KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have beat the transfer deadline to sign three players on youth loan deals until the end of the season. On the day when centre-half and player-coach Josh Gowling left to join Grimsby Town on loan, manager Gary Whild has bolstered
A PACKED Guildhall in Worcester's High Street, provided the perfect careers vehicle for local jobseekers as opportunities were presented during the 2-15 Jobs Fair.The Worcester News was joined by leading housing provider Sanctuary Group to bring hundreds
THE future of wildlife at a Bromyard beauty spot looks bright following a boost of lottery funding.Thanks to a grant of £165,550 from Heritage Lottery Fund, the Bromyard Downs Common Association and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust can bring to life plans
TALENTED performers in music, drama and verse showcased their skills at Worcester Royal Grammar School as part of the Worcester Competitive Arts Festival.The festival was held over two consecutive Saturdays as competitors demonstrated their talents before
Sir - So we now hear of more development in and around the Cathedral City of Worcester. Developers Carillon want to develop more of St Martins Gate Quarter to include the bed shop. They have still not leased out two of there biggest units coupled with
WORCESTER Cathedral has been given more than £100,000 to spend on "essential" roof repairs. The grant of £116,440 has been given as part of the third round of grants from the government-sponsored fund set up to support vital repairs to Cathedrals
Sir - So one little hiccup somewhere in Worcester causes the city to grind to a halt once again.Can I ask Worcester Highways, what is your plan B when this happens?Can I also ask, if there are far more cars than buses on the road then why do buses have
Sir - Thank you for the extended coverage of Elgar in today's issue. I cannot recall so much space in his honour since his 150th birthday in 2007?However, I must take issue with two errors in particular, in the article on his will.Firstly, there are at
Sir - Your article headed 'Fewer city centre shops open as online takes toll', will need to be altered when the new 'out of town' precinct opens. It will have to read 'No city shops open as City centre decimated by new precinct'.M C RandallKempsey
IT seems another Aldi store is on the cards for Worcester, it has been revealed. When contacted, a representative from Aldi confirmed deals have been done for a branch of the budget supermarket to move onto Bath Road, in place of the empty
WE lose one hour at 1am on Sunday ... but how many of Worcester's public clocks will make the adjustment? More to the point, how many are showing the correct time now? Public clocks were once a statement of civic and commercial pride. But
A SELECTION of power tools were stolen from a van in Dunhampton, near Stourport, between 7pm on Tuesday (March 24) and 7.30am on Wednesday.Anyone with details should call 101, quoting incident number 0040S of March 25.
A TRIO of courageous police officers have spoken of the heart-stopping moment they saved the life of a suicidal man dangling from the roof of a Worcester supermarket multi-storey car park. However, all three say they are not heroes and were only
COUNCIL chiefs in Worcester are being urged to ditch proposals to privatise the jobs of community-based workers who act as the city's "public face". As your Worcester News first revealed in December, the city council wants to outsource bin collections
BURGLARS struck at a building supplies store in Malvern between Wednesday night (March 25) and Thursday morning.They smashed a window to an office at County Building Supplies in St Andrew's Road and stole two laptops.Anyone with details should call police
A HOME in Kiln Lane in Leigh Sinton was burgled between 10am and 1pm on Wednesday (March 25).The offenders stole a Berghaus rucksack, items of jewellery, 250 Euros and a Nokia mobile phone.Anyone with details should call 101, quoting incident number 249S
Sir - I'm a bit taken aback by the letter in the Worcester News recently by Derek Fearnside, in that he feels all the people who mind giving to overseas aid are wrong?Really.....with our country still not out of the hole it was dug into by Labour, how
THE stories of the women who drove ambulances from the front line of the battlefields in the First World War will be told at the Hive library.The Anonymous is a Woman theatre company will present First Aid Nursing Yeomanry at the library in Sawmill Walk
Following on from the huge success of Midnight Tango I was unsure what Flavia and Vincent's latest production of Dance 'til Dawn would deliver - in hindsight why was I unsure, it was never in doubt it was just as you would expect a sumptuous show from
WORCESTER MP Robin Walker was among 150 guests enjoying the drinks and nibbles when SME Solicitors held its annual get-together.The law firm in Sansome Walk took the opportunity to showcase its new website and also present a cheque for £1,000 to Frankie
THERE is work to be done at Dines Green community Primary School after findings from its latest Ofsted report are revealed.The report found the school requires improvement, down from a verdict of good at the previous inspection, but the headteacher says
THE Worcestershire councillor who hired Jeremy Clarkson last night spoke of his dismay at the presenter's BBC axing - insisting it was unnecessary. Councillor Ken Pollock said the corporation should have "fined him £100,000" rather than bring the
IT IS not clear how much the smog cloud which blew over Worcestershire earlier this month affected people in the county with breathing difficulties, a health expert has said. Earlier this month the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DeFRA
FEARS are growing that the fire service in Worcestershire could face even harsher cuts due to the public sector spending squeeze. Members of Hereford & Worcester Fire Authority have appealed for a reprieve after the Government announced £30
YOUNG people in Worcester can work off their Easter eggs with free sports activities. Worcester City Council’s sports, art and play team are providing two weeks' worth of free sports and play activities at eleven venues across Worcester from Monday
SIR - Thanks GB Dipper March 6 you have saved me a letter.Your words on the three Syrian girls who ran off to join the IS are my thoughts exactly and I suspect also of a great many more.JEAN HARRIS Worcester
PET owners in the West Midlands are the worst offenders when it comes to fuelling animal obesity, a new report shows. Findings from the latest PDSA Animal Wellbeing report say four out of five vets have seen an increase in pet obesity cases in
A ROAD safety charity has lambasted the government for its “failure to deliver progress” on the “devastating toll of deaths and injuries” involving young drivers on UK roads. Brake has condemned the government for not overhauling young driver rules
WEST Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has welcomed the opening of the county’s new oncology centre.The £22.5 million Worcestershire Oncology Centre opened in patients in January following more than four years of work.Mrs Baldwin, who was part of the
THE search has been launched to find the country’s top apprentices and apprenticeship employers.The 2015 National Apprenticeship Awards, run by the National Apprenticeship Service, are now open for entries until May 22. The competition challenges top
THE body of a man has been found in Troutbeck Drive, Warndon, Worcester. A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: "Police were called to an address in Troutbeck Drive, Worcester at about 8.45am today after the body of a man had been discovered.
SIR, On Monday February 23, I was admitted to the A&E Unit suffering from severe loss of breath. I returned home the following day but was there long enough to witness the chaos within. Wheelchair journeys were difficult along corridors jammed with trolleys
HEART of Worcestershire College has joined forces with institutions across the country to protest against swingeing cuts to adult education funding. The Government has announced it will slash the adult education budget by 24 per cent in 2015-16
STRIKER Nick Wright has left Worcester City and signed for Conference North rivals Gloucester City. Wright, who joined the Blue and Whites at the start of the season, has agreed non-contract terms with Tigers. The 27-year-old scored five times
THE sights and sounds of the First World War will be all around at a Worcestershire museum.The Elgar Birthplace Museum in Lower Broadheath will hold a Keep the Home Fires Burning event from Saturday to April 12.There will be musical shows and wartime
SIR, So, Worcester is to have its' very own "Skybridge" at the cost of £12.5m!!! Forgive me for not being excited by this news. In fact I have yet to meet any residents who actually think that it is a good idea. Not that that appears to make any
NEWS that Worcester Warriors have chosen for their play-off semi-final second leg to be at home means that we are fast approaching crunch time in the Greene King IPA Championship. There are just four games to go in the regular season before the
A WELL-KNOWN Worcestershire councillor has been de-selected after refusing to toe the line with his local Conservative group. Councillor Paul Tuthill, who was first elected in 1995, has been dumped by Malvern's Tories and will not stand for re-election
MORE than 6,000 people across Worcestershire took part in this year's RSPB'S Big Garden Birdwatch challenge. 6,175 from the county joined more than one million people nationwide to take part in the charity's challenge 'seeing things through the
SIR - Why do they have to put 19 signs, plus dozens of bollards out for roadworks in Broadway Grove, not to mention the traffic lights!Why do they also put these stupid END signs up? If a driver can't see the 4end of the roadworks then he shouldn't be
MORE than two-fifths of office workers in the West Midlands spend less than 30 minutes a day walking around at work, a study has found. A new campaign by Get Britain Standing and the British Heart Foundation is launching on April 24 in a bid to
We are covering this police operation live today. POLICE seized heroin and crack cocaine with a street value of £300 during a Worcester drugs raid. Officers smashed down the door of the property in Woodmancote, Warndon, and arrested
WE will be aiming to bounce back from last weekend’s 23-21 defeat at Jersey by putting on a good showing against London Scottish at Sixways on Saturday. London Scottish are a side who maul very well and they will prove another tough test for us
A GOVERNMENT big-hitter has praised Worcestershire's very own rapidly expanding 'cyber valley' - saying he is "hugely impressed". Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told the House of Commons the phenomenal growth of small cyber security employers
EVERYBODY at Worcester Wolves is raring to go for the rest of the season following a weekend without any games. We have seven matches left before the play-offs and the aim now is trying to make sure that everyone is firing on all cylinders for
A YOUNG boy has now returned home to his family in Worcester following his third heart operation.Noah Freeman, aged two, went in to Birmingham Children's Hospital for open heart surgery on March 9 — his third since he was born with congenital heart defect
A LEDBURY double glazing company has been voted the best in western England for the sixth year running.Shane Howells Ltd, which has its headquarters in the town's Bye Street, again came top in the region for customer satisfaction in a survey of more than
TYLER Weir says his two-month injury lay-off for Worcester City felt more like a year. The left-back made a welcome return to the team as a substitute for the last 13 minutes of Saturday’s 2-0 Conference North defeat to Barrow. Having missed
WORCESTERSHIRE were beaten by one wicket after being in control for lengthy periods of their 50 over friendly match with Gloucestershire at New Road. Gloucestershire had been reduced to 117-8 in pursuit of Worcestershire's 268 all out of which
WORCESTERSHIRE spinner Saeed Ajmal has been honoured for his services to Pakistan by being awarded the Sitara-i-Imitiaz — the highest civilian award that can be bestowed by his country. Saeed, who will be returning to New Road for a third spell
4:39pm .@EveshamCops were lending a hand and offering advice today during Love your home event at Tesco. Part of #OpProtect http://t.co/3EKFLgLMZh — @SarahTaylorWN 26 March 2015
We're now covering this police operation live here. A HIGH profile police operation began with a bang with a series of dawn raids across Worcestershire this morning. Operation Protect is the largest operation ever delivered across all
IS it just me or do players withdraw from the England squad a lot more frequently than they used to? Already since Roy Hodgson named his latest group, Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Fraser Forster and Daniel Sturridge have pulled out ahead of matches
We're now covering this police operation live here. THIS was the dramatic moment police smashed down the door of a Worcester house to execute a drugs warrant. Two males and one female have been arrested on suspicion of drug dealing
A MAN was arrested following 'threats to kill' in Bath Road, Worcester this morning. Police attended an address in Bath Road, Worcester at 1.50am this morning where there were concerns for the safety of one of the occupants. A 29-year-old man
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 1 Private William Henry Fowkes - Third Battalion. ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 954 First Battalion 24th Brigade took over the section of trenches formally held by the Third Canadians Infantry Brigade. The Battalion relieving the
