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Hospital car park expansion chaos
WORK to increase parking at Worcestershire Royal Hospital has created chaos with buses no longer able to drive to its main entrance - leaving patients and staff stranded. The hospital has been blasted in the past for its shortage of parking that has caused
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Creativity is given a £200,000 boost in Ronkswood
CREATIVE and messy fun helped youngsters to tap into their artistic talents, just one of the new activities on a Worcester estate. The revamped Scout hut in Medway Road is proving a real hit with children with a range of new facilities and activities
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Man stamped on his victim's head
A MAN who stamped on his victim's forehead after an argument over a game of pool has been jailed for seven months at Worcester Crown Court. Recorder Martin Cardinal warned Michael Dalton that he could have been facing a murder or manslaughter charge for
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Eggs-acting bid by Cool Hand Mike!
A SOLICITOR who was hoping to join a dining club by eating 24 hard boiled eggs found the challenge just too much to stomach. Mike Gilmour was one of seven hopefuls undertaking the mind-numbing 48oz challenge to join the Piggies Dining Club. Since September
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Battle of the bollards
ENGINEERS are not giving up their battle to solve the mysteriously poor performance of a pair of city centre automatic bollards. The £30,000 bollards in Angel Street, Worcester, have never worked properly since they were first installed in January 2002
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Workers fear for jobs over merger
EMPLOYEES of a major county firm fear the blocking of a merger with another company will mean they will lose their jobs. Up to 3,000 Worcestershire jobs could be under threat if Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt prevents March UK taking over GUS Home Shopping
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Jobs day proves just the ticket
AN open day offering jobs and benefit advice in Worcester has proved a real success. Residents in the Brickfields and Warndon areas were able to find out about the latest initiatives on offer from JobCentre Plus at the Fairfield Centre in Fairfield Close
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Friday, November 22. 1963, a moment in history
FORTY years ago today, John F Kennedy was shot dead as he waved to crowds of loyal supporters from a motorcade travelling through Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. His wife, Jackie, was sitting alongside as bullets pierced her husband's throat and then, fatally
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Couple could face prison over children's truancy
A COUPLE from Worcester could face jail after failing to stop their children playing truant. Worcester Magistrates heard how, between April and July this year, one child went to lessons on 84 occasions out of a possible 86, and the other on only 22 occasions
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Big effort for youngsters
PEOPLE went all out in Worcestershire for Children In Need, with events ranging from face-painting to cookie baking. Some of the fund-raisers counting up the money from their efforts yesterday included Homebase, in Hylton Road, Worcester, which had a
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22/11/03 - Jarrett can be key for Wolves
WORCESTER Wolves player-coach Rick Solvason is backing new boy Keith Jarrett to be a big hit. The 21-year-old forward makes his Wolves debut in tonight's National Basketball League Patrons Cup clash with Liverpool at University College Worcester (7pm)
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Jarrett can be key for Wolves
WORCESTER Wolves player-coach Rick Solvason is backing new boy Keith Jarrett to be a big hit. The 21-year-old forward makes his Wolves debut in tonight's National Basketball League Patrons Cup clash with Liverpool at University College Worcester (7pm)
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Holloway reflects on injury nightmare
INJURED footballers make lousy spectators and Jon Holloway is no exception. But after six weeks out of action Worcester City's combative defender is close to a return, possibly even for today's clash with Weston-super-Mare at St George's Lane. Holloway
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Bo can bounce back - Molby
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers director of footbball Jan Molby is convinced Bo Henriksen will start to produce the goods once he is fully match fit. The Danish striker has spent more than his fair share of time on the casualty list this season, but is now starting
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UCW are off the bottom
UNIVERSITY College Worcester rugby team recorded their first victory of the season with a 17-13 win over Northumbria University in BUSA Premier League North. UCW made the breakthrough with Simon Kelly kicking a penalty, although Northumbria responded
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Male delivers superb hat-trick
TOM Male scored a hat-trick as Wyre Forest Panthers beat Burlish Hawks 3-1 in the Stourport Youth Football League U8 Division. Jake Hollylee was on target for Hawks. George Birch hit three and Patrick Birch two as Kidderminster Lions defeated Ombersley
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22/11/03 - Bo can bounce back - Molby
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers director of footbball Jan Molby is convinced Bo Henriksen will start to produce the goods once he is fully match fit. The Danish striker has spent more than his fair share of time on the casualty list this season, but is now starting
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No pain, just gain for a French baker
THE telephone rings and Gerald Dumas breaks off from his paperwork to answer it. He listens patiently and eventually gives a firm "Sorry, I can't help" reply. It's a wholesale order for Italian bread, but Gerald is not interested. The 36-year-old has
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Ground control and Major Tom
A POPULAR Worcester personality, known simply and affectionately to many as "Major Tom," has regaled me for hours with stories from his extremely eventful and colourful life. Eighty-six-year old Maj Thomas Averill is from a Worcestershire farming family
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Truth starting to come out
AT last some of our national media is telling us the truth about the traitors in the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Parties who for many years have been pushing our country into the undemocratic soviet-style European Union. Once locked into this bureaucratic
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Pavement perils in Arboretum
PARKING on pavements in the Arboretum is a danger both to the pedestrians who have to go by in single file and also for the mums who must wheel their prams out into the road to go past the offending vehicle. How about doing something to sort this problem
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Debate... or just silliness?
GEORGE Cowley accused me (You Say, Thursday, November 13) of "coming down heavy" on people for criticising his views and the views of other writers if I don't agree with them. What exactly does he think is the purpose of this letters page? Is it to debate
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Questions that need answers
JOHN Hinton made a fair comment in defending the city council over the naming of the Cathedral Plaza (You Say, Saturday, November 8). In contrast, however, my observations were made in view of two contentious local issues. First, there is the persistence
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22/11/03 - Holloway reflects on injury nightmare
INJURED footballers make lousy spectators and Jon Holloway is no exception. But after six weeks out of action Worcester City's combative defender is close to a return, possibly even for today's clash with Weston-super-Mare at St George's Lane. Holloway
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MPs call for change in the law to shut up Haw
WORCESTERSHIRE peace protester Brian Haw has gained such notoriety MPs want the law to be changed so he can be shifted from outside the House of Commons. The influential Westminster procedure committee called for special action to shift the father-of-seven
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22/11/03 - Worcester start a new chapter
JOHN Brain believes that Worcester Rugby Club's superb win at Plymouth represented a new chapter for the Sixways club. Worcester's director of rugby was delighted with the steel on show at Brickfields during the 43-17 National One victory and hopes his
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BOXES OF JOY FOR CHILDREN
SHOEBOXES full of goodies from a Worcester school are set to bring joy to children in war-torn Iraq. Pupils at Manor Park School, in Turnpike Close, St John's, collected shoeboxes crammed with stationery, toys and sweets in September, to be sent to schools
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Bulmers named as bug source
HEREFORD cider-makers Bulmers has been named as the official source of the Legionnaire's disease outbreak in the city that has killed a pensioner and left 23 other people ill. Test results yesterday confirmed the type of legionella bacterium found at
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Schools funding receives a cautious welcome
CAMPAIGNERS for fair funding in schools have given a cautious welcome to Worcestershire's increased education grant. The Government announced on Wednesday that the county would be given an extra £14.3m to spend on schools, an increase of 6.4 per cent
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RAF man is cleared of sex offence
AN RAF employee has been cleared of a sex offence in a tent at a young firefighters' camp. Drew Bradbury insisted he was falsely accused because of a vendetta against his family. A jury at Worcester Crown Court found him not guilty of inciting a 15-year-old
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Crisis over as music night restarts
A POPULAR music night, which has been out of action during the last month, will be starting up again tonight. Crisis Promotions will be holding its Saturday night events at Worcester Arts Workshop for the next four weeks, while it looks for a more permanent
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10,000 ways to say 'I love you!'
A QUIET Worcestershire village was alive with the sound of music - after a loving wife arranged for the church bells to be rung more than 10,000 times for her husband's 60th. Veronica Colling bid for the quarter peal of bells at an auction of promises
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I knew straight away we would be married
A MAN who knew he was going to marry his future wife when he first set eyes on her is celebrating his golden wedding with her tomorrow. Doug Dennis was studying for a BA (Hons) degree in education at Cardiff University when he met Lynne for the first
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Soldier to pay £1,500 to victim
A SOLDIER who attacked a student outside a nightclub has been ordered to pay his victim £1,500 compensation. David Lopez was seen by a taxi driver delivering three kicks to Andrew Clarke's head, said William Rickarby, prosecuting. He then boasted about
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Trolly dash to celebrate opening
A CREDIT union in Worcester is offering a free Christmas supermarket trolley dash to celebrate the opening of its new shop. Anyone can enter the free draw for the dash at the Co-op Superstore, in Ombersley Road, by calling into the Worcester Blackpear's
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Young thespians getting a taste of West End
ASPIRING stars who have been given a taste of professional theatre by a West End star are gearing up for their big performance. For the past 10 weeks, 25 eight to 17 year olds have been rehearsing every Sunday for Performance 2003. Performance is an annual
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Lawrence returns for the 18-Group
WORCESTER prop Ben Lawrence will return from injury for North Midlands' final rugby match in the Midlands 18-Group Clubs Championship against Leicestershire at Kings Norton tomorrow (2pm). Lawrence has missed the last two games because of a back problem
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Baker shrugging off Hereford slide fears
MATT Baker has shrugged off fears about Hereford United's recent sticky patch while claiming the Bulls have the best starting eleven in the Conference. Victory against Margate last weekend brought a run of two draws and two defeats to an end but Baker
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Worcester start a new chapter
JOHN Brain believes that Worcester Rugby Club's superb win at Plymouth represented a new chapter for the Sixways club. Worcester's director of rugby was delighted with the steel on show at Brickfields during the 43-17 National One victory and hopes his
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Barking good Christmas
THE Blue Cross Animal Adoption Centre would like your help in being able to give all the animals in the centre over the festive season a Christmas Dinner. A donation of 50p would help us to do this, and to show that we do care about them all as they spend
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Mike Foster's trying to score political points
I NOTE with amusement Michael Foster's letter (You Say, Monday, November 17) regarding the funding formula for schools. In one sentence, he suggests Peter Luff goes back to school to learn basic maths in order to understand the new formula, and in another
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Soon, we will not be producing anything
I READ in the paper that the current trade deficit for the UK is currently at £3.9bn. We seem to be in this country under the illusion that we are sailing along with a safe economy. But the bubble will burst - sooner or later. In the 1980s we were selling
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Superstores... can't you leave us alone?
WHY doesn't Sainsbury's do something about all the empty, boarded-up and decaying properties it owns in St John's? The planners wouldn't let them demolish buildings to make way for a superhighway to their store so these properties form no part of their
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Be ready for all the new rules
AS more farmers and landowners move away from agriculture into a variety of new economic ventures, so they find that they are hit by a whole new raft of regulations. Many of factors these need to be given careful consideration as early as possible in
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Now another six months to get a passport for your horse
HUNDREDS of horse owners across the two counties will be relieved to know that the deadline for horse passports has been extended for six months. Originally, the deadline was for the end of this year, but because so many issues regarding the scheme have
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Take a step back into the golden age of rail
BACK in the good old days, before Dr Beeching reached for his axe, Worcestershire and Herefordshire were dotted with rural railway stations. Steam trains puffed and huffed across river and meadow, smoke rising and steam hissing, as they carried people
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And the Oscar goes to... Jack Nicklaus
THE downside of promotion to the frontline of politics is that any slip will be gleefully observed. Julie Kirkbride, the new shadow Culture Secretary, was caught out within days. According to listeners, when asked on Radio Four what her favourite film
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Mike Foster's Yes Minister moment
MIKE Foster has been flooded with "fan mail" from Radio Four listeners this week. The MP apparently had fans of the Today programme choking on their museli with a vintage Yes, Minister performance during the Margaret Hodge child abuse scandal. Mike -
