Fire at cooking oil recycling centre

Spate of fires in the early hours

8:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A LARGE fire broke out at a cooking oil recycling centre in Stourport-on-Severn last night.

Conservative leadership "arrogant" over gay marriage, says top Worcester Tory

OPPOSED: Andrew Grant says Worcester Conservatives are opposed to gay marriage

3:27pm Monday 20th May 2013

POLL: The president of Worcester Conservatives has accused his own party’s leadership of being “arrogant” over gay marriage.

MPs in line for pay rises of £10,000

Speaker Rt Hon John Bercow welcomes MYPs to the House of Commons Image: Parliamentary copyright/Catherine Bebbington

12:38pm Monday 20th May 2013

POLL: MPs are in line for dramatic pay rises of between £10,000 and £20,000 - with one county parliamentarian admitting they face being “lambasted” by the public.

College students gain accolades

11:00am Monday 20th May 2013

A GARDEN designed by Pershore College student Chris Smith was a key feature in the college’s silver medal winning trade stand at the Spring Gardening Show on the the Royal Three Counties Showground.

Roadworks blasted by angry residents

DIGGING IN: Workmen start work on the gas connections in Old Street, Upton-upon-Severn.

11:00am Monday 20th May 2013

A DECISION to allow workmen to dig up a freshly-laid road in a busy town centre has been branded “ludicrous”.

I won't let my son be sent to a home

Election latest: Will a power-forming coalition be formed at County Hall?

7:50am Monday 20th May 2013

CONTROVERSIAL plans to scrap at-home care for the vulnerable in Worcestershire are facing a challenge in the High Court after a 17-year-old’s mother brought legal action.

Rare butterfly inspires new jam

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

ONE of Worcestershire’s rarest and most attractive butterflies has been celebrated with the launch of a distinctive homemade jam at the Vale’s Wayside Farm Shop.

Centre 'spoilt for choice' for recruits

FIRST SERVICE: The indoor tennis courts at David Lloyd Leisure Worcester, in Sixways, which opened last December.

8:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A LEADING health and fitness company just outside Worcester has said it was spoilt for choice when it came to recruit for its centre at Sixways.

School investing in people

6:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

BIDFORD Primary School is celebrating after being awarded the Investors in People standard.

Counting the cost of the torch relay

LONDON-BOUND: Olympic gold medallist sprinter Darren Campbell joined the city’s proud torchbearers for the opening leg between Worcester and Powick.

4:54pm Sunday 19th May 2013

As the Olympic torch weaved its way gradually to almost every corner of the host nation, the cost to local authorities - including Worcestershire - was adding up.

125-home plan 'poses a threat'

Change of use plan

4:20pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A FIGHT has begun against proposals for a new housing development labelled the start of a “sprawl” by worried residents.

Car park and charter train on agenda

2:10pm Sunday 19th May 2013

AN expanded car park at Pershore station and a charter train to Swanage could both come under the spotlight at the Cotswold Line Promotion Group’s annual meeting on Saturday.

High Sheriff is an Old Etonian

NEW ROLE: New High Sheriff Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley, right, with Judge Robert Juckes and Worcestershire’s former High Sheriff Penelope Lewis following the ceremony at Shire Hall.

12:10pm Sunday 19th May 2013

THE new High Sheriff of Worcestershire has been sworn in.

A call to war veterans

A call to war veterans

10:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

SECOND World War veterans across Worcestershire are being asked to share their experiences on tape to stop an important part of British history being forgotten.

Mud runner raises £656

Mud runner raises £656

8:20am Sunday 19th May 2013

AN Evesham man tackled five miles of muddy terrain and challenging obstacles to raise £656 in aid of Cancer Research UK.

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Your Say Your Evesham

COUNCILLOR Charles Tucker, it seems, enjoys fish and chips and is happy to present a Mayor’s Award to Newlands Fish Bar for happily serving Pershore folk for the last 10 years.  −  JULIE HOWSON Member, Pershore Chamber of Trade

Long service »

IN response to the letter by J Howson and the Mayor of Pershore’s recognition certificates (Journal, April 25). First, I have to wonder what motives lay behind such a petty complaint.  − COUN GAYNOR AMPHLETT Pershore

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