A MAN has been attacked and robbed on the way home from a night out. The man was walking back from a night out in Evesham in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was hit on the head by his attacker, or attackers. He was woken up by some concerned
A LORRY driver tipped off police he had seen a man trying to break into sheltered housing in Worcester in the early hours, a court was told. Patrolling officers found that an alarm had gone off in a ground floor flat in London Road and a man was in the
A MAN stole perfume from a Worcester shop because he could not afford food for his disabled partner. Andrew Peckham admitted stealing three bottles, worth £49.97, from TK Maxx on Saturday, May 23, when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court. Sarah
POLICE have released these two CCTV images of a couple they want to talk to in connection with the theft of £3,000 of make up and toiletries from the Boots store in Ledbury. A man and a woman went into the branch in the town centre on Monday, May 9.
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council’s website is changing. Feedback is wanted after two pilot websites – on street lighting and the council’s cuts programme – were launched last week with a third on outdoor education centres planned to go live today. The
THE Worcester Table Tennis League aim to attract new teams and players for the new season at the beginning of October. Last year, the competition returned to three divisions after having only two for the previous four years. The popular move gave
SHAKIB Al Hasan says he would relish a longer third spell at New Road after arriving in Worcestershire for the Friends Life t20 campaign. The Bangladesh captain, who en-joyed a successful time with Steve Rhodes’ side last summer, has already signalled
A CHARITY football match and barbecue in memory of a village’s former team manager has raised £1,260 for a Worcester hospice. Alan Sutton, who previously managed the Hanley Swan team, lost his battle with cancer in February. Family friend Graham Holmes
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have signed Tamworth captain Tom Marshall on a one-year deal. The 23-year-old out-of-contract centre-half joins the Aggborough ranks after making 41 appearances for the Lambs as they finished 19th in the Blue Square Bet Premier
THE work might be getting a mixed reaction from some people but a pair of newlyweds were among the first to walk along Worcester’s enhanced riverside area. William Spalding, grandson of a former Worcester mayor, and fashion designer Vesta Okyere-Yeboah
SIR – It says in the Bible that man shall not live by bread alone. We may have to eventually if Denmark have their way. They have already banned Marmite, Rice crispies, Shreddies and Ovaltine. What next? PHIL PEGLER Worcester
JOE Heath has signed for Hereford United on a two-year deal after his release from Exeter City. The 22-year-old defender was on loan at the Bulls last season, playing 30 games, and has now made the move permanent. Hereford will host
SECOND XI DIVISION ONE Alvechurch & Hopwood v Worcester Nomads Worcester Nomads (24) 351-4 (R Dixon 102no, J Pinder-Hampton 99, M Jones 86), Alvechurch & Hopwood (4) 192. Worcester Nomads won by 159 runs. Belbroughton v Pedmore Pedmore (24) 243-8
DANCING sensation Katie Love has battled her way through to the final of TV talent show So You Think You Can Dance? The 24-year-old, who is originally from Rushwick, near Worcester, was given a standing ovation by the judges on Saturday night
SIR – I see the lecturers at a city college have been asked to take a pay cut or lose their jobs. So it’s quite obvious they must take a pay cut, because it is so important to educate the young. But this is how the council should operate – instead
Intriguing new discovery - Benjamin Francis Leftwich is a singer-songwriter of Australian and South African heritage who was born and bred in York. At just 21-years-old, he is a self-taught guitarist who began playing at the age of 10, growing
YES, Prime Minister is definitely a must-see. The play has been based on the original TV series and brought to life for the stage. The stage is set at an office in Chequer’s with its oak panelling walls and doors, a sofa, chairs, large
A CHARITY football match and barbecue in memory of a village’s former team manager has raised £1,260 for a Worcester hospice. Alan Sutton, who previously managed the Hanley Swan team, lost his battle with cancer in February. Family friend Graham Holmes
SIR – We would like to congratulate the Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsmen and sponsors (Arts Council England, Malvern Hills District Council and the Lottery) for organising so efficiently at last weekend’s Worcestershire Arts Trail.
A manufacturer of specialist health care profiling beds is setting new standards for trauma and spinal injury treatment with a radical new product. Nexus DMS, based at Hampton Lovett, near Droitwich, has worked closely with clinicians and nursing staff
WORCESTERHIRE-based contractor Thomas Vale has announced its most successful year trading in its 142-year history. The firm, which has headquarters in Stourport, achie-ved record turnover results of more than £250 million in 2010/2011. The construction
TOUCHING tributes have been left to a young boy who died after falling into a Stourport canal basin while out riding his bicycle. The 12-year-old, named locally as Robbie Fidoe, was pronounced dead at Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Friday
SIR – Re: John Phillpott Two problems solved (Worcester News, May 14). Housing the elderly in prison is an interesting idea but I think Mr Phillpott hasn’t completely thought this one through. Putting old folk in over crowded rooms containing
MATT Neal continues top lead the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship despite a highly controversial last corner, final lap clash with team-mate Gordon Shedden in the second race that put them both off the track as they fought for victory. Shedden
OVER £6,000 of goods have been stolen from a Worcester pub in broad daylight. The incident took place between 2pm and 6pm at the Bush Inn, Bull Ring, St John’s while the landlord and landlady were out on Friday. Three fridge freezers
SIR – Following a visit to Detroit’s Diner in Worcester on May 13 I sent an e-mail complaining about the experience. The diner looks great and has a pleasant ambience, the waiting staff were smart and friendly and the waitress for our table was
PLANS for a village near Worcester to have its own post office in the parish hall car park seem to have been stamped out. Kempsey’s parish council chairman claims the Post Office has given them the “runaround” and has not supported the plan. As previously
SIR – Following a statement by the EU Commissioner for the economic affairs (Olli Rehn) that three super quangoes had taken over the regulatory role of the continent’s 27 national banks including the Bank of England, it ponders the question as
SUMMER can be a very expensive time; holidays and festivals don't come cheap. But forget the bucket and spade this year, because you won't have to dig deep for this Summer's hottest trends. The sudden popularity of head-wraps and head-scarves
SIR – A rare leaf-rolling beetle has turned up at Trench Wood Nature Reserve. Can this weevil also roll its own cigarettes? GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
A RECORD turnout of racegoers helped to raise thousands of pounds for a Worcestershire charity. A short rain shower did not dampen the spirits of more than 8,000 people who descended on Worcester Racecourse on Saturday for the annual Ladies’ Day. Jenny
SIR – We have been reading some bad reports about how the elderly are being treated in some hospitals. My mother is 104 years old and on Monday, May 23, she was taken to Worcester Royal Hospital after having a fall and being very confused. After
SIR – I enclose a photo of myself that my late father Len Walford took of me just before a football match, the year was 1950. I played in goal for Wadborough Youth Club for quite a few games. In time we joined the Worcester League, we were called
SIR – The CQC report on care for the elderly at the Alexandra Hospital isn’t just shocking as John Rostill (the trust’s chief executive) puts it – its disgraceful in the 21st century. The CQC inspected 12 hospitals nationally, and only three
100 YEARS AGO: AN engine cleaner named Charles Sheppard of Rainbow Hill, Worcester, fell from his engine at the Great Western cleaning sheds, Shrub Hill on Friday evening while cleaning the upper part of it. His head struck the ground and fellow
THIS WEEK IN 1961: THE chief constable of Worcester, Eric Abbott has called in Scotland Yard to assist in inquiries in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Patrick Mulligan who was found lying stabbed on the footpath in Sidbury, last Saturday
POLICE are hunting a man wanted in connection with a sexual offence in Worcester. Keith Chadwick’s image is set to appear on BBC One’s Crimewatch Roadshow, later this week. The 52-year-old is wanted in connection with a sexual assault which took
A MAN has admitted exposing himself to a number of students near a girls’ school in Malvern. Kenneth Jones was seen by the girls, aged between 16 and 18, on three different dates near to Malvern St James, Avenue Road. Jones, of Salisbury Close, Ronkswood
THE Chief Executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, John Rostill, is to retire - but it's nothing to do with a recent damning report into care. John Rostill OBE, today announced his retirement after 47 years in the NHS and eight
THE old adage is that every black cloud has a silver lining and you don’t get to a much blacker place as a young man than breaking your back in a car crash and waking up to discover your legs don’t work. But anyone who ever thought being paralysed
IT may be called Seechem Manor but you won’t find a formal garden surrounding this old farmhouse. When Nicola Sethia and her husband bought the house at Rowney Green, near Alvechurch, 16 years ago, the garden was much smaller and was largely just
IT IS a debate as old as the hills: should music be accessible to all regardless of how knowledgable people are of it, or is it absolutely a matter of choice what each individual likes? And, in an effort to please every "musical taste" under the sun does
HOMEOWNERS have an opportunity to get expert advice on how to turn their home improvement dreams into a reality while raising funds for housing and homelessness charity Shelter. Award-winning architect Carl Holloway, who has offices in Malvern and Birmingham
WHEN local fruit and vegetable grower Robert Hale decided to retire this year, he had no idea the effect this would have on the daughter of farmers’ market regulars Roger and Liz Styan. Robert had supplied Styan Family Produce with all manner
THIS is a lovely and very varied walk, including two canals and the fine parkland which surrounds the National Trust’s Hanbury Hall. There are panoramic views from Oxpasture Bank and Middle Hill and glimpses of secluded Mere Hall, which is
A MAN is questioning how he ended up in sheltered housing for the elderly – despite being under 50. Nigel Pockett has been living at The Firs, Kempsey, near Worcester, since he was released from hospital after having his right leg amputated four weeks
*ANYONE who owns a computer will occasionally receive an amusing story or collection of jokes in their inbox. Such whimsies tend to do the rounds, passed around like those ‘old money’ chain letters. I usually spike them, purely on the grounds
APAIR of local riders are proving their prowess in dressage after they trotted off with national titles. Isobel Wessels from Ledbury claimed two victories on the same day at the 2011 NAF Five Star Winter Championships. She won Elevator Medium
SUMMER is a time of flies in the kitchen, mosquitoes being squashed against innumerable hotel ceilings and children running around in a demented fashion as they are pursued by real or imaginary wasps. Yes, all those creepy-crawlies can drive us
I’VE often pointed out to readers that the handy acronym ‘nimby’ is one of the most meaningless terms of abuse in the modern age. It’s sprinkled about like confetti by every Mr and Mrs Surburban Semi-detached comfortably living their insular lives
A SPORTS lecturer is out of the starting blocks as she bids to complete three challenges in three months for the next 10 years. Dr Andrea Faull has set herself the task of completing 30 challenges in her 30s and raise thousands of pounds for
WORCESTER City’s summer recruitment continues apace following the acquisition of striker Mike Symons. The 6ft 3ins target man has agreed a one-year deal at St George’s Lane following his release from Blue Square Bet North rivals Gloucester
A MAN who exposed himself to a pensioner while she was walking her dog must now sign the sex offenders' register. John Taylor, aged 57, was sentenced after being convicted of exposing his genitals to the 74-year-old woman. Douglas Marshall
SECURING a win in the top-flight for Worcestershire is something of a rarity, so to be the captain of that victorious team is a huge honour. Not since August 2007 had the New Road men sent an opponent packing with their tails between their
