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Warriors star grabs Churchill Cup prize

WORCESTER'S Pat Sanderson ended his season in style as he lifted the Churchill Cup for England in Edmonton yesterday after a demolition of Argentina. England regained the trophy they lost 12 months ago to the New Zealand Maori as Joe Lydon's men trounced

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Malvern cyclist bags accolade

ENGLAND mountain bike ace Liam Killeen continued his build-up to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games in impressive style by winning the Marathon World Cup event in Canada. The 23-year-old from Malvern usually competes in cross-country events but entered

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Carter guides City to victory

WORCESTER secured a vital home victory over Penkridge to ease their worries near the bottom of Division Three. Saturday's clash at The Gordon Jones Memorial ground was important for both sides who are stuggling in the competition. Worcester won the toss

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27/6/05 - Harriers' future is up in the air

AN announcement over Kidderminster Harriers' future has been delayed. Aggborough Holdings, a consortium bidding to buy the club off majority shareholder Lionel Newton, were to hold a press conference today. But it has been postponed following "further

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27/6/05 - Old boy haunts County

PHILIP Weston hit an unbeaten 73 to guide Gloucestershire to a five-wicket Twenty20 win over his former county Worcestershire at Bristol. The home side overhauled the visitors' 162-6 with two balls to spare as Weston hit the winning boundary yesterday

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Tenbury hold out for a losing draw

Rushwick 241-8 Tenbury 153-2 AGAINST an accurate Rushwick attack, Tenbury got off to a slow start chasing a big target and then shut up shop to claim a losing draw in Division Four of the Crusader Worcestershire County League at Penlu on Saturday. When

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Upton jazz festival fun

Grand marshall Jeff Gilpin leads the street parade during the Upton Jazz Festival.

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Hayfever sufferers feeling the heat as pollen count soars

HAYFEVER sufferers have had to cope with their toughest week yet as grass pollen counts have soared to the highest levels since recording started in Worcester a decade ago. The pollen-monitoring site, run by the National Pollen and Aerobiology Research

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Toyah-backed recycling campaign hits the road

A RECYCLING roadshow backed by 1980s pop star Toyah Wilcox hits the road today as part of a week-long national campaign. Worcestershire County Council's 's Operation Target 75 exhibition will visit various sites to coincide with the national BIG Recycle

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Woofers say hello to their four-legged new recruit

THE Woofers have celebrated the arrival of their latest recruit - a Swaledale ram called Private Derby. The Worcestershire and Foresters Sherwood Regiment's new mascot was handed over by the Duke of Devonshire as part of a long-running tradition. The

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Sports centres are among Britain's best

TWO sports centres in Worcester have been praised as among the best in the country by inspectors. The complexes in St John's and Nunnery Wood were highly commended by judges who examined centres used by both the public and schools. Out of 500 sports centres

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Hip op patient still waiting for treatment

A FRAIL Alzheimer's patient 'sent home to die' after a hip operation was refused is still waiting to receive treatment. The Worcester News reported that 78-year-old Mavis Ratcliffe was in severe pain after she was considered too weak to undergo an operation

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BUNK OFF!

MORE than 100 Worcestershire parents have been fined £50 for allowing their children to bunk off school since new powers to tackle truancy were introduced last year. But only 30 of the 112 fines have been paid. The 82 outstanding have now been doubled

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We'll make rich nations listen to us in Edinburgh

HUNDREDS of people travelling to Edinburgh to 'Make Poverty History' are confident they can persuade the leaders of the world's richest nations to sit up and take notice. Worcester's Trade Justice Network has organised a coach and minibus to take about

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Floods wreak havoc across county

AN elderly couple had to be rescued from their car as floodwaters threatened to engulf them. Fire crews successfully managed to get the trapped pair out of their vehicle which was stuck in Shell Ford in Himbleton, near Droitwich, shortly after 7pm on

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27/6/05 - Warriors star grabs Churchill Cup prize

WORCESTER'S Pat Sanderson ended his season in style as he lifted the Churchill Cup for England in Edmonton yesterday after a demolition of Argentina. England regained the trophy they lost 12 months ago to the New Zealand Maori as Joe Lydon's men trounced

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Nursery's top of the tots approval

TIDDLYWINKS pre-school ensured that it wasn't playing games when Ofsted inspectors arrived - by showing off the quality education on offer. The nursery, which opened in the 1970s, is based in Redhill Social Club, Foxwell Street, Worcester, and takes youngsters

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Revellers defy a power cut and torrential rain to enjoy the fun

DAY after day of scorching sun... and then those heavens opened up. Anyone would be forgiven for thinking that nothing could be worse for the prospects of a three-day music bash. But the organisers of the annual Upton Jazz Festival are made of stern stuff

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Region's police chase casualties decline

CASUALTIES from crashes involving West Mercia police cars have fallen in the last year, Government figures have revealed. Home Office statistics show that there were 24 police car collisions that resulted in injuries in the year ending March 2004. Two

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TV show prompts 'Adoption Hell' website

REACTION to a television show about a couple's problems with adoption has prompted them to set up a website about their experiences. Andrew and Helen Hale, from Battenhall, Worcester, were featured in the BBC1 documentary Adoption Hell last Tuesday. The

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Paddington birthday fun

YOUNGSTERS from Sunnyside Nursery in Barbourne celebrated Paddington Bear's birthday with a Bring Your Bear day at The Art House Caf in Worcester's CrownGate Shopping Centre. The fun-filled day of fund-raising activities was held to raise cash for Action

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Won't pay or can't pay?

IT seems that disobedience runs in the family for troublesome Worcestershire pupils who fail to turn up to school. Thirty-five families have been fined £50 for their offspring's persistent absence from the classroom under a new law to crack down on truancy

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Drivers all braced for travel trauma

MOTORISTS endured a relatively easy drive to work this morning - knowing it was only a matter of time before road chaos descended. Cones and diversionary routes were set out on Saturday at the junction between Commandery Road and Sidbury. Gas pipeline

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Old boy haunts County

PHILIP Weston hit an unbeaten 73 to guide Gloucestershire to a five-wicket Twenty20 win over his former county Worcestershire at Bristol. The home side overhauled the visitors' 162-6 with two balls to spare as Weston hit the winning boundary yesterday

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Harriers' future is up in the air

AN announcement over Kidderminster Harriers' future has been delayed. Aggborough Holdings, a consortium bidding to buy the club off majority shareholder Lionel Newton, were to hold a press conference today. But it has been postponed following "further

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Open is next aim for golfer

JOHN Bickerton aims to make the grade for the Open Championship at qualifying today following the French Open in Paris. The Droitwich Spa golfer finished on 286 after rounds of 69, 71, 73 and 73 left him half-way down the final leaderboard on two over

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OEs crash to second straight big defeat

OLD Elizabethans slumped to a second consecutive heavy Division Two defeat when they lost to Penn by eight wickets at the Memorial Ground. With the start delayed by an hour due to water under the covers, it was no surprise when Penn inserted the home

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Radford know-how lifts Evesham

SPIRITS were sky high at Avon Street, despite gloomy clouds and a chilly wind, as Evesham beat St Georges. They now lead Division Three by 28 points after a narrow success of just nine runs in a fluctuating struggle. Evesham started badly by losing the

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Taxpayers pick up bill

A CERTAIN British council's controlling group allowed a top executive to take early retirement. I estimated that the then rates of a pair of semis would have to be earmarked to pay the annual costs of the officer's "added years of pension entitlement.

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Origins of Faithful City

WORCESTER'S not called the Faithful City for nothing, " the new mayor is quoted as saying. Well spoken, your Worship, but this seems to imply you know something we don't. A great deal of research was carried out by the late Alderman Sir Hubert Leicester

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Collusion that kept EU hidden

PERHAPS L Spiteri will find the following more convincing (Letters, Saturday, June 18). Both French and Dutch referenda had a large turnout, which shows that the idea people "want a country called Europe" is a myth. One Dutchman was recorded as saying

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Orbital road only logical solution to our problems

OH dear, what a hysterical outburst from ex-Hallow Council Chairman Dean Clark over my views on what's logically the only feasible solution to Worcester's traffic problems - coincidentally, a view wholeheartedly backed by the city and county councils'

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- Bunk off! - Drivers all braced for travel trauma - We'll make rich nations listen to us - Hayfever

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Online poker firm in £4.6bn float

POKER firm PartyGaming was today valued at £4.64bn in the biggest flotation in London since the dotcom boom. The company, which owns online brand PartyPoker, is worth more than British Airways and retailer Boots after investors agreed to buy 20.6 per

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Sir Geoff hails hat-trick heroes

FOOTBALL hero Sir Geoff Hurst has hailed a company's employees hat-trick heroes after they helped smash an annual fund-raising target three years in a row. England's 1966 World Cup star praised staff at TNT Express Services, on the Hartlebury Trading

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Police in warning after metal is stolen

INDUSTRIAL firms in Worcester have been warned by police to be on the look-out for scrap metal thieves. The warning follows two incidents in the city in which £11,000 worth of scrap was taken. In the latest incident, thieves used a white Mercedes Sprinter

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Top businesses up for awards

JUDGES will be denying themselves sunshine and Wimbledon this week as they draw up shortlists for the business 'Oscars' of Worcestershire and Herefordshire. It won't quite be gold envelopes and statuettes but it will be stained glass windows and pulpits