WORCESTER police station is to open its doors to the public. South Worcestershire Territorial Policing Unit’s Headquarters in Castle Street is expecting thousands of visitors between 11am and 3pm on Sunday, September 11, for its first open day since
A DAY as a pampered princess enjoying some of the best spa treatments around is a little cheaper thanks to your Worcester News loyalty card. Chessgrove Day Spa offers 20 per cent off both half and full-day passes to Worcester News subscribers – which
A MAN who led police on a dangerous four-mile night-time chase has been jailed for 15 months. Mitchell Webb, aged 21, of Derwent House, Hurcott Road, Kidderminster, panicked when he saw a police roadblock at Castle Road in Cookley, near Kidderminster
DISTRICT and county councillors have launched a new fight to keep Malvern Hills Outdoor Education Centre in public hands. Worcestershire County Council is considering a number of options for the future of the West Malvern centre, including selling it
A NONSENSICAL letter about roadworks has been sent out to households causing confusion and hysterical laughter in equal measure. Posted just days before carriageway resurfacing works in Brownheath Road, off Pershore Lane, on the northern outskirts of
MISS Worcester has helped to raise more than £130 for the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign by selling unwanted items. Verity Gwilliam was joined by several family members at the car boot sale in Hallow, near Worcester, selling clothes, books, toys
WORCESTER’S swan statue was welcomed back to the riverside by a visiting group from a twin town. The city’s twinning association brought their friends from Kleve to visit the statue, which had been returned to its position on Kleve Walk after
A ROMANTIC evening by the side of a Worcestershire river ended with a man accusing his partner of having an affair and punching her in the face. Wayne Loveridge took his long-term partner to a place by the river at Stourport where he had taught her
YOUNG carers in Worcestershire who help look after loved ones with a life-threatening illness now have their own support group. The Young Carers Group is set to be launched today at the Snowdrop Centre at St Richard’s Hospice, Worcester. The support
A CHARITY fund-raiser which saw two high-profile businesspeople jailed yesterday raised £1,500 for Sight Concern Worcestershire. Worcester people were called upon to bail them out for this year’s Jail n Bail event, following on from last year’s success
POINTS machine Andy Goode is all set to clock up another major personal milestone on his return to the Aviva Premiership. But the Worcester fly-half insists team glory and not individual achievement is the only thing on his mind on the opening day.
90+3 mins: Full-time. 90+1 mins: Penalty awarded to City for push but Carey-Bertram's spot-kick is saved. 87 mins: City on the back-foot. Doesn't look like we're going to get a barm-storming finish this week! 83 mins: SUB. City: Neil
SHABIR Khan hopes his loan spell at Stourport Swifts will prepare him fully for a return to action with Worcester City. It is now more than a year since the left-back suffered anterior cruciate ligament damage playing against Hinckley United. During
AN Indian restaurant and takeaway in Worcester is looking to expand its business and open up a new premises on a housing estate in the city. Pasha in St John’s, which has been running since 1987, has put forward proposals to take over a former kitchen
HEREFORD United chairman David Keyte says the money from the sale of Stuart Fleetwood will be ploughed back into the squad. The 25-year-old striker joined Blue Square Bet Premier club Luton Town for an undisclosed fee ahead of Wednesday’s transfer deadline
WELL I certainly didn’t expect to be writing this column on an unexpected day off! I’m still in shock, beating the LV= County Championship Division One leaders Lancashire inside two days doesn’t really happen to us. It was an unbelievable performance
A GRANDFATHER received the shock of his life when an electricity bill for more than £12,500 landed on his doormat. Fred Sherratt was more than a little surprised when he opened the letter from his suppliers, EDF Energy, asking for £12,605.70
SALE Sharks will have seven players making their Aviva Premiership debuts for the club when they face newly-promoted Worcester today (3pm) with a further three on the bench all set to make a first senior club appearance. Among the starters will be former
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Steve Burr has praised the attitude of midfielder Jack Byrne on his return to the team. The former Redditch United player missed the first four games of the Blue Square Bet Premier campaign as part of a five-match ban picked
A WORCESTER school has made it into the top 100 independent schools in the country for its GCSE results. The King’s School came in at number 89 on the list of the schools with the highest proportion of exams graded either A or A*. With a percentage
WORCESTER Cathedral and the University of Worcester have teamed up to offer three new scholarships for students in 2012. The choral scholarships are open to young men with counter-tenor, tenor and baritone/bass voices and are aimed at encouraging young
THE English Civil War will come to life on the streets of Worcester today. This year marks the 360th anniversary of the Battle of Worcester so the annual Civil War day exhibition has been expanded. Visitors will be able to have archaeology
