A FOUL-MOUTHED neighbour from hell has been jailed for a second time after repeatedly hurling vulgar abuse at people living nearby. The self-styled Godfather of Castlemorton Richard Dawe, aged 79, was jailed for month at Worcester Crown Court yesterday
A TEENAGE cyclist is being sought by police after he committed an act of indecency in front of a woman. The woman was sitting on a bench on a footpath by the Arrow Valley Countryside Centre, off Battens Drive, Redditch, when she was approached
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build 43 homes on a hill overlooking Pershore have been thrown out for the second time in four months. Proposals to build a new estate on open land at Allesborough Farm, Allesborough Hill, were rejected by Wychavon District
THE Worcester News has gone back in time to launch its strategy for the future. All this week, town crier Peder Nielsen will be in the city centre, announcing our fabulous relaunch. The Worcester News has undergone a major transformation, with
AN INCREASING number of social housing tenants in Worcester have been looking to downsize as a result of the controversial bedroom tax. The government’s contentious Spare Room Subsidy - which has seen housing benefit payments cut by 14 per cent
MUD, mud, glorious mud - there was nothing quite like it for thousands of competitors who took on a gruelling cross-country course this weekend. About 4,500 runners - including staff from your Worcester News - tackled the Mud Runner Oblivion event
A second man has denied murder after a 39-year-old man was stabbed to death in Worcester. Adrian Locke, of Wych Road, Droitwich, died of stab wounds after being found outside a property in Teme Road, Tolladine, Worcester, on Wednesday, January
A LARGER than life entertainer has started a campaign to get himself into the Celebrity Big Brother house and prove he is a big star. As a member of Take Fat, Worcester’s Tony James is used to joining four other portly chaps on stage but he thinks
HIGHLY-respected young Scottish coach Simon Cross has been appointed as Worcester Warriors’ new defence coach. The 32-year-old has been a crucial part of the Scotland under 20 set-up and will work at Sixways on a full-time basis. Cross, a former
WORCESTER City have added versatile defender George Williams to their ranks for the 2013-14 season. The 20-year-old, who can play in either full-back role or as a holding midfielder, was captain at Midland Alliance side Loughborough University
A PENSIONER has been left in a serious but stable condition after being hit by a car in Redditch. The 74-year-old man was crossing the road outside the Bridge surgery, Evesham Road, at 4pm on Monday, June 24 when he was struck by a silver Citroen
SIR – George Cowley (Worcester News, June 24) says he is working when he is writing letters to the Worcester News. Come off it, George, that’s only a pleasure (to the writer), though not necessarily to the reader. PHIL PEGLER Worcester
SIR – Like John Shearon (Worcester News, June 25), I too am deeply concerned that we still allow faith schools to indoctrinate our children with their dubious religious myths under a masquerade of righteousness. Whose righteousness one might ask
SIR – I am somewhat concerned about the proliferation of pedestrian crossings that are sited on the Henwick Road and Hylton Road approach to the city. There was previously one at the junction of Himbleton Road/Henwick Road and another one
SIR – So dualling the southern link road is going to end the traffic misery? Presumably those people who believe this also believed that repeated tinkering with Whittington roundabout would help. Or perhaps this belief is being propagated
SIR – Your report on the developers paying for part of the A4440 to be made into a dual carriageway (Worcester News, June 25) smacks of some sort of deal, especially as Welbeck Land has just put in for outline planing. But reading further
SIR – You could put a sixlane motorway between Whittington and Powick but you would still clog up at the Ketch. When will the brains at County Hall realise that to relieve Worcester and surrounding areas what we need doing is to finish the ring
SIR – Re a couple of stories that have appeared recently in the Worcester News. Firstly, fines paid by motorists in New Road (Worcester News, June 26). As always no one points out that motorist are not forced to exceed the legal speed limit
THE seagulls, it would seem, are leaving us. By us, I mean Worcester and by leaving, I mean that their numbers are apparently 100 down year-on-year. Personally I think this is excellent news. I am not a fan. Not only are gulls, to give them
ALMOST 30 new homes could be built on a Worcester estate. Worcester Community Housing is behind two separate applications in Warndon featuring a mix of houses, bungalows and flats. The larger scheme is off Ullswater Close and, if approved,
WHITE Logistics, which employs about 100 people at its base in Pershore, has introduced new technology to strengthen its position as a leading player in the transport sector. The multi-million pound ePOD – electronic proof of delivery system –
TWO people were treated for minor injuries following a three-car crash near Pershore. The accident happened at about 9.50am between B4084 and A4104 Three Springs Road at Drakes Broughton with one person treated for neck pain and another for shoulder
A MAN has been charged with wounding another man with a carving knife. Lawrence Monahan, aged 63, of Hartford Road, Bromsgrove was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 50-year-old man sustained puncture wounds to his chest and under
PREPARATIONS for a seaside-themed summer fete for local youngsters are all going swimmingly apart from one small catch – organisers are in desperate need of a bulk load of sand. Staff and volunteers at Lyppard Grange Community Centre, in Warndon
THE body of a man was found on the railway line near Kempsey this morning. The incident, which is being treated as non-suspicious, was first reported to the British Transport Police at 7.53am today after the driver of the 6.10am service from Derby
WARRIORS hooker Ollie Hayes is to leave Sixways and re-join his former club Bristol. Hayes, 23, moved to Warriors from Bristol in 2011 and made a total of 14 appearances for the club, scoring two tries during his two-year stay. The Bath-born
MEMBERS of the armed forces are to be offered huge discounts at council-run leisure centres in Worcester, it has emerged. And any veteran who applies for a job at the city council will also be guaranteed an interview as part of an olive branch
MALVERN’S Rebecca Foster has success in her sights as she prepares to mastermind the challenge of Team GB at the Deaflympics next month. The 42-year-old, a former All England Schools javelin champion, is the team manager and coach of the six athletes
A PERSON has been hit by a train near Cheltenham Spa. The accident means there are delays of up to 60 minutes between Cheltenham Spa and Worcester Shrub Hill and Bromsgrove. There are also delays being reported by National Rail on Twitter of
UPDATE: A CHINESE lantern caused the huge blaze currently being battled by firefighters in Smethwick. A fire officer at the scene confirmed CCTV images showed the lantern dropping onto a bale at the site of the fire, J & A Young recycling
PLANS for a £10 million Worcester cultural quarter are being handed to council chiefs at the end of this month – with one of the city’s biggest redevelopments in a generation drawing ever closer. These exclusive images show how the old Royal Worcester
DESPITE being big enough to house 12 miles of archive collections, 250,000 books, 800 study stations and more than 26,000 records of historic monuments and buildings, people are struggling to find The Hive. That is the conclusion of an in-house
YOUR new-look Worcester News is out today - let us know what you think of it. We’ve described it as Bigger, Better and Brighter and packed with value. We hope you agree. Bigger – 12 more pages than last Monday’s. Better – More news
ENGLAND Women’s dreams of lifting a first-ever Rugby World Cup Sevens title went up in smoke at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow when they were knocked out in the quarter-final by World Series champions New Zealand. Going into the tournament as top
