Worcestershire County, England News

Six cannabis plants discovered at Droitwich nursery. Police say they were NOT in an area accessible to children or general staff.

Year eight pupils from St John's Middle School, in Watt Close, took part in the school's annual careers day yesterday, . The day is designed to help youngsters nearing the end of their time at the school, and looking ahead to high school and their GCSEs.

TREES were uprooted across the county today as winds battered Worcestershire leaving people fearing the worst for the weather during the Bank Holiday weekend.

The off-road motorbikes and mini mopeds and being used on the paths off Church Lane, Whittington, near Worcester, and the issue is now being dealt with as a Pershore Rural North PACT priority.

A NETHERTON man described as a "hopeless" cannabis addict who was caught selling the controlled drug in Stourbridge from a car carrying a friend's 23 month old baby has been allowed to keep his freedom by a Judge.

AN unusual urban garden in Wythall that is dedicated to woodland and shade loving plants will be open for the National Gardens Scheme on Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2. The garden at 74 Meadow Road opens from 1-5pm for an admission price of A 2.50 . The garden features majestic pine, eucalyptus and silver birch, as well as a few other tropical ... (more)

Buy this photo Aimee White, five, and Jamie Wheatcroft, six, with two of the 12 chicks that have hatched at their school.

A MUSLIM leader, an MP and a former Army officer have all appealed for calm, restraint and tolerance after a serving soldier was hacked to death in broad daylight by suspected Islamic terrorists.

Conservative councillor for Cookley, Wolverley and Wribbenhall division, Gordon Yarranton , was elected chairman for this municipal year at last Thursday's full council meeting, the first since the local elections were held on May 2. The council's cabinet was also confirmed with Conservative councillor for Bewdley John Campion being appointed ... (more)

This week the men Darren Hackett, 31, Pool Farm Road, in Acocks Green , Francis Gilsenan, 28, and Daniel Sheridan, 20, of Tyseley Lane, Tyseley , were jailed for a total of eleven years after admitting three counts of burglary at Birmingham Crown Court .

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS: The award finalists are, from left to right, Anna Madden, Emma Heathcote-James, Fiona Harris, Nicole Harris, Hannah Edwards, Jean Wilson, Bridget Lewis, Isobel Dale and Julia Whelan.

FIVE men remain in police custody tonight after a child reported they had been sexually assaulted at a Worcestershire nursery.

Councillors' Lucy Hodgson and Sheila Blagg have accepted vacant positions on the nine-seat body, earning promotions through the Tory ranks.

If a Kidderminster Town Council is created later this year, Conservative councillor and Wyre Forest District Council leader John Campion will be the last mayor appointed by the town's charter trustees.

Local food and drink will the order of the day for the third Great Malvern Food Festival on Saturday, when the town centre will be filled with tempting smells and flavours from 10am to 5pm.

Buy this photo GOODIES: Gill Butler and Jo Rolfe, of Malvern Museum Association, at last year's Great Malvern Food Festival.

A MAN has pleaded guilty to killing Andrew Heath by starting a fire at his Worcester home in December 2011.

NURSERIES in Droitwich, Bromsgrove and Redditch have been shut down by police and five people arrested after a child reported being sexually assaulted.

Bright Eyes, which has a branch at the Town Hall in Alcester Street, was searched by police after a mother called West Mercia following her child's disclosure.

Webheath Action Group has taken advice from Thea Osmund-Smith of No 5 Chambers ahead of the decision on the land at Pumphouse Lane set to be made at a Redditch Borough Council planning meeting on Wednesday .