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  • Tony gets the message from children for Acorns Triple Run

    RUNNERS of all ages and abilities can now sign up to take part in one of the county’s biggest and most popular fund-raising events. The Acorns Triple Run will be back at Malvern’s Three Counties Showground on Sunday, June 24, offering participants the

  • Man’s ban for attack on partner

    A MAN who attacked his partner in front of their three-month-old son has been given a restraining order to stay away from her and five other people. Wayne Dale, aged 39, assaulted Nicola Wilson in their Droitwich home on Friday, February 17

  • Be a pantomime horse for a cause

    PEOPLE are being invited to join in a spot of horseplay to raise money for charity. St Richard’s Hospice is urging teams of two to take part in their Pantomime Horse Race at Worcester Racecourse on Wednesday, May 23. The teams will gallop over one furlong

  • Drunken shoplifter used distraction

    A YOUNG woman stole from a Worcester shop on several occasions while drunk, a court was told. Kimberley Probert, aged 24, of Laurel Road, Brickfields, Worcester, pleaded guilty to stealing items to the value of £500 from General Store in Dee Way, Tolladine

  • Sonic boom causes confusion - ballot

    A loud bang heard across a large part of the Midlands tonight was from a sonic boom caused by a Typhoon jet, the Ministry of Defence said. Police and fire services in the West Midlands were inundated with phone calls shortly after 6pm from

  • Bridge works begin earlier than planned

    work to repair cracks in an old bridge used by rat-running traffic are starting earlier than planned. Traffic lights have been put up at the bridge which carries Brookend Lane over Hatfield Brook in Kempsey, near Worcester, while engineers carry out

  • Ex-addict stole purse from surgery

    A FORMER heroin addict stole a purse accidentally left on a chair because he did not have any money. Jason Witchard admitted stealing the purse, containing cards, £8 cash and a driving licence, when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court. Sam Dixon

  • Mitchell queries first-class status of university games

    WORCESTERSHIRE captain Daryl Mitchell has added his voice to the growing chorus questioning whether the university matches should have first-class status. The debate was brought into focus last week when Durham MCCU were bowled out for 18 by Durham.

  • Music duo come top in Text Factor

    A TALENTED musical duo experienced the winning feeling after dazzling the judges of this year’s Text Factor competition. Charm, otherwise known as Aimee Browne and Charlotte Humphries, were crowned winners of the city’s biggest singing contest

  • Roof fire in Cradley

    FIRE fighters attended a roof fire at a property in Cradley near Malvern at around 5.15pm today. Two engines from Malvern and a special team from Worcester attended the fire and chimney gear was used to access the roof space.

  • Hill looks to build on home form

    SOMETHING’S got to give when Worcester Warriors and Exeter Chiefs meet at Sixways in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday (3pm). Since the turn of the year, Warriors have made Sixways their fortress and are yet to taste defeat on home soil in 2012. However

  • 'Weapons' fight leads to witness appeal

    A MAN has been arrested after reports of an argument between four men involving weapons. Police were called to a disturbance in Wyld’s Lane, Worcester at 7.10pm yesterday. A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: "Police were called after members

  • Victim of flat fire 'unlawfully killed'

    A MAN killed in a flat fire spent his final few moments surrounded by thick cloying smoke, a coroner was told. Andrew Heath was found dead in the lounge of his first-floor flat in Chedworth Close, Warndon, Worcester, in December last year after someone

  • City decision close

    WORCESTER City could know before the end of the season if ground-sharing at Kidderminster Harriers is an option. Officials from St George’s Lane held talks with Harriers chiefs on Tuesday about the possibility of using Aggborough from the start of the

  • Five youths arrested after teenager stabbed

    FIVE youths were arrested on Wednesday night after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in Bromsgrove Town Centre. The teenager was discovered by police with stab wounds to his back outside the HSBC Bank in the High Street following a disturbance involving

  • A new chapter for town

    A NEW haven for literature lovers in Malvern drew big crowds as it opened its doors for the first time on Bank Holiday Monday. The seeds for the new Malvern Book Co-Operative only came about at the turn of the year when a group of concerned

  • Weekend fixture list

    SATURDAY FOOTBALL WORCESTER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE Division One: Nunnery Wood v Powick. Division Two: Perrywood Res v The Railway Train; Tenbury Colts v Worcester Rangers. KIDDERMINSTER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE Premier Division: Birch Coppice v

  • Fine for £5k benefit fiddler

    A DROITWICH woman has admitted receiving nearly £5,000 in benefits which she was not entitled to. Melanie Austin, aged 37, of Ploughmans Court, Westlands, was charged with two counts of failing to promptly notify the Department of Work and Pensions that

  • Neal unsure over race

    DEFENDING champion Matt Neal admits he has no idea what to expect in terms of success when the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rocks up at Donington Park this weekend. Neal, also winner in 2005 and 2006, heads to the Leicestershire circuit

  • Stolen cars dumped on driveway

    TWO cars stolen overnight during a burglary at a house in Worcester were later found abandoned in Martley. Detectives are appealing for information after a grey 55-plate Citroen C4 and a grey 08-plate Toyota Yaris were taken from the drive of a property

  • Rapist jailed for 11 years

    A KIDDERMINSTER man who raped two girls has been jailed for 11 years. David Hardman, aged 45, appeared in Hereford Crown Court yesterday. He was charged with two rapes, one sex assault, one count of causing a child to engage in sexual

  • New look for Hornby bridge

    A COUNTY railway footbridge which became an iconic structure after world famous railway model maker Hornby used it in a construction kit, has been restored by Network Rail. The station footbridge in the village of Hagley is Grade II listed and was

  • Destiny still in our hands despite loss

    THIS season has been one of the best of my career so far and it’s fantastic for Worcester City to still be in the hunt for the play-offs at this stage. I firmly believe that if we win our last three games we will reach the top five so, to a certain degree

  • Dedicated team helps garden project to grow

    A WORCESTERSHIRE public relations firm has put its green fingers to good use by helping to achieve high profile media coverage for a Comic Relief-style national charity gardening initiative. The team at Whitefoot-Forward PR, based in Hartlebury, was

  • Is any of this your property?

    MOTORISTS whose cars have been broken into recently should take a look at this hoard of stolen property. West Mercia Police is seeking to reunite owners with their valuables, some of which may have been taken during a series of thefts.

  • Join the vinyl revolution at city centre store

    A CELEBRATION of local independent record stores in the city centre is shaping up to be one of the biggest days on music fans’ calendars. Staff at Rise in CrownGate are preparing to make a big deal of Record Store Day on Saturday, April 21 thanks to

  • Envy is a deadly sin

    SIR – To David Barlow, me old mate ‘George, you’re being conned by the Tories’ (Worcester News, April 2). David, I’ve read New Statesman since 1955 – a recent NS headline was ‘The death of Socialism’ – need I say more? It isn’t the Tories’ fault

  • We should fly our flags with pride

    SIR – I agree with the British National Party member Carl Mason saying that our national flag should be outside the Worcester College of Technology (Worcester News, April 4). We must all try to fly the flag of St George and the union jack, we

  • Farmers’ fears on water share plans

    WORCESTERSHIRE’S farmers are worried about falling water levels and a firm’s plans to share our water with other drought-hit parts of the country. Severn Trent Water has struck a deal with Anglian Water to supply it with 30 million litres of water per

  • This French idea makes sense to me

    SIR – I read the other day that there’s a town in France that is giving households which can sustain them two chickens each. They think it will save them money because the chickens would eat the scraps of waste food and the council wouldn’t have

  • The real reason for the rise in stamps

    SIR – Many readers of the Worcester News will be aghast at the unprecedented rise in the price of postage stamps just coming into force. Royal Mail is already in profit despite their claims that e-mails etc are eating into their profits. The

  • What about taking pride in your home?

    SIR – I agree with Worcester resident Mike Taylor’s appeal to enhance the approach to Worcester via London Road, or the Gateway to the city as it is called (Worcester News, April 10). As he rightly says, litter, uneven and cracked pavements,

  • Living within our means isn’t austerity

    SIR – Reading the letters of Labour contributors is an experience of weirdness. It is as if we are in year zero and the last Labour government simply didn’t exist. Parliamentary candidate for Worcester Joy Squires, ex-council leader David Barlow

  • Make savings at Asda? I am not so sure

    SIR – I would like to comment, if I may, on the new Asda store that is in place at the old vinegar factory in Lowesmoor, Worcester. I took a stroll around, but not to buy. How can Asda advertise on TV and say to the customer that they can make

  • Health fears for needle-find children

    THE safety of two parks in Evesham has come under scrutiny after three children came into contact with discarded needles while playing. The two families of the children have faced agonising waits for test results to ensure their children have not been

  • This cruise is taking it too far

    DISASTER tourism is not new. The Titanic Memorial Cruise has perhaps taken it to a new level but every one of us who has visited the site of a tragedy has some experience of it. I have. Last year I went to Auschwitz on a day trip organised with

  • Search for missing pensioner continues

    THE search for a missing Worcestershire pensioner is continuing in earnest this morning. Volunteers in boats continued the search for 80-year-old Robert Allen this morning after police divers were stood down yesterday. Mr Allen's car

  • Car teens in boozy gun rampage

    TWO youths went on a drunken “Wild West” car rampage with BB guns after drinking alcohol and ethanol, a court was told. The 17-year-old boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, both admitted shooting the guns out of a car as it weaved through

  • Am I related to Captain Smith of the Titanic?

    CHILDHOOD memories of being told about a family link with Captain EJ Smith, master of the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic, have come flooding back for a Worcester woman as she prepares to join a city tribute to the 1,500 souls who perished in

  • Orchestra break for schoolgirl

    A YOUNG cellist from Malvern showed she is a star in the making after being invited to join the National Children’s Orchestra (NCO). Genevieve Phillips, aged 13, a year eight pupil at Malvern St James, is returning to the cello section of the

  • Don’t fall prey to the sneak thieves

    POLICE in Droitwich are reminding people to lock doors and windows to protect their homes against burglars. The warning comes after a house on Woodmans Close was burgled over the weekend, after the owners left their front and back doors insecure when