IT was an emotional evening for Mike Layland who received the Freedom of Worcester in front of family, friends and dignitaries at The Guildhall tonight. Mr Layland was presented with the framed ornate scroll by mayor cllr Alan Amos before 16-year-old
A BUNGALOW in Bath Road, Broomhall was stripped of radiators and copper pipes.It happened between Wednesday and Saturday when the bungalow was empty.Anyone with information should call 101 quoting reference number 0446s 191014.
A LIFE prisoner threatened to cut off a woman's head and film the attack after becoming frustrated over lack of progress on his parole. Convicted arsonist David Morgan of HMP Long Lartin, South Littleton, near Evesham, admitted making a threat
A PURSE was stolen from St Leonard's Church, Newland, Malvern on Sunday morning.A description was given of a 'chubby' man, about 5'2" with tattoos on his arms who was wearing a blue coat.Anyone with information should call 101 quoting
HUNDREDS of car enthusiasts gathered on a city centre car park while others took part in street racing along the A4440 during a police crackdown on boy racers. Cattle Market car park was swamped by around 300 "boy racers" attending an ad hoc meet
MOBILE library users can talk to the county council about proposed changes to the routes and stopping off points of the service at a series of meetings.Councillor Lucy Hodgson, county council cabinet member for localism and communities will be joining
A FAMILY has raised £603 for Worcestershire Royal Hospital’s chemotherapy suite in recognition of the excellent care their relative received on the unit. Simon, Jayne and Clive Dulson, of Tenbury Wells, donated the cash to the Rowan Suite
A NEW book is to be published by Bromyard and District Local History Society.A History of Edvin Loach, by Allan Wyatt, will be published by the society and launched on Saturday (October 25).The launch will take place at the Local and Family History Centre
A MAJOR £200,000 revamp has been proposed for a "tired" looking crematorium and cemetery in Worcester.Councillors are to be asked to back a major revamp of Astwood Crematorium and Cemetery.Worcester City Council’s Cabinet will next
THE CAST of Mack and Mabel prepare for opening night with a visit to Detroit's Diner in Castle Street.Tickets are still available for WODS' show, which opens at the Swan Theatre on Tuesday (October 21), following the life of silent movie director
A CITY lap-dancing club has secured a sexual entertainment venue (SEV) licence to allow it to continue trading next year.The Licensing Sub-committee met in the Guildhall yesterday to discuss the application for the licence for Black Cherry, a gentleman
AN ARMY veteran from Worcester who overcame cancer to become a prolific fundraiser will complete the Blind Veterans UK 100km challenge next year.Andrew Graham, 51, of St John’s, was given only three months to live after being diagnosed with terminal
IT is now official - a popular meals on wheels service which is a lifeline for elderly and vulnerable people has been saved at the 11th hour.Link Homecare has come to the rescue of the popular service and has now confirmed they will provide a replacement
FELT tip pens and crayons were at the ready as youngsters from Acorns Children's Hospice join professional artists for exhibition. Mandie Fitzgerald, Acorns' community fundraising officers for the three counties, visited Blue-Ginger Gallery, Cradley
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after being freed from an overturned car in Dilmore Lane, Fernhill Heath this afternoon.The woman, who is in her 60s, was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital for a precautionary check but is not believed to be badly injured.A
RAMBLERS can enjoy a walk, treasure hunt and lunch on Thursday (October 23).Worcester Ramblers has organised the day of activities, starting from 10.30am.Anyone interested in attending should meet up at The Paul Pry in The Butts, Worcester at 10am.The
VISITORS have just 10 days left to attend a First World War exhibition at Malvern Museum.The show finishes on October 31.
A MALE voice choir from the Ukraine are set to perform in Malvern.The internationally acclaimed Boyan Ensemble of Kiev will take to the stage at the Great Malvern Priory tomorrow night (October 21).Proceedings kick off at 7.30pm and tickets can be bought
A LUNCHTIME talk will be held at Great Malvern Priory at 1pm on Thursday (Oct 23).Robin Radley will give the speech, called an Indian Update.Entry is free and anyone attending is encouraged to bring their own lunch to eat at 12.30pm.
POLICE are appealing for witnesses who may have seen two cars that were involved in a collision on Friday night and a van also on the scene at the time. The crash, which took place on the B4090 near Droitwich on Friday night shortly around 6.50pm, left
SHOPPERS were surprised when a barbershop quartet and a mariachi band jumped out of a giant purple vending machine. The machine, which was the height of a double-decker bus, was set up at the Homebase store in Elgar Retail Park, Worcester.
A WORCESTER man has cycled almost 500km to Kleve, Germany, in support of St Richard’s Hospice.Lyndon Bracewell, of Spetchley, took on the four-and-a-half day challenge in memory of his mother and has raised £2,500 for the care charity.He was
A NUMBER of sessions to help people living with Asperger syndrome will be held in Worcester.Bespoke counselling groups, run by ASPIE, will work with adults living with Asperger to help improve mental health and wellbeing and to stop them turning to alcohol
TODAY the Worcester News publishes the second of two souvenir specials celebrating the first day at school for local children. Our professionally taken photographs capture all the nerves and excitement of the first day in the classroom. All
SELF-SERVICE checkouts aren't that difficult. You might be forgiven for believing they are, with the amount of time it takes people to swipe through a handful of items. From my experience in an unnamed supermarket this week, you would think
IT IS time to pack away the short sleeved tops and shorts as the unseasonably good weather makes way for ex-Hurricane Gonzalo. It will be a rude awakening for people in Worcestershire who have been enjoying a warm October as high winds and showers
Sirs - The Mercian Regiment celebrate their forebears, the Worcs Regiment, with a commemoration at Gheluvelt Park, on October 31st. However, I’m amazed Worcester Council won’t send delegates to the Belgian town of Gheluvelt’s 100th year
BUSINESSES are being urged to join a scheme which matches students with work experience opportunities.Backed by all 29 Worcestershire schools, the initiative was launched earlier this year and has now got more than 150 businesses signed up.West Worcestershire
Sir - Yvonne Birchall (Worcester News 17th October) admits her fellow anti live export protestors shout and scream through megaphones and make threats to the drivers and their families.She accepts they hit and kick the livestock lorries entering the Ramsgate
AN open day is being held for a Heritage Lottery project which aims to create a "history map" of the villages of Great Witley and Little Witley.The Witleys Oral History Group volunteers have started recording interviews with local residents
THREE thieves dropped packets of fireworks as they were disturbed at a business in St John's. The men took three packs of fireworks from a wall display inside a shop at about 10pm on Tuesday (October 14). Fortunately, they were disturbed and
THE sky over the Crown East Scout hut in Rushwick will be filled with colourful fireworks on Saturday, November 8, as the group holds a bonfire event. It's being hosted by the 10th Worcester (Crown East) Scout group at the hut, next to St Thomas
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery in the first hour of Operation Trivium. The suspect was arrested at an address in Sidbury, Worcester this morning as part of a European arrest warrant after a robbery took place in Poland
HALLOW will be alight with pumpkins on Hallowe'en as the village gathers for a spooktacular event on the green. There will be apple bobbing, spooky sweets and a pumpkin carving competition on Friday, October 31, as the village comes together to
A BROMSGROVE financial planning firm has won a top national award for the quality of advice it gives to clients.Redbourne Wealth Management, based in Isidore Road, which in 2013 was named one of the top 100 financial planners in the UK, has won the title
FOREIGN criminals who move around the country to avoid detection have become the target of a national operation involving West Mercia Police.West Mercia officers are working alongside the Central Motorway Policing Group to identify and tackle criminals
PEOPLE who have long-term conditions have been urged to get the flu jab.The flu virus is a particular threat to people who already have long-term health conditions such as diabetes, low immunity, lung, heart, kidney, liver or neurological disease.Last
ACTRESS, TV presenter and Worcestershire charity patron Lynda Bellingham lost her battle with cancer last night (Oct 19) in the arms of her husband. The 66-year-old actress and presenter, best known for her long-running role as a mother in the
ONE hundred years to the day the first soldier from Claines was killed in the First World War - a book is being released to remember the village's dead.There are three memorials to the First World War dead within a few hundred yards of each other
FIREFIGHTERS suspect arson may have been responsible for two small fires in St Peter's alight within hours of each other.A fire crew from Worcester was called to a small fire in the children's play area near to St Peter's Baptist Church, Eden
Private Reginald Charles Hartall 13823 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Mesopotamia 21/04/1916
Private William George Hart 7969 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 31/01/1915
Private Sidney Joseph Hart 38308 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Salonica 15/02/1918
HEREFORD United have been given yet more time to pay off their debts by the Royal Courts of Justice. The Bulls were granted a seventh adjournment to their winding-up order this morning until Monday, December 1, after reportedly revealing a £1.5million
Second Lieutenant Robert Arthur Hart 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 01/08/1917
Private Richard Hart 46044 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 16/08/1917
Private George Hart 40886 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France and Flanders 07/11/1917
Private George Hart 9181 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died France and Flanders 10/05/1915
Sergeant Frederick Hart 6242 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Died Gallipoli 04/06/1915
WAYNE Thomas earned the plaudits of Worcester City manager Carl Heeley after answering the call for help against Harrogate Town. The former Southampton and Stoke City centre-half went into goal when Jose Veiga, already in for the absent Nathan
A FUNDRAISING group in Worcester has handed over a donation of more than £500 to Macmillan Cancer Support.The Independent Fundraisers of Worcester raised £506.80 in total through a coffee morning, as part of the national charity’s World
PRISONS in Worcestershire have seen the number of officers cut by as much as 48 percent in less than four years. Figures, obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform today (Monday), reveal across the West Midlands the number of prison officers
A WORCESTER fire crew were called to tackle a blaze in a children's play area in Eden Close, St Peters in Worcester. The incident happened at 8.09pm on Sunday.
A GROWING accountancy and business advisory firm is moving across town in Bromsgrove.It follows the recent agreed mergers between Solihull-based Jerroms, Bromsgrove firm Harrison Priddey & Co and Trafalgars, based in Kings Heath, Birmingham.The Bromsgrove
1. Top story: Train crash was part of training exercise EMERGENCY services flocked to Shrub Hill train station as they simulated a major train crash for the fire service's biggest training event of the year. 2. Today's weather Sunny with
MANAGER Carl Heeley has called for all connected with Worcester City not to get carried away with the team’s current run of form. City beat Harrogate Town 2-0 on Saturday, when stand-in keeper Wayne Thomas kept a clean sheet, to climb to ninth
WORCESTER Warriors flanker Sam Betty admitted Saturday’s last-gasp 27-23 victory over Munster ‘A’ laid a ghost to rest at Sixways. Warriors trailed 23-20 in a hard-fought British and Irish Cup tie when they were awarded a penalty about 25 metres
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 21 Lieutenant Corporal George Henry Bell, Privates Leonard Matthew Child, James Cleobury, Jabez Cope & Samuel Deakin, Lieutenant Corporal Robert Henry Foster, SergeantJohn William Garrett, Lieutenant Corporal Samuel Grant,
