Archive

  • Railway rubbish clear-up is on right lines

    A BLITZ on railway rubbish is on the right track following a drive by rail bosses to clean up their lines. The clean-up, part of a national drive by Network Rail, took place at the Henwick access point on the Worcester to Hereford line at St John’s in

  • Worker’s delight at win in fight to keep his job

    THE city’s cemetery gatekeeper has won his case against the council after they unfairly sacked him and threatened him with eviction. David Allen, who worked at Worcester City Council for 30 years, took his employer to tribunal for unfair dismissal and

  • Help us to brighten up shopping centre

    A CHILDREN’S roundabout has been installed in a Worcester shopping centre in a bid to brighten it up. Groups are now being asked to put forward their ideas of what they would like to see on display in the old Face The Music shop in Cathedral Plaza.

  • Man pulled out a knife after threats by youths

    A 25-year-old man who brandished a knife after being threatened by a group of youths on leaving an Evesham nightclub has been given a suspended jail sentence. Judge Christopher Plunkett told Nazhar Mohammed that knife crime normally resulted in imprisonment

  • Lucky escape for puppies dumped in cardboard box

    PUPPIES dumped in a cardboard box by the roadside and left to die have been saved after a passer-by stumbled across them. The three seven-week-old puppies are lucky to be alive after being dumped in a sealed box on a sweltering hot day at the side of

  • Injured man trapped for over an hour

    AN injured man was trapped for over an hour after his car was in a crash on the M5. The man in his 40s suffered chest and abominal injuries after the two-car crash at the southbound services exit at Strensham in the early hours of this morning

  • County keep hopes alive after stunning Bears double

    WORCESTERSHIRE Royals maintained their slim hopes of a place in the quarter finals of the Friends Life t20 with a superb victory over Warwickshire Bears at a packed New Road. In a low scoring match, the Royals could only post 112-7 off their 20 overs

  • Sneekes pleased with fitness level

    HEREFORD United first-team coach Richard Sneekes has praised the players for returning to the club in fine shape. The Bulls began pre-season training last week and head off for a five-day trip to Spain next Saturday. Although the new season is more

  • Drugs trial hope for brave Ruby

    A BRAVE young girl battling a rare genetic condition has started a cutting-edge medical trial which could offer hope of a brighter future to thousands of sufferers around the world. Five-year-old Ruby Crowther has had more hurdles than most youngsters

  • Little: We can keep hold of top talent

    HOMEGROWN players turning their back on Sixways for other Aviva Premiership clubs is ‘difficult to swallow’, according to Worcester Warriors managing director Charlie Little. However, the Warriors chief admits there is little the club can do