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See how farmers take care of the countryside
THIS beautiful and rewarding walk combines rights of way with 'countryside stewardship' sites, where the farmer receives payments in return for sound environmental management and the provision of enhanced public access. On the main stewardship site at
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BEGINNING OF THE END
TENS of thousands of people in Worcestershire will today be glued to their televisions for the biggest musical event since Live Aid in 1985. Some of the biggest names in the music world have lent their support to the Live 8 concerts taking place all around
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Drummer leaves £1.5m to family
DRUMMER Jim Capaldi has left £1.5m to his relatives in his will, following his death earlier this year. The Evesham-born musician and member of psychedelic rock group Traffic died of cancer at the end of January surrounded by his family at his Buckinghamshire
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Wear your badge like me to remember our many war sacrifices
War veterans are being urged to wear their armed forces lapel badges in the run-up to Sunday, July 10, the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, to remind people of the sacrifices they made. The badges are designed to be worn with civilian
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Figurines are old hat so it's Jamie's pukka pottery to the rescue of Royal Worcester
ROYAL Worcester Porcelain is fighting back. After months of bad news and terrible financial results, the company is looking to the future, with a firm statement: "We're here to stay." A launch of a new range, unashamedly more fashionable and funky than
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It's festival season so pack your wellies and suncream
WITH the weather shaping up for a warmer than average summer, 2005 looks set to be the year of the music festival. And whether rock and pop is more your cup of tea or you prefer strutting your stuff to dance tunes, the region has a wealth of outdoor festivals
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Where's nelson today?
LLOYD George knew my father, ran that old popular refrain in those innocent days when Britain was fortunate enough to have leaders who were actually respected by the population at large. And, I daresay, there was the folksy equivalent back in Nelson's
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Yes, that'll teach him...
THE halfwit who daubed the Kleve swan statue was given a severe reprimand for his idiotic behaviour. Yes, that's the way to beat the yobs. If you do that again I'm... well, I'm going to talk with a really loud voice. That'll teach you. How pathetic can
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Leslie Law: How I got to the top
THE two counties' very own Olympic Gold medallist, Leslie Law, is hosting an evening at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester, where he will be talk about his equestrian career. The event - due to take place on Tuesday, July 19 - is being held in aid of Cradley
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Return to battlefields of Europe
DID you, or a relative, take part in the Dambusters Raid? Or perhaps an ancestor fought with the Worcestershire Regiment at Gheluvelt? If so, the War Research Society may be of interest to you. From Wednesday to Sunday (July 27-31) our society is travelling
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Sorry, not allowed
FRANCIS Lankester is missing the point - the Conservatives can't allow their ever-decreasing membership to choose a party leader and hope to survive as a party allowed to govern Britain. Two forces decide what our Government does these days - global capitalism
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Bush-Blair syndrome
D E MARGRETT thinks my analysis of the Iraq war is inaccurate (Tuesday, June 21). He points out that Bush is "the most right-wing president the USA has ever had." In the perspective of American politics, Bush is not that right-wing. Bush may be very uncompromising
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Open day a success
I AM writing to tell your readers about an action day called Sport Shirt to Work Day that takes place on Friday, July 8. Whatever your team, whatever your sport, you can pay £1 to wear your favourite sport shirt to work or school and support leading addiction
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See how farmers take care of the countryside
THIS beautiful and rewarding walk combines rights of way with 'countryside stewardship' sites, where the farmer receives payments in return for sound environmental management and the provision of enhanced public access. On the main stewardship site at
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Foster hit for six by editor of almanack
WISDEN'S editor has accused Mike Foster of talking 'drivel' after the Worcester MP claimed the cricket bible was biased against state schools. Mr Foster had taken a swipe at the 140-year-old cricketing institution, by saying it should give equal coverage
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Our county is a haven for happy hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are in heaven in Worcestershire as numbers stand out in sharp contrast to national figures. Hedgehogs has been declining steadily in recent years, but they continue to thrive in the West Midlands. Numbers have dropped by as much as 20 per cent
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Novel way to return home and raise cash for charity
A STUDENT successfully completed a cycle ride home to Worcester from her university studies at Leeds. Jenny Yates spent four days riding from Yorkshire to St John's as a novel way of marking the end of her time in Yorkshire. She was joined by friend Becky
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Newtown's new look comes just too late
A WOMAN whose father died in Newtown Hospital has said £250,000 worth of improvements have come a year too late. The Worcester News reported last week how the Aconbury Units are to be refurbished after a series of complaints and concerns from both patients
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Police plan to tackle menace of mini-motos
MINI-moto riders who illegally use their small machines on the road are likely to have them seized, say South Worcestershire Police. They can be confiscated by police whether being ridden on the road, the pavement, or public car parks - even on private
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let's get mugabe now
NEW Labour was absolutely itching to declare war on Iraq. Yes, roll up for the greatest computer game in history - using real bullets and actual people! It's funny though, but if you meet a Labour voter in the street, they always deny any collusion regarding
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Want to ride along a beach or be a cowboy in Montana? Well, this woman can arrange it
GALLOPING across Africa's game parks alongside herds of giraffe and zebra, and cantering a horse along a deserted beach is the fantasy of most horse lovers, which comes as no surprise to Olwen Law. As head of Britain's biggest specialist riding holiday
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Don't blame traffic for problems - it's housing
DR James Roberts, Transport Spokesman, Worcester Green Party says: "Fifty years of unremitting road building and car park provision within the city (Worcester) has done little beyond fuelling greater car use." Worcester doesn't have a traffic problem.
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Fine craft scuppered
I WOULD like to express my appreciation to Max Sinclair for sending in that splendid photograph of the wonderful Holt Castle and to your newspaper for printing the photograph, (Letters, Saturday, June 25). How beautiful she was - I shall keep the photograph
