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Boost for the troops
WORCESTERSHIRE people are being urged to support the county's cavalry regiment by sending Christmas cards to its soldiers currently on operations in Kosovo. Members of the Queen's Royal Hussars began their six-month tour last month, meaning the troops
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Pub help for Bert
REGULARS at a village pub have banded together to help a pensioner after raiders stole his life savings. Bert Austin has been the target of thieves twice in two weeks - with the latest attempt to steal his money yesterday. The 89-year-old was devastated
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Law firm expects torrent of inquiries
HOUSEHOLDS worried by more flood warnings and wet weather could take action against Severn Trent Water after a landmark court case. Thames Water Utilities Ltd were successfully sued under the Human Rights Act for failing to carry out drainage work, which
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Do you have all the correct medicines?
HEALTH chiefs are urging people to make sure they have a well-stocked medicine cabinet. The call is coming in a bid to cut down on the number of people who needlessly make an appointment with their GP. "The key is to make sure your medicine cabinet is
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'County will be scrapped'
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council will be scrapped under Labour's plans for regional assemblies, MP Peter Luff has warned. And the Mid-Worcestershire MP also claimed the restructuring could cost £50m in Worcestershire alone - potentially increasing regional
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'Appointments glitch is fixed'
HOSPITAL bosses say they have ironed out problems with a computer system which had been leaving doctors and patients in the dark. Glitches in the patient record system at Worcester Royal Infirmary, Kidderminster General and the Alexandra Hospital, in
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MP fears new bill could hit farmers
FARMERS still reeling from the foot and mouth crisis face further job losses and higher costs if the Government's new Animal Health Bill becomes law, it has been claimed. Leominster MP Bill Wiggin, whose constituency includes Rock, attacked the legislation
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Fixtures and Results - 2001/2002
AUGUST 18 H Weymouth DML 3-3 (Owen 3, inc 2 pens) 21 A Kettering Town DML 1-4 (Owen) 25 A Ilkeston Town DML 2-1 (Stant, Heeley) 27 H Hinckley United 4-3 (Owen 2, inc 1 pen, Middleton, Burrow) SEPTEMBER 01 A Newport IOW DML 1-1 (Owen) 03 H Moor Green DML
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Preview: Lincoln v Kidderminster
Kidderminster Harriers are looking for their third successive win in Division Three which would be the perfect tonic to get over Saturday's FA Cup disappointment. Colin Larkin who was back in attack for Harriers. Jan Molby's men are chasing three points
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20/11/01 - Dilley on the mend
ENGLAND assistant coach Graham Dilley is expected to rejoin the touring party in Hyderabad within the next 24 hours following his illness scare. Dilley, 42, the former Worcestershire fast bowler, was taken to a Mumbai hospital last night suffering from
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20/11/01 - Sims to captain National Divisions
DAVE Sims has been named as the National Divisions skipper for their clash with South Africa 'A' at Sixways tomorrow night. Worcester Rugby Club's player of last season is in the side to face the Springboks along with centre Duncan Roke in the showpiece
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20/11/01 - We must put Cup setback behind us
HOW much damage was caused by our FA Cup defeat against Darlington will be best judged by the way that we approach tonight's Division Three game at Lincoln City. Obviously it was a massive disappointment on Saturday, but we've now got to pick ourselves
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20/11/01 - Toughen up plea by Heeley
WORCESTER City captain Carl Heeley has told the club's promising youngsters they need to be mentally tough to make it in non-league football. Jamie Hyde, Marc Burrow, Dwaine McFarlane and Lee Goodman have all broken into the City squad at various points
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Euro joy for duo in card decider
DAVID Park and Jeremy Robinson can look forward to lucrative futures on the European Golf Tour next year. Both players came successfully through the tour qualifying school at San Roque, Spain yesterday. Now they will gain automatic entry to all events
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Sims to captain National Divisions
DAVE Sims has been named as the National Divisions skipper for their clash with South Africa 'A' at Sixways tomorrow night. Worcester Rugby Club's player of last season is in the side to face the Springboks along with centre Duncan Roke in the showpiece
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Hereford trio suspended
INSPIRATIONAL skipper Ian Wright, who scored the decisive goal in Hereford United's FA Cup win over Wrexham, is suspended for the Conference clash at Northwich Victoria on Saturday. Also missing through suspension will be John Snape and Scott Goodwin,
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SUMMARY: Lincoln 0, Kidderminster 1
A tremendous individual strike from Dean Bennett five minutes from time turned what looked a certain goalless draw into Harriers' third Division Three win in a row. Dean Bennett who grabbed his third goal of the season to clinch a fine away win. Bennett
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Mullen's in big demand
REPORTS suggesting that Phil Mullen is in the running for the managerial vacancy at Stourport Swifts have been denied by the Evesham United chief, writes Mervyn Collins. "I am not interested in going anywhere," the Common Road boss declared. "The chairman
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Stourport Swifts FC - Fixtures and Results - 2001/2
August 18 Shepshed (h) 2-0 Booth 2 21 RC Warwick (a) 1-0 (og) 25 Clevedon (a) 0-2 27 Evesham (h) 2-3 (og), Cowley September 1 Rugby Utd (h) (FA Cup preliminary round) 5-1 Marsh 2, Charlton, Booth 2 8 Gresley (h) 2-0 Booth 2 11 Redditch (a) 2-1 Langford
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From a window
YOUR report (Evening News, November 6) that trees may be dug up in the grounds of Worcester's Newtown Hospital to construct a car park saddens me. I was last a patient in Newtown 11 years ago. I found the surrounding flowers, shrubs, lawns and trees very
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Bus solution
I HAVE read about the controversy over parking spaces at the new hospital. It appears to me that the obvious solution to this problem has been overlooked. The authorities concerned could have a bus run from the park-and-ride site to the hospital and divert
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Flag must fly above Guildhall
SUNDAY, November 11, is an excellent day to reply to D E Margrett (You Say, November 6) who tries to oversimplify the abundance of national standards flying in Canada. It has nothing to do with Wolfe's defeat of Montcalm. It is only a minority that wishes
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Rubbish blocks people's access
FURTHER to the debate on the new refuse collection practice, I am in complete agreement with several of your correspondents. Now that our domestic rubbish has to be placed on the end of our property, why do refuse collectors insist on gathering it into
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Bottom line is that this is a cruel death
WITH reference to J Burgess's attack on Maurice Brett for disagreeing with him, again methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. If, as he insists, hunt terrier work is carried out humanely, why not allow it to be viewed and videoed? The excuses he
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Half-time: Lincoln 0 Kidderminster 0
Harriers came close on 26 minutes with their first shot on target as Bennett rose well to glance a Clarkson cross with his head that had keeper Marriott scrambling across his goal line to make the save at his right-hand post. Dean Bennett who was revelling
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MP fights for the growers
failed to explain the implications of the code of practice regarding the relationship between suppliers and supermarkets to county farmers and growers, according to MP Peter Luff. Earlier this year, a Competition Commission investigation found there was
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Royal backing for local cheesemaker
A WORCESTER cheese-maker has been hobnobbing with royalty at an event to help rural food producers, held at St James's Palace. Alyson Anstey, of Anstey's of Worcester, appeared on the rostrum alongside the Prince of Wales, at the launch of the guide to
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Songs - the old and the new
CAROLYN MORRIS meets the new Organist and Director of Music in Hereford Cathedral. A LITTLE of the new will be mixed with the traditional at Hereford Cathedral this Christmas. It will be the first Christmas for Mr Geraint Bowen in his new position as
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It's panto time. Oh yes it is...!
Kevin Tillett is familiar to Hereford audiences, though whether you would recognise his face is another matter. JULIE HARRIES reveals the man underneath the wig. Having played Dame in Aladdin and an ugly sister in Cinderella during the past three years
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What's on in the county
Getting ready - Hereford and the county's market towns gear up for the festive season. Shopkeepers will reflect the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk in their window displays this year. Hereford's historic city centre will come alive this year when it
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County aristocrat dies at 89
A WORCESTERSHIRE aristocrat whose family is thought to have inspired Evelyn Waugh's most famous work, Brideshead Revisited, has died at the age of 89. Lady Dorothy Heber-Percy, formerly Lygon, was planning her 90th birthday when she died following a short
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£5m to tackle tough issues in city
PARENTS and young children in Worcester are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment in the city. The Government is handing Worcester £5m over five years to fund a Sure Start programme. The initiative aims to work with parents-to-be, mums,
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Violent 'biter' is given jail sentence
A VIOLENT building worker whose repeated form of attack was biting victims has been jailed for four years. Justin Hodgetts bit two policemen after they arrested him in Worcester city centre. He also sank his teeth into a club doorman, causing suspected
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Single jab doctor is free to continue
A DOCTOR who sparked controversy by vaccinating children in Worcester against measles, mumps and rubella with single injections is free to continue giving the controversial jabs. The General Medical Council is not proceeding to a full conduct committee
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Re-think over funds
MP Peter Luff today said he was confident the threat of legal action against the Government has forced a re-think over the funding of Worcestershire schools. Local Conservative MPs and three Worcestershire headteachers had a "very positive" meeting with
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Freedom hopes for plane-spotters dashed
FREEDOM hopes for a former Worcester man being held with other British plane-spotters in Greece on suspicion of spying were dashed today. The 12 Britons, including former Nunnery Wood High School pupil Wayne Groves, were detained on Thursday, November
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GM crop battlers cleared of damage
TWO environmental campaigners who destroyed genetically modified crops after protests were ignored have been cleared of criminal damage. A jury at Worcester Crown Court took less than an hour to acquit former teacher Barbara Charvet and organic gardener
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Protester vows to continue campaigning
A PROTESTER who was cleared of criminal damage has said he plans to go on campaigning - but protesters in the future will have to be careful if they resort to direct action. Jim Ridout said after the unanimous verdicts by the jury of eight men and four
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n MALVERN: Family and friends raise £4,000 Hundreds turn out for Vanessa
MORE than a hundred family members and friends of a Worcester woman who died from a brain tumour turned out to raise £4,000 from a sponsored walk organised by her husband. David Billings, who held the walk along the Malverns in aid of the Brain Tumour
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It's time for Fred to hand over a legacy
CONSERVATIONIST Fred Jennings, pictured right, is leaving Wyre Forest a legacy that will be enjoyed by future generations. Over the past 20 years Mr Jennings has helped to create one of Britain's finest butterfly habitats and an arboretum in the Forestry
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Rider's cash hope
A horse rider hopes the funds will come galloping in when she sets off for a 100-mile trek in Jordan. Kate Pearce, of Wichenford, near Worcester, will join 35 people from around the country for a five-day ride across Jordanian countryside on Arab horses
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20/11/01 - Larkin back for Lincoln test
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will have on-loan teenager Colin Larkin back in their attack for tonight's Division Three clash with Lincoln City at Sincil Bank (7.45). He missed Saturday's 1-0 home FA Cup defeat against Darlington because his club Wolverhampton
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Toughen up plea by Heeley
WORCESTER City captain Carl Heeley has told the club's promising youngsters they need to be mentally tough to make it in non-league football. Jamie Hyde, Marc Burrow, Dwaine McFarlane and Lee Goodman have all broken into the City squad at various points
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Dilley on the mend
ENGLAND assistant coach Graham Dilley is expected to rejoin the touring party in Hyderabad within the next 24 hours following his illness scare. Dilley, 42, the former Worcestershire fast bowler, was taken to a Mumbai hospital last night suffering from
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Malvern welcome old rivals
NEWLY-promoted Ledbury Town will be relishing tonight's visit to the Langland Stadium for a West Midlands Premier Division local derby (7.45), according to Malvern Town's assistant boss Richard Anson. Both sides are level pegging in the league but Malvern
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Anchor aweigh in feast of goals
A ten-goal thriller at Crown & Anchor saw the home team defeat Bishampton 6-4 in a Saturday Premier Division clash. Pete Roberts hit a hat-trick for the Crown with Brian Hillier adding a brace. Also in the Premier Hallow drew 2-2 with Bromyard Town
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Double joy for Bright Colours
MALVERN'S Stella Bayliss made the journey down the M5 to Summerhouse Equitation Centre a profitable one, when she scored a double on her promising four-year old Bright Colours. The pair headed both the 2' 92 and 3' open show jumping classes at the Gloucester
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Second half show earns first double
A SPARKLING second half performance enabled Evesham United to record their first league double of the season at Common Road on Saturday, writes Mick Clewes. Two second-half strikes from the recalled Andy Hodgetts and a goal from midfielder Steve Lutz
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Retreat in the woods
A GREAT-grandmother who has become one of Britain's top adder experts is making her name as a public speaker. Sylvia Sheldon has three children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. But the other loves in her life include the adders and the
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Full-time: Lincoln 0 Kidderminster 1
Boss Jan Molby made two substitutions in a bid to take the points on offer with Shilton replacing Larkin on 69 minutes, and Appleby coming off for Ducros three minutes later. Unfortunately, there was not much quality in either side's attacking movements
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Lincoln 0 Kidderminster 1
Harriers took a shock lead five minutes from time after a fairly uninspiring second half through Bennett who had been pushed back to midfield after the substitutions. Substitute Bird headed the ball into the air and Bennett nipped in before Bimson close
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15/11/01 Goal-hungry reserves march on
RAMPANT Kidderminster Harriers Reserves romped to a 4-0 Avon Insurance League Division Two victory at Rochdale on Wednesday afternoon. The second string are mirroring recent improved displays from the first team and have chalked up some excellent victories
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Meaning of sacrifice
WHY have church congregations diminished throughout the last decade? If the figure of seven per cent is correct, why does the remainder of the population stay away? Perhaps for the same reason I have decided to. Recently I was invited to join a course
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Ace Robinson comes up trumps
MAGNIFICENT play from tee to green on Sunday and Monday helped Evesham golfer Jeremy Robinson secure his European Tour Card for 2002, writes Mervyn Collins. The 35-year-old missed just one green during the final 36 holes of the Qualifying School as he
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Driving ban
A BROADWAY man has been ordered to appear before magistrates at Evesham because he faces a driving ban. Darren Gordon, aged 31, of Colletts Gardens, Broadway, was convicted in his absence last Thursday of having no insurance or test certificate and driving
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Festive fair
OAK HILL School Christmas Fair takes place in Dumbleton Village Hall on (Friday) from 6 to 8pm. Santa will be there alongside gift and craft stalls, and other fun and festivities. Further details from Clare Johnson on 01242 620054.
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1/4 time: Lincoln 0 Kidderminster 0
Harriers made a surprise switch when Appleby dropped back into midfield and Bennett took over the on-loan player's striking role. The visitors were willing to try their luck from distance within the first five minutes as strikers Henrikson and Larkin
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Design companies to join web-based guide
COMPANIES specialising in design in Worcestershire and Herefordshire could become part of a web-based design directory following an initiative by the region's development agency. Advantage West Midlands is investing £20,000 during the next two years in
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Fashion - with style and sophistication
Designed for the woman who wants to keep up with fashion. The Kazuelle collection has been designed for the woman who wants to keep up with the fashion trends in a sophisticated and stylish way without sacrificing comfort and quality. She is looking for
