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Speed limit call after two men die in crash
RESIDENTS and businesses have called for action to be taken on a notoriously dangerous road on which two men were killed. A driver and his passenger died when their silver Peugeot 106 veered off the A44 in Cotheridge early yesterday morning and hit a
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Bouncers wouldn't let my boyfriend in because he's black
A TEENAGER whose engagement celebrations were spoilt after her boyfriend was refused entry to a Worcester nightclub claims he was the victim of racial discrimination. Nineteen-year-old Lizzie Facey and her boyfriend AJ Jaw were out in the city to mark
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It's First Bass for would-be rock musicians
ASPIRING rock stars are being given the chance to take to the stage with professional musicians in an ambitious musical project in Malvern. First Bass has been organised by the Malvern section of Worcestershire Youth Service and will allow three youth
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JOHN PHILLPOTT SEVEN DAYS
THINK back to when you were a teenager. Did you have an overwhelming urge to go around destroying things? I couldn't possibly have the gall to ask that question if I didn't display a little honesty myself. Well, the answer is yes and no. As far as I can
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Travel in time to a Victorian school
ANYONE who thought their education was tough should head to the Worcestershire County Museum for some Victorian schooling. This weekend the museum at Hartlebury Castle, near Kidderminster, is running a back to school workshops showing how children were
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I've beaten petrol crisis by floating boat to work!
IT WAS a case of trains, boats...but not quite planes for one Worcester News columnist as he ditched the car in favour of more novel forms of transport. BBC Hereford and Worcester presenter Dave Bradley decided to take up the challenge as a result of
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Whoa there, just use plenty of horse sense
THERE are many books and publications devoted to the care of horses and ponies, but now the industry's main body, the British Horse Society, has produced what it calls "the definitive guide". The BHS Complete Horse and Pony Care covers everything you
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Web will save farmers' cash
ENGLAND'S farmers will be able to save themselves time, money and labour by plugging into a new web-based system which will ultimately transform their partnership with Government, according to Farming Minister Lord Bach. The Whole Farm Approach could
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We're all a lot greener, but there's more to do
RECYCLING of household waste has doubled in the last four years, according to new figures. They show that English households recycled more than a fifth of their rubbish - around 23 per cent - in 2004/05. The statistics are the first taste of recycling
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A British passport
I READ in a national newspaper that the Home Office has persistently refused to give Duncan Fletcher, our England cricket coach, a British passport. This is despite the fact that he has British ancestry, but unfortunately for him, he was born in Rhodesia
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Schools run by big business
THE Evening News readers may have missed the announcement by Tony Blair of more city academies. In case your readers do not know what he means by this, may I put my interpretation on it? It seems that these schools are paid for and run by big business
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Our lack of compassion for victims of hurricane
I HAVE become totally amazed over the last few weeks at the lack of compassion shown to the Americans in New Orleans by the British Press and public. Following the Asian Tsunami disaster, people were falling over themselves to donate to aid agencies.
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Moles will flourish unless we use strychnine
LANDOWNERS in Worcestershire and Herefordshire have been shocked to receive letters from Defra which detail plans to ban the use of strychnine from September next year. Although the Country Land and Business Assocation members recognise that strychnine
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From giant pumpkins to the Black Bottom
AS trailer-loads of fluffy green hops and shiny red apples in stout wooden boxes wend their way down the leafy country lanes of Worcestershire, a nip in the dawn air and mist across the fields at sunrise tells you summer is coming to an end. Autumn, the
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Pause for a pint in England's oldest inn
ACCORDING to a traditional rhyme, it's a case of 'Moreton-in-Marsh, where the frogs croak harsh; Stow-on-the-Wold, where the winds blow cold'. You'd struggle to find many frogs at Moreton today, but the wind can certainly howl through Stow, which sits
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POLICE FACING MASSIVE MERGER
WEST Mercia police looks certain to be merged with a neighbouring force after a major report found that it was too small to meet the demands of the 21st Century. A policing review by HM Inspector of Constabulary Denis O'Connor recommended a standard police
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Council's U-turn on Guildhall entrance
WORCESTER City Council chiefs have taken a dramatic U-turn on their decision to close the Guildhall's doors to the public. The historic building's grand entrance doors were closed last week following a £650,000 programme to provide access for the disabled
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Mindless vandals deliberately place youngsters at risk
MINDLESS vandals are putting children's lives at risk and making life a misery for residents of a Worcester parish. Groups of teenagers and young adults are congregating at Norton Parish Hall, in Littleworth for drink-fuelled rampages, smashing bottles
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Changes to the rules for Miss Worcs
THE organiser of the Miss Worc-estershire competition is still planning to open the beauty contest up to every girl - unless you can convince him otherwise. This year's winner Rachael Davies caused a furore because she came from Stoke-on-Trent and beat
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How the hare who lost his glasses arrived at the stage of the Swan
AN amateur playwright will see his dream become a reality with the first stage production of his work. Anthony Ault, of Worcester, is thrilled that The Hare Has Lost His Spectacles is to be staged at the city's Swan Theatre next month. The play, inspired
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Will oilseed rape be the oil fields of the future?
THE county's oilseed rape fields could provide a solution to the problem of the fuel shortages that this week sent a shudder down the nation's spine. Environmentalists have long urged the Government to put increased resources into developing alternative
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Express I don't think
AFTER several weeks intensive advertising of the W Express "revolution" of Worcester bus services, when the big moment finally came, we thought we would do what they asked and "give it a try." Last Saturday, we duly waited at Lichfield Avenue bus stop
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Give a dog a chance
SOME of your readers might have been shocked by the findings of a recent survey commissioned on behalf of Dogs Trust, which revealed the extent of the stray dog problem in this country. Our survey found that 150 stray dogs are put to sleep by local authorities
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Pause for a pint in England's oldest inn
ACCORDING to a traditional rhyme, it's a case of 'Moreton-in-Marsh, where the frogs croak harsh; Stow-on-the-Wold, where the winds blow cold'. You'd struggle to find many frogs at Moreton today, but the wind can certainly howl through Stow, which sits
