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Background and Format:The Worcester News is published by Newsquest Media Group weekly and is aimed at residents of Worcester as well as Fownhope, Redditch and Upton. Covers news, sport, exhibitions, nightlife, comedy, theatre and reviews. The also has a sister newspaper, Berrow's Worcester Journal.  For more information about advertising rates, the team can be reached here.Circulation:Source: ABC (Print and Digital edition combined).Awards:2016 - Midlands Media Awards, Newspaper of the Year (nominated)2014 - Midlands Media Awards, Newspaper of the Year (nominated)Gorkana UK Financial Alert: Tuesday 22nd March 2016The Worcester News has now relaunched, following specific requests from readers. The headline font has been changed and the layout rearranged to pack more news at the front of the paper. The new design is based on that of its Newsquest sister daily the Bournemouth Echo. For more information, the team can be reached at news@worcesternews.co.ukGorkana UK Financial Alert: Monday 14th September 2015Worcester News, the Newsquest-owned regional newspaper, has launched a new edition that will cover the town of Droitwich. The Droitwich News will feature news, sport, opinion and information services for people living in the town or surrounding area. A new reporter is being recruited to help with the edition and a standalone facebook page has been created for the new title. For any editorial queries, the team can be reached at news@worcesternews.co.ukGorkana Alert: Wednesday 7 November 2012Newsquest has produced apps of ten of its newspapers for the new Amazon Kindle Fire and Fire HD tablets. Apps have been created for The Northern Echo, The Oxford Times, The Argus (Brighton), Sutton Guardian, Worcester News, Stourbridge News, Hampshire Sports Pink, Colchester Daily Gazette, Swindon Advertiser and the Southend, Basildon and Castlepoint Echo. They are available from the Kindle Newsstand and have been developed in partnership with technology company PageSuite. For more information, Managing Director of Newsquest Digital Media Roger Green can be reached at rgreen@newsquest.co.ukGorkana Alert: Monday 12 December 2011Newsquest Media group have made some editorial changes to the Worcester News, Malvern Gazette and Evesham Journal. One team of staff now overlooks all three titles. John Murphy, Editor of the Evesham Journal, is no longer at the newspaper. Suzanne Black, previously News Editor at the Malvern Gazette, is still at Newsquest but no longer working in an editorial role. Stephanie Preece, previously News Editor at the Worcester News, is now Head of Content across all three publications. She can be reached on +44 (0)1905 742 244 and stephanie.preece@midlands.newsquest.co.uk