EMPLOYERS are being warned they need to tread carefully when taking on new staff who may still be bound by contracts with their former employers. The alert has come from Worcester-based employment lawyer Sally Morris, who says businesses recruiting
AN exciting £341,000 revamp of part of Worcester city centre is on the cards - with the aim of transforming it into a real draw for shoppers. The city council wants to change the face of Angel Place, saying the area is a key gateway into Worcester
WORCESTER’S dream of a new eight-lane swimming pool is all but dead in the water - after the city’s Labour leadership revealed it wants to pull out. Cash-strapped bosses say “unprecedented” funding cuts means it can no longer afford to pursue plans
A FINANCIAL planner has been named as the UK’s top retirement adviser after beating off stiff competition from across the country. McCarthy Taylor Ltd, which has offices in Evesham and Worcester, walked off with the top award at the National Investment
NEW state-of-the-art defibrillators that can rate how effectively CPR is being delivered have been introduced at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. Staff hope the introduction of the new machines to every ward and department will prove a lifesaving
CRUNCH talks over getting Worcestershire’s fire service more cash at Westminster went well, according to MPs. Politicians say they are hopeful a key showdown between the Government’s fire minister Brandon Lewis and service bosses in the county
JOE Brown tells this amusing anecdote about how Larry Parnes tried to force him into changing his name to one more suited to the impresario’s ever-expanding clutch of adolescent rock boys. After all, there was Billy Fury, Vince Eager, Marty Wilde
HOSPITAL bosses say they are still facing a battle to turn round a perilous financial position. Despite recent improvements in performance, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is now running at £3 million behind its predicted financial position
WORCESTER Wolves star Zaire Taylor is hoping his prolific form continues so he can raise money for charity. The American point guard has vowed to donate a pound for every point he scores during November to the Movember campaign, which aims to promote
CRUNCH talks over getting Worcestershire’s fire service more cash at Westminster went well, according to MPs. Politicians say they are hopeful a key showdown between the Government’s fire minister Brandon Lewis and service bosses in the county
BUS strikes set to take place tomorrow and Wednesday in Worcester have been cancelled, it has emerged. Union Unite has agreed to hold fresh talks with bus operators First, with the stoppages now scrapped so a fresh solution can be found. The
ANOTHER discount shop is on the way to Worcester - with a 99p Stores set to open up at the city’s £75 million St Martin’s Quarter Complex. The bargain retailer has struck a deal to take up two large units totalling 6,740 sq ft of floor space in
WORCESTER Cavaliers fought back from a half-time deficit to beat Oxford University 34-25 at Iffley Road. Five second-half tries turned the game on its head as a young Cavaliers side overcame the students. Oxford raced into an 18-5 lead at the
MANAGER Carl Heeley hopes for some better luck with injuries after admitting his Worcester City squad is “down to the bare bones”. Striker Daniel Nti (hamstring) and centre-backs Shabir Khan (hernia) and Richard Munday (hamstring) all missed Saturday
POLICE hunting for missing prisoner Alan Giles have issued a new photograph of the 56-year-old. The photograph was taken in the last few months and is considered to be a more up to date likeness of Giles, who left HMP Hewell, near Redditch, last
DISAPPOINTED visitors to a fireworks display at Worcester Warriors' Sixways stadium have been offered free rugby tickets after the event ended earlier than planned. The Kids Pop Party Firework display, on Saturday, was brought to an end earlier
“UNCHRISTIAN” plans by a church to impose an ancient tax for church repairs on three parishioners have been aborted. Three villagers in Crowle, near Worcester, were told the charge would be registered against their land – although Crowle with Bredicot
AN INDEPENDENT probe has been launched over whether Worcestershire’s controversial incinerator is ‘value for money’. Your Worcester News can reveal how the Government’s National Audit Office has agreed to urgently investigate the Hartlebury scheme
COMPLAINTS over the state of Worcester’s streets have more than doubled in a year – with councillors saying they now want help from the police. Worcester City Council’s leadership is going to write to West Mercia police and crime commissioner Bill
WORCESTER Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan may still be able to call upon his Argentinian contingent during the Autumn internationals. It was originally thought that, after flanker Leo Senatore, lock Mariano Galarza and hooker Agustin Creevy
MIGHTY oaks from little acorns grow, as the saying goes, and while Warriors are still akin to a sapling being battered by the gale-force Aviva Premiership conditions, there were some green shoots of a recovery in evidence against Bath. The majority
A £15 million pot to help vulnerable and homeless people across Worcestershire is being slashed by nearly 60 per cent, it has emerged. Leading organisations across the county say some services to society’s most disadvantaged people “could end altogether
LOST loved ones will be remembered with a candle burning in their memory during an annual remembrance campaign. The Lights of Love initiative, run by St Richard’s Hospice, gets underway later this month, allowing those who have lost a loved one
