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In danger after big collapse
A SHOCKING batting performance plunged Bromsgrove back into the Birmingham Cricket League Division One relegation battle as they sank to a seven-wicket defeat against Worcestershire rivals Stourbridge. Bromsgrove were asked to bat on what appeared to
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Worcesters' memorial unveiled in France
THE chairman of Worcestershire County Council is to travel to France this week to unveil war memorial made of Malvern stone The villagers of Vernon, 30 miles west of Paris, have sculpted a memorial in honour of soldiers from the Worcestershire Regiment
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Terrified sheep in river leap
SCARED sheep were savagely attacked in their field before fleeing to the banks of the River Severn and into the water. More than two dozen animals were still unaccounted for last night. Firefighters were called to Lower Hams, at Upton-upon-Severn, at
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Pair cleared of assault charges
A FATHER and son have been cleared of assaulting a man in his own home. Kenneth and Craig Webster, both of Shirley Road, Droitwich, were found not guilty by Worcester magistrates. Both men had denied charges of common assault on John Fergus in a domestic
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230 jobs hang in the balance
THE prospects for Worcester City Contract Services are uncertain after questions were raised about its viability. A draft report on the future of Contract Services - which employs around 230 people - will be presented to the city council's policy and
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Call for action on drink
EASY access to alcohol causes mental and physical problems for youngsters, research has revealed. The Alcoholic Education and Research Council has called for the drinks industry to redouble its efforts to curb illegal sales in a bid to stop problems caused
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Accused of 10 break-ins
Ten houses in the Wyre Forest district were broken into by a Stourport man during February and March, the prosecution alleged in court at Kidderminster. Beau Junior Broadhurst, 26, of The Slad, Wilden, Stourport, was bailed to await committal for trial
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Skate park set to go ahead
WORK is set to begin on a £250,000 indoor skateboarding and BMX park in Kidderminster after Wyre Forest district councillors finally gave it the go-ahead. Planning permission for the 9,000 sq ft Roll 'n' Ride centre in Stadium Close was given at a development
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Family flees TV blaze
A KIDDERMINSTER family were treated for smoke inhalation after their TV caught fire. Fire crews from Stourport-on-Severn and Kidderminster dealt with the blaze at Princess Way after the alarm was raised. "The occupiers of the house were in bed at the
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Obelisk gift to historic hall
A 17ft triangular monument has been proudly placed in the grounds of a stately home. The National Trust has bestowed the gardens of Hanbury Hall, near Droitwich, with a wooden obelisk which can be found on a grass platt in the Wilderness Garden. The feature
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New decorations should bring a festive glow to town centre
THE biggest and brightest Christmas light display is promised for a Worcestershire town this year in a bid to attract shoppers. Visitors to Droitwich are being told they will see the best festive display the town has ever seen after the purchase of new
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Bound over to keep the peace
A DROITWICH woman who pestered a female friend with phone calls and banged on the doors and windows of her victim's home has been bound over to keep the peace. Denise Kimberley's behaviour led to Helen Smith suffering ill health and depression, Worcester
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21/8/00 - Webb plays down broken leg incident
PAUL Webb insisted there was no bad feeling between him and Nigel Pepper after his challenge left the Scunthorpe United skipper with a double leg break. Pepper lashed out at Webb with a punch after the 50-50 challenge, but Webb distanced himself from
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21/8/00 - Pace ace delighted with debut season
GLENN McGrath is aiming to make up for lost time with Worcestershire following his 17-day break "Down Under". The deadly pace ace has been away on one-day international duty for Australia against South Africa and is now gearing up to boost his already
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Redditch United 2 Hinckley United 1
Saturday, August 21, 2000 REDDITCH United boss Rob Smith was full of praise for his players after they held out for an opening day victory at home to Hinckley United. The Valley Stadium side hung on for a 2-1 win despite being under pressure for much
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Hereford hit back in style
TWENTY-one wickets fell on an action-packed opening day to Herefordshire's Minor Counties Championship Western Division clash with Wales at Brockhampton. Put into bat on a seaming wicket, Herefordshire were bowled out for just 98 with Aamir Farooque top-scoring
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Worcester hang on to stay in touch at top
WORCESTER were held to a draw when they visited Hampton-in-Arden but still retain second place in the Birmingham Cricket League Division two. After a delayed start due to overnight rain Worcester won the toss and asked Hampton to bat on a fairly dry pitch
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Giant's Causeway to make it four in row
TAKE Giant's Causeway to record his fourth consecutive Group One victory within nine weeks in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York tomorrow. Aidan O'Brien's three-year-old started his winning run in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot where
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Animal rights activists in court
TWO people from the Vale arrested last week on suspicion of animal rights activities have been remanded in custody by Peterborough magistrates. David Elliott, aged 28 of Boat Lane, Evesham, and Natasha Dallemagne, aged 31, of Harvard Avenue, Honeybourne
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21/8/00 - County win would be just the tonic
WITH rain having washed out last Sunday's match with Sussex, this has been a blank week for Worcestershire until yesterday's crucial table-topper with Somerset. This is a competition which the County still have within their own power to win, though with
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21/8/00 - Royals cut down as Sabres go top
SOMERSET Sabres put Worcestershire Royals' Norwich Union National Lea-gue Division One title hopes to the sword by winning yesterday's top-of-the-table clash at New Road by 53 runs. The County are now two points behind leaders Somerset who gain-ed sweet
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Hereford United 0 Southport 0
Saturday, August 19, 2000 HEREFORD United opened their Nationwide Conference campaign with a goalless draw from a game of few clear-cut chances. A draw was always on the cards -- the Bulls having never won an opening day Conference fixture while the Sandgrounders
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21/8/00 - Malvern share the spoils at Langlands
Malvern Town picked up a well-earned 0-0 draw at Tividale in their opening Banks's Brewery League Premier Division fixture. Defences were generally on top, but Town always looked more likely to break the deadlock. In the first half a Simon Judge flick
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We should be looking after our own jobless
In the Evening News on Monday, August 14, a letter from Jerry Williams was headlined: "Welcome to the asylum seekers". He wrote: "Britain's hospitals and computer industry could do with hiring asylum seekers." Worcestershire and Herefordshire are due
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Licence police cash can be saved
I WAS most interested in your feature on the TV licence police. I have noticed that they always prey on the easy targets, areas of cities where there are lots of students at the beginning of term etc. What is never made clear to the public is the cost
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They need leaves and a quiet corner
WE enjoyed the article in the Thursday, August 3, edition of the Evening News about the hedgehog homes being built on Severn Trent properties. A few of these dotted about will ensure a rapid drop in the number of slugs and snails. Many people like to
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Winning start for Evesham
EVESHAM United got off to winning ways in their Dr Martens League Western Division campaign by beating Sutton Coldfield Town 2-1 at Common Road. Despite never looking quite sure at the back, the margin could have been greater against a Sutton Coldfield
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21/8/00 - Hayward returns to solve City crisis
PAUL Hayward has answered an SOS call from Worcester City to play in tonight's Dr Martens League Premier Division clash with Bath City at St George's Lane (7.45). The veteran former City goalkeeper has been signed as cover following Danny McDonnell's
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Pub ploughs a straight furrow to earn rewards
A PUB near Pershore has won a regional award at the Whitbread Pub Partnerships Excellence Awards 2000. The Plough and Harrow, at Drakes Broughton, won the West regional award for Staff Development of the Year. The award not only recognised the pub as
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Emma stresses how to progress
A COLWALL company thinks it has come up with the solution to help firms and their employees cope with stress. Gathergood Associates UK Stress Management Services is a new consultancy specifically aimed at the problem. The consultancy, in business since
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Scunthorpe United 2, Kidderminster Harriers 0
Saturday, August 19, 2000 JAN Molby slammed his side's defending after Kidderminster Harriers slumped to a 2-0 defeat by 10-man Scunthorpe United on Saturday. Harriers played with an extra man for most of the match after Scunthorpe skipper Nigel Pepper
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Tamworth 1 Worcester City 2
Saturday, August 19, 2000 IAN Cottrill is unlikely to forget the first game of the 2000/01 season in a hurry. Worcester City's long-serving midfielder began Saturday's Dr Martens League Premier Division opener at Tamworth by scoring a superbly-taken goal
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AT LAST! A LITTLE PEACE: Neighbour quits street
A WORCESTER street is celebrating after a man who subjected neighbours to a two-and-a-half year barrage of thumping music moved out. Relieved neighbours in Cyril Road, Rainbow Hill, said they felt like holding a party after news Tom Morris had quit his
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Firm set to end jobs uncertainty
TWO months of uncertainty were due to end today as workers at Worcester firm Metal Castings Ltd found out whether their jobs were safe. The news was broken to production staff on Friday that nine jobs were due to be axed - part of a redundancy announcement
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Woman pestered female friend with phone calls
A DROIWICH woman who pestered a female friend with phone calls and banged on the doors and windows of her victim's home has been bound over to keep the peace. Denise Kimberley's behaviour led to Helen Smith suffering ill health and depression, Worcester
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Pictchcroft festival for the ale and hearty
WORCESTER pulled the crowds over the weekend as real ale worshippers from all over the country descended on Pitchcroft for the city's annual Beer Festival. They flocked to the racecourse for the Campaign for Real Ale's event, at which around 100 beers
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Councillor smells good on his big day
WORCESTER city councillor Nazrul Islam was getting used to life as a married man today. He travelled by stretch-limousine to Birmingham for his wedding yesterday, where he presented his bride's family with gold jewellery as a dowry. On Saturday the 24
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Relive those schoolday assemblies
Sing, Ye Heavens - Hymns For All Time The Cambridge Singers SO few people attend church these days that the last time many of us may have sung a hymn was during those early-morning assemblies at school. Picture the 600 shuffling feet and barely moving
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Pair cleared of assault charges
A FATHER and son have been cleared of assaulting a man in his own home. Kenneth and Craig Webster, both of Shirley Road, Droitwich, were found not guilty by Worcester magistrates. Both men had denied charges of common assault on John Fergus in a domestic
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118 reasons to count our blessings
THE doctors, nurses, police, paramedics and firemen who protect our health and safety will be breaking bad news to people somewhere in the Faithful City, and beyond, today. It's a sad fact, but the cycle of life brings us all into contact with grief and
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Hayward returns to solve City crisis
PAUL Hayward has answered an SOS call from Worcester City to play in tonight's Dr Martens League Premier Division clash with Bath City at St George's Lane (7.45). The veteran former City goalkeeper has been signed as cover following Danny McDonnell's
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Webb plays down broken leg incident
PAUL Webb insisted there was no bad feeling between him and Nigel Pepper after his challenge left the Scunthorpe United skipper with a double leg break. Pepper lashed out at Webb with a punch after the 50-50 challenge, but Webb distanced himself from
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Royals cut down as Sabres go top
SOMERSET Sabres put Worcestershire Royals' Norwich Union National Lea-gue Division One title hopes to the sword by winning yesterday's top-of-the-table clash at New Road by 53 runs. The County are now two points behind leaders Somerset who gain-ed sweet
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Malvern impress despite setback
MALVERN put up a good fight but eventually went down 40-29 to the professionals from Reading at Spring Lane. After 30 minutes, a period of Reading pressure saw them take the lead after a scrum close to the Malvern line. But the Spring Lane side responded
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Hat-trick of medals for the county
YOUNGSTERS from across the county tasted success at Southampton over the weekend by winning three medals at the Millennium Youth Games. The girl's tag rugby team from Wychavon took the silver medal, while the boy's basketball team from Wychavon and the
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21/8/00 - Wilson on form in crucial victory
KIDDERMINSTER took another huge step towards Premier Division safety with a six-wicket win over Harborne. Harborne, who started the day three points ahead of Kidderminster, were put into bat and wickets fell at regular intervals to Mark Sellek, who bowled
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21/8/00 - Webb plays down broken leg incident
PAUL Webb insisted there was no bad feeling between him and Nigel Pepper after his challenge left the Scunthorpe United skipper with a double leg break. Pepper lashed out at Webb with a punch after the 50-50 challenge, but Webb distanced himself from
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Witness appeal
A MAN from Moreton has been arrested after a road accident on the A429 Fosse Way just south of Stow yesterday (Sunday). The accident happened at 7.15pm and involved a Ford Granada being driven northwards by the Moreton man and a VW Vento registered to
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Rise in unemployment
UNEMPLOYMENT figures for South Warwickshire rose slightly last month, but are nothing to worry about, according to the local Chamber of Commerce, because they are due to university and college leavers. The number of jobless for the region rose by 0.1
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Building threat to Green belt
GREEN belt land could be swallowed up as part of plans to develop Bromsgrove in the next 20 years. The latest version of Bromsgrove District Council's Local Plan shows its response to an independent planning inspector's recommendations. These highlight
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Soft Shoe Shuffle
TORY peer Lord Deedes, who is no doubt not short of a bob or two, says: "So many of us have ceased to wear good shoes" (Evening News, Tuesday, August 15). Isn't he forgetting that quite a few of us cannot afford "good shoes"? GEORGE COWLEY, Windermere
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Help me find Fred
I AM trying to trace a friend of mine who I haven't seen for a number of years. His name is Fred Cox who I knew in 1957. He was living in Worcester and was working at the Co-Op Dairies. My name is Margaret Gladys Kitchin. In 1957 I lived in School Street
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About time someone thanked nursing staff
AFTER reading so much about the poor service at the A&E Department at Worcester Royal Infirmary, I thought it was about time someone gave it, and the staff, some praise. I am a motorcycle instructor, working from Skellerns, in Sidbury, Worcester,
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21/8/00 - Malvern impress despite setback
MALVERN Rugby Club put up a good fight but eventually went down 40-29 to the professionals from Reading at Spring Lane. After 30 minutes, a period of Reading pressure saw them take the lead after a scrum close to the Malvern line. But the Spring Lane
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Time for Foster to tackle health issue
I WELCOME Mike Foster's long overdue acknowledgement that public confidence is on the line where the NHS in Worcester is concerned, as reported in the Evening News of Friday, August 11. So that everybody in Worcester can have the health service they need
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Adventure and fantasy combined
The Farthing Wood Collections, by Colin Dann (Red Fox, £4.99) AN apparent "surge of requests" from young fans demanding that these books be brought back into print has led to the first four classic stories from The Animals of Farthing Wood being brought
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Trying to make sense of world
Local Girls, by Alice Hoffman, (Vintage, £6.99) TOLD from the sly and knowing perspective of Gretel Samuelson, Local Girls charts her progress from a child to the cusp of womanhood. She picks her way through the tragedies and absurdities of everyday life
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Wonders of falling in love
Falling, by Elizabeth Jane Howard (Pan, £6.99) DAISY Langrish is looking for peace, a place to forget her traumatic past, the end of a passionate second marriage, problems with her daughter and somewhere she can settle down to a spot of serious writing
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Bromsgrove Rovers 1 Rugby United 3
Saturday, August 19, 2000 NEW boss George Rooney's "toughest job" began with defeat as Bromsgrove Rovers lost 3-1 against Rugby United in their first Dr Martens League Western Division game of the new season. A Bromsgrove side containing the majority
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Online DIY store goes live
DIY chainstore Homebase took the wise decision to spend some time - and considerable money - building an online store. Now it has gone live, and initial impressions are pretty good. You can see that the site's designers have been carefully learning the
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Historic cider factory to close
ONE of Herefordshire's oldest cider factories - Symonds at Stoke Lacy, near Bromyard - is to close next January. Bulmers, which owns the family firm, has announced that all production will be moved to its new Hereford site. "We've invested more than £30m
