GARETH Andrew and Moeen Ali shared seven wickets as a disciplined Worcestershire bowling display restricted Kent to a first-innings lead of just five runs on day two at New Road. One of the County’s main problems last term was letting sides off
A VILLAGE tea room has helped a woman living with cancer tick off an item on her bucket list.BBC correspondent and television reporter Helen Fawkes is aiming to complete 50 things on her list after being diagnosed with inoperable ovarian cancer and this
A Gigantic banner welcomed the landlord of The New Inn on Ombersley Road, Worcester back home after he completed the "gruelling" London Marathon. Scores of messages of support from family, friends and the pub's customers helped Keith Newby make
PATIENTS across Worcestershire and Herefordshire have heaped praise upon a service offering free abdominal screening.The Worcester Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening programme is offered to all men in the two counties when they turn 65 –
A HIGHLY visual and unusual production is heading out on the road.Malvern-based contemporary theatre company Reaction Theatre Makers tells the story of a fisherman who walks into the sea and a ventriloquist who is sitting on the beach with her dummy in
A CITY council error has forced views on multiple occupancy properties to be sought for the second time.Worcester City Council says a possible mistake appeared in its online consultation which has meant they plan to re-run the public consultation on whether
CHILDREN will be able to enjoy Easter activities influenced by Edward Elgar's childhood music at the Birthplace Museum in Lower Broadheath. The Wand of Youth will keep young people amused with events drawn from the composer’s Wand of Youth.
THE inaugural Upton Food and Beer Festival has teamed up with the Tug of War Association to provide a Tug of War contest at the event which takes place in the riverside town's Fish Meadow from Friday to Sunday, June 27-28.The contest will be held
A WORCESTER runner smashed her target in this weekend's London Marathon finishing the race in 3 hours and 39 minutes. Sophie Booth, who is a management accountant at Your Worcester News, had been expecting to run the race in about 4 hours 30 minutes
THE blues sounds of a Malvern-based band are once again in the running for some prestigious awards.BabaJack, who are based around the talents of Becky Tate and Trevor Steger, already find themselves nominated for a brace of titles at the British Blues
REBECCA Harris, the 26-years-old marketing executive from Fernhill Heath, near Worcester, who beat footballer Robbie Savage in a climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, completed the London Marathon for the first time in a creditable 5hours 1min."
A LAST minute rehearsal saw the hustle and bustle of New York city rub shoulders with the 1950s American dining experience. Some of the cast of Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society's production of Guys and Dolls tucked into a run through at
WORCESTERSHIRE Local Enterprise Partnership has joined five other LEPs in the West Midlands to present a unified vision for transport investment across the region. A joint statement identifies steps such as investment in the road and rail network, improving
A PRIVATE company run by two brothers from Pershore has taken over the outdoor education centre at Upton Warren, near Droitwich from Worcestershire County Council. A 20 acre lake alongside the A38 road offers a range of high quality water sports instruction
A PROLIFIC shoplifter has been banned from a number of retail parks and stores in Worcester. Keighley Harris, 21, has been told she can't enter the Elgar and Blackpole retail parks, both in Blackpole Road, for the next two years. The
RECENT changes to the Legal Aid system are causing concern in cases involving children. In the last ten months only eight cases for funding were granted from 617 applications in exceptional need cases."This is leading to many more litigants in person
THIEVES have unsuccessfully tried to rip out a freestanding cash machine in Barnard's Green, Malvern this morning. A metal cable was attached to a Mitsubishi, believed to be a L200, as the would-be thieves tried to pull the machine out of the ground
ENGINEERING students at Worcester College of Technology have been given a boost by a donation from Worcester Electric Club, which is switching off after 66 years. Formed in 1947, the club has now decided to close down and give its remaining funds to
SMUDGE is a big seven-year-old black and white male who is looking for a new home.He is friendly and likes the comforts of home, but also enjoys going outside.Smudge has been in care for a while now and is desperate for a home with an experienced owner
EMPLOYEES looking to use the new ACAS pre-claim conciliation service need to be careful, a Worcester employment expert has warned. Helen Moore of Quality Solicitors Gordon Lutton said that although the scheme appears sensible there could be problems
WORCESTERSHIRE Wildlife Trust has scooped an award in an inaugural competition run by the River Restoration Centre and the Environment Agency.The county-based conservation charity beat many other projects to win in the Value for Money Project category
A RADIO presenter will be taking to the airwaves of a different kind as he leaps from an aeroplane to raise cash for charity. Liam Cash, head of music and voice of the breakfast show at Worcester's Youthcomm Radio and drive time presenter on Sunshine
THIS year should mark a turning point for ambitious Worcestershire businesses, as they look to capitalise on the UK economic recovery to invest in growth, according to HSBC’s new Business of Growth report, which highlights the constant upwards revision
Sir - I was sorry to read in Allcia Kelly’s article (Worcester News 10th April) that Mrs.Angela Beddow,(after four months of secrecy by the authorities) has left Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School.I wish her well, but it is disgraceful that parents
THE accolade of Worcestershire's first ever "solicitor of the year" has gone to Lesley Bartlett, head of the family law team at HallmarkHulme, Worcester's oldest law firm, where she is also a partner. Her success was announced at Worcestershire
DESPITE Warriors conceding three tries in the opening 25 minutes to all but hand victory to Exeter, Dean Ryan insists his team did not make a slow start to the game. The bullish Sixways director of rugby was adamant Worcester had dominated the
TWO people have been arrested in connection with three suspected distraction thefts on "vulnerable victims" following a police sting operation in Worcester. We reported last week how 38 vehicles were pulled over at Sixways Stadium as part of an
A SCHOOL has been accused of taking health and safety rules to the extreme — after an eight-year-old boy was banned from carrying his cough sweets. Shocked Duncan Lawrence said his eight-year-old son Jake wanted to have the Halls Soothers with
WORCESTER City boss Carl Heeley has built his side’s recovery on a mean, determined defence. They were within 20 seconds of another shut-out at Workington’s Borough Park when the struggling hosts snatched the winner from a free-kick. Heeley
3:40pm Click here to read the full story 1:05pm So, results being what they were at the weekend, Worcester Warriors can still escape relegation... Can they do it?
AFTER Newcastle Falcons’ 40-12 hammering at London Irish yesterday, the Aviva Premiership survival shoot-out sees Warriors seven points adrift with three games to go. Dean Ryan’s men took two bonus points from their 38-33 defeat to Exeter Chiefs
