
ROB Austin will team up with father Richard in a bid to win touring car racing’s prestigious Gerry Marshall Trophy at Goodwood next March. The Evesham duo will share their Faberge Brut 33 Ford Capri in the 45-minute event at the circuit’s 73rd
