SIR - I write with some concern considering the crazy antics of certain cyclists in this city.Nearly every morning I take a walk alongside the River Severn with my guide dog, downstream to Diglis Bridge, where I cross the river and then work my way back
SIR - Chris Jaeger's article in yesterday's Worcester News I fully agree with in respect of noises in the auditorium while a performance is in progress.When I first became a steward many years ago at the Swan Theatre we had a dear old lady who
SIR - As a Worcesterite, Dave Bradley (August 30) I deeply hope our Warriors win all their games.Up Worcester!GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
ABOUT 10,000 square metres of stubble – the residue left on a field after it has been harvested or when it is in a fallow period – in Upton was destroyed in a fire at about 1.15pm this afternoon. The crew from Upton used one hose reel and beaters
SIR - Would regular readers agree with me, that ever since the letters page appeared in the Worcester News the amount of money George Cowley has spent on postage stamps.He could have saved and brought the company?His nonsense letters are more a comedy
SIR - I am writing to say a very big thank you from myself and my husband to all the driver son the Park and Ride buses and the staff in the office that gave out the exit tickets over the years that the Park and Ride has been running.I wish them all success
SIR - It was very sad, Mr Phillpott (August 30) that left-wing intellectuals back in the 1970s defended Communism.Now very misguided.I agree, Mr Phillpott (August 30 the left today in England is intolerant and bigoted.Ed Milliband is a fool!GEORGE COWLEY
SIr - What a laugh!Someone sent me a photo of myself and a Jihadist, marked Both Mad Men!Ho, ho, ho!GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
HE may be plying his trade in the Greene King IPA Championship this season but Worcester Warriors’ Chris Pennell says his England dream remains very much alive. Pennell was one of the success stories of last season in the Aviva Premiership, enjoying
SIR - I don't have grandchildren, Dave Bradley (August 30) but I do worry about my great-nephews and great-nieces future should there be a nuclear war.let us all pray that peace may prevail.GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
Sir - Please, please, please, can Richard Udall get a real job as he is boring the residents of St Johns like me to death with yet more trivia. I see he's now crossed the road from the Co-op and moved onto Papa Johns. Mr Udall, get a life!Bill DavisonWorcester
ALTHOUGH our defeat at Derbyshire was disappointing, I wouldn’t want to swap positions with any other team going into our last two matches. It’s all in our hands and that’s all we can ask for at this stage of the season. We are happy to be the
Sir - I am sure I am not alone in thinking Tom Edwards' piece disrespectful about one of our best known Councillors. The correct way to refer to him is as Cllr. Derek Prodger, MBE.Nevill SWANSON,Worcester
Sir - Re the Copcut crash story:The hatched lines painted on the dual carriageway ,after a previous accident here some years ago, reducing it to a single track,actually made things worse by effectively tightening the curve of the bend at this point where
Sir - Can I say how impressed I was with the city council's new anti-seagull defences! What a spectacular gathering and demonstration in recognition of the 100th anniversary of WW1. Well done to all involved. Mr S JonesWorcester
Sir - One of the Tories brightest hopes, Douglas Carswell. has jumped ship and joined UKIP. He has obviously had enough of David Cameron's broken promises over the EU and immigration targets, and plans to use his experience to help push UKIP to another
ACCORDING to West Mercia Police the traffic enforcement officer in this picture is ‘clearly visible’ to passing motorists. But the man who tweeted this picture disagrees and thinks this really was a speed ‘trap’. IT worker Jack Coombe has criticised
THE roof of a newly-built house in Bishop's Frome, near Cradley, collapsed yesterday evening. Fire crews from Bromyard and Hereford were called to the scene at about 6.45pm and made the building safe by removing brickwork from scaffolding to remove
A CAR parked in Drake Avenue, Worcester, was scratched along its bonnet at about 11.45pm on Thursday, September 4.Any information call police on 101 quoting incident number 0853-s-040914.
STONES were thrown through a double glazed window in Canterbury Road, Worcester, smashing it, between midday and 2pm on Wednesday, September 3. Any information call police on 101 quoting incident number 0373-s-030914.
A BLACK and red BMX and a child’s bicycle were stolen from outside the Heart of Worcestershire College – formerly known as Worcester College of Technology – in Malvern Road between 9am and 12.30pm on Thursday, September 4. Any information
A NUMBER of DIHL gardening tools including hedge cutters and electric drills were stolen from outbuildings in the grounds of the sports centre at Nunnery Wood High School in Spetchley Road, Worcester, between 4pm on Wednesday, September 3 and 7am the
A PURSE was stolen from a handbag which was looped over a shopping trolley in Tesco in St Peter’s Drive, Worcester, between 11am and 11.45am on Thursday, September 4. Any information call police on 101 quoting incident number 0747-s-040914.
A SILVER mountain bike was stolen from a shed in Ombersley Road, Worcester, between Thursday, August 28 and 1.15pm on Thursday, September 4. Any information call police on 101 quoting incident number 0339-s-040914.
JACOB Rowe says Worcester City have broken through a psychological barrier by recording their first win of the season and are looking to climb the table. The Blue and Whites head to Barrow today (3pm) having broken their Vanarama Conference North
THE headteacher of a Worcester secondary school is to step down after more than 10 years in the role. Julie Farr, head of Bishop Perowne Church of England College in Merriman’s Hill Road has announced she will leave the role in April next year.
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are hoping for a bumper crowd of 4,000 for today’s top-of-the-table Vanarama Conference clash against Gateshead (3pm). The Aggborough outfit have cut their prices for Non-League Day, which aims to attract fans of bigger clubs
SIR - Man up Andy Roberts.This Councillor reported in July at a full council meeting that the Solace garden was full of weeds.He has been told repeatedly that he was talking about the general cemetery not the area I tend every week.No apology has been
HEREFORD United will be hoping on-loan defender Delroy Gordon will bring much-needed defensive stability to the team. The struggling Bulls have conceded 15 goals in seven games so far this season, including five against Burnham at Edgar Street
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 0 ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 10 The Second Battalion marched three miles E of Marles. By 9am troops in touch with Germans and shell fire commenced. No 15 Platoon heavily shelled but no casualties. Orders to hold on if attacked
Chapter Six Spies, Lies and Low Life In New York in neutral America war fever was in the air, despite the fact that the United States had no intention of joining in. Expatriates from both sides in the conflict were rallying, albeit
