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'Good old Dolly' adds a CBE to his career highs

A WORCESTERSHIRE batsman, who will forever be remembered as the 'Cape-coloured' man who unwittingly found himself at the centre of the Apartheid row, has been awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. South African-born Basil D'Oliveira was left

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River rescue crews sail into storm as water groups clash

IN a major dispute between water rescue groups, a team of trained volunteers has called on the Severn Area Rescue Association to remove itself from Upton-upon-Severn. The new Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue team comprises 27 members of the former Upton

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Woman is attacked at park's hippo enclosure

A 62-year-old woman was attacked by armed robbers as she watched hippos at West Midland Safari Park. The incident happened at 3.15pm on Friday, June 3, when the woman was standing in the hippo viewing area at the park in Spring Grove, Bewdley, when she

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Thousands to line up for the Race for Life

THOUSANDS of women from across the county are to descend on Pitchcroft tomorrow for the seventh Race For Life. An estimated 5,075 will be toiling to raise much-needed funds for Cancer Research UK. Among them will be staff from St John's Sports Centre,

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Latest plan for town's lido is given a welcome

KEY figures in the Droitwich community have welcomed the latest plans for the town's lido, which could see it turned into a mini-seaside resort. The newly-formed Droitwich Spa Lido Working Group met in Droitwich on Tuesday to discuss Wychavon District

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Travellers fail in bid to overturn court ban

A GROUP of travellers who set up an illegal campsite in a Worces-tershire village failed yesterday in their bid to overturn a court order banning them from moving their caravans back there. Caravans were parked on land off Tewkesbury Road, just outside

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EU've got it wrong

SPEAKING of delusion, I was amazed and not a little amused to read the reactions to the Dutch "nee" to the European Constitution. Mike Foster talked of thousands of job opportunities - and still kept a straight face. Mary Dhonau seemed to struggle with

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11/6/05 - Warner setting goals for the new season

ROB Warner has set himself the simplest of targets for next season -- to score his first ever Worcester City goal. The club's hard-working full-back, who signed from Nationwide Conference side Tamworth last summer, enjoyed a consistent first term at St

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Elliott leads tributes to Dolly

WORCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club chairman John Elliott has led the tributes to Basil D'Oliveira on the award of his CBE. County and England legend D'Oli-veira, already bestowed with an OBE, receives the accolade in today's Queen's Birthday Honours.

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Warner setting goals for the new season

ROB Warner has set himself the simplest of targets for next season -- to score his first ever Worcester City goal. The club's hard-working full-back, who signed from Nationwide Conference side Tamworth last summer, enjoyed a consistent first term at St

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Higgins is quiet on talk of bid

THE man linked with a take-over at Kidderminster Harriers is staying tight-lipped over the Aggborough saga. But Hampshire-based Ron Higgins has spoken out about his ousting as chairman at Farnborough Town following a turbulent season. Higgins was voted

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Fans snap up season tickets

WORCESTER Warriors are reaping the benefits of surviving their first season in rugby's top flight. Sixways supporters are snapping up season tickets for the 2005/06 campaign as Warriors look to build on last year's performances. Director of operations

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Jenkins in UK Open bid

LEDBURY darts player Terry Jenkins begins his quest for the Budweiser UK Open today. Jenkins, winner of the Antwerp Open in April, has received a bye to the fourth round of the event, known as the FA Cup of darts, as a seeded player and is scheduled to

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Come on John, give us a break

SPARSE, the coalition of more than 50 of England's most rural local authorities, has published its new Rural Manifesto. Among its recommendations is a call on Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to correct the injustice in the council tax system which

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Day to learn the latest safety tips

IN an effort to reduce the number of farm workers killed and injured each year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is holding a Safety Awareness Day. Self-employed and family farmers from Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, who may have had

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How we ended up with the council tax system

FURTHER to your article last week regarding Peter Luff's call for the next revaluation of council tax bands to be scrapped, I would like to make the following observations. The council tax system came into force on April 1, 1993 and each dwelling was

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Treating symptoms

THE plan to introduce road user charging is yet another of New Labour's infantile, bureaucratic and hugely expensive attempts to treat the symptoms of our problems rather than their root cause. The main problem is a transport infrastructure that cannot

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Don't be afraid of new look for show

THE middle of June, Malvern, the Three Counties Show. The trio go together like The Beverley Sisters, Peter, Paul and Mary or The Sugababes, depending on how old you are. This year's countryside extravaganza is being held over next weekend, from Friday

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Fine views to enjoy on slopes of Crutch Hill

The highest point of this walk is attained on the slopes of Crutch Hill above the valley of Elmbridge Brook, and it's a very modest 64 metres. So it's quite surprising to find that there are some fine views to enjoy, particularly to the north-west. There

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Hills walk raising funds to fight disease

KEEN walkers are being invited to hike across the Malvern Hills to raise funds to help find a cure for a severely disabling muscle disease. The Malvern Walk, organised by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, takes place on Sunday, July 10 and the 7.5 mile

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Blaze hits Pitchcroft

A BETTING kiosk and hospitality box at Worcester racecourse were ravaged in an early morning blaze. Three fire crews from Worcester and one from Bromsgrove were called to tackle the fire, at Pitchcroft, at 12.26am yesterday. The flames damaged a Tote

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Music will bring a new lease of life to disused industrial building

A DISUSED industrial unit will soon be turned into a series of music rehearsal rooms and a recording studio. Paul Mousley and his business partner Alex Daw will now be able to move forward with their plans to renovate the industrial unit situated in waterworks

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Where's dad then?

ONE of the softer targets for politicians these days is that demonic figure the single mother. Without doubt, British teenagers are now producing at a rate that outstrips any other country in Europe. The inference is that these girls are producing the

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Seven days with Phillpott

NOW I know how King Henry II felt about Thomas a Becket... that troublesome priest was probably in his face all the time. A bit like Bob Geldof, in fact. Believe me, I'm not, for one single moment, suggesting that a contingent of heavily-armed Norman

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11/6/05 - Fans snap up season tickets

WORCESTER Warriors are reaping the benefits of surviving their first season in rugby's top flight. Sixways supporters are snapping up season tickets for the 2005/06 campaign as Warriors look to build on last year's performances. Director of operations

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Somerset slump as Mason strikes

MATT Mason bowled Worcestershire into a winning position against Somerset on the third day of their Frizzell County Championship match at Bath. The 6ft 5ins pace bowler took 5-34 from 16 overs as the home side slumped to 151-9 in their second innings,

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Newton expects bumper crowd

MARK Newton hopes the debut of Pakistan speed-king Shoaib Akhtar will generate a bumper New Road crowd for tomorrow's limited overs tourist match against Bangladesh (11am). The one-day fixture failed to capture the imagination of Worcester supporters

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Brady brought in to repeat title success

GRAHAM Turner is confident Jon Brady can achieve Conference success for a second time at Edgar Street. Right midfielder Brady, 30, became Hereford United's first summer signing following his move from rivals Stevenage Borough. Earlier this week, former

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Punters dig deep and help horses

RACE-goers at the famous Goodwood racecourse in west Sussex were offered the chance to back horses of a very different kind when the racecourse hosted the national Courses for Horses fund-raising initiative. As well as betting on races, punters who attended

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Log onto browse a bridleway

A UNIQUE website which offers riders a comprehensive list of routes and bridleways across the whole of Britain has been launched this week. Keen horsewoman Catherine Wheatcroft was so frustrated at the lack of information for riders that she decided to

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11/6/05 - Higgins is quiet on talk of bid

THE man linked with a take-over at Kidderminster Harriers is staying tight-lipped over the Aggborough saga. But Hampshire-based Ron Higgins has spoken out about his ousting as chairman at Farnborough Town following a turbulent season. Higgins was voted

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11/6/05 - Newton expects bumper crowd

MARK Newton hopes the debut of Pakistan speed-king Shoaib Akhtar will generate a bumper New Road crowd for tomorrow's limited overs tourist match against Bangladesh (11am). The one-day fixture failed to capture the imagination of Worcester supporters

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11/6/05 - Somerset slump as Mason strikes

MATT Mason bowled Worcestershire into a winning position against Somerset on the third day of their Frizzell County Championship match at Bath. The 6ft 5ins pace bowler took 5-34 from 16 overs as the home side slumped to 151-9 in their second innings,

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11/6/05 - Elliott leads tributes to Dolly

WORCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club chairman John Elliott has led the tributes to Basil D'Oliveira on the award of his CBE. County and England legend D'Oli-veira, already bestowed with an OBE, receives the accolade in today's Queen's Birthday Honours.

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Mystery of a fireman's funeral

I AM wondering whether any Worcester News readers could help me identify this picture. It is of a Malvern Fire Service Funeral, date unknown. Malvern Fire Co. can be seen on the side of the vehicle. By zooming in on the picture it appears that the registration

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De Gaulle was right

I SUPPOSE British left-wing Europhobes, such as Denis Skinner, will consider that they have every reason to be jubilant concerning the French "non" and the similar Dutch response to the proposed European constitution. They will regard it as a "double

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Fine views to enjoy on slopes of Crutch Hill

The highest point of this walk is attained on the slopes of Crutch Hill above the valley of Elmbridge Brook, and it's a very modest 64 metres. So it's quite surprising to find that there are some fine views to enjoy, particularly to the north-west. There