The heart Ops that mean we can walk without pain again

9:21am Wednesday 15th October 2008

THE first heart procedure of its kind in Worcestershire has already changed the lives of angina patients and will soon help those with more serious cardiac complaints.

British Camp, Malvern

10:40am Monday 13th October 2008

EVEN in a region with dozens of hillforts, that on Herefordshire Beacon stands out as truly remarkable. Known as British Camp, it is well over 2,000 years old and covers 13 hectares (32 acres).

Thanks to a tip-off a unique choir is found

9:30am Monday 13th October 2008

TO my knowledge Paul McCartney has never set foot inside St John the Baptist Church at Crowle, which lies between the lofty views from Climer Hill and the tangled depths of Bow Wood in deepest Worcestershire.

Ater seeing the world top photographer has fallen for our local area

9:12am Friday 10th October 2008

AWARD-winning professional photographer Lorentz Gullachsen has travelled the world taking pictures for his high profile clients.

Vicky’s remarkable courage inspired me to help others

9:31am Wednesday 8th October 2008

THE raw courage of a young woman who lost her fight against severe juvenile arthritis has made her mother more determined to help others like her.

Leigh and Bransford

10:30am Monday 6th October 2008

THE tithe barn at Leigh is the largest cruck-framed structure in Britain, and was built for Pershore Abbey in the early 14th century so that the monks could store agricultural produce.

Why Elgar means so much to our family

9:33am Monday 6th October 2008

JUST as you thought the last word ever had been written about the life and times of Sir Edward Elgar, high-stepping up the M5 the other day came a package from Weston-super-Mare.

Our drop-in centre is a thriving safe haven

9:09am Friday 3rd October 2008

WHEN Juliet Mari and Heather Freeman sat down to discuss what could be done to provide a meeting place in Worcester for people with mental health problems, they had no idea their plan for a drop-in centre would last three years.

Where to go to make sure your legs are in good walking order

9:35am Wednesday 1st October 2008

SOMEONE without a medical background may be shocked to discover the bizarre and bewildering range of problems that can afflict the human leg.

Heightington

11:50am Monday 29th September 2008

YOU’RE quite likely to see a kingfisher on the riverside stretch of this walk, and almost certain to see buzzards circling above Ribbesford Woods.

The dark side of Helen McCabe

9:44am Monday 29th September 2008

CONSIDERING she was given up for dead at the age of seven, Helen McCabe has done well to be still here. Certainly she suffers desperate health problems and her list of ailments reads like the index of Blacks medical dictionary, but the good news is she is now down to 12 tablets a day compared with more than 30 a year ago.

Here I can learn good English and computing then find myself a job

9:00am Friday 26th September 2008

FOR most people in Worcester a good education is taken as read, but for those who miss out it can make life an uphill struggle.

I never dared to hope I'd bring a baby home

8:31am Wednesday 24th September 2008

AFTER she lost four babies, Liz Beard did not even dare to hope that she would one day cradle her own child in her arms.

Worcestershire Way

7:52am Tuesday 23rd September 2008

IF you look at a map of an area with a major river (the Avon is the best example locally) you will often see instances of a path or lane running directly from a road to the river and then stopping abruptly, turning neither left nor right.

The night I cut Marc Bolan from the wreckage of his car

10:08am Monday 22nd September 2008

THIRTY one years ago, in the early hours of the morning of September 16, 1977, a huge fire broke out in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, pulling most of the fire appliances from the south of London.

I'm trying to de-Frost, says Sheen

Updated 12:35am Thursday 16th October 2008

Actor Michael Sheen said he was attempting to "de-Frost" following his portrayal of the renowned interviewer in his latest film.

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