WORCESTER’S Mayor and MP have called for solidarity after the terrorist attack in New Zealand which left 49 people dead. In a meeting at the Guildhall, Mayor of Worcester Jabba Riaz and MP Robin Walker united to issue a joint condemnation of the
THERE are some blasts from the past in this photograph of Worcester City Youth in 1994. They line up at City's former St George's Lane ground at the end of the 1993-94 campaign. Do you recognise any of the faces?
DOG walkers in Worcester have been encouraged to join in with the latest 'Big Community Dog Walk' The walk, on Saturday morning, will be held at Pitchcroft in from 11.30 and will last for two hours. Owners and their pets will then walk around
COMPLAINTS made against a parish council chairman are being investigated. Tempers flared at a meeting of Dodderhill Parish Council last week after it was revealed chairman Alyson Keane was under investigation – meaning any questions about a controversial
A DROP-in centre for people with mental health difficulties has received charity funding and increased its membership by 200 per cent. Survivors Worcester, which has been running for 13 years, is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 2pm
It’s been an unusual month for Gary Bills-Geddes of the Worcester News. Not only was he interviewed for an online literary web site, an interview he gave to an American TV company last summer was finally broadcast, both on the TV channel and online
DESCRIBED by BBC Radio as ‘The ultimate 1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll show!’, The Bluejays Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution comes to Artrix in Bromsgrove, this March. A spokesman said: “The Bluejays, the UK’s leading vintage Rock ‘n’ Roll band present Rock and Roll
IF you want to experience Lindisfarne, don’t head north. Don’t even meet them on the corner; head to Worcester instead, next month. The legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers Lindisfarne will be performing at the Huntingdon Hall. A spokesman said
THE climber who found Mallory’s body will be heading to Malvern and Cheltenham this spring, to talk about life on the edge. A spokesman said: “Considered one of the world’s greatest climbers and mountaineers of our time, Conrad Anker has numerous
DO you love cats and have some time to spare? Then a Worcestershire animal charity has the dream job for you. Worcester & District Cats Protection has seen several fosterers retire and desperately needs to recruit some new volunteers. Laura
ALMOST 200 students skipped school and protested against climate change. Students of all ages from many of the city’s primary and secondary schools gathered outside the Guildhall on Friday (March 15) to demand action on climate change by the government
TODAY'S picture from the vault of the Worcester News, when Worcester Arts Workshop revamped its theatre facilities. Architect Martin Baines is seen handing over a donation for £4,000 for new lighting to Rev John Everest, chairman of the managing committee
A LECTURER from Worcester Sixth Form College described as an "inspiration" has been nominated for an award. Rachel Briggs is course leader in all early years courses and paediatric first aid at the college, and has been nominated for Teacher/Lecturer
James Reade is one of the founding directors of SME Advisers Ltd, a management consultancy firm he recently set up with Worcester law firm SME Solicitors and sharing their offices in Sansome Walk. James, 53, grew up on the Wirral but moved to Worcester
SCOTLAND international back-row forward Cornell du Preez has resumed full training with Worcester Warriors having recovered from a fractured larynx. Du Preez suffered the injury in an accidental collision with Wasps’ Joe Launchbury early in his
A WORCESTER man has been given a community service sentence and ordered to pay his victim compensation after being convicted of assaulting a London tube train ticket inspector. The former army Lance Corporal who now acts as a private bodyguard,
POLICE are appealing for witnesses or information after a man was robbed in Malvern in the early hours of Thursday (March 14). At around 12.20am, a man in his 40s withdrew cash from a cashpoint at Morrisons, in Roman Way, when three teenagers approached
SIR – RE the article, Mayor: I wasn’t asking councillor for a fight (February 26). As the councillor to which the mayor directed this challenge (a recording of this can be heard on the city council website occurring some 7–8 minutes into the council
HUNDREDS of students and staff at the University of Worcester signed up as potential stem cell donors for Oscar Saxelby-Lee yesterday. The university’s student union partnered with Anthony Nolan, a research charity, to help find a stem cell transplant
THE council will not be renewing its contract with Babcock Prime next year after cabinet agreed to incorporate education services into the new company running children's social care. Worcestershire County Council announced it would be ending its
A GAMER from Worcester organised a 24-hour Youtube marathon to raise money for Oscar. Ian Simmonds, 50, said he decided to do something after seeing the news of Oscar's fight against Leukaemia. He said: "I live in St Johns and have got two kids
POLICE are still hunting a man who reportedly stole a phone from a shop in Worcester while it was being shown to him by a member of staff. On Monday, Worcester News reported on how the man came into the Worcester Tech Smart shop in St Johns, asking
PARENTS are holding a rally in the city to demand more support for children with special educational needs. Worcestershire mum Tracy Winchester has organised the rally in a bid to get more cash for children with special educational needs and disabilities
A CAR was stopped by Police in Powick yesterday morning. A witness, who did not want to be named, said he was travelling back to Worcester from Malvern along Malvern Road when he saw a police car parked up by the right turning for Upton-upon-Severn
MANAGER John Snape hopes to see how much Worcester City’s “Jekyll and Hyde” youth graduates have blossomed when they renew acquaintances with Boldmere St Michaels tomorrow (3pm). City opened the season with a 3-2 defeat at the Trevor Brown Memorial
COMEBACK king Tyler Weir has vowed to stick with Worcester City for the rest of this season and beyond. The flexible full-back, who left for the third time in the past two seasons to accept contract terms at Gloucester City in November, made his
WORCESTER Warriors' Kai Owen forms part of a new front row for England against Scotland in the final round of the Under 20s Six Nations Championship at Northampton tonight (7.45pm). Club-mates Ollie Lawrence, who has previously been on Warriors
OFFICERS are carrying out targeted patrols in Kempsey following reports of teenagers drinking and fighting in and around an alleyway. PCSO Martin Butcher, of Kempsey & Alfrick Safer Neighbourhood Team, said residents have raised concerns about
A FITNESS instructor held a four-hour Zumbathon to raise money for a Pitmaston Primary School pupil with a rare form of cancer. Tina Donkin, along with fellow instructor Denise Wrafter, led 80 women through two sessions on Saturday, raising £2,000
