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Celebrity at quiz

SPORTS presenter Gary Newbon will be the quiz-master for a charity quiz at the Farmers Arms in Kempsey near Worcester next month. The Sky Sports presenter, who also appears on Central's Soccer Night, will be giving his services in aid of the charity Rethink

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Jolly good fallows

THE Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is to hold a talk about the fallow deer of the Mortimer Forest, in Shropshire. Chris Bradley, who has been interested in deer for over 40 years, will give an illustrated talk on the subject on Wednesday, February 2, at

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Showcase of talent

ARTS and crafts people in Worcestershire are once again being urged to prove the county is a cultural hotspot by entering the Skills on Show event in July. Exhibitors and performers are invited to claim a pitch at the biggest free showcase of talent in

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Everest Trek

KEEN hikers in Worcestershire and Herefordshire are being offered the chance to take part in a breathtaking trek to the base camp of the world's highest mountain. The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation is organising the 11-day event at Mount Everest

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Retired farmer offers reward for missing pet

THE owner of a Jack Russell terrier, missing since January 10, is offering a cash reward for her safe return - alive. Distressed at the loss of his 'soul companion' Penny, Bob Moseley from Bine Farm, Eastham, believes his treasured pet has been stolen

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21/1/05 - Huge win may be the key to season

THIS game could be a turning point for Upton's Second XV this season, after a string of disappointing results. EVESHAM IV 0, UPTON II 49PTS Once again, the effort and commitment put in could not be faulted but this time they reaped the rewards of their

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Woman is held up at knifepoint by raider

A LONE woman working at a Worcester petrol station was held up at knifepoint yesterday. The robbery took place at the BP petrol garage, in Whittington Road, Whittington, at about 7pm yesterday when the thief waved the knife at the lone worker before taking

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Serious stuff, but no bad behaviour

UNRULY professional footballers have been blamed for a rise in bad behaviour at boys' matches in Worcester over the last week. With stories of games abandoned a week ago because of violence and swearing - on and off the pitch - reporter Ian Wishart went

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Pledge to keep parents informed

PARENTS will be brought "in from the dark" during Worcestershire's special schools review after education leaders agreed to hold regular question-and-answer sessions. Campaigners from Thornton House Parents' Action Group last week wrote to director of

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Grant to tackle the drop-outs

THE "drop-out culture" among Worcestershire's teenagers is being tackled thanks to a £1.8m grant to increase practical courses in schools and colleges. Students across the county will soon be able to access a wider range of vocational and job-orientated

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Pioneering programme for visually impaired

VISUALLY-impaired students will be able to surf the net with ease for the first time thanks to ground-breaking new technology. For RNIB New College's 85 students, navigating the internet and studying on-line has often been frustrating and difficult -

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MP's fitness cure

WYRE Forest MP Dr Richard Taylor has been promoting exercise as a way of reducing the risk of cancer at the launch of a new landmark campaign. The five-year initiative, entitled Reduce the Risk, has been launched by Cancer Research UK to help people learn

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Crews battle Bulmers blaze

FIREFIGHTERS from across Worcestershire and Herefordshire battled throughout the weekend to contain a blaze at cider-making giant HP Bulmer. More than 30 firefighters were on scene at the height of the blaze in an apple pulp shed at the plant in Hereford's

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Charity appeals for cards

PEOPLE who have celebrated their birthday this month and don't know what to do with their cards are being asked to donate them to a green charity. The Woodland Trust is also on the lookout for any leftover Christmas cards which people still have lying

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Spare a thought for birds

PROVIDING bed and breakfast for garden birds is the latest idea from Severn Trent Water for helping them survive the winter. "The back garden is one of Britain's biggest nature reserves, often overlooked in terms of improving the environment and helping

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Thousands work hard for victims

WHILE thousands of music fans came together for a massive concert to raise funds for the Asian tsunami appeal on Saturday, Worcestershire residents continued to do their bit as well. Twenty top names, including Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, The Manic Street

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21/1/05 - Elements play a part

MALVERN Ladies remain unbeaten in the Kidderminster and District women's league with this hard-fought 2-0 win away at Hereford. FC PHOENIX LADIES 0, MALVERN LADIES 2 Malvern battled against a strong wind in the first half and Phoenix benefited with the

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21/1/05 - Eight-goal thriller ends with honours even

AS the scoreline suggests, there was plenty of goal-mouth action at Victoria Park on Sunday. MALVERN RADAR 4, CMB SPORTS 4 Surprisingly, the first half was very ordinary, Radar struggling to play constructive football against enthusiastic opponents. The

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21/1/05 - Smart turn-out for United

Malvern United sported a new kit at their recent game thanks to the Football Foundation, the UK's largest sports charity. The foundation has provided the team with a voucher to help purchase a brand new kit as part of its junior kit scheme, providing

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21/1/05 - Junior Soccer Scene

Welland U14s 0, Newtown Sports Colts 7 Newtown Sports Colts visited Welland on another blustery afternoon. Playing into the wind, the Colts defence of Scullion, Elmes and White coped well, with the keeper Johnson rarely troubled. The midfield of Newell

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Flood of interest in City's hot seat

WORCESTER City chairman Dave Boddy revealed that applications have poured in for the club's vacant managerial post since John Barton brought his five-year reign to an end. Interest in the St George's Lane hot-seat has been strong over the last few days

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Watkiss will gamble

STUART Watkiss is ready to take transfer market gambles in order to haul Kidderminster Harriers out of the Coca-Cola League Two relegation mire. The Harriers boss is determined to make new midfield signings ahead of their massive bottom-of-the-table clash

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Eastwood hat-trick fires Malvern

MALVERN Rugby Club remain in the Midlands Two (West) promotion hunt following a dazzling 36-7 revenge victory at home to Stafford. They had conceded their first defeat to Stafford in the autumn so had a point to prove in Saturday's match. And the visitors

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Pershore go down to cruel late score

PERSHORE Rugby Club suffered a cruel 20-17 defeat at Old Leamingtonians. The visitors were leading this Midlands Three West (South) game in the ninth minute of stoppage time until Old Leams crossed the line for the crucial score. Indeed, Pershore dominated

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Evesham back in the hunt

TWO goals by Richard Ball revived Evesham United's promotion hopes after a 3-1 victory against Burnham at Common Road. The striker produced two clinical finishes, one in each half, to secure Evesham's fourth league double and take his own tally to three

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21/1/05 - Senior swimmers respond to challenge with some fresh best times

Ledbury Rugby Club is preparing for the biggest and most ambitious international tour in its history, on behalf of underprivileged Chilean children. The ten-day tour of Chile and Argentina in June 2006 has been two years in the planning and will cost

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21/1/05 - Dream start as Colwall rattle in seven

COLWALL WHC had a dream start with virtually their first attack, Nicky Glover scoring after an interchange with Coral Handley. STROUD 1, COLWALL WHC 7 Handley set up the second goal for Sam Shail with a cross that was flicked in at the back post. Colwall's

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21/1/05 - Malvern open title defence with a win over challenging opponents

MALVERN Chess Club made a winning start in its bid to become the first team to retain the Worcester and District League knock-out cup. Last year's other finalists, Droitwich, were the opponents, a team which had since beaten Malvern in the league for

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24/1/05 - Sixways star has chance to shine

JOHN Brain has reacted to speculation linking Clive Stuart-Smith away from Sixways by handing him an 'A' team chance. The frustrated scrum-half, who has started just one Premiership game since his summer arrival from Leeds, is expected to start against

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What the Little Red Tractor needs is a Little Green Trailer

JONATHON Porritt turned his attention to the Little Red Tractor at the recent Oxford Farming Conference, and pulled no punches, calling it a "bog standard baseline". Jonathon is chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission and an important Government

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21/1/05 - Place in the finals

HANLEY Castle High School's U14s rugby side reached the final of the County Cup with a 12-7 home victory over Oldswinford Hospital School. A first-half try by James Crane, converted by Tom Pugh, and one early in the second half by James Allen was enough

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Standards? It seems that anything goes at BBC

TO those people so keen to jump to the defence of the BBC's showing of Jerry Springer - The Opera and who have openly severely criticised our MP, Peter Luff, for his condemnation of the broadcasting of this so-called "entertainment", I would like to make

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I'm so poor

AT my age, I regard my phone as my lifeline. Nevertheless, I use common sense. I am not an irresponsibly prolific phone user. Nevertheless, when I paid my last bill, my combined pension and attendance allowance was reduced by more than 50 per cent! Clearly

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I'd pay more council tax

I AGREE with Conservative County Councillor Mary Drinkwater (Evening News, Saturday, January 15) that the cuts to basic local services proposed by the Conservative-controlled city council will be "impossible to reverse." Tory county councillors seem to

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Help will be appreciated

ANDY Roberts (Letters, Thursday, January 13) defended the Conservative party's record on youth provision in Worcester. Councillor Roberts lists a few more activities that take place in the facility known as the City Youth House, but fails to explain the

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Cash comes in a jumble!

HOUSEHOLDERS in a Worcester road joined forces to organise a jumble sale and raise more than £1,000 for the victims of the Asian tsunami. More than 20 of the properties in Greenford Gardens, St John's, rallied together to show their support for the cause

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Garden building accolade

HOLT Heath-based Hampton Garden Buildings have won a top award as local people rushed to buy new garages during December. Beating off nationwide competition from 170 other agents, Hampton Garden Buildings have won the Compton Buildings' agent of the month

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Housing benefit

TENANTS of the not-for-profit body managing Worcester's social housing could benefit if the group saves millions of pounds by becoming a registered charity. The move would allow Worcester Community Housing to take advantage of tax benefits for charitable

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Bank's new man

SMALL businesses in the Worcester area will have access to a new source of financial support and service, following the appointment of a new business manager by the Bank of Scotland. Alastair Logan, aged 28, formerly from financial services firm Cattles

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Workshops will help your business grow

A NUMBER of informative workshops on how to make a business grow are being offered free to firms in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The events, which are being run by the two counties' Business Link Herefordshire, kick off at 7Y Services, just off the

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Name change on cards for council

A NAME change could be on the cards for Malvern Hills District Council as part of plans to ensure the area's chiefs improve communications with residents. The idea is one of a number of the local authority's scrutiny panel suggestions relating to its

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Malvern RFC - Fixtures/Results - 2004/5 season

MIDLANDS TWO (WEST) 29/1/05: Newbold v Malvern. 5/2/04: Malvern v Aston Old Edwardians. 19/2/05: Nuneaton Old Edwardians v Malvern. 26/2/05: Malvern v Kenilworth. 12/3/05: Old Coventrians v Malvern. 2/4/05: Malvern v Leamington. 9/4/05: Hinckley v Malvern

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Race for life

A NATIONAL cancer charity is appealing to keen runners to get on their jogging shoes and help make a fund-raising race in Worcester a great success. A total of 5,000 women took part in Cancer Research UK's Race for Life in the city in June last year,

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Pupils go potty on art

A SCHOOL and pottery have joined forces to offer youngsters a day of artistic fun in aid of charity. The Friends of Eastnor School has teamed up with Eastnor Pottery in Eastnor, near Ledbury, for the event, on Wednesday, February 2. All 84 children will

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Crocus walk

PEOPLE in Worcestershire are being invited to enjoy the great outdoors and take part in a walk in aid of a national breast cancer charity. Actress Michelle Collins is organising a Crocus Walk on Mother's Day - Sunday, March 6 - in support of Breakthrough

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Dancer Charlotte engineers a Cambridge success

CHARLOTTE Musgrave will soon be hotfooting it to Cambridge where she has just been offered a place at university to study the somewhat unusual subject for a dancer - engineering. Charlotte is not only a talented ballerina, but also an amateur drama enthusiast

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

The Travel Factory Midland Football Alliance Saturday, January 29: Malvern Town v Coalville Town (3.00). Saturday, February 5: Alvechurch v Malvern Town (3.00). Saturday, February 12: Oldbury United v Malvern Town (3.00). Saturday, February 19: Malvern

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Majority worthy of praise

LAST week, the bad behaviour of a few wealthy Premiership stars was blamed for the abandonment of a Worcester under-14s football match - just a few days after an under-16s match was scrapped for the same reason. Referee David Hough, who officiated at

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24/1/05 - Flood of interest in City's hot seat

WORCESTER City chairman Dave Boddy revealed that applications have poured in for the club's vacant managerial post since John Barton brought his five-year reign to an end. Interest in the St George's Lane hot-seat has been strong over the last few days

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Chrissies head facing up to blair

A HEADTEACHER who is to be personally praised by Tony Blair will use the face-to-face meeting to demand his school gets a multi-million pound revamp and specialist status. Neil Morris, headteacher of Christopher Whitehead High School, has been called

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Poisoned bird fished from river by firecrew

A SWAN who had to be rescued by firefighters on the River Severn in Worcester may not win its battle for life, bird lovers fear. Volunteers from Bishopswood Rescue Centre, near Stourport-on-Severn, called Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service

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Author's lovesongs for a nightingale

MUSIC legend Elvis Costello is creating an opera based on fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen's unrequited love for a 19th Century opera singer who lived in Malvern. Costello's The Secret Arias is based on songs written by Dutch-born Andersen for

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Acorns appeals for help to run hospice

THE NEW Acorns hospice, set to open in Worcester to help life-limited children, is desperately trying to recruit more than 100 volunteers to help run it. Acorns Children's Hospice, in Bath Road, St Peter's, will start caring for seriously ill children

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MP on track to signal for better rail service

PETER Luff has secured Parliamentary time to press ministers about "awful" rail services in Worcestershire. The Mid-Worcestershire MP will use tomorrow's debate to urge the Government not to neglect the county in a forthcoming rail shake-up. Mr Luff,

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Disabled people and carers told of direct payments ahead of services

SCORES of disabled people and their parents and carers turned up to an event in Worcester to find out how they can have more control over their care. "Have Your Say," took place at Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Club, off Bilford Road, and was held

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Building on Asperger's for artistic exhibition

AN artist suffering from a form of autism has launched his first exhibition - and his mentor hopes it could lead to bigger things. Nigel Williams' artistic talent - especially for constructing fantasy structures and provocative geometric colour sketches

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21/1/05 - Early goal is as good as it got

RANGERS got off to a great start as they attempted to remove the Evesham Hospital Cup holders from the competition at Victoria Park on Saturday. MALVERN RANGERS 1, MALVERN TOWN RESERVES 4 Sam Black outpaced Peter Rose, nicked the ball past keeper Jamie

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21/1/05 - Talbot revival tests the new league leader

BISHOPS Frome survived a searching examination at the hands of Talbot Head on Sunday to take their place at the head of the Soccer Site Malvern League division one. As Oak Allstars have already found out, Talbot Head specialise in making life difficult

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Seek advice on travel to region

THE Trading Standards Institute is urging concerned holidaymakers due to jet off to areas affected by the Asian tsunami to seek advice before deciding whether to travel. It says the Foreign Office should be the first port of call for anyone due to travel

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21/1/05 - Keys' players are up for the cup

BELMONT Keys produced the performance of the day as several Soccer Site Malvern League teams faced ties in cup competitions. Keys entertained The Bear FC in the Evesham Hospital Junior Cup, which they accidentally entered instead of the Minor Cup. They

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21/1/05 - West exit cup by single goal

WEST Malvern were forced to reshuffle for Saturday's Phipps Cup match, with work commitments forcing out keeper Matty Powell, Dougie Hawes unavailable and Graeme Maclennan injured. WEST MALVERN 3, HANLEY SWAN 4 They suffered an early blow when a hopeful

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Sixways star has chance to shine

JOHN Brain has reacted to speculation linking Clive Stuart-Smith away from Sixways by handing him an 'A' team chance. The frustrated scrum-half, who has started just one Premiership game since his summer arrival from Leeds, is expected to start against

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Rovers short of strikers as they lose out

FORWARD Leon Mitchell limped off injured as striker-less Bromsgrove Rovers' promotion aspirations in the Southern League Division One West were stalled. Well-organised high-flying rivals Rothwell Town returned from the Victoria Ground with a 1-0 victory

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Burgess in dramatic debut

TWO goals in the last five minutes from debutant Richard Burgess saw Stourport Swifts grab a dramatic 2-1 win over Bedworth United in Southern League Division One West. Bedworth started brightly and had early chances which fell to Lee Moore and Paul Spacey

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21/1/05 - 37 riders tackle Reliability Ride

VELO Club Sevale held its annual Reliability Ride on Sunday. A total of 37 riders took part in the 50-mile event which included a circuit of Bredon Hill and was mostly on lanes and quieter roads. All the riders finished within the time limit, including

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21/1/05 - Lead extended by fine victory

WOMBATS extended their lead at the top of division two of the Malvern Table Tennis League with a victory over the third-placed Poolbrook Juniors. Steve Glazzard led the way with three wins, well supported by Tony Birch and Dave Williams with two wins

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21/1/05 - Fixtures ...

SATURDAY FOOTBALL FA VASE Fourth round proper: Didcot Town v Ledbury Town. WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Lye Town v Bromyard Town. Division One: Malvern Town Reserves v Bilston Town. Division Two: Bromyard Town Reserves v Bustleholme Reserves

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21/1/05 - Teams

MALVERN RFC Saturday, January 22 1st XV v Stafford (H). Meet Railway Inn noon. Kick-off 2.15pm. No 1 dress code. Maroon warm-up jacket, shorts and socks. M Richardson (Capt), A Wenden, S Lancett, A Ruddock, C Smith, N Smith, A Thomas, J Anderson, J Davis

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24/1/05 - Watkiss will gamble

STUART Watkiss is ready to take transfer market gambles in order to haul Kidderminster Harriers out of the Coca-Cola League Two relegation mire. The Harriers boss is determined to make new midfield signings ahead of their massive bottom-of-the-table clash

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* GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON * WIN! CHINESE NEW YEAR PRIZES FROM KIKKOMAN * WIN! MALVERN THEATRES TICKET

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21/1/05 - Third place in the table

TOWN made it four wins on the trot on Tuesday night and moved up to third in the table. MALVERN TOWN 3, RACING CLUB WARWICK 1 Despite winning, it was not a pretty performance and Town were made to work hard against the Warwickshire outfit. After five

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21/1/05 - Hard cup fight won at the last

A LAST-gasp conversion from the boot of Malvern's Steve Ott brought the curtain down on a fast and furious game of cup rugby at Spring Lane on Saturday. MALVERN 18PTS, UNIVERSIRY COLLEGE, WORCESTER 16PTS North Midlands Cup quarter-final Students from

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21/1/05 - Town get hard time

A SCRAPPY affair, with four goals and three sendings-off, saw a below-par Malvern edge three points on Saturday. MALVERN TOWN 3, CAUSEWAY UNITED 1 Causeway took the lead from the penalty spot, Malvern skipper Craig Williams penalised for impeding Chris

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Kidderminster Harriers 1 Oxford United 3

Saturday, January 22, 2005 ANOTHER weekend of kamikaze defending cranked up the relegation pressure on Stuart Watkiss and his struggling Kidderminster Harriers team. Mistakes at the back cost Harriers three points at home to Oxford United, just like they

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In sultan

AS to my being Sultan Cowley, John Norwood, I've been writing to my best friend Christine for nearly 20 years now, yet I've never even hugged her once in all that time. Truly platonic, that's me. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.

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Show was hurtful to Christians

JIM Evans (Letters, Monday, January 17) seems to delight that deep offence caused to Christians by Jerry Springer - The Opera. I would invite Mr Evans to contemplate how hurtful it would be to him if the BBC put on a TV programme attacking his mother,

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Worcester City 1 Harrogate 2

Saturday, January 22, 2005 WORCESTER City produced a spirited performance, in what was their first game since manager John Barton resigned, but it was not enough to prevent them from slipping to a third consecutive defeat against Harrogate. City's players

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Law firm to offer divorce meetings

DIVORCING couples in Worcester will soon be able to benefit from a unique service - thanks to a city law firm. The Worcester Family Law Practice, which is based in Foregate Street, is to run divorce information meetings. These will help couples discover