ROAD safety has been given the green light at an event for students in Worcester. The Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service joined the Safer Roads Partnership at a Freshers Fayre at Worcester’s Guildhall to highlight road safety
A MAN found with a kitchen-style knife in the early hours of the morning had been using it at work the previous day. Christopher Hart, aged 23, of Thirlmere Close, Warndon, Worcester, pleaded guilty to possessing a bladed article, failing to
WORK to repair a crumbling retaining wall has finished on time. The London Road retaining wall has been partially rebuilt and Victorian brickwork repointed after weeks of engineering work. Work was started after a legal dispute between residents of
A WORCESTER man stole pipes and risked a gas explosion to help his friend fund his heroin addiction. Jason Witchard and a man, who was not named in court, pulled pipes off the side of two Worcester businesses, allowing gas to escape. But Witchard,
ED Miliband has been declared the new leader of the Labour party. In a narrow win, Mr Miliband beat off competition from his older brother David. He secured 50.65 per cent of the vote to his brother's 49.35 per cent. He also beat candidates Ed Balls
HUNDREDS of new students in Worcester have been reminded how to keep themselves and their property safe on and off campus. Community support officers Katie Freeman, Ian Sweatman and Kate Hand gave out tea-towels bearing a highly visual, very
90+5 mins: City hanging on. 90+2 mins: Boston throwing everyone forward. 89 mins: GOAL. City: Glover lets fly left-footed from 25 yards, the ball hits the post and goes in. City bench go mad. 89 mins: YELLOW CARD. Boston: Gareth
• Click here for the very latest Worcester Warriors match updates and news - Tom Guest on Twitter. FULL-TIME... Another below par performance by Worcester Warriors was rescued by Andy Goode's 88th-minute penalty as Doncaster suffered a harsh
SENIOR West Mercia Police officers have paid tribute to a Worcestershire councillor for his wisdom, warmth and great support of the force. We reported in yesterday’s Worcester News how Councillor Edward Sheldon MBE had died, aged 83, on Wednesday following
KETTLES were whistling across Worcestershire as people had a cuppa for Macmillan Cancer Support. Macmillan’s coffee mornings have become an annual event, raising cash for the charity’s nurses to continue their work with cancer patients and their families
SIR – So district judge Bruce Morgan has denounced gangs of Eastern Europeans (Worcester News, September 17) who come to the UK with the sole intention of “committing crimes against vulnerable people”. Good for him for having the nerve to raise this,
SIR – The coalition Government has been accused of being ideologically obsessed with shrinking the size of the state whatever the social costs. While they maintain that the current and future cuts are unavoidable; there is no alternative, they say
THE doom clouds that hovered over Sixways in the aftermath of relegation from the Premiership have lifted and an air of positivity has swept through the camp, according to lock Will Bowley. Since Richard Hill replaced Mike Ruddock as the
AMERICAN forward Justin Dobbins is poised to make his debut for Worcester Wolves tonight (7pm). The 6ft 8ins powerhouse arrived in the UK on Wednesday to join up with his new team-mates. Director of basketball Paul James will put him straight
SIR – You kindly printed my letter last week (September 18) commenting on the fact that Councillor Derek Prodger was looking beleaguered despite his courageous stand in ignoring common sense and the public will over the Newtown bus lane. But I was
SIR – In his letter to the Worcester News (September 18), Simon Wood criticises my opposition to the Bosch plant on the grounds that he thinks the proposal would benefit the local economy. Mr Wood feels that the council should be applauded for attempting
Sir – Why are we devising a system of bus lanes around such large old diesel buses when we had trams more than 100 years ago? And why have we got lines of diesel taxis clogging up our city centre, also with their engines running? Use the bus lanes
SIR – Last year you published my letter critical of the poor performance of Worcestershire County Cricket Club and my concern for the future direction of the club. I write to offer my congratulations at their unexpected and, I feel, premature promotion
GIANT vegetable growers from all over the UK – that’s people who grow very large vegetables, not 10ft tall gardeners – are gathering at Malvern Autumn Show this weekend for one of the highlights of their year. The two-day event on the Three Counties
A body found in toilets at a Worcester train station was that of a woman in her 40s, British Transport Police (BTP) have said. As we reported yesterday, police and ambulance crews were called to the city’s Foregate Street station just after
CITY’S Ryan Clarke needs little incentive today to inflict defeat on Boston United in the FA Cup. The defender, who rejoined Worcester last week, spent the 2008/09 season on the Pilgrims’ books but was released ahead of a move to Eastwood Town
SIR – With regard to the letter ‘Why did they have to go to a zoo’ from Pauline Burgess (September 18). My reply is “why not?”. When was the last time that Ms Burgess went to a zoo? No doubt not for a long time, if ever. I’m not going to bash on
SIR – Councillor Clive Smith really has lost the plot. In his letter to the Worcester News (September 17), he claims the Liberal Democrats had to act as they did. He then goes on to try to justify the cuts in public services. He goes on to describe
SIR – Your editorial and interviewees in your front page report (September 20) on the air quality survey miss the essential issue in the frantic rush to cut expenditure. You cannot just jettison air quality standards because nothing is being done about
WORCESTER City are focused on progressing in the FA Cup and not just for the financial rewards. City visit Blue Square Bet North rivals Boston United in the second qualifying round today (3pm) with £4,500 in prize money going to the winners. There is
THERE is a significant minority of people in this country who believe the rules of normal society do not apply to them. These people appear in many guises – keyboard warriors spouting bile on websites, yobs damaging other people’s property for the
VANDALS have sprayed black paint across the walls of a newly re-opened Worcester pub. The landlady of the Crown and Anchor in Hylton Road woke up yesterday morning to find the ugly black lines scrawled across brickwork on three of the pub’s
WORCESTER City are focused on progressing in the FA Cup and not just for the financial rewards. City visit Blue Square Bet North rivals Boston United in the second qualifying round today (3pm) with £4,500 in prize money going to the winners. There is
THE Commonwealth Games gets under way next week in India and sadly there is no basketball. As the England senior coach, it would have been nice to lead a team to the Commonwealth Games. It seems the countries hosting the games tend to
Sir – A few weeks ago you published a letter from me about foreign aid. I would like to say that our politicians must think that this country we live in is called El Dorado. How can a nation ring- fence foreign aid, then slash defence spending?
NEW Hereford United striker Guillem Bauza is looking forward to handing out a few lessons to npower League Two defences. The 25-year-old Spaniard joined the Edgar Street side on a short-term contract last week following his release from Championship
Sir – John Phillpott complained in his Saturday column (September 18) that the language used against individuals in the national press “is sometimes vitriolic in the extreme”. On the same page Mr Phillpott refers to someone as “a middle-aged, pot-bellied
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Steve Burr could be joking that he may have to go to church early tomorrow ahead of the game with AFC Wimbledon, but he will be hoping that someone will be smiling down on his team come 3pm. The Dons went top of the Blue
A PREMATURE baby girl kept warm in a sandwich bag because she was so small has beaten all the odds to survive. Lexi Lacey weighed just 14 ounces when she was born at 26 weeks. Parents Chelsea Rowberry and Lee Lacey, aged 24 – a professional kitchen
A party was set to be held today to celebrate the 100th birthday of a woman who has lived in Worcester all her life. A birthday message from the Queen will be among the cards for Elsie MacFarlane, who lives at Red Hill Court care home in London Road.
TRIGGER fingers and shutters at the ready for a fantastic photography competition being held in Worcestershire to mark the beginning of autumn. The Snap & Win competition, being run to help celebrate the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
STUDENTS in Ledbury are getting a buzz by smuggling energy drinks into class. Staff at John Masefield High School (JHMS) are getting a headache, rather than wings, over their ban on Red Bull The high-performing school has outlawed the energy
A WORCESTER man has pleaded guilty to driving with no insurance, no licence and – for the fifth time – obstructing a police officer. Ibrar Hussain was stopped by police as he drove a Honda Prelude on the M5 on Friday, September 10, at 3.20am
