A VILLAGE primary school is the proud owner of a new chicken coop thanks to the generosity of the local community. Children at St Barnabas First and Middle School, Drakes Broughton, near Pershore, were heart-broken after their previous chicken coop
THE Worcester Flea is returning to CrownGate Outdoor Market in Angel Place, Worcester, this weekend. It takes place on Sunday, between 10.30am to 4.30pm. The free event is on the first Sunday of every month and features stalls of vintage clothing and
SPEED traps will be set up in the county’s largest village over concern that drivers are breaking the 30mph limit. The West Mercia Safer Roads Partnership will be setting up its cameras in Kempsey, near Worcester, over the next three months after councillors
SMASH-AND-GRAB car thieves are being hunted by police after a brazen raid on a parked car. A black Audi A6 estate car had the front passenger-side window smashed in as it was parked outside the Post Office in Main Street, South Littleton, near Evesham
A LATE-night clamping spree at a waterside development has raised questions about the provision of parking for residents. People living in Armstrong Drive, Diglis, Worcester, were awoken as early as 2am yesterday by staff from Berkshire-based Parking
A COUPLE who moved into their first home just nine months ago narrowly avoided injury when a car driven by their neighbour smashed into their kitchen. Vickram Selvakumar and his wife Anuja were in their house in Mabbs Close, Warndon Villages, Worcester
THE sweet smells of spring filled the village hall at the Martley and District Horticultural Society flower show. The event at Martley Village Hall was a showcase of spring flowers along with exhibitions from pupils at Martley CE Primary School. Prizes
A Worcester business has received a £1,000 grant after taking on two apprentices. Dolphin Computer Access, based in Blackpole, is the first business to benefit from the grant, recently unveiled by Worcester City Council, after apprentices Tom Hockney
A CHAMBER choir is offering an evening of tranquillity and mystery in only their second ever concert tomorrow. The 20-voice, mixed group of St George’s Singers will hope to hit the high notes from 7.30pm in St George’s Church, Barbourne, Worcester.
THIS is the man who preyed on elderly people in Malvern and tricked them out of hundreds of pounds. Heroin addict James Horrigan, aged 37, targeted people aged over 80 and used a variety of excuses to get them to part with cash which he said he would
A WIDE variety of music dating back to the 18th century will be on offer at a fund-raising concert tomorrow. Now in its 90th year, Malvern Male Voice Choir presents A Century of Song at St Edmund’s Hall, Malvern College, in College Road, from 7.30pm
HOSPITAL bosses have had to take out an even bigger multi-million loan as they wrestle old debts. NHS chiefs who run Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester were planning to take out a £15 million loan for the coming financial year 2013/
A MULTI-VEHICLE pile up has closed two lanes of the M5. The northbound carriageway was completely blocked earlier but only to allow traffic officers to clear away the debris. Lane one is the only lane now shut, to allow emergency service
A GROUP of Saxon warriors brought the past to life during a special historical re-enactment. The Saxon group Wulfheodenas took over the Bishop’s Wood Centre, Ombersley, near Droitwich, and provided a host of activities for all the family. The Wulfheodenas
Sir – As an ex-pub landlord, I now reflect that the issue of late-night drunken behaviour has become more of a problem since the late 1970s. That was the period when politicians, both local and national and prompted by the big brewers, ventured on a
SIR – Once again George Cowley is talking a load of codswallop. I’m talking about his letter ‘At the end of the day, horses are horses’ (Worcester News, March 22). Horses are animals of great beauty. If they fall and break a leg they are put down
SIR – Re George Cowley’s letter ‘At the end of the day, horses are horses’ (Worcester News, March 22). He wrote: It is very sad that five horses died in the first two days at the racing at Cheltenham last week – but horses are only horses. George, you
SIR – George Cowley is quite right that it was fortunate that no jockeys were killed at the Cheltenham races (Worcester News, March 22). It is, however, their choice to race. The horses are not given that luxury. If a jockey breaks a leg it is mended
SIR – On occasion, Worcester News columnist John Phillpott has alluded to the control-freakery behind local Labour letters to this page. My own experiences may shed further – though not total – light. About the turn of the millennium, when I was
Sir – Many readers of the Worcester News will have heard David Cameron tell us that we are “all in it together” when it comes to getting us out of the unholy mess that politicians and bankers have got us into. The recent Budget has, in my opinion,
A WOMAN has been rescued from a goods lift at a city centre store. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service sent one fire engine from the city to Boots in the High Street, Worcester, after a call at noon. They managed to free the woman within
A DRUG dealer who was seen by a police officer selling heroin in a Worcester street tried to escape on his bike. But Paul Griffin crashed into a wall and was then pursued on foot and caught. Seized were four wraps of the drug while another
It’s hats off to the children of a Worcester school who staged an Easter parade for proud parents. About 120 children from the Warndon Primary School early years centre made bonnets at home with their parents and wore them on a colourful parade. They
WORCESTERSHIRE’S two-day warm-up match against Essex ended in a draw at Chelmsford. The visitors had been set 135 to win the friendly contest from 32 overs but finished their second innings on 101-2. Skipper Daryl Mitchell struck an unbeaten 52 from
THREE top-performing Worcestershire organisations are celebrating after achieving success at the Midlands Excellence Awards. Festival Housing, Worcestershire County Council’s environmental services, and Bromsgrove-based Rimilia, were all recognised.
DETAILS have today been revealed of how people can get tickets for Worcester’s Olympic Torch celebration. There are 10,000 free tickets up for grabs for the evening event, which takes place at Worcestershire County Cricket Club on Thursday,
THE hunt for the killers of a man who died in a flat blaze will see detectives again going door-to-door for more clues. Three-and-a-half months after the body of Andrew Heath was recovered from the charred remains of his Chedworth Close home
petrol stations in the Worcester area are beginning to feel the effects of panic buying, with several running dry yesterday afternoon. Motorists reported that only the Momentum brand was available at Tesco in St Peter’s Drive in Worcester but
WORCESTER Wolves head to Leicester Riders tonight (7.30pm) looking to increase their remarkable winning run to nine games. The in-form University of Worcester-based side are breathing down the necks of British Basketball League leaders Newcastle Eagles
SADLY, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that the Tomahawk has been given the chop by Worcester Warriors. Richard Hill signed prop Oliver Tomaszczyk two seasons ago amid a flurry of eye-catching quotes about his potential to make a huge impact at
FRUIT farmers are predicting a difficult summer as Worcestershire is now officially classed as a “high risk” drought area. A spokeswoman for the Environment Agency said the areas at high risk of drought in the Midlands had been expanded to
THE Blue Square Bet North play-off race is set for a dramatic shake-up after Nuneaton Town were hit with a six-point deduction. Worcester City’s rivals, currently third in the table, have been given the penalty, and a £500 fine, for fielding an illegible
A CAR has crashed into a house in Worcester. The car hit the home in Mabbs Close, Warndon Villages at around 7.35pm last night and caused potential structural damage. No one was seriously injured in the incident but one person who was
LINE-out expert Chris Jones believes the Worcester set-piece is returning to top form in time for tonight’s Aviva Premiership trip to Leicester Tigers (7.45pm). For so many years the cornerstone of Warriors’ successes, the line-out has not been as dominant
A woman who is offering a free prom dress to a deserving girl has been inundated with entries. Sharon Farmer has received more than 500 nominations for girls from schoolfriends or teachers who believe they deserve a treat. Mrs Farmer, who runs Lacewings
