THE official opening of a new high-tech visitor centre on the Malvern Hills was a success, say organisers, with more than 250 visitors coming to find out about the area’s geological history. The Malvern Hills GeoCentre is the official visitor centre
AMONG the pink clad runners at this year’s Race for Life in Worcester will be two nine-year-old girls from Pershore. The youngsters, Ellie Parvin and Darcy Bridge, who both go to Abbey Park First School, decided to take on the challenge to raise
A YOUNG man who went out to buy beer for a party was nearly twice the drink-drive limit when he was stopped by police. Jess Smith, aged 21, of Elm Road, Drakes Broughton, near Pershore, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared at Worcester
ALL country roads will lead to Malvern on Friday for the opening day of the first Royal Three Counties Show. About 90,000 visitors are expected at the 70-acre showsite at Blackmore in the shadow of the Malvern Hills, as one of the Midlands premier
Police say they have successfully applied for more time to question three men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The three men, all in their 20s and from Wolverhampton, were arrested shortly after four police officers were injured during
BEN Howard has kept his place in the England under 20s starting XV for their final IRB Junior World Championship pool game against the USA in France tomorrow (5.45pm). The Red Rose coaching team have made 11 changes to the side that lost 31-24
THE leader of Worcestershire’s Liberal Democrats has criticised the county’s bus fare shake up for youngsters – saying it does not go far enough. Councillor Liz Tucker says too much focus is being put on pensioners at the expense of hard-up teenagers
YOUNG dancers are set to prove they have the moves to impress the audience at Tudor Grange Academy tomorrow evening. Seven BTEC Dance student will star in One Night Only after spending two years studying different genres of dance. From street
BRICKS have been thrown at motorists using one of Worcester's busiest roads. Four drivers called police shortly before 7pm yesterday following reports of objects being thrown from either the verge or footbridge over the A4440, Crookbarrow Way.
SIR – In the past year, 20 barristers have pocketed more than £300,000 in taxpayer-funded legal aid. Top of the list was a firm which scooped a whopping £493,022. Surprise, surprise, the firm specialises in immigration, human rights and
SIR – Re George Cowley’s letter about a dragonfly, which has six legs, but can’t walk a step (Worcester News, June 7). For goodness sake, George, didn’t they teach you anything? Why do cows have bells round their necks? Simple, their horns
SIR – It seems A&E departments are falling apart with extra-long waiting times for patients. The Government blames everyone else but its own reorganisation. Now the blame seems to be placed at the door of parttime women workers who
SIR – Your front page headline ‘We’re in charge’ (Worcester News, May 16) with a picture of Labour party members outside the Guildhall, missed the mark. Labour, like the Conservatives, has no overall majority on the council. Its administration
SIR – Re your story ‘12 days off sick’ (Worcester News, June 10). I can tell you why the average of 12 days sickness is taken by council workers. Having served as a city councillor for eight years from 1996 to 2004,I saw cutbacks in budgets
SIR – Those of us old enough to remember black and white films will know that phone hacking is not new. Who can forget the precarious climbing of the telephone poles, dressed in oilcloth and rainproof greatcoats during a heavy thunderstorm
OUT in the country something stirs. It’s the sound of the students from Wildgoose Rural Training, pruning and refreshing a willow structure at Grimley and Holt Primary School, near Worcester. Wildgoose students have supplied horticultural services
A WORCESTER schoolboy trained with England legends at rugby HQ after his mum won a competition. Bob Bray, from Warndon Villages, scooped a place on an exclusive training day at Twickenham after his rugby-mad mum Kate won a competition run by the
A MOTORCYCLIST who was killed in a head-on collision in north Worcestershire on Monday morning has been named. Michael Patton, who was 47, died at the scene of the crash on Crown Lane in Waresley. Mr Patton, who lived in Brinton Crescent, Kidderminster
AN auction of artefacts from Worcester City Football Club’s historic ground has so far raised more than £1,500. Supporters seized the opportunity to take home a slice of turf, or their favourite seat from the St George’s Lane ground on Saturday
CITY athletes excelled at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Schools’ Track and Field Championships at Nunnery Wood Sports Complex. Eight county titles were won by athletes representing Worcester and they now compete in the prestigious Mason
HOMELESSNESS is on the rise in Worcester – with more families struggling to make ends meet. Data to the end of March shows 56 people were put in temporary accommodation after losing their home, compared with 49 just over one year ago. The figures
THE number of people out of work in Worcestershire has fallen. Latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that 9,691 people were claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance (JSA) last month - down from 10,018 in April and 10,561 in May
SAM Smith has signed for Hereford United after agreeing a season-long loan from Conference Premier rivals Cambridge United. The 23-year-old striker, who scored three goals in 20 appearances for the Us last term, becomes the sixth player to join
WORCESTERSHIRE will take advantage of a rare free week in their schedule to step up plans for the forthcoming Friends Life t20 competition. The County’s 20-over campaign begins when Glamorgan visit New Road on June 28, but they are first in action
A BARBECUE which had been discarded in an external bin caused a fire at a house yesterday morning. People living at the house in Besford, near Pershore, had cooked outside on the barbecue earlier the previous evening and thrown it away. While
WE don’t have a match this week, but we have organised a t20 against Shropshire, which will be decent preparation for when the action starts for real in a couple of weeks. We have a few Shropshire lads who have been a big part of our squad for
THE signs are good for the iconic new arena in Worcester – but there seems to have been a change of heart over the name. Originally, when work got under way on the £15 million structure in Hylton Road, hoardings advertised the venue as ‘Your Worcester
THESE four fluffy kestrel chicks have sent their parents and many Worcester people all of a flutter. The youngsters, which hatched last week, already have a head for heights as their nest is perched precariously on a 50ft-high ledge at a city centre
HOSPITAL bosses and NHS paymasters have called in independent arbitrators because of a dispute over cash. Clinical commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Worcestershire, which hold the NHS purse strings, and hospital bosses have been at loggerheads over
A £12 million roads expansion is heading to Worcestershire – opening up the north of the county for a major economic boost. Worcestershire County Council has revealed new plans for the Hoo Brook Link Road, which will connect the A451 Stourport
