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Power firm's cutting road chaos
STAFF at Worcester-based npower are to play their part in cutting traffic congestion in the city thanks to a company initiative. The energy and telecoms provider, which employs 350 staff at its new Bridgewater Road head office, is the first private company
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'Fat midget' jibe of jealous ex-girlfriend
A JEALOUS ex who branded her teenage love rival "a fat midget" during a three-month harassment campaign has been warned to keep the peace. Droitwich magistrates bound Emma McCartney over in the sum of £250 after they heard she had spent three months hassling
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Post fails to hit first class targets
POSTAL workers in Worcester and Hereford are failing to hit targets for delivering first-class mail the next day, new figures have revealed. Only 90.3 per cent of letters and parcels bound for areas with a WR postcode were delivered the following day
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Composer John shows off his melodic monster
COMPOSER John Nichols was hitting all the right notes at County Hall when he tuned up a whole orchestra - in one instrument. Pupils from Nunnery Wood High School joined Mr Nichols yesterday for the final preparations for this weekend's Skills on Show
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Minty lozenge helps in war on the weed
A NEW nicotine replacement lozenge can triple the chances of smokers who are trying to quit, according to Worcestershire Health Authority. Julia North, Smoking Cessation Manager at WHA, has welcomed the findings backed by the Cancer Research Campaign
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MP launches into new skills scheme
A NEW project to help those suffering from mental illness has been officially launched in Worcester. The city's MP Mike Foster, who attended yesterday's launch of the Acolyte scheme, said he hoped it would help people regain confidence and learn new skills
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Trading row firm under fire again
PEOPLE living on a busy Worcester street who want a business trading without planning permission to be moved say they are tired of waiting for action to be taken. Residents on Droitwich Road want to see Pots Direct moved on by the city council because
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Cathedral book dedication
A NEW publication about the history of Worcester Cathedral has been dedicated to the memory of Philip Barker who died in January this year. Mr Barker was archaeologist at the Cathedral from 1979 to 1987 and was instrumental in collating research and data
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More npower to their elbows
WHAT becomes clearer with almost every commuting day in the Faithful City is that we're moving closer and closer to gridlock. During this week, for instance, there've been days when the crawl which many people jokingly describe as their journey home from
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Wolves target league booster
WORCESTER Wolves coach Rick Solvason believes his side will finish their National Trophy basketball campaign with a flourish as they take on Hull tonight at University College Worcester (7pm). Hopes of a quarter-final spot disappeared last weekend after
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Molby calls off appeal
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have been forced to abandon an appeal against Ian Foster's sending-off in last Tuesday's 1-0 LDV Vans Trophy second round defeat against Chesterfield at Saltergate. Harriers have studied a video of the incident where striker Foster
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SUMMARY: Kidderminster 2 Bristol Rovers 0
Impressive Kidderminster Harries seem to have found their feet at Aggborough after another good display on home turf gave them a 2-0 victory over Bristol Rovers. They were deserved winners over opponents who had been relegated from Division 2 last season
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Jukes is back and aiming to impress
SUPERSTITIOUS Worcester City fans could be forgiven for thinking there is a curse at the club after seeing several key players succumb to serious injury in recent years. Mark Owen became the latest casualty when he broke his leg at St Blazey but other
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Quiggin setting his sights on TV debut
THE prospect of playing live on Match Of The Day has yet to sink in for Hereford United's Jimmy Quiggin who a little over a year ago was playing his football in the Midland Football Alliance. An impressive strike rate for Boldmere St Michaels persuaded
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Harriers pair in midfield missions
MEN with a mission - that's Kidder-minster Harriers midfielders Dean Bennett and Paul Webb. Bennett is desperate to play his part in helping cure Harriers frust-rating goalscoring problems while Webb is hoping to force his way into the side after a loan
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Jones backing for Vile arrival
WORCESTER Rugby Club skipper Kingsley Jones has admitted he was relieved to see John Brain bring in another top class fly-half. Jones has seen Worcester draft in academy young guns Dan Cullen and Jon Higgins this season as back up to Craig Chalmers and
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Full-time: Kidderminster 2 Bristol Rovers 0
Bristol Rovers had a sight of goal on 64 minutes but Brock blocked well from substitue Gall who was unmarked eight yards out. The visitors striker Ross was booked for a foul on Stamps on 66 minutes. Four minutes later, Plummer let fly from 20 yards but
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3/4 time: Kidderminster 2 Bristol Rovers 0
Bristol Rovers brought off Jones at half-time and replaced him with Challis. Harriers' Blake looped an ambitious 35-yard shot over the bar early in the second half. Then on 50 minutes Larkin took a good pass from Williams inside the area and instinctively
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Doc holiday
I ENTIRELY support Dr Mackichan's statement (You Say, October 17) that "doctors need the public's support". I have had a marvellous Worcester GP for the past 23 years - I feel perfectly free and at ease to tell him anything and everything. I look forward
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ID cards fuss
WHY is there all this fuss over ID cards? If one stops to think, one will realise many of us have ID Cards in the form of driving licences, credit and debit cards, pension books, bus passes, medical and dental records and probably more I have not thought
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A mother's gratitude for encouraging words
THANK you, so much, those people who have contacted me to urge me on. It occurs to me that many people do not want publicity for themselves, or their loved ones who have suffered unduly. I wish to assure those who contact me of my complete confidentiality
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Learning from past mistakes
ON Sunday, November 11, we will again be remembering those who suffered and forfeited their lives in two world wars and the dislocation this caused to families. When this ceremony was first held, people said there should be no more carnage on the scale
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Half-time: Kidderminster 1 Bristol Rovers 0
Harriers had two more players booked in quick succession: Sall seeing yellow for a bad late challenge on Walters and Stamps cautioned for a foul on Mauge. The home side took the lead on 33 minutes when Broughton laid a fine ball off to Bennett who nipped
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TRAGIC LESSON OF JOE
DEPRESSED university students must be made aware of the help available to them, say the parents of a Worcester student who hanged himself. Twenty-year-old Joe Martin killed himself a year after starting a history degree at Warwick University. An inquest
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Staff anger grows over unit setbacks
STAFF at a Worcester mental health unit, abandoned when asbestos and bacteria were found in the building, are threatening to walk out after they were told they cannot move back until after Christmas. Nurses and patients from part of the Elgar Unit were
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Bid to cut teenage pregnancies
A SCHEME to improve the health of youngsters and cut the number of teenage pregnancies across Worcester has been launched in the city. Over 2 U has begun in the Tolladine area of Worcester, and will soon be spreading out to Brickfields and other districts
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3/11/01 - Harriers pair in midfield missions
MEN with a mission - that's Kidder-minster Harriers midfielders Dean Bennett and Paul Webb. Bennett is desperate to play his part in helping cure Harriers frust-rating goalscoring problems while Webb is hoping to force his way into the side after a loan
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School's sporting triumph
A SCHOOL in Worcester has received FA charter status thanks to its sporting initiatives. Upton Snodsbury C E first school was given the national accolade from Sport England because of its sporting investment to benefit pupils' health. The school was one
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Row with his girlfriend led to court
A HOD-carrier who rowed with his girlfriend and drove off in her car without her permission has appeared before Evesham magistrates. Hank Wootton, aged 26, took the Rover Vitesse that belonged to the mother of his two children. "The two of them were returning
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Fined for failing to stop after accident
A WORCESTER woman who failed to stop following an accident has been fined more than £200. Emma Cook, aged 19, admitted failing to stop, not driving in accordance with a licence and having no insurance. Cook of Cartwright Avenue, The Harleys, Warndon Villages
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Burglar's haul from house nearly £2,000
MORE than £1,900 worth of goods have been stolen from a Worcester house. Thieves stole a Pentax Espio camera valued at £160, a Nokia 3310 mobile phone valued at £250, a Palm mini-organiser valued at £500, a three-stone diamond engagement ring, a Sanyo
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Drug-buying with toddler
A drug dealer caught by police insisted he could make £500 a day selling heroin from his home, Worcester Crown Court heard. Mark Gambie and his wife Kelly were trapped as they returned from a drug buying trip. In their car was their three-year-old daughter
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School seeks cash for literacy project
A WORCESTER school is appealing for businesses to help with a new literacy project aimed at involving parents with reading. St Clement's CE Primary School, in St John's, is making Storysacks for parents and carers. A Storysack is a large cloth bag containing
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Preview: Kidderminster v Bristol Rovers
Kidderminster Harriers enjoy the luxury of an unchanged first 11 for the fourth match running. Fans are hopeful they will repeat their tremendous York performance of a few weeks back against Bristol Rovers who have failed to win a league match in seven
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3/11/01 - Soper selected by Services
WORCESTER Rugby Club lock Lee Soper has been picked for the Combined Services team to play the Barbarians next Tuesday. Soper, aged 24, has been selected for the game at the Combined Services ground in Portsmouth (7.30pm). Soper, who is currently taking
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3/11/01 - Jones backing for Vile arrival
WORCESTER Rugby Club skipper Kingsley Jones has admitted he was relieved to see John Brain bring in another top class fly-half. Jones has seen Worcester draft in academy young guns Dan Cullen and Jon Higgins this season as back up to Craig Chalmers and
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3/11/01 - Jukes is back and aiming to impress
SUPERSTITIOUS Worcester City fans could be forgiven for thinking there is a curse at the club after seeing several key players succumb to serious injury in recent years. Mark Owen became the latest casualty when he broke his leg at St Blazey but other
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Robinson stays in the hunt
BOTH Evesham's Jeremy Robinson and David Park of Hereford stayed in contention for healthy pay days after the second round of the Italian Open Golf Championship in Sardinia. Robinson followed up his first round two under par 70 with a fine 68 to go to
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Changes forced on North Midlands
NORTH Midlands Under 18s have been forced to make four changes for the second match of their Midlands Championship campaign against East Midlands at Bedford Swifts tomorrow. Wingers Alex Church (hamstring), centre James Malcolmson (thumb) and flanker
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Mad climate
BUTTERFLIES and dragonflies in October. The climate's gone mad. JIM STOTE, Worcester.
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Memories...
DID you leave Nunnery Wood High School in 1964 or 1965? Do you remember Enid Price, June Price or Margaret Kirkwood? If so we would love to hear from you. We are organising a reunion on Saturday, November 10, so please phone Margaret on 01905 428116 or
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Menschen's kinder
YOUR report of a visit to Blessed Edward Oldcorne High School of German teachers of English (Evening News, October 23) seems to emphasise the futility of trying to learn German. For no particular reason, I attended evening classes in German for nearly
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Stadium is good idea
THE Worcester City Football Club and B&Q partnership is excellent news for Worcester. Not only for the football club, but another DIY store in competition to Homebase will also be good for Worcester. The article also said Halesowen was the nearest
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Here's a little more about Moore...
AS another of the Moore Ede descendants (middle child of Oswald Moore Ede) I was delighted to read, via the internet, your article on the Moore Ede family. This Moore Ede has fondest memories of my grandparents and, as a child, staying with them on Red
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Don't subsidise private sector
IT was reported recently that Railtrack is planning to take the Government to court for taking over the company back into the public sector, and, as a consequence, the private sector may be unwilling to enter into any future partnerships with a Labour
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Strange he doesn't know of EU's aims
RATHER than being "wrong on both counts", I believe Mr E F Showell is entirely correct (You Say, October 25) in the views he has expressed, in various letters, over recent months. It is Paul Griffiths who is wrong, but whether this is due to ignorance
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Kidderminster 2 Bristol Rovers 0
Harriers added a second goal on 61 minutes when Willliams released Broughton and the big striker buried the ball into the back of the net from just inside the area. Drewe Broughton
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Kidderminster 1 Bristol Rovers 0
Harriers took the lead on 33 minutes when Broughton laid a fine ball off to Bennett who nipped in past full-back Jones and drilled a tremendous shot into the corner of the net from the edge of the box.
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1/4 time: Kidderminster 0 Bristol Rovers 0
Former Liverpool man Walters showed his class early on with a dazzling left wing run and a fine cross that skipper Blake cleared away for a corner. Harriers managed to survive the flag-kick as centre back S Foster stabbed a shot well wide under pressure
