A WORCESTER councillor has received an accolade. Councillor Lucy Hodgson, cabinet member for customer service and communication at Worcester City Council, was nominated by Network Rail for the individual excellence in corporate social responsibility
A HOUSEHOLDER has been forced to pay hundreds of pounds for the clean-up of rubble left strewn across a building footpath in rural Worcestershire. Your Worcester News reported in August how piles of bricks, cardboard boxes, concrete and plastic bags
DESPITE the defeat at Sandy Park and Newcastle Falcons’ Friday night home win over Gloucester, Richard Hill insists Warriors are still very much looking up the Aviva Premiership table. With the gap between the bottom two narrowing to just six points
HEALTH and council staff have been given a prestigious award for their work in the development of youngsters’ communication skills. Worcestershire County Council and NHS Worcestershire were crowned the winners of the Shine a Light commissioning award
Sargeant: Decent debut, with some good handling, but might have done better with Hyde’s first goal. 6 Clarke: Deployed at right-back and continually bombed forward down the flank to good effect. 7 Rowe: Defended well, despite City conceding
NEVER let anybody say watching Worcester City is dull. There have been plenty of dramatic scenes at St George’s Lane over the years but Saturday’s clash against Hyde could well take the biscuit. Despite only 15 fouls in total, City’s game with the league
ARGENTINA international fly-half Ignacio Mieres put his accurate boot into Worcester Warriors as he kicked Exeter Chiefs to a hard-fought victory in the Aviva Premiership at Sandy Park. An evenly contested encounter was full of passion and often on
WORCESTER Wolves put back-to-back defeats behind them as they saw off Mersey Tigers 93-84 in the British Basketball League. Despite having comfortably beaten the Liverpudlians twice already this season, the latest encounter at the University of Worcester
FUNDING cuts mean Malvern Theatres will need to raise £150,000 a year to sustain its current offering. It plans to continue gathering money through a fund-raising appeal to make up for revenue lost through cuts in grants. The appeal
A CHURCH in Malvern Link is facing a £3,000 deficit after thieves scaled its roof and stole four copper lightning conductors. The incident is one of a spate of metal thefts from churches and schools in recent weeks and police admit the situation is causing
THE number of pregnant women giving birth by caesarean section is rising in Worcestershire. In total, 1,426 women had a caesarean section in 2009/10 in Worcestershire hospitals rising to 1,532 in 2010/11, according to the NHS Information Centre. Of
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Malvern businessman who drowned in a tragic accident on holiday. Nick Waller, aged 48, who ran Edith Walk-based Waller and Waller Opticians, died on Sunday, November 27, while in Aberdovey, Wales, with his wife Karen
