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  • Police crackdown on festive disorder

    POLICE have drawn up early plans to help prevent incidents of drunken disorder during the Christmas and new year festive season. The Christmas Presence operation gets under way from the end of this month, continuing through to New Year’s Day.

  • Society beauty back home after 200 years

    A TRAGIC beauty who wooed crowds in London and beyond has been returned to her marital home in Worcestershire more than 200 years after her death. Born in 1733, Maria Gunning was the first wife of the 6th Earl of Coventry, and was heralded across

  • Two charged with £11,000 jewellery theft

    TWO men will return to court next year in connection with the theft of jewellery worth about £11,000. The charges relate to a burglary which happened between 3pm and 3.25pm on Monday, November 25 in Homestead Avenue, Wall Meadow, Warndon Villages

  • Staff to be banned from smoking at Worcestershire hospitals

    STAFF at hospitals in Worcestershire will be banned from smoking anywhere on site under measures approved today. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals’ NHS Trust backed the idea which will see patients and visitors still allowed to light up for the time

  • Needy left to battle in the computer age

    EFFORTS to transform Worcestershire County Council into a “digital” organisation have been criticised because of fears vulnerable people could struggle to access computers. Politicians are concerned that staff and the public will find it difficult

  • Worcester energy company npower to cut 1,400 jobs

    ENERGY giant npower - one of Worcester's largest employers - is to cut 1,400 jobs in call centres across the country. The company is expected to announce today (Thursday) plans to outsource call centre jobs to a third party in the UK while back

  • Setting out stalls for Victorian fayre

    STUDENT entrepreneurs from all over Worcestershire will gather in the cloisters of Worcester Cathedral on Saturday hoping for divine assistance for their projects. As part of the not-for-profit business and education charity Young Enterprise, they

  • Open verdict given for man killed on M5

    A CORONER has recorded an open verdict into the death of a man killed on the M5 in Worcestershire. John Wood, of Birch Mews, Adel, Leeds, died after being struck by a lorry on the southbound carriage of the motorway near junction 6 at around 7.45am

  • Police link series of break-ins

    POLICE are linking a series of three break-ins that happened at the weekend. The properties in Camp Hill Road, off London Road, Stanley Road, off Wyld’s Lane, and Henry Street, off St George’s Lane North, were targeted on Saturday, November 23.

  • Elderly who need help face postcode lottery

    THE cost of personal care at home in Worcestershire is among the highest in the country as pensioners face a postcode lottery. The hourly cost of personal care in the county is £20.60 an hour, the third highest for a council in England and Wales

  • Women’s pride as they are rewarded for efforts

    TWO Worcestershire women have been awarded British Empire Medals for their combined service of more than 70 years to help their communities. Jennifer Jester and Muriel Lanman were presented with the honours by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire

  • Council backing for housing merger in Worcester

    A £75m merger of two new housing associations has been accepted by Worcester City Council - despite furious disagreements at the Guildhall last  night. A bid to merge Worcester Community Housing and Festival Housing has been voted through despite

  • Worcester City Council accepts the Living Wage

    THE poorest paid council workers in Worcester have finally secured a decent salary - with the city council agreeing to pay the Living Wage for the first time ever. From January 73 workers will get a pay rise of 21 per cent, with the lowest paid

  • ‘Nightmare’ rapist who went on run escapes life in jail

    A MAN who broke into a woman’s home and raped her before going on the run in Worcestershire has avoided being jailed for life. Despite having a previous conviction for attempted rape of an 83-year-old woman, also in her own home, Daniel McGrath

  • Teens spearhead war against abuse

    THREE teenagers took over the running of a programme supporting young people in abusive relationships in the West Mercia area last week. Melissa Craig, aged 16, along with Sophie Box and Jess Haverly, both 17, spent the day in charge of the CRUSH

  • City boss delight at player effort

    WORCESTER City manager Carl Heeley highlighted the work-rate of his team following their goalless draw against Guiseley. The Blue and Whites moved up to 18th in Skrill North with last night's stalemate at Aggborough and made it four points from

  • Country retreat is just perfect for great escape

    BOUTIQUE accommodation at an estate near Worcester has been nominated in the best newcomer category of the inaugural awards of members-only travel club Voyage Privé UK. The Laughern Hill Estate, a five star AA-rated guest acc-ommodation and wedding

  • Moeen impresses for England

    MOEEN Ali made an impressive start to his England Performance Programme tour of Australia, hitting 83 on day one of the game with a Queensland XI in Brisbane. The Worcestershire batsman, who will be keen to press his claims for a place in the full

  • Moeen has the chance to step up England claims

    MOEEN Ali may have thought his opportunities to play for England had come and gone — but England and Wales Cricket Board performance director David Parsons believes he could be ready to make the long-awaited step up. The 26-year-old is a former

  • Trevor captures life in the deepest of depths

    THESE striking photographs taken by a Worcestershire scuba diver have won acclaim at a national awards ceremony. Trevor Rees’ underwater photography, featuring creatures from the deep on the British coastline, has been highly commended in the British

  • The Nutcracker/Birmingham Royal Ballet

    FATHER Christmas may indeed be adept at cramming a year’s work into just one day of the year but we should remember that his brief time of toil can only get started once the Birmingham Royal Ballet signals the official start of the Yuletide season

  • Retired policemen step back to 1930s for photograph

    AT the back of Worcester’s historic Guildhall, three retired policemen proudly show off their brand new three-wheeled Morgan car. And coincidentally, that was also the setting for a photograph taken in 1930, featuring the very first police car

  • Goddard’s boot seals points for Worcester

    WORCESTER completed a double over Lichfield in the Women’s Premiership with a narrow 20-17 away victory. The visitors’ inconsistent form was once again on view and they were forced onto the back foot in the early stages by a Lichfield side determined

  • Crash closes two lanes of the M5

    A CRASH left two lanes of the M5 closed and caused delays for commuters this morning. Traffic has now returned to normal following the incident, which involed five cars, on the northbound carriageway between J6, for Warndon Way, Worcester and J5

  • Drunken driver 'sorry' for crash which left pal in coma

    A DRIVER high on drink and drugs who crashed his girlfriend’s car, leaving his friend fighting for his life in a coma, has been told he faces jail. Christopher Knowles appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court on Monday facing multiple driving charges