A MAN suffered a dislocated collar bone after he was assaulted early on Sunday, 6 May in Malvern. Officers are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened between 2.30am and 3am. The victim, aged 20, was walking along Graham
POLICE would like to Warndon residents after they gave vital information which led to the arrest of a man on Sunday, May 6. Officers were called to an address on Ambleside Drive after a man was seen entering the house of an elderly woman just after midnight
CHILDREN have released balloons to celebrate a new vision for their school. Pupils from Warndon Primary School, Worcester, launched 500 balloons carrying a message of hope for the future of their school. As we previously reported, the school, in Edgeworth
WORCESTERSHIRE’S Thomas Vale has been named Contractor of the Year for the eighth time in the history of the annual awards by the construction industry publication Building. It’s another trophy for the sideboard of the company from Stourport-upon-Severn
A 23-YEAR-OLD man is charged with a string of sex offences against girls as young as 12. Jeremy Pond, of no fixed address but formerly of Worcester, faces 14 allegations relating to seven victims aged up to 15 years old. The offences, all said to have
CROWDS gathered in the sunshine at Top Barn Farm in Holt Heath yesterday to help make a family-friendly fund-raiser a huge success. The family fun day and team challenge was organised by 15-year-old Christopher Whitehead student Adam Kilgallon and his
A MOTORCYCLIST killed in a road crash is believed to have been a young man in his 20s. Police want to trace witnesses witnesses after the fatal accident on the A451 between Dunley and Great Witley which happened at about 5.20pm on Friday, May 11. The
FIRE crews were called to a farm at Broadway yesterday (Sunday, May 13) after a fire involving a large quantity of wood chippings was reported. Fire crews from Broadway and Evesham raced to the scene in Cheltenham Road, and an appliance was also sent
WORCESTER Wolves director of basketball Paul James took a break from the domestic game to coach an England select side to an 88-76 win over Scotland. With the Great Britain team set to compete at the forthcoming London Olympics, there is still a chance
MALVERN’S 2012 Spring Gardening Show turned out to be a blooming success after all. As weather conditions improved over the weekend, about 90,000 visitors flocked to the four-day event on the Three Counties Showground, which was bathed in sunshine
A YOUNG couple who met while studying at the University of Worcester will become the first people to tie the knot at the university’s city campus. Gemma Lawrence and Shaun Hill will marry in the city campus board room, where the British
THIS is a gorgeous walk but it does include a fair amount of road-walking. That’s because I was trying to head west but was repeatedly thwarted by closure orders slapped onto rights of way by Herefordshire Council. Don’t be put off by the roadwalking
THE lure of Malvern’s Three Counties Showground and stunning riding country has tempted two of the UK’s leading show horse producers to move to Worcestershire. Mark Armstrong and Alan Charlesworth began the season with champagne corks popping
VISITORS to this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (May 22 to 26) will no doubt see spring flowers in bloom long after their natural flowering period, while late summer perennials and other flowering plants will be brought forward in artificial
ON the two occasions I met him, which were a while ago now so he may not recall them, Philip Clift struck me as too Bohemian to be a farmer. Sure, he had the pedigree – three generations of the Clift family growing hops in the picturesque Teme
SIR – I am not surprised that Clintons the card shop has gone into administration (Worcester News, May 10). Their prices have always been far too expensive. There are cheaper quality cards available elsewhere. DAVID SKELTON Worcester
SIR – Two Worcester City Council directors have been made redundant as part of a wide measure aimed at saving cash at a cost to taxpayers of £385,000 (Worcester News, May 7). The leader of the city council [Simon Geraghty] said: “There is always
SIR – May I thank all my loyal supporters who did me proud in St Stephen ward in the recent city council election. It has been a pleasure and an honour to serve you to the best of my ability. May I also pay tribute to my two fellow councillors
SIR – It just gets worse and worse. The barmy EU leaders in Brussels are plotting to sign a pact with its non-EU neighbour Turkey to open up Britain’s benefits system. Not only is our welfare state open to all those in the EU, it could now be
A couple who first locked eyes across a crowded dance floor are celebrating 60 years of marriage . Rose and Wyndham Edwards, aged 81 and 87, of Deacle Place, Bengeworth, near Evesham, first met at a dance in Norton when Rose was 18. The couple
SIR – Political prostitution of principles. That is the only way to describe the Liberal and Conservative deal on Worcester City Council (Worcester News, May 10). These parties openly opposed each other in Claines and yet here they are in the
SIR – Re James Goad’s letter ‘Financial woes caused by so many factors’ (Worcester News, May 7). He attacks my position in apportioning blame for our present austerity and doubledip recession (Worcester News, April 27) via my apparent ignoring
SIR – Re your short article ‘University table’ (Worcester News, April 28). I would be interested to know what criteria is taken into account by the Complete University Guide (who are they?) when compiling their league table. According to the
HIDDEN within our letters page, you often find a few heartwarming sentences. They say things like, ‘Thanks to the kind samaritans who helped me up when I fell over last week’, or ‘Really grateful to those who picked up my split bag of shopping
A MALVERN businessman will be taking part in the Worcestershire Way Walk in June in memory of his late wife. Eugenio Grandi will be joined by family members and friends when he tackles the 31-mile dawn-til-dusk walk. The event is being organised by
“OVERKILL” road blockers at County Hall have been replaced after concerns about their heavy accident rate and high maintenance costs. Heavy metal blockers which rose automatically from the ground were removed and a barrier arm system installed after
ALL bases will be covered at Backstage Promotions’ latest live show. Powerhouse three-piece Stone Farm from Hereford play at Drummonds, in New Street on Friday. Fronted by Neil Ivison they will race through a set of rock covers from the 60s to present
WORCESTER Wolves fans’ favourite Carlos Fernandez has agreed a contract to remain with the British Basketball League outfit for next season. Fernandez is the second member of the successful 2011/12 squad to agree a new deal after Sherrad Prezzie-Blue
THE new face of Worcestershire says she will do the county proud. Shereen Angel, a bright, bubbly 19-year-old trainee accountant from Norton, near Worcester, was named the first ever Worcestershire Rose following a tight competition at Worcester Racecourse
EIGHT poems by John Masefield will be transformed by song at an event in Hereford’s Shire Hall this weekend. The Poems and Portraits in Song concert, which is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and The Elmley Foundation,
TAXPAYERS had to fork out almost £200,000 for Worcester’s 35 councillors during the last year, according to new figures. The total bill for allowances and expenses for the city’s elected politicians came to £199,811 – the highest figure on record. The
A HAUL of sex toys worth £11,000 has been stolen from a Worcestershire flat. Thieves took more than 400 items from an address in Gilgal, Stourport, where they were being stored in suitcases by local online mail order company Happy Bunny.
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to increase the size of Worcester City Council’s cabinet by handing a seat to the Liberal Democrats have been labelled “absurd”. The offer, which has been made by the minority Conservative administration, would cost
TWO elderly residents have been evacuated after a fire broke out in the kitchen of their Worcestershire Flat. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to a fire alarm at Rowan Court sheltered housing, in Worcester Road,
The ballot on this article is now closed. The winner will be announced on Monday. THESE are the deserving Worcestershire schoolgirls shortlisted for the chance to win a prom makeover. Each of the four finalists was put foward by her
AN OLYMPIC-themed community games, a new stage and new sports equipment have been made possible in Wychavon thanks to £50,000 in community grants. Every year, the district council gives away thousands of pounds to local voluntary groups and organisations
