WORCESTERSHIRE Rapids suffered a second successive defeat in the NatWest T20 Blast as Birmingham Bears pulled off a five-wicket win with four balls to spare in the derby clash at Edgbaston. The visitors were put into bat and totalled a competitive
CONTROVERSIAL plans to cover nearly 100 acres of farm land with solar panels have been withdrawn, much to the delight of worried villagers. The proposals from TGC Renewables had sought to build a £22 million solar farm on open countryside in the
TRAFFIC has ground to a halt on the M5 this afternoon after a lane had to be closed heading southbound between junction 5 and 6. The lane was closed due to a broken down car and fuel spillage between the exits of Droitwich and Worcester. The closure is
WORCESTER'S Monday Night Club members have been showing off their talent to prove they have the X Factor.The club held the talent competition for everyone that attends the weekly meetings. Helen Gill, one of the organisers, said there was so much
FRIENDS and families of elderly people in Worcestershire are being urged to look out for them after an increase in distraction burglaries and bank frauds across the areas. West Mercia Police is urging people to be aware of the risks following distraction
CALLS are being made for leading Worcester politicians to lobby parliament on better funding - amid claims it could help the city afford a first class swimming pool. Pressure is being put on the city council's new Conservative leadership to ask
STRIKE action that took place across Worcestershire on Thursday has been hailed as a huge success. UNISON said the strike by local government and school support workers was an overwhelming success as 2,500 workers in Worcestershire joined more
A MOTHER has apologised after fraudulently claiming more than £10,000 in benefits. Amanda Jane Stretch, who was formerly Amanda Fisher, of Shepherds Hill, Droitwich, admitted getting £10,030.43, which she was not entitled to. The overpayments
Worcester City Council will be marking the outbreak of the First World War 100 years ago, by joining in the national LIGHTS OUT campaign on Monday 4 August 2014. All lights will be turned off between 10pm and 11pm at the Guildhall on Worcester’
CHAINSAWS and alcohol were stolen in a burglary in Wichenford, near Worcester overnight on Wednesday. Thieves broke into the property between 10pm on Wednesday and 5.15am the next day. They reportedly forced the padlock off a locked door before damaging
"Woodbine Willie" Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy 15th July 2014 - 31st August 2014 at Worcester Cathedral Display of photographs and documents about Woodbine Willie - Revd. Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy - parish priest at St. Paul's, Worcester, who was
FIRE crews from Worcester and Droitwich were called to tackle a grass fire on the M5 today at 12.35pm just south of junction 5. The fire was on the southbound carriage.
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a car blaze in Lowesmoor, Worcester, today.The crew from Worcester was called to the fire at 1.34pm.
A MOTHER has spoken of how her four-year-old daughter and her friend escaped a man posing as a police officer who told them they should get in his car. Four-year-old Charlie Quill and her friend, three-year-old Peggy-Mae Bailey, were playing outside
THE managing director of a Worcester business is getting on his bike to fund more lifesaving research into conditions like the one that killed his sister.Colin Bell, who set up Edgar Street-based Bell IT Services in 2003, is gearing up to cycle 100 miles
STOURPORT Wyre Forest Business Network International, a professional networking organization, has referred more than £ 524,720 of business to fellow members over the last six months.Chapter director Rosanne Howes explained: "We meet every week
CALLS are being made to ease congestion around Worcester's tip - amid fears Perdiswell will not cope if it gets a new swimming pool and a football stadium. Worcester MP Robin Walker says resolving traffic around Bilford Road is becoming more and
THE deputy leader of Worcester City Council insists the regeneration of a rundown building will happen - and has urged private investors to come up with "a premier" solution. Councillor Marc Bayliss has told your Worcester News the old Trinity
A WORCESTERSHIRE MP has hailed the news that a new railway station is finally heading to the county - declaring victory after 25 years of campaigning. Sir Peter Luff, who was first elected to parliament in 1992, says he's been lobbying for Worcestershire
DREAM? This is more like a midsummer night’s scream as the laughs fall thicker and faster than Cupid’s arrows. But it’s only what you’d expect when Chris Jaeger and Ben Humphrey – the local arts scene’s answer to Batman and Robin – get their hands
CENTURIES of history will be revisited in a day at a Worcestershire stately home next month.More than 750 re-enactors will perform ten periods of military history as part of the M5 Military Re-enactment at Spetchley Park Gardens, just outside of Worcester
THE Mayor of Worcester Councillor Alan 'fiasco' Amos has flung himself into his civic duties now his holidays are over, but the critics aren't letting him forget just how he went about grabbing those chains. He'd barely placed his feet back under
SIR - After reading about Nicholas Murphy's dog Gunner I would like to say how said to lose a family pet like that.Unless people have a pet they cannot understand, they become part of the family. I have four dogs I would be devastated if it was one
UNCERTAINTY continues to surround crisis club Hereford United after their Herefordshire FA Senior Cup final against Westfields was called off. The Bulls were due to face their city rivals at Edgar Street on Tuesday, July 29, but the county FA have
SMALL companies are being urged to take advantage of a Government initiative called "micro entity", as it will entitle them to disclose less information in their accounts submitted to Companies House and HMRC.Christine Perks, an associate at
THE lights will go out in Worcester on Monday, August 4, as the city marks the outbreak of the First World War 100 years ago. The city council is joining the national Lights Out campaign to commemorate the centenary of the breakout of war between 10pm
Reports are coming in that the driver of a white van slowed and came to a stop to allow a cat to safely cross the road.It is claimed that amazing event took place on the B4205 Tolladine Road near the junction with Ambleside Drive at about 08:30 on Wednesday
A NEW solar park has opened near Evesham, which is expected to contribute one per cent to local demand for electricity.It is at Bypass Nurseries, just off the A46 at Aldington, where 16,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) panels generating 3.6MW a year
Sir - Parking Eye are charging ALDI customers £70. Anyone can easily not notice all the instructions and if they paid by cash they are done for.The theory is that the 'scam' is a legitimate way to prevent non customers from using the car
Sir - John Burgess ("Spinning the facts about animal welfare", July 2nd) talks of the high percentages of animals being euthanised in certain animal shelters in the USA.Sadly, this is also the case with many animal shelters/rescue centres here
RETAILER Screwfix is to open its first store in Bromsgrove. The new branch in Sherwood Road - the company's 347th in the UK - will create an additional 12 jobs and is part of a nationwide expansion plan. Screwfix’s new Bromsgrove store manager
What does David Cameron think he's doing? One minute he is calling for votes against Jean-Claude Junker, the next he is snuggling up and wishing him well?Cameron talks the talk about the EU, and regaining powers -but this man is hell bent on keeping
WORCESTER City take their first step towards the new campaign tomorrow as they kick-off their pre-season programme with two matches. The Blue and Whites have been in training for more than a week but are preparing to get minutes under their belts
THE CONTROVERSIAL Mayor of Worcester has finally settled on a date for his annual civic service - and it'll be EIGHT months later than first planned. Councillor Alan Amos' major 2014 bash, which was shelved in June because he went on holiday, will
SKIPPER Daryl Mitchell is looking for Worcestershire Rapids to react in positive fashion to the home reversal against Lancashire Lightning in tonight’s NatWest T20 Blast derby with Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston (6.30pm). The Rapids’ proud eight-game
SCHOOLS were crippled, bus services reduced, libraries closed and thousands of bin collections shelved as around 2,500 public sector workers went on strike across Worcestershire. Yesterday's dramatic walk-out, the biggest co-ordinated strike effort
VEHICLE tuning specialist Viezu Technologies, which was given a Queen’s Award for Enterprise earlier this year, has officially received the honour from the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire Lt Col Patrick Holcroft. The award recognises the outstanding
POSTCODE technology specialist Postcode Anywhere, which is headquartered in Worcester, has announced a long-term partnership with Australian software company DataTools for a new smart address capture service known as Express Capture.The system allows
FIREFIGHTERS were called to put out a fire in a flat bed transit van which set alight just after 1.30am this morning (Friday) brtween Crowle and Tibberton, Worcester.
THE local business world came together last night when Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce revealed the winners of the Chamber business awards 2014 at a glittering event at the Bank House Hotel, Bransford, near Worcester.Eight Worcestershire
