The Olympic Torch is coming to the Cotswolds, Evesham, Broadway and Wickhamford tomorrow. Our reporters and photographers will be on the route, bringing you live online reports and pictures. There will also be a picture special in the Worcester News
JUST six people have found work under Worcester City Council’s much-heralded apprenticeship scheme – despite predictions it would help “25 to 30” jobseekers last year. The council has been forced to admit businesses are “counting the pennies” amid efforts
MORE than 4,000 people have signed up to take part in Free Radio’s first Walk of Worcestershire tomorrow. A total of 4,156 people have signed up for the 10.5-mile walk from the Three Counties Showground in Malvern to Worcester Racecourse to
A GROUP of Vale football players were more successful than the England team when they took part in an international tournament in Evesham. Held to coincide with the Euro 2012 football tournament, which is being held in Poland and Ukraine, the event
MANY Malvern businesses and householders are still struggling with slow internet connections six months after a new superfast service was due to arrive in the town. The delay is because BT and the Malvern Hills Conservators have not reached an agreement
THERE will be four more teams competing in the Worcester and District Football League next season as 86 take to the field. Although seven clubs have left the Saturday League, seven new sides were elected at the recent annual meeting so there will again
TRIBUTES are still pouring in for a man who died after being hit by a train last week. A shrine has been set up close to the spot where the body of Jamie Harding, aged 28, was found on the track near Lark Hill Road railway bridge, Worcester. A memorial
WORCESTER City’s efforts to increase their fanbase from within the local community will continue apace for the 2012-13 campaign. In the past two seasons, the amount of initiatives to get people through the gates has increased dramatically and made St
THE body of a man has been discovered in the remains of a burnt out car, found in a field near Worcester. Police are appealing for witnesses after the man was found dead in a car near Ombersley on Thursday. Hereford and Worcester Fire
IT is Evesham’s turn to host the Olympic Torch tomorrow. Crowds of people are once again expected to flock to see the torch relay make its way through the town. The fun starts in the town’s Market Place, with entertainment from 10am, ahead of the torch
PHASE one of Worcester’s pre-season training routine has been ‘the best programme I have seen since I’ve been here’, according to head coach Richard Hill. The Warriors players were the first of all 12 Aviva Premiership clubs to begin their preparations
A TOP school which asked for £6.5 million to rebuild crumbling classrooms has had its request turned down by the Government. Christopher Whitehead Language College in Bromwich Road, Worcester, was told on Tuesday by the Department for Education there
A VULNERABLE couple say they fear for their safety after burning paper was deliberately put through their door. Anthony and Tina Simpson, who both suffer from disabilities and health problems, were watching television at their home in Cranham Drive,
THE clear-up is well under way after the huge storms which lashed the county. Worcestershire County Council’s highways teams received nearly 350 calls on Thursday, with about 60 homes countywide getting flooded. And it was the north of the county, from
FIREFIGHTERS had to remove tiles from the roof of a home in Grafton Flyford after a fire broke out in a bedroom on Friday. The blaze started in a rear bedroom just before 4pm and spread to the roof. Four fire crews were needed to tackle
