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Malvern RFC - Fixtures/Results - 2005/6 season
MIDLANDS TWO (WEST) Saturday, December 3: Malvern v Stoke. Saturday, December 10: Hinckley v Malvern. Saturday, December 17: Barkers Butts v Malvern. Saturday, January 7: Malvern v Old Laurentians. Saturday, January 21: Stafford v Malvern. Saturday, January
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Dark secrets could still lay hidden about the house of horror deaths
TEN years ago this week, on November 22, 1995, the final words were spoken in one of the most horrific murder trials this country has ever known. Mr Justice Mantell, sitting at Winchester Crown Court, looked across to the stocky figure of Rosemary West
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Three ways to frustrate the thieves
CHRISTMAS shoppers are being urged by Worcester Police to adopt three precautions to thwart thieves in the run-up to the festive season. Police fear many people could have their festivities ruined by giving opportunist thieves the chance to take easy
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Road closures set to cause hold-ups
MOTORISTS in Worcester should brace themselves for hold-ups as roadworks continue next month. Lane closures will be in place in Bromwich Road, College Street and City Walls Road on Sunday, December 4, for Balfour Beatty to carry out works on behalf of
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I'll get a judge to scrap all car fines
A PENSIONER aiming to change the course of legal history after receiving what he claims was an "illegal" parking ticket in Worcester is taking his battle right to the top. Robin de Crittenden is set to stand on the steps at the Royal Courts Of Justice
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DOING AS THE ROMANS DO...
Youngsters at a city primary school went back in time to find out what life was like as a Roman. Paul Harding, of Hands on History, is pictured with Hollie Lunn, aged eight, and Matthew Moore, seven, from Northwick Manor Junior School, where they discovered
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Malvern Town FC - Fixtures/Results - 2005/6 Season
FIXTURES Harvey World Travel Midland Football Alliance Saturday, December 3, Barwell v Malvern Town (3.00). Wednesday, December 7, WFA Senior Urn round two, Lye Town v Malvern Town. West Midlands League Division One Saturday, December 3, Malvern Town
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Bag of cash to help the children
ACORN'S Children's Hospice is £4,000 richer thanks to the efforts of the people of Crowle. The charity has been boosted by the efforts of all those who took part in the summer's Crowle 10k road race and one- mile fun run. Fizz Bewley, event organiser,
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28/11/05 - Warriors won't be changing
WORCESTER Warriors head coach Anthony Eddy refused to apologise for his side's style of play after their tense 22-21 win over Northampton Saints. Worcester had Drew Hickey yellow-carded and Kai Horstmann sent off in a scrappy encounter at Franklin's Gardens
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Join us on a journey into the future
IT's not often that we get excited about architects' daydreams but the various ideas that have been presented for Worcester's new university fill us with optimism. At the moment, the Faithful City is attempting to find its feet in what are undoubtedly
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Fixtures
July 2005 (friendlies) Tues 19 Alvechurch (a) 2-1 Martin 2 WEDS 20 TAMWORTH (H) 0-1 SAT 23 Leamington (a) 2-1 Ball, Pinkney TUES 26 MOOR GREEN (H) 2-1 Duncan, Ball SAT 30 WORCESTER CITY (H) 0-0 August TUES 2 REDDITCH UTD (H) 1-1 O'Toole THURS KIDDERMINSTER
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Warriors won't be changing
WORCESTER Warriors head coach Anthony Eddy refused to apologise for his side's style of play after their tense 22-21 win over Northampton Saints. Worcester had Drew Hickey yellow-carded and Kai Horstmann sent off in a scrappy encounter at Franklin's Gardens
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City are up for the cup yet again
WORCESTER City's tremendous run of form in cup football this season continued at St. George's Lane when Andy Preece's side defeated Kendal Town 1-0 in their FA Trophy third qualifying round clash. In front of a crowd of 973, disappointing considering
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Big blow for Bulls' hopes at the top
NO promotion issues are settled before the end of November but Hereford's home defeat to Nationwide Conference title rivals Exeter on Saturday did them few favours. It was a result that could hardly have been predicted at the half-way point after Hereford
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Last-gasp equaliser is cruel to Robins
EVESHAM United were made to pay for missed chances in a 1-1 home draw with King's Lynn in the Southern League Premier Division. Daniel Hammond stabbed in an equaliser for the visitors with just five minutes left to leave fifth-from-bottom Evesham with
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Wolves fall at unbeaten side
A TOP-of-the-table encounter saw Worcester Wolves travel south to take on unbeaten London United in English Basketball League Division One. Wolves started strongly with Matt Collins and Ty Shaw making good drives to the London basket to give the Wolves
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London 106 Wolves 97
Saturday, November 26, 2005 A TOP-of-the-table encounter saw Worcester Wolves travel south to take on unbeaten London United in English Basketball League Division One. Wolves started strongly with Matt Collins and Ty Shaw making good drives to the London
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Centre to offer riding therapy
A MULTI-million pound project to create a centre of excellence for the Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled Association was launched at a glittering ceremony at Hereford's Ford Abbey. A top public relations company has been enlisted to help the charity
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SEVEN DAYS WITH JOHN PHILPOTT
Answer to our youth problems LIKE most towns and cities across Britain, Worcester now has a major problem with anti-social behaviour. Not so long ago, there were a handful of trouble spots. Now, it seems to have spread like an ugly stain right across
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Northampton 21 Warriors 22
Saturday, November 26, 2005 WARRIORS had to wait until the very last kick of the game before they could celebrate a nerve-jangling win at Northampton. After Saints skipper Bruce Reihana's penalty drifted wide of the post in injury-time, the Worcester
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It's a case of the left and right hand
SIR A few years ago, Malvern District Council gave over to Waitrose what most councils would give their eye-teeth for - namely a town centre car park. Now, I see that the council's development control manager is putting forward plans to develop the remaining
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Your son's teeth are unacceptable
SIR New rules were introduced two months ago on the acceptability of photos sent in for new passports. Since then, 14 per cent of the photos provided have been rejected including ones taken by professional photographers. Reasons given included "son's
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Burton 1 Harriers 0
Saturday, November 26, 2005 A LEE Bell second-half goal left Kidderminster Harriers perilously close to the Nationwide Conference relegation zone. Harriers could have few complaints about their defeat at the Pirelli Stadium and boss Stuart Watkiss held
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28/11/05 - Weekend county results round-up
SATURDAY SOCCER NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Burton Albion 1 Kidderminster Harriers 0; Hereford United 0 Exeter City 2. FA Trophy Third qualifying round: Redditch United 1 Barrow 1; Worcester City 1 Kendal Town 0. Southern League Premier Division: Evesham United
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Market is back for kisses this Christmas
WORCESTERSHIRE'S world famous pre-Christmas holly and mistletoe sales will go ahead this winter as usual. When their traditional site at Tenbury Wells cattle market was sold to Tyrell's Crisps' owner William Chase last year, there was some doubt whether
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BUSINESS BRIEF
P&O to accept ONE of the UK's oldest shipping firms was said to be setting sail for foreign shores in a multi-billion pound takeover deal. According to the London Evening Standard, the board of ports and ferries giant P&O was on the verge of accepting
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Chemist picks up safety certificate
PHILLIPA Mills, safety chemist for Schloetter Company in Pershore, has received the prestigious National Vocational Qua-lification (NVQ) in occupational health and safety practice at a British Safety Council awards ceremony at the Churchill Museum and
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It's the Thai restaurant with a dancefloor
FRANKIE Tsang, the proprietor of several Chinese and Thai restaurants in the Worcester area, is opening another outlet. His latest venture is the former New Hing Thai restaurant, which stands beside the main Worcester-Malvern road at Powick. It was closed
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A SPACE AGE UNIVERSITY
SPACE-AGE pods bolted on to Worcester's rail viaduct and Italian piazzas are planned for the regeneration of the old Royal Infirmary site. Scale designs for the University of Worcester's second campus in the city centre are to be put on display from today
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Anger at stinking bin bags by stairs
RESIDENTS living in sheltered accommodation in Ronkswood, Worcester, are kicking up a stink after being told their rubbish will be left to fester at the bottom of their stairs for two weeks before being collected. The residents of the flats in Cherwell
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PLANNERS LET DOWN BY DIGLIS DESIGNS
PLANNERS have been left disappointed with the first set of "bland and unexciting" housing designs for the high-profile Diglis Basin development. Outline permission for the major project, of more than 400 units, had previously been agreed and Worcester
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It's official: The Plough will be staying as a pub
PLANS to turn a historic pub into solicitors' offices were blocked by planners who said the move would harm the character of the city centre. The Plough public house, in Fish Street, is a grade II listed building that dates back to the early 18th Century
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Lido gambles on the sun
SUN seekers splashing out on summer days will make the difference between a new outdoor swimming pool leaking cash or staying full to the brim, according to a report. The Lido in Droitwich stands a good chance of breaking even in three years out of five
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An evening with carols and St Nick
ST Nicholas, the original Santa Claus, will be commemorated with a concert in Worcester Cathedral's Chapter House. The patron saint of Russia and Greece, St Nicholas was Bishop of Myra in the 4th Century. He is reputed to have restored life to three little
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£2m restoration plan is approved
RADIO Wyvern's Barbourne base is to be turned into six houses after plans were approved for a £2m restoration of the listed building. The Georgian town houses - 5 and 6 Barbourne Terrace, Worcester - have had extensions in the past and the move will return
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YOUNG MUSICIANS BATTLE FOR COUNTY CROWN
BUDDING young musicians battled it out to be crowned Worcestershire Young Musician of the Year 2005. Six young soloists and two ensembles from schools across the county performed at Huntingdon Hall, in Worcester, each hoping to win the prestigious title
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Hidden treasures in a woodland church
TO the west of the River Severn, between Bewdley and Areley Kings, the relatively high land of north-west Worcestershire falls steeply to the river valley, its slopes clothed by the mixture of woodland and plantation that constitutes the Forestry Commission's
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Shane hits form to fire down old pals
WARRIORS had to wait until the very last kick of the game before they could celebrate a nerve-jangling win at Northampton. After Saints skipper Bruce Reihana's penalty drifted wide of the post in injury-time, the Worcester players jumped for joy as they
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City at home in trophy
WORCESTER City have been handed a tough home draw with Nationwide South side Hayes in the FA Trophy first round. Adam Webster's goal in Saturday's 1-0 win over Kendal Town earned City the tie on Saturday, December 17, ag-ainst Hayes who are ninth in their
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Harriers' Conference slump gets serious
A LEE Bell second-half goal left Kidderminster Harriers perilously close to the Nationwide Conference relegation zone. Harriers could have few complaints about their defeat at the Pirelli Stadium and boss Stuart Watkiss held a long dressing room inquest
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What about a pan full of bacon?
SIR John Phillpott says (Seven Days, Saturday, October 29) that Tory drug-taking is enough to make a pig laugh. So is a frying pan full of bacon, John. GEORGE COWLEY, Windermere Drive, Warndon, Worcester.
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Exploiting cheap foreign labour
SIR - It is not EU red tape and hostility that is driving investors away to other parts of the world - it is the chance for some companies to widen their profit margins by exploiting the cheap labour forces in the Third World. While the EU may not be
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We're fortunate to have had peace
SIR The festival of Remembrance honoured the veterans who fought for freedom and democracy for this country. I work at the Royal British Legion poppy factory in Richmond, Surrey, and I help make half of the poppies. For several veterans, their lives were
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We need to have free speech back
SIR David Insull's feelings about the BNP are very 'right on' to the point of being compulsory in post democratic Britain - and they may be why the BNP and the Islamic fascists are gaining such a foothold. People don't like being told what they can think
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Tell us why you are against them
SIR David Insull obviously disagrees with BNP organiser Martin Roberts who said vandals should be punished. Has he ever read any of the stated aims of "the vile" BNP? These include an end to the scandal of bogus asylum seekers, the UK to withdraw from
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Some people do not live on same planet
SIR N Taylor writes in the Worcester News that the BBC is the mouthpiece of the Labour Government and accuses it and New Labour of curbing free speech and other dastardly imagined other anti-freedom activities. It does us normally adjusted people good
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If you want to talk milk, then head to the hotel
THE future of the dairy industry is the topic of a Milk Development Council-organised dairy industry debate due to be held in Herefordshire next week. Farmers and representatives from the major milk processing companies and co-ops will be just some of
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Youngsters learn early that litter's bad for all
YOUNGSTERS have been getting their hands dirty to help keep their community tidy and clean. Nunnery Wood Primary School pupils, armed with litter pickers, gloves and bags have been tidying up their school, in the city's Prestwich Avenue and surrounding
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28/11/05 - City at home in trophy
WORCESTER City have been handed a tough home draw with Nationwide South side Hayes in the FA Trophy first round. Adam Webster's goal in Saturday's 1-0 win over Kendal Town earned City the tie on Saturday, December 17, ag-ainst Hayes who are ninth in their
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Conmen targeting area's businesses
BUSINESSES are being urged to be on their guard against bogus callers claiming they are assessing business rates. The Chamber of Comm-erce in Herefordshire and Worcestershire said at least two local companies have been approached by an organisation calling
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City 1 Kendal 0
Saturday, November 26, 2005 WORCESTER City's tremendous run of form in cup football this season continued at St. George's Lane when Andy Preece's side defeated Kendal Town 1-0 in their FA Trophy third qualifying round clash. In front of a crowd of 973
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Bias against women of child-bearing age
AS many as three in four companies would rather break the law than employ a pregnant woman or one of child-bearing age. Research by the Recruit-ment and Employment Confederation asked 122 members whether companies had ever told them to avoid hiring such
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Sharon's book is hot property
WITH a month to go to before the big day, a book by Sharon Osbourne, wife of Midlands rocker Ozzy, has topped a chart of the nation's most requested Christmas book. But the battle for the festive bestseller is hotting up with Jamie Oliver and Freddie
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British Gas engineers strike over Christmas
BRITISH Gas engineers have voted to strike in a dispute over pensions, threatening walkouts over Christmas, it was announced. The GMB said the 6,000 workers, who service and repair domestic boilers, had backed walkouts by a ratio of four to one. Shop
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Trade in stale loaf for fresh doughnut
YOU can part-exchange your car, part-exchange your fridge, even part-exchange your mobile phone, but how about that old loaf getting mouldy at the back of the cupboard? Fit only for the birds or the mousetrap? Not necessarily so, because a Worcester bakers
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Victorian value at yuletide markets
THE crisp, bright weather brought out the crowds to Worcester's Victorian Fayre at the weekend. An estimated 100,000 people from all over the country visited the city's annual Christmas celebration. The freezing temperatures did nothing to keep people
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Hidden treasures in a woodland church
TO the west of the River Severn, between Bewdley and Areley Kings, the relatively high land of north-west Worcestershire falls steeply to the river valley, its slopes clothed by the mixture of woodland and plantation that constitutes the Forestry Commission's
