POP mogul Simon Cowell said he was "gutted" at losing the battle for Christmas number one today as Rage Against The Machine beat X Factor winner Joe McElderry in the fight for the top spot. The rap metal act saw their expletive-ridden 1992
WORCESTER Wolves head coach Paul James has swooped for two new players to boost their squad. The city club have utilised their overseas contacts to recruit an exciting young Lithuanian and 6ft 9ins American Devin Smith. Forward Smith, 26, who hails
PERSHORE Swimming Club’s monthly junior achievement award was presented to Drew Jones. The club’s head coach Tom Naughton said the Eckington youngster’s example of hard training, full attendance and attention to detail during individual skills teaching
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers captain Chris McPhee has been tipped as a future central defender by manager Mark Yates. The 26-year-old has been a key player for the Aggborough club since signing a two-year deal in the summer after spending a brief spell with
SATURDAY FOOTBALL KIDDERMINSTER LEAGUE Premier Division: Wyre Forest 1 KS Athletic 1. Tenbury Nursing Cup round two: Blackheath Liberals 0 Wyre Forest A’ 1; Three Crowns 3 Furnace Sports 2. STOURPORT YOUTH LEAGUE U10s Division Two: Kinver
THE Evesham club seniors played their final competition of the season. This was a shotgun start, played in teams of four, as a Texas scramble. As well as being a ‘drop-out’, each player was obliged to count at least four tee shots, so there was a fair
A LARGE field competed in the latest Whisky Trot at Worcester Golf and Country Club. The competition featured a four-man team medal alli-ance competition with the two best scores to count. Heading the field with a score of 116 were single handicap
CHILDREN have been enjoying tucking in at an extra large outdoor eating area at a Worcester school. Thanks to a School Food Grant application, supported by Worcestershire County Council and Alliance in Partnership, the external caterers
THE first rounds of the Perdiswell club’s new mid-week winter leagues with R Holdham the first winner of the 18-hole competition with a score of 41 stableford points. This was three ahead of Dave Postans with Phil Lane in third place on 37 points.
SPORT has taken on a new dimension with the success of the University of Worcester. The Henwick Grove establishment are celebrating 10 years of their Learning Through Sport initiative which has inspired thousands across the world. Over the years, the
DIRECTOR of rugby Mike Ruddock pinpointed a late first-half try by Connacht skipper John Muldoon as crucial in Worcester Warriors’ 19-7 defeat in the Amlin Challenge Cup. Worcester made a dream start by taking an early 7-0 lead through a Chris Pennell
A WOMAN has been hospitalised after her car ended up crashing into a stream. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the A4111, at Kingswood, Herefordshire, shortly after 12.40am today. A rapid response vehicle, a BASICS Doctor and an ambulance
WORCESTER's festive pantomime Dick Whittington is currently wowing the crowds at the Swan Theatre. Your Worcester News has six pairs of tickets to give to lucky readers for the performance, which starts Ben Humphrey as Dick, on New Year's Day at 7pm
A WOMAN has been taken to hospital after her car overturned. The female driver of the car was taken out of the vehicle by paramedics, assisted by firefighters who cut her free. Her car ended up on its roof in a residential garden at
RIVER debris dumped around the supports of the city’s main bridge is to be shifted. Tomorrow the Environment Agency, Worcestershire County Council, Worcester City Council and British Waterways are to clear the rubbish which gathering around
COUNCILS with £10.5 million tied up in the Icelandic banking collapse could have some money returned within months. Wychavon District Council and Wyre Forest District Council were caught up in the crisis which broke in October 2008. The Wyre Forest
A DRUG addict who stole to feed his habit has been jailed by a judge who told him “the public have had enough of your offending.” Andrew Wilkes, aged 20, of Bridge Street, Worcester city centre, was sent to prison for 24 weeks for a string
