Worcester, England News

MALVERN songwriter Elaine Hughes-Jones will be listening to songs she set to music herself when she attends the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester next week.

A tiny kitten was left for dead in a carrier bag outside a Worcester supermarket.

MALVERN songwriter Elaine Hughes-Jones will be listening to songs she set to music herself when she attends the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester next week.

CHEMICAL experts were called to a coffin making company in Worcestershire last night.

THE father of a man run over and killed following a works party has criticised the company where he worked for providing a free bar.

JERMAINE Clarke has been training with Evesham United ahead of the club's new season in the British Gas Southern League Premier Division, writes Mervyn Collins.

A DRUNKEN man racially abused one of the police officers arresting him, a court was told.

HEREFORD & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service outlined their vision for the future of the service at an Evesham town council meeting last night.

FIREFIGHTERS are currently clearing up what is believed to be petrol from a Kidderminster drain.

MORE than 350 people aged between 18 and 76 have now signed up to take part in the inaugural Evesham Vale 10K race on Sunday.

SATURDAY shoppers from Bromsgrove and Droitwich should find it easier to get to the summer sales now that extra trains have been commissioned between Worcester and Birmingham.

THE Bishops of Worcester, Gloucester and Tewkesbury were united this week in their support for women bishops.

A FIRE has gutted the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant and takeaway, forcing it to close temporarily.

Bruce Martin , Mike Ruddock and David Robins . MALVERN Rugby Club's squad were treated to a 90-minute session with Worcester Warriors boss Mike Ruddock as they started their pre-season training in style.

THE Yew Tree Inn at Colwall is featured in a photographic exhibition being launched in Hereford this weekend.

JEWELLERY worth nearly 4,000 was stolen in a smash and grab raid on an Upton-upon-Severn shop in the early hours, Worcester Crown Court was told.

A MAN has appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court charges with nine sexual offences against underage girls.

TWO homes in Worcester have been gutted by a fire. The distressed residents frantically knocked on their neighbour's door when they discovered the blaze, asking them to call the fire service.

YOUNGSTERS from across the area were highly praised at an event to find the county's top citizen.

A FIRE which ripped through two homes in Worcester could have caused more than A 200,000 of damage.