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Spray attack on car woman
A WOMAN was sprayed in the face with "an unknown substance" as she sat in her car. The three youths who attacked her stole her car keys and handbag, police said. They hope Christmas shoppers in the area at the time may be able to help them trace the attackers
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Malvern's new town clerk named
A NEW clerk has been appointed by Malvern Town Council - at the second attempt. Shirley Young, who is currently head of street cleaning and operations at Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, is due to start her new job next February. She has previously
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Ex-prison officer on indecency charges
A FORMER prison officer who was found with indecent pictures of children in his home claimed he had downloaded them off his computer for research for his job. Richard Carlyle was caught with the pictures after police searched his Evesham home after a
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Spate of crashes across the county
A SERIES of crashes across Worcestershire resulted in a number of people being taken to hospital. Police said a female driver suffered serious leg injuries after her green Vauxhall Astra was in collision with a grey Citroen ZX just before 10pm on Sunday
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Wife's face cut by shoe
A MAN threw a shoe at his wife and cut her face during an argument. Droitwich Magistrates Court was told how Matthew Hall had injured wife Sarah after she had been on a night out with friends and she did not have a key to get in their home. Mrs Hall had
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Disaster day at school for children
WORCESTER schoolchildren will be preparing for the worst at a disaster day at Christopher Whitehead School. Police, fire and ambulance services were due to be joined by road safety experts and representatives from the Environment Agency to teach Year
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Boy aged 10 given shots of whisky
A WORCESTER factory worker plied a 10-year-old boy with glasses of whisky, a court was told. The victim became drunk and sick and ended up in hospital after running home to his mother. Police found that Ronald Reading, aged 48, was also drunk. He said
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Woman jailed for nine months
A KIDDERMINSTER woman vanished for more than 12 months after being put on probation, Worcester Crown Court was told. Tina Worrall was supposed to report to a drug rehabilitation centre in Sheffield but did not even collect her travel documents, said Jason
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End of road for council housing?
A FEELING of sadness hung over Worcester's council chamber yesterday as the first step was taken towards selling off the city's 5,200 council homes. Such a feeling is perfectly understandable, because the decision by councillors is another sign that the
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4/12/01 - Lyman switch riles Brain
JOHN Brain has been left fuming by rugby officials who have moved the goal posts in a suspension row. The Worcester Rugby Club chief has blasted the RFU for giving out misleading information concerning Sixways' prop Neil Lyman who is due to serve a one-match
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30/11/01 - Scottish ace back to take on Lions
INJURY-jinxed Craig Chalmers looks set to make his Worcester Rugby Club comeback against Rugby Lions tomorrow (3pm). The fly-half, who has struggled all season with persistent hamstring problems, is included in Worcester's squad for the National One clash
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23/11/01 - Elton is back in tune at Sixways
ELTON Moncrief will make a dramatic comeback from injury in tomorrow's clash of the titans at Sixways. The scrum half has endured a nightmare season with persistent calf trouble but is included in Worcester's squad to face Rotherham in the RFU Senior
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City lose out in X-rated cup tie
INJURY-jinxed Worcester City had Andy Ellis stretchered off in a bruising 3-2 defeat at home to holders Moor Green in the Worcestershire Senior Cup last night. The long-standing rivalry between the two sides erupted in the second half with some X-rated
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Picked for Midlands training
SEVERAL members of the North Midland 16-Group Schools side have been invited to take part in this weekend's Midlands squad training sessions. They will all be involved in sessions at Worcester Rugby Club and Bredon School this weekend. Worcestershire
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Harriers in cup victory
A STRONG Kidderminster Harriers team won 2-0 at Westfields in their Worcester Royal Infirmary Cup quarter-final tie last night. Adie Smith fired home a 20-yard shot to give Harriers a 27th-minute lead. Westfields hit back with Matt Beale shooting into
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1/12/01 - Town's match postponed
MALVERN Town's Express & Star Premier Division game away at Ettingshall HT on Saturday was postponed due to the waterlogged pitch. This coming Saturday (December 8) Town welcome Causeway United to Langland Stadium, 2.45pm kick-off.
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28/11/01 - Reds hit by rash of injuries
UNITED physio Lee O'Neil has his hands full after the side picked up two more injuries in last night's 3-1 loss. Player-coach Nigel Niblett faces up to three weeks on the sidelines with a pulled thigh muscle and Tommy Byrne is unlikely for the Worcestershire
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Hunting most humane method
A RECENTLY-published NOP opinion poll of 1,000 members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons found that a significant majority of our rural colleagues polled opposed a ban on hunting on welfare grounds for the quarry species. In February last year
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4/12/01 - Injuries mar first draw
Redditch United 3 Solihull Borough 3 SIX goals, a sending off and two injuries - there was no lack of incident in a dour Worcestershire Senior Cup quarter final. Only 93 hardy souls braved the elements on a freezing night at The Valley Stadium but those
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Dates of farmers' markets
Bromsgrove High Street - Saturday, December 8, 9am to 5pm. Pershore College - Sunday, December 9, 11am to 4pm. Evesham Market Square, Thursday, December 13, 4pm to 9pm. n Kidderminster High Street - Friday, December 14, 9am to 4pm. Malvern Council House
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Things are heating up in the dairy business
DROITWICH combustion equipment company, Nu-way, in Vines Lane, has supplied special burners for their Droitwich neighbours, Robert Wiseman Dairies. Nu-way's 4MW gas burners were part of a £25,000 contract to fire two steam boilers used for process and
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New lease of life for smaller producers
FARMERS' markets across Worcestershire have saved a lot of rural businesses from complete disaster. Some rural businesses in the county claim they would have disappeared completely if it were not for the regular produce markets that started to appear
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30/11/01 - Ingram's opening brace sets up patient Upton
AFTER a week's rest Upton Ladies hockey team were at home to Droitwich Thirds at MGC. UPTON 4, DROITWICH THIRDS 0 Despite putting Droitwich under pressure from the start Upton had to be patient with Tania Philips, playing in an unaccustomed position on
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YOUTH FACES DEATH TRIAL
A WORCESTER schoolgirl died after the car in which she was travelling ploughed into a hedge and turned over, a jury was told Katherine Davies suffered a broken neck in the accident on a right hand bend at Great Witley, near Stourport. It has been alleged
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Road chaos caused by chemical escape
EMERGENCY services were called to deal with a spillage of a white substance at the junction of Martley Road and Henwick Road in Worcester. A member of the public, who thought the spillage was milk, alerted the fire brigade at about 11am yesterday. But
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£3,000 cash grants to rural projects
GRANTS up to the value of £3,000 are now available through Worcestershire County Council's Countryside Projects Team. The Discovering Worcestershire Community Grants scheme encourages local communities to identify, protect and celebrate what is special
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First step for homes
WORCESTER councillors have taken the first steps towards transferring the city's 5,200 council homes to an independent landlord. On what was described as a "sad day", members of the council's housing board voted unanimously to apply to the Government
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Homeless need help from critics
ORGANISATIONS that help Worcester's homeless have criticised a shopkeepers' petition to move street people out of their doorways. Terri Preece, the project director at St Paul's Hostel on Tallow Hill, says Worcester needs a permanent solution rather than
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Teen locked up for sex assault
A DISTURBED teenager pushed a woman to the ground and sexually molested her. Mark West thought the victim was receptive to his advances after she had problems with a boyfriend, Worcester Crown Court was told. He pushed her up against a wall in Evesham
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Back to barracks!
A RECRUITMENT officer is preparing to rejoin his old military pals after spending more than two years in the city careers office. Sgt Tim Humber of the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters has signed up more than 100 young soldiers in his time at the
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Landscapes capture beauty of the Malverns
A YOUNG Malvern artist is showing off his Christmas exhibition of paintings at The Foal Yard Gallery near Worcester. The exhibition, called Landscapes, captures the beauty of the Malvern Hills and has been done especially by artist Antony Bridge for the
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MP goes back to college to open extension
A GOVERNMENT Minister declined the chance of dinner duty at a Worcester college, despite its new cafeteria. Jacqui Smith, MP for Redditch and Minister of State for Health, said she dreaded being on dinner duty when she taught at Worcester Sixth Form College
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Castle is for keeps in Commandery prize draw
THE Commandery Museum will be holding a free prize draw-bridge to win a traditional toy castle. Application forms are available at the museum and the king of the castle will be named on Thursday, December 20. "We offer Christmas presents with a difference
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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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4/12/01 - Stay focused says Clarkson
IAN Clarkson believes Kidderminster Harriers must not get distracted by talk of clinching a Nationwide League Division Three play-off spot at the end of the season. After having their home game with Luton Town postponed last Saturday Harriers dropped
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24/11/01 - Moncrief keen to prove point
ELTON Moncrief has banished the demons which tortured his first few months at Worcester Rugby Club. That is the assessment of assistant coach Steve Townend who has seen at first hand the highs and extreme lows of the scrum half's disrupted season so far
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4/12/01 - Lay-off has arrived at wrong time for Harriers
THE postponement of Saturday's match ag-ainst Luton was a bitter disappointment to our players -- but we've just had to accept it and move on. The unexpected blank day has left us with a three-week break from Division Three action, but we're delighted
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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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Lyman switch riles Brain
JOHN Brain has been left fuming by rugby officials who have moved the goal posts in a suspension row. The Worcester Rugby Club chief has blasted the RFU for giving out misleading information concerning Sixways' prop Neil Lyman who is due to serve a one-match
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Murphy muddles through
WORCESTERSHIRE ace Terry Murphy is through to the last 32 of the UK Snooker Champion-ships in York. The world number 35, who lives in Martley, finished a 7-3 winner in a scrappy match against Scotland's Billy Snaddon, who reached the quarter-finals of
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Swifts delight at Trophy test
STOURPORT Swifts have landed a dream FA Umbro Trophy third round tie at Nationwide Conference strugglers Chester City. The Walshes Meadow club, who are taking part in the competition for the first time, saw off Unibond Premier Division side Bishop Auckland
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Cunnington brought in
EX-Kidderminster Harriers defender Shaun Cunnington will make his full debut for Evesham United in their switched Worcester Royal Infirmary Cup quarter-final clash at Ledbury Town tonight (7.45). Manager Phil Mullen is set to give a number of players
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Match hit in red card woe
A PETULANT player from Warndon Youth forced the abandonment of a Malvern League under 18 soccer match after he was sent off -- but then refused to move from his opponents' goal. Tupsley Pegasus Juniors were 13-0 up at the time against Warndon Youth when
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Elton Moncrief
Position: Scrum half. Age: 29. Previous clubs: Gloucester, Canterbury, Queensland. The Kiwi arrived at Sixways in the summer after falling out of favour at Kingsholm. Very experienced player who will be vital this season.
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4/12/01 - Hackett joins Causeway
FORMER Reds assistant manager Gary Hackett turned out for Express and Star Premier League outfit Causeway United at the weekend. The former Aberdeen winger made his debut in a 2-0 win against Lye Town but denied it was a permanent move. "I still want
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Now that's a pretty fair hourly rate
I COULD not believe my eyes - Worcestershire county councillors have awarded themselves a 40 percent increase taking their annual remuneration to £7,000. Some days ago, I was talking to a county councillor who also happens to be a city councillor, who
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Compassion at Christmas
EVERY year, thousands of animals around the world, such as hamsters, rabbits and dogs, still suffer and die in cosmetics testing. Add a little compassion to your Christmas list this year and contact the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (
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Solving problem of city's blocked roads
I READ the articles about fire appliances unable to drive down streets because of cars parked on both sides of the road. I witnessed the appliance attending Lansdowne Street fire, and noticed it was blocked only by a vehicle parked quite legally on the
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Xmas ding dong
THE Quinton Choral Society and the Alderton Hand-bell Ringers are hoping to capture the magic of Christmas with performances at Hidcote Manor Gardens on December 15. Father Christmas will also be on hand between 2pm and 3pm after he has travelled from
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Worcester City 2 Moor Green 3
Monday, December 3, 2001 INJURY-jinxed Worcester City had Andy Ellis stretchered off in a bruising 3-2 defeat at home to holders Moor Green in the Worcestershire Senior Cup last night. The long-standing rivalry between the two sides erupted in the second
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Improved staff means better business
A FREE seminar entitled Developing Your Staff to Build Your Business on the Internet will take place in Bewdley on Monday, December 10. The seminar, to be held at Spring Grove House in the grounds of the West Midlands Safari Park, is being organised by
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4/12/01 - Harriers in cup victory
A STRONG Kidderminster Harriers team won 2-0 at Westfields in their Worcester Royal Infirmary Cup quarter-final tie last night. Adie Smith fired home a 20-yard shot to give Harriers a 27th-minute lead. Westfields hit back with Matt Beale shooting into
