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  • Vulnerable woman told to get help for drug use

    A YOUNG and vulnerable woman who kept lookout during a break-in at a Worcester body shop has been ordered by a court to get help for her drug habit. Lauren Harper, aged 20, of Northwick Close, Northwick, Worcester, admitted burglary after she was caught

  • Schemes propose new visitor centres for the hills

    VISITORS to the Malvern Hills could have the choice of two new visitor centres, if independent plans by different groups come to fruition. One is for a visitor centre near the Wyche Cutting, the other for a centre in the grounds of a hotel in Great Malvern

  • Public gets chance to learn more on safety

    WORCESTER’S emergency services were joined by local rescue units as they gathered for a Community Safety day at Pitchcroft. Children and adults enjoyed demonstrations of firefighters rescuing people from smoke-filled areas and cutting cars as they would

  • Diamond pair will celebrate with Queen

    THE former editor of the Berrow’s Worcester Journal and his wife will be able to celebrate their diamond wedding with family, friends and the Queen this week. Lionel and Joan Wheat, of Keats Avenue, Barbourne, Worcester, will be among a select group

  • City back in training for new season

    THERE might be almost six weeks to go before the start of the new Blue Square Bet North season but Worcester City are already back in the groove. The players have returned for pre-season training and the summer break is a distant memory — not that there

  • Road closed after death plunge

    A MAIN road has been closed after a man plunged to his death from a bridge. The A448 Bromsgrove Highway in Redditch is currently shut after the incident happened at about 3pm. The man, who has not been named, was confirmed dead at the scene by paramedics

  • 19th-century county life art to go under hammer

    A VICTORIAN oil painting of a Worcestershire girl feeding chickens is expected to sell for between £500,000 and £700,000 at auction on Wednesday. The 1880s picture Feeding the Chickens features Bessie Osborne in North Littleton, near Evesham

  • It’s time to plan your journey into city for royal visit

    AS Worcester prepares for a very special visitor on Wednesdayh, Royal watchers are being urged to plan their journey in advance. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will visit Worcester for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday as part of their

  • Man is jailed for credit card theft

    A MALVERN man stole a bank card from a vulnerable young woman who let him and a friend stay the night at her flat, and took £90 out of her account. Ashley Dunn, aged 22, of Skyrrold Road and a friend met the 17-year-old on February 6. They went back

  • Man Utd legends kick off town's new stadium

    FOOTBALL returned to the Vale after an absence of six years when Evesham United All Stars faced Manchester United Legends to open the Spiers and Hartwell Jubliee Stadium. Despite the wet weather on Saturday, an enthusiastic crowd of around

  • Gordon moving on says James

    HEAD coach Paul James admits it is unlikely Richie Gordon will be a Worcester Wolves player next season. The American forward was one of Wolves’ star performers last term, helping them to third in the British Basketball League and being named in the

  • Tots given taste of healthy life

    PRE-school tots have been getting a taste of a healthy lifestyle at the Bluebell Wood Children’s Centre in Worcester. The two-to-four-year-olds and their parents were taking part in Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!, a 10-week programme, during

  • Man was on tracks to take his own life

    A TROUBLED man walked off a station platform and down the tracks “to take his own life” a court has been told. James Tasker, 27, of no fixed address, was found by officers from British Transport Police talking to the driver of a train near Evesham, after

  • Warriors appoint new academy manager

    Worcester Warriors have appointed Mark Hewitt as their new scademy manager at Sixways. Hewitt, the former Gloucester Academy assistant manager, will leave his current role as head coach of CR La Vila in Spain to take up the role at Warriors. A former

  • Talks to merge police and council services

    FRONT counter services at Pershore police station could merge with those being provided by Wychavon District Council. West Mercia Police have confirmed that they are in talks with the council about using a hub model at the Civic Centre, Elizabeth Drive

  • Former Inspiral Carpets man about town

    THE man who beat Noel Gallagher to become the frontman of Inspiral Carpets comes to Worcester later this month. Tom Hingley achieved that feat when he joined the band in 1989 and brings his solo show to the Marr’s Bar, in Pierpont Street, on Friday,

  • Eastnor climb to third

    EASTNOR moved into third place in Birmingham and District Premier Cricket League Division Two after being one of few sides to complete a match. Halesowen collapsed to 64 all out in the 23rd over of their allocated 25 against the Herefordshire side, who

  • Relief as flood threat recedes

    THERE was a huge sigh of relief as widespread flooding failed to materialise in Worcestershire despite a weekend of heavy rain. After the deluge on Friday all eyes were on the skies over the weekend and the rising river levels. But despite the heavy

  • Talent scout Hull links up with Warriors

    WORCESTER Warriors have today appointed former England international Paul Hull as the new talent scout at Sixways. Vastly experienced Hull – an RFU Level Five qualified coach - will combine his new position at Warriors with his role as Director of Rugby

  • Just stop and think

    SIR – While out socialising on Saturday June 30, I was overwhelmed by the friendly people and forgotten school pals who I came across, congratulating me on my fund-raising for children’s charities. This became a proud and emotional day and I

  • Mr Cameron is not living in real world

    SIR – Is David Cameron on a different planet? I read recently that the Prime Minister is considering proposals that would see the unemployed lose their benefits if they don’t find a job within two years. Doesn’t he know how difficult it is to

  • At least the vast majority pay taxes

    SIR – According to Tom Edwards (Worcester News, July 2), Worcester City Council have made spending cuts of about £1.4 million over the last two years, but they had to write off approximately £300,000 in unpaid taxes from the public. What a good

  • This is not the time to be penny-pinching

    SIR – You report the deputy leader of Worcester City Council has said that it is not the job of the city council to support “employment for employment’s sake” and that the council leader says the council should not be ashamed in times of financial

  • Was this a deliberate stunt by NHS chiefs?

    SIR – With reference to your article ‘Six attend Alexandra Hospital meeting’ (Worcester News, June 28) with regard to the small numbers attending the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust meeting at the Southcrest Hotel in Redditch. The meeting

  • Frome falter in league

    CANON Frome’s game at Halesowen thirds survived the wet weather but they returned with just two Worcestershire League Division Five points. At Earls High School, Halesowen inserted the visitors in a match reduced to 36 overs and restricted them to 139

  • A dream of a show

    REHEARSALS for the Norbury Players’s annual Shakespeare production, A Midsummer Night's Dream, are well underway. Director Martin Davis has adapted the play to make it easier to follow and more accessible for the public and hopes this will

  • Joy for school as special measures order is removed

    A Worcester primary school has been taken out of special measures. Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School was given the good news after its latest inspection. Ofsted inspectors found the school in St Alban’s Close was now offering a satisfactory

  • Hit and run taxi shattered my leg

    A WORCESTER man fears he may never be able to play his favourite sports again after a taxi drove over his leg following a night out in the city centre. Samuel Campbell was punched in the face twice in an unprovoked attack outside takeaway Shakeeys in

  • Yorkshire test is next for County

    WORCESTERSHIRE deserve their place in the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals after setting up a clash with Yorkshire, according to director of cricket Steve Rhodes. The New Road side, who have qualified for the knock-out stages for only the

  • Fire crews rescue man from house blaze

    FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from a fire in the early hours of this morning at a home in Hallow, near Worcester. A report of a freezer fire at School House on Main Road was received at 2.17am and around 20 minutes later it became clear a man

  • It was great surprise to see that picture

    SIR – What a surprise to see myself featured in the old school photograph on the letters page (Worcester News, July 2). I am on the back row right in the centre. I was Wendy James (now Mason). This certainly brought back memories of my time at

  • Man arrested after Redditch shooting

    A MAN has been arrested after a shooting in Redditch yesterday which left another man in his 30s with serious injuries to his chest and arm. The shooting happened just before 11.50am on Saturday morning near to a snack bar on Nailsworth Road

  • Technology? My boy can show me up

    I BELIEVE there comes a time in any parent’s life when they have to accept their offspring will humiliate them. Usually it takes the form of being out-smarted, out-performed or simply made to feel out-of-date by their child. Like the day when the

  • Thank you for using that old school photo

    SIR – What a fabulous surprise I had when my sister sent me the picture in the Worcester News (July 2). It was a great walk down memory lane. I have listed the names of the girls I remember. Christine Smith used to do my hair when she had the

  • Helping teenagers to make their own way in the world

    FOR young people living in care, many of whom won’t necessarily have had the best start in life already, there are probably choppy waters ahead. They need to be negotiated when the teenager has to leave the relative security of the care system

  • I’m not worried by cashflow situation

    SIR – There are a number of points in your article ‘Health bosses in battle to plug £2m black hole’ (Worcester News, June 29) relating to our financial position that I wish to clarify. Firstly, the £1.9 million deficit needs to be seen in the

  • Mr Cameron is in a right spin over EU

    SIR – David Cameron’s total confusion on whether to hold a referendum on the EU reminds me of the Hokey Cokey – one minute he is in then he is out and then he starts all over again. Frankly, describing him as indecisive and irresolute would actually

  • Fussy? Yes, but at least they get fed

    IN the cosy world I inhabit, parents mostly face two issues concerning children and food. Half of the mums I know report that their toddlers or preschoolers eat them out of house and home. The other half tear their hair out because their kids

  • The Hive has that winning formula

    SIR – I’m writing this letter from one of more than 200 computer terminals in the new Hive building. It is certainly one of the most impressive community resources that I have come across in a long time and a credit to both Worcester and Worcestershire

  • Look, austerity is not the right way to go

    SIR – We are constantly fed the message that austerity is the only way. The historian Richard J Evans wrote recently: “There seems little realisation that cutting government expenditure reduces demand and sends the economy into a tailspin, reducing

  • Blokes get the boot in Labour land: Part Two

    THE last time Worcester Labour Party tried an all-women shortlist it blew up in their faces – but now they’re at it again. Alas, the old adage that people should be selected in politics on merit alone is being torn up once more, and this time

  • It’s difficult to be proud of our city

    SIR – Dr David Tibbutt recently tried to make a point in the Worcester News (May 7) regarding having pride in the city. But how can a citizen of the city and county have a pride when the council of both the city and the county constantly let

  • Modern home scoops award for innovation

    A MODERN home in a dramatic location on the Malvern Hills has won an award for the most innovative building. The building is owned by Steve and Fiona Peet, who transformed an early Victorian house on the ridge near the Wyche Cutting.