A DEAF man was given a new lease of life when he moved into a Worcester care home to get the support he needed. Steven Ditchfield, who is also autistic, moved to Craegmoor’s Hamilton House on Malvern Road at the start of 2013 and, according to
MORE than 550 children and almost 4,000 adults have been hit by cars near schools in Worcestershire over the past six years. The figures were revealed in a survey by AXA insurance and research company Road Safety Analysis, which revealed 557,200
WHAT is it about football that brings out the worst in people? Worcester City have only been at Aggborough for two games yet already fans have taken to message boards calling for segregation. At present, supporters of both teams stand behind
SEVERN Trent customers were able to explore what happens to their waste water when the bowels of a sewage treatment works were opened up. Dozens of people turned up to tour the water company’s site at Hadley, near Droitwich, which has just undergone
WORCESTERSHIRE’S faint LV= County Championship Division Two promotion hopes were all but snuffed out by a clinical Essex at Chelmsford. The hosts cruised to an eight-wicket victory that in effect ended the New Road outfit’s slim chance of an immediate
A DOG warden says the number of Staffordshire bull terriers looking for a new home in Worcester has risen “astronomically” in recent months. Pip Singleton says that despite the dogs’ poor public image there is nothing wrong with the ‘Staffy’ breed
A MULTI-CAR crash closed three lanes and halted traffic on the M5 northbound. Seven cars were involved in the incident this afternoon between junction five for Droitwich and junction six for Warndon. One person sustained a minor injury, but
UP to £175,000 is set to be ploughed into schemes to help young people in Worcester by the city council. The Guildhall’s Labour leadership wants to inject the six-figure sum into helping teenagers improve their skills. About £50,000 will be
TEACHERS across Worcestershire are set to walk out in a day of strike action next month. Members of the two largest teacher’s trade unions in the country – the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union
THIS is the season Worcester Warriors are finally going to deliver. It’s a statement fans have heard many times. When Mike Ruddock was brought in as director of rugby in 2007 with the remit of making Warriors a force in the Premiership.
A LAW firm has donated more than £5,000 to a charity which supports people affected by sight loss. Kidderminster-based mfg Solicitors handed over a cheque for £5,058.33 to Sight Concern Worcestershire following a discounted will-writing initiative
SIR – In April I travelled with the Worcester News to Auschwitz to see where a government gassed its citizens on an industrial scale. In 2008 I went to Rwanda and in the Genocide Museum saw the record of hideous slaughter after Statesponsored media
SIR – Last week’s vote in the Commons on Syria is being seen by some as a significant moment in our nation’s history, as a moment when we might, albeit unintentionally, have redefined ourselves and our role in the world. It is also being seen
SIR – There has been a great deal of understandable concern about last week’s vote in Parliament on Syria. I am afraid that the reporting in your paper and the unwarranted accusation that local MPs did not vote according to their principles is
A WORCESTER care home joined forces with neighbours to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. St John’s resident, Gemma Lloyd, and her aunt Jenny Andrews hosted a summer fete at Regent Care Home in School Road, in support of the charity and raised
HE has been playing cricket for more than six decades and, at the ripe old age of 80, Tony Neel is still going strong. A familiar and well-respected sporting figure across the county, Neel has taken in excess of 4,000 wickets during a distinguished
A ROAD has reopened after a mother and baby had to be cut from the car they were traveling in after an incident on the A44 near Bromyard. The woman, believed to be in her 20s, received a slight head injury and was taken to The County Hospital in
AN afternoon charity gig at a Worcester pub attracted complaints from neighbours because the music was too loud. The Virgin Tavern, in Tolladine Road, hosted Black Sabbath tribute band From Sabbath to Hell in a bid to raise cash for Macmillan Cancer
MOTORISTS and passengers are being urged to stay safe and use their seatbelts every time they travel in a car as part of a European-wide enforcement campaign or face a fine of up to £500. The Safer Roads Partnership, Warwickshire Police and West
IF you can't be parted from your compact mirror and you're permanently touching up your face powder, it might be time to reassess your make-up application. More than half (58%) of women admit to reapplying their cosmetics once or twice a day, according
MORE than 60 new homes are to be built on a seven-acre parcel of land in the village of Wychbold, between Droitwich and Bromsgrove. The site, off Crown Lane, has been earmarked for development by Persimmon Homes South Midlands. Having gained planning
AS the national economy improves, huge untapped potential is just waiting to be unleashed in the Worcestershire business community, according to a new report. The latest economic review from the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce
A MOTHER and baby had to be cut out of their car when it crashed on the A44 near Bromyard. Firefighters had to cut off the roof of the Toyota Yaris to safely remove both the woman and a young child, believed to be 18-months-old. The woman sustained
FOR once, British tennis has someone to shout about who isn’t Andy Murray or Laura Robson. Dan Evans announced himself on the world stage by reaching the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows, eventually losing in four sets to world number
A HEART-attack survivor has returned to Worcestershire Royal Hospital 10 years on to thank the fast-acting medics who saved his life. John Hanglin collapsed in agony after suffering a heart attack while working as a volunteer in the hospital foyer
WORCESTER City have made plenty of signings over the summer but one of the most important could be new physio Ruddi Farquharson. Like many of the players who have joined the Skrill North club, the 51-year-old won’t be a familiar name among supporters
NEITHER Worcester City or Gloucester City will face further action over the mass brawl that marred their Skrill North derby last month. The match at Whaddon Road on August 20, which Worcester lost 2-1, saw red cards shown to both City left-back
MORE than £10 million worth of drugs has been seized in West Mercia and Warwickshire police forces over the past two years. In the 24 months up to April this year, officers from West Mercia Police recorded 199 cases of cannabis production, along
WORCESTER is the clumsiest city in the UK, a national survey has found. Every year, about 2.7 million people end up in hospital as a result of an accident in the home and the survey found four out of 10 people in the UK admitted to injuring themselves
TWO lorry drivers have been injured in a crash in Fromes Hill between Worcester and Hereford. The drivers were treated by ambulance crews following a crash on Fromes Hill, near Hereford, this morning. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called
WORCESTER Warriors fans should go into the new season in high spirits after a summer of sweeping changes both on and off the pitch. Plenty has been said about the arrival of Dean Ryan, his new-look coaching team and the annual turnover of players
WORCESTERSHIRE produced a spirited fightback on day two but were still left with a huge task to avoid defeat against promotion-chasing Essex in their LV=County Championship Division Two match at Chelmsford. After Essex had posted a first-innings
IF ever proof were needed that the football world has gone totally bonkers, Gareth Bale’s world record transfer to Real Madrid has provided it. The tedious summer-long saga surrounding the Welsh international’s move from Tottenham was finally brought
PEOPLE have been slipping and falling over outside a Worcester charity shop after a mysterious greasy patch appeared. One woman, who declined to be named, slipped over outside the St Richard’s Hospice charity shop, in The Cross, yesterday when
WORCESTER City are hoping for another large crowd at Aggborough this weekend as part of non-league day. With no fixtures in the Premier League or Championship due to the latest tranche of World Cup qualifiers, semi-professional clubs across the
A PEACEFUL hillside erupted with the sounds of fighting – 362 years after hosting a battle widely credited as being the birth of democracy. Fort Royal, Worcester, was at the heart of the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, which saw Charles
DAVID Leatherdale must feel like a kid at Christmas at the moment with the eagerly-anticipated hand-over of the keys to Worcestershire’s sparkling new facilities set to be completed this weekend. The £10million project has suffered from several
REDUCED street cleaning, job losses and convicted criminals carrying out manual work in Worcester could be the result of swingeing new cuts to council finances. Worcester city councillors have been urged to “think the unthinkable” in finding expected
