THIS image shows two men police want to trace after the burglary of a shop. The pair were captured on CCTV when they rifled the One Stop Shop in Poolbrook Road, Malvern, in the early hours of Monday, October 24. A quantity of cash and the CCTV system
A CONMAN who lied his way into an elderly Worcester pensioner’s flat and then stole four bottles of spirits has been jailed for nine months. Luke Herbert-Carter knocked at the back door of a flat in Warndon claiming that his pregnant wife had
PUPILS at a Worcester secondary school showed their softer side by raising cash for an animal charity. Year 11 pupils at Bishop Perowne CE Performing Arts College held a cake sale and car wash, raising £79.60 for the Worcester and District branch of
RUNNERS of all ages and abilities are being asked to slip on their trainers and join the seventh annual Acorns Children’s Hospice Triple Run this year. More than 1,200 people took part last year, and the charity, which offers a network of care and support
VERSATILE back Sione Tu’ipulotu has returned to his former club Plymouth Albion on loan from Worcester Warriors. The 33-year-old Tongan international has struggled for game-time since his summer switch to Sixways and will now return to the cash-strapped
BRICYCLES, a social enterprise promoting cycling and recycling in Malvern, recently ran a competition to raise money on behalf of the British Heart Foundation. The winners of the top two prizes were Susan Box, of Malvern, who won the ladies’ bike, and
WIGLEY Orchard Caravan Park at Stoke Bliss, near Tenbury Wells, has won the 2011 Hoseasons Diamond Award for the Heart of England for its “exceptional quality and outstanding customer service”. The Worcestershire park is one of nearly 500 included in
A MEETING in Worcester will be of interest to family and social historians. Margaret Roy will give a talk with slides on Letters from a Submariner, based on the touching contents of a bundle of Second World War letters received by her aunt and
THE inquiry into the dispute between St Ann’s Well café tenant John Redman and the Malvern Hills Conservators is set to continue this week. The Conservators’ inquiry committee will meet in the Elgar Room at the Council House, Avenue Road, at 6pm
WORCESTER Athletic Club hosted the annual Worcestershire Cross Country Championship at Droitwich High School and completed a highly successful day by claiming six of the 10 individual titles. Facing many of their arch-rival clubs, such as Halesowen,
THE husband of a former Worcester mayor died after medics failed to spot straight away that he had meningitis, an inquest was told. Former teacher Peter Drinkwater, aged 80, of Northwick Road, Worcester, husband of Councillor Mary Drinkwater, died at
AS Worcester Wolves players prepare for their first fixtures of 2012, they will be proud to have been part of the club’s best-ever start to a season in the British Basketball League. In previous years, Wolves have struggled to achieve an even number
MATT Mullan has today been included in the 32-man England Saxons elite player squad EPS, but there is no place in the international set-up for Warriors winger Miles Benjamin. The Saxons, who face Ireland Wolfhounds at Sandy Park, Exeter on January 28
A DRUNK 21-year-old man pushed his pregnant girlfriend over and tried to drag her along the street outside a Worcester pub. Edward Betts, of Wakeman Street, Barbourne, Worcester, admitted assaulting Lisa Marie Stephens. Sarah Stock, prosecuting at
INSPECTORS have rated Evesham High School as ‘good’. All groups of pupils at the school were said to make good progress and their attainment was ‘average’. The Ofsted report found pupils enjoyed much good and some outstanding teaching
DETAILS of the clothing worn Betty Yates in the final hours before her brutal murder have been released by police in a fresh appeal for information. Officers have today issued this picture of the brightly coloured jacket the 77-year-old’s was wearing
WORCESTER Warriors have today strengthened the club's back row with the signing of Blair Cowan from Cornish Pirates. Dynamic back row Cowan, who has made a total of 79 appearances for Pirates and scored 26 tries in league and cup action, moves to Sixways
X Factor star Cher Lloyd has become engaged to her boyfriend less than a year after they got together. The singer, whose debut single went straight to the top of the charts last year, will marry hairdresser Craig Monk. The 18-year-old
CLIFF Richard was a young one once, as this old photograph shows. Taken when the pop star was in his teens and just starting out in music, it was the back page picture of a souvenir programme for Arthur Howes’ Big Teenage Special concert at the former
FAMILY, friends, classmates, teammates and teachers gathered to pay their respects to a kind and caring Pershore teenager who died suddenly on Christmas Eve. Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Scott Holden yesterday at Pershore Abbey
WORCESTER City are looking into a possible ground-share deal with Bromsgrove Sporting for the 2013-14 season. The Blue Square Bet North club have to be out of St George’s Lane in 18 months so that Careys New Homes can demolish it for housing
A GRANDMOTHER from Evesham has been chosen to be a part of the Olympics. Ruth Bull, aged 72, is one of 70,000 people selected from 200,000 applications to become a Games Maker. The former secretary will work as a driver ferrying dignitaries
MEMBERS of Worcester Rugby Club, the amateur set-up based at Sixways, will convene tonight for talks to discuss the best way to move forward in conjunction with the professional club. The amateur club, which owns the majority of the land at Sixways,
SIR – I was very shocked to read that Julie Jones, who used to own the home and garden shop in Cranham Drive, Old Warndon, has suddenly died at the tragically early age of 52. Julie was a lovely, lovely, lady. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
SIR – Your article ‘Life was sweet aboard boat full of chocolate’ (Worcester News, December 16) brought back a few memories. As a young girl in the 40s- 50s, living a few yards from the canal – Park Street Lock – we would wait on the towpath
SIR – About half a million elderly and vulnerable people are being shamefully hit with punishing increases in bills they must pay for basic health care services, such as bathing, cleaning and meals on wheels. The average home care bill is reported
SIR – What does Richard Farrell-Adams ‘We should all be striving to be anti-racist’ (Worcester News, December 28) think he is on about, stamping out racism? What does he think racism means? I don’t think anyone knows any more. So
SIR – I agree with Jean Wilson ‘Once again it is the vulnerable who suffer’ (Worcester News, January 4) about the abuse of the blue badge system and the cost of the new badges. But what really needs doing is an effort to catch offenders using
SIR – Your headline ‘New clampdown to beat the blue badge fraudsters’ (Worcester News, January 2) may seem appropriate. However, reality suggests that beating fraudsters is a misplaced view. I recently looked into the blue badge scheme for a
RAIL users endured a second bout of travel misery in less than 24 hours after a herd of cows got on to the tracks near Ledbury. The herd invasion cause delays of more than an hour to some services this morning (Wednesday, January 11), with
ALMOST 17,500 children in Worcestershire are living in poverty. Parts of Worcester and Wyre Forest are among the most deprived areas in the county – the two constituencies alone are home to nearly 7,300 children living in impoverished conditions – and
WORCESTER City have been handed a lifeline. That’s probably the best way of describing the city council’s approval of plans for a new stadium at Nunnery Way. Councillors voted 6-5 in favour of property giants St Modwen developing the 20-acre site alongside
Parish councillors in Kempsey, near Worcester, have voted to freeze the village’s part of council tax for the third year running. Members voted 7-4 in favour at Monday night’s meeting to maintain the council’s budget at £69,366. There were
MORE cases of a winter diarrhoea and vomiting bug are being seen in the community. Those with norovirus symptoms are being reminded to stay at home and follow simple hygiene procedures to limit the spread of infection. People who feel unwell are again
