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County's physios ranked among best for easing the elderly's aching bones

NEW figures show that Worcestershire is ranked among the top 10 in the west Midlands for providing physiotherapy services to patients aged 65 and over. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), rel-eased the figures on the eve of its annual congress

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Malvern RFC - Fixtures/Results - 2004/5 season

MIDLANDS TWO (WEST) 16/10/04: North Midlands Cup First Round: Malvern v Newport. 23/10/04: Malvern v Newbold. 30/10/04: Stafford v Malvern. 13/11/04: Malvern v Old Laurentians. 20/11/04: Burton v Malvern. 4/12/04: Stoke on Trent v Malvern. 11/12/04: Malvern

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Devastated owner puts up £1,000 reward for return of stolen horses

A REWARD has been offered by a horse owner after two of her animals were stolen from a Worcestershire field. The pair were taken from a patch of land in Hillditch Lane, in Hartlebury, near Stourport-on-Severn, in the early hours of Saturday. Jackie Crew

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Pair in wall smash

TWO casualties were taken by ambulance to Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Saturday after the car they were in hit a wall - leaving the road blocked. The collision, which is not believed to have involved any other vehicle, took place on West Malvern Road

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This is in memory of you, Woodbine

A MULTI-MILLION pound mental health centre named after Worcester legend "Woodbine Willy" has officially opened in the city. The state-of-the-art centre, in City Walls Road, has been called Studdert Kennedy House, in memory of the writer, poet and respected

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Malvern Town FC - Fixtures/Results - 2004/5 Season

The Travel Factory Midland Football Alliance Saturday, October 16: Cradley Town v Malvern Town (3.00). Malvern Town Reserves West Midlands League Division One Tuesday, October 12: Malvern Town Reserves v Tenbury United (7.45). Saturday, October 16: Malvern

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Soil is a dirty word in land of de-skilling

AH, the season of fruits and mellow mistyness... dash it, I always have such trouble ensuring my cliches are word-perfect. Mind you, it's a different slant on an old theme. And it does seem to fit, too. So forgive me, dear reader. Let's improvise. Anyway

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Students need to think of others

WITH full university status just around the corner, these are - as we have said before - exciting times for University College Worcester. Combined with plans for a new campus in the city centre, UCW is at last beginning to realise its potential as a centre

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Choirboy with a kick!

MARCUS Ciriello is certainly a karate kid with a difference because when he is not training to be the next Bruce Lee he is tuning up to be the new Aled Jones. Now a national karate champion, he is just as likely to be seen with a hymnbook in hand, because

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Cub scouts do a good deed for Acorns

CUB scouts in Worcester have been doing good deeds to help Acorns turn its new children's hospice into a home from home. The 2nd Worcester Green Pack in St John's raised £140 by holding a bring and buy sale and their donation will now be used by the charity

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New speed camera to be tested in city

A NEW "inflatable" camera device is to be piloted in Worcester this week aimed at tackling speeding motorists. The Safety Camera Partnership has announced that it is to begin a scheme utilising a more temporary and flexible version of its mobile speed

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'You can't hear yourself talk to customers for the drills...'

SHOPS have welcomed the news that parts of Worcester's High Street refurbishment will be left untouched because of fears the mess will drive Christmas shoppers away. The Evening News reported last week how engineers have been forced to cut back the redevelopment

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Recyclers pencilled in for new jobs hope

ONE of the country's leading recycling businesses is to move to Worcester creating new jobs, after city planners gave the relocation scheme the thumbs-up. A total of 28 jobs are set to be created as Remarkable Pencils moves its entire operation from London

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We were taught dropping litter was wrong

LIKE many people, the scourge of litter is my pet hate and I am constantly annoyed about it defacing our streets, verges and countryside. I can therefore only applaud those councillors who are planning to introduce tougher penalties for litter droppers

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Labour's answer to everything is to raise taxes

IN response to George Cowley's recent letter, the answer is not as simplistic as paying more income tax. Since this Labour Government has been in power their solution to everything is tax increases! Worcestershire has already independently evidenced its

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Fruitful end to a soaking summer

APPARENTLY every black cloud has a silver lining - although while you've been dodging the deluges this summer, it probably hasn't seemed like it. Well, now comes the good news. Summer 2004 was all working up to one of the best autumn apple seasons in

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Protecting the welfare of staff

BUSINESSES in Worcester will now be able to keep up-to-date with health and safety law thanks to a new booklet. The 52-page Guide to Health and Safety, produced by the city council's environmental health team, spells out the crucial ins-and-outs of health

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Duo help to boost business

TWO new staff have been recruited by a learning council in Worcestershire in a bid to build up more money-spinning contracts and boost business. A spokesman for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Herefordshire and Worcestershire said he was "delighted

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New offices due to open

THE new Worcester office of the NFU and NFU Mutual will be officially opened on Friday, October 15, by the leaders of the two rural organisations, Sir Don Curry and Tim Bennett. The office suite is at Malvern Gate, Malvern Road. It will provide a service

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Meeting to fight phone mast

OPPONENTS of a controversial mobile phone mast erected in Worcestershire have called a public meeting to consider how to continue their challenge. Residents in Claines, near Worcester, want Vodafone to remove the mast it has built near a school without

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Hunt for missing man, 57

A FAMILY spent the weekend searching Worcester for a man who has been missing since last week. Denville Smith (above), who is epileptic, was last seen cycling across the New Road bridge at about 7.45am on Wednesday on his way to work in Trow Way, Diglis

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Motorists warned as new roadworks about to start

MOTORISTS in Worcester are being warned of roadworks in the city over the coming weeks. Deansway will be closed on Sunday, October 17, with southbound diversions via The Butts, Shaw Street, Sansome Street and City Walls Road. Northbound traffic should

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Health site launched

A WEBSITE has been launched in a bid to provide Herefordshire residents with more information about the health services available to them. The site can help people find out hospital visiting times, phone numbers for GPs and dentists and even what job

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Retirement of councillor

ONE of Worcestershire's longest serving councillors has announced his retirement. Coun Tom Wareing, who represents Redditch on the county council, is to step down at the end of the current term, which finishes in May. The 78-year-old was first elected

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Seat for Germans

VISITORS to Worcester's German twin town are resting easy after the gift of a bench from the Faithful City. The Mayor of Worcester, Councillor Allah Ditta, gave the Hardy and Padmore-style seat during a visit to Kleve, near the Dutch border, in his role

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Fixtures

July (friendlies) Thurs 15 PERSHORE TN (H) 6-1 Ross, Vincent, J Clarke (2), Stokes, og SAT 17 HALESOWEN TOWN (H) 1-0 O'Toole TUES 20 COVENTRY CITY (H) 0-1 TUES 27 HEREFORD UTD (H) 0-3 WEDS 28 REDDITCH UTD (H) 1-3 Williams FRI 30 WORCESTER CITY (H) 3-2

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Did posh schools fix their fees?

TWO Worcester private schools have "strenuously denied" claims that they are linked to a Government investigation into fee fixing. The Royal Grammar School and The Alice Ottley School were reported in the Press yesterday as being linked to an on-going

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Mystery of falling bridge over Severn

MYSTERY surrounds who is responsible for an historic bridge in Worcester that is crumbling and falling into the River Severn. Janet White contacted the Evening News worried that Bevere Bridge, which links the shore to a small island a short way upstream

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Suck on a lollipop and keep the noise down!

A HOST of initiatives have been launched in a crackdown on noisy University College Worcester students who have being making St John's residents' lives a misery. The noise prevention scheme, created by the students themselves, includes a raft of measures

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Snap pic of nature and win new lens

SNAPPERS chasing the perfect photo of the Worcestershire countryside bathed in crisp autumn sunshine have until the end of the month to enter a regional wildlife competition. The West Midlands Wildlife Photography Competition deadline for submitted photographs

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MP acts over special schools

CITY MP Mike Foster today urged cabinet members to delay changes to Worcester's special schools - as two councillors revealed they were planning to oppose the plans. The controversial review, which includes the closure of three city schools and reopening

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Older people must involve themselves

AS chairman of the Worcester City Forum for Older People when Marina Duffell was a committee member, I was very disappointed to read her recent letter (You Say, Tuesday, September 28). I was particularly disappointed to read that she misled me over her

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They're becoming ever more desperate

EACH time I see a Countryside Alliance placard or sticker, or hear their representatives attempting to defend hunting, I can't help wondering if they themselves actually believe their drivel. "Fight Prejudice", the theme depicted on the posters in your

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Take aim for fairer game

THE English landscape with its variety of woods and copses has benefited in its attractive diversity by management to encourage game birds. Worcestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) had the opportunity of seeing how shooting and conservation

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The new jewel in their crown

What would it be like to have a blank canvas for a garden, just a patch of land with nothing in it - no design, beds or borders? Well, to presenter Monty Don, it was pure bliss. Nearly 20 years ago Monty and his wife Sarah were among Britain's leading

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Do you know your horse's pulse rate?

VITAL signs measure a horse's body functions and are a good indication of his overall state of health. Learn how to take your horse's temperature, pulse, respiration, capillary refill time, perform the pinch test and become adept with a stethoscope for

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This lot are wows with the ploughs!

MEMBERS of Worcestershire YFCs had brows as furrowed as the fields they were tilling as they concentrated on cutting the straightest line at the county's annual ploughing contest The competition was held at Shenstone House Farm in conjunction with Chaddesley

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Good cows? They'll be the judge of that

YOUNG Farmers from all over England and Wales made their way to the Royal Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, to take part in stockjudging competitions at the European Dairy Event. The competitions being held that day were the National Stockman

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Crunch time for apple lovers

The Big Apple means New York to some, but to others it means Herefordshire's annual celebration of one of its most traditional food crops. This year, the Big Apple takes place in Much Marcle and neighbouring parishes over the weekend of 9th and 10th October

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* Schools deny fee fixing probe * New scheme targets UCW's noisy students * Mystery of falling bridg

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Companies eager to support Cathedral's Big Event

BUSINESS leaders from Worcestershire are looking forward to supporting a fund-raising event at Worcester Cathedral. Richard Soper, managing director of Worcester Bosch, felt his company could not miss out on attending The Big Event, which aims to raise