Worcester, England News

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

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.

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.

THE cost of demolishing an iconic church at the heart of Ronkswood in Worcester could be up to A 40,000, a public meeting was told.

POLICE and crime commissioner Bill Longmore has paid tribute to Worcestershire's voluntary groups - saying they are vital in shaping the future amid imminent building closures.

An anonymity order preventing the media from naming triple child killer David McGreavy, who impaled the bodies of his victims on railings, has been overturned by the High Court.

The offenders struck at Hartlebury at about 2am today, severing signalling cable and forcing a halt to London Midland services between Worcester Shrub Hill and Kidderminster until 9.15am. Passengers had to use a replacement bus service to reach their destinations until engineers completed repairs.

A DRUNK man who punched an innocent bystander in the face in an unprovoked attack then threatened to bite the noses off the police officers who arrested him.

SO BRAVE: 37-year-old mother-of two Sarah Matthews suffered devastating injuries when she was hit by a lorry in The Tything, Photograph taken by John Anyon.

A WORCESTER man has been charged with attempted murder and Grievous Bodily Harm with intent following a double city knife attack.

Use a microwave-safe bowl or mug to scramble eggs for a quick, convenient breakfast or snack.

FOR the last three years council tax has been frozen at Worcester City Council, against the wishes of the Labour Party.

A "ROAD rage" motorist was found to be twice the drink-drive limit after his victim called police about his behaviour.

Witnesses tell of Worcester fireball horror after man sets himself alight in street.

A MAN who was reportedly on fire outside a Worcester pub yesterday had to be flown to hospital suffering serious burns.

Buy this photo Claudia, left, is pictured with her sister Isabelle, six, and Lizzie Millward, of Little Ginger Pig Cafe, holding the winning entry.

Claudia Goodger, of Malvern, was presented with her prize at the Little Ginger Pig Cafe in Worcester Art Gallery and Museum.

"Reading through some correspondence tonight reminded me of the time when I received an interesting letter from one longstanding correspondent, Miss Lorna Lloyd of Worcester, England, describing the head of a strange animal mounted as a trophy on a shield, and seen in an antique shop in London's famous Portobello Road.