FORMER captain Brad Birch has labelled hometown club Worcester City’s form “embarrassing”, a “laughing stock” and a “shambles”. The all-action midfielder, now with Stourbridge, launched the tirade on the back of City’s 3-1 defeat at home to Long
WORCESTER Wolves maintained their unbeaten start to the season after a stirring 96-94 comeback win at Bristol Flyers last night. Any chance of success looked remote when Wolves gazed up at Bristol’s commanding 60-38 lead five minutes into the second
NEW striker Mike Taylor made it seven goals in two starts as Bromsgrove Sporting demolished nine-man AFC Rushden & Diamonds 8-2. Taylor racked up four in the Southern League Premier Division Central clash with both Diamonds red cards coming with
Almost no graduates land a glittering dream career straight out of university, and Liam Charles can't quite believe his luck. But it probably comes as no surprise to many others. The Great British Bake Off quarter-finalist – smiley, humble and a
Think you need a machine to make ice cream? Nope. All you need for this recipe is a loaf tin. Ingredients (Serves 8) 90g white chocolate, chopped 800ml double cream 500g condensed milk Grated zest of 4 limes and juice of 3 300g
Stourbridge 25, Sedgley Park 28 A last-gasp try from Sedgley Park flanker Mark Goodman broke the hearts of the Stourbridge supporters who have now seen their side slip to back-to-back defeats at Stourton Park. It was cruel on Neil Mitchell’
A WORCESTER schoolboy won a silver medal representing England for the first time at the Commonwealth Judo Championships. Loïc Keasey, 14, competed at the University of Wolverhampton in the over 73kg category which included champions from Cyprus
NUNNERY Wood High teacher Bee Bannister has been awarded honorary life membership of the England Rugby Schools’ Football Union. At a function in London the accolade acknowledged Bannister’s service to schools’ rugby for more than 30 years.
A POPULAR Worcester veterinary clinic is expanding with a second base, on top of its existing practice. Ambleside Veterinary Practice is taking over a unit in Abbotsbury Court, St Peter's, which was previously a One Stop convenience store and Post
First of all, I am thrilled to announce that The Manor Arms has been chosen as a finalist in the pub of the year category in the Visit Worcestershire awards for excellence. I am truly delighted, and would like to thank everyone at the pub, who make
READERS have reacted to news a thief took a donation tin containing cash for Oscar Saxelby-Lee's treatment. This CCTV image appears to show the thief swiping the money from Sophie’s in Lowesmoor while staff were away from the till. Five-year-old
After a hugely successful tour in 2018, The Carpenters - Voice Of The Heart has a brand new show, featuring even more classics from The Carpenters. And the good news is, the show is coming to Worcester's Huntingdon Hall, this October. A spokesman
Grab your hat and boots for a "rootin’-tootin’ time" at the Huntingdon Hall on October 12 when Strictly Nashville will be strictly in Worcester for one night only. On offer will be a musical walk down Memory Lane, with our without cowboy boots,
TODAY'S picture from the archives of the Worcester News dates back to July 1993, when the County Museum at Hartlebury showed a collection of old road signs belonging to Bromsgrove man Graham Stanton. Visitor Frances Coombes is pictured admiring the
WEST Mercia Police will not be held to ransom in its divorce from the Warwickshire force. That’s the strongly-worded message from West Mercia’s chief constable Anthony Bangham and police and crime commissioner John Campion. The alliance was set
HERE are some of the most notable cases heard at Worcester Magistrates Court recently. On September 27, Michael Edwards, of Shap Drive, Worcester appeared charged with stealing two leather jackets, to the value of £120, from River Island on June
A 24-hour indoor skiing challenge is taking place to raise funds for five-year old Oscar. The idea of the fitness challenge is to boost funds for Oscar Saxelby-Lee’s treatment in Singapore. The event will take place at Fit 3 Sixty in Shrub Hill
“Community Engagement consultation’: it’s a phrase councils love but leaves most folk flummoxed. Now if I said ‘closer links with the public’, all would become clearer! After a fruitful meeting with officers and representatives of 22 local groups
WORCESTER Warriors will be without Nick Schonert for up to three months as he recovers from knee ligament damage. The tighthead prop suffered the injury in his first outing of the season as he was helped off the field in last week’s defeat at Bath
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A MUM has shared her struggles with overcoming trauma after childhood abuse in a book. Danielle Downey, aged 46, has shared her experience to empower others in The Warrior Wellbeing Toolkit book. The book is a collaborative guidebook to help
NEW plans have been lodged to build homes on part of what used to be a military technology research base. Developer Piper Group and Square Bay has put in a planning application to build 33 new homes on the old QinetiQ Barrack Stores site, which
AS you drive along Worcester’s southern link road today between Powick and The Ketch at the top of Bath Road, you come up close and personal with the area’s latest civil engineering project, the dual tracking of the embankment highway across river
WARRIORS. 8 Shillcock – looks at home at full-back as he produced a stunning run to set up Howe’s second and provided the assist for the third. He was also willing to do the ugly stuff too. 9 HOWE – an outstanding display by the wing who not
A DRIVER was saved by two passing motorists with ‘minutes to spare’ after his car had become submerged in a flooded ford. Denise Evans happened across the car in Shell Ford near Himbleton on Wednesday with an Openreach technician already at the
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A NEW date has been set for the trial of a 53-year-old man who has denied the murder of a transgender woman in Droitwich, wounding with intent and possession of a knife. Martin Saberi denied the murder of Amy Griffiths between January 11 and January
Tracing the path of writer-explorer Nan Shepherd, adventurer Elise Wortley went back to the 1940s for a trek through Cairngorms National Park It was 4am. The noise was so deafening, I hadn't slept again. As the roaring wind whipped up my 1940s canvas
Edd Cantle (@EddCantle). Disappointing. We were winning for three quarters of the game but we were not in control. We made mistakes, Chiefs punished us. Chiefs made mistakes and we gained nothing. There was a big difference between the teams tonight
A THIEF has been branded “heartless scum” by the owner of a city restaurant he stole an Oscar Saxelby-Lee donations tin from, containing £300. This CCTV image appears to show the thief swiping the money from Sophie’s in Lowesmoor while staff were
