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  • Entries open for apprenticeship awards

    Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership and Worcestershire County Council have announced that entries are now open for the popular Worcestershire Apprenticeships Awards 2020. Local apprentices, apprenticeship employers, schools, careers leads

  • Dramatic image shows house on fire in Castle Morton

    FIREFIGHTERS tackle a blaze at a farm near Malvern. The dramatic video and images shows the house fire at Hurst Farm, in Castlemorton.  The main house is undergoing renovation and no-one was in the property when the fire started. A spokesman

  • Opening date for Worcestershire Parkway finally revealed

    A MUCH-ANTICIPATED opening date for Worcestershire Parkway has finally been revealed. Passengers will be able to travel to and from Worcestershire’s newest railway station when it opens on Sunday, February 23. Councillor Ken Pollock, cabinet

  • Cyclist breaks fingers in hit and run

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a car failed to stop after knocking a cyclist off his bike. The cyclist fractured his fingers and suffered bruising when he was knocked off his bike by a passing vehicle. Police said the driver of the

  • DNA tests completed on human remains found in Kempsey

    TESTS have been completed on human remains found in a septic tank in Kempsey in July last year. A spokeswoman for West Mercia Police said: "We have had the results of the DNA testing. "The investigation is on-going, and we are not able to release

  • Scammers will only pay £1 to elderly victims

    FOUR men who scammed elderly people in Worcestershire out of hundreds of thousands of pounds have been ordered to pay compensation to the victims – but three of them will hand back just £1. The offenders claimed to be police officers investigating

  • Dog's leg broken after 'stray staffie' attack

    A DOG walker has been left shaken after she claims her dogs were attacked by “stray staffies.” Dianne Humphries, 62, was walking her two Schnauzer dogs Bertie and Lily near to her home last week when she says they were attacked. 'He shook her

  • DAD'S WORLD: Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin

    My son’s reading is getting pretty good, but he doesn’t yet have his Dad’s talent for characterisation. My Dumbledore is serene. My Professor McGonagall is hilarious. My Severus Snape is chilling. I have to create mesmerising performances day after