FAMOUS faces and powerful words have been captivating audiences at Ledbury Poetry Festival. The annual festival, which takes place in the market town of Ledbury until Sunday, is the UK’s biggest dedicated poetry festival. Actor Roger Lloyd Pack, best
AN enraged man threw a vacuum cleaner from his window after 10 police officers turned up on his doorstep. Wayne Reeve, aged 25, “reacted” after officers came with a warrant to remove a caravan parked on his drive at Gresham Road, Dines Green, Worcester
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals' hopes of reaching the Friends Provident t20 quarter-finals are all but over after a nervy three-run defeat to Durham Dynamos. Set 145 to win at New Road, Steve Rhodes' side took the match to the last ball but, having
TALENTED performers will showcase their skills at a summer fair on Saturday. The annual St George’s Church summer fair takes place in Barbourne, Worcester, between noon and 4pm. This year’s event will feature stalls, crafts, raffles and refreshments
HEALTH experts in Worcestershire have expressed mixed reactions to plans to give GPs sole responsibility for frontline NHS care. The leaked white paper due to be published next week proposes placing key decisions about patient care in the hands of GPs
A TEENAGER who sprinted his way around a race course in memory of his younger brother has raised more than £700 for the hospice which helped him and his family. Chris Prosser, who lost his 12-year-old brother Nick to a brain tumour last year, raised
KEEPER Danny Lewis believes he has returned to Kidderminster Harriers a better player. The 28-year-old is back for his second spell at Harriers, who open their pre-season programme at home to West Brom tomorrow (12.30pm), having started his professional
STRIKER Stuart Fleetwood is aiming to rediscover his goalscoring prowess at Hereford United. The 24-year-old has returned to Edgar Street for a second spell and manager Simon Davey will be looking for him to provide the firepower. After
ONE of the five Worcester men accused of engaging in unlawful sexual activity in 2005 with a schoolgirl who was 13 or 14 at the time has been found not guilty. A jury at Worcester Crown Court returned the verdict on 24-year-old Yasir Saghir, of St George's
A FIREFIGHTER who struggled to cope with the breakdown of a relationship cycled nearly 15 miles to his estranged partner’s home in the early hours before hanging himself in her barn, an inquest was told. Alan Cooper, of Seabright Close, Pershore, who
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A £400 MOTORBIKE has been stolen from a pub. The red Honda MTX 125 was taken from The Crow in Teme Street between 6pm on Thursday, July 1, and 7.50am on Friday, July 2. The bike had blue handlebars, a faulty exhaust and the registration number G106
HUNDREDS of mourners today paid tribute to a teenager killed in a motorcycle crash almost two weeks ago. Carl Cocks, 19, was riding his 125cc Yamaha TZR along Upton Road in Callow End last Saturday, when he was involved in the incident with
WORCESTERSHIRE completed a quick-fire double over Berkshire in the Spitfire National Over 60s Championship South. The County veterans beat them away and at home in the course of six days and are now third in the table behind Sussex and Hampshire. In
THE new look play area in Worcester’s most popular park is fast taking shape. The playground at Gheluvelt Park closed in April as part of the Barbourne park’s £1.4 million refurbishment. Brightly-coloured swings and climbing frames are
In the newly refurbished cafe of the Worcester Arts Workshop, Jane Weir held her audience spellbound with her passionate, intense and wry poetry. As part of Oxfam Bookfest, she gave up her afternoon to travel from Ledbury, to battle the Worcester
DRIVERS heading into Worcester were caught in heavy traffic jams yesterday as work continued on Newtown Road bus lane. Temporary traffic lights at the bottom end of the road, near Lidl, caused long queues during the afternoon with some drivers
THE Somers Traditional Folk Club continues to meet at the Albion pub in Worcester on Friday nights. For more information about the informal shows, which start at 8.30pm, call 01684 575704 or see somerstfc.org.uk. Admission is £2.
A 77-year-old pensioner grabbed a house burglar and held on until police could arrest him. Kenneth Craddock stood in front of Matthew Schramm as officers chased him. He was knocked into the side of his home in Clerkshill Rise, Evesham
ABDUL’S 46 The Tything, Worcester Phone: 01905 723594 YOU’RE always spoilt for choice along the Tything’s balti belt in Worcester where various top-notch curry houses compete for trade. Abdul’s, unlike many of the other establishments, is
DRINKERS are illegally using a canal towpath as an “outdoor pub”, says an angry Worcester man. This photograph shows a man drinking on the towpath near Westbury Street in Lowesmoor in flagrant disregard of an alcohol-free zone (AFZ). Moments
HUNDREDS of men and women are gearing up for the fourth Upton Triathlon tomorrow. A record 500 athletes have signed up to this year’s event at Fish Meadow in two categories. The sprint features a 750-metre swim in the River Severn, 21.5km cycle and
AS I stood outside the police dog van there were 10 loud bangs coming from the woods. Just half an hour into starting my shift with dog handler Steve Morrell and his three-year-old dog Saiko, we had received a call about a suspected firearm being
THE Vikings were brought back to life at a Worcester school. Pupils from King’s Hawford in Claines were visited by Discover History who helped them hold a Viking activity day. Children dressed as Vikings with all the accessories for a cat walk show
EVESHAM United begin their quest for FA Cup glory with a home match in the first qualifying round. Paul West’s side will welcome either Pegasus Juniors, Heather St Johns, Brocton or Coleshill Town to St George’s Lane on Saturday, September 11. Other
A BID to get £46 million to improve Worcester’s transport network and ease congestion on the city’s roads is hanging in the balance. Plans to improve key road links, enhance paths and cycleways, build a new park-and-ride by the Ketch roundabout
WHEN Lightnin' Willie plays Worcester this month he’ll bring with him an impressive back catalogue of experience with him. One of the most authentic yet accessible blues-influenced bands to tour the UK, Lightnin' Willie and the Poorboys are well travelled
SUSPECTED dangerous dogs were seized and four men arrested during raids by police in Worcester. Officers stormed two properties in Cranham Drive, one in Tolladine Road and one in Swaledale Court at about 8.45am yesterday. Three adult pit bull-type dogs
THE seizure of a number of potentially illegal dogs during police raids in Worcester yesterday highlights a growing problem in many areas of Britain. Members of the criminal fraternity are increasingly using dangerous dogs as tools of intimidation or
DETAILS of how the bungled retirement of the county’s chief fire officer could be resolved are being kept private after your Worcester News was excluded from a fire authority meeting. Hereford and Worcester’s fire authority appointments
SIR – At the first whiff of power the Lib Dems’ principles have been discarded. The problem is that in Parliamentary terms we have no opposition (aside from Caroline Lucas, the Green MP and a few left leaning Labour MPs) to the neoliberal financial
SIR – I learned with great sadness of the recent death at 79 of Ken Coates, head of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation. A former communist, he supported the 1956 Hungarian uprising and eventually joined the Labour Party. He helped to form the
SIR – The council wish to set the bar as high as possible for voter petitions, by insisting on 4,500 signatures. This clearly shows that it knows that there is widespread hostility to its policies and actions. If the council did a good job well, and
SIR – Regarding Green Dental Practice, Dines Green, Worcester. Would it not now be a good time for the new dental contract to be opening a surgery in Cranham Drive, Warndon, as there are excellent premises sitting empty and it could certainly do with
RUSHWICK’S Whitehall AC pool came alive for Portobello club members with the top four anglers taking almost 250lbs between them. Winner and seasoned small fish expert Ron Eagle took around 20lbs of silver fish on maggot and corn. He then changed to
THE father of a schoolboy stabbed in the back with a screwdriver during a lesson has described his shock on hearing about the attack. Ben Townsend, aged 13, was sitting in a design and technology lesson at Simon de Montford Middle School, Evesham
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers can expect to face a strong West Brom side tomorrow when the sides meet in a pre-season friendly at Aggborough (12.30pm). It is the first time either team will have taken to the field since the end of last season but Premier League
A WORCESTER youngster had the chance to play teacher for the day when he swapped places with his headmaster. Ben Hall, a pupil at Perdiswell Primary School in Bilford Road, swapped roles with head John Tilley as part of the school’s arts week. Mr Tilley
A BURGLAR broke into a Worcester priest’s home after being given food and money on an earlier occasion. James Smith was seen by Father Boyce’s daughter in the porch of the rectory in St Catherine’s Hill, off London Road. He stole her handbag
The jury considering verdicts in the Worcester under-age sex scandal case today resumes deliberations for a third day. They first retired on Wednesday after 15 days of allegations and submissions at Worcester Crown Court. The prosecution alleges that
