Worcester News

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid

Owner	Newsquest Media Group
Editor	Stewart Gilbert
Founded	1935
Price	£0.30p
Headquarters	Worcester, England
Circulation	18,903 (Jan-Jun 2006)^[1]

Website: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk

The Worcester News is a tabloid newspaper based in Worcester, UK. The Worcester newspaper, which was re-branded from the Worcester Evening News in July 2005, is the largest selling daily local newspaper in Worcester. The Worcester News is published Monday to Saturday. Wednesday includes a comprehensive jobs section, Thursday includes a Homes supplement and on Friday a Motors section.

The Worcester News covers all of the Worcester City centre and the surrounding areas within Worcestershire. The Worcester News is published at its offices in Hylton Road, Worcester, which overlook the Pitchcroft Racecourse and the River Severn.

The current editor of the Worcester News is Stewart Gilbert.

The newspaper is owned by Newsquest Media Group which was acquired by the Gannett corporation in 1999. The Newsquest head office is based in Weybridge, Surrey and employs a total of more than 9,100 people across the UK.

With 300 titles to its name, Newsquest is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom.