TWO men have been charged with a series of burglaries and car crimes in Worcester. Kevin Bird and Joseph Smith have both charged with two burglaries where car keys were stolen and vehicles taken from the driveway. Bird was also charged
NINE members of staff from Worcester’s two Sainsbury’s stores are off to the Olympic Park in London for the Paralympic Games today. Rachael Brown, Rob McIntosh, Tom Harrison, Chris Weston and Allison Tolley, who work at the supermarket’s Blackpole
A MAN wanted for an alleged scissor attack has handed himself in. Ian Burrows, of no fixed abode, has been charged in connection with assaults on a man and a woman at Magg's Day Centre in Worcester last Wednesday. The 40-year-old
A DEDICATED nurse has said a fond farewell to patients and colleagues after more than three decades at Malvern Health Centre. Practice nurse Mary Knock spent 32 years working at the health centre, which was formerly based in Malvern Link before moving
A MALVERN man stole a pickle jar of cash, foreign coins and cans of beer after he was “ripped off” in a drugs deal. Jamie Dean, aged 23, of Pound Bank Road, admitted the theft at Pickersleigh Road when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court
DETECTIVES want to speak a Stourport man in connection with a number of break-ins at businesses in Worcestershire. Andrew Mark Sadler, aged 26, of Wivelden Avenue, is wanted for questioning in connection with a conspiracy to burgle businesses in
A WORCESTER MP has denied campaigners’ claims he is ‘sitting on the fence’ over a controversial review of hospital services which could result in shutting an accident and emergency department. Robin Walker said it was important to wait for a shortlist
A WORCESTER drummer is going al fresco in his bid to teach the tricks of the trade. Ryan Lerigo-Jones has returned to the area after four years of touring around Europe and teamed up with guitarist Tom Scott, whom he met while studying and teaching
THE sound of leather on willow was replaced by the language of business when 110 delegates turned out for a special event at the home of Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Finditinworcestershire’s latest breakfast meeting took place at the New
HUNDREDS of former students returned to Worcester to be awarded honorary degrees, some of them 60 years after their studies. Students of the former teacher training college, the ancestor of today's University of Worcester , filled the city’s cathedral
WORCESTER Warriors wings Josh Watkins and Ben Howard have been named in the England Under 20 Elite Player Squad for the 2012/13 season. The 32-man group will look to defend the Under 20 Six Nations title in the New Year before heading to France
THIEVES pinched a beloved scooter while its owner was being treated in hospital after she was hurt in a crash. The distinctive purple Yamaha Neos, which has a cartoon bee painted on the front fairing, was stolen from a roundabout in Warndon Villages
UPDATE 4.30pm: All lanes are now open. There is congestion down to J8 of the M50. ONE lane of the M5 near Worcester remains closed after a multi-vehicle crash. The accident between Junctions 7 and 6 affected lanes
A former Upton-on-Severn man has been cleared on two charges of raping a Malvern schoolgirl but been convicted on several other charges of sexual activity with her. A jury at Worcester Crown Court was out for more than six hours before returning
THOUSANDS turned out to see a showcase of traditional country life at this year’s Alfrick and Lulsley Show on Saturday. The sun shone, while the crowds were thrilled by the death-defying aerial stunts of local pilot Richard Goodwin in his Raging
THE relationship of two men who were business and social partners came under strain when their Worcester pub got into serious debt, a court was told. Dean Awford and Mark Satchell, of the Pig and Drum, were being pressed for payment by the brewery
DROITWICH’S Norbury Theatre will celebrate its 50th anniversary next month with its production of an Agatha Christie tale, which was originally published in 1950. A Murder Is Announced , adapted by Leslie Darbon, tells the story of the house
AN HISTORIC Worcester site will become home to a state-of-the-art sports and performing arts centre after it was given the green light by planners. Work on constructing King’s School Worcester’s new SPACE building in Severn Street is set to start
ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster had encouraging words for Worcester Warriors fans after watching them narrowly lose the Aviva Premiership opener. Bath snatched a 24-23 victory at Sixways with the last kick of Saturday’s game and Lancaster
VANDALS have destroyed a riverside town’s award-winning floral displays. Upton in Bloom chairman Jackie Surtees was shocked when she went for a walk along the waterfront and was confronted with the damage. “I noticed there was a piece of flower
RICHARD Hill felt Warriors had ‘shot themselves in both feet’ with the manner in which they surrendered a 15-6 interval lead to suffer last-gasp heartache in the Aviva Premiership opener aginst Bath at Sixways . A James Percival try and six Andy
WORCESTER cab drivers are flouting the rules of the road by queuing on double yellow lines, as these photos show. Up to three taxis at a time were pictured parked unlawfully in Trinity Street in Worcester this month and were taken by sharp-eyed
MANAGER Carl Heeley believes Worcester City are not firing on all cylinders despite continuing their fine start to the season. Goals from Tom Thorley and Danny Glover stretched City’s unbeaten run to five games as they defeated Colwyn Bay at St
BRITAIN’S number one soul band will celebrate 37 years together when they open the autumn season at a county theatre. The Real Thing bring their three original vocalists Chris Amoo, Eddie Amoo and Dave Smith to the Palace Theatre in Redditch
A PIECE of Olympic legacy is coming to Malvern in the shape of a colourful one-of-a-kind statue of the event’s mascot. The highly sought-after Wenlock statue is one of 84 individually created pieces of mascots Wenlock and Mandeville commissioned
WORCESTERSHIRE Cricket League Division One leaders Worcester Nomads were unable to clinch the title as Pershore won off the last ball by one wicket at home to Colwall. The top team posted a monster 306-4 against Redditch with Liam O’Driscoll returning
CLAIRE Cashmore claimed her best Paralympic finish in the 100-metre breaststroke — but she was battling agony and ecstasy at London 2012. The 24-year-old swimmer had three Paralympic medals to her name — two bronzes from her maiden Games at Athens
