POLICE officers are patrolling around a railway tunnel “as often as possible” after concerns were raised that it was being used as a rat run by criminals. Known locally as Devil’s Archway, the tunnel runs between Suffolk Drive and Worcester Trading
A NEW dessert parlour has opened in Worcester and is set to create 15 jobs. Delightful Desserts is home to more than 40 different flavours of ice-cream. The cafe has seating for about 40 people and also offers takeaways. Home deliveries
THE most annoying office phrases have been revealed. And top of the list is "there's no I in team" Business Telecommunications provider, 4Com, looked into the most annoying office buzzwords of 2018. After surveying office workers across
ENGLAND Lions go into the final day at Worcester looking to finish off India A. The tourists need 410 runs to win at Blackfinch New Road and only have seven wickets remaining. Lions had taken control of the clash with 423 all out over the first
WORCESTER won by nine shots 85-76 at Hereford side St Martins. After a tight first five ends the visitors held a narrow lead which they extended to four following nine. On the next two ends a five and three moved Worcester nine ahead. But
MUSIC from The Beatles will be performed by Powick Community Choir at a concert this weekend. The show will also have a ‘Last night of the Proms’ theme showcasing many popular classics. A twelve piece professional chamber orchestra will accompany
BOGUS workmen have been targeting elderly and vulnerable people in Worcestershire. Police have warned people to be alert after bogus handymen gained access to their victims’ homes on false pretences by pretending to be tradesmen. Two incidents
OLD rivals Worcester Nomads proved no match for a resurgent Colwall side as the visitors cruised to a decisive seven-wicket victory in Worcestershire League Division One. After winning the toss and asking their hosts to bat on a pitch affected by
A CRICKETING legend has been granted the freedom of the city - 50 years on from a scandal that changed sporting and political history. Basil D’Oliveira, whose exclusion from the England cricket team ahead of a tour of South Africa in 1968 sparked
A NEW forum aimed at improving bus services in the city has been launched. The Bus Users’ Forum, which consists of local volunteers, aims to boost passenger numbers and in turn, alleviate some of the pressures on local infrastructure, air quality
TRAVELLERS have moved out of a city supermarket car park. Caravans set up outside the Tesco store in St Peter's Drive, Worcester, on Tuesday and left this morning. City councillor Mike Johnson said he saw three or four caravans in the car park
UPTON Triathlon attracted 500 competitors for a hot challenge in the popular event's 12th year. They helped raise £2,960 for charity SARA (Severn Area Rescue Association). Malvern Triathlon Club's Steve Butler was third in the men's sprint distance
MALVERN Town under 18s secured silverware at the St John’s Colts tournament. They beat Worcester hosts St John's 3-2 in the under 21 section's final. Manager Stewart Watkins said: “I was very pleased with the shape of my team. “We were forced
WORCESTER Warriors stepped up their preparations for the new Premiership season with a week-long training block in Spain. Director of rugby Alan Solomons and his players flew out to Valencia on Sunday, July 8 for the camp before returning to Worcester
Small, local businesses were given advice and guidance at Finditin Worcestershire’s annual event, Food and Drink Special: Recipe for Success. The event at Sixways Stadium gave food and drink producers an opportunity to engage with key organisations
BROMSGROVE Sporting are set to sign former Worcester City and Kidderminster Harriers midfielder Danny Jackman. Worcester-based Jackman, 35, has vast experience in the Football League with the likes of Northampton Town and Gillingham. He has
THE cash strapped and troubled trust running the county’s hospitals is under fire again after it emerged it had paid out an ex top boss a six figure sum, despite him being off work for two years. There have been reports that Stewart Messer has been
Pupils at a Droitwich school took part in a special Creative Arts festival that saw them take part in a range of literature, music and performance events over a five week period. Youngsters at Westacre Middle School enjoyed their school’s second
LOCAL people already looking for a star, or several stars, are being warned to get ready for a comedy of biblical proportions. There will even be a camel or three, and folks in funny costumes, on some kind of weird quest. And the stars will be
A new approach to art is inspiring pupils at a Worcestershire school. Abberley Hall School has invested in a complete refurbishment of its art facilities and appointed a new head of department. Emma Symons has taken on the role of head of art
SCHOOL prom photos will be published in the Worcester News and Malvern Gazette this Thursday and Friday. Our photographers have been at leavers' parties for schools across the county to take pictures of students arriving in their dazzling dresses
POLICE investigating an assault in which a teenage girl fought off her attacker have revealed another woman was attacked nearby. Officers have revealed a man touched a woman inappropriately in two late night incidents in London Road, near to where
A NEW chief executive has been appointed at Bromsgrove District Housing Trust (BDHT) after former chief Mike Brown stepped down from the role. Managing Director, Mark Robertson who has worked alongside Mike since the trust was first established
UNEMPLOYMENT has increased in Malvern Hills from this time last year. The figures released yesterday (Tuesday, July 17) show the number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the area has increased by 80 to 500, a 19 per cent increase. The
TWO sisters from Worcester completed one of the UK’s toughest running challenges at the weekend in aid of Malvern Special Families. Kerrin Fearns and Briony Mills took part in the Race to the Stones ultra-marathon in sizzling temperatures, during
A WOMAN is holding a fundraiser in memory of her mum who died in a tragic accident, and for her brother who died in 2016. Jo Durnford decided to hold the fundraiser this year as 2018 marks 30 years since her mum, Sue, died when she was 36-years-old
THE fundraising team of Worcester’s oldest law firm HallmarkHulme call themselves ‘Hallmark’s Hotties’, including as they do several ladies. The team's latest charity challenge, climbing the three highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales
MARTLEY returned to winning ways with a comfortable home victory over Eastnor in Worcestershire Cricket League Division Three. Home skipper Dom Jones won the toss and decided to bat but he had departed by the fourth ball before James Ganderton
EVESHAM United were denied a home win over Hereford FC as Adam Hockey struck in injury-time to clinch a 1-1 draw at the Jubilee Stadium. The Robins opened the scoring on 35 minutes when Ewen Dunbar’s effort hit the post and Corey Simpson tapped
WORCESTER made up ground on Worcestershire Cricket League Second XI Division One leaders Stourport after hammering them by 201 runs. Muhammad Raja scored 106 in Worcester's 286-8 before Muhammad Ali Raza's three wickets helped skittle Stourport
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A CHARITY festival set up in memory of a Worcester father has raised a record-breaking £12,400 for a local charity. Woo Fest, returned to The Drum and Monkey pub, near Upton-upon-Severn on Saturday, July 7 and smashed its previous figure of £10,008
PUPILS at Nunnery Wood Primary School have had a lesson in how to stay safe around live construction sites with a school assembly from St. Modwen Homes, the housebuilder behind the new homes at Weogoran Park. Paul Daniels, senior site manager, and
The Hound of the Baskervilles/Worcester Repertory Company IT was only a matter of time but I’m afraid the awful moment has arrived… and so we have to break the news that Master Ben Humphrey, actor of this parish and former young pretender to the
PUPILS and staff from St Andrew’s CE School in Hampton, did their bit to help clean up the local environment last week. Their efforts were part of an ECO week where every child at the school took part in a variety of activities designed to make
HIGH visibility vests have been given to youngsters by a building company. Cameron Homes, which is providing a new housing development in Pinvin, near Pershore, has handed over a £200 cheque and mini high visibility vests to the community pre-school
POWICK Community Choir is set to perform in St Martin’s Church, London Road, Worcester this Saturday evening. The show, which starts at 7.30pm, will see the choir performing the music of The Beatles and there will also be a Last Night of the Proms
Worcester wouldn’t be Worcester without the river Severn. An interpretation of the Saxon origins of the city’s name even means “the people of the winding river”. With the Worcester & Birmingham Canal branching off the Severn just up from Diglis
Good morning everyone. Here is our traffic news to help you get to work this morning. A lane is closed due to roadworks on A4440 both ways at A44, due to roadworks until 5th August. There are roadworks and temporary traffic lights on A4440 at
SIR - Seeing our MP Robin Walker on the Sunday Politics show defending the PM’s white paper on a new Brexit deal was like watching another car crash in slow motion yet again. Why do Westminster Government Ministers keep repeating the same disastrous
A DEVELOPER has apologised to a fed up pensioner after blocking his driveway for the second time. Ted Pratt, aged 72, of Brookside Road in Dines Green, has a garage plot behind his house which he uses to park a small lorry. He appeared in the
A ROUGH sleeper has said homeless people in Worcester “feel like we’re being left to rot and die” after a camp was cleared by police - but a councillor has praised the move. Ten officers cleared the 'tent town', which lies along the tow path off
TWO boys were badly hurt within 24 hours of each other after coming off their bikes on a steep slope at a city nature reserve. One boy was left unconscious after his crash, and had to be anaesthetised by paramedics before being rushed by emergency
POLICE have issued a warning about ‘laughing gas’ cannisters that were left in a city car park. Nitrous oxide cartridges and a balloon were found in the car park next to the Ketch Viewpoint, in Worcester, yesterday. A local police sergeant wants
A FORMER soldier had indecent images of children on his laptop. Michael Smith appeared at Worcester Crown Court yesterday after his home in Tenbury Wells was raided by police as part of Operation Safenet. The 49-year-old, now of Lickhill Caravan
A WEEK ago I wrote that the worst of the storm appeared to have passed for the Prime Minister over the Chequers Brexit backlash. At the time of that column Theresa May had seen the resignations of high profile cabinet members David Davis, and Boris
DOCTORS are no longer prescribing stop smoking aids in Worcestershire in a plan slammed as ‘short-sighted’ and ‘prioritising saving money over saving lives’. The British Lung Foundation found the local authority in Worcestershire fully decommissioned
COUNTER protesters plan to gather in the city to oppose a far-right rally over the proposed construction of a £3million mosque in Worcester. 76 people have signed up to attend the counter demonstration on Facebook and another 226 have registered
PROMISING Worcester Warriors forwards Zac Xiourouppa and Nick Rigby have been sent Down Under to get a taste of New Zealand rugby. Back row Xiourouppa has joined Orental Rongotai Club who brought through the likes of All Black stars Ma’a Nomu and
WATER has been gushing out of The Hive at an estimated rate of 3,600 litres per hour for weeks, a house boat owner has claimed. Robert Houseman is on a tour of Britain’s waterways with his partner and noticed the leak above the towpath off Croft
