WARRIORS’ team selection plans for tomorrow night’s Amlin Challenge Cup clash with Biarritz at Sixways (7.45pm) have been hamstrung by red tape. The strict player registration criteria of tournament organisers ERC are causing Worcester chief Dean
A JEALOUS lover who slashed his ex-girlfriend across the face with a knife after finding her kissing another man has been jailed for 16 years. Martin Dark disfigured Julie Mullen by slashing her four times across the face, and also inflicted numerous
A DRINK driver who was more than two and half times the limit was caught after she fled the “unwelcome advances” of her sister’s partner, a court was told. Lynn Fenby admitted driving with excess alcohol at Worcester Magistrates Court after she
GRITTERS will be out tonight as temperatures plunge to near freezing with a risk of patchy hoar frost by the end of the night. A precautionary gritting of primary routes will take place from around 7pm and drivers are advised to drive with caution
A NEW era for radio listeners will be ushered in this week when a new digital network is switched on. The new Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) radio transmitters, which will serve Herefordshire and Worcestershire, will be turned on by West Worcestershire
A WORCESTERSHIRE organisation is urging victims of domestic abuse to make use of a project helping them gather evidence against their attacker. The Visual Evidence for Victims project helps people take photographs of injuries or items that have
VEHICLES were seized and a drugs arrest was made during a police sting operation to target rogue traders and dodgy scrap dealers in Worcester. Any vehicles arousing suspicion were pulled off the M5 and given a police escort to Sixways in Worcester
NEWS that children in foster care can stay with their foster families until they are 21 has been welcomed on behalf of Worcestershire’s 652 looked after children. The government announced yesterday that teenagers in England will no longer be forced
AS one of the country’s youngest radio DJs, 13-year-old Harry Sarkar is seldom lost for words. But even he was taken aback momentarily as the start of his regular Saturday morning show was abruptly interrupted when police burst into his broadcasting
WORCESTER Wolves consolidated their position at the top of the British Basketball League with a high-scoring win at home to the Manchester Giants and an impressive victory on the road at Durham Wildcats. Those performances have been recognised
FEARS have been raised that a vital service offering shelter to hundreds of homeless people could become “unsustainable” because of looming council cuts. A petition has been launched to fight for the future of Worcester YMCA as Worcestershire County
FRESH pleas have been made to scrap proposals to cut £3m from public transport in Worcestershire - with passengers making a plea for the city council to intervene. During a full council meeting at the Guildhall, bus user Anna Frankel said it was
PROPOSALS to increase car parking charges in Worcester have been lambasted as a “body blow to retailers” by the opposition Tory group - which is calling for a climbdown. Councillor Marc Bayliss, the Conservative’s deputy leader, says the move would
A FORMER leader of Worcester City Council has urged the authority to “get it right” over a new swimming pool - insisting we must “think big”. Councillor Robert Rowden, who led the council for two years back in 2000, said the city cannot afford
CHRIS Pennell will start at full-back in tomorrow’s Amlin Challenge Cup home clash with Biarritz Olympique (7.45pm) two days after signing a contract to remain at Sixways until at least 2017. Director of rugby Dean Ryan has named a strong side
“WE were magnificent,” was manager Carl Heeley’s assessment of his Worcester City team after their emphatic 3-0 FA Trophy first round replay triumph at Telford United. The Blue and Whites produced an excellent display to sweep aside their Skrill
CHILDREN in foster care will be able to stay with their carers until they are 21 under a radical shake-up of the care system. Teenagers in England will no longer be forced to leave their foster families when they are 18, children and families minister
A COMPLEX of flats near Tenbury Wells was evacuated as firefighters from seven stations tackled a large fire. Around 20 people were told to leave the block after the blaze, at Woodston Oast House, Woodston, Lindridge, broke out at 5.44am today
BUSINESSES owed thousands of pounds are being put off from claiming it back due to legal changes that stop people being able to recoup their costs, according to a Worcester solicitor. In April this year, the limit for using the Small Claims Court
POLICE have reissued a CCTV image of a man they want to trace in connection with an assault that left a student with a fractured skull. The attack took place in the early hours of Friday, October 4 when 18-year-old James Dallimore was approached
WORCESTER Wolves consolidated their position at the top of the British Basketball League with a high-scoring win at home to the Manchester Giants and an impressive victory on the road at Durham Wildcats. Those performances have been recognised
IF there’s one thing better than a silly monster with a funny name, it’s a whole zoo full of ‘em. So this nicely rhymed tale featuring a menagerie of Grimblegraws, Dinglebees and Purple Gurps, not to mention the fearsome Squirgal, is sure to delight
THANKS, cheers, appreciated. All of the above, this week, are driving me crazy. When was the last time you looked someone in the eye and said ‘Thank you’? It wouldn’t have to have been a particularly selfless act on their part, maybe they made
SIR – Meningitis Now is inviting people to pound the pavements and fight the festive flab by running next year’s Bath Half Marathon. The charity, which has almost 30 years’ experience, exists to save lives and rebuild futures by funding research
SIR – So David Cameron is considering banning Bulgarians and Romanians coming here in January from claiming benefits for a year. Well what is he waiting for? It is a step in the right direction – something which should have been in place in
SIR – One of the many stories appearing recently is that of three young women who have successfully sued the Ministry of Defence for £100,000 each. Perhaps they were like our heroic young soldiers, who have suffered horrific injuries or lost their
SIR – I don’t believe these severe cuts to the bus services are really necessary. After all, the council tax has virtually doubled in the last few years. So the council must have more money than say, five years ago, and with all the services
SIR – There may be a case for Worcestershire County Council to cut some of the proposed 88 buses in Worcester (Tom Edwards, Worcester News, November 26), but the 31 route should be the last to go. This service helps passengers to and from St John
A DISABLED single mum and her teenage son say they have been forced to cancel Christmas after the so-called bedroom tax cost them nearly £1,000. Lisa Taylor agreed to downsize to a two-bedroom flat in Quenington Close, Warndon, Worcester, from
THE famous moustache of Charlie Chaplin had new rivals in the form of hospital chaplains during a charity fund-raiser. Team Mighty Movember, made up of chaplains from three county hospitals and RVS volunteer David Eastwood, were among thousands
SIR – Regarding your article ‘Bus cuts special’ on November 26. I recall we once had a bus service Midland red X44. This ran between Worcester and Birmingham, taking 40-50 minutes’ journey time. Instead of cutting bus services the county should
SIR – Deliberations over the South Worcestershire Development Plan and future housing needs for the county have so far obscured the fact that a travesty of local democracy is being perpetrated on the residents of Clifton-upon-Teme. An overwhelming
SIR – In response to George Cowley’s letter (Monday, November 25) Robin Walker has written to you twice and he gets your vote! By jove, you are easily pleased. D.J MAPP Worcester
SIR – Not knowing what a chief executive’s job is I can’t really comment on it but I wish Trish Haines all the best and a happy retirement. However, I do think Worcestershire County Council must never again give a salary as huge as she had which
PLANS have been unveiled for a city farm in the middle of Worcester. The Worcester Volunteer Centre (WVC) is looking into the possibility of a community-led farm which could be used by school groups and the disadvantaged as well as the public.
CHARLES Dickens’ first big break as a novelist in 1836 has a strangely prophetic resonance with modern times. For it was after the introduction of Pickwick’s trusty manservant Sam Weller that the book’s success was assured and - to use present-day
WORCESTER Warriors’ rugby operations director Corin Palmer has left his role with the Sixways club. The former Royal Marines officer has been away from the club on gardening leave for some time and it has now been confirmed he has departed after
