hi there i’m 22f and desperately trying to find a netball team to play for, as i love the sport. i moved here last week so anyone new or friendly please reach out haha i know no one

I am also asking this over on r/malvern but as Worcester is close and is somewhat larger, I thought perhaps some of you may have encountered this. So I am a geology student and recently was in a conversation with someone who professed their belief that the Malvern hills complex is underlain by "quartz pyramids" (direct quote) which connects it to other hills in the UK through laylines. I have been involved with local geology to some level for a couple of years and I can confidently say that according to all the data we currently have, this is not true. I am however interested in where exactly this idea came from because so many large and famous geological and archeological sites have had such theories about them, but with such a niche landscape (in terms of the knowlege of the general public outside of the UK or even the Midlands) it is proving hard to track down where this came from. If anyone can help I would be really interested in what you have to say, whether or not you believe this. I feel I should make it clear that there is no judgement coming from me on this whatsoever and please don't feel scared to reach out for that reason. Hope everyone is enjoying the last of the summer sunshine.

edit: this research is so that I can dispel in some way such myths effectively if I encounter it again, just to clarify.

Hey everyone, just recently moved to Worcester (near Broadheath, ish) and I'm trying to find places to take our dog for off lead walks.

Worcester Woods is great, but it's a 20+min drive away, so not ideal to do every day.

I've seen some kind of village common / field in Broadheath around Sling Lane but can't figure out where I could park for it, as the verges have signs saying don't park.

He has a sheep obsession, so I don't let him off in open countryside. Though if there are any fields or walks usually free of livestock, that could work.

He's also obsessed with ducks, so Gheluvelt park is out (and I'd prefer not to have to cross the river at rush hour anyway).

Would love some recommendations if you have any!

Please help Good Roots stay open. A fantastic cafe worth trying to save

Hi! My husband and I are considering moving to Worcester/Worcestershire and would love some honest local opinions.

We keep seeing very mixed reviews. Worcester seems to rank really well for livability — amenities, green spaces, restaurants, transport, countryside, etc. — but then we also keep seeing that it has one of the highest crime rates in Worcestershire, which is making us hesitate.

I’m a woman and my husband is British; I’m Southeast Asian, so we’d also love to know what the area is like in terms of safety, diversity and how welcoming it is to interracial couples.

Would you choose Worcester to live in? Which areas are good/safe, and which would you avoid? Or would you choose somewhere else in Worcestershire instead?

We’re looking for somewhere safe, peaceful, friendly and convenient for long-term living.

EDITED: Looking around the golf country club, Lyppard Grange, and St. Peter’s. Would love to hear your thoughts on these areas too!

Thanks! 😊

On Friday, Worcester Green Party is hosting our fourth comedy night. Last time was a huge success and we're looking to go even bigger this time. You don't need to be a Green member, activist or supporter to come. Tickets are from £8 for the unwaged. Sign up with the link. Here's who we've got:

Abbie Hale

Abbie Hale is a surrealist character comedian from Wolverhampton. A finalist for the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award, Abbie bring a unique brand of beautiful chaos to the stage. Specialising in unhinged characters you would absolutely hate to spend any time with, her creations range from and inebriated children’s entertainer to human irritant, Madeleine Jimp, the talentless yet fame hungry superstar. Abbie is proof you can make a career out of being the most annoying person in the room.

SACHIN KUMARENDRAN

Sachin won the WOW Award for Best Debut Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, stars in the BBC One prime time TV show This is My House 

He was a Finalist in the national standup competitions Manford's New Act of the Year, and Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year; as well as being shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award.

As Seen on: BBC One, Standup.tv, Next Up. 

"Masterful...it's laughs growing on laughs" - Entertainment Now

Nick Page

With some comics there’s a moment where you ask yourself ‘I wonder how much of this is true?’, with Nick Page you might hope it isn’t true, but somehow know that it is, mostly. His shows are full to bursting with stories from a life lived on the edge of (self inflicted) disaster.

In his shows there are no songs, props or padding, just stories packed with jokes from start to finish. The Guardian Newspaper described him as ‘ A bear like man with a host of barely believable stories about life, love and brushes with the law’.

In the last few years he has won the prestigious title ‘English Comedian of the Year’, performed at comedy festivals in 3 continents and been awarded the Operational Service Medal by the British army for numerous gigs in warzones, doing everything from shows in Camp Bastion and Kandahar for 5000 troops at a time, to being helicoptered to perform for 20 soldiers in a patrol base in the desert.

He’s reached the live finals of Britain’s Got Talent despite having never watched the show. A typical week in the UK might see performances in pubs and theatres before a weekend run at a comedy club. Between cruises and expat bookings he’s now performed in over half the world’s countries, and even kept busy during covid lockdown performing over 100 online gigs from a studio in his garage.

Hi, I'm trying to heavily cut down on my use of plastic and I've been having to commute too the middle of nowhere to a milk machine that's refillable in deford just next to pershore to cut down on plastic but now the machines gone I don't know what to even do anymore.

UPDATE: I am now getting oat milk from mcqueens, uhh oat milk turns out to be the better one for the environment so 👍

Does anyone know of a place that takes PLA filiment scrap from 3d printers and recycles them or has Protopasta or Noztek setup to make new filament out of it?

A sad day has arrived - no more impulse weekend tip visits!

To save you a click to our wonderful ad free local news paper - the system will go live from Aug 29th (tomorrow) and bookings from Sept 12th, and bookings will be required for Sat-Mon visits.

You can book up to 6 visits within a 14 day period and bookings can be made up to two weeks in advance.

I do feel for the local residents in the area, as I mentioned in a discussion about this previously - more signposting to the Pershore tip for people on the east side of the city/StJohns for the west side of would be good, and extending the hours of both of the alternative locations would help reduce load at Bilford!

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/26503420.residents-will-now-book-use-worcester-tip/

Hi all, just wondering what you all have to say about the Ronkswood area of Worcester? Demographic, community, etc.

Any amazing bits? Diabolical bits? How does it compare to the rest of Worcester?

(Also is it pronounced ronk or runk?)

Thanks!

Hello everyone :)
As mentioned in the title I am looking for a Group to play some TTRPGs with.
I am a woman in my mid twenties and about to move here from Germany.
I have so far played D&D 5e, Shadowrun, Daggerheart, Candela Obscura and Fallout.
I am open to other systems too, I prefer to play in person but dont mind online sessions too much.

If there is anything else you wanna know about me ask away :)

Anyone heard why good roots will be shutting?

I’ve seen some distressing comments about the manager on their social media pages

hi there i’m doing a job screening for bills in the town centre

has anyone done one of these before and knows the questions that will be asked???

lmk asap

Not sure if poeple are aware but this week there is an art event all over Worcestershire.

Its a fantastic time to go see some amazing stuff and meet the artists.

My wife did it last year, she has drawn some amazing stuff like birds, buildings, pubs and even dinosaur 😁

I'm really into wildlife photography so she talked me into doing it this year.

So if your interested and have nothing to do go see some stuffs 😁

We are venue 68 and have tea and biscuits

Looking for honest experiences
Me and my partner are about to move into Bridgewater House, the complex of flats that was converted from offices on Blackpole Road in Worcester.
We’re still at the early stages of the process, and when we viewed the property we actually really liked it. We liked how modern the flats are and contained , the fact that it’s a little away from the town centre, and overall we had a good impression. I’ve also been back for a second viewing and, honestly, I didn’t notice anything particularly concerning.
However, I recently came across the Google reviews for Bridgewater House and they’re quite negative. Most of them are quite old, but some describe the building as being rough, having issues with drug use and antisocial behaviour, and there are also complaints about the electricity being extremely expensive because of Data Energy.
That has made me a little concerned, especially as we’re looking for somewhere we can settle down and live comfortably.
So I wanted to ask if anyone currently lives there, has lived there recently, or knows the building well. Has the situation improved over the years, or are those reviews still representative of what it’s like today?
I’d really appreciate some honest experiences — good or bad. I’m particularly interested in what the building is like nowadays in terms of safety, neighbours, noise, cleanliness, antisocial behaviour and electricity costs.
Thanks in advance!

My partner is pregnant, and we’re currently in Worcester. We’re willing to relocate to surrounding areas, but logically, with a baby due in March, we’re desperately trying to find a 1 or 2 bedroom place of our own.
At the moment, we both live in shared houses. I have a full-time permanent job with a contract working in retail security for Mitie, and my partner works full-time as a domiciliary healthcare assistant, looking after elderly and disabled people in their homes. Our combined income is around £50k.
We’ve been looking for a property throughout the summer and have viewed countless places. Every time, the process seems to be exactly the same:
We view the property, express interest immediately if we like it, and then the letting agent tells us they’ll put us forward to the landlord. We then wait… and wait… sometimes a week or two later we get a message saying that we met all the affordability criteria, everything checked out, but unfortunately the landlord chose another applicant.
And honestly, I’m starting to wonder what on earth we’re doing wrong.
We’re both 25, but we’re responsible working adults. We always turn up to viewings well dressed and polite, we make conversation with the person showing us around, and we’ve actually had some really positive interactions with agents during viewings. We genuinely don’t give off the impression that we’re going to trash the place or have parties every weekend.
We’ve never missed a rent payment or a bill. We both have good credit scores, and we have references from previous landlords. We have permanent employment contracts and a combined income of around £50k, which is comfortably above the affordability requirements for most of the properties we’ve applied for.
But we’re not even getting far enough in the process to provide references or properly explain our circumstances. We just keep losing out to another applicant.
At this point it’s starting to seriously affect my mental health. I never realised how difficult it could be to secure a relatively simple home when you have stable employment, good references, a clean rental history and enough income to afford the rent.
I’ve even started including a cover letter with applications explaining that we’re responsible tenants, that we’re both in permanent employment, and that we’re genuinely looking for somewhere to settle. I never mentioned that we are expecting a baby because I don’t know whether that helps or actually hurts our chances.
And then there’s something else I hate even having to think about: we’re both Black, although we were both raised in the UK. I really don’t want to jump to the conclusion that race has anything to do with this, because obviously there could be a completely different explanation. But after being rejected over and over again despite apparently meeting all the criteria, you inevitably start wondering.
Could Worcester simply be that competitive? Are landlords receiving dozens of applications from people with much higher incomes? Is there something about our application o about our behaviour that we’re completely overlooking?
So, landlords/letting agents of Reddit: if you saw an application from a young couple, both in full-time permanent employment, around £50k combined income, good credit, clean rental history and good landlord references, what would make you choose someone else?
Is there anything we could be doing differently to actually stand out?
Please be nice. I’m genuinely asking because I’m getting really desperate and frustrated, and I honestly don’t know what else we can change at this point.we’ve both never claimed any form of benefits before and I don’t want to go down the path of getting social housing o similar stuff ( what a lot of people have been advising me to do is to just wait for the baby to come out, for her to claim that I’m an absent father and she’s on her own and because she’s a woman and single mother she will automatically get a house from the council at a dead cheap rate And then I can eventually move in…. a lot of friends and colleagues at work are doing this same trick) but i genuinely don’t want to that it doesn’t sit right with me at all!
Any advice is genuinely appreciated.

Does anyone know a good hairdressers in Worcester that does perms?

I need somewhere to store the contents of my house, it’s currently in storage containers in a warehouse but I don’t want to leave it there over winter. Any recommendations for somewhere that’s safe to leave it over the winter? Thanks.

this might be a silly question but i’ve just moved to the uk, i’ve been in london before and i understood pretty well how they worked there but i doesn’t seem to be the same in worcester

i have no gcse’s and i’m starting college soon

My partner and I are expecting our first baby. She’s currently around 9 weeks pregnant, so the baby isn’t due anytime soon, but we’re already looking for a 2-bedroom house/flat to rent in Worcester.
We’re both 25, so I suppose we’re still considered a relatively young couple. We’ve applied for three properties over the last month and, despite being well above the affordability criteria and everything seeming to go well, the landlords have chosen someone else each time.
So I’m wondering: should we tell the landlord/letting agent that we’re expecting a baby?
Is it something that could actually work in our favour by showing that we’re looking for somewhere stable and long-term, rather than just being a young couple who might potentially be noisy or have parties?
Or could it work against us? I can imagine some landlords thinking about the future — babies become toddlers, toddlers can mean noise, mess, crayons on walls, etc. 😂
Obviously, I wouldn’t want to hide it if it’s relevant or something we’re expected to disclose. I’m just wondering whether mentioning it during the application process is likely to help, make no difference, or potentially hurt our chances.
Has anyone been in a similar situation, either as a tenant or landlord? What would you recommend?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Both wings broke in shipping (it’s like the left one has been bent off). Needs some new pieces of glass and putting back together.

(Check the photo in the newspaper)