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18/7/06 - Worcestershire looking to maintain promotion push
STEVE RHODES COLUMN IT has been a quiet week for us, but that has come at a nice time after the hard work of the Twenty20 Cup. I know it is only 20 overs and it is quite late in the day, but the pace of the game is full-on and it can be quite draining
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18/7/06 - City boss supporting his captain
WORCESTER City boss Andy Preece admits it will be a big blow to lose Des Lyttle for the start of the new season but insists his skipper's red card against Cheltenham was an isolated incident. Preece believes Lyttle's dismissal for an apparent headbutt
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Adcock just misses out on first triumph
BROMYARD racer Nick Ad-cock came agonisingly close to his first ELF Renault Clio Cup victory but eventually had to settle for two second-place finishes at Croft, North Yorkshire. The 41-year-old's Total Control Racing team-mate, Tom Onslow-Cole, won
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Worcestershire looking to maintain promotion push
STEVE RHODES COLUMN IT has been a quiet week for us, but that has come at a nice time after the hard work of the Twenty20 Cup. I know it is only 20 overs and it is quite late in the day, but the pace of the game is full-on and it can be quite draining
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Controversy as Neal wins number 300
MATT Neal extended his Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship lead to 39 points by winning his 300th race in the competition. But the day ended in controversy when the Droitwich driver lost the third-placed result he achieved in race three at the
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Freke off the mark with a double trophy success
KIDDERMINSTER'S Nathan Freke claimed a convincing pair of race wins at Snetterton to accelerate into the lead of the UK Formula Ford Championship for the Jamun Racing team. The 22-year-old racer's glory came at the expense of erstwhile points leader
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Susan is star turn at Shelsley Walsh show
HEREFORD'S Susan Young took on the men and beat them all as she recorded the best time of the day at the Shelsley Walsh classic meeting. Young, racing in a Gould GR51 in class F, recorded times of 26.78 and 29.79 seconds. Worcester driver Bob Gale's
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City boss supporting his captain
WORCESTER City boss Andy Preece admits it will be a big blow to lose Des Lyttle for the start of the new season but insists his skipper's red card against Cheltenham was an isolated incident. Preece believes Lyttle's dismissal for an apparent headbutt
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Bulls hoping to retain title
HEREFORD United will give another run-out to their long list of trialists as they attempt to retain the Herefordshire FA Senior Cup tonight (7.45). The Bulls again face city neighbours Westfields in a repeat of last year's final which they won 3-0 with
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SEARING HEAT - County hotter than Ibiza; Temperatures hit 34C (93F); Flash floods could return
Temperatures are set to beat holiday resorts such as Ibiza today as Worcestershire has its hottest day of the year and the county is set for a scorching rest of the summer. But the glorious sunshine is likely to bring a sting in the tail, with high
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So public-spirited
SIR - We lay-people tend to knock councillors, but as Mike Layland makes clear (This Life) to do the job properly, other things in his life suffer. We should be thankful for such public-spirited people. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.
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Two samaritans
SIR - May I thank the two ladies who helped me with great kindness and care when I suffered an accident in Queen Street on Thursday morning June 22. May I also include the ambulance driver who arrived very quickly and who also showed kindness and consideration
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Question answered
SIR - Let me assure your correspondent N M Dunkley that I frequently disagree with D E Margrett and we have crossed swords on several occasions. Often I have the impression that he is writing tongue-in-cheek. I know him personally and regularly see him
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Clampers need to be regulated
SIR - The fate of local residents having to pay through the nose and almost grovel to get their car returned is a shameful episode reflected across the country. The effective hijacking of personal property and demanding a substantial ransom is well overdue
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How we can beat flooding menace
SIR - A couple of weeks ago, Worcester suffered its second round of flash flooding in only two years. Someone said to me that he thought Worcester must have its own microclimate - and thinking about the sheer volume of rain that fell and how the 70 homes
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School battler really should pay attention
SIR - Bill Davison (July 10) clearly doesn't listen to what is said on the future of Christopher Whitehead school. Let me make it quite clear, it is not my claim that it will cost £10m more to build a new school on the current site compared to a new
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Bullyboy tactics of the clampers
SIR - Yet another story in the Worcester News about the bullyboy tactics of the clampers. The legislation that was designed to help protect people as been turned against them with the clampers putting ridiculous charges and taking their vehicles and holding
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From a little acorn grows mighty oak
MANY a mighty oak has sprung forth from just a little acorn and there can be no better metaphor to describe the success of Pershore Community Arts Centre. Yesterday's visit by the Duke of Edinburgh set the seal on more than 10 years of hard work and the
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Marchers protest over cuts to health services
PATIENTS and hospital staff from Worcestershire joined campaigners from across the Midlands to march against NHS cuts on Saturday. Hundreds of protestors marched from City Hospital, Birmingham, to Centenary Square, urging the Government to stop the
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Grounds of library set for revamp
THE grounds of Malvern Library could soon match the quality of the recently refurbished inside of the building. Town councillors want to see landscaping improvements and are to discuss ways they can contribute at their next meeting today. Worcestershire
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Babysitter alarmed by meter man
A BOGUS gas meter engineer tried to force his way into a house on Tolladine Road, Worcester. A female babysitter who was in the house and who answered the door at 8.45am on Sunday pushed him away. The man, who said he had come to check the meter,
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Villagers gather to toast brave Joseph
The 121 guests at a special party in Callow End, near Worcester, on Saturday had every reason to celebrate. They were there to raise a toast to VIP guest of honour Joseph Jenkins who, at nine years old, is celebrating the end of a gruelling three-year
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Unearthed, graveyard under busy city street
SHOPPERS in Worcester city centre are walking over a graveyard that is at least 400 years old, archaeologists have discovered. The Worcester News reported in May how a skull was found a mere two feet below the ground during excavation work to build
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Price of oil increases cost of car park work
THE cost of resurfacing a car park in Malvern has shot up because of the recent rise in oil prices. Malvern Town Council had allocated £4,000 for Bowling Green car park to be resurfaced but members of the council's operations committee will be told
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Pool opens for paddles
THE paddling pool at Gheluvelt Park, Worcester, is due to reopen this afternoon in time for the summer holidays. From tomorrow, the pool adjacent to the children's play area, will be open from 11am to 6pm every day until Sunday, September 3. Michelle
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Hills train should pull in more tourists
A CONTINENTAL-style train to take people from Great Malvern to St Ann's Well would help recreate a Victorian idyll. A local historian also says it would encourage more people to visit the historic beauty spot. The idea is just one of a number of suggestions
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Prince Charming opens Pershore arts centre
THE Duke of Edinburgh dropped in on Pershore yesterday to officially open Number 8, Pershore Community Arts Centre. Crowds lined the High Street as Prince Philip arrived by car from his helicopter which landed in Abbey Park, and there were even more
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Warning as youths held over breaks
HOUSEHOLDERS are being warned to keep their doors and windows locked after three youths were arrested on suspicion of burglary. The three youths were arrested in Ambleside Drive, Worcester, at 5.30am on Saturday on suspicion of breaking into houses
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City backing for fraud case boss
WORCESTER City Football Club is rallying behind assistant manager Andy Morrison who was last week convicted of defrauding the Department of Work and Pensions out of more than £6,500. The former captain of Manchester City was ordered to carry out a
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Town's gas lamps on agenda for bloom bid
MALVERN may improve its chances of getting a good result in the 2006 Britain in Bloom competition if a proposal to refurbish four gas lamps in the town is given the go-ahead. Town councillors are to discuss whether to spend £570 on giving the lamps
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Last-ditch fight to save historic building is lost
A DEVELOPER is believed to have begun demolishing a historic cricket pavilion in Worcester after a last-minute appeal by a city councillor to take it off their hands fell on deaf ears. The drama unfolded at the Cinderella Ground off Bransford Road at
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Town music festival is a smash hit
ORGANISERS of Droitwich's annual music festival say they are delighted with how it went this year, with hundreds of people flocking to the town to watch a variety of musicians playing. The annual event - now in its third year - started on Sunday, July
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Archbishop uses city visit to attack the prison system
THE Archbishop of Canterbury used an address at Worcester Cathedral to launch a stinging attack on Britain's penal system. In a lecture on justice and order in society, Dr Rowan Williams said we should be worried about the system and said privately-run
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18/7/06 - Worcestershire looking to maintain promotion push
STEVE RHODES COLUMN IT has been a quiet week for us, but that has come at a nice time after the hard work of the Twenty20 Cup. I know it is only 20 overs and it is quite late in the day, but the pace of the game is full-on and it can be quite draining
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City boss supporting his captain
WORCESTER City boss Andy Preece admits it will be a big blow to lose Des Lyttle for the start of the new season but insists his skipper's red card against Cheltenham was an isolated incident. Preece believes Lyttle's dismissal for an apparent headbutt
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Worcestershire looking to maintain promotion push
STEVE RHODES COLUMN IT has been a quiet week for us, but that has come at a nice time after the hard work of the Twenty20 Cup. I know it is only 20 overs and it is quite late in the day, but the pace of the game is full-on and it can be quite draining
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Controversy as Neal wins number 300
MATT Neal extended his Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship lead to 39 points by winning his 300th race in the competition. But the day ended in controversy when the Droitwich driver lost the third-placed result he achieved in race three at the
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Freke off the mark with a double trophy success
KIDDERMINSTER'S Nathan Freke claimed a convincing pair of race wins at Snetterton to accelerate into the lead of the UK Formula Ford Championship for the Jamun Racing team. The 22-year-old racer's glory came at the expense of erstwhile points leader Peter
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Susan is star turn at Shelsley Walsh show
HEREFORD'S Susan Young took on the men and beat them all as she recorded the best time of the day at the Shelsley Walsh classic meeting. Young, racing in a Gould GR51 in class F, recorded times of 26.78 and 29.79 seconds. Worcester driver Bob Gale's first
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Archbishop uses city visit to attack the prison system
THE Archbishop of Canterbury used an address at Worcester Cathedral to launch a stinging attack on Britain's penal system. In a lecture on justice and order in society, Dr Rowan Williams said we should be worried about the system and said privately-run
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Last-ditch fight to save historic building is lost
A DEVELOPER is believed to have begun demolishing a historic cricket pavilion in Worcester after a last-minute appeal by a city councillor to take it off their hands fell on deaf ears. The drama unfolded at the Cinderella Ground off Bransford Road at
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City backing for fraud case boss
WORCESTER City Football Club is rallying behind assistant manager Andy Morrison who was last week convicted of defrauding the Department of Work and Pensions out of more than £6,500. The former captain of Manchester City was ordered to carry out a 50-
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Price of oil increases cost of car park work
THE cost of resurfacing a car park in Malvern has shot up because of the recent rise in oil prices. Malvern Town Council had allocated £4,000 for Bowling Green car park to be resurfaced but members of the council's operations committee will be told that
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Pool opens for paddles
THE paddling pool at Gheluvelt Park, Worcester, is due to reopen this afternoon in time for the summer holidays. From tomorrow, the pool adjacent to the children's play area, will be open from 11am to 6pm every day until Sunday, September 3. Michelle
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Villagers gather to toast brave Joseph
The 121 guests at a special party in Callow End, near Worcester, on Saturday had every reason to celebrate. They were there to raise a toast to VIP guest of honour Joseph Jenkins who, at nine years old, is celebrating the end of a gruelling three-year
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Unearthed, graveyard under busy city street
SHOPPERS in Worcester city centre are walking over a graveyard that is at least 400 years old, archaeologists have discovered. The Worcester News reported in May how a skull was found a mere two feet below the ground during excavation work to build a
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Marchers protest over cuts to health services
PATIENTS and hospital staff from Worcestershire joined campaigners from across the Midlands to march against NHS cuts on Saturday. Hundreds of protestors marched from City Hospital, Birmingham, to Centenary Square, urging the Government to stop the job
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Two samaritans
SIR - May I thank the two ladies who helped me with great kindness and care when I suffered an accident in Queen Street on Thursday morning June 22. May I also include the ambulance driver who arrived very quickly and who also showed kindness and consideration
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Question answered
SIR - Let me assure your correspondent N M Dunkley that I frequently disagree with D E Margrett and we have crossed swords on several occasions. Often I have the impression that he is writing tongue-in-cheek. I know him personally and regularly see him
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Clampers need to be regulated
SIR - The fate of local residents having to pay through the nose and almost grovel to get their car returned is a shameful episode reflected across the country. The effective hijacking of personal property and demanding a substantial ransom is well overdue
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Bullyboy tactics of the clampers
SIR - Yet another story in the Worcester News about the bullyboy tactics of the clampers. The legislation that was designed to help protect people as been turned against them with the clampers putting ridiculous charges and taking their vehicles and holding
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School battler really should pay attention
SIR - Bill Davison (July 10) clearly doesn't listen to what is said on the future of Christopher Whitehead school. Let me make it quite clear, it is not my claim that it will cost £10m more to build a new school on the current site compared to a new one
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From a little acorn grows mighty oak
MANY a mighty oak has sprung forth from just a little acorn and there can be no better metaphor to describe the success of Pershore Community Arts Centre. Yesterday's visit by the Duke of Edinburgh set the seal on more than 10 years of hard work and the
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HARRIS
HARRIS Christine Thanks to Family and Friends who made my birthday so special, and a special thankyou to Emma. Love always, Chris. Published in paper 18/07/2006
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ROBINSON
ROBINSON Neil and Julie Would like to thank everyone for their gifts and for sharing their special day, fondest wishes to you all. Published in paper 18/07/2006
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FRANCIS
FRANCIS Anthony Remembering a loving husband, father and grandfather. Good times bad times, tears that fall. But living our lives without you Tony, is the hardest part of all. Miss you so. Shirley, Steve, Mark, Michelle, Tracey and Families. xxxx Published
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SANDERS
SANDERS Dorothy Dot Cherished memories of Dot, who sadly passed away a year ago today. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, who is missed by all. Published in paper 18/07/2006
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WEST
WEST Barbara Ann Passed peacefully away at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on July 12th, 2006, after a short illness, aged 66 years. A much missed mother of Kevin and Karen and a mother in law to Steve, also a sister to Angela and sister in law to Tony
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GILES
GILES Harry In loving memory of a wonderful dad and grandad taken from us six years ago today. Love always. Dee, Keith, Matt and Dominic xxxx Published in paper 18/07/2006
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PALMER
PALMER Kenneth In loving memory of a dear husband and father. July comes round with sad regret, it brings back a day, we will never forget. Rita and Family xx Published in paper 18/07/2006
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SEARING HEAT - County hotter than Ibiza; Temperatures hit 34C (93F); Flash floods could return
Temperatures are set to beat holiday resorts such as Ibiza today as Worcestershire has its hottest day of the year and the county is set for a scorching rest of the summer. But the glorious sunshine is likely to bring a sting in the tail, with high risks
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Bulls hoping to retain title
HEREFORD United will give another run-out to their long list of trialists as they attempt to retain the Herefordshire FA Senior Cup tonight (7.45). The Bulls again face city neighbours Westfields in a repeat of last year's final which they won 3-0 with
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Robins action
PAUL West's new-look Evesham United line-up get their season under way at Alvechurch tonight (7.30). The Robins boss will be taking a 30-strong squad to face the Midland Alliance side managed by former Kidderminster Harriers caretaker boss Shaun Cunnington
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Adcock just misses out on first triumph
BROMYARD racer Nick Ad-cock came agonisingly close to his first ELF Renault Clio Cup victory but eventually had to settle for two second-place finishes at Croft, North Yorkshire. The 41-year-old's Total Control Racing team-mate, Tom Onslow-Cole, won both
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Town music festival is a smash hit
ORGANISERS of Droitwich's annual music festival say they are delighted with how it went this year, with hundreds of people flocking to the town to watch a variety of musicians playing. The annual event - now in its third year - started on Sunday, July
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Town's gas lamps on agenda for bloom bid
MALVERN may improve its chances of getting a good result in the 2006 Britain in Bloom competition if a proposal to refurbish four gas lamps in the town is given the go-ahead. Town councillors are to discuss whether to spend £570 on giving the lamps in
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Warning as youths held over breaks
HOUSEHOLDERS are being warned to keep their doors and windows locked after three youths were arrested on suspicion of burglary. The three youths were arrested in Ambleside Drive, Worcester, at 5.30am on Saturday on suspicion of breaking into houses in
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Hills train should pull in more tourists
A CONTINENTAL-style train to take people from Great Malvern to St Ann's Well would help recreate a Victorian idyll. A local historian also says it would encourage more people to visit the historic beauty spot. The idea is just one of a number of suggestions
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Prince Charming opens Pershore arts centre
THE Duke of Edinburgh dropped in on Pershore yesterday to officially open Number 8, Pershore Community Arts Centre. Crowds lined the High Street as Prince Philip arrived by car from his helicopter which landed in Abbey Park, and there were even more people
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Grounds of library set for revamp
THE grounds of Malvern Library could soon match the quality of the recently refurbished inside of the building. Town councillors want to see landscaping improvements and are to discuss ways they can contribute at their next meeting today. Worcestershire
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Babysitter alarmed by meter man
A BOGUS gas meter engineer tried to force his way into a house on Tolladine Road, Worcester. A female babysitter who was in the house and who answered the door at 8.45am on Sunday pushed him away. The man, who said he had come to check the meter, ran
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18/7/06 - City boss supporting his captain
WORCESTER City boss Andy Preece admits it will be a big blow to lose Des Lyttle for the start of the new season but insists his skipper's red card against Cheltenham was an isolated incident. Preece believes Lyttle's dismissal for an apparent headbutt
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So public-spirited
SIR - We lay-people tend to knock councillors, but as Mike Layland makes clear (This Life) to do the job properly, other things in his life suffer. We should be thankful for such public-spirited people. GEORGE COWLEY, Warndon, Worcester.
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How we can beat flooding menace
SIR - A couple of weeks ago, Worcester suffered its second round of flash flooding in only two years. Someone said to me that he thought Worcester must have its own microclimate - and thinking about the sheer volume of rain that fell and how the 70 homes
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WHAT A CHEEK... Council orders ban on flyers - then puts own leaflets under cars' windscreens
Steve Bury was bemused to find a council flyer under his windscreen wiper. A WORCESTER man found a glossy leaflet from the city council stuck on his windscreen - just hours after the same authority had ordered a ban on flyers. It was the ultimate
