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New bus lane set to be considered
A NEW bus lane and a one-way system are being considered for a major road running through Worcester. Plans for Newtown Road, Ronkswood, form part of a city council scheme to compliment the arrival of new business and homes in the area with an improved
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Handy hints to help your green goals
A GUIDE to help Worcestershire's community groups access funding for "green" projects has been launched. The Directory of Environmental Funding Opportunities, which is also aimed at parish councils and individuals, identifies sources of cash and gives
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Jail looms for man who filmed his abuse of girl
A MAN who filmed a young girl in the nude and sexually abused her faces a prison sentence. Christopher Cary, aged 36, of St Alban's Close, Worcester, was convicted by a jury of taking indecent photographs and four counts of indecent assault. Judge Michael
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All flocking to the Fayre
THE CHRISTMAS Fayre is another sell-out this year as people flock to Worcester to taste the festive spirit of the city. The popular Victorian-themed street market kicks off on Thursday and runs until Sunday. All 110 available stalls were snapped up within
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Youths seen in alleyway
A SILVER bicycle valued at £400 has been stolen from outside a house in Alma Street, Barbourne, Worcester. The Saracen Etrail with black wheels and red handlebar grips was taken at around 9am on Sunday, November 23. Two youths were seen in a nearby alleyway
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Beware of bike theft, say police
CYCLISTS have been warned to be on the alert after a bike was stolen from outside a shop. A boy had left the bike outside Riverview News in Stourport Road, Bewdley, while he went inside. A passer-by saw a youth climb off a J-reg lorry and take the bike
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Collision
POLICE are searching for the driver of a car thought to have been involved in an incident in which another car hit a house. Both the house on Main Street in South Littleton in Evesham and the red Ford Fiesta that collided with it, were damaged. A second
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Spending proposals
RESIDENTS of Worcester are set to be given their say about the city council's spending plans and budget proposals. Around 300 people would be interviewed to find out where they think money needs to be spent and where it can be saved plus how much council
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Lockerbie hearing
THE man who killed 270 people in the Lockerbie bombing has been told he will serve a minimum of 27 years in jail, judges in Scotland have decided. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was given the sentence by three judges at the High Court in Glasgow during
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Fixtures and results 2003/04
AUGUST 16 H Havant & W. 1-1 (Kelly) 19 A Merthyr Tydfil 0-2 (Kelly, Wilde) 23 A Welling United 0-1 (Middleton) 25 H Moor Green 3-0 (Kelly, Owen, Webster) 30 A Crawley Town 0-4 SEPTEMBER 1 H Hinckley United 2-0 (Holloway, Davies) 6 H Dorchester Town
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Merger concern over jobs in county
THE news of problems emanating from the proposed merger of the GUS Home Shopping business with Littlewoods has sent shock waves of considerable proportions around the Worcester city and shire community. Any potential threat to a business employing nearly
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25/11/03 - Slick Wolves move closer to semi-finals
WORCESTER Wolves moved closer to a semi-final place in the National Basketball League's Patrons Cup by beating Liverpool 99-63. The match brought two of the in-form teams in Division Two together for what on paper promised to be a close contest. Josh
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Hereford boosted by Rose
MICHAEL Rose returns to boost Hereford United's squad for their Conference clash with Halifax Town at Edgar Street tonight (7.45). The left-back, back from suspension, will add some much-need steel to a Bulls' defence that leaked four goals at Shrewsbury
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Slick Wolves move closer to semi-finals
WORCESTER Wolves moved closer to a semi-final place in the National Basketball League's Patrons Cup by beating Liverpool 99-63. The match brought two of the in-form teams in Division Two together for what on paper promised to be a close contest. Josh
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Flat tyre is costly for Jon
WORCESTER St John's Cycling Club riders went to Rugeley in Staffordshire for round six of the West Midlands cyclo-cross league. There was disapointment for Jon Newey in the senior men's event. A good ride in the opening four laps of the eight-lap event
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Bromsgrove Rovers Football Club - Match Stats - 2003/2004
GOALSCORERS 7 - Pope. 6 - Szewczyk. 5 - Banner. 5 - Atkinson. 5 - Jackson. 4 - Benbow. 4 - Frost. 3 - Dyson. 2 - Jones. 1 - Bowen. 1 - Dawson. 1 - Scheppel. ADVERTISER/MESSENGER MAN OF THE MATCH 5 - Pope. 3 - Szewczyk. 2 - Dyson. 2 - Frost. 2 - Jackson
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Warning over lights
MAY I remind fellow motorists that fog lights are just that - for use in foggy conditions. I am fed-up with driving behind people who think they are safer by having these lights on at other times. Don't they realise that these very bright lights mask
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First class
I RECENTLY spent five days in the medical short stay unit at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital and would like to thank the doctors and staff who looked after me. The treatment was first class. JOHN CUNNIFFE, Malvern.
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Summers in the city... what's the problem?
I WRITE with reference to the front-page article outlining the proposed Ann Summers shop in the High Street. I don't know why there is such opposition to a shop that from the frontage will look no different to any other shop. I must ask the question -
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Thousands of people using park-and-ride
ANY journalist worthy of the name (even a tabloid one) should be expected to do some basic research in support of their position. On Monday, November 17, the Phillpott File included some highly inaccurate comments about the park-and-ride service but the
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25/11/03 - Barton plea for caution
ONE step at a time is the motto being adopted by Worcester City manager John Barton following their return to winning ways against Weston. The Mark Owen inspired victory at the weekend leaves the St George's Lane club just three points off second place
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Bromsgrove Rovers fixtures and results 2003/2004
HOME, away (Dr Martens Western fixtures unless stated) JULY Sat 19 WALSALL (Friendly) 5-1 (Sutton, Banner, Dyson, Bowen, Scheppel) Tue 22 WOODFORD UNITED (Friendly) 3-1 (Sutton, Stephenson, Scheppel) Sat 26 STOCKPORT COUNTY (Friendly) 0-0 Wed 30 ASTON
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CITY ADDICTS AGED JUST 14
CHILDREN as young as 14 are dicing with death after becoming hooked on heroin being peddled on the streets of Worcester. Parents are being urged to be extra vigilant in a hard-hitting campaign called TACKLE - Take Action to Curb the Killer - launched
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Student's drunken rampage in Tesco
A MATURE student indecently assaulted a woman shop assistant, hurled abuse at a family and then punched a store worker in the face during a supermarket attack. Twenty-eight-year-old Philip Holden, from Kempsey, smelled of alcohol when he stumbled into
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Death in collision
A WOMAN died after the car she was driving collided with a building in Kidderminster. She was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital after her Citroen Zsara Picasso hit the RAOB Social Club, on the junction of New Road and Green Street. She died in hospital
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Former Harrier Hughes still being held by police
POLICE are continuing to question a former Kidderminster Harriers striker following a road incident in which a 56-year-old man died. Lee Hughes, who now plays for West Bromwich Albion, remains in custody at Little Park Street police station, Coventry.
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'I didn't kill him'
A 17-year-old youth denied murdering a work colleague when he appeared before a judge at Worcester Crown Court. The teenager pleaded not guilty to the murder of Moses Makooba at Sainsbury's distribution centre in Warndon, Worcester, on Monday, August
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Help Lucy raise target for India
BUILDING lavatories and water systems may not seem like most people's idea of fun, but for one Droitwich woman, it will be the recognition of a lifelong dream. Lucy Marsh, of Florence Avenue, has always wanted to visit India to help out its poverty-stricken
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Charles fires up historic fountain
THE Prince of Wales appeared happy and relaxed as he strolled around Witley Court in glorious autumn sunshine yesterday. He was there to fire up the spectacular Perseus and Andromeda fountain, recently restored thanks to a £727,500 Heritage Lottery Fund
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Legion founder dies, aged 103
JOANNA Spreckley, who helped found the Powick branch of the British Legion, has died at the age of 103. Mrs Spreckley, formerly of King's End Road, Powick, died at Woodlands Retirement Home, Hampshire, on Sunday, November 16. The mother-of-two moved to
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Spy vans on the lookout for TV licence cheats
A CRACKDOWN on TV licence dodgers in Worcester has seen 80 brought to book in a month. Inquiry officers and covert detector vans targeted unlicensed homes during peak viewing times in the city-wide offensive. And they will continue to patrol the streets
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Police hail success of bid to beat the Bonfire Night yobs
POLICE are celebrating after slashing anti-social behaviour in north Worcestershire by more than 30 per cent. Officers have attributed the success in the Wyre Forest area to the recent police operation, code-named Ghost, which ran from the beginning of
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'Heroin was a way to forget everything...'
ROLLING around on the floor of a drugs den, clutching his sides in agony, Simon wanted to die. He looked at the dirty, urine-soaked carpet he was lying on and moaned, before another wave of nausea washed over him and he was gripped with crippling stomach
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Man cut free from Volvo after smash
A DRIVER had to be cut free from his red Volvo 440 after being involved in a three-car collision. The driver and his female passenger were taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital and later released following the collision on the A449 Worcester Road, in
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Woman tries to stop thief
A WOMAN pulled a wing mirror off a van used by a thief as he tried to make his getaway after breaking into her garage. The 59-year-old woman spotted a red van parked outside the garage of her home in Rock, near Bewdley. She heard the garage door open
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Car crime
ITEMS including CDs, mobile phones, tools, sports clothes and golf clubs have been taken during a spate of car crime in Kidderminster. A large number of cars were broken into mainly on Saturday and Sunday evening in the Spennells area of town. Cars in
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25/11/03 - Molby's priority: midfield general
DIRECTOR of football Jan Molby today revealed he is preparing an 'arrivals and departures' timetable in his bid to lift Kidderminster Harriers further away from the Division Three relegation zone. He has dropped a strong hint that the scheme could well
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Puppet fun
IN an era dominated by computer games, electronic toys, DVDs and videos it is an absolute delight to see young children enjoying the simple world of a puppet show. Fo-Fum Puppet Productions captured the four to eight year olds at this Malvern Theatres
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Owners of £37,000 chair find Kitty was sitting on a fortune
WHEN a Worcestershire couple allowed their cat to sleep on what they thought was just a dilapidated chair, they had no idea it would go on to fetch a massive £37,000 at auction. The George II chair went under the hammer this week - and its sellers, who
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Rugby United 0 Bromsgrove Rovers 3
Tuesday, November 25, 2003 Full report to follow.
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The best way to tackle drug use
DRUGS can kill you. Or, they can ruin your life to such an extent that you want to die anyway. Today's Page 10 interview with a recovering drug addict should be enough to convince anyone of that. The only sure way to prevent this happening is, of course
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Barton plea for caution
ONE step at a time is the motto being adopted by Worcester City manager John Barton following their return to winning ways against Weston. The Mark Owen inspired victory at the weekend leaves the St George's Lane club just three points off second place
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Busst warns of battle ahead
DAVE Busst has warned his Evesham United players they must be prepared to fight for every point. The Robins, beaten 2-0 by bottom club Shepshed Dynamo at the weekend, are in action again at Common Road tonight when they entertain Team Bath in another
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Midfield poser facing Rooney
GEORGE Rooney is promising midfield chan-ges for Bromsgrove Ro-vers' Birmingham Senior Cup clash at Rugby United tonight (7.45). The Rovers' manager was unhappy with their display in Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Swindon Supermarine in the Dr Martens Western
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Malvern call up Thomas
MALVERN Town entertain Brierley Hill tonight (7.45pm) in the first round of the Worcestershire FA Senior Urn. Town manager Neil Hunt adds youngster Jay Tho-mas to an otherwise full squad as Town look to put Saturday's defeat at home to Ledbury behind
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Molby's priority: midfield general
DIRECTOR of football Jan Molby today revealed he is preparing an 'arrivals and departures' timetable in his bid to lift Kidderminster Harriers further away from the Division Three relegation zone. He has dropped a strong hint that the scheme could well
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Parent power paves the way to success
SCHOOLS across the county were celebrating last week as news of next year's funding settlement reached Worcestershire. Dan Kendrick takes a look at how a countywide campaign, which began just two years ago, grabbed the attention of Westminster and made
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Unitary
I CANNOT believe a unitary authority would be better than a district council. Perhaps someone from Herefordshire could let us know whether they are better or worse having unitary authority? JOHN NORWOOD, Worcester.
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Naivety over compulsory ID cards is frightening
I FIND quite frightening the naivety displayed by I Chambers (You Say, Wednesday, November 19) and also held by many people regarding the forcing of ID cards on to the free population of this nation. The reference to ID cards during the war places a child-like
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Support those who are waging war on 'F' word
BOB Bullock (Evening News, Monday, November 15) needs all the support he can get to abolish the "F" word on TV and radio. In all probability, the writers of scripts think it funny or perhaps they cannot think of an alternative term, so resort to vulgarity
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Flexi-working on the agenda
EMPLOYERS from across Worcestershire are being encouraged to attend a seminar discussing the benefits of flexible working. The meeting will allow businesses to explore the idea of remote, mobile, flexible and home-working solutions - methods of working
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In the driving seat
MORGAN Motor Company has appointed Alan Garnett executive chairman of the board of directors following the death last month of Peter H G Morgan. The Malvern-based company is the world's oldest, independently-owned sports car manufacturer, having been
