A WORCESTER conman who posed as a fund-raiser for Worcestershire and Herefordshire hospices has been jailed. Wayne Morgan, aged 19, went from door-to-door around the city asking for donations to St Michael's and St Richard's hospices, Worcester Magistrates
BIG Brother's Worcestershire contestant Tim Culley was left sobbing over the possibility his girlfriend may have dumped him. The former Malvern student was in tears in the diary room, after he saw Swedish girlfriend, Johanna Dahl was missing from a video
A GUN-toting attacker who stabbed a man before waving the firearm around in a crowded Worcester street has been jailed for 10 years. Judge David Matthews told Alex Warden his crimes were "appalling" and condemned his bid to dodge police by speeding through
A GOVERNMENT review of education funding could leave Worcestershire's schools in an even worse financial position, a shock report has revealed. Campaigners had pinned their hopes on a new funding formula giving a "fairer" deal to the county's youngsters
TWO children found their mother hanging from the stairway when they returned to their Malvern home from school, an inquest has heard. The inquest was told that Virginia Croft, who worked as an accountant, was found on Wednesday, July 3. Worcestershire
CHILDCARE in Herefordshire and Worcestershire has received a major cash boost in a round of awards from the New Opportunities Fund. Grants amounting to £385,000 will provide more than 700 extra out-of-school childcare places for children in the two counties
THE leader of Worcester City Council rolled up his sleeves to help shift tonnes of illegal waste from a country road. Councillor Stephen Inman began work in Offerton Lane yesterday, where about 200 tons of rubbish are dumped every year. The council has
A WORCESTER support group is urging parents of children with a hyperactivity disorder to attend a meeting that will highlight the care on offer throughout the county. Health professionals and representatives from the county behavioural support services
A YOUNG football team set up to get children off the streets is struggling to find a sponsor for its kit. The squad, from Ronkswood Community Centre, in Canterbury Road, plays in white T-shirts bought from a market stall. Although the keen youngsters
A WOMAN and an eight-month-old baby managed to flee a fire after neighbours helped them climb down from the balcony of a first-floor maisonette. Kelly Farley was visiting Amanda Ratcliffe and her baby daughter, Jessica Louise, at their home in Windsor
SAFETY experts in Worcestershire are urging parents to keep an eye on their teenagers following reports of drink-fuelled anti-social behaviour and damage. Wychavon Community Safety Partnership issued the plea after receiving complaints about damage caused
TENBURY is set to become the first of three market towns in the area to be given a town centre manager. The appointment of an idea generator and project overseer was originally flagged up by Malvern Hills District Council for April this year, but then
FEARLESS Tom Moody goes into tomorrow's promotion showdown at Essex confident that Worcestershire can gun down the leaders. In-form Worcestershire travel to the Frizzell County Championship Division Two leaders knowing that a win at Southend would put
GRUELLING pre-season training starts for Worcester City's squad tonight -- but for one player the hard work cannot begin soon enough. Striker Mark Owen is relishing the annual race to get fit in a way he has never experienced before. The 24-year-old saw
KIDDERMINSTER'S Craig Hall will make his England debut in the Under 25's Home International Bowls Championship in Belfast on the weekend of September 14-15. The 21-year-old from the Brintons Club will line up at number two to Cheam Village Surrey ace
A STRIKER remains a top target for Stourport Swifts' manager Tim Langford ahead of their second season in the Dr Martens Western Division. The Walshes Meadow club enjoyed a successful debut in the Western Division last year but struggled in front of goal
REDS target Stewart Brighton is reportedly set for talks with neighbours Bromsgrove Rovers tonight (Tuesday). The Moor Green left back previously had spells at both clubs and Bromsgrove manager Gary Hackett is hoping to tempt him away from The Valley.
THANK you for covering our recent revue at the Swan Theatre. I am pleased to say that the show sold out and was a wonderful success. We had amazing audiences who seemed to thoroughly enjoy the whole thing. JEAN KENNEDY, Publicity Officer, Performing Arts
I WAS very interested to read that the formidable and tireless singer turned equalities campaigner, and arch-enemy of the World Establishment, Sir Robert Geldof, has joined other celebrities in their patriotic fight to save the pound from the terrible
FOR some years, I have been happily going to Worcester Races and incorporating the visit with taking my dog for a walk. On Saturday, June 29, I was met by a sign in the centre course that said dogs were not allowed on race days. On questioning the jobsworth
R PARTRIDGE'S suggestion for dealing with the drugs problem may seem unrealistic but at least he identifies and targets the true criminals - the traffickers and suppliers (You Say, July 3). Present policy seems directed towards their wretched victims
GEORGIA Smith (City Focus, June 27) says "think of the last time you went out for the day by coach." I must be an old stick-in-the-mud, but I last had a coach trip about 10 years ago, when I went with a local church group to a theme park near Birmingham
A SPA school will be holding a sports day with a difference this year and it's all down to a visit to see a dance performance. Students from Droitwich Spa High School, in Briar Mill, will be taking part in Irish dancing as part of their sports day following
quality building work has won a Worcester developer a regional award in the Master Builder of the Year competition. Crown House Developments picked up the accolade for industrial and office units it built in Pershore for Wychavon District Council. Staff
tackling work-related violence can help small and medium-sized businesses reduce risks and improve efficiency. The message came from a set of case studies published by the Health and Safety Executive, entitled Work-related Violence: Managing the Risk
THE body of a 14-year-old boy has been pulled from a Worcestershire lake after a fishing trip turned to tragedy. Fire and ambulance crews were scrambled to the scene, but the youngster could not be resuscitated. It is believed that the teenager waded
THE best Worcestershire's cash-strapped schools can hope for from the Government's education funding review is an extra £3.9m - £56 per pupil - it has emerged. Campaigners claim the figure is half the sum needed to bring the county up to the national
ONE of Britain's most popular sports presenters has dropped into the Faithful City to help promote the BBC's Sport Relief project. John Inverdale, who until Sunday was hosting the Wimbledon Championships, visited BBC Hereford & Worcester, to pick
THE grandfather of tragic schoolgirl Lelaina Hall is urging Worcester residents to back a life-saving appeal. Terry Page says their help is urgently needed to pay for a hovercraft, which will be named after the five-year-old to keep her memory alive.
A SUSPECTED thief who dumped a four-ton reel of copper wire on a playing field near Pershore sparked a huge police hunt. The force helicopter was scrambled at noon yesterday while uniformed officers chased the man, seen fleeing from the field in Eckington
A CORONER has opened an inquest into the death of a stag night reveller who fell more than 20ft through a roof in Worcester. Birmingham Coroner Iain Cotter opened and adjourned the inquest into the death of Thomas Wilkes, the 21-year-old who died on Sunday
AN appeal launched in Upton-upon-Severn to aid a Kenyan school has raised more than £5,000 in just six weeks - exceeding its target for the year. All 16 churches in the Upton Deanery were invited to help support Anajali School, in the slum area of Nairobi
PUPILS at a Worcester primary school have been going technicolour in the run up to the end of term. Key Stage 2 pupils at Cherry Orchard Primary School, in Timberdine Close, are putting on a production of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
THE former Kwik Save store in Evesham, which has been closed since the mid-1990s, is set to be revamped as a discount store. With the help of Wychavon District Council, the Market Towns Partnership and the private sector, the premises are set to open
A NEW rapid response service to deal with smashes and hold-ups has been launched to ease congestion on Worcestershire's motorways. A 13-strong fleet of Incident Support Unit (ISU) vehicles are now patrolling the network 24-hours-a-day to solve problems
HEREFORD'S Liberal Democrat MP Paul Keetch is calling for a switch in taxpayers' support for farming away from mass food production. Instead, he has called on shoppers to back so-called "sustainable farming" with a greater emphasis on local produce and
A DANCER who overcame paralysis is celebrating 10 years of success at her own dance school with a show at Worcester's Swan Theatre. Helen Leek was born paralysed down her left side, but put on her first pair of ballet shoes at the age of six when it was
FEARLESS Tom Moody goes into tomorrow's promotion showdown at Essex confident that Worcestershire can gun down the leaders. In-form Worcestershire travel to the Frizzell County Championship Division Two leaders knowing that a win at Southend would put
GRUELLING pre-season training starts for Worcester City's squad tonight -- but for one player the hard work cannot begin soon enough. Striker Mark Owen is relishing the annual race to get fit in a way he has never experienced before. The 24-year-old saw
EIGHT days ago, we aired Government claims that Worcestershire County Council wasn't spending as much money on its schools as it could. The Education Department said that £3 more per child was being spent on bureaucracy than the national average. It was
THOSE of you old enough to remember Bronco Lane on the telly and Jimmy Young with a full head of hair will cherish the memory of the old-style seaside holiday. Back then, of course, it wasn't just the thought of rain, biting wind and sandstorm-lashed
WORCESTER serves up six races tomorrow night as the Pitchcroft course continues its evening season. The highlight of the meeting looks to be the 8.45pm handicap chase with a number of favourites such as Supreme Soviet set to run in the £4,000 race. Racing
WORCESTER Athletic Club hosted the third of four Midland Veterans Track and Field League Meetings at Nunnery Wood track. Eight teams from across the Midlands competed in both the men's and ladies league. The hosts continued to dominate the men's league
KING'S School, Worcester won by six wickets in the annual battle with their old rivals Royal Grammar School - despite an excellent century from RGS captain, James Watkins. The annual clash between the two schools at Worcestershire County Cricket Club's
REDDITCH United and neighbours Stourport Swifts are set to go to a tribunal to thrash out a fee for winger Alex Cowley. Reds boss Rod Brown is an admirer of the former West Brom youngster and was the man who put him on a contract at Walshes Meadow. But
THE Victorian era will come to life in Bromsgrove this weekend at an award-winning tourist attraction. Visitors to Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, in Stoke Heath, can enjoy a weekend of Victorian fun when the 19th Century Toll House comes to life
DOES anyone know the whereabouts of Catherine Littler? She was last known to live in Pershore with her family with sisters Imelda, Frances, Ann and brother Robert. Three of them went to RSD school in Hampstead, London in the early 1970s. Her father was
OH dearie me. More Harry Potter "economics" from Mr Margrett (You Say, July 3). So the dollar's "collapsing", is it? Funny, that. Japan recently faced a run on the yen and its government had to sell yen to balance the books, so they bought dollars, not
A £2,000 redundancy cheque was the initial capital investment that led to the growth of one of the largest independent recruitment agencies in the Midlands. After taking voluntary redundancy from his job as a fork-lift truck driver, Joe Powell used the
THE Midlands' leading sandwich retailer is opening its first shop in Evesham. The new Bridge Street store will feature self-select takeaway products as well as the over-the-counter baguettes, savouries and cakes for which Greggs is renowned. Greggs has
THE team at a Worcester restaurant are toasting themselves with champagne after walking off with a top award in the Cateys awards - the catering industry's equivalent of the Oscars. Brandon Weston, who owns The Glasshouse Restaurant in Church Street with
