A GROUP of Malvern joggers braved wet bank holiday weather to complete a 16-mile pubathon around the Malvern Hills and raise much-needed funds for St Richard’s Hospice. The runners started at the Nag’s Head and their route took in the Foley Arms
PLANS for a major overhaul and extension of Malvern fire station have been sent back to the drawing board. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service wants to bring the building in Worcester Road, Malvern Link, up to modern standards and
TWO fun days at Tesco in Mill Wood Drive, Warndon Villages, Worcester, raised more than £500 for Cancer Research UK. The fun days took place on Friday and Saturday, August 24-25, and a total of £511.83 for the charity, which is the store’s charity
A HUNTING knife was held close to a woman’s neck after a mentally unstable man suggested an abortion for his ex-girlfriend, a court heard. Aaron Wiggett’s former partner Laura Dance claimed to friends that he wanted her to terminate her pregnancy
FIVE summer signings will make their Worcester Warriors debuts in today’s Aviva Premiership opener against Bath at Sixways (3pm). Captain Dean Schofield, number eight Semisi Taulava, prop John Andress, winger David Lemi and centre Josh Matavesi
Statement in full by Councillor Allah Ditta about the Muslim cemetery row: “The Worcester News has published stories in relation to me and my actions at the Perdiswell Muslim Cemetery on 24th August. I would like to clarify a number of issues
A WALKER who dislocated both knees man after falling at the southern end of the Malverns range yesterday was airlifted to hospital. The call came shortly before 1pm and two ambulances and a fire engine were sent to the scene. They had to park
A WORCESTERSHIRE dramatic society has announced the return of its previously successful ‘Open Night’ next week. Ombersley Dramatic Society (ODS) will host the event on Monday at Ombersley’s Memorial Hall starting at 7.30pm. The group
WORCESTER City take on Colwyn Bay at St George’s Lane tomorrow (3pm) aiming to extend their unbeaten start to the season to five games. It has been an excellent August for Carl Heeley’s team with eight points coming from their first four Blue Square
A GRIEF-stricken structural engineer threw himself off a hotel balcony just days after his wife plunged 60ft to her death from a holiday apartment, an inquest heard today. Tragic Mathilde Lamb, known as Tilly, 43, died when she accidentally slipped
FORMER Bristol City and Torquay United striker Tristan Plummer has signed for Hereford United on a free transfer. Plummer, 22, is well known to Bulls' fans following his loan spell at Edgar Street in 2009 when he scored four goals. The
HEREFORD United tackle Grimsby Town tomorrow (3pm) looking to record their third home victory in a row. The Bulls have made a strong start to the Blue Square Bet Premier campaign, taking 10 points from their first five games. Tuesday’s 2-0
UPDATE: Exodus Geohaghon has tonight completed his permanent move from Kidderminster Harriers to Mansfield Town. KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have agreed an initial £5,000 fee with future incentives to sell want-away centre-half Exodus Geohaghon
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a car chase ended up in a crash yesterday. The chase started at about 5.30pm when police officers on patrol spotted a grey BMW M3 driving from Kidderminster on the A449 towards Worcester.
A WOMAN has spoken of the dramatic scenes when a car ploughed into the front wall of her house. Allison Clasen was sitting at home in Appletree Court, Main Street, Pinvin, near Pershore, on Saturday at about 11.45pm when a BMW Z3 crashed into a
A DISC jockey who fixed himself up with a new identity so he could drive while banned has been spared an immediate term in jail. Stuart Cooper changed his name by deed poll and passed a driving test. He then gave his new name of Ben Hackett
A MALVERN-based theatre company is bringing its production of Oscar Wilde’s comedy The Importance Of Being Earnest to Malvern Theatres next week. Starring Corrinne Wicks (Emmerdale) and Tom Butcher (The Bill, Doctors), Middle Ground Theatre
WORCESTER Warriors will hand league debuts to five summer signings when they face Bath in tomorrow’s Aviva Premiership opener at Sixways (3pm). Captain Dean Schofield, number eight Semisi Taulava, prop John Andress, wing David Lemi and centre Josh
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers hope the arrival of Richard Peniket from Fulham will help them to their first point of the season. The Aggborough outfit, bottom of the Blue Square Bet Premier after losing their first five matches, have swooped for the 6ft
SELLING Worcester Crematorium to a private operator could raise £6million – but city council chiefs are expected to keep the service in-house. Bosses are set to confirm they will retain it, despite an independent consultants’ report suggesting
HAVING everything you’ve strived for and dreamed of achieving cruelly snatched away from you at only 24 years of age must be an immensely difficult reality to contend with. That is the situation former Worcester Warriors player Rob Wood finds himself
EVESHAM United are sweating on the fitness of Roland Agbor and captain Tesfa Robinson ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Abingdon United (3pm). Striker Agbor sustained a hamstring injury in last weekend’s 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Leek Town and missed Monday
We make no apology for returning to the same subject we raised in yesterday’s editorial comment – the grave ‘rant’ of Allah Ditta . For overnight the story has moved on apace and seems to us to raise different issues. Yesterday Mr Ditta stood
PRESSURE is mounting on Allah Ditta after a charity which runs Worcester’s Muslim cemetery admitted it had no idea why he was demanding cash from a family whose relative is buried there. Yesterday we revealed how Mr Ditta had threatened to “dig
A WORLD famous flautist is joining forces with an acclaimed orchestra next month. Sir James Galway and his wife Lady Jeanne Galway bolster the ranks of the Orchestra of St John's for their concert at Malvern Theatres on Wednesday, September
An inquest into the deaths of a couple killed in separate falls while on holiday with their four sons in Morocco will take place today. Roger and Mathilde Lamb, from Pensham, near Pershore, were with their children in the tourist resort of Essaouira
MALVERN Town and Bromyard Town meet for a local derby at the Langland Stadium in an FA Vase first qualifying round tie tomorrow (3pm). Stourport Swifts bid to follow their FA Cup progress by claiming league points in their trip to Tividale in the
EVEN though they didn’t have a Wimbledon-style retractable roof to keep them dry, the raid didn’t stop 30 young people enjoying a summer course at Mathon, Cradley and Storridge Tennis Club. Coaches Alex Moss and Mike Buck from Abergavenny Tennis
