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  • G-Force's big bang theory put to the test

    WORCESTERSHIRE firework company G-Force Fireworks will be going for more glory when it takes on two other companies in the British Firework Series Challenge in Cheshire. The Evesham-based firm will be putting on a firework spectacular at Capesthorne

  • Drugged driver admits death charge

    A 27-YEAR-OLD man has admitted causing the death of a 17-year-old girl in a car crash. Matthew Norcott, of Furlongs Road, Pershore, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Lara Smith by careless driving while unfit through drugs, and causing death

  • E-fit released in hunt for bogus workman

    POLICE have released an e-fit of a man they would like to trace following reports of a suspicious caller in Worcester. On Wednesday, July 11, a man entered a house on Arundel Drive, Batthenall, after the front door is believed to have been

  • Worcester City 1 West Bromwich Albion 0

    WORCESTER City continued their impressive warm-up to the new season with victory over West Bromwich Albion. Mike Symons scored the only goal against a youthful side from the Premiership Baggies nine minutes before the break in a game watched by

  • Link between family and town boundary markers

    A RETIRED clergyman has spent the last 15 years piecing together the story of a family whose links with Malvern span the centuries. And the fruits of Michael Shiner's research are contained in a book, A History of the Clerkenwell Estate and The Boundary

  • Teenager racially assaulted in park

    A TEENAGER was the victim of a racial assault while he played football in a Worcester park. Police want to trace a couple who were involved in racially abusing and assaulting the 15-year-old boy, who was playing football with friends in Gheluvelt

  • County suffer CB40 derby defeat

    Alex Gidman led from the front as Gloucestershire moved into second place in Clydesdale Bank 40 Group A with a four-wicket win over Worcestershire at Cheltenham. First Gidman claimed 3-20 from eight overs after winning the toss to help restrict

  • Rotary raises ‘fantastic’ £15,000 for breast unit

    THE outgoing president of the Rotary Club of Worcester Severn has signed off by donating more than £15,000 to the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign. During the presidency of Allan Scrafton, £15,100 was collected  for the campaign, which aims

  • Wolves face Wildcats in season curtain-raiser

    WORCESTER Wolves will tip-off their 2012-13 British Basketball League campaign with a home match against Durham Wildcats. Paul James’ side, who finished third in the standings last season, welcome the Wildcats, bottom of the table in 2011-12, to

  • Scaling the heights

    TWO year eight pupils completed the Three Peaks Challenge in 23 hours to raise £4,000 for Midlands Air Ambulance and a new sports hall for their school. Abigail Cunningham and Callum Brayshaw, both aged 13, and pupils at St Richards School, Bredenbury

  • Jewellery stolen during burglary

    JEWELLERY worth more than £400 has been stolen from a house while the owners were away for the weekend. It happened between 11am on Friday and 4pm yesterday, in Dilmore Lane, Fernhill Heath. Thieves broke into the property and stole several

  • Youngsters 'benefit from apprenticeships'

    THE deputy leader of Worcester City Council has defended an attempt to create more apprenticeships in Worcester – by saying more and more youngsters are benefiting. New figures show that the authority’s flagship Apprenticeship Bursary programme

  • Man escapes crash uninjured

    A MAN had a lucky escape this afternoon when the car he was driving collided with a tree. Emergency services were called to Chance Lane, Great Malvern, between the B4211 Guarlford Road and Hall Green, at about 1.40pm. West Midlands

  • Mike's banging the drum for charity

    A WORCESTER man was among those drumming up support for a world record attempt in the name of charity. Mike Clarke, who chairs the city’s branch of the MS Society, was one of more than 800 drummers who assembled in Manchester on Sunday to take

  • Hundreds join in fun day for all the family

    COMMUNITY-minded people in Worcester turned out in force for a family fun day. Up to 400 people went to the Brickfields community day held on the King George V playing fields and enjoyed a whole host of entertainment. Mayor of Worcester, Councillor

  • Takeaway assault leaves woman injured

    A WOMAN was knocked to the ground during an assault outside a Worcester takeaway. The victim, who is in her 20s, was with friends outside Shakeeys in Angel Street between 3.30am and 4.10am on Sunday, July 8, when a man walked up to her

  • Our walk in memory of Marilyn

    NINE walkers from Malvern have raised more than £3,500 for St Richard’s Hospice. Team Freedman completed the challenging 31-mile Worcestershire Way in one day in tough conditions. They did the walk in memory of Marilyn Freedman, who was cared for

  • Bulls trialists’ futures decided after Robins clash

    TRIALISTS Lloyd Macklin and Chris Carruthers will both be hoping to stake their claim for a Hereford United contract tonight. The duo are expected to line-up against Evesham United at the Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium (7.45pm) as the Bulls

  • Short stay school ‘under pressure’ from exclusions

    A HIGH number of exclusions from a Worcester school when it became an academy may have put pressure on the city’s failing short stay school. We reported last week that Newbridge Short Stay school was put in special measures after Ofsted inspectors

  • Brady should be able to end his life now

    SIR – I know child murderer Ian Brady is a very wicked man, but I believe he should be allowed to end his life if he so chooses. He has suffered for long enough. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester

  • City turn to Glyn against Baggies

    GOALKEEPER Glyn Thompson is poised to be involved for Worcester City when they host Premiership side West Bromwich Albion tonight (7.45). The former Newport County custodian is being lined up as a possible replacement for James Dormand after he left

  • Grass has not been cut for a long time

    SIR – I READ in the Berrow’s Worcester Journal over a week ago about messy gardens. In 2009 someone moved into Shap Drive, the grass at the front of the property has never been cut, I complained to the council but nothing done. All

  • £100k cannabis factory found in underground bunker

    FIVE people have been arrested after police found a subterranean cannabis factory with a street value of £100,000 in rural Worcestershire. Gloucestershire Police, with support from West Mercia Police and Gwent Police, executed warrants in the three

  • Do you have memories of the Brits in India?

    SIR – I am writing to ask if readers might be able to help me with my research. Last year I started a PhD entitled The Mental Health of the British in Colonial India, 1858-1947 at the University of Huddersfield. I believe that there

  • Harradence claims Pitchcroft title

    MORE than 200 competitors braved soggy underfoot conditions to tackle the annual Pitchcroft 10k. Hosted by Worcester Athletic Club, runners from across the country were faced with a saturated terrain, following the recent rain, but still managed

  • Find out more about twice-yearly reunions

    SIR – All ranks from RAF, WAAF and WRAF or next of kin who served at RAF St Eval between 1939 and 1959 are invited to join the RAF St Eval Coastal Command Association. We have two reunions every year, in April and September and two

  • Public deserves a vote on the EU now

    SIR – The public should be very sceptical about David Cameron’s pledge to hold a EU referendum. After all, both he and other party leaders have deceived the public before! Labour promised one before the 2005 election, as did the Tories

  • We’re ready to face Gladiators challenge

    WE are hoping to beat the weather today and be able to play our Clydesdale Bank 40 match with Gloucestershire Gladiators at Cheltenham (1.45pm). They are a good, well-drilled side on their day with the likes of Hamish Marshall and Alex Gidman as

  • Racecourse to be inspected

    UPDATE 4.42PM: RACING looks a step closer after staff passed the course fit following an inspection at 3pm today. However a further and final inspection is planned at 7.30am tomorrow, the day of the races, due to further forecast rain

  • Club is a victim of the budget cuts, too

     SIR – If David Cameron and George Osborne were in charge of Worcester cricket it would be no surprise that the latest victim of budget cuts at New Road would be the only remaining pedigree player on the staff, Vikram Solanki . After all

  • Floods take their toll - but defences hold

     RISING floodwaters trapped drivers, shut roads and cancelled events but new flood defences in Worcestershire held up in their first real test since being built. The defences that were put up in the aftermath of the devastating 2007 summer flooding

  • Now is the right time for a referendum

    SIR – There is no better time than the present and the right time will never be right for the Europhiles; anyway, it will probably be too late. Cameron (in another classic Blair innuendo promise, to keep our interest, feeding us little

  • Times are changing in our schools

    THERE is much said about the importance of women succeeding in male-dominated jobs so it’s nice for the tables to be turned for once. New figures show the numbers of men training to become primary school teachers has increased dramatically

  • It’s your chance to oppose NHS cutbacks

    SIR – The letter from Dr Ashton, “Let’s get it right about the NHS cutbacks”invites a response, so here is mine. There will be more demand for health services because at least another 20,000 homes are planned in south Worcestershire, the county

  • Rhodes: We will keep on fighting

    STEVE Rhodes will keep faith in the Worcestershire side that suffered an agonising last-ball loss to Leicestershire Foxes last time out in the Clydesdale Bank 40 for today’s trip to Cheltenham to tackle rivals Gloucestershire (1.45pm). Following

  • Is Jesus to be reborn in Droitwich?

    A FORMER Droitwich High School pupil has impressed judges in his bid to become the latest West End star. Worcester-born Tim Prottey-Jones, a finalist on ITV’s Superstar talent programme, has made it one step closer to becoming Andrew