A FORMER RAF serviceman from Worcester has left more than £88,000 – his entire estate – to the County Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT).Representatives of CAAT were overwhelmed to receive a cheque for the sum after Barbourne resident Tony Saunders decided to
When do I need to spend my old £1 coins? THE new 12-sided £1 coin was introduced earlier this year and you now only have until midnight on Sunday, October 15 to either spend, bank or donate your old round pounds. Philippa McKeown Brown, head
SOME 26 apartments will be built on the old Royal Worcester Porcelain site. Developers Berkeley Homes will partially demolish a former schoolhouse, in Severn Street, Worcester, and refurbish the interior to house four apartments. There will
A SINKHOLE on an historic city centre road has reopened forcing it to close for a second time in two months. The area outside the Old Greyhound pub on New Street has been cordoned off and signs have been put in place saying the road will be closed
A POTENTIAL lifesaving defibrillator has been installed at wedding venue near Pershore. A community defibrillator has been installed at Deer Park Hall in Eckington, after money was raised at wedding fayres held at the venue. West Midlands Ambulance
THE University of Worcester has been ranked among the best in the country for sport.The Which? University student survey gathered and analysed the views of nearly 9,000 undergraduates across the UK.Mick Donovan, head of the Institute of Sport and Exercise
EMPLOYERS were shown the secret to a happy and productive workforce in a week-long event run by a Worcester-based recruitment provider.Work Happy Week was set up by Workforce Staffing to encourage staff, businesses and candidates to enjoy what they do
HEAD of athletic performance Paddy Anson will be leaving Worcester Warriors this week to take up a role at English Institute of Sport (EIS) ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Anson joined the Aviva Premiership outfit in January as head of strength
WORCESTER Wolves and city technology company Gtech will continue a successful partnership into another year. Warndon-based Gtech, a manufacturer of innovative lightweight bikes, vacuum cleaners and garden tools, has announced it will be sponsoring
IT’S a well-known superstition that Friday the 13th brings bad luck but staff at Dogs Trust Evesham are hoping that it will be a lucky day for one aptly-named dog. Four-year-old crossbreed, Clover, has been at the charity’s rehoming centre in Wickhamford
WARRIORS' AASE side Worcester Sixth Form College set a club record of four straight wins with maximum league points after beating Northampton Saints’ Moulton College 36-24. The youngsters have qualified for the AASE League play-offs with two group
THE shortlist for the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Sports Awards 2017 has been announced. Organised by the Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire, the awards aim to reward and recognise people from across the two counties that
FORMER two-time Evesham club captain Geoff Insall and his playing partner Paul Sharpe lifted the Forrest Hays Cups by shooting 61 nett. Played as a pairs medal of 90 per cent handicap allowance, the main board competition was first contested in the late
ARMED police swooped to arrest a 28-year-old man after reports that he walked into a Worcester library carrying a gun. Officers were called to the Fairfield Centre in Carnforth Drive, Worcester, at 11.37am after the man entered the library with
A CAR crashed into a woman in Old Street, Upton. The crash saw a red Volkswagen Caddy hit a woman in her 40s, who police claimed suffered minor injuries and was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital. The driver of the car was uninjured.
Students swindled by a woman who ran a Worcester nail and beauty salon are unlikely to get compensation any time soon as a court has been told the owner only has assets of £1.Kay Turford made more than £23,000 from eleven students when she ran training
TWO brothers from Droitwich judo club Kazoku-Kan won medals at the East Midlands Championships. Jordan Phillips was put into a pool of three contests and won one in just two seconds on his way to winning the gold. His brother Luke Phillips
EXPERIENCED number eight Gerrit Jan van Velze believes Edward Griffiths could be the man to give Worcester Warriors much-needed stability. The former Saracens chief executive is understood to have held talks with Warriors’ bosses over a possible
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 60-year-old man was assaulted in Kidderminster.The incident happened between 8.15pm and 8.25pm on Monday, October 2 at a premises on Sutton Road. The victim was waiting inside the premises when a woman entered
A MOTHER has compared a school with the Nazis after it decided to segregate her daughter for having purple hair.Hazel Browning, of Woodmancote, Worcester, believes Nunnery Wood High School is waging a campaign against her 15-year-old daughter Elizabeth
CLUB chairman Anthony Hampson has issued an ultimatum to Worcester City’s supporters’ trust – get behind the club or go your own way. Trust members are meeting tomorrow to discuss appealing Worcester City Council’s double rejection of proposals
THERE is a new head of the family law team at a Worcester-based solicitors. Nadia Davis has taken on the top-level role at Harrison Clark Rickerbys. Nadia has already developed a considerable reputation leading a successful family law team
WORCESTERSHIRE Cricket Society’s monthly winter programme for 2017-2018 will get under way tomorrow evening in the Graeme Hick Pavilion at 7.30pm. Former Gloucestershire and Leicestershire wicketkeeper-batsman Barry Dudleston will be recalling
TRAINS are currently delayed between Droitwich Spa and Worcester Shrub Hill. The delays of up to ten minutes are due to a "fault with the signalling system." We will update this story when we know more.
WORCESTERSHIRE coach Matt Mason is looking forward to helping coach England’s next generation of quick bowlers this winter via the ECB Pace Programme. The former County player will assist one of his mentors in ECB lead fast bowling coach Kevin
WORCESTER Raiders maintained second spot in West Midlands League Division One with a 2-1 win at Old Wulfrunians thanks to Matt Andrews and Chris Cornes. Bromyard Town won a Herefordshire derby 4-2 at Kington Town. Martyn Smith and Nathan Myers
WORCESTER Colts under 11s have started their season with three wins despite playing above their age group. After winning the Stourbridge and District Junior League last term, Colts moved up to play in Mercian Fortis Junior League Division One at
WORCESTER is one of the top five safest places to live in the UK, according to a report. Locals rated the city as the fifth safest place in the country as part of a biannual report commissioned by the finance company Provident. Worcester was
AN eight-goal thriller at Arrow in McDonald’s Worcester and District League Sunday Division One saw the hosts draw 4-4 with The Bell after being 3-0 down at half-time. Gary Jones, George Brand, Mike Hankins and Miguel Passaro were on the scoresheet
CHARLTON Fladbury progressed in the Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League's Bluck Cup with a convincing 5-1 win at Ashton 88. Goals from Green (2), Burman, Clements and Waterman helped the villagers into the last 16 where they are joined by Alderton
THE construction of new housing estate on the historic Metal Box factory in Worcester will start in the new year. Developer Taylor Wimpey was given the go-ahead for the scheme to build 215 houses at the site in Perry Wood Walk in August.The scheme approved
CHRIS Pennell is likely to miss Worcester Warriors’ European Challenge Cup opener against Brive at Sixways on Saturday (3pm). The experienced full-back was forced off for head injury assessment (HIA) in Warriors’ 29-13 defeat at Bath in the Aviva
PERSHORE Phoenix Dragon Boat Club teamed up with Henley-on-Thames to finish second overall at the National Cup final.The two groups formed a squad of around 45 at the weekend-long event at the National Watersports Centre, Nottingham. Competing under the
A THRIVING business club founded by a Worcester-based media communications company has celebrated its fourth anniversary. Chris Green Media's (CGM) business media club combines media training, communications and marketing training, personal development
HONEYBOURNE'S Ed Norton has returned from Ukraine as European masters modern pentathlon champion. He also took silver in the men's relay in Kharkiv with Will Stratemeier from Broadway and the Great Britain team secured men's gold. Norton, 29
WORCESTER Warriors will field a “strong side” for their European Challenge Cup opener against Brive at Sixways on Saturday (3pm). And head coach Carl Hogg has urged his players to release the shackles in a bid to come back into the Aviva Premiership
LITTLETON'S season gathered momentum as they won their third Midland League Division One game on the trot and moved up into 10th place. As the 4-0 win at Coventry Alvis indicated this was a comfortable win for the visitors once they held the lead
SIXTEEN Evesham Jubilee AS members fished on the Withies pool with a win for James Gardner on peg 15 thanks to a weight of 44lb 15oz 0dr. Second was Martin Smith on peg two with 39-14 while third was Alan Gardner on 23 with 38-10. Section winners
A cloudy day is in prospect for the county today. It will not be particularly cold, with temperatures of between 12.1C and 16.7C and there is a slight chance of rain. Only 1.6 hours of sunshine are expected today, the lowest that is forecast
There is slow traffic on the M5 in Worcestershire this morning. There are also delays through the roadworks area of the M5, where traffic is busy but moving, travel time is said to be approximately 20 minutes. Other than that, it is looking
WORCESTER City striker Mark Danks apologised for his first-half dismissal at Shawbury United but insisted there had been no malice in his actions. Danks saw red less than half-an-hour into Worcester’s surprise 2-1 reverse against the side that
THERE is a school of thought that if you’re going to do something, do it properly. As Worcester City embarked on the stinker of their season so far, losing 2-1 at Shawbury United, it would be hard to argue they had not made a complete job of it
WORK is continuing at Worcester's prestigious new Cathedral Square development more than TWO months after it opened. A city councillor says it is "ridiculous" work on the £20 million development, which has brought big names such as All Bar One,
WORCESTER FRIENDLY LEAGUE MONDAY DIVISION ONE Wasps 448 4 R Mann 44,R Tustin 43,M Tustin 42,A George 42,D Mann 40 Bangumharder 472 16 A Cornes 49,S Pinches 45,D Taylor 44,S Bryant 42; Dingles 399 18 L Ruff 40,C Thompson 40-Runaways 374 2 D Waine
