ANTI-social behaviour is the main concern residents have expressed about proposals to turn a disused social club into £2 million housing for homeless people. Worcester Community Housing held a consultation session with people living close to the
DEVELOPERS have been given the go-ahead to build 92 new homes in Hartlebury, despite local opposition. The new estate, to be a mixture of houses and bungalows, faced opposition from villagers and the local councillor. However the plans were
HOSPITAL bosses are confident they can plug a £2 million black hole by the end of the financial year. NHS chiefs at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have reported a deficit of £1.9 million so far in 2012/13. But at a meeting of the board
A MAN who headbutted two people as they queued for a late night takeaway had downed vodka and lager as he celebrated getting a new job, a court was told. Aaron Rao had gone into Worcester with his best friend and partner after finding work having
A NEW television documentary will tell the chilling tale of the Betty Yates murder case in Worcestershire. Jennifer Meierhans, who covered the story for our sister newspaper the Kidderminster Shuttle, and Annabella Harvey-Lawrence, of the town’
SENIOR nurses need to become more like ‘formidable’ old-style matrons to prevent a repeat of the ‘appalling’ care suffered by patients at a neighbouring hospital says a county health expert. Retired county hospital physician and former Wyre Forest
SIMON Fitter’s first-half penalty miss proved costly as Evesham United were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Abingdon United at a windswept Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium. The midfielder wasted the opportunity from 12 yards on 16 minutes when his
POLICE are seeking three males in connection with a burglary and an attempted burglary in the same road. On Monday a house in Sabrina Avenue, Northwick, Worcester, was broken into between 6.30pm and 7pm via a rear door and a search was made of
DROITWICH Spa’s MP voted in favour of the Government’s same sex marriage bill when it was put before the House of Commons. MPs voted in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by a margin of 400 to 175, with a majority of 225 on February
THE number of complaints made against students living in private rented and university-managed accommodation has fallen significantly. Between September and December 2012, there were 25 complaints about students who attend the University of Worcester
SIR – Re your Comment (Worcester News, January 24) – I am one of the 40 per cent who will vote out of Europe. As to jobs, crime, NHS and education – my job at 76 is writing to Worcester News; crime – I never go out after dark; NHS – I have nine
SIR – So Mr [David] Cameron has pledged to offer the people a referendum on the EU. About time, but he had little choice. If he had not he would have been voted out at the next election. But can we trust him to deliver or like the Tory party
SIR – Peter Jewell’s letter saying we do not want to be a federal state of Europe is right on (Worcester News, January 29). As Mr Jewell says, we want to be trading partners, but we do not want Brussels to overcontrol our lives. Now it is
SIR – It’s only a short while ago that David Cameron was telling Mr [Alex] Salmond that he would have to wait two years for a referendum on Scotland. He’s now suggesting we wait five years for a referendum on Europe. He says he wants to stay
SIR – I have a question for the public-spirited shopper (Worcester News, February 1) whose photograph, above, of a police car in a disabled space dominated your front page. Had they themselves been a victim of crime in the same supermarket, and awaiting
SIR – My husband and I have lived in the cul-de-sac off Mortlake Avenue for 48 years. Never once when we have had heavy snowfalls and icy roads has any sand or grit been put down to assist movement. We now have a number of 80 and 90-year olds
SIR – We are regularly urged to use public transport and leave the car at home. The other day I had a hospital appointment so I checked the timetable and the buses were due every 10 minutes to town. The first bus never showed and nor did the
SIR – May I just say what a brilliant idea it was to merge the university and city libraries into the Hive? This is a wonderful place, a real delight with a lovely atmosphere and a treasure trove of materials. Surely no other city in Britain
THE gritting fleet will be heading out once again as road surface temperatures are set to fall well below zero. Worcestershire County Council's gritters will cover primary routes from 7.30pm, with lows of -4C and patchy frost predicted. Met
BEYONCE may have wowed at the American Super Bowl but a group of dance students managed to do the same at Worcester Warriors with a medley of the singers’ biggest hits. Much like the diva herself, the Worcester College of Technology performing
AN established band will play their huge range of rock and pop covers at two Worcester venues from tomorrow. The Reflections, who have existed in one form or another for about 15 years, aim to play covers that other bands don't normally do from
A MOBILE creche and out of school club, a company which produces innovative snacks and one that helps pupils with special educational needs to drive are the three winners of the 2013 Worcester News Business Accelerators competition. The trio of
A CANCER survivor who campaigned for radiotherapy in Worcester will be the voice of patients in hospitals. Paul Crawford has been appointed patient representative for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. He will take part in board and committee
POLICE have released these CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of two charity collection boxes. A Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal collection tin was stolen from the pharmacy counter at Morrisons supermarket
WARRIORS flanker Matt Kvesic’s summer move to local rivals Gloucester has today been confirmed by the Kingsholm club. Your Worcester News exclusively revealed on Friday, January 25 that the 20-year-old back-rower, who has this week been training
A FIRE has torn through a home in Malvern, completely destroying the living room and causing extensive damage to other parts of the property. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service was called to a house in Oak Crescent just before 7pm yesterday
A WOMAN suffered an injured back after a collision between a car and a lorry in Stoulton, near Pershore. Police and ambulance crews were called to the crossroads between Wadborough Road, Church Lane and the B4084 just before 6pm yesterday evening
THE water supply in Upton upon Severn has been repaired. Large parts of Upton upon Severn had been without their water supply due to a burst valve. The problem had affected areas including Gardens Walk, Greenfields Road and Backfields.
SNICKERS the ravenous raccoon has been recaptured thanks to his favourite chocolate bar – a Twix. Eight weeks after he was first spotted foraging through the food bins at the Holt Fleet pub and restaurant, near Worcester, Snickers has been returned
EXPECTATION is an interesting concept in football. Largely because it places unrealistic demands, from both fans and the media, on teams to better what they achieved the previous year with scant consideration as to how that might actually happen
WEST Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner Bill Longmore has confirmed that the precept level will be held at a zero per cent increase for 2013/14. This announcement follows a meeting of the Police and Crime Panel where Mr Longmore’s proposal was
SIR – One in eight people in today’s world goes to bed hungry – including many children in England. Other people throw food away. Shocking. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
SIR – I wholeheartedly agree with your letter writer about automated tills (Worcester News, January 30). While I agree they are useful for some shoppers, they should not be installed at the expense of existing manned tills. I had words with
SIR – Once again the Conservative Party and its leader are intending to obsess over all things European. Over the next two years they will be trying to renegotiate all our treaties, including the ones signed and agreed by Margaret Thatcher and
SIR – Has it become open season on vegans? We have been compared with Nazis in the Worcester News letters page (October 30). The Malvern tourist information centre offered us a display widow for Christmas and then removed half our display
SIR – It is a fiction that benefit levels are too high. Someone who relies on benefits is poor. They struggle to survive from week to week. The Green Party supports an immediate link of benefit levels to annual inflation, the Retail Prices
SIR – I would like to say a big thank you to the nurses and doctors at the dialysis unit at Kidderminster Hospital. We hear a lot about the bad care to patients by nurses and doctors, but I would like to say that despite all the bad weather of
SIR – I was disappointed to read the report by Tom Edwards report (Worcester News, January 24) about Worcester city cleaner and greener department’s plans to replace summer and winter floral bedding in parks with more sustainable plants. Hitherto
SIR – For some time I have been reading the Worcester News with regard to the future of Worcester City Football Club. The proposed move to Nunnery Way was a no go from day one, and should have been put on the back burner some time ago. The
A BLAZE at a block of flats this morning may have been started deliberately, firefighters suspect. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service was called to Dolben Lane in Redditch this morning to tackle a fire on a first-floor landing.
FIREFIGHTERS suspect a blaze in a derelict Worcestershire building last night was started deliberately. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service rushed to the 35 x 10 metre building in Teme Street, Tenbury Wells, at about 8.30pm and found
UPDATE: Network Rail has now fixed the signal problems that caused delays for passengers travelling through Worcester this morning. Signal problems at Worcester Shrub Hill meant services between Hereford and Birmingham were being cancelled, altered
THE intricate and layered sounds of a one man band originally from Worcester are set to be compiled on a debut album. Theo - also known as London resident Sam Knight - will put out the record on independent label Barely Legal, which is run by two
MORE people are being told to avoid calling the Worcestershire Hub in a bid to save cash. The council call centre, which has come under fire before for dips in performance, needs to cut £44,000 from its budget over the next year. Now councils
AGUSTIN Creevy, the Argentine international hooker, will join Warriors next season after agreeing a move from French Top 14 outfit Montpellier. There will be a strong Pumas contingent at Sixways next term with front-rower Creevy joining international
WARRIORS have signed Exeter’s Argentine fly-half Ignacio Mieres in a move that is set to spell the end of Andy Goode’s Sixways career. The 25-year-old Pumas international is in the middle of a two-year contract at Sandy Park, but Exeter have agreed
