Worcestershire County, England News Archives

A STOURBRIDGE man who carried out 30 heroin transactions a day for eight weeks to clear a debt to his own drug dealer has been spared jail.

A BROMSGROVE man training to be a social worker has been put behind bars for a year for leaving a friend with a serious eye injury after he threw a wine bottle into his face.

TWO men were injured after crashing on a rural Worcestershire road today. The farmer, whose field the Midlands Air Ambulance landed in, said it was the 14th collision on the A442 Bridgnorth Road, in Shatterford, near Kidderminster, he had seen in the past year alone.

A Jamaican woman who took part in a massive marriage scam was last week sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in a British Crown Court.

A 19-year-old man will spend 2 1/2 years in jail for robbing a bank in Birmingham, England, only to be caught hiding just down the street.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman out walking with her family in Clent was bitten by a dog.

A former Grand Junction hotel owner accused of killing his wife in 1997 was denied bail by a United Kingdom judge Thursday after an attorney argued he might attempt suicide.

A "VIOLENT" Halesowen men who savagely stabbed his partner in the face with a knife after he had been drinking heavily has been jailed for three years.

A verdict of accidental death has been recorded after a man died when his light plane crashed in Scotland.

River levels in Worcestershire have stabilised but more rain is expected over the weekend, the Environment Agency says.

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A FATHER Christmas froze when he found himself the star of a Christmas lights extravaganza - and was then given the sack for appearing miserable.

AN eight-year-old Worcestershire girl has been chosen by ex-G4 member Mike Christie to sing at his Christmas concert in Birmingham.

The Bromsgrove Advertiser is launching an online Business Directory and is offering all companies a free listing.

A FATHER has appeared in court for making homophobic slurs while assaulting his own son.

TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of drink driving following a crash at a renowned accident blackspot near Worcester.

WYCHAVON is once again on the hunt for the best in local young talent as part of its W Factor competition.

A 20-YEAR-OLD Kinver man who posed as a police officer when he tried to kidnap two young schoolgirls in the Stourbridge area has been put behind bars for four years.

THE TRIAL will begin next Monday of a Halesowen man accused of killing a care worker in the grounds of a town centre churchyard.

TWO men and a woman were arrested in Bromsgrove on Saturday on suspicion of purse theft.

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People in flood-hit Cumbria were braced for further misery with more heavy rain and flooding forecast.

CELEBRATE Christmas the traditional way with a trip to one of Worcestershire's top tourist attractions.

A WARNING has gone out to motorists after a van driver became stuck in a flooded ford.

REDDITCH Council has passed proposals for a shared single management team with Bromsgrove District Council.

Three brothers have appeared before a judge at Worcester Crown Court charged with a series of sex crimes dating back up to 44 years ago.

INFORMATION is being sought by police following an assault on a man at Tesco in Coldfield Drive in Redditch.

Chocolate moves down the production line at the Cadburys factory in Birmingham, England.

POLICE are appealing for information after high value coats worth nearly A 30,000 were stolen from Wychbold.

An arrest has been made in Great Britain, in a 12-year-old murder case out of Garfield County.

Scotland Yard agents arrested a 46-year-old Colorado man in England Wednesday for the 1997 murder of his wife, authorities said today.

A prison officer who smuggled drugs in her bra into a maximum security prison has been jailed for seven years.

Following the smash success of its 10th annual season, Micaya's San Francisco Hip Hop Dancefest breaks new ground in the 11th season with an awe-inspiring collection of prominent dance companies from around the world.

The Cadbury offices, Bournville Place, in Birmingham England. British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc.

THE funeral of Tony Howells, the former landlord of the Queen Elizabeth pub in Elmley Castle, near Pershore, who died last month aged 71, took place this week.

A COUNTER manager stole A 45,000 from the Malvern bank where he worked to fund gambling, cars and holidays.

Business leaders have expressed "amazement" that Birmingham International railway station has not been listed as one of the worst in the country.

A FURIOUS row has broken out over the refurbishment of Halesowen Library which critics say has left it a no better than a village librarya .

A 31-YEAR-old Romanian man living in Brierley Hill is awaiting trial accused of arranging low paid work and filthy accommodation for foreign nationals.

THE sacrifice of a young Worcester soldier who died in the trenches following a tragic accident will be remembered alongside other casualties of war.

A school is in mourning for four of its pupils who were killed in an horrific car crash during the weekend storms.

A CROWN court recorder expressed "disappointment" at being unable to give a shoplifter a community sentence - after a parole board delay meant he was still locked up.

Worcester City shooting victim's name is released WORCESTER - The 27 year-old man shot to death Friday was identified by police yesterday as Freddie Alliance of Worcester.

Hasni Ali, Hamza Siraj and Hadi Suwef died along with Kamal Suwef when their car crashed into a wall in Birmingham Photo: NEWSTEAM The friends were travelling in a blue Rover which hit a garden wall in the Moseley area of Birmingham during heavy rain in the early hours of the morning.

Detectives investigating the death of a taxi driver found stabbed in the head in a country lane near Birmingham have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.

Protected by high curving walls and set in open fields in the featureless Vale of Evesham in Worcestershire, Long Lartin prison should be one of the most secure buildings in the country.

An investigation is under way into how scores of people were injured in a crowd surge during a performance by the group JLS at a Christmas lights switch-on. Four people needed hospital treatment and 60 others were injured after a metal barrier collapsed as the boyband took to the stage in Birmingham city centre.

Four men were killed when a car crashed into a wall in the West Midlands, the ambulance service said.

POLICE have appealed to the public over a missing woman who might be in Sussex. South Worcestershire Police have issued the picture of 23-yearsold Miriam Cross, who has been missing for three days and who is causing officers and her family "great concern". The last confirmed sighting of Miss Cross, of Hinton-on-the-Green, near Evesham was at ...

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the proverbial canary in the mine. Gunning down 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounding 31 was not a random act of violence by an army psychiatrist who was slated to deploy to Afghanistan, an evil war in his mind, where American infidels are killing good Muslims.

British confectioner Cadbury, the maker of Dairy Milk chocolate bars and Creme Eggs, rejected Kraft's $16.4 billion offer Monday as far short of the candy maker's true value, setting the stage for a cross-Atlantic takeover battle.

ELECTRICITY bosses warned thieves about the danger of stealing metals from sub-stations and factories after the inquest of two thieves who died in Halesowen was held.

A PROBE has found that a Bewdley businessman who died when his light aircraft crashed into Cairn Gorm was not qualified to fly in the severe conditions he encountered.

A prolific perfume thief from Cheltenham has been banned from every pharmacy in five cities and towns.

CHILDREN have been left stranded after thieves stole wheels from their minibus which they have had for just a fortnight.

CONCERNS have been raised about the possibility of an incinerator being built at Hartlebury, near Stourport-on-Severn. We reported yesterday on the unveiling of plans for the plant, which would turn unrecyclable waste from Worcestershire and Herefordshire into enough electricity to power a small town.

FUNDING from Europe could be used to save Droitwicha s brine baths in their traditional form.

A MUM hit who hit another woman with a oehammer-fista blows because she had slapped her brother-in-lawa s face was advised by a magistrate to keep out of other peoplea s arguments.

A Birmingham MP has tabled a House of Commons motion to keep Cadbury under British ownership.

BONFIRES and jaw-dropping firework displays set to modern pop music lit the night sky over Worcester.

SHE was once favourite to win, but lost out to Jedward in a shock results show. Now X Factor contestant Lucie Jones is on her way to Worcester.

AN ASIAN man in his 70s suffered a fractured eye socket in what police have called a a oecowardlya racially motivated attack.

They were supposed to be fixing a leaky radiator. But when the owner of a A 30,000 Vauxhall Monaro car collected it from his local garage, he discovered mechanics had taken it on a joyride at speeds of 125mph.

A STOURPORT scrap merchant who loaded two stolen cars on to a pick-up truck from a field near Worcester has been jailed for 18 months.

INFORMATION is being sought by police after a car was stolen in a robbery in Redditch at the weekend.

LONG delays in dealing with benefit payments has left Worcester City Council "perilously close" to losing A 100,000 of Government funding.

IN the run-up to a special Wyre Forest service in memory of road crash victims, young drivers are being urged to take extra care to avoid further tragedies.

A MAN was arrested on suspicion of driving while disqualified and two vehicles were seized during an ANPR operation north of Kidderminster.

Throughout National Recycling Week your Worcester News will be following the Clarke-Morris family to take a look in their bins and find out just how much they take recycling to heart, or whether it's a load of rubbish Day one - " Monday The Clarke-Morris family lives in Norton, near Worcester.

A FORMER Conservative district councillor has left the party and will stand as an independent in Worcester at the next general election.

UNIVERSITY and college students were targeted in Worcester by a gang of roofers who went on a "happy slapping" spree of violence.

A RIVER cruiser caught fire during a dramatic boat blaze on the river Avon at Strensham Lock.

A JUDGE condemned late-night violence on Worcestera s streets as he sent a former financial adviser to jail for a joint attack on an innocent man.

Congratulations are in order today for Mary Dhonau, the Worcester floods campaigner honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday.

An angry Tewkesbury dad whose daughter was injured when she was hit by a bike stormed into the cyclist's house and attacked him with a tyre wrench, a court heard.

TEENAGERS from the Malvern area are being encouraged to apply for county council funding for projects and activities.

Two men have been taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition after separate road accidents in Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

Emma Cahill, 16, towers over everyone at her school - including the teachers. Photo: SWNS.COM The 16-year-old has just started sixth form at St Mary's Convent School in Worcester.

BUSINESSES in Worcester have voted in favour of paying for a new scheme which will give a A 1.6 million boost to trade in the city centre.

BIKE thefts in Worcester are continuing to soar but the culprits are escaping punishment leaving cyclists with no confidence in the city's CCTV cameras.

A Birmingham man with a history of mental illness died in police custody after being struck by a patrol car called to his home, an inquest jury has been told.

Pop star Pink was held by security ahead of her gig in Birmingham, England on Friday - when a bouncer failed to recognise her.

A TEENAGER was killed in a freak accident after the car she was in was hit by a boat, a jury was told.

A FATHER and daughter have died within three days of each other on the same stretch of railway line.

THE closely guarded secret of the original Worcestershire Sauce recipe may have been found.

LIGHTS of love will be shining across Worcester when the annual St Richard's Hospice Christmas tree lights are switched on on Friday, November 13.

This gold strip with a Biblical inscription is one of 1,500 items in the hoard. The largest haul of Anglo Saxon treasure, which was recently unearthed in Staffordshire, is to go on display once more.

Historians believe they have found the original recipe for the sauce, which could be 150 years old.

Next week the inquest will begin into the death of Mikey Powell in police custody in Birmingham in September 2003.

A county-wide system to help people look for affordable homes is now up and running, with the first available properties being advertised from Wednesday, 28 October.

THE Battle of Britain, D-Day and Dunkirk all spring to mind when people are asked to list the key events of the Second World War.

ENTHUSIASTIC youngsters picked up 15 bags of litter from a Worcester neighbourhood.