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Council to have phone tracking system
A NEW telephone tracking system may have to be installed at Malvern Town Council offices to take the guesswork out of estimating phone bills. The council recently installed a new telephone system at its Belle Vue Terrace offices. All telephones in the
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Baby deaths shock
WORCESTER has one of the worst infant mortality rates in the country, shock new figures revealed today. The Department of Health statistics show a death rate of 7.7 per cent for every 1,000 births - a worse record than that found in the inner city areas
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Jeremy makes great strides in trek
A SMALL crowd gave former England rugby player Jeremy Guscott a warm send-off yesterday as he left Worcester to tackle the rest of his 800-mile walk for leukaemia research. The player had been inundated with attention the day before as shoppers gathered
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Gunman was not a thug
A GUNMAN who terrified passers-by in Worcester was not a thug but was suffering from a mental condition, a court was told. Nicholas Jackson pointed the pistol at the head of an elderly man in Farrier Street, witnessed by a father and his young son. He
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School's television harvest
YOUNGSTERS at a Worcester school were promoting peace across the world during a traditional Pakistani and Bangladeshi harvest festival for children's TV. Children from Stanley Road Primary School joined TV characters Ripley and Scuff in watching a display
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Classroom block for city primary school
A WORCESTER primary school will soon be in top form when an extra classroom block is built. City councillors have granted planning permission to St Clements CE Primary to extend its premises, despite initial worries that the new block could encourage
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Recycling centre hit by setback
PLANS for a recycling centre at a transport yard in Worcester have suffered a setback after city councillors objected. Blackpole Recycling applied to Worcestershire County Council to construct a building and use an existing yard as a recycling centre.
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Malvern RFC - Fixtures/Results - 2001/2 season
FIXTURES MIDLANDS ONE Saturday, October 20. Malvern v Walsall. RESULTS MIDLANDS ONE 8/9/01: Dunstablians 41, Malvern 7. 15/9/01 (NPI Intermediate Cup) Malvern v Old Halesonians - Malvern walkover. 22/9/01: Malvern 19, Hereford 20. 29/9/01: Leicester Lions
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Anger as a city branch of Barclays bank shuts
SHOPPERS will be fuming at the planned closure of Barclays Bank's Cathedral branch in Worcester, an angry account holder warns. The bank on College Street will close on Friday, November 23, and all the accounts and services will be transferred to the
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Attack man is given chance to rebuild life
A MAN who was told prison was "inevitable" after an unprovoked attack in Worcester narrowly escaped jail after magistrates heard he wanted to turn his back on crime. David Hughes was told he should expect a prison sentence when he appeared before a district
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Burglar finally brought to justice
A BURGLAR who raided an Evesham garage has finally been brought to justice - three years after the break-in. Mark Lake targeted The Bridge service station in September 1998, stealing cigarettes worth £1,200 and engine tuners valued at £2,500. But his
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Man made phone call of death
A YOUNG Stourport-on-Severn man called a friend to tell him he was going to kill himself then gassed himself in his car, an inquest heard. Noel Lawrence was found dead on Hartlebury Common on Monday, October 8, the inquest at Stourbridge County Court
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It's party time for WI
THE ladies of Cutnall Green Women's Institute celebrated their 70th anniversary by calling in the caterers for a special party. As a special treat, the members were able to hang up their aprons and forget cooking or washing-up for the day while they focused
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Malvern Town FC - Fixtures/Results - 2001/2 season
FIXTURES EXPRESS & STAR LEAGUE - West Midlands (Regional) League Tuesday, October 16 Premier Division: Bromyard Town v Malvern Town (7.45). Saturday, October 20 Premier Division: Darlaston Town v Malvern Town. Division One (South): Malvern Town Reserves
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Preview: Doncaster v Kidderminster
Kidderminster Harriers' improved away form is to be put to the test by former Conference opposition Doncaster in the LDV Vans Trophy first round. After a dramatic 2-1 win at Belle Vue in their Conference-winning season, Harriers revisit the ground with
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Ocean of courage on the Atlantic
WHEN Richard Wood and Rob Ringer announced that they planned to row across the Atlantic to raise money for St RIchard's Hospice, some may have called them foolhardy. After all, neither of them had rowed before and they were going to have to cover 2,900
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16/10/01 - Bringing in 'keeper was right decision
IT seems I caused a few raised eyebrows when it was announced who would be in goal for us in Saturday's game with Cheltenham. With Stuart Brock starting a three-match suspension for being sent off in the recent match with Swansea, most people thought
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16/10/01 - Tongan call-up for Teki
SATEKI Tuipulotu has been selected for the Tongan squad due to play Scotland and Wales in a tour of Great Britain next month. Worcester Rugby Club's full back, who has 30 Tonga caps, will meet up with the international side when they arrive in England
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Tongan call-up for Teki
SATEKI Tuipulotu has been selected for the Tongan squad due to play Scotland and Wales in a tour of Great Britain next month. Worcester Rugby Club's full back, who has 30 Tonga caps, will meet up with the international side when they arrive in England
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Langland make it six out of six
Langland Sports made it six wins out of six and moved to the top of the Worcester League Sunday Division Two with an emphatic 7-0 win against Lakes Sports. Rob Perrins hit a hat-trick and there were two goals each for Sam Dakin and Stuart Harvey. In the
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16/10/01 - Bowen eyeing more goals
Sharpshooter Sam Bowen, who heads the Midland Alliance Golden Boot Awards, will hope to add to his 12-goal tally when Bromsgrove Rovers travel to Willenhall Town tonight (7.45). Bowen scored in Rovers' 1-1 draw at Oadby on Saturday to knock the Leicestershire
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Full-time: Doncaster 0 Kidderminster 1
Harriers were looking far more dangerous with their new attacking formation and Larkin gave them the lead after 72 minutes, racing on to Broughton's chipped through-pass and lofting the ball over advancing keeper Richardson. Jan Molby - banished from
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What's this?
WE read in the Evening News, on October 1, that parents now pay their children to tidy their bedrooms. Unbelievable. Why are they no longer brought up to think of this as something that is done naturally? Are they no longer brought up as part of a family
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White man has caused much pain
I FOUND D Margrett's letter on the recent world government's meeting in Durban very condescending about our fellow human beings in Africa (You Say, September 9). Let us not forget that there were many established civilisations - including Africa - when
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Why people turned back on Labour rule
I SEE Coun Paul Denham's fired the local election starting gun, with his letter headlined "Independents caused Labour's loss of control." He is wrong. Mike Layland has no control over the votes of Independent councillors. That is why they are Independents
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13/10/01 - Danks sinks Bilston
Redditch United 2 Bilston Town 1 AN ASTONISHING Paul Danks double rocked Bilston, who looked on course for a win after a debatable penalty decision. United created a string of chances in the second half but looked set to extend a run of five matches without
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Try spree as town run riot
Bromsgrove RFC 76 Newport (Salop) 5 Midlands Two West WINGER Lee Wainwright grabbed four tries as Bromsgrove Rugby Club strengthened their position as league leaders and promotion favourites on Saturday. Fly-half Matt Birch added a personal tally of 26
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Give your house star quality: How to get your house on TV and in print
Have you ever wondered how the lucky few manage to get their homes used for magazine shoots or TV ads, and then cash in on the added interest when it's time to sell-up? Following research conducted among top film company location managers, magazine stylists
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Spied on by cameras up to 300 times a day
WALKING down the high street on a Saturday afternoon attention is usually commanded by the shop windows. But anyone who looks a bit further up will notice a surfeit of cameras attached to walls and roofs whose attention is on them. Keeping closer tabs
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1/4 time: Doncaster 0 Kidderminster 0
Broughton had Harriers first effort in goal in the third minute when he leapt to meet Clarkson's hanging cross but the ball went over the bar. Drewe Broughton who came close early on The visitors had to withstand some early pressure but coped well with
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Business of being an MP
A PECULIAR piece of mail landed in Peter Luff's in-tray this week. The letter was a shameless attempt to sell the MP a range of "seals" to place on the back of envelopes. But the wording of the mailshot left a lot to be desired. It read: "Dear Mr Luff
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Praise for IT system at Purac
A KIDDERMINSTER company has won an award for its innovative IT system. Purac Ltd was chosen as runner-up in the IT category of the Contract Journal Construction Industry Awards 2001 for its own project management IT system, PuMA. The company, on Birmingham
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Trainees wanted for rural work
AN agricultural college is desperate for trainees for rural work placements. Holme Lacy College, in Hereford, is looking for trainees in all aspects of agriculture to carry out work-based learning in Herefordshire. "The current agricultural climate is
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Call to employers to support female staff
MORE women in Worcestershire are taking managerial jobs in business - but many still earn less than men and combine it with the traditional wife and mother role. Louise Hewett, head of Hewett Recruitment in Worcester, said there were very few women managers
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Drama in Atlantic
ROWER Richard Wood was preparing to dig deep into his reserves of British spirit today and face the Atlantic alone. The intrepid father-of-three has vowed to row the ocean single-handedly after his partner in the Ward Evans Atlantic Rowing Challenge decided
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Your store is still too big for us'
PLANS for a smaller Sainsbury's in St John's have been rejected by Worcester City Council because the store would still overdevelop the area. The supermarket giant is due to appeal next month after initial plans for a store in Swanpool Walk were rejected
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Hospital tunes in to a touch of glamour
MUSIC on hospital radio hit a more glamorous note when Worcester's Carnival Queen collected requests. Jenni Francis spotted another carnival queen as she chatted and joked with patients at Ronkswood Hospital. Former beauty queen Margaret Farley was Stourport-on-Severn
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Contestants 'led up garden path'
WOULD-be winners of the Worcester in Bloom competition claim they were led up the garden path when they left the prizegiving ceremony empty-handed. People invited to the ceremony received city council-headed letters stamped with the phrase "third prize
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16/10/01 - Shail recall for Trophy test
FORMER Worcester City defender Mark Shail is set to take over from injured Adie Smith for tonight's LDV Vans Trophy first round clash against Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue (7.45). Smith is ruled out with a groin problem, sparking a call-up for Shail who
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Wards debate is described as a 'dog's dinner'
CITY leaders have been accused of holding a "dog's dinner" of a debate in an attempt to reach an agreement over breaking up Worcester into new electoral wards. The new wards will be set up to iron out inequalities in the number of people city councillors
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Robinson crew so generous with cash
TELEVISION celebrity Tony Robinson boosted a Worcestershire archaeology group's fortune when he presented them with a £7,210 cheque. The former Blackadder star and presenter of BBC2's Time Team handed the cheque to the Four Parishes Archaeology Group
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Landfill site to operate all the time
A CONTROVERSIAL landfill site in Worcestershire has been given the go-ahead for 24-hour operation despite the fears of county councillors. Lorries will be trundling into Hill and Moor Landfill round the clock after the county council's planning committee
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Facts, figures and fixtures 2001/2002 season
Pre-season 21/07/01 - Redditch United 0 Kidderminster Harriers 3 (Hadley, Hinton, Middleton) (friendly) 24/07/01 - Redditch United 2 (Danks 2) Gloucester United 3 (Tatton, Meadows, Freeman) (friendly) 28/07/01 - Weston St Johns 2 Redditch United 6 (Campbell
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Owen to miss rest of season
WORCESTER City's star striker Mark Owen will not play competitively again until next season following the double fracture of his leg in Saturday's FA Cup clash against St Blazey. Surgeons have inserted plates into his tibia and fibula and have had to
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Bulls pleased with tie
HEREFORD United's caretaker boss Phil Robinson admitted the club's draw in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup at Nationwide Conference rivals Dover Athletic on October 27 could have been worse. The Whites are currently rooted to the bottom of the
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Shail recall for Trophy test
FORMER Worcester City defender Mark Shail is set to take over from injured Adie Smith for tonight's LDV Vans Trophy first round clash against Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue (7.45). Smith is ruled out with a groin problem, sparking a call-up for Shail who
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SUMMARY: Doncaster 0 Kidderminster 1
Colin Larkin's brave winner prevented Kidderminster Harriers from slipping to a LDV Vans Trophy first round shock at Conference side Doncaster. A double substitution by boss Jan Molby provided the springboard for the result as his new attacking formation
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Bringing in 'keeper was right decision
The Jan Molby column IT seems I caused a few raised eyebrows when it was announced who would be in goal for us in Saturday's game with Cheltenham. With Stuart Brock starting a three-match suspension for being sent off in the recent match with Swansea,
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Swifts ready to bounce back
STOURPORT Swifts' boss Rod Brown is hoping his side can bounce back from their FA Cup disappointment when they visit Bilston Town in the Dr Martens Western Division tonight (7.45). The Walshes Meadow side lost 2-0 at Unibond Premier Division outfit Hucknall
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Title joy for super Steve
Steve Warburton has been crowned the Club Formula Palmer Audi champion. The 12-race, one-make series concluded with two, 15-lap races at Snetterton in Norfolk. The 26-year-old from Leigh Sinton, near Malvern, started from third on the 17-car grid for
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Revving up for second journey
SOME bad news recently arrived at my door concerning the father of one of my youngest daughter's friends. I do not know this man personally, and my knowledge of the exact circumstances regarding his misfortune is sketchy, to say the least. Suffice to
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Former player pays a visit
FORMER Evesham United forward, Johnny Hancock, was a visitor to Common Road last month when he presented the club with an old photograph of the 1954 Evesham Town squad. Now aged 70 and living in Broadway, Johnny joined The Robins as that same year when
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16/10/01 - Owen to miss rest of season
WORCESTER City's star striker Mark Owen will not play competitively again until next season following the double fracture of his leg in Saturday's FA Cup clash against St Blazey. Surgeons have inserted plates into his tibia and fibula and have had to
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Doncaster 0 Kidderminster 1
On-loan Larkin gave Harriers the lead on 72 minutes when the substitute raced on to Broughton's chip over the defence and lobbed advancing keeper Richardson.Colin Larkin who gave Harriers the lead Immediately afterwards, Harriers boss Molby was sent to
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3/4 time: Doncaster 0 Kidderminster 0
The home side won an early free-kick in a dangerous position when Hinton caught busy striker Whitman with a high boot. Ian Joy who was booked for dissent early in the second half Owen curled his effort over the wall but saw it clip the top of the bar
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Rachel's story
FOLLOWING the report by Suzy Austin of my daughter Rachel's suffering in last Friday's paper (Evening News, October 5) I would be grateful to hear from anyone in the Worcester area if they or a relative have suffered negligence resulting in mis-diagnosis
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Floods
PEOPLE who live in flooded property have my sympathy, but the facts are that high tides can reach Worcester, so most of the city is not far above sea level. These tides hold up water from running away. Building practices are still going on near this river
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Mounties would not tolerate litter louts
THREE things that strike when returning to Worcester is the drabness of the street, the filth in the town centre, the lack of policemen. Nowhere in Worcester, except Worcester City Football Club and Fownes Hotel, will you see the Union Flag/Jack flying
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Half-time: Doncaster 0 Kidderminster 0
Williams, who was on loan at Doncaster last season, unleashed a powerful 25-yard drive on 27 minutes which tested Richardson's reflexes. Danny Williams who was denied by the keeper from long range The midfielder had latched on to a smart lay-off from
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Three vehicle collision
A TAXI driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries following a three vehicle collision outside Pershore College. The driver was taken to Ronkswood Hospital in Worcester after his black Mercedes taxi was in collision with a green Rover 600 saloon
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Closing ranks on the home front
Now that the war on terrorism is well and truly under way the question is: "How will the British public react, knowing that they may be the target of terrorist sympathisers?" Will the threat of counter-attack disrupt business or will the British bulldog
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It's back to the classroom for Foster
IT could be back to school for Mike Foster, a parliamentary aide to Education Minister Margaret Hodge. Because the City MP has been found guilty of one of the worst possible grammatical crimes... mistaking it's for its. And, to make matters worse, he
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MP's mention of SAS breaks unwritten rule
THESE are strange days, with rival MPs finding themselves in the unusual position of agreeing with each other about almost everything. They agree about the military action being taken against the Taliban and that Tony Blair is doing a fine job of holding
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Women in business
ACCORDING to a survey by the Institute of Management, 25 per cent of managers are now women - a 16 per cent increase in the past 10 years. But a third still believed their organisation discriminated against women with pay and policy issues and nearly