POLICE and Crime Commissioner John Campion is to host a meeting live on Facebook. Rural Crime will be the focus of a live question and answer session hosted by the PCC on the Facebook page, WestMerciaPCC from 7pm this Monday. READ MORE: "Maniac"
7.45pm UPDATE: The line has reopened in the last few minutes and services are returning to normal. Train staff have told passengers a person was hit by train earlier. Original story: WEST Midlands Railway services between Birmingham New
WHEN a foodbank is running out of supplies because so many people need a handout just to avoid starving, you know that something has gone seriously wrong with society. That is the reality at Worcester Foodbank where there are empty shelves. More
WORCESTER Dragons celebrated a first place trophy at their latest British Dragon Boat Racing Association League meet in Liverpool. They won the 2,500-metre mixed endurance race and got second spots in the 500m mixed slalom and the 350m event.
WAYNE Parnell produced a four-wicket burst before Sussex recovered to 185-6 against Worcestershire on day one. In-form captain Ben Brown (64 not out) and Chris Jordan (44no) dug the visitors out of trouble with an unbroken 83-run partnership in
WORCESTER’S Barbarians skittles side paid tribute to a long-standing team member after winning a major inter-county tournament. They beat more than 30 rivals to take the coveted trophy and were joined in Torquay by George Burrow who has since died
THE central midfielder Worcester City had hoped to sign over the weekend now plans to pursue potential deals with professional clubs in France or Belgium. Manager Ashley Vincent politely declined to name the prospect that City had announced would
WORCESTER Warriors' new signing Melani Nanai will head to Sixways with an accolade under his belt. The Blues full-back, who can also play on the wing, claimed the players’ player of the year award at the New Zealand-based Super Rugby outfit.
The world's favourite Rock 'N' Roll musical opened in Bristol on Monday evening the next stop on the World Tour 2019. This legendary musical extravaganza is still wowing audiences worldwide 46 years on after it began life in 1973. Written by Richard
ENGLAND will face Wales in the fifth-place final on Saturday at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship after sealing a 30-23 victory over Ireland in Argentina. Worcester Warriors forwards Ted Hill and Kai Owen were both sin-binned as Steve Bates
A GROUP of fundraisers from Malvern will be walking the Worcestershire Way for the ninth time next month while dressed at soldiers from the classic film Zulu. Team Zulu will be taking on the challenge on Friday, July 5, in aid of St Richard’s Hospice
A BOXING club has launched a campaign for people to take up the sport instead of turning to knife crime. Droitwich Boxing Club, which was set up by Chris Andrews in 1977, has kicked off its campaign, 'Drop the Knives, Pick up the Gloves', which
A FIRE engine was sent to Worcestershire Royal Hospital after an automatic alarm was triggered. The alert happened at 3.09pm, and initial reports said that at least part of the complex has had to be evacuated. It has now been determined the
NEW manager Carl Abbott claims money from “outside” Evesham United’s playing budget created a “gravy train” culture last season. Summer appointment Abbott said the club had given him an unchanged warchest but that additional funds “coming from
WORCESTER Golf and Country Club’s Shaun Roberts took a liking to Bransford when he won the Worcestershire County Amateur Championship over its Florida-style course with impressive scores at the two-day event. The 2019 champion from Boughton Park
CATCH up with Rock for Heroes at The Swan Theatre in Worcester. Following on from a hugely successful first year of touring, Rock for Heroes returns to the city venue this this June. A spokesman said: “Are you ready to rock?Immerse yourself in
There will be a performance of the Noel Coward comedy,‘Private Lives’ at Severn Bank House, Severn Stoke on Saturday July 27. Heartbreak Outdoor Theatre Productions return to Severn Bank House "for an evening of sparkling entertainment and delicious
ACCLAIMED Irish band Lúnasa are have a Worcestershire date this month. On fact, they will be performing at the Artix in Bromsgrove on Tuesday, June 25, to show to a local audience how and why they have sold more that a quarter of a million albums
Will Pound’s Through the Seasons show "gives audiences a chance to experience a journey through the year of folk dance through an original artistic collaboration of exceptional musicianship and spellbinding storytelling". Even better, its coming
Droitwich Saltfest will remain as a stand-alone event after an outcry over a plan to merge it with another food festival. A plan to join the popular festival with the Droitwich Food Festival, was thwarted after new organisers came forward to take
DAN Cammish stole team-mate Matt Neal's thunder with a podium position in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Croft. Neal, driving for Droitwich Spa team Halfords Yuasa Racing, was 10th in race one from a lowly grid position, fourth
THIS is the footage of a "maniac" driver as he caused £60,000 worth of damage to police vehicles and injured five police officers. The footage, released on Twitter by OPU Worcestershire, shows the van being driven by Irfan Mohammed, who repeatedly
POLICE are set to tackle anti-social motorcycle riding on land on the Malvern Vale area of Malvern. Residents of Randell Road reported a rider using an off-road bike on the land between 4pm and 5pm on Sunday. Police say it was being ridden "on
ANIMAL lovers are invited to a fun dog show for charity later this month. The annual RSPCA Worcester & Mid-Worcestershire Branch Novelty Dog Show will be held at the branch headquarters at The Holdings, Holdings Lane, Broomhall, Kempsey. There
SOUTHWELL will stage a replacement jumps meeting on Sunday after the scheduled card at Worcester was called off. The Nottinghamshire venue will step into the breach as the city track is waterlogged after the neighbouring River Severn broke its
This week, we will take a step back from your digital security and focus on the basics. Many businesses focus solely on the security of their IT devices and services but begin neglecting the fundamentals. The main focus of this article is dumpster
Audiences at Malvern Theatres can look forward to a mid-summer treat, a performance of The Four Seasons. And the programme will also include classics by Bach. A spokesman said: “We look forward to the visit violinist Rachel Podger and her ensemble
TODAY’S old picture comes from March 1991, as the custodians of Worcester Cathedral were confronted with the problem of further problems at the ancient building. Clerk of works Brian Eacock is seen inspecting the damage, which was expected to cost
Droitwich Saltfest will remain as a stand-alone event after an outcry over a plan to merge it with another food festival. A plan to join the popular festival with the Droitwich Food Festival, was thwarted after new organisers came forward to take
A NEW range of business awards has been launched across the county to showcase and celebrate excellence in enterprise. New for 2019, the inaugural Enterprising Worcestershire Business Awards have been launched to pay tribute to businesses which
ALL but six of the matches in Worcestershire Cricket League Divisions Six to 11 were abandoned due to the wet weather. Rushwick seconds won by eight wickets at home to Barnt Green thirds in a rain-reduced Division Seven match to climb into mid-table
The world's favourite Rock 'N' Roll musical opened in Bristol on Monday evening the next stop on the World Tour 2019. This legendary musical extravaganza is still wowing audiences worldwide 46 years on after it began life in 1973. Written by Richard
POLICE are appealing to members of the public to help find a man wanted after release from prison. Zack Crowe, aged 19, whose last known address was Mount Pleasant, Redditch, is wanted for breaching the terms of his supervision order following his
THE “huge amount of effort and passion” needed to make farming a success shone through as some of the region’s outstanding farmers received accolades for their work at the inaugural Three Counties Farmer Farming Awards last night. Those shortlisted
WEST Mercia Police has resolved hundreds of violent offences and criminal damage cases, plus public order and some sex offences, with Community Resolutions over the last four years - a BBC investigation has revealed. The force has issued 9,386 Community
FRUSTRATED residents in a street near Worcester say the road surface is "like a ploughed field". Christine Avenue in Rushwick has been highlighted as badly in need of resurfacing for both the road and pavements, with bumps and deep potholes.
A ‘CALLOUS’ gang acted as 'cash mules' to launder money stolen from vulnerable elderly people, depriving one woman of her life savings. Munsur Ali, Khadim Hussain and Rakibul Rony all admitted using criminal property stolen from elderly people during
CARL Abbott hit back at criticism over installing a new captain at Evesham United by claiming he had received no commitment from previous skipper Linden Dovey. Dan Bragoli, signed from Halesowen Town, is set to don the armband this season with
AFTER hundreds of entries, and votes for all the cute kids, the winners of the Worcester News’ Baby of the Year competition have been officially revealed. The competition began back in February when mums and dads had 188 babies pictured by our official
A NO Deal Brexit will be very bad for the farming industry, which is facing a time of “seismic, unprecedented change”, according to NFU president Minette Batters. However, she told a meeting in the members marquee at the Royal Three Counties Show
A 79-YEAR-OLD great-grandfather was punched in the face in an unprovoked road rage attack on Father's Day. Royston Tippin, from Worcester, was assaulted after he responded verbally to a driver who had shouted abuse at him. Mr Tippin said he
THIS week Pub Spy paid a visit to the Chestnut Tree or simply ‘the nut’, a nickname in no way intended as any sort of reflection upon the clientele who seem a sane if slightly zany bunch. I had been to the pub in Lansdowne Road, Worcester, before
A “MANIAC” driver repeatedly rammed police cars with a stolen van, injuring five officers trying to stop him. Irfan Mohammed caused £60,000 of damage to three police cars with the three and half-tonne Mercedes Luton van. Officers suffered injuries
THE comedian Jo Brand has certainly caused a bit of a kerfuffle with her battery acid remark on the BBC the other day. Brand has worked her way up from the now almost legendary "alternative comedy" scene of the 1980s to the heart of the TV world
