A SCHOOL is bringing the community together to raise money in a messy way. A colour run, organised by Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form will see the community covered in florescent paint, running 5k for good causes. It will
A PLAN to convert a city bed and breakfast into a 13-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO) looks set to be approved. The application would see Wyatt Guest House in Barbourne Road transformed into the apartments with a number of shared facilities
BECOMING a university student often means moving away from home for the first time – but it’s not an excuse to make the lives of your new neighbours a living hell. Anyone who has been to university will tell you a student’s life revolves around
PHYSIOTHERAPY students at the University of Worcester will be taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in aid of charity. The students and their lecturer will take on some of the toughest mountains in the north of the UK to raise funds for
BOSS Carl Abbott insisted “no great stock” had been put on a league transfer after discovering Evesham United is set to stay put. The Robins have been provisionally allocated to Southern League Division One South by the FA, meaning planned friendlies
“Daddy! It’s you Daddy!” My two year old son loves to see me in photos. He points and jabs at the picture excitedly. It’s very cute, and makes me quite emotional. He genuinely seems glad and excited to see me. Which is nice. It’s nice to have
Businesses and individuals are encouraged to sponsor a lucky horseshoe to raise funds for the Pershore war horse memorial project. The idea was forged by Sue Cosnett who, along with the craftsmanship of local blacksmith Steven Ellis Cooper, Wychavon
PACEMAN Josh Tongue has given Worcestershire a fitness boost and will be back in contention for next week’s Specsavers County Championship match with Middlesex at Blackfinch New Road. Tongue was ruled out of this week’s meeting with Lancashire
A PLAN to open a tattoo parlour on the site of a relocated microbrewery has been submitted to the council. If approved, the new tattoo parlour would move into a space previously occupied by the Bull Baiters Inn in St John’s. The building is currently
VICAR Jo Musson has been flying high to raise cash for her church. Reverend Musson, vicar of Saint George’s Church, Worcester and St John Baptist, Claines, was strapped to the top wing of a 1940’s Boeing Stearman Biplane and flew over RFC Rendcomb
PLANS for the future development of the QinetiQ site received the green light this week. At a meeting on Wednesday, Malvern Hills District Council’s southern area planning committee voted unanimously to approve an application to build up to 300,000
West Midlands Railway and British Transport Police are reminding passengers there is a zero tolerance approach towards the abuse of rail staff. It comes following an incident at Four Oaks station which resulted in a woman receiving a four month
Be warned, Hormonal Housewives are on their way to Malvern Theatres, and it’s sure to be outrageous fun. But what inspired co-writer Julie Coombe to try her hand at a comedy riot? She said: “ I was inspired more than a little by West End theatre
Bewdley Festival says it will bring local, national and international talent and of multi-arts events to the Wyre Forest later this year. And details have already been released about the October celebration, which will be a heady mix of comedy,
This June, the Artrix venue in Bromsgrove will be bursting at the seams “with an eclectic mix of music from rock and pop tributes to world music and folk”. Spokesperson Eleanor Mills said: “Kicking off this amazing month of music is the return of
MANAGER Ashley Vincent insists there is room for both of his left-backs to start after Adam Osbourne agreed terms to return to Worcester City. Signed following his release from Wolves in August 2018, Osbourne made 13 appearances in blue and white
Worcester Evening News press cuttings of the case IN the early 1990s, the sprawling housing development of Warndon Villages on the east side of Worcester was in the process of being built. By day much of it still resembled
Preparations to take part in the European elections are now well under way following the collapse of cross-party talks between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. Despite unemployment being at the lowest levels since 1974, businesses have been taking
TODAY'S old picture from the archives of the Worcester News is undated, but was clearly taken at a time when extensive digging was being carried out at Dolday in the city, one the site of the Blackfriars monastery. In the picture, Charles Mundy is
A STALKER repeatedly tried to contact his victim despite warnings from the police not to get in touch with them. Magistrates in Worcester heard how John Irish, 61, of Jamaica Crescent, Malvern, had been warned by police not to make contact with
MATT Jackson heads The Company Solicitor in Worcester, a new division of The Specialist Law Group. The Specialist Law Group was set up in November 2015, trading as The Employment Solicitor and in the summer of 2018 the firm launched The Company
IT was quite surreal seeing ‘Weimar Germany’ trending nationwide on Twitter last week. Despite my hopes that it was a resurgence of people being interested in European history, I instead found out it was from an opinion piece written by Martin Kettle
A PLAQUE has been unveiled to honour an American pilot who died in a crash near Worcester during the Second World War. Mary Webb Nicholson died after the plane she was transporting for the RAF suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure and struck
A NEIGHBOURHOOD has been “destroyed” by antisocial students whose bad language and noisy parties have driven families away and caused house prices to plummet, said a father-of-one. Adam Newell moved into his home in Hawkwood Crescent, St John’s
A PARANOID drug addict ‘left his friend for dead’ and only stopped his ‘frenzied’ attack when the knife snapped, a court heard. Richard Smith told the jury at Worcester Crown Court he thought friend James Gillott was dead when he fled his blood-splattered
COUNTY councils in England could be facing a funding black hole of £50 billion over the next six years - with some authorities warning they will have to resort to providing the “bare minimum” if no extra money is made available. Analysis by the
REPORTER Grace Walton took a visit to Carnforth Drive for this week’s In the Classroom feature. She attended the school assembly where the year 4 group delivered a presentation on their recent residential trip to Oaker Wood, in Leominster. FOR some
DIRECTOR of rugby Alan Solomons has vowed to raise the bar at Sixways to ensure Worcester Warriors rid themselves of their Jekyll and Hyde character. A run of three victories from their final four games saw Warriors end the Gallagher Premiership
A MUM and daughter are delighted after a gas pipe they claimed was getting bashed around by binmen has been replaced with a much safer alternative at the former’s home. Jackie and Joanne Brixton feared the pipe outside the Fortis sheltered flat
BIKE mad youngsters have been invited to an exciting new event in the heart of Worcester. Cycle Sunday has been created by the city’s newest campaign forum Bike Worcester, which aims to persuade council chiefs to improve infrastructure to make it
A POLICE officer could be charged in relation to a crash which left one motorist dead. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has referred the case to the Crown Prosecution Service following an investigation into the incident which lasted
