STAFF at a Worcester dental centre are having to work behind security screens to shield them from violent and abusive patients. Worcestershire Community and Mental Health NHS Trust has been forced to install the safety guard after a spate of violent incidents
A WOMAN ended up with a metal bracket embedded in her head after being dragged into machinery which had not been properly maintained by her employer. Margaret Griffiths needed surgery to remove the bracket after the accident last December, at Carpets
INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into an alleged sex attack in Worcester. DS Jon Wallis, of Worcester police, said forensic teams had been combing an area around Images nightclub for clues while detectives were busy looking through CCTV footage in a bid
A SINGLE mum swindled the Child Benefit Agency out of more than £3,000 by failing to declare five years' worth of maintenance payments from her ex-husband. Helen Wakley first applied for benefit when she separated from her spouse in 1994 to help support
A SHOP assistant was threatened with a knife as she worked in a Malvern store. An armed robber thrust the weapon at the victim and demanded money from the till at Poundstretcher in Roman way, Malvern. The woman handed over a small quantity of cash and
CHRISTMAS shoppers hoping to find last-minute bargains in Worcester can help the homeless at the same time. The Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire is throwing open the doors to its car park to ease weekend congestion and raise money
THERE was an air of inevitability about Councillor Paul Denham's opposition to a sex shop's application for longer opening hours this Christmas. The grounds were predictable too, especially over The Private Shop's bid to open on Sunday, December 17. It
SCOTT Barrow is determined to win his place back in the Worcester Rugby Club side by starring for the Warriors. Worcester's second string side face Rugby Lions on Wednesday and then, on December 17, tackle Leicester and for Barrow, the two games are vital
WORCESTER Wolves Basketball Club have enlisted the help of the city's MP Michael Foster in a bid to get permanent seating installed at their home games. Mr Foster has added his support to the club's application for a £70,000 grant to the Foundation for
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers goalkeeper Stuart Brock has agreed to a two-year extension to his contract which was due to run out this summer. The deal comes in the wake of a number of impressive performances for Harriers this season. The 25-year-old said: "
MIDFIELD ace Darren Middleton refuses to write off Worcester City's season despite a run of poor results and performances. The 22-year-old, currently sidelined with a knee injury, believes City can still turn their fortunes around and said morale in the
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby has told his players there will be no let-up in training despite their enforced three-week break from Division Three action. With last Saturday's match against Luton Town postponed and another blank day today, Harriers
SCOTT Barrow is determined to win his place back in the Worcester Rugby Club side by starring for the Warriors. Worcester's second string side face Rugby Lions on Wednesday and then, on December 17, tackle Leicester and for Barrow, the two games are vital
OARSMEN from Royal Grammar School, Worcester, finished the rowing year on a high note with seven sets of medals, including gold, from ten events entered at the Wycliffe Small Boats Head. RGS entered twenty boats, and took on crews from Radley, Shrewsbury
A 20-YEAR-old banned driver drove a car through Worcester despite being drunk, a court heard. Paul Biddle was followed by police along the Bilford Road on Friday, June 29, but he denied he was behind the wheel. "It was 11.40pm and he was driving a Metro
IN reply to Mr Thomas (You Say, November 26), it is surely more civilised to try to educate youngsters out of their "thuggery", rather than simply beat the living daylights out of them. GEORGE COWLEY, Windermere Drive, Worcester.
WHERE has county councillor Stephen Clee (You Say November 11) been for the last few years? Does it take an admission by a Labour Minister in the House of Lords that county councils will disappear once regions are introduced for him to cotton on to the
ORIGINALLY a sceptic, I have to admit to being a convert to the Worcester North park-and-ride service. I find it excellent, given the traffic limitations along its route, including the abuse of the bus lane by motorists, especially by motorists heading
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers goalkeeper Stuart Brock has agreed to a two-year extension to his contract which was due to run out this summer. The deal comes in the wake of a number of impressive performances for Harriers this season. The 25-year-old said: "
PERVERT Christopher Rigby fuelled his sexual fantasies by secretly filming schoolgirls in mini skirts at bus stops and in a Worcester burger bar, a court heard. Armed with a camcorder hidden in a sports bag, he was a frequent visitor at McDonalds in The
SAUCY shoppers will be able to buy x-rated Christmas gifts on a Sunday now Worcester's sex shop has been given the go-ahead to open. Darker Enterprises Ltd asked the city council's licensing committee to allow it to keep The Private Shop's doors open
A motorist cleared of causing his girlfriend's death by dangerous driving will not be prosecuted for having two defective tyres. Worcester Crown Court was told that the tyres on James Fisher's Metro had not contributed to an accident in which 16-year-old
MIDFIELD ace Darren Middleton refuses to write off Worcester City's season despite a run of poor results and performances. The 22-year-old, currently sidelined with a knee injury, believes City can still turn their fortunes around and said morale in the
TWELVE members of this season's North Midlands 18-Group School squad have been invited to take part in the Midlands trial at Loughborough Grammar School tomorrow. All were involved in a successful county campaign in which North Midlands were denied a
HEREFORD United keeper Scott Cooksey has been told he can resume light training after initial fears that his longstanding wrist injury could finish his career. Cooksey has had an injection into his wrist and has started gentle workouts with a view to
I HAD a fall in the High Street, Worcester, a week or so ago. I would like to say what marvellous attention I received from paramedics, the A&E Department at Ronkswood Hospital and how kind two passers-by were who assisted. MR N WILLIS, Worcester.
I RECENTLY paid a visit to Britain where I read headlines about of vagrants, drug abuse and so on. If the Government can send millions of aid abroad and also spend the same on asylum seekers, why can't they help my own countryman living rough? I thought
I CAN tell Marc Griffiths that Stanley Road is no different to lots of other roads in Worcester. I live in what is laughingly called Sanctuary Close. Cars go up and down it like a racetrack. Penhill will soon be re-named Silverstone because of the speed
WHO will take the blame when lives are lost because of the speed of the traffic on Ombersley Road? Crossing the road between Green Lane and Checketts Lane is playing vehicle roulette. What is required is at least two pedestrian crossings along this area
NICE try by A Reece (You Say, November 24) but he/she isn't getting away with it. He/she gives us the theory about "more competition via more transparent charges" in EU railways. What are the facts? Little or no actual competition; increased bureaucracy
ANDREW Watson should be congratulated for his shrewd analysis of the political scene, regarding education funding, as should those who are attempting to secure a proper level of education for the children in our county. In a published letter, on education
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby has told his players there will be no let-up in training despite their enforced three-week break from Division Three action. With last Saturday's match against Luton Town postponed and another blank day today, Harriers
