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Worcester residents criticise ‘bird-brained’ plan to spend £60,000 of taxpayers’ money on deterring ‘pests’ from nesting

Petrol stations remain closed in Worcester due to the ongoing fuel shortage.

HERE is a round-up of the latest planning applications put forward in the Stroud District this week.

Worcester farm celebrating first anniversary of vintage milk deliveries TOWARDS the end of last year, we ran a story inspired by post on our We grew up in Worcester page on Facebook in which readers recalled milk being delivered to their homes in bags by Bennetts Dairies. It prompted Stefania Bennett to get in touch with news that this month sees the first anniversary of the new milk round being run by Bennetts Farms. The original Bennetts Dairy business closed in 1995, and since then the...

REVEALED: The Worcester hotspots for the UK’s most invasive plant species JAPANESE KNOTWEED is one of the most invasive plants in the UK- and a heatmap has revealed where it is growing in and around Worcester. According to the data from an online tracker created by Environet (invasive plant specialists), there are around 80 reported occurrences of Japanese knotweed in Worcester- and other Worcestershire areas have been affected too. A spokesperson for Environet said the heatmap will be ...

A BRAZEN Worcester shoplifter who may lose his leg limped free despite being spotted running from the scene of the crime. Lee Brown stole hundreds of pounds of goods from FOUR different Co-ops, stole a bike and handled two more stolen bikes. The 40-year-old of Barbourne Road hobbled free at Worcester Magistrates Court on Friday. Prosecutor Shawn Williams described Brown running from the Co-op in Lichfield Avenue, Ronkswood, with shop workers unable to catch up. Mr Williams said: "He ran off...

VACCINE: Almost 50,000 people in the city have now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine ALMOST 50,000 people in the city have now received at least one Covid jab, according to the latest NHS figures. A total of 49,218 people in Worcester have now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine up to March 28 – around 55 per cent of the citys estimated population. NHS vaccination figures show a total of 6,535 people aged between 50 and 54 in the city have now received at least one...

NEW vaccine figures show which parts of the city have seen the most people receive coronavirus jabs so far.

THIS weeks Crime Files goes back to 2018, when a predatory paedophile was jailed for four years after he sent sick, manipulative messages to young girls online. Christopher Sandell, then 22, was described by Judge Jim Tindal as "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" drawing young girls into his "dark world" and "using them for his on pleasure. Sandell, of Toronto Close, Lower Wick, admitted three counts of inciting a girl aged under 16 to engage in sexual activity, and the mother of one of his victims s...

A PENSIONER from Worcester who is suffering from asbestosis has launched a £200,000 damages claim against his former employers who he blames for the condition he is in. Norman Hundley, aged 86, claims in a writ issued against Western Power Distribution and Western Power Distribution plc, both of Bristol, that his condition is the result of exposure to asbestos while he was working for the predecessors of those companies, Midlands Electricity Board. The claim has been launched at London�...