WORCESTER'S Consortium of Cripplegate Bowlers are putting on free taster sessions every Saturday morning in May. They run from 10am until noon at Cripplegate Park and no previous experience of the sport is necessary. Bowls will be provided
DROITWICH Spa leapt to the top of Worcestershire Cricket League Division Nine with a comfortable nine-wicket opening victory over visiting Alveley. Ben Foster claimed 4-12 after Nick Sankey claimed 3-17 from 12 overs as Alveley were dismissed for
IT was a shame to see the popular Splashpad in Gheluvelt Park closed due to “technical problems”. There are only so many bank holidays per year, and surely it is not beyond the wit of man to make sure someone is on duty to see that it is working
Today’s Worcester News nostalgia picture comes from 2005, when people of all ages took to the streets of Kempsey for their Easter parade. Seen here is Rev Peter Holzapfel with local youngsters.
This week we visit Witley Court and Bromwich Parade boosts the city's disabled parking
ALEX Gidman says Worcestershire’s players are relishing the opportunity to perform at Blackfinch New Road for the first time in 2019. Hamish Rutherford and Riki Wessels are both set to make their home debuts when Rapids take on Durham Jets in Wednesday's
WISHING and Hoping proved a class above his rivals with an emphatic Lady Dudley Cup win at Chaddesley Corbett. The warm weather proved a magnet for a big crowd at The Worcestershire point-to-point. Five runners lined up for the men's open with
POLICE are attempting to find four witnesses as they continue an investigation into a sexual assault. The incident happened at around 2.30am on Saturday, March 23, outside the Domino's Pizza shop on Evesham High Street. The victim, a 19-year-old
The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble are heading out for their annual summer tour, and Worcester's Huntingdon Hall is on the list. Before then, they have a date at Lichfield Cathedral and will conclude the tour at Towersey Festival, one of the UK’s oldest
SUNJAY is a name to be conjured with for anyone looking for outrageously impressive guitar skills, and now he has a new album to promote. And the good news is, the sure-fingered virtuoso has a date for Saturday May 18 at Heightington Village Hall
Classic Ibiza is returning to Warwickshire on July 6, just in time for summer sun; and the good news is, tickets are up for grabs for Worcester News readers. A spokesman said: “The concert sees the Dance Music A -Listers Urban Souls Orchestra (USO
HOOKER Niall Annett has committed to Worcester Warriors for another season after signing a new one-year contract. The Irishman has made 70 first-team appearances since he joined Warriors from Ulster five years ago and has been in fine form in recent
A BODY of a man has been found in the River Severn near Stourport. The man's body was recovered from the water this morning. Formal identification has not yet taken place but it is believed to be missing local man Stephen Colledge. The 53-year-old
WORCESTER Warriors wing Bryce Heem is appealing his four-week suspension in a bid to play again this season. The New Zealander was banned for an alleged tip-tackle on Paolo Odogwu contrary to Law 9.18 during Warriors’ Gallagher Premiership victory
A TRUSTED Platform Module, widely referred to as “TPM”, is a chip that resides on your computers motherboard and is responsible for generating encryption keys that work in tandem with BitLocker, a form of Full Disk Encryption which we will expand on
UTILITY back Scott van Breda suffered an arm injury in Worcester Cavaliers’ 31-27 loss at Newcastle Falcons in their final Premiership Shield match of the season. The South African who has been in Alan Solomons’ first-team plans in recent weeks
A POPULAR county pub has won a prestigious national award, recognising the hard work of its staff and management. The owners and staff at The Fox and Hounds in Lulsley are celebrating after being awarded the coveted title of the Best Pub in Worcestershire
OVER a hundred people took part in a protest march on Great Malvern as part of the Extinction Rebellion Movement. The march included a funeral procession, complete with pallbearers carrying a coffin with the word "nature". A spokesman for the
THERE was a heated exchange at the end as Droitwich Spa BGFC Rovers reached the Phipps Cup final with a 1-0 win at Kempsey Colts United. Rovers will meet Worcester City Wanderers, who won 3-2 at Perdiswell FC Colts in the last four, in the final
EVESHAM picked up their first Worcestershire Cricket League Premier Division win of the season in a low-scoring contest. After a heavy defeat on the opening day to Vale rivals Pershore, Evesham saw off a fellow former Birmingham League side in
WORCESTER Warriors head coach Rory Duncan is being linked with a return to Cheetahs – less than 12 months after leaving the PRO14 outfit. According to Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper Rapport, Duncan is in the running to become Cheetahs' next
A WOMAN in her 70s died following a three-car crash. An ambulance responded to the collision at the junction of Chequers Lane and A38 Worcester Road in Wychbold just after 4pm on Monday (April 22), with the woman found in a critical condition.
Stones in his Pockets/Malvern Theatres EVER since character actor Victor McLaglen first staggered into view on the set of a John Ford western, the Blarney-stoned Irishman has remained a staple of stage and screen. It’s a cliché taller
NEXT week, Malvern Concert Club marks the centenary of the first performances of three major chamber works by the club’s founder, Sir Edward Elgar. The concert will be held at the Forum, Malvern Theatres, at 7.30pm, on Thursday, May 2. The String
If the devastating fire that swept through Notre Dame last week, does not ring alarm bells among the complacent Westminster MPs about the perils of their own building, nothing will. Unbelievably, MPs have been dithering and arguing for years about
SIR – A few weeks ago you printed a story about how Ukip candidates in the upcoming elections had elected to hide their addresses on the ballot sheets. Now we might have an explanation – disassociation. It turns out that the seismic lurch to the
THIS week, I decided to go in search of an old fashioned drinking pub, and so I found myself at The Bell in St John’s. The Bell is an historic and well established pub in Worcester, and I was not disappointed. Inside, the pub is clean and nicely
FIRE crews from Worcester are still having to cover Malvern at night due to a lack of available crews, leaving the city with only one fire engine. The Worcester News previously reported how retired firefighter Saul Bolton, a former watch commander
IT’S a long paddle from New Jersey, America, to Evesham, England, but what a wonderful story it would be if in the 1700s a canoeful of Delaware Indians made it all the way across the Atlantic to pitch up on the banks of the River Avon at Crown Meadow
A MUSICIAN who sings to asparagus claims his sweet tones give the crop a sweeter taste. Griff Collins, from Pershore, is a busy man this time of year, as he goes from asparagus field to asparagus field singing a song about the vegetable whilst
CROOME Court and gardens received a considerable number of visitors over the bank holiday weekend. Amy Forster-Smith, spokeswoman for the National Trust (NT) who manage the site, said: "We've had a record-breaking Easter, thanks to the glorious
A YOUNG man made threats to staff at a sheltered housing complex in Malvern after being evicted for causing £1,000 of damage. Cameron Mowbray admitted a string of offences when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court on Thursday. The 20-year-old
