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Battling Georgia has proved to be a winner
LITTLE Georgia Walton is just 16 months old but she has had two brushes with death. At birth she was rushed straight to a special care baby unit and two weeks later she was diagnosed with meningitis. Georgia is now making a bid to be the Evening News
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Uproar over sex shop near school
A SEX shop planned to open near a school is attracting growing opposition in Worcester. The planned shop will be sited on Barbourne Road, some 100 yards from St George's CE Primary School. Steve Mills, head of St George's School, has slammed plans to
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Flight theme is just the Wright approach
THE great and the good - and the glamorous - will descend on Stourport today for the mayor's annual charity ball. Up to £1,000 raised from the event will be shared between Kemp Hospice and Wyre Forest Citizen's Advice Bureau. Flight is the theme of the
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City GP attacks hospital supremo over his letter in Evening News
A WORCESTER GP has hit back at claims made by hospital chief Michael O'Riordan in his letter to the Evening News last month. Dr Stuart King, of St John's House Surgery, St John's, attacked Mr O'Riordan's suggestion that hospital staff morale was low because
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Cash aid to rescue a Georgian church
A RURAL Georgian church has been saved from closure, thanks to grants from English Heritage. St Mary's, in Stanford-upon-Teme, is one of 29 churches to benefit from £2.5 million grants from English Heritage in the West Midlands. St Mary's in Stanford,
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Homes plan is approved in Suckley
AN agricultural occupancy condition has been lifted from two houses to be built at Down's Bridge, Suckley, because they are not needed for agricultural purposes. Planners heard that Stocks Farm already had six houses besides the farmhouse, but only three
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Son pays tribute to blazing plane hero
AN Australian will fly across the world to say a big thank you to a Malvern man who saved his father's life during the Second World War. Charles Williams pulled airman Stanley Morris from his burning Beaufighter plane after an engine fault forced him
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Monty follows Titch as TV's Mr Garden
ONE of the two counties' most celebrated gardeners will follow in the footsteps of TV legend Alan Titchmarsh when he presents Gardeners' World this spring. Monty Don, aged 47, has lived just outside Leominster, in Herefordshire, for the last decade, and
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Library's toy plan aids child carers
PLAYTIME for children will become valuable study material for their carers, at a Malvern library. The Borrowers Toy Library in Malvern has recently received a massive cash injection of £9,700 through the Early Years and Child Care Partnership and European
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Smith has Hereford success in his sights
HEREFORD United playmaker Ben Smith is lapping up his return to first team action but has promised Bulls' fans there is more to come. The 24-year-old missed four months at the start of the season after dislocating his shoulder in a pre-season friendly
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Barton keeping his strike options open
MANAGER John Barton is still on the lookout for a striker to boost his side's goalscoring options. The Worcester City boss feels that big wins over Folkestone, Chelmsford and Hastings which accounted for 15 goals, have masked an inability to hit the net
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Colts are lifted by Waldron double
WORCESTER Colts had a 3-2 win over Kidderminster Youth in the Stourport Youth League Under Eight Division. Mark Waldron scored twice and Harry Osbourne once for Colts, Josh Siddnell and Stanley Bennett netting for Kidderminster. Barbourne Royals edged
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UK can become a neutral country
n HOW many times have we heard it said "we are already in the federation of the United States of Europe whether we like it or not; the odds against us leaving are nil." Rubbish! In 1940 we fought against the Nazi Third Reich and when the politicians of
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Problems at hospital
RECENTLY, I had to make a morning visit to the new hospital. Despite reading about the problems you don't really understand how much of a problem parking is until you get there. I was lucky, I only had to travel up and down the rows of cars for about
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Hunting helps countryside
I HAVE to inform Mrs M Large that she is wrong about the hunting opinion polls. They now consistently show that the majority in this country just doesn't support a ban. This explains why the anti-hunt organisation has stopped commissioning them after
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8/3/03 - Barton keeping his strike options open
MANAGER John Barton is still on the lookout for a striker to boost his side's goalscoring options. The Worcester City boss feels that big wins over Folkestone, Chelmsford and Hastings which accounted for 15 goals, have masked an inability to hit the net
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PUPILS STAGE WAR WALKOUT
FOUR students have walked out of a top county school in protest at the impending war against Iraq. Brothers Jack and Rowan Kirtley left The Chase High School, Malvern, with friend Rocky Lashley shortly after 9am yesterday and took to the streets of Worcester
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Challenge ahoy for landlubbers
AN adventurous husband and wife are set to brave Britain's choppy coastal waters in the boating challenge of a lifetime. Paula and Alan Williamson, of Rous Lench, near Evesham, are already in training to man the decks of a 72-foot yacht in the Round Britain
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Remand for 'kicking the habit' drugs man
A MAN arrested on an Evesham car park with a pocketful of drugs claimed that a friend had given him them to throw away, Worcester Crown Court heard. Dean Smith said he had accepted nearly £1,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine from Dylan Morgan to help
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Country store's new bid to build
A FRESH bid for permission to set up a Countrywide retail store in Malvern Link has been mounted. Change of use for BH Motors' showroom, vehicle rental depot and workshop in Worcester Road was originally granted by Malvern Hills District Council planners
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They said it with flowers
RESIDENTS of a Worcester street had blooming great surprise when students of a nearby school said "thank you" with flowers. Householders in Worcester's Turnpike Close opened their doors to find pots of daffodils on their doorsteps this week. Each pot
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Nurse hits at glut of chiefs
A NURSE claims she would be "more proud being a prostitute" than staying in her current profession. The woman, who does not wish to be named, said the reason why there was a money crisis was due to the Government creating job posts within the health sector
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Housing scheme is facing the chop
A SCHEME that helps Malvern Hills residents get a foot on the property ladder is facing the axe. Around 20 first-time buyers sign up to Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership (DIYSO) schemes in the district every year. Each buys half the property they want while
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Another weapon in crime battle
ANOTHER weapon has been deployed in the fight against crime and disorder in Malvern. A new network of closed-circuit TV cameras has just gone live - and has already led to arrests. The cameras have been installed by Malvern Hills District Council, which
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Second chance for spot in Fame
A MALVERN woman was given a second chance to attend the BBC's Fame Academy this week. Marie-Louise Doe, aged 19, from Malvern Link, narrowly missed out on a place in the hit TV show following auditions in Birmingham last summer. The former Dyson Perrins
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Spotlight on the flood wardens
KEY players in flood risk communities in Worcestershire have met to discuss the role of flood wardens. The Regional Flood Symposium in Solihull was organised as part of the Environment Agency's ongoing flood awareness campaign. It created a forum for
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Blind date for the Mayor
THE Mayor of Worcester will be led blindfolded through the city centre to raise awareness of hazards faced by the visually impaired. A trained guide will lead Councillor Robert Rowden at 11am on Tuesday, March 11, from the Guildhall to Debenhams, to simulate
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Kidderminster v Southend
The games was called off this morning due to a waterlogged pitch and no new date has been set.
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Birdie double for Bickerton
WORCESTERSHIRE'S John Bick-erton maintained his good form in the Dubai Desert Classic today by firing two birdies in the opening seven holes of his third round. This took the Droitwich Golf Club member to six under par and just four shots behind the overnight
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Play-offs don't appeal to Digby
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' goalkeeper Fraser Digby is urging his Aggborough team-mates to clinch automatic promotion rather than go through an 'emotional rollercoaster' in the play-offs. The 35-year-old has been involved in three successful play-off finals
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Roke guns for points target
DUNCAN Roke has targeted 30 points from Worcester Rugby Club's final six games. The full-back, back in his favoured 15 shirt last Saturday in the Powergen Shield defeat to Exeter, believes that the Sixways side cannot afford any more slip-ups if they
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Marsden sounds Wolves warning
MIDFIELDER Chris Marsden has warned fans not to expect a free-flowing game as Southampton try and reach the FA Cup semi-finals at the expense of Wolves tomorrow. Southampton are odds-on favourites to reach the last four for the first time since 1986 as
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Robert stars for Nunnery
WORCESTER'S Nunnery Wood High School is through to the quarter-finals of the boys' national schools' Under 14 championships after beating Rugby School 3-1 in the Midlands final. A superb display by the team, capped by a hat-trick from man of the match
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8/3/03 - Play-offs don't appeal to Digby
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' goalkeeper Fraser Digby is urging his Aggborough team-mates to clinch automatic promotion rather than go through an 'emotional rollercoaster' in the play-offs. The 35-year-old has been involved in three successful play-off finals
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A city under siege
THIS summer marks the centenary of the start of the so-called Siege of Worcester 1903-4 when the city was cast into total chaos as it prepared for the arrival of its electric trams. For more than six months, havoc reigned as all the main streets in the
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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag...
EIGHTY-year-old Joe Steer of Rainworth (Evening News, Thursday, February 27) was told: "Pack your kit, prepare for action and report to Guildford." Tongue in cheek, perhaps, but at 78, I am ready if the MOD is that desperate! FRANK L JONES, Malvern.
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We'd spend wisely and tax more fairly
I AM grateful to James Slack for publicising the Liberal Democrat Alternative Budget in his column (Evening News, March 1). However, I am surprised that he relies on a letter found on a photocopier by a Labour MP for his information. Matthew Taylor MP
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8/3/03 - Roke guns for points target
DUNCAN Roke has targeted 30 points from Worcester Rugby Club's final six games. The full-back, back in his favoured 15 shirt last Saturday in the Powergen Shield defeat to Exeter, believes that the Sixways side cannot afford any more slip-ups if they
