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From lollipop ladies to teachers
MANY people outside the public eye have been honoured in the Queen's Jubilee birthday honours list - from lollipop ladies to bagpipe teachers - as well as a host of figures from the worlds of art, business, politics, the media, public services and sport
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Drunk father exposed himself
A DRUNKEN Malvern father-of-three walked into the home of a confused elderly man, stole food from his fridge and exposed himself. Marco Velasco also subjected neighbours to outrageous displays of abuse and noise, as well as begging them for food and money
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Two deaths on local roads every week in 2001
AN average of two people died on local roads every week last year, new figures have revealed. There were 97 deaths from road smashes in West Mercia in 2001 - the same number as in the previous year. The number of people seriously injured dipped from 909
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Race for Life will put taxi ranks out of action
CABBIES across the city will be upping sticks tomorrow morning when plucky Race for Life runners pound the streets of Worcester. Shoppers are being advised they can catch cabs from a temporary rank in Farrier Street until 1.30pm, when the streets will
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Walking with butterflies
WORCESTERSHIRE countryside lovers are being invited to take part in a farm walk next week to look at ways in which farmland can be managed to encourage butterflies. Worcestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) is inviting the public to join
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Olympic star racing to Faithful City
OLYMPIC gold medallist sprinter Kriss Akabusi MBE is racing to the Faithful City to raise vital funds for children in Nigeria. Now a leading motivational speaker, Kriss will be a guest presenter at the Worcester Breakfast Club on Friday, June 28. On the
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A new look for the Old Bakery
KEMPSEY'S Old Bakery, which was sold at auction in March needing renovation, looks set to be converted into three residential units. There were no objections from Kempsey Parish Council to converting the interior, but members did object to a proposal
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Fury over claims
A WORCESTER mum is fuming after her daughter was wrongly accused of shoplifting from a clothes store. Tina Adams claimed 14-year-old Emma burst into tears when a member of staff from a Worcester store accused her of stealing. Mrs Adams said her daughter's
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Batty move sees cave rescuers in rail tunnel
A GROUP of cave rescuers will be going batty tomorrow when they carry out an exercise in a disused train tunnel that is home to a rare colony of bats. The group plans to use the Old Colwall Tunnel, Malvern, for a rescue exercise. The disused tunnel has
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Having a ball at maths workshop with Johnny
THINKING of a number was the name of the game as bright students took part in a day of challenging workshops held by Johnny Ball. The TV maths and science whizz - father of TV star Zoe - led the way at one of eight workshops at University College Worcester's
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15/6/02 - Royals poised to pick Mason
PACEMAN Matt Mason is in line to make his Norwich Union League Division One debut for Worcestershire Royals against Durham Dynamos at the Riverside tomorrow. He is included in a 13-strong squad which is again without Stuart Lampitt who is still battling
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Sir Mick and his rightful reward
THE honours system has long been the haunt of celebrities and minor public servants, as well as being a place where the great and the good can pick up a gong to add a little more prestige to their lives. So it comes as a welcome surprise today to cast
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SPORT
Angling Catfish Conservation Group: Ron Griffiths (Northern Region), 22 Cooper Close, The Heathlands, Bromsgrove (01527 835534). County Youth Sailing Centre Angling Section: The Secretary, County Youth Sailing Centre, Upton Warren, Bromsgrove (01527 861426
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PUBLIC SERVICES
British Rail Birmingham and Worcestershire: (0345 484950) (times and fares for all national services; 24-hour service). Bus and Coach Services Community Transport Services Ltd: 9 Warwick Avenue, Bromsgrove (01527 875454). National Express: enquiries,
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HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATION
Farm houses Astwood Court Farm: Astwood Lane, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove (01527 821362). The Durrance: Berry Lane, Upton Warren (01562 777533). Hill Farm: Rocky Lane, Bournheath, Bromsgrove (01527 872403). Lower Bentley Farm: Lower Bentley Lane, Lower Bentley
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HEALTH
AIDS Intouch Hereford & Worcester Ltd HIV/AIDS Support Organisation: 14 Pierpoint Street, Worcester (01905 612002/611596). SAFE Project: (0121 440 0034). The Foundation: Sue Jordan, PO Box 225, Worcester WR5 3QZ (01905 611602). Alcoholism Alcohol
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GARDENING
Allotments Bromsgrove: Bromsgrove District Council, The Council House, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove (01527 873232). Garden Societies Barnt Green Garden Society: GW Verow, 9 Poplar Drive, Barnt Green (0121 447 7943). Horticultural Societies Belbroughton Horticultural
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DRAMA AND MUSIC
Bands Archdale Big Band: Allen Cook (01384 296541). Rubery Youth Marching Band: Mrs Susan Maybury, 17 Great Stone Road, Northfield (0121 608 0934). The VIPs: Andy Findon (01527 871197). Choirs Barnt Green Choral Society: Brian Jones, 104 New Road, Aston
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ANIMAL CARE
Animal Clubs/Societies Bromsgrove & District Canine Society: Mrs D Morgan, Oak Tree House, 504 Birmingham Road, Marlbrook, Bromsgrove (0121 445 3595). Bromsgrove & District Canine Society (Ringcraft Section): Di Morgan (0121 445 3595). Bromsgrove
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AGRICULTURE
National Farmers' Union Bromsgrove: 16 The Strand (01527 873083). Young Farmers' Clubs Young Farmers' Clubs County Federation: County Chairperson, Worcestershire Young Farmers' Clubs, County Office, Worcester College of Agriculture, Hindlip, Worcester
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Royals poised to pick Mason
PACEMAN Matt Mason is in line to make his Norwich Union League Division One debut for Worcestershire Royals against Durham Dynamos at the Riverside tomorrow. He is included in a 13-strong squad which is again without Stuart Lampitt who is still battling
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Mark off to play for Sky Blues
PROMISING striker Mark Goodman has landed a three-year contract at First Division Coventry City. The 16-year-old from Lower Wick was spotted while playing for Worcester City Reserves and after a successful trial in which he scored eight goals in nine
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Hereford in cup battle
HEREFORDSHIRE play their second England and Wales Cricket Board 38 Cup tie of the season when they take on the Gloucestershire Cricket Board at Bristol University tomorrow (12pm). The county's first match in the competition, ag-ainst Wales at Dales, was
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Ashby says reserves switch will pay off
A SHAKE up of Worcester City's reserve set-up could pay dividends for the first team according to manager Geoff Ashby. The reserve boss is approaching the new season with greater enthusiasm than normal after the club's decision to switch from the Central
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O'Kelly is preparing for busy campaign
GIVEN Hereford United's luck with injuries new physiotherapist/coach Richard O'Kelly is set to be a busy man at Edgar Street next season. The 45-year-old succeeds Ian Rodgerson who was released in the summer, and brings with him a wealth of playing and
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Simmons leads top field at Malvern
KENT'S Malcolm Simmons is one of the many top class riders who have entered Malvern & District Motor Cycle & Light Car Club's Three Counties Show Grass Track race meeting tomorrow. John Banner, the club's grass track competition secretary, is
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Racism cuts both ways
SEVERAL weeks ago, we heard of an Asian taxi driver who was attacked and robbed while at work. Nothing strange in that I hear you say, hazards of the job perhaps. But no, wait! His attackers were two white men, so according to our local bobbies it was
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My debt to staff at city nursery
MY little boy, Ben, also attended the kindergarten at Chedworth Drive on Thursday and Friday afternoons. He did not attend last Thursday because he had chickenpox and we then had a telephone call on Friday morning to say that the nursery had been closed
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Freemasonry's 270 years of lodges in Worcestershire
It's believed Freemasonry had its roots even earlier, in local associations formed by master craftsmen in the art of stone masonry, together with other local "worthies." By the year 1717, London had such a sufficient number of Masonic lodges that it was
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15/6/02 - Hinshelwood is central figure
JOHN Brain has insisted that Ben Hinshelwood will be staying as Worcester's outside centre despite ex-celling as full-back for Scotland. Worcester's director of rugby has been delighted with the 25-year-old's form since his elevation to the international
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LET'S PUT THEM ON A BOAT
A FLOATING accommodation centre off the shores of Britain could be the way to prevent a massive asylum seeker centre being built in a Worcestershire village. The idea is one avenue being explored by Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff in his battle to prevent
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OBE for race chief
ONE of Worcester's biggest champions of fighting for racial awareness and equality has received an honour in the Queen's Jubilee birthday honours list. Waqar Azmi, the former chief executive of Worcestershire Racial Equality Council, has been given the
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Drinker abused students outside college
A WORCESTER drunk was arrested after hurling abuse at students who had been throwing bricks at him. Drinker Samuel Wilson was arrested in the grounds of Worcester College of Technology on Thursday, June 13, after being reported by a member of staff, Worcester
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Church cracking up
CRACKS appearing in the walls in one of Worcester's landmark churches will have to be repaired by ancient techniques after modern methods failed to stand up to the test of time. St Nicholas's Church's foundations date back as far as 1086 and it has been
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Homes deal could bring sporting life
YOUNG footballers in Warndon Villages could soon be enjoying their own £1m ground - if club bosses gather support for a housing development. Warndon Villages Football Club founder Lynn Gardener said she had a meeting with developer Persimmon to try and
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Workers are all set to Race for Life
JOGGING around the Pitchcroft racecourse is just one of the activities helping Worcester workers get in shape for this year's Race for Life. Twenty-two members of staff from Tarkett Sommer have donned their trainers to join thousand's of other women across
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Midsummer special aims to raise money
DANCING and afternoon tea will be on the menu at a special midsummer event. A President's Midsummer Special is being organised by Councillor Betty Hughes at Pershore College of Horticulture on Sunday, June 30. Proceeds will go to the local branches of
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Fresh plea to close off alley
A WORRIED pensioner is pleading with councillors to shut off an alleyway plagued by vandals. Majorie Plante handed a petition to councillors four years ago, asking if the area could be sealed off to the public. The pensioner, of Swinton Close, St John's
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Tenants play key role in transfer
COUNCIL house tenants are to play a key role in the transfer of their homes to a registered social landlord. Worcester City Council's cabinet decided that because the sale directly affected the tenants they should be involved. "We always say it's the
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Hospital equipment is bound for Uganda, thanks to Rotary Club
THE Rotary Club of Worcester South has gathered equipment to be shipped off to a Ugandan hospital. Last year, the club sent a second-hand ambulance to Uganda as part of an ongoing relationship with fellow members in Massindi. "They have a hospital there
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15/6/02 - Ashby says reserves switch will pay off
A SHAKE up of Worcester City's reserve set-up could pay dividends for the first team according to manager Geoff Ashby. The reserve boss is approaching the new season with greater enthusiasm than normal after the club's decision to switch from the Central
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RECREATIONAL GROUPS AND LEISURE
Beer and Wine Droitwich Spa and District Wine Circle: Chris and Mike Martin (01905 778505). Lickey Wine & Social Circle: Mrs Sylvia Holbeach (0121 445 2475). Carnivals Bromsgrove Carnival Committee: Jeff Evans, President, 22 Moorsom Way, Aston Fields
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES
County Councils Worcestershire County Council: Finstall Centre, Stoke Road, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove (01527 570566). County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP (01905 763763). District Councils Bromsgrove Council Offices: The Council House, Burcot
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EDUCATION
Adults' Schools Rubery Adult School: Mrs E Main, 25 Segbourne Road, Rubery (0121 453 4843). Colleges North East Worcestershire (NEW) College: Bromsgrove Campus, Blackwood Road, Bromsgrove (01527 570020). Learning Difficulties Bromsgrove Challengers Gateway
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CHARITIES
Charitable Organisations Age Concern: 46 Providence Road, Sidemoor, Bromsgrove (01527 871840). Group website www.achw.org.uk Amphlett Hall: Crown Close, Bromsgrove (01527 874665). Macmillan Cancer Relief: 6-8 Church Street, Bromsgrove (01527 872948 and
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ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
Business Bromsgrove Junior Chamber: Jeff Evans, President, 22 Moorsom Way, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove (01527 576251). Business Link Hereford and Worcester: (0800 104010). Federation of Small Businesses: Diane Rayner (01684 566787). Institute of Management
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ARTS AND CRAFTS
Art All Saints Art Club: Tony Turpin, 89 Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove (01527 876659). Bromsgrove Art Club: Mrs W Bird, Ingeva, Tutnall, Bromsgrove (01527 872300). Cofton Hackett Arts Society: Mrs J Wilson, 20 Holmes Drive, Rubery, Rednal (0121 453 7097
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Loans switch boosts Britton
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Ian Britton has applauded The Football League's decision to change the rules over loan signings. Clubs will now be allowed to secure up to 10 temporary signings next season which kicks off for Harriers on Saturday, August 10
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Hinshelwood is central figure
JOHN Brain has insisted that Ben Hinshelwood will be staying as Worcester's outside centre despite ex-celling as full-back for Scotland. Worcester's director of rugby has been delighted with the 25-year-old's form since his elevation to the international
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Playing the system
IT is now obvious that developers in pursuit of commercial gain can now breach the city plan at will by adopting a very simple strategy. They need only to identify some enabling development such as a school building or sports facility and then use their
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Wars in the name of religious belief
BEING a Worcester man, over the last 50 years, I have passed by Worcester Cathedral many times. But each time it leaves me perplexed. The reason for this is the statue depicting the angel protecting the soldier with his bayonet fixed, ready to go into
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Tests on animals are unreliable
THOMAS Bromley underestimates the serious human cost of unreliable animal experiments (You Say, May 31). According to Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible Medicine - an organisation whose stated objective is the immediate and unconditional abolition of
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It's time she learnt the facts
MRS M J Large accuses me of producing ''twisted facts'' and then admits to not reading the Burns report into hunting. It seems quite extraordinary to accuse me of twisting anything before she has studied the latest independent and probably most definitive
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Force usually brings about reverse effect
I CANNOT agree with Rev D G Griffin that the legalising of cannabis or any other substance is in any way the same thing as condoning or approving its use (You Say, June 10). If there is one lesson to be learnt from US attempts to prohibit alcohol in the
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15/6/02 - Loans switch boosts Britton
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Ian Britton has applauded The Football League's decision to change the rules over loan signings. Clubs will now be allowed to secure up to 10 temporary signings next season which kicks off for Harriers on Saturday, August 10
