Sir, -It would appear that no one is prepared to stop cyclists riding on the pavements and pedestrian areas? Therefore would the council please install lines of demarcation as I'm tired of bikes trying to park their front wheel in my derriere!C D
WORCESTER Warriors captain Jonathan Thomas will miss Saturday's crucial Aviva Premiership home clash with Sale Sharks. The influential forward was banned for one week by a RFU tribunal for striking an opponent, which led to his sending off at Northampton
THE director general of the national Troubled Families programme visited Worcester to find out about the support being offered to families in the county.Louise Casey met with senior officers from a range of county services including police, fire, health
SERVICES at Malvern Library will be temporarily disrupted while building work is carried out.The construction work at the Graham Road-based facility is taking place in preparation for the relocation of the town's Job Centre Plus to the library building
Sir - Congratulations to the Worcester City Council for the rapid and brilliant clear up after the floods. I drove over the bridge this morning and all the roads were debris free. Very well done! It's good to be able to praise people for a change
How amazed I was that my bin was emptied in appalling weather conditions. This is a true testament to the bin men who work for Worcester City Council and shows we were right not to outsource this work. Visitors from Guilford told me, quite unprompted,
THE response to the recent flooding event in Worcestershire has now moved into the recovery phase of contingency flood plans as the waters recede and clean-up operations begin. Up to now the Worcestershire Silver Tactical Coordinating group has
LONELINESS is twice as likely to result in older people dying early than obesity, research has revealed. Figures released by the University of Chicago found older people with feelings of extreme loneliness were 14 per cent more likely to suffer a premature
I saw this beautiful bright double rainbow at the top of Perdiswell Street, Northwick, Worcester, today. Submitted via text (WN News 80360) by Sam Joesbury-Clarke, Barbourne, Worcester.
CHILDREN living in a village with no pre-school provision will soon have a place to call their own, thanks to two generous grants.Callow End CE Primary School is gearing up to open its pre-school on Wednesday, April 30 after it received a vital grant
RESIDENTS of the new Malvern Vale estate are inviting people to share a cuppa with them when they celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight.The Malvern Vale Community Association is holding a Traidcraft Big Brew event next Friday, February 28, to help farmers in
FARMERS and landowners are being invited to get to grips with social media websites.The Country Land and Business Association is hosting a special training session at Sixways Stadium, the home of Worcester Warriors, on Friday, March 14 with social media
AN MP has praised a Worcester business for helping support literacy goals.Robin Walker visited the Free Book shop in the Lychgate Shopping Centre behind Cathedral Plaza and heard about how the shop rescues books that would otherwise be pulped from publishers
A HEALTH leadership programme will be rolled out as part of a regional pilot course.Health Education West Midlands, the body responsible for educating and training health and public health workers, has asked West Midlands Ambulance Service to extend its
MORE time is needed to develop plans which could see funding for services for vulnerable people in Worcestershire slashed by more than half, a senior council member has said. Worcestershire County Council’s Future Lives consultation involves an
WORCESTERSHIRE businesses are being urged to suggest how the Treasury could simplify the tax system to help the UK be more competitive. Andy Richens, technical tax director of accountants Bishop Fleming, which has an office in College Yard, next to Worcester
POLICE have stamped out the largest ever cannabis factory found in Herefordshire worth almost £1 million.Two men were arrested after the huge cultivation of 2,180 cannabis plants and associated growing equipment was discovered in the former Royal
A CRUNCH decision which could see Worcester lose one of its two 24-hour fire engines has been delayed. Plans to save Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service £4 million – decreased from the previously forecast £4.7 million – by cutting front-line
IT'S a long walk to the beach from Worcester, but one city company is playing a valuable part in recording the behaviour of the seas around the UK. Caption Data, of Brindley Road, has supplied its vibration monitoring equipment to Plymouth University
A WORCESTER charity which supports deaf and hard of hearing people is offering lipreading classes.With one in six people experiencing hearing loss, it can become harder to understand and talk to people, even family members, and can lead to people feeling
Bewdley Bridge is expected to reopen at 2.30pm today, Worcestershire County Council has confirmed.
A SITE manager was presented with an award for excellence as his latest showhome was unveiled to the public. Nick Edmond, who works for Bellway Homes, received a quality award from the National Housing Building Council at the launch of Newland Manor
A WORCESTERSHIRE MP has urged councils to reach swift deals on house building in the county - and says all areas must take a hit for the common good. Conservative Peter Luff, who represents Mid-Worcestershire, has refuted claims from politicians
ENGLAND women’s head coach Gary Street has made seven changes to the team that defeated Scotland for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Ireland at Twickenham (6.20pm). In a must-win match against the defending Six Nations Grand Slam champions
A MAN from Stoke-on-Trent with links to Worcester, who was yesterday (Tuesday) feared missing, has been found safe and well. Gary Jennings was found in Stoke late last night and police would like to thank the public and media for their assistance
A DISGRACED former church warden and parish councillor who was jailed for a string of sex offences against young boys yesterday failed in a Court of Appeal bid for freedom. Michael Allfrey, now 71, of Hereford Road, Storridge, near Malvern, was
HYLTON Road has reopened to traffic after being closed by flooding for several days. Drivers are urged to take special care as flood defence equipment is still around and the lanes are narrow.
THERE are certainly more relaxing ways of spending a weekend, but when you're young and fit you tend to do daft things. Although at least the efforts of the lads from the Recruitment Company Midlands Ltd in Worcester were aimed at charity. In torrential
Sir - If ever there was a reason for the public to get behind a campaign for a third road crossing of the Severn, then the now is the time. In 2000, 2007 and now 2014 the City has been paralysed. There is an equivalent paralysis taking place in the councils
THERE'S a new name on a door at the Worcester-based Medical Accident Group, the national legal practice focussing on the UK clinical negligence and major injury markets. A fast-growing subsidiary of the long-established, full service law firm Harrison
HUNDREDS of cannabis plants have been discovered by police in Evesham leading to the arrest of two people.The large cannabis cultivation set up was uncovered after information was received from the community.Officers from the Evesham Safer Neighbourhoods
THE penalty points system for taxi drivers in Worcester is being changed - so politicians have less control over unruly cabbies. In a bid to save money, Worcester City Council wants to slash the number of committee meetings where drivers face punishment
A TEENAGER from a Worcestershire school has been celebrating after winning a national award for her GCSE grades.Emily Allen, who did her exams at Bowbrook House School in Peopleton, was presented with the Whitbread Memorial Prize this month.The 16-year-old
AS we prepare to face Sale Sharks on Saturday, we have to play every game now as if it's our biggest. If we do that, we have got a chance of staying up and that's what we've done in the last two games against Northampton and Leicester. The
A man barricaded himself into a gym and refused to come out after bailiffs arrived to take away gym equipment. The man parked his car in front of the front door and piled wooden pallets inside the door at the Fitness Rooms Health Club on Sherriff
THERE'S a new centre in Worcester for sportsmen and women to get back on the good foot. David Lloyd sports and fitness Club at Sixways, is joining forces with Worcestershire Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Clinic to launch a new, integrated physiotherapy
THEY may be more than 1,100 miles from their destination, but two determined sailors are not giving up on their challenge to row across the Atlantic in memory of a close friend. Hannah Lawton, aged 25, a coach at Worcester Rowing Club, and her
WORCESTERSHIRE'S £20 million faster broadband project has come under fresh attack - with politicians claiming taxpayers deserved a better deal. During fiery exchanges in a Worcestershire County Council meeting, the Conservative leadership was asked
WORCESTER is getting ready for the big clean-up as water levels start to fall following some of the highest floods in living memory.City mayor Pat Agar paid a visit to some of the workers as they used power washers to clean the roads and pavements outside
DEAN Ryan believes Worcester Warriors can end their season-long wait for an Aviva Premiership victory if they replicate the efforts shown against Northampton and Leicester. Warriors' bid to avoid relegation sees them take on Sale Sharks at Sixways
