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  • Car rage man in 70mph city road rampage

    A MAN who took his mother’s car “out of spite” drove it at speeds of up to 70mph in a built-up area in Worcester. Benjamin Taylor scraped the Ford Mondeo down the entire side of a parked car before losing control as he tried to turn into Cranham Drive

  • KCs beaten at home

    KIDDERMINSTER Carolians suffered their first Midlands Two West (South) defeat of the season at the hands of Old Laurentians, going down 25-7. KCs, who only played in fits and starts, never built up a real head of steam. With just three minutes on the

  • Charity shop can dress the bride

    BRIDES-to-be will feel extra special when they visit the bridal department of a charity shop in Worcester. Thanks to manager Phil Arnold the St Richard’s Hospice shop in Mealcheapen Street has been transformed to arrange wedding outfits and accessories

  • Upton fired by two-try Pimlow

    UPTON maintained their unbeaten start to the Midlands Three West (South) season with a 27-14 win at Kings Norton. Chris O’Neil got the scoreboard ticking with a penalty, before winger Dan Aldersey sprinted over in the corner. Alex Pimlow glided in for

  • Council was right about street sign

    HIGHWAYS chiefs were right to throw the rule book at a city businessman over where he displayed his street sign, say readers. An irate Jason Knight contacted your Worcester News after a county council road team took away the street sign advertising his

  • Child KSI figures fall

    THERE has been a drop in the number of child injuries on Worcestershire roads, new figures have revealed. Parents across Worcestershire are being advised to continue to reinforce the importance of road safety to their children following the

  • We’re all set to hit high notes at our concert

    A UNIQUE choir that meets just three times a year hopes to raise the roof of Worcester Cath-edral with a powerful classical performance. The 250-strong Midland Festival Chorus will sing Verdi’s Requ-iem on Saturday, October 10. The concert will also

  • Goals galore as Whitehall held

    AN eight-goal thriller at Whitehall saw the hosts drop their first Worcester Sunday League Division Two points of the season in a 4-4 draw with Glovers Needle. Stuart Hadlington and Josh Homans both scored twice for Whitehall as did Glovers’ Brian Lavell

  • Get a taste of eco work

    A TASTER session is being held for new and potential volunteers interested in working in conservation. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust are holding a session at Trench Wood nature reserve between Crowle and Droitwich, for people wanting to gain a working

  • North Mids U19s open their Sable’s Head bid

    NORTH Midlands Under 19s will begin their defence of the historic Sable’s Head Trophy when they play old rivals Warwickshire at Droitwich on Wednesday evening (7.30). North Midlands retained the trophy last season when they beat Warwickshire

  • Lyn to sing for a cause very close to her heart

    Singer Lyn Snook may always have a song in her heart, but when she takes part in a concert on Saturday she’ll have a special reason for putting her heart into her song. The event, featuring a showcase of musical talent from the students of city soprano

  • Music festival nominated for two top awards

    A FLOURISHING Worcester festival has been nominated for an industry award. Worcester Music Festival is in with a chance of winning two titles in the UK Festival Awards. The awards aim to recognise and congratulate the huge efforts that go into creating

  • Cheshire Jets 96 Worcester Wolves 83

    WORCESTER Wolves slumped to their third defeat in three British League games when they went down 96-83 at Cheshire Jets. Coach Chuck Evans’ team were hoping to bounce back after the previous day’s heavy 100-71 defeat to Sheffield Sharks.

  • Spa defence holds firm

    DISJOINTED Droitwich did just enough to beat a spirited Spartans side 16-6 in Midlands Two West (South). Good work by Steve Poke, Nick Godfrey and Dean Goddard forced the visitors to kill the ball and Chris Hooper slotted the penalty. A break by Hooper

  • Tidying up in the park

    A PARLIAMENTARY candidate spent his weekend picking litter in a Worcester park. The Friends of Fort Royal Park were joined by Worcester Green Party hopeful Louis Stephen when they went out on Saturday to collect rubbish. The event, organised

  • Copson keeps his cool

    BEN Copson demonstrated nerves of steel to kick Bromsgrove to a dramatic last-gasp 21-20 win over South Leicester in National Three Midlands. The first-half was a dour affair with Bromsgrove making little headway against a well organised defence. The

  • I knew I shouldn’t have had snooker ball cosh

    THE victim of a robbery armed himself with a homemade cosh in case of further attacks. In August this year James Allen, of Hardwicke Close, St John’s, Worcester, was attacked by a group of Asian men and since then has feared for his safety

  • Wanderers maintain top spot

    WORCESTER Wanderers maintained their 100 per cent start to the Midlands Two West (South) season with a hard-fought 34-17 victory at Bedworth. The home side were promoted alongside Wanderers and, following two tight league encounters last term, the Worcester

  • Wicked cig burn mum locked up

    A teenager has been locked up after she scarred her 15-month-old daughter for life by repeatedly stubbing burning cigarettes out on her back. Charlotte Sutton, 19, burned the little girl's naked skin three times with a cigarette after she became

  • Torrent of calls to Hub snarl up system

    A COUNCIL whistle-blower has blamed a new flagship system which deals with benefit payments in south Worcestershire for the near-meltdown of local authorities’ phone lines. An anonymous source says the new south Worcestershire revenues and

  • Many public works of art stay behind closed doors

    OIL paintings are not a subject that occupies this feature page very often, but perhaps they should. Because a new book has been published which shows Worcestershire and Herefordshire to be awash with publically owned works of art. Most are not on

  • Just another day in out-of-control Britain

    YEARS ago, back in the days of my youth, no weekend would be complete without a visit to the local dance hall. Every provincial town had at least one and some of the larger cities could boast several chandelier-gilded caverns of delight. Those of you

  • Dancing duo strictly raising charity cash

    THIS dancing duo have helped raise £30,000 for St Richard’s Hospice. Philomena and Brian Green have been organising dances on the second Saturday of every month for years. Their followers come from all over the country and all profits

  • Weekend county results

    SATURDAY FOOTBALL FA TROPHY Preliminary Round: Fleet Town 2 Bromsgrove Rovers; Stourport Swifts 0 Hungerford 1. FA VASE First Round: Bewdley 2 Coleshill 1; Blaby & Whetstone 3 Malvern Town 1. ZAMARETTO LEAGUE Premier Division: Stourbridge

  • Results extra

    MERCIAN FESTIVAL JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE U9s Division One: Evesham United Robins 0 Newtown Sports Juniors 1; L&B Badgers Athletic 0 Droitwich Spa Panthers 1; Oldbury Park Tigers Gold 2 Westbury Celtic Youth 2; Ombersley 0 Warndon Villages Cobras 4. Division

  • Poet turns outlaw for heroes event

    A POET is set to dress up as Robin Hood to celebrate National Poetry Day and launch a range of competitions at Worcester’s Oxfam Bookshop on Thursday. Sarah Leavesley, from Droitwich, will be wearing the costume in keeping with this year’s theme of

  • Carlisle returns for 'A' League clash

    FLY-half Joe Carlisle will start his first came since recovering from a knee injury as Worcester Warriors welcome Sale Jets in the 'A' League at Sixways tonight (7.30pm). Carlisle will join forces at half-back with Ollie Frost as Warriors name a team

  • WILLIAMS

    WILLIAMS Margaret Passed away ten years today. Mum, Sunshine passes, Shadows fall, Memories of you, Outlast all. From Darren, Joanne, Louisa and Families. Published in paper 05/10/2009 in Worcester News

  • VINE RNLI

    VINE Audrey Passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 aged 81 years. Will be very sadly missed by all Family and Friends. The funeral serivce will take place at St Martins Church, London Road, Worcester on Monday, October 12th

  • WARNER

    WARNER Sharon Fab at 40. Enjoy your week. Love from us all. Published in paper 05/10/2009 in Worcester News

  • TOWNER

    TOWNER Anthony James Tony On September 30th, 2009, peacefully at his home in Worcester, after a long illness patiently borne, aged 69 years. Devoted husband of Sheila, brother to Derek, Nancy and Pam. Much loved by Margaret, Dennis, Alan, Tracie, Charlotte

  • FRECKELTON

    FRECKELTON Peter Harold Pete the Plasterer! Sadly passed away on September 27th, 2009 at his home. He will be sadly missed by all of his Family, Friends and Velocette. Funeral to be held near Inkberrow on October 12th, 2009. Contact Giles & Son on

  • Mindless thieves steal rescue boat

    A £15,000 powerboat used for rescue missions along the River Severn has been stolen from outside a house in Worcester. Police are appealing for help after thieves stole the orange, 20ft Valliant powerboat along with its £2,000 trailer from

  • Today's TV listings

    A production error means the print version of today's Worcester News carries incorrect television listings. We apologise to our readers for this error. You can download a pdf version of the correct listings for the main television channels here.

  • Medics deserve unit worthy of their skills

    A TALENTED team of medical staff needs a state-of-the-art breast unit worthy of its skills, says a leading volunteer and former health boss. Fiona Charny, chairman of the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign steering group, has appealed for

  • Fans flock to have their pic taken with Premiership trophy

    FOOTBALL fans came close to the ultimate prize when the Barclays Premier League trophy went on show in Worcester. The shining silverware – flanked by two security guards – went on display at Barclays bank in Worcester High Street on Saturday. Sports

  • The only way is up for Rhodes

    IT’S hard to know where to begin when looking to dissect Worcestershire’s 2009 campaign. Do you start with the loss of Simon Jones before a ball was bowled or the loss of Kabir Ali after just two games? Or do you go back even further and look at the

  • Headmaster advertises the value of free education

    A WORCESTER headteacher has taken the unsual step of advertising the “free education” he offers at his state funded secondary school. Neil Morris, headteacher of Christopher Whitehead Language College, said he took out the advert in your Worcester

  • COMMENT: We applaud head for his commitment

    THE decision by the head teacher of one of Worcester’s biggest secondary schools to take out a newspaper advertisement to promote the benefits of state education is an interesting one. Neil Morris, head of Christopher Whitehead Language College, uses

  • County wrong to hand out award

    THE Kenyon Award honours the player who has put in the finest first-class performance in a situation where his contribution has enabled Worcestershire to go on to win the match. This is an extract from the County’s official website for the requirement

  • Ruddock relishing Warriors European Cup battles

    MIKE Ruddock insisted his Worcester Warriors side should enter the European Challenge Cup in good heart this week after a promising start to the Guinness Premiership campaign. After five games of the domestic season, Warriors switch focus to Europe for

  • Drink-driver 'almost killed mum and baby'

    A YOUNG mother was left in tears after a drunken driver careered round a bend in Worcester and hit her pram. Harriet Hackston was carrying her seven-week-old daughter in a sling against her chest when the terrifying incident happened.

  • Best music was from Bill Hayley

    SIR – Cliff Richard, real name (Harry Webb), has been a great singer and entertainer. But he is wrong saying he was the first British rock and roll singer. The Bermondsey boy Tommy Steele, real name Tommy Hicks, was first appearing at Hippodromes with

  • Red sky at night

    SHEPHERD’S DELIGHT: Mrs Lyn Hughes, of Worcester, sent in this colourful picture.

  • In Dreams was a wonderful show

    SIR – What a wonderful show In Dreams was at the Huntingdon Hall. Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. It was a full house, wonderfully produced and Buddy Holly was top class. E DOBLE, Worcester.

  • Hope the council take note of rules

    SIR – In reply to Una Dunnett, (Letters September 25) you appear to imply a racial or cultural motivation for my letter. This is nowhere implied. I had a four-inch high wooden border around a grave to prevent plants being strimmed off and was requested

  • Make park-ride value for money

    SIR – Having just read your lead story (Thursday, September 24) regarding Worcester’s park and ride – are the council really so naive? The reason people are no longer using the park and ride is because of the changes and increases to the fares structure

  • Let’s hope this is warning to others

    SIR – Many people are probably not surprised that 15 pupils were suspended from Tudor Grange from one to five days during the first two weeks. All schools have rules but in some cases perhaps they are not enforced so rigidly. The offending pupils

  • Catch the beast who drowned poor animal

    SIR – I was very upset and angry at the sight of that poor dog on the front page of the Worcester News (Saturday, September 26), but I’m glad you put it on the front page as this needs to be published to make people aware of the cruel world of dog fighting

  • Supporters in petition for Boddy to quit City

    UNREST among Worcester City fans continues to grow after 150 signed a petition calling for former chairman Dave Boddy to quit the board. Supporter Niels Eiriksson independently canvassed opinion on the Brookside at St George’s Lane during Saturday

  • Bus firm will cut fares on key route

    A BUS firm has bowed to pressure from competitors and council leaders and will review fare prices along a key route in Worcester. First Bus has told your Worcester News it is considering reducing fares along the number 30 route between Worcester

  • Angry dad woke in bad mood

    A 22-year-old father with ‘anger issues’ smashed a window after arguing with his girlfriend. Brendan George, of Bath Road, Worcester, pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Worcester Magistrates Court. He is at risk of going to jail because the offence

  • Run was money in the bank

    A TEAM of Worcestershire bank workers has raised more than £550 for the Noah’s Ark Trust through a series of fund-raising events, including taking part in the Run to Remember. Senior bank manager Spencer Greaves and his colleagues from Worcester, Malvern

  • Device cuts journey times

    WHITE van men should get to their destinations quicker thanks to a smart new device launched by a Worcestershire company. On-line and business efficiency specialist Postcode Anywhere has unveiled a route optimiser for hauliers and couriers which claims