DROITWICH-based England cricket star Ashley Giles has capped a remarkable year by being awarded the accolade of BBC Midlands Sports Personality of the year. The Warwickshire bowler scooped three top awards in all at Sunday's BBC Midlands Sports Awards
WORCESTERSHIRE health chiefs are beating the deadly MRSA virus, it has been revealed. There were a total of two reportable MRSA cases across Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust's hospitals in October 2005 - compared with a peak of seven in June this
A GUN-wielding man made grunting sounds and tried to rob a Chinese takeaway. North Worcestershire police are appealing for information following the attempted robbery in Kidderminster. At 11.50pm on Saturday, December 3, a man walked into Lai's Garden
The parks in the heart of Worcester will have to wait at least another 18 months before they have a chance of gaining the prestigious national Green Flag award. The city council wants to make sure Cripplegate, Fort Royal and Gheluvelt parks meet the highest
THERE is still a strong sense of what-could-have-been in the wake of Worcester City's FA Cup exit. Talking to supporters yesterday and flicking through match reports in national newspapers, the general sway of opinion is that City were unlucky to bow
CHRIS Smith insists he will not be distracted at Worcester City despite earning massive praise on television during Sunday's FA Cup defeat. Match of the Day commentators Jonathan Pearce and Mark Bright paid tribute to highly-rated Smith, admitting they
WORCESTER Warriors want to bring in a new player to fill the void left following the retirement of Ben Hinshelwood last week. The Australian-born Scot quit professional rugby because of a persistent back problem and Warriors director of rugby John Brain
KIDDERMINSTER Carolians went down 18-15 in a closely-fought game with Shrewsbury. Their opponents played a tight 10-man game while KC's tried to move the ball at every opportunity and the match could have gone either way. Shrewsbury were the first to
WORCESTER Wanderers were edged out by two points in their league clash with Cleobury Mortimer. They eventually went down 15-13 to slip below Cleobury to fifth in the table. Wanderers looked like they were cruising when they notched their first score after
THE quarter-finals of the Worcester League Bayliss Cup competition saw holders Tolladine Sports move into the last four with a comfortable 4-1 win against Lamb & Flag. Don McKenzie, Paul Scarrott, Neil Bampfield and Richard Gardiner were on target
FOUR students from Tobi Ishi Kai Karate School in Worcester successfully completed a dan grading after a gruelling weekend of training. The grading comprised of four and a half hours of training followed by a further eight hours the following day. Justine
A CHILDREN'S Christmas panto workshop has proved the most successful to date. The yearly event at Worcester's Manor Park Special School, off Turnpike Close, in St John's, saw an entire play being rehearsed and costumes and scenery made in the morning
CHRIS Smith insists he will not be distracted at Worcester City despite earning massive praise on television during Sunday's FA Cup defeat. Match of the Day commentators Jonathan Pearce and Mark Bright paid tribute to highly-rated Smith, admitting they
FURIOUS residents in the Ronkswood area of Worcester returned from work to find a new mobile phone mast opposite their home. Stunned homeowners nearby claimed they knew nothing about the plans to put up the Hutchison 3G mast on a grass verge along Newtown
CENTRAL Trains has been fined more than £47m for a litany of late and cancelled services over the last five years. The operator of one of Worcestershire's main rail service has clocked up more "performance penalties" than any other train firm since 2000
RACING fans are being urged to help fund a fitting tribute to the legendary Triple Gold Cup Champion and nation's favourite racehorse, Best Mate. Callow End racehorse owner Jim Lewis, who owned Best Mate, has announced his hopes that racing pundits will
ELDERLY residents of a sheltered accommodation complex in Worcester have spoken out against vandals who struck at the weekend. Damage valued at hundreds of pounds was done to the path fence that runs past Cherwell Close Sheltered Accommodation, Tolladine
WORCESTER Warriors want to bring in a new player to fill the void left following the retirement of Ben Hinshelwood last week. The Australian-born Scot quit professional rugby because of a persistent back problem and Warriors director of rugby John Brain
MALVERN'S revival continued with a 25-0 victory over fellow strugglers Stoke. After a scrappy first quarter, Malvern started to dominate and the front five outgunned their opposite numbers to such an extent that two opposing props had to retire from the
DROITWICH produced a fine all-round display to blow visitors Shipston away 39-0. Ben Cottrell used the blind-side to feed Leon Hopkins to beat two defenders to score the first try. Matt Blackmore added the tricky conversion. In the second-half, James
