THE hate crime lead officer for Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police will be hosting a web chat for people to find out more about the offence.Chief Superintendent Lee Davenport will be answering questions on hate crime and offering information on
A dog thrown over the fence of an animal rescue centre near Malvern is now on the look out for a new home after overcoming its horrible ordeal.Named Betty by the staff at Worcestershire Animal Rescue Shelter (WARS) the dog was spotted in the corner of
A YOUTH charity's annual general meeting celebrated the positive role young people can play in improving society.Young Solutions Worcestershire, formerly Worcestershire Council for Voluntary Youth Services, held the event at Hindlip Hall on Wednesday,
WORCESTER Warriors chief Dean Ryan is leading the calls for Stuart Lancaster’s reign as England head coach to come to an end. The ex-England number eight blasted Lancaster for “muddled selection” and said he was “not a fan” of Sam Burgess’ inclusion
POLICE swooped on two houses in Warndon, Worcester, today in a coordinated drugs bust after residents complained of being ‘petrified’ by things going on in the area.Officers smashed down the door of one property in Woodmancote using a battering ram and
THE hunt is now on to find Miss Worcestershire 2016 who will represent the county at the national finals of Miss England. Girls aged 16 to 25 from within Worcestershire can apply to be in the competition with free auditions held at Whitehouse Hotel
TROTSHILL Community Orchard Volunteer Day will be taking place on Saturday, October 17 from 10am to 1pm.Volunteers are needed to help look after the small traditional orchard in Warndon Villages.Tasks vary with the seasons and could include pruning, weeding
A DISCO in Worcester featuring 70s and 80s music will raise money for the building fund of Holy Trinity and St Matthew's Church in Ronkswood.The event, which is sponsored by Driver Hire, will take place on Saturday (October 10) at The PunchBowl from 7.30pm
A COMMUNITY lunch will be held at Chelmsford Court in Ronkswood, Worcester, on Thursday, October 22, at 12.30pm.The event will feature a menu to "suit all tastes" with vegetarian options available.Donations are welcome to cover the lunch cost
PEOPLE can turn their apples into juice at Cripplegate Park, St John's, on Saturday from 11am to 3pm.Transition Worcester's orchard workers are providing an apple pressing service so people can bring along surplus apples or pears from their own trees
A NEW shop shook up the city centre with its grand opening on Saturday.A long queue of thirsty customers snaked up Pump Street awaiting for the ribbon to be cut on the new Shakeaway shop at 12pm.Shoppers began queuing an hour beforehand in the hopes of
A "UNIQUE" writing experiment documenting 24 hours in Worcester and The Hive will take place this weekend.For two days writer Phil Ormrod will be stationed in the atrium of the building - and his task will be to write, without stopping, about
A KEY forum designed to help tackle congestion in Worcester has not met in more than six months - leading to claims it's been shelved. Councillor Simon Cronin is calling on Worcestershire County Council to relaunch the highways forum, a discussion panel
A FOODBANK that has seen a “huge increase” in demand over recent months has been handed a much-needed boost.Gaudet Luce Golf Club has organised a fundraising golf day in aid of Droitwich Spa Foodbank – and aims to raise about £3,000 and donate 80 bags
WORCESTER Music Festival is in the running for Best Metropolitan Festival in the UK Festival Awards.To make the shortlist, the festival needs people to vote by logging on to festivalawards.com/vote-now.Worcester Music Festival ran from Friday, September
ONE of Worcester City’s FA Cup heroes from last season, Wayne Thomas, has re-signed for the Blue and Whites. City’s official Twitter account has confirmed the return of Thomas, who left the club in March to take up a coaching job in the USA with
IT WAS an early start for supporters of a toddler hoping to fundraise for a life-changing operation as they took their campaign to the car boot.Clare and Carl Gibbs, daughter Georgie, and their army of friends and family were moved by the amount of support
COUNCILLORS at Droitwich Town Council received an update recently on police activity in the town.Sergeant Sarah Kent who heads up the Droitwich Safer Neighbourhood Team informed them of the types of crimes currently causing problems in Droitwich, with
MORE than 200 women a week will benefit from a new breast imaging unit in Worcestershire, which is set to open later this month.It is hoped the new unit at Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre, which is due to open on Tuesday, October 20, will
TECHNOLOGY which allows businesses to share images and information about criminals online is set to be rolled out across South Worcestershire.Facewatch is already operating in Malvern, and now nine traders in Upton upon Severn have signed up to using
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 15 year-old boy was hit by a minibus in Worcester. It happened as the child was crossing the A44 road in Sidbury, near The Commandery to side of the road where Caspian Pizza is located, and was struck
THE chairman of the organisation providing the majority of community nursing, therapy and mental health services in Worcestershire has had his tenure extended by a further two years.Chris Burdon has been at the head of Worcestershire Health and Care NHS
STORAGE products group Storax has announced a major expansion of its Worcestershire operation.One of Europe’s largest manufacturers and installers of static storage systems, its Bromsgrove outlet is remaining in the town, but is now in much larger premises
DROITWICH’S popular Lido Park is being used by web giant JustGiving as a best practice case study of community fundraising.The play area was destroyed in a shocking arson attack in July 2014 – but a crowdfunding campaign led by estate agent Matt Nicol
POLICE are continuing to investigate a mass brawl on a train travelling between Droitwich and Worcester in which around 30 football fans used belts as weapons against each other.The fight, described by police as “mindless thuggery”, happened on the 6.45pm
UPDATED 5PM CHANCELLOR George Osborne has announced the biggest council funding shake-up for a generation - with Worcestershire expected to be one of the big winners in a £26 billion pound overhaul. Under a radical power shift councils will
ELDERLY farmers need to get their tax affairs in shape following a renewed drive by the taxman to clamp down on agricultural property relief on land and farm buildings, a property tax expert has warned.Rural tax specialist Stephen Meredith, partner and
FINANCIAL woes in Worcestershire’s health sector have continued to deepen, with the organisation running the county’s three major hospitals now warning it could end the current financial year £57.7 million in the red.The latest figures released by Worcestershire
ASPIRING teachers and those already working in schools as assistants are being invited to find out more about an assessment-only route into the profession.The University of Worcester is hosting an information event on Thursday, October 22, from 4.30pm
A GALA dinner held in aid of a charity set up to honour the memories of two of Worcestershire’s best known cricketers - father and son duo Basil and Damian D’Oliveira - has been hailed a “tremendous success”.The first ever D’Oliveira Foundation gala dinner
A CAMPAIGN has been launched encouraging people to take extra care at level crossings, four months since two people died after being hit by trains in Worcestershire on the same day. Tracey Walker of Wychbold, near Droitwich, died after she was
TRACTORS big and small revved up the harvest celebrations at Worcester Cathedral last weekend. Children and adults were able to find out more about farming, sit in a tractor and have a go at racing remote-controlled tractors at this year’s County
PEOPLE in Worcester are being encouraged to consider adopting children in sibling groups. A special information event, which will be held by agencies Adoption in the Black Country and Adoption Focus, will take place at Worcestershire County Cricket Club
AN alleged conman from Worcester has admitted to a jury that he lied to women he met on internet dating websites "to get them into bed" but not to get money.Matthew Samuels told Worcester Crown Court he "built up a persona" as a rich
A car being driven by a 15 year-old in Worcester was seized in the city.The vehicle is now going to the scrapyard.OPU Worcestershire posted on its official Twitter account: "Seized from Worcester as driver only 15 years old and obviously no insurance
A DECISION on whether Worcester makes a bid to become the UK's City of Culture could be made this month, it has emerged. After months of in-house work a report is being prepared for the city council's Conservative leadership to consider at the
TILLY, aged 8 and Bella, 5, are tortie and white females who need to be rehomed together.They are friendly cats who are used to children and like to curl up and sleep together. If you could offer them a home as a pair, please call the Worcester and District
MALVERN Hills Badminton Club’s Barbara Gibson returned from Helsingborg, Sweden, with two World Senior Championships medals. The Upton competitor represented England with 48 countries and 1,300 players taking part over one week. Gibson won
EXTRA police patrols and posters warning burglars to beware have gone up in Northwick following a spate of break-ins. Three homes were targeted over three days by burglars who stole jewellery from two of the addresses but came away empty handed
ONE of Worcestershire County Council's most senior Conservatives is vying to become the region's next police and crime commissioner, it has emerged. Your Worcester News reveal how Councillor John Campion has beat off stiff competition to be the Tories
OVER the last two weeks Healthwatch Worcestershire has been out and about listening to local people. Parents of young children at Wacky Wednesday at the Hive in Worcester told us about their experiences of using and accessing health and social care
STOPTOBER is the 28-day stop smoking challenge from Public Health England, which works on the knowledge that if you can quit for 28 days, you are five times more likely to be able to stop for good. For the last three years smokers across the country
MY friends have told me they find it hard to understand how I can work at a place like Acorns Children’s Hospice. As I’ve said in a previous edition of this column, there are obviously sad times but my role will always be to provide specialist
IDENTIFYING when not to treat is one of the most important skills any medical professional can learn. This is particularly the case for primary care practitioners such as chiropractors and GPs, who can see any patient that makes an appointment for
MALVERN’S Lottie Trevethan secured a silver medal at the British Modern Tetrathlon Championships. The 12-year-old had won the Malvern Hills district junior female sports personality accolade in July. Trevethan followed up the local triumph
IT WAS great to have a chat with Jean last week. She was taking medication for indigestion regularly last year, and her husband Bill was having trouble keeping up with their grandkids when they went to the park for football. She and I were discussing
TO get the most out of your cycling and improve your cycling skills and knowledge its often best to join a local club. The Worcester and Malvern CTC is the largest locally. It has 400 members in the area and organises Saturday rides of 40-60miles,
LAST week brought changes to the financial limits relating to personal insolvency. lWhen can you make someone bankrupt? The minimum level of debt you must now be owed before you can make someone bankrupt has increased from £750 to £5,000.
THE steadily-improving economy is helping Worcester City Council's coffers - with its budget forecast to end the year a hefty £222,000 in the black. Higher than expected car parking income, garden waste collections and a drag on recruitment has
AN emotional ceremony with a wreath laying and sounding of the Last Post will mark the end of a charity walk across part of the Western Frontline.Colin Beesley, from Ronkswood, Worcester, served with the Royal Artillery and is joining six other veterans
NINETEEN Malvern Joggers’ members tackled the popular Upton Bishop Big Dipper. The 10-kilometre event was run on quiet country roads and offered a hilly course with sweeping downhill sections. All 66 runners were rewarded with a medal and a
POLICE have released CCTV images of a robbery at a shop in Catshill, near Bromsgrove in which three men threatened members of staff and forced them to hand over cash.The men entered the shop in Woodrow Lane at about 10pm on Friday, October 2 and verbally
A WORCESTERSHIRE conference for young carers has won a national award for quality organisation.YSS Worcestershire Young Carers Conference received two gold and a silver award at the EVCOM Clarion Awards 2015. In April this year, Hartlebury events and
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Ennerdale Close in Brickfields, Worcester, at 7.45am this morning after a water leak from an upstairs flat affected electrics in the building. The team from Worcester Fire Station isolated the electric supply.
AN apprentice scheme introduced by retailers Francis of Malvern has proved so successful, the company has decided to extend it.As the Malvern Link company's current apprentice finishes his twelve month placement, the business is now looking for a successor.Having
THE leader of Worcester City Council has spoken for the first time about the prospect of a £150 million John Lewis-led out-of-town shopping plaza - labelling it a "threat" to the High Street. Councillor Simon Geraghty has admitted he fears the
COMMUNICATIONS specialist Henry Pepper PR has been appointed the media partner for a Worcestershire sports-based non-profit organisation.The Stourport-on-Severn public relations agency will now lead media relations and PR activity across the region for
A WORCESTER residents association is putting together a list of Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) in the area in an effort to ensure landlords are abiding by new rules.From this month any landlord wishing to convert a property in the city into a HMO
POLICE have reminded people in Worcestershire and across West Mercia to be on their guard for bogus callers.West Mercia Police has issued a range of advice on avoiding becoming victim of fraudsters. People are advised to always be on their guard when
YEARS ago the only people you ever saw sporting a tattoo would be men working in the navy – merchant or Royal.In recent years there has been an explosion in the popularity of body art and it is commonplace to see professional sportsman and women, actors
1. Top story: Car destroyed in fire in Worcester A CAR was completely destroyed in a fire in Worcester early on Saturday morning. 2. Today's weather A soggy start, with rain likely to continue throughout the day. Temperatures around 18
SCRUM-HALF Luke Baldwin thinks Worcester Warriors’ supporters can play a major role in the club’s Aviva Premiership fortunes at Sixways. The former Bristol player says Warriors are keen to make their home ground a fortress on their return to the
BIRTHDAY boy Nathan Vaughan admits he was given a surprise present ahead of Worcester City’s Friday night match at FC United – a place in the starting line-up. And the 34-year-old didn’t disappoint, keeping a clean sheet as his side secured a 2
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 1 Second Lieutenant Edward Ernest Vaile - Third Battalion. ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 2,459 Second and Fifth Worcestershires moved from Bethune to Essars. Preparing reserve positions no firing. Found at Bevere Manor, stray
