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Panto not affected by company's liquidation
CHRISTMAS panto in Worcester is safe this year, despite a company owned by the producers of the show going into liquidation. Merlin Musicals Ltd, which was touring a production of The Boyfriend starring the likes of Oliver Tobias, Liliane Montevecchi,
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Nush is dumped by rocker
FLIRTY Nush has been dumped by her rockstar boyfriend after he watched her drunken smooch with fellow Big Brother housemate Scott. The Malvern student had been going out with Geoff Negus for three years, but the relationship stalled when she could no
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Belly-dancing between the books
A BELLY-dancing librarian will bring her workplace to life when she jangles and gyrates for a children's summer activity. Liz Whitehouse will demonstrate the exotic dance and give a talk on its history and background. The one-off activity is part of a
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Orphaned lads say goodbye to family
THE brothers orphaned by last week's horrific minibus crash on the M56 have paid tribute to their parents and younger brother. Richard McCoig-Lees, aged 15, and his brother Matthew, 19, described their mother Denise as a proud mother who lived for her
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Gap left in lives of sky-diver's friends and family
The girlfriend of a sky-diver who plunged to his death after his parachute was sabotaged has told how his death had left "a huge gap" in the lives of the people that knew him. Ruth Woodhouse, aged 24, from Ingestre, near Stafford, Staffordshire, met Stephen
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Samantha's big Playboy break
A Malvern girl who headed for the bright lights of London is jetting off to America at the end of the month for a glamorous LA photoshoot for Playboy with her twin sister. Twenty-three-year-old model Samantha Hudson will be flying out to Los Angeles on
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Man had gun 'for protection'
TWO men fought in the streets of Evesham after a pellet gun fired and hit an antiques shop. George Frangeskou bought the gun after his friend was attacked, Worcester Magistrates Court heard. Mark Soper, prosecuting, said the incident took place on Saturday
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Woman felt hand around her throat
A ROBBER put his hand around a woman's throat and demanded money from her as she walked home after a night out in Kidderminster. The woman felt something sharp pushed into her back when the robbery took place on Sunday, July 6, at 2am, but she did not
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Banquet was one of the best ever, says city Mayor
THIS year's Worcester Mayoral Banquet has been described as one of the best ever. The glittering annual event was held at the historic Guildhall and attended by many of the city's dignitaries. Guest speaker was Charles Watton of the Royal National Lifeboat
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14/7/03 Rooney set for Aggborough?
THE likes of England wonderkid Wayne Rooney and a host of top Midlands Premiership stars could all be playing at Aggborough this season. Harriers will be hosting West Brom's reserve fixtures during the winter months on Monday nights in a money-spinning
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Wolves take on Hereford
HEREFORD United kick-off their pre-season programme in style tonight when Premiership new boys Wolves visit Edgar Street (7.45). Several first-teamers should be in the Wolves' side and manager Dave Jones will also be present. Bulls boss Graham Turner
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Harriers prepare with two victories
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers opened their pre-season campaign with a 3-1 victory against Evesham United at Common Road on Saturday. In sweltering conditions, and watched by a crowd of 356, only a fine double save by Stuart Brock presented Grant Pinkney and
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Solanki finishes with a flourish
VIKRAM Solanki emerged out of a crisis of confidence to fire England's young side to an emphatic NatWest Series final victory over South Africa at Lord's. The Worcestershire batsman hit a quickfire half-century off only 58 deliveries to help England to
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Markets
TENBURY FINISHED LAMBS - 1,038 An increased entry met a fast trade with prices similar to earlier in the week. Better quality lambs were selling from 120p to a top of 123.4p for 38kg Texel x at £46.90p. All weights were in demand with well fleshed continentals
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12/7/03 - Bowlers blitzed in Worcs setback
WORCESTERSHIRE slumped deeper into relegation trouble when they lost by 76 runs to Leicestershire Foxes in the National League Division One at Oakham School. The County attack took a pounding as Virender Sehwag, Trevor Ward and Darren Maddy all hit sparking
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Respect those who don't also believe in a God
THE discussions about religion still ramble on; therefore it's time to throw some common sense in to the arena. First and foremost, there's no such thing as God. There's no tangible evidence that Jesus existed. E W Carr, (You Say, Saturday, July 5) asks
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14/7/03 - Bowlers blitzed in Worcs setback
WORCESTERSHIRE slumped deeper into relegation trouble when they lost by 76 runs to Leicestershire Foxes in the National League Division One at Oakham School. The County attack took a pounding as Virender Sehwag, Trevor Ward and Darren Maddy all hit sparking
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Cutting it with latest rescue gear
VICTIMS of plane, train and automobile crashes could all benefit from new heavy duty cutting equipment unveiled at Droitwich Fire Station. Standards of tools on engines at the Saltway station have been bolstered thanks to a £100,000 investment package
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We'll return next year
THE National Pony Society area 12 show, held at Worcester for the first time last Sunday, was such a success organisers are keen to return to the city next year. Nearly 500 ponies and horses from all over the country converged on Pitchcroft racecourse
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Mixed show for county
WORCESTERSHIRE Young Farmers enjoyed a mixed set of results at the Royal Show, held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Hagley's Dave Hodges, Pete Andrews and Darren Lowe finished a very creditable second in the fencing. Inkberrow's Claire Lancaster came
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Hay! Who's that messing about with my dinner?
ON the sunny days of high summer, all-important forage is being made for the winter and horse owners will be on the lookout for good quality hay to see their charges through the cold days and dark nights when paddocks are bare. While hay and haylage,
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Angling for reel success
KEN Renshaw is probably Worcestershire's most courageous international sportsman. He doesn't ski down mountains at breathless speed, drive racing cars at 200 miles an hour or pilot a horse over horrendous-looking obstacles in three-day eventing. He sits
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Women go dating to boost business
TWO women's business groups are getting to know each other using a tactic normally employed on the Manhattan singles scene - speed dating! The phenomenon, which is now taking off in the UK, gives people looking for love three minutes each with a procession
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SUMMER SIZZLER FORCITY
THE Faithful City will become the Furnace City this week as temperatures, already some of the highest in the UK, look set to rise further into the 90s. Weather expert Paul Damari recorded the blistering figures from his station in Barbourne, yesterday
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Worcester bottom of housing benefit league
WORCESTER City Council has been named as one of the worst authorities in the country for handing out housing benefits. Now council bosses are being urged to take advantage of a £33m Government fund to improve the way the benefit is paid. According to
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MPs call for plans to be put on hold
AN influential committee of MPs has tried to de-rail University College Worcester's bid for full university status. The Education Select Committee warned that upgrading colleges such as UCW could damage the reputation of British universities overseas.
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Public consulted over GM foods
MEMBERS of the public were given the chance to discuss the pros and cons of genetically modified food in Worcester at the weekend. Worcestershire Greenpeace set up a stand in the High Street, on Saturday, to hold face-to-face consultations with the public
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Train crash 'scares off' foreign pickers
FOREIGN workers, who usually flock to pick fruit in Evesham farms, have been put off by a police investigation into the deaths of three fruit-pickers, locals have claimed. The village of Charlton, near Evesham, is still coming to terms with last week's
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Benefits fiddler failed to let on his wife was working
A jobless man has been given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay costs of £150 after admitting two charges of benefit fraud. Worcester magistrates heard that Keith Ambler, of Shakespeare Road, Dines Green, had failed to inform Worcester
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14/7/03 - County pitch battle going in right direction
DERBYSHIRE'S visit to New Road this week highlights the perennial issue of pitches. Their own surface has proved unreliable -- Worcestershire bowled them out twice earlier this season to win by an innings. Gloucestershire dismissed them for 89 in the
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Fire crews deal with 'timebomb'
A FIRE at a Worcester industrial estate lit the skies of the city as plumes of smoke that could be seen as far as Stourport-on-Severn polluted the sky. More than four tons of pallets burst into flames around 8pm last night, outside the Excel Automation
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Teenager killed in motorway collision with lorry
A TEENAGE boy died when the car he was in collided with a stationary lorry on the hard shoulder of a motorway, police said today. The 16-year-old, from Gloucestershire, was killed in the crash on the westbound M42 near Redditch, Worcestershire, yesterday
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Record crowds for real ale and cider
A RECORD 5,000 people are expected to converge on Worcester Racecourse next month for this year's CAMRA Real Ale and Cider Festival. It will be the fifth year the event has run and there will be more than 170 real ales and 65 ciders and perrys from across
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Lorry driver assaults his wife after losing job
A LORRY driver who had been drinking assaulted his arthritic wife after he lost his job, magistrates have heard. David Gregg, whose wife Maureen also suffers from vertigo, admitted two charges of common assault. Mark Soper, prosecuting, said the incident
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Folk flocked to Fladbury
MORE than 1,000 people flocked to the annual Fladbury Festival and Walkabout over the weekend, helping to raise some £16,000 for the village. There were more than 15 gardens open to the public, with a barbecue, stalls and bouncy castle in the village
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14/7/03 Two wins away for Harriers
A DOUBLE victory over the weekend got Kidderminster Harriers' pre-season campaign off to a useful start. Harriers used all their first-week trialists in a 3-1 win at Evesham on Saturday and a 1-0 success in Stratford the next day. John Williams, Eliot
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Keep your cool, but keep safe
IT's hot... And it's going to get hotter. That's the message from Worcester weatherman Paul Damari and there will be few in the Faithful City that will argue today after the scorching weekend. Barbourne was listed as the hottest place in Britain yesterday
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Home and dry thanks to those Great Train robbers
IT was a fairly standard British August, I suppose. The crisp heat of June and July had gone off the boil and curdled into oppressive mugginess. August. The month of thunderstorms, horrible little bugs that delight in tormenting humans and the time of
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Bowlers blitzed in Worcs setback
WORCESTERSHIRE slumped deeper into relegation trouble when they lost by 76 runs to Leicestershire Foxes in the National League Division One at Oakham School. The County attack took a pounding as Virender Sehwag, Trevor Ward and Darren Maddy all hit sparking
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Paceman Kabir set for New Road test
WORCESTERSHIRE will be out to regain their position at the top of the Frizzell County Championship Division Two table when they open their match against bottom-placed Derbyshire at New Road tomorrow. The County go into the game two points adrift of leaders
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Williamson suffers defeat
WORCESTER welterweight Leroy Williamson was a late replacement to take on Edinburgh's unbeaten Gary Young at Glasgow's Braehead Arena. Sporting a new bleached blond hairstyle, Williamson took to the ring in front of a dwindling crowd that had earlier
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Dragon boat extravaganza!
THE banks of the River Severn were bulging yesterday as the Worcester South Rotary Club Dragon Boat Festival pulled in thousands of fans. The inaugural dragon boat event, organised by the rotary club, was a huge success with some top class racing on offer
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Moule stars in County triumph
WORCESTERSHIRE'S men showed their determination to hang onto their Midland Counties bowls title with a 25-shot victory over Derbyshire at Long Eaton. There were some good individual performances from the County, with the best coming from Phil Moule's
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14/7/03 - Harriers prepare with two victories
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers opened their pre-season campaign with a 3-1 victory against Evesham United at Common Road on Saturday. In sweltering conditions, and watched by a crowd of 356, only a fine double save by Stuart Brock presented Grant Pinkney and
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Girls might love Becks....
REGARDING John Norwood's letter on David Beckham. Although the latter may have half the teenage girls in the world drooling over him, the stark truth is that he's as thick as treacle. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.
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BNP economic aims will harm Britain
LIKE Carol Roberts, of the BNP (You Say, Saturday, July 5), I am proud to be British. That's why I'm a Conservative. The Conservative Party gave us Shaftesbury, Disraeli, Churchill and Thatcher, all of whom have contributed to Britain's greatness. We
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Don't be coerced in to voting for Europe
IN answer to John Evans, I don't have a short memory and, unfortunately, he misunderstood my previous letter (You Say, Thursday July 3). Britain wasn't coerced by any European country to join the EU. On the contrary, Britain's entry into the EU came about
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Are we really going to let animals suffer?
MANY MPs voted to change the Government's regulatory Hunting Bill into a ban on hunting with dogs, maybe because they harbour an illusion that animal welfare would be improved - despite all the evidence to the contrary. Others don't care about the evidence
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14/7/03 - Paceman Kabir set for New Road test
WORCESTERSHIRE will be out to regain their position at the top of the Frizzell County Championship Division Two table when they open their match against bottom-placed Derbyshire at New Road tomorrow. The County go into the game two points adrift of leaders
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10/7/03 Marsh leaves the Meadow
POPULAR Stourport Swifts star Simon Marsh is set to sign for Evesham United in a surprise move. The midfielder was a firm favourite at Walshes Meadow but has moved for financial reasons, according to Swifts manager Dave Titterton. "It's a massive blow
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It must be love
A WORCESTER-based speed dating company has merged with the country's market leader. Speed Dating UK, established last year by Natalie Palmer, from Worcester, has joined forces with SpeedDater. "I've built up the company from scratch over the past seven
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14/7/03 - Singh sets himself New Road targets
WORCESTERSHIRE opener Anurag Singh has set out a challenging agenda for the rest of the season -- for himself and the team. Firstly, the determined 27-year-old would dearly love to help the County gain promoted from the second division of the Frizzell
