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  • Gidman's delight over T20 displays in stop-start campaign

    COACH Alex Gidman says Worcestershire Rapids’ performances in the Vitality Blast have been even more meritorious given the stop-start nature of their involvement in the competition so far. Whilst most counties have been able to focus solely on

  • Worcestershire League round-up: Spa boost survival hopes

    DROITWICH Spa’s great escape from relegation could be on after a nine-wicket thrashing of fourth-placed Coombs Wood. With five games left, Spa’s third win of the summer moved them off the foot of Worcestershire League Division One and now sit 12

  • Theatre version of Jane Eyre

    GOTHIC Masterpiece, Jane Eyre is coming to the stage of Malvern Theatres, this autumn. It has been adapted for the stage by Nick Lane and will be performed by Blackeyed Theatre. The novel, by Charlotte Bronte, is widely considered to be one of

  • Woman sustains facial injuries after assault in Worcester

    A woman sustained facial injuries after being assaulted in Worcester. The attack took place in Drake Avenue, Dines Green, just after 1pm on Sunday. The woman was treated at the scene by a paramedic team, including a critical care paramedic for

  • NOSTALGIA: Days of messing about on the river Severn

    THE current rumpus around proposals to build on the flat riverside meadows in the Northwick area of Worcester provides an ideal excuse to dip once again into our copious historical files on the Severn,  the ancient waterway which is the very reason

  • CONFIRMED: Worcester City extend West Brom keeper's deal

    WORCESTER City has confirmed West Bromwich Albion keeper Ted Cann will stay on for three more matches.  The 18-year-old Baggies rookie has sparkled in City’s opening three games against Newark Flowserve, South Normanton Athletic and Sunday’s 4-

  • PHOTOS: M5 Living Living History Show

    CRUSADING knights competed with battle-scarred cavaliers during brilliant, sometimes bloodthirsty displays which brought history back to life with a bang. It may have been a wet and windy M5 Living History Show at Spetchley Park Gardens this weekend

  • NOSTALGIA: Making a splash at Sansome Walk swimming pool

    THE news this week the go-ahead has finally been given to demolish Worcester’s old swimming pool complex in Sansome Walk, which has been closed for nearly three years,  brings the curtain down on one of the more bizarre happenings in local government

  • Nostalgia: Klingons visit Worcester in 1997

    TODAY'S old picture from the Worcester News archive dates back to March 1997, when a group of Klingons from the TV series Star Trek were spotted at the City and County car dealership. They were promoting a new car called the Voyager, which shares its

  • Ex-Warriors operations director dies after battle against cancer

    WORCESTER Warriors’ life president Cecil Duckworth led the tributes to former operations director Mike Robins who has died after a brave battle against cancer. Robins - known as ‘Scoop’ from his days reporting on first XV matches - played for Worcester

  • All-rounder to leave Worcestershire at end of season

    ALL-ROUNDER George Rhodes will leave Worcestershire at the end of the season to join Leicestershire. The homegrown 25-year-old ace has signed a three-year contract with Worcestershire’ Specsavers County Championship Division Two rivals. Rhodes

  • Letter of the day: Proposal is preposterous

    SIR – I read an interesting article in the magazine The Week in which the author asks:  “What the scientists are saying...” He suggests that there is need for a drastic plan to save our coasts. We may be able to prevent a catastrophic rise in

  • £61,000 to restore Tudor House Museum's historic ceiling

    Tudor House Museum in Worcester has been awarded a £61,000 grant to help restore its historic ceiling. The museum, run by charity Worcester Heritage and Amenity Trust, has received the boost from The National Lottery Heritage Fund in support of

  • FAIR POINT: My eye-opening week at the Worcester News

    By Jemma Bufton Who even buys newspapers anymore? A phrase we have probably all heard at some point or another, followed by “they put everything online anyway.” As an aspiring journalist, I myself have fallen into this trap – it shames me to