MOTORISTS getting away for their Easter break this Thursday evening are being warned to expect delays on the M5, due to a crash. One vehicle has suffered significant damage in the crash, which has happened on the M5 southbound, between Junction
A SEX offender who twice groped an underage teenage girl and told her she had a ‘smoking hot’ body is now behind bars. Simon Boon admitted two counts of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl and breach of a sexual harm prevention order designed
TODAY’S story about a mum who waited for 31 hours on a trolley in a hospital corridor is yet another example of how the NHS is letting down patients and the service’s staff due to a lack of funding. Despite her ordeal at Worcestershire Royal, 33
A CITY chicken restaurant has applied for a new late-night refreshment licence. If the application is approved, Pepe’s Piri Piri in Lowesmoor, Worcester, will be allowed to serve hot food and non-alcoholic drinks until 2am every day, rather than
ALL eyes are on the Lady Dudley Cup at The Worcestershire point-to-point in Chaddesley Corbett on Saturday. Horses from the length and breadth of the British Isles will compete in front of around 10,000 spectators in the classic race for amateur
IT was on a skiing holiday in Austria in February 2018 that dad-of-two Nick Turner became worried that something ‘wasn’t right’ with his insides. Exactly one year later, 60-year-old Mr Turner was back on a snow-capped mountain – this time in the
A MAN was arrested in the city centre for breaching a criminal behaviour order (CBO). Police said they were called to Mealcheapen Street at around 12.15pm on Thursday to reports of concern for the welfare of a 36-year-old man who was subsequently
DARYL Mitchell felt Worcestershire Rapids produced the “perfect performance” when beating Lancashire by 125 runs in yesterday's Royal London One-Day Cup opener at Emirates Old Trafford. Hamish Rutherford and Mitchell scored centuries after Riki
WORCESTERSHIRE'S promising paceman Dillon Pennington will be out of action for around eight weeks while he recovers from an ankle ligament injury. The England under 19 player was given the green light to resume training after overcoming a bruised
A VICTORIAN morality tale, for anyone with a taste for vice and a time-defying picture in the attic, is set to come to Malvern Theatres. Tilted Wig Productions will present a bold new production of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray from Tuesday
English Symphony Orchestra have team up with Academy Theatre Arts for an exciting new collaborative performance, to entertain an audience at The Swan Theatre in Worcester. Organisers of the event are certain it will lay a golden egg for entertainment
WORCESTER Dragon Boat Racing Club aces won silver medals as they launched the national league season on the River Severn. They finished second in the 200 metres and 1.8-kilometre city loop with the women’s boat coming in a respectable fourth place
Location - Sunset Strip, Venue - Bourbon Room, Action - big hair, mini skirts, pole dancers, heels, sex, drugs, rock n roll its the 80's and its the place to be - you're in for one hell of a ride its Rock of Ages. Narrated by Lucas Rush who does
TEMPERATURES are set to reach a scorching high of 24C over the Easter weekend and warmer than Ibiza. According to the Met Office warm air is drifting over the whole of the UK, with temperatures warming up tomorrow, and sticking around the Bank
A PUPIL has released her first album and is set to perform at a music festival this summer. King’s Sixth Form pupil, Nicole Sherwood has launched her first music solo and EP, which includes five songs - three covers and two originals. Nicole’
TODAY'S archive picture from the vaults of the Worcester News dates back to October 2004, when plans for a housing development were found in a field on the edge of Malvern. The finder, Nigel Tyler of Sycamore Close, was walking his dog on the land
WORCESTER Warriors’ World Cup-winning centre Wynand Olivier will retire from playing at the end of the season. Olivier’s glittering career includes 38 Springboks caps, a World Cup winners’ medal as part of Jake White’s triumphant squad in France
WORCESTER Warriors flanker Carl Kirwan has hit out at the club for not keeping hold of long-serving scrum-half Jonny Arr. Kirwan said it was a “stupid decision to let him go” and Arr was “everything a rugby club should value” in a post on Twitter
GOALKEEPER Dan Jezeph will join Worcester City permanently for next season. He has agreed a deal to sign for the Midland Football League Premier Division club for the 2019-20 campaign after playing for City this term on dual-registration from Tamworth
A “SECURITY issue” caused Worcester Magistrates Court to open late this morning. A large crowd of people were gathered outside the court in Castle Street just before 10am. A witness said: “A security guard came out and said he could not open
FINALISTS have been revealed for this year’s Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. The awards look to celebrate excellence in business across the two counties, with 14 categories of awards for businesses to enter.
A MAN has died and four passengers were taken to hospital after a car hit a tree. The crash happened yesterday (Wednesday, April 17) and emergency services were called to Honeybourne Road, between Bidford-on-Avon and Honeybourne at 3.55pm. Emergency
MARCH 2019 was always due to be a significant month and while we did not leave the EU on March 29 as had been planned, it was still a month dominated by Brexit. In the weeks since my last column: an extension to Article 50 was agreed, another vote
SIR – I’m ashamed of my country – not the beautiful places – but the nasty, brutal British state dragging Julian Assange to jail like you’d see in the dictatorships they’re quick to call out. The ‘elites’ ain’t got us the name of perfidious Albion
A MAN has been arrested after acting aggressively towards a probation officer while carrying a knife and a table leg. The incident took place yesterday outside Castle Street police station in Worcester. South Worcestershire IOM posted on Facebook
A BROKEN-DOWN vehicle on the M5 has caused a lane closure this morning. Lane 1 (of 4) on the M5 southbound between junction 4A (M42 Link) and junction 5 (Droitwich) is closed. Highways England tweeted at 7.37am that traffic officers are on route
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A MUM who spent 31 hours on a trolley at Worcestershire Royal Hospital has called the staff who treated her "superheroes" and called for more to be done to support them as they struggle to meet demand. Helen Burton, 33, was at the hospital for an
A DANGEROUS driver has been spared jail after he drove at a police officer who tried to stop him for speeding. James Turner had already admitted dangerous driving and speeding when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Friday for sentence.
A MAN has admitted making an offer to supply cannabis and possession of the class B drug. Jack Evans of High Street, Droitwich, admitted the drugs offences when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Thursday, April 11. The 20-year-old admitted
RESIDENTS campaigning to keep open a Worcester library have handed in a petition, ahead of the latest protest this weekend. The group, called Save St John’s Library Services, started the campaign amid fears the Glebe Close library service could
Prime Minister Teresa May has announced plans to prevent private landlords from evicting tenants at short notice without good cause. Currently, tenants can be kicked out under a Section 21 notice, leaving many who live in private dwellings vulnerable
A DAD beat and imprisoned his ex-wife in her own home, stopped her seeing her friends and took away her phone. Paulius Anzulevicius of Lower Leys, Evesham was convicted by a jury of controlling and coercive behaviour, false imprisonment and assault
DISAPPOINTED boss John Snape made no excuses for his Worcester City side’s poor performance in Wednesday night’s 4-3 defeat to Coventry Sphinx. City were 2-0 down at half-time and fell 4-1 behind on 64 minutes before Tyler Weir got one back and
ONE-CLUB man Jonny Arr insists he will “hold no grudges” despite being denied the chance to see out his career at Worcester Warriors. Having been associated with the club for more than two decades, the Worcester-born 30-year-old had hoped to extend
Easter Events Commandery - Week One 16 to 19th April Easter arts and crafts – 11am -12.30pm & 1pm – 2.30pm £3 Make your own Easter bonnets and do some Egg painting throughout the day. Take your crafts away with you or take them along
A CITY council candidate who admitted ‘liking’ a hardcore pornographic image through an old Twitter account has received support from Worcester News readers, Andy Graham, Labour candidate for the Warndon Parish North ward at the upcoming city council
TWO shopkeepers in Worcester have become embroiled in a row over a ball display which one shop owner says is driving away business. Andrew Connellan, who owns Connect 2 Vapes on Broad Street, claims that a display of balls set up by the owner of
A COMPLAINT has been submitted against a male city councillor who allegedly made a sexist remark to a female officer during an election briefing. Women’s Equality Party (WEP) candidate Leisa Taylor said the unnamed Conservative councillor, who is
