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WORCESTER hospitality businesses are feeling the pressure after being forced to shut for the best part of two years, they say furloughed staff have moved on, and the industry is in crisis. Restaurants, pubs and cafes across the city are desperate for new staff now lockdown restrictions are easing but say that there are slim pickings as furloughed staff move on to greener pastures. Nic Gibbons, landlord of the Anchor Inn in Diglis Road, said 'there are absolutely no hospitality staff around'. He said: "No-one wants to work long, hard hours anymore, "Lockdown had all hospitality staff...

THERE are six new names on the list of Worcester food businesses that have received a five star food hygiene ratings from health inspectors.

RATINGS: Dominos in St John's has been given a five star food hygiene rating THERE are new names on the list of Worcester food businesses that have received a five star food hygiene ratings from health inspectors. Ratings are judged by Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspectors over the standards in the handling of food, how food is stored, how food is prepared, cleanliness of facilities and pest control, how food safety is managed and evidence staff know about food safety. New five-star Worcester businesses to make the list, and the date they were inspected, are: Cafe Afloat, Diglis Basi...

ATTACK: Jack Warner was found guilty in his asbence A DRUNK man attacked his dad and left him battered and bruised, punching him to the ground in his own flat and kicking him after he fell to the floor. Jack Warner was convicted in his absence of assault by beating against his dad, Martin Warner, in Worcester during a trial at the city's magistrates court on Monday. The 27-year-old of Diglis Road, Worcester had been drinking before returning to his father's flat in the city's Sansome Walk on November 11, 2019. Police officers arrived at the scene at around midnight after receiving a r...

THE thousands of people who travel every day down the steep descent of London Road towards Worcester city centre can be thankful they weren’t making the same journey in medieval times. Because then the highway was even more vertiginous. In fact, crosses were set up at the bottom to thank the Lord for getting down safely. Over the centuries, the route from the top of Red Hill to Sidbury Gate has seen many changes and the one used today is actually the line of an old turnpike coach road. Before that it ran a little to the south and can be traced almost all the way by a line of back l...