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Village clubs reach regional finals
THERE was a clean sweep for Cotswold Hills League clubs in two regional groups of this summer's npower Village Cup earlier today. Wins for Bretforton and Overbury will mean the pair lock horns in the Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Powys group final
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Ton-up Hick fires more record runs
FORMER England batsman Graeme Hick rewrote the record books against North-amptonshire, scoring a record-equalling eighth career century in the Friends Provident Trophy. The 41-year-old, who scored 120 off just 119 balls in the Royals' six-wicket win
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Butcher puts block on New Road celebrations
MARK Butcher proved to be Worcestershire's Achilles' heel as Surrey held on for a dogged draw on the final day of the LV County Champion-ship Division One match at New Road. Ironically, Butcher thwarted the home bowling attack for 191 minutes to secure
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Solanki must be in England's plans
ALAN Mullally is backing Worcestershire skipper Vik-ram Solanki to be the Michael Clarke of the England Test side. The former Leicestershire and Hampshire seamer believes Solanki should be given the same opportunities in Test cricket that have made Clarke
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Historic total is missed
VIKRAM Solanki's magnificent 232 inspired Worcestershire into equalling the highest ever first-class score seen at New Road during the LV County Championship Division One game with Surrey. However, had the captain allowed his players to add one more
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Supporters have their say
IN a recent poll on our website - www. worcesternews.co.uk/ sport - Worcestershire fans gave their views on the reasons behind Steve Rhodes' side's poor start to the 2007 season. Out of the four choices available, the most popular selection, with 41.25
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England honours caps a top season
WORCESTER Sixth Form College footballer Chris Wynn has completed a tremendous season playing for the College, Worcestershire Schools and England Under 18 Schools. Wynn, who was a pupil at Worcester's Dines Green Primary School and Christopher Whitehead
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Lucky escape as plane flips over
A PILOT and passenger had a lucky escape when their plane overturned as it landed in Worcestershire. The plane landed at Defford Airfield, near Worcester, at 2.30pm on Saturday and flipped over after the front wheel dug into the ground. The duo, who
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Kidderminster man killed during TT race
A man from Kidderminster was one of three people killed in a motorbike crash during the TT races on the Isle of Man. Dean Jacob, 33, a security engineer from Kidderminster was confirmed dead at the scene. Gregory Kenzig, 52, a retired engineer from
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Thousands Race for Life in Worcester
THOUSANDS of women raced through the Faithful City to pay an emotional tribute to loved ones and raise money for cancer research. Worcester was at a standstill as almost 5,000 women took part in Cancer Research UK's Race For Life today. Thousands of
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Blaze at new M&S store
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a fire broke out in the roof of Malvern building, being converted in to a Marks & Spencer superstore. The blaze started just before midnight on Friday at the former Focus DIY building in Madford Retail park, off
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MP calls for rethink over Post Office closures
MID-WORCESTERSHIRE MP Peter Luff has warned there is "a real danger" the Post Office network will become inadequate if more stores close. Mr Luff, chairman of the parliamentary select commitee on trade and industry, has asked the Government and the Post