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Act now before someone is killed

A BUSY city junction has become a potential death trap due to speeding motorists, claim concerned residents. Fears are mounting about the junction of Bilford Road and Astwood Road, in Perdiswell, following a spate of crashes. A two-car accident yesterday

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Estate anger over calming decisions

TRAFFIC-calming measures will not be put in place on a housing estate until there are more serious accidents, angry residents have heard. People living in Worcester's Warndon Villages are growing increasingly concerned at the speed at which drivers cross

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Shrubs dug up to clear the way for cut in vandalism

TESCO bosses in Warndon are chopping down eight-foot bushes in a bid to cut vandalism. A gazebo where gangs of youngsters gather could also be pulled down or removed. Worcester MP Mike Foster met with store chiefs and beat manager PC John McManus to investigate

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It's idiotic

I DON'T know about the culinary taste of New Britain, but the most embarrassing thing about being British is when you have to explain to foreigners how we elected a government that promptly gave the Foreign Secretary's job to the village idiot. D BACON

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We needed it in 1997

REGARDING this latest wheeze by the Commission for Racial Equality, surely, a requisite for candidature ought to be, that aspiring members of the Houses of Commons and Lords are required to sign up to The Ten Commandments? What a pity that this was not

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I'm even-handed

IN reply to Colin Jones (You Say, April 20) even within the normal New Labour spin on words, I have never written to this paper as a representative of the Association of Independents - his words. I have criticised the Thatcher years over the demise of

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Formula devised by the Tories is to blame

I SHARE Councillor's Clee's dismay at the unfair funding system that has disadvantaged Worcestershire for years (Evening News, April 21). I am a governor at two schools and my experience of the effects of under-funding has been painful. However, the political

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Full-time: Kidderminster 0 v 1 Hartlepool

Hinton was quick to block an effort from Midgley as Hartlepool turned up the pressure and forced a string of corners from the home side. The visiting fans and players also twice appealed desperately for penalties after handball claims against Harriers

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Half-time: Kidderminster v Hartlepool

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1/4 time: Kidderminster v Hartlepool

The early exchanges were tight against a Hartlepool team desperate for points in their promotion bid. Harriers were unable to create anything in the first 20 minutes and home keeper Tim Clarke was kept on his toes as he raced out of his goal to deal with

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Preview: Kidderminster v Hartlepool

Confidence is up at Aggborough after Kidderminster Harriers won their last two games, scoring six goals in the process. They face the challenge of fourth placed Hartlepool United who could be chasing automatic promotion depending on the severity of the

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Jail and ban for pub bottle attack

A CITY businessman who caused a deep wound with a bottle in a pub has been banned from every licensed premises in Worcester for two years. Alfie Jones was also jailed for two years, but will only serve half the sentence in prison. He lunged at victim

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MAFF warning of complacency

THE Government's chief scientist has predicted that foot-and-mouth disease could be completely eradicated by August. There have been no new cases in Worcestershire for more than two weeks. But the Ministry of Agriculture is continuing to warn the public

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Parents urged to take classes

PARENTS of young teenagers on a troubled Worcester estate are being urged to join a positive parenting programme. The project in Warndon and Warndon Villages will involve sharing experiences and developing their parenting skills. They will also be able

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Police join Jean in Race for Life

TWENTY-three officers and support staff from Worcester police station will be joining hundreds of women in this year's Race for Life. The police contingent are in a team led by Jean Portman, who was 44 when doctors told her she had breast cancer. This

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AND FINALLY: Hands-on sister 'will be missed'

A "HANDS-ON" nursing sister who helped with the flood evacuation at Worcester's Castle Street Hospital is retiring. Sister Janette Back has been working on the Wheeley Lea ward at the infirmary for 14 years. On Tuesday she said goodbye to bedpans and

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Taxing by stealth

THE Conservatives have produced figures that show that motorists are miles worse off, because of Labour's high fuel taxes. These figures prove what everyone who has to drive knows anyway - that they are miles worse off under Labour. Now that petrol prices

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I'm utterly flabbergasted

IT seems to me that people, when buying gifts for Christmas and Easter, have no imagination or are too lazy to bother about choice. Over the years, it has been all food buying. For example, last Christmas, it was mostly tinned biscuits and chocolates.

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A ploy to divide our country

THANK you to Paul H Griffiths (You Say, Friday, April 6) for telling us why the West Midlands Constitutional Conference has been set up. However, he fails to tell us who exactly has set it up and who is paying for it. At the end of the day it is more

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Our banana skin republic

ST George's Day, on Monday, April 23, gave us an opportunity to reflect on England and its future. The real St George was not a dragon-slayer, but was martyred by the Romans for refusing to worship their Emperor. Today's version is an Englishman, who

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Na-na-ne-na-na school of debate

I SINCERELY hope that we shall be hearing something more substantial than the swish of wielded handbags from the Labour and Tory prospective Parliamentary candidates in the next few weeks (Michael Foster, You Say, April 11 and Richard Adams, You Say,

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SUMMARY: Kidderminster 0 v 1 Hartlepool

Kidderminster Harriers ended their home Division Three campaign with a last-gasp 1-0 defeat to promotion hopefuls Hartlepool United. Despite missing their first penalty of the season when Drewe Broughton was denied by keeper Anthony Williams, Harriers

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3/4 time: Kidderminster 0 v 0 Hartlepool

Hartlepool through on Craig Midgley, who scored in the 3-1 home win over Harriers in November, for the busy Henderson. Scott Stamps gave the visitors a scare early in the second half with a free-kick struck from the right-hand side which landed on the