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City FC's grounds for pessimism
WORCESTER City Football Club is unlikely to move to a new stadium in the foreseeable future. Club solicitor David Hallmark has told shareholders that, unless the city council's planning policies changed, they had reached a "dead end" in talks to build
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Ducks shot dead by callous thugs
THUGS who shot dead three ducks on a Worcester pond have been dubbed "inhuman" by wildlife workers. One mallard had been shot four times through the head and was left floating on the lake at County Hall after the attack yesterday. "It's unbelievable that
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Bid to spruce up city youth club
GOOD Samaritans in Worcester have been urged to help a city youth group. The Streets Ahead Youth Group, based on Worcester's Dines Green estate, is determined to give its premises a new lease of life. The club, which is based next to the Co-op in Gresham
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Teenager captured oncamera
A WORCESTER teenager involved in a fracas outside a city nightclub was charged two months later after a sharp-eyed police officer recognised her from a CCTV shot. Paula Slemp was captured on camera fighting with her friend outside Tramps in Angel Place
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Road found awash with blood
A ROAD in south Worcestershire was closed yesterday after reports that it was awash with blood from slaughtered animals. The Ministry of Agriculture, the Army and the police closed the B4080 Bredon to Tewkesbury route as a precaution. A driver had discovered
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Farmers braced for more flooding
AS if foot-and-mouth was not enough to contend with, Worcestershire farmers were today bracing themselves for renewed flooding. Flood warnings were in place along the rivers Severn and Avon, with low-lying farmland and properties in Upton-upon-Severn
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Stamps looking for improvement
AS with many of his team-mates, Harriers left-back Scott Stamps admits he has been disappointed with his first season for the club in the Football League. Stamps, one of the key players in the Conference-winning campaign, is no stranger to professional
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Ever-present confident of progress
DEFENDER Craig Hinton believes the new-look Harriers team needs more time to gel together - but the signs are good. The 23-year-old has avoided injury to become the only Division Three ever-present in the squad and he has been the most consistent as well
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Bogie fights for first-team place
MIDFIELDER Ian Bogie hopes he has turned the corner after admitting being a "shadow" of himself this season. Transfer-listed Bogie, a second-half substitute, fired a superb equaliser - his first league goal for Harriers -- in the 2-1 win over Southend
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Doyle wants to get off the mark
DUBLIN-BORN midfielder Daire Doyle hopes to help Harriers up their goal tally in future weeks by displaying a different side to his game. The 20-year-old, who made his fifth start for Jan Molby's men in Saturday's 0-0 draw at Leyton Orient, thinks he
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Young guns destroy Weston
A HAT-TRICK from from 18-year-old winger Will Kershaw-Naylor helped Worcester Warriors to a 34-0 win over Weston- Super-Mare in a celebration rugby match on Saturday. The Worcester Colts star ran in two tries in the first-half and finished off an outstanding
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Diet may lift McCracken
WORCESTER'S Robert Mc-Cracken will be banking on his new diet giving him a boost as he bids to beat Howard Eastman for the vacant European middleweight boxing crown at Wembley Conference Centre tomorrow night. McCracken claims that he struggled to make
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Hereford stunned by Trophy defeat
HEREFORD United's shell-shocked players could not hide their disappointment after they slumped to a shock 4-1 defeat to Forest Green Rovers in Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy semi-final second leg at Edgar Street. The Bulls who had not lost a game by more
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Droitwich lose out in showdown
HEREFORD Rugby Club booked their place in the North Midlands Cup semi-finals with a 28-10 win over Droitwich yesterday. The Midland One side overcame their rivals from Midland Four West (South) at a soggy Wyeside and will now travel to Newport for a semi-final
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9/4/01 - Young guns destroy Weston
A HAT-TRICK from from 18-year-old winger Will Kershaw-Naylor helped Worcester Warriors to a 34-0 win over Weston- Super-Mare in a celebration rugby match on Saturday. The Worcester Colts star ran in two tries in the first-half and finished off an outstanding
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Death of more than a flock
6 MY father farms in mid-Wales and has just had his sheep destroyed. Does Vikki Watkins realise it takes decades to build up a herd of pedigrees and not all these animals are destined for the abattoir - milking cows, rare breeds, breeding stock, to mention
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Only UKIP will stay loyal to our country
I AGREE with Peter Alcock's comments (You Say, March 24), that voting for New Labour or their Lib-Dem lackeys in the forthcoming General Election is as good as handing over complete control of the UK to unelected Eurocrats in Brussels. However, I must
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Thumbs-up for job opportunities project
WORK being done to boost job opportunities across the county has been given the thumbs-up by Worcestershire County Council. Council officers, working with chambers of commerce and research institutions are giving businesses the opportunity to operate
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£76.5m boost for adult education
ADULTS who have been out of education for many years have the chance to enrol on bite-size courses after a £76.5m Government boost into further education in the two counties. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Learning and Skills Council hopes to have more
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YOU CAN PUT A SUCK IN IT!
A THEME bar hopes to lick the problem of noise from customers as they leave - by handing out lollipops. Managers at Worcester's Chicago Rock Caf decided on the tropical-flavoured sweets to gag customers after people living nearby complained that people
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It is barbaric - but it's worth it
AMERICAN "dial-a-bride" Caroline Digger has dubbed breast-screening facilities at Ronkswood Hospital barbaric in comparison to the US. But despite this, Caroline, who has changed her name to Kaylee Townsend, is still urging Worcester women to use the
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Scheme'an attack on democracy'
TRANSPORT strategists have been accused of riding roughshod over democracy in southern Worcester. Residents determined to resist a traffic calming scheme being introduced around Red Hill Primary School were pleased earlier this year when Worcester City
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Farmers allocated £600m compensation
FARMERS affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak have been allocated more than £600m in various forms of compensation. Agriculture Minister Nick Brown was due to tell MPs today that more than £247m is direct compensation for slaughtered animals. The rest
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Kicking up a stink over stables
OBJECTORS unhappy at plans for stables in Lower Broadheath near Worcester claim they will suffer the stink of horse manure. An application has been lodged with Malvern Hills District Council for an agricultural livestock building to be converted to stables
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Coup as Bill set to attend festival
FORMER US President Bill Clinton is to boost the effort to persuade fearful Americans that Britain remains a safe tourist destination despite foot-and-mouth by attending the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival. The former President is expected at the major event
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Carnival Queen enjoys 'fantastic' trip to Province
WORCESTER Carnival Queen Kirsty Evans has returned from Northern Ireland after a three-day visit to The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment. The 21-year-old was based in Omagh, where more than 500 members of the regiment are serving their final
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Ministry baffled as new outbreaks are discovered
THE Ministry of Agriculture says it is baffled why three Worcestershire farms have become infected with foot-and-mouth disease. Evelench Farm and Ravenshill Farm, both in Tibberton, near Droitwich, were confirmed as being infected over the weekend. Cummins
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Fine for first-time offender
A SHOPLIFTER'S haul from an hour in the Co-op supermarket at Stourport, represented by a trolley piled high with groceries, amounted to £236, mag-istrates heard. A manager who saw her leave without pay-ing called police and she was arrested out-side.
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Thomas the Dane is back
DANISH winger Thomas Skovbjerg aims to prove he should be a Kidderminster Harriers player for next season after his first taste of Football League action against Lincoln City. Skovbjerg, 26, quickly showed Harriers what they had been missing as he provided
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Sad day for Webb
DEJECTED Harriers midfielder Paul Webb has been with the club for more than six years so Saturday's 5-1 defeat at Blackpool will have been particularly painful. Transfer-listed Webb, 33, has returned to the first 11 for the last few games and seen Harriers
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This stadium dream must not die
IT'S dismal news, indeed - and not only for ticket-buying, shirt-wearing fans - that Worcester City officials believe they've reached a dead end in their efforts to move the club from St George's Lane to a £5m, 6,000-seat stadium in Nunnery Way. The club
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Barton targets three players
WORCESTER City boss John Barton has targeted three new players to help his side mount a Dr Martens League Premier Division title challenge next season. He is chasing a full-back, a midfielder and a striker and hopes to land all three during the summer
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Hat-trick hero Crawford
THREE tries from Worcester wing Nicky Crawford helped England to a 50 - 6 victory over France in the Six Nations Championship at Northampton yesterday. England's secured the Six Nations Championship crown with a thrilling victory over the European Champions
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Ton-up Wolves rock Brighton
WORCESTER Wolves won 101-98 at Brighton in their final National Basketball League Division Three game of the season. There was a large crowd and Brighton needed the win to secure fourth place in the league, Wolves having already established second position
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King Henry set to reign
HENRY Tun can follow in the hoofprints of his half-brother and land his first success at Southwell tomorrow, when he competes in the Bananas For Sale Handicap, over five furlongs. The son of Chaddleworth is out of sprint handicapper B Grade, who has already
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9/4/01 - Hat-trick hero Crawford
THREE tries from Worcester wing Nicky Crawford helped England to a 50 - 6 victory over France in the Six Nations Championship at Northampton yesterday. England's secured the Six Nations Championship crown with a thrilling victory over the European Champions
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Hereford United 1 Forest Green Rovers 4
Saturday, April 7, 2001 HEREFORD United's hopes of a first ever FA Umbro Trophy final were eclipsed inside half an hour of Saturday's second leg at Edgar Street. By then, unfancied visitors Forest Green Rovers were two goals to the good, although the
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9/4/01 - Barton targets three players
WORCESTER City boss John Barton has targeted three new players to help his side mount a Dr Martens League Premier Division title challenge next season. He is chasing a full-back, a midfielder and a striker and hopes to land all three during the summer
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9/4/01 - Hereford stunned by Trophy defeat
HEREFORD United's shell-shocked players could not hide their disappointment after they slumped to a shock 4-1 defeat to Forest Green Rovers in Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy semi-final second leg at Edgar Street. The Bulls who had not lost a game by more
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Allotment holders' long wait for site
ALLOTMENT holders in a Bromsgrove village look set to have a long wait before they can taste the sweet success of their labours. The six successful applicants, who applied for the new plots in Finstall following a story in the Advertiser/Messenger earlier
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She took the biscuit
MR Showell writes (You Say, March 27) of New Labour's "arrogant and dictatorial attitude". There was surely no one more arrogant and dictatorial than the Tory Margaret Thatcher. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon
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Crisis is mishandled
6 ON the foot-and-mouth map in Saturday's Evening News, there appeared only two isolated cases in the Pershore area. Then we read of the plan to burn/bury animals on Throckmorton aerodrome. My heart bleeds for the farmers and others in the area. Our farm
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Restore the earnings link to achieve justice
6 DOROTHY Pickering's reply to my letter concerning the state pension exploits a narrow political, historically incorrect view. What I wished to achieve in my piece was to present an economic and social argument and I used only the bare facts to illustrate
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KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS FIXTURES 2000/2001
Sat Aug 12 Torquay United (h) 2-0 Hadley, Horne Sat Aug 19 Scunthorpe United (a) 0-2 Tues Aug 22 Walsall (Worthington Cup 1st round, 1st leg) (a) 1-1 Hadley Sat Aug 26 Halifax Town (h) 2-1 Hadley 2 Mon Aug 28 Brighton and Hove Albion (a) 2-0 Foster, Bennett
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Youth faces drugs charges
A YOUTH was arrested in Davies Road, Evesham, last Friday for possession of drugs for his own use. He was charged and bailed to appear before Droitwich Youth Court on April 18.
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Worcester City 1 Welling United 3
Saturday, April 7, 2001 THREE successive defeats have threatened to undo all the good work created by Worcester City's 11-match unbeaten run. Saturday's 2-1 home defeat against Welling United leaves them still fourth in the Dr Martens League Premier Division
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Macclesfield 1 Kidderminster Harriers 0
Saturday, April 7, 2001 BOSS Jan Molby admitted to being bitterly disappointed by Kiddermin-ster Harriers lack-lustre performance in Saturday's 1-0 Nationwide League Division Three defeat at Macclesfield Town. Harriers rarely looked like scoring and a
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Responsible for security and health
THE new operations manager of a Worcester shopping centre is no stranger to the retail industry. Carolyn Mantle, who was formerly manager of CrownGate's C&A store, is now be responsible for the whole centre's health and safety, security, personnel
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Teenage girl hurt in attack
A 19-YEAR-OLD woman suffered a broken nose, black eye and facial injuries after two men attacked her in Redditch town centre, writes Chief Reporter Becky Procter. The serious, and apparently unprovoked, assault happened in Alcester Street at about 11.30pm
