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Worcester farm celebrating first anniversary of vintage milk deliveries TOWARDS the end of last year, we ran a story inspired by post on our We grew up in Worcester page on Facebook in which readers recalled milk being delivered to their homes in bags by Bennetts Dairies. It prompted Stefania Bennett to get in touch with news that this month sees the first anniversary of the new milk round being run by Bennetts Farms. The original Bennetts Dairy business closed in 1995, and since then the...

WORCESTER’S pubs are getting ready to battle through the last of restrictions when punters can finally take a seat inside from Monday. Prime minister Boris Johnson announced this week that Covid rules would be relaxed as planned from May 17, allowing indoor hospitality to resume. Rules stating a maximum of six people from no more than two households can mix and over table service and face coverings remain in place but boozers are bullish about the future. Marston’s has confirmed tha...

STAFF from hospitality businesses across the Malvern Hills say they are glad to be back after their first week since Covid restrictions eased. Since April 12, hospitality businesses have been allowed to open for outdoor dining, though a number of businesses in the town are remaining closed until May, when indoor dining is set to be allowed again. Stanbrook Abbey in Callow End has re-opened, putting up a large teepee in its grounds to allow groups to dine. General manager Gordon Burnisto...

Some of the local dogging hotspots in Worcestershire include parks, beauty spots and car parks WORCESTERSHIRE beauty spots are among the locations being enjoyed by doggers, according to websites advertising meet-ups. Some of the spots on the lists are being enjoyed by families for a trip out by day but at night, and particularly at weekends, they are being used as a rendezvous spot for those who partake in dogging. The activity is described as the practice of watching or engaging in exhi...

WORCESTERSHIRE beauty spots are among the locations being enjoyed by doggers according to websites advertising meet ups. Some of the spots on the lists are being enjoyed by families for a trip out by day but at night, particular at weekends, they are being used as a rendezvous spot for those who partake in ‘dogging’. The activity is described as the practice of watching or engaging in exhibitionist sexual activity in a public place, and there are several adult websites where the exhib...

A DRUGS courier who trashed his rented house to make way for a DIY cannabis farm claimed he did it so he did not have to pay dealers for his weed. Michael Vella had previously run up a drugs debt to feed his habit which ended up in him transporting 2kg of amphetamines to pay off what he owed and get things square with his dealers. We have previously reported how the 55-year-old had a cannabis grow in his rented house in Highfield, Callow End with 16 plants which were around 6ft tall when ...

Bryony said: “Our Mum is the most amazing woman ever. “She works so hard despite the challenges that she faces, especially looking after our dad, who has Parkinson’s. “We love her so much and we appreciate everything that she has done for us.” A get together was planned for family and friends but the current third lockdown restrictions prevented a big event from happening. Mrs Heasman planned a special surprise for their 18th birthday and told the twins that decorators were ...

A MOTHER has spoken of her pride for her “miracle twins” who survived a multiple-pregnancy in which their siblings died. Dawn Heasman was pregnant with multiple babies – she did not want to say how many – back in 2003 but, sadly, only two of those children, Michael and Bryony, survived. On Tuesday February 2 the twins celebrated their 18th birthdays, and their proud mum spoke to the Worcester News. The 55-year-old from Callow End said: “It is a bittersweet moment as when I was...

A LEDBURY landlord has said coronavirus rules were not broken in his pub despite Herefordshire Council launching a licensing investigation. West Mercia Police officers went to the Brewery Inn in Bye Street and saw "potential cases" of people not complying with coronavirus rules. But landlord Keith Swingler has hit out, saying there were no problems at his pub which he has run for 18 months and blamed people hed barred for reporting him to the authorities. He said: "Ive barred a lot of p...

Menu   Former solider denies raping woman he met at Worcesters Mode nightclub and says she consented to a threesome SCENE: The woman says she was raped at citys Travelodge A WOMAN was subjected to a sex ordeal by two men in a room at a Worcester hotel before they threw her out and called her a “dirty slag,” a jury has been told. The woman said she could not remember anything after she left a city nightclub until she woke up in a room at the Travelodge and realised she was b...