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Don't let dumpers get away with it, says MP

MID-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff has called for the courts to impose higher punishments for fly tippers. During questions to Environment Minister Alun Michael in the Commons on Thursday, Mr Luff said there was a "particularly sharp" fly-tipping problem

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Learning to stay safe

TODDLERS spent last Friday learning about road safety. Children aged three and four attended the event at the Happylands Nursery, The Lyppards, Warndon Villages, Worcester. "We did different things like visit safe road crossing points and how they should

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Police in hunt for robbers

POLICE are continuing their investigation into last week's robbery at the Booker Cash & Carry, in Wainwright Road, Worcester. Four men wearing balaclavas and armed with crowbars forced three members of staff, two men and one woman, into a car before

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Compensation culture will not stop us taking pupils canoeing - schools chiefs

FEARS of courtroom battles are not deterring Worcester schools offering risky pursuits like canoeing and rock climbing to their pupils. A recent Ofsted report said such activities were important to the healthy development of youngsters. But local education

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An attractive idea!

PEOPLE prompted by an Evening News story to try wearing magnets to relieve aches and pains have reported unexpected improvements in problems related to diabetes. A story in January this year told how Marcelle Russell, of Callow End, had been free from

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Our sausages are a sizzling success!

BUTCHER Chrys Titshall is celebrating his latest success after scooping four awards in a regional competition. His company, Teme Vale Victuallers, of Little Lightwood Farm, Cotheridge, near Worcester, won four of the six categories entered and came away

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Action needed to make a change

IF a survey were commissioned to ask people what areas of the country they believed were the most deprived, what do you think the answers would be? Tower Hamlets, in London, maybe? Newtown, in Birmingham? St Paul's, in Bristol? Manchester's Moss Side?

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FLOOD ALERT FOR SEVERN

FLOOD alerts have been placed on the Severn Valley as the county braces itself for a week of heavy wind and rain. But Environment Agency experts do not believe the river will rise enough to prompt the erection of Worcester's Hylton Road flood barrier.

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Needy estate sinks to rock bottom

AN area of Worcester has been named as one of the most deprived areas of England in a Government report. The Warndon area of the city, to the east of Cranham Drive, has been ranked within the top 4 per cent of deprived areas nationally. The English Indices

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Elderly told: Swallow pride and claim dues

VULNERABLE elderly residents will die this winter if they do not swallow their pride and seek the financial help they deserve. The stark warning comes from worried Age Concern workers after the Office of National Statistics revealed that 2,200 people

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Chrissies wrangle costs warring councils £200k

TWO Worcestershire councils fighting over the relocation of a Worcester school have run up bills totalling almost £200,000 in the dispute. Worcestershire County Council has revealed, under questioning from Worcester MP Michael Foster, that it has spent

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Did you see death crash?

A motorist was killed when he was thrown from his car while driving along the M5 in Worcestershire over the weekend. Central Motorway Police are investigating the reason why the car, an Audi, overturned as it was travelling along the south bound carriageway

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Wanted: Reliable and friendly folk

CHARITY workers in Worcestershire are urging county residents to help in ensuring the success of a fund-raising appeal to help cancer sufferers. Staff at Marie Curie Cancer Care's fund-raising office in Worcestershire are busy planning their 2005 Daffodil

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Piazza plan beside 'best city building'

DERELICT buildings around one of Worcester's most impressive churches could be transformed into a public hall and piazza. St George's Roman Catholic Church in Lowesmoor wants to add a 200-capacity circular hall beside the Grade II* listed building. The

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25/10/04 - Barton praises his City heroes

JOHN Barton insists the foundations have now been laid for Worcester City to start converting draws into wins following Saturday's share of the spoils at high-flying Southport. Goals from Colin Hoyle and Mark Owen helped secure a point as City held firm

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Barton praises his City heroes

JOHN Barton insists the foundations have now been laid for Worcester City to start converting draws into wins following Saturday's share of the spoils at high-flying Southport. Goals from Colin Hoyle and Mark Owen helped secure a point as City held firm

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Points defeat for battling Smith

STOURPORT welterweight Ernie Smith was never going to find the going easy against Dewsbury puncher Steve Conway at Wakefield's Light Waves Leisure Centre -- so his 60-54 six-round points defeat came as no real surprise. Taking part in his 80th professional

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Cooprider leads team to victory

JOSH Cooprider responded to the call for more points with a top scoring 20-point tally as Worcester Wolves beat London Capitals 91-68 in the English Basketball League Division One. The Wolves captain put in an outstanding contribution before leaving the

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Tough win illustrates promotion credentials

MALVERN Rugby Club director of rugby David Robins believes his side has what it takes to win promotion from Midlands Two (West) after an 18-7 victory over Newbold. Malvern made six changes through injury and non-availability for a match played at a rain-soaked

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25/10/04 - Defenders upset Molby

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' centre-halves were in the doghouse with Jan Molby after a 2-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers in Coca-Cola League Two. Harriers gave a promising attacking display but struggled defensively through the middle against a direct Rovers team

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Worcester Warriors 29 Brive 15

Saturday, October 23, 2004 TOO much power and too much nous. Before this European Challenge Cup tie, you'd have thought that statement would have been reserved solely for the French at Sixways. Ultimately, the former Heineken Cup winners were fortunate

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It's just about tormenting animals

TWO vets for hunting are again widely circulating the nonsensical argument that "hunting is the natural and most humane method of controlling populations of all four quarry species and is a key element in the management of British wildlife in general"

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Bristol Rovers 2 Kidderminster Harriers 0

Saturday, October 23, 2004 TWO of Coca-Cola League Two's hottest properties went head-to-head in an intriguing duel as Kidderminster Harriers lost 2-0 at Bristol Rovers. Rovers' top scorer Junior Agogo was all smiles after two goals took his tally to

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Southport 2 Worcester City 2

Saturday, October 23, 2004 HUNDREDS upon thousands of revellers flocked to Blackpool Promenade on Saturday intent on catching this year's illuminations. If only they realised that a small corner of neighbouring seaside town Southport was enjoying its

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* Flood alert for Severn * Elderly told: Swallow pride and claim dues * MRSA show on tonight * Barto

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Michael Palin in city visit

MONTY Python actor and renowned traveller, Michael Palin, will be in Worcester tomorrow to sign copies of his new book Himalaya. Compiled from his diaries, the book records the pleasure and pain faced by Mr Palin (pictured) when he tackled the Himalayas

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A quarter of county's weighbridges wrong

TRADING Standards officers have described as "alarming" the results of an inspection that found a quarter of the Worcestershire's weighbridges were inaccurate. They were put out of use until they were repaired and re-tested - and are all now operational

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Search for woman

POLICE are continuing their search for a 57-year-old Worcester woman who is considered to be vulnerable. Patricia Spalding went missing from her home in Newtown Road, Ronkswood, on Tuesday, October 19. Police say Mrs Spalding, who is described as white

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Wanted: cast-offs

THE Daisychain Benevolent Fund shop in St John's, Worcester, urgently needs donations of good quality clothing and bric-a-brac. The charity shop, at 32 St John's, is getting low on stock, which it sells to support the Air Ambulance and Noah's Ark, a children's

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Art of the past is in the telling of the story

NEXT year, providing that I haven't gone to that great inkwell in the sky, I will have completed 40 years of unbroken employment. Well, I do realise that I still have until July to be sacked, made redundant or sectioned, but it looks increasingly as if

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MRSA show on tonight

AN undercover investigation claiming to reveal evidence of the hospital "superbug" MRSA at Worcestershire Royal will be screened tonight. The hospital was one of six across the country targeted by a documentary team from ITV1's Tonight With Trevor McDonald

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Farmers warned over fires

THE National Farmers Union is warning farmers living close to the M5/M50 corridor in Worcestershire and Herefordshire to be on their guard following a spate of arson attacks on farm buildings. West Mercia Police are investigating a total of 11 possible

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Law slips down the field in France

WORCESTERSHIRE'S Leslie Law produced the best British performance at the FEI World Cup Final -- the climax of the 2004 international one-day event series held at Pau in France. The Upton-on-Severn based Olympic champion finished 12th on Coup de Coeur,

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Defenders upset Molby

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' centre-halves were in the doghouse with Jan Molby after a 2-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers in Coca-Cola League Two. Harriers gave a promising attacking display but struggled defensively through the middle against a direct Rovers team

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Park picks up Madrid prize money

HEREFORD'S David Park wrapped up a healthy pay-day by finishing joint 14th in the Madrid Open. The Burghill Valley club golfer finished the tournament with a 68 to close on 11 under par and clinch a near £10,000 prize. Price was seven shots behind South

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Duncan secures Ashford revenge

A STEVE Duncan goal after just seven minutes turned out to be Evesham United's winner in a 1-0 victory against Ashford Town. It extended Evesham's unbeaten run in Southern League Division One West to five matches. Ashford, who dumped Evesham out of the

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25/10/04 - Brain warns of backlash from Brive

JOHN Brain is under no illusions about the size of the task facing his Worcester Warriors team despite their 29-15 European Challeneg Cup first round first leg victory over Brive. The Warriors came through their first European test with flying colours

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Tories will stop closure of special schools

I HAVE always supported special needs schools and I will continue to campaign to save our three special schools in Worcester. I am delighted to say that the next Conservative government will put a stop to special needs school closures. Together with parents

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A severe case of double standards

COUNCILLOR June Longmuir is clearly suffering from a severe case of double standards and ought to be ashamed of herself. She is quoted as saying (Evening News, Monday October 18) that "we might end up with a disturbed generation of pupils" if the rebuild

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British soldiers sacrificed

DEFENCE Secretary Geoff Hoon has confirmed he will sacrifice British lives in Iraq because the United States of Israel have requested UK forces to re-deploy under US command while their forces commit mass murder in the Iraqi-held city of Falluja. This

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Magna Carta not for the peasants' benefit

UNLIKE most countries, notably the USA, the UK does not have a written constitution. Probably it should. Therefore, I was somewhat astonished that Stanley D Parr (You Say, Friday, October 15) said that Magna Carta should be regarded as more or less inviolate

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Orchard team best bar none!

A BAR team in Evesham has been recognised as pulling a perfect pint after scoring top marks in a national quality excellence scheme. The Orchard restaurant, in Twyford, received high acclaim in the Perfect Serve competition, conducted by Stella Artois

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Building up for a big ladies' day... and night

BUSINESSWOMEN are being urged not to miss out on one of the biggest days in this year's Worcester calendar. The Big Event is a full-day extravaganza at Worcester Cathedral and will see more than 1,200 business people dine in the nave of the historic building