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Parents learn how to keep kids web-savvy
PARENTS in Worcestershire are being given advice to pass onto youngsters about staying safe online. The SMART rules were created by West Mercia Police to remind people of the need to exercise caution when meeting people on the net and posting personal
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Peopleton path makes for safer water crossing
A NEW walkway has been completed for residents of Peopleton, near Pershore. The walkway is part of an extension to the footbridge over Bow Brook and replaces an older walkway that had become unsafe for use. Worcestershire County Council’s Countryside
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Pool closure decision to be revisited
THE decision not to reopen a council-run swimming pool in Hereford has been called in for scrutiny. Your Worcester News previously reported how Herefordshire Council’s cabinet decided it was not viable to reopen the swimming pool at St Martin’s but
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Worcester City 2 St Albans City 0
MARCO Adaggio and Matt Dinsmore got the goals as Worcester City made it two wins out of two with victory at St George’s Lane last night. Adaggio followed up his last-gasp winner at Bognor with an inspired 21st-minute overhead kick before Dinsmore
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Soap star footy match will help charity
CELEBRITY TV stars are getting their kit on to help support children in Worcester. Acorns Children’s Hospice has teamed up with Galaxy Radio and gathered stars from soaps Hollyoaks and Emmerdale to take to the pitch in an exciting football match this
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FULL-TIME: City 2 St Albans 0
Goals from Marco Adaggio and Matt Dinsmore gives City victory at St George's Lane. See tomorrow's Worcester News for full story.
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82 mins: Price booked
Jamie Price booked for stopping a free-kick from being taken. His second caution in as many games. Also, Rod Hick replaces Jonathan Hunt for the visitors.
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79 mins: City escape
Paul Hakim manages to send the ball the wrong side of the post when it looked easier to score. City continue to lead.
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84 mins: Referee not popular
Jemiah Richards tripped in the box but referee Knapp says no penalty. Richard Dryden is livid.
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77 mins: First caution
St Albans sub Lee Protheroe booked for trip on Tory Wood.
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70 mins: Bastock blocks
Owen's shot saved by keeper as City turn up the heat on St Albans. Resulting corner comes to nothing. City still lead 2-0.
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75 mins: Standing ovation for Dinsmore
Matt Dinsmore gets a standing ovation as he is replaced by Jemiah Richards. Tom Youngs comes on for St Albans in place of Simon Martin.
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Developers must make contaminated land safe
TWENTY one homes can be built on the site of a former sawmill, factory and warehousing used to make timber fencing in the Teme Valley as long as the developers include affordable housing and clean up the contaminated land. Marsten Developments applied
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67 mins: Owen tries lob
Mark Owen's attempt to catch Bastock off his line from 35 yards goes just wide as City look for a third.
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61 mins: First change for visitors
St Albans bring on Lee Protheroe for James Quilter.
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54 mins: GOAL: City 2 St Albans 0
Adaggio sends over an inviting cross from the left and Dinsmore arrives to power a header past Bastock.
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49 mins: Dodd is replaced
Troy Wood comes on for Matt Dodd in Worcester's midfield.
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HALF-TIME: City 1 St Albans 0
City lead through Marco Adaggio's 21st-minute strike.
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37 mins: Dinsmore unlucky
Matt Dinsmore agonisingly close to making contact with an excellent Owen through ball and lifting it over keeper Paul Bastock.
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31 mins: No penalty
Adaggio breaks clear into the box after good ball from Mark Owen, goes down but the referee waves penalty appeal away.
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26 mins: McDonnell denies Ridgway
Adaggio's goal has sparked City into life but Danny McDonnell has made a fine reaction save to deny Sean Ridgway.
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21 mins: GOAL: City 1 St Albans 0
Marco Adaggio fires an overhead kick in-off the crossbar after turning well in the box.
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18 mins: City on the backfoot
City struggling to get out of their own half with St Albans working the ball well. Shabir Khan having a good game on the left of defence.
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12 mins: St Albans go close
City's best move so far sees Matt Dinsmore break clear before setting up Mark Owen, who has his shot blocked. At the other end, Jonathan Hunt fizzes a free-kick just wide of Danny McDonnell's goal.
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Park's animals to make television debut
A NEW-BORN zebra and six white lion cubs will be the stars of the show tonight when West Midland Safari Park is featured on national television. Viewers tuning into new Channel Five series Michaela’s Zoo Babies at 6pm will see park staff monitoring an
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5 mins: Lively start
An early downpour has made the pitch slippy and it is St Albans who have started the brighter.
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City v St Albans: Team line-ups
WORCESTER City make one change for tonight's Blue Square South match against St Albans at St George's Lane with Gary Walker starting in place of the injured Dave Bampton in midfield. City: McDonnell, Ward, Khan, Richardson (c), Barnes, Price, Dodd,
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If hospital has Mediterranean feel, then good
A NEW hospital should be viewed as a medical facility for the people of Malvern, not a museum to the past says a hospital campaigner. Pat Merrick, chairman of the League of Friends of Malvern Community Hospital, has hit back at claims the £19
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Bail-jumper freed
A businessman who went on the run after being charged with harassment has been sentenced to 28 days custody. But Nicholas Pinfield was freed on the day of the hearing after a judge heard he had already served the time on remand. Pinfield, 35, of Gloucester
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Westfields salvage late point in season’s opener
WESTFIELDS opened up their Aspire Midland Football Alli-ance campaign with 2-2 draw against Coleshill Town at allpay.park. The hosts had to battle back to salvage a point in the 88th minute after twice going behind. Paul Allam went close in the 15th
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New city mosque plan gets mixed reaction
LANS to build a new mosque in Worcester have provoked mixed reactions from the community. Last week, your Worcester News revealed the plans for a £3 million mosque and education centre in Stanley Road, off Wyld’s Lane. It will be built
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Badgers looking to sniff out players
LEIGH and Bransford Badgers under 15s Colts and also the under 11s Gunners are keen to recruit additional players to support their quest for league honours next season. Playing in the Mercian Festival Junior Football League, the two Charter Standard
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Bowlers seal comfortable Over 60s win
WORCESTERSHIRE Over 60s secured a 30-run victory at Sussex in the Shepherd Nea-me Home Counties Champion-ship. Sussex won the toss and put the visitors in. Worcestershire were soon in trouble. Some fine bowling from Hugh Milner and Andy Shanks left
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Racing fan marks 70th birthday in style
A WORCESTER grandmother celebrated her 70th birthday by sponsoring a race at Pitchcroft. Anne Shinnick, who was 70 on Thursday, was joined by her family and friends at Worcester Racecourse on Friday to mark the occasion. “I just love
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Did you see civilian car with flashing blues?
ANY drivers who may have pulled over for a car displaying blue lights in Worcester have been asked to contact police. Officers stopped a man who was driving a green Vauxhall Tigra coupe with the lights flashing along the front windscreen in the Whittington
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Regatta hailed a success
THE annual Stourport Regatta and Sprint took place at the weekend and 190 crews were entered in the 1,100-metre downstream course on Saturday. The day started at 9am and, with a race every three minutes, the programme finished at 5pm. The shorter 500m
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The heat is on for Bromyard racer
A TEENAGE rookie racing driver from Bromyard is set to appear on Dragons’ Den tonight. Eighteen-year-old Robert Hall and his dad David are to put forward a proposition to five of Britain’s most successful businessmen on the popular BBC2 television series
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Worcester AC closing on title
WORCESTER Athletic Club men’s team are on the brink of yet another Midland Veterans Track and Field league victory. Having won all three of this season’s meetings, they go into the final meeting at Nunnery Wood on Thursday with home advantage and an
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Take a picnic, then sit back and enjoy this feast of music
A MUSICAL feast will be enjoyed in a Worcestershire town at the end of this month. Bizet and Bernstein, Verdi and Puccini – Carmen, La Boheme and Turandot – A Night At The Opera is the theme for Worcestershire’s annual Malvern Music Experience
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Ruddock names his sevens squad
WORCESTER Warriors director of rugby Mike Ruddock has named an exciting 12-man squad for the Middlesex Sevens at Twickenham on Saturday. Warriors finished as runners-up last season to Newcastle Falcons and have drawn Bristol in the first round of this
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Youngsters wow the crowds
HERE’S a group of Worcestershire youngsters who certainly have the wow-factor. Competitors from the X-Factor-style competition, the W-Factor, got together to delight the crowd at the Droitwich Lido Park as part of Wychavon District Council’s Art in the
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Council is too slow dealing with planning applications
PLANNING applications are taking far longer to be dealt with by Worcester City Council than they should, new figures have revealed. Members of the city’s planning committee said they were deeply concerned by performance figures showing the
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Police try to trace owner of 'stolen' property
A LENGTH of stolen copper pipe has been recovered by police in Pershore. Officers recovered a small quantity of 22mm piping at around 10am on Thursday in the Abbey Park area of the town. The pipe is believed to have been stolen from the area within
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Sea and Land Breezes
Coastal regions as I mentioned last week has its own local climate, sea fog, gales and rough seas, sunny blue skies, and in fine stable conditions beneath regions of high pressure or subsiding air, land and sea breezes. These breezes come and
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Alley pervert could face jail
A MAN has admitted outraging public decency after committing an obscene act in an alleyway. Damian Philips was caught playing with himself on CCTV cameras in Black Horse Walk, Lowesmoor, Worcester. Philips, 23, of Chedworth Drive, Warndon, Worcester
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TROTH
TROTH Brian Passed away suddenly in hospital on August 1st, 2008. Beloved husband of Sally, loving dad to Christopher and Michelle, Elaine and Keith. A much loved grandad to Christopher, Rhiannon, Miles and Elena. He will be sadly missed by all his Family
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BROWNING
BROWNING Mo Every day seems a life time without you mum. Love you always Tracie, Lynden, Emma, Mason, Moey, Claire and Layton, Richard, Dan and Luke. xx Published in paper 11/08/2008
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MEENAGHAN
MEENAGHAN Audrey Passed away three years ago today. Loved and missed by Michael, Jenny and family. Published in paper 11/08/2008
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GOODWIN
GOODWIN Mike Treasured memories of a dearest brother. Forever in our hearts and thoughts. Love Hazeland Mike. Published in paper 11/08/2008
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MEENAGHAN
MEENAGHAN Audrey Softly the leaves of memory fall, Gently we gather and treasure them all. Unseen, unheard, you are always near, So missed, so loved, so very dear. Trish, D- Jand Joanna. Published in paper 11/08/2008
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DAVIES
DAVIES Marina In loving memory of a dear wife and mum. Still in our hearts and thoughts. Miss you every day. Love Hugh. Published in paper 11/08/2008
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BULLMAN
BULLMAN Ann Elizabeth Of Willow Street, Worcester. Passed away on August 5th, 2008. Wife of the late Mick and much loved grandmother and mother, who will be sadly missed. Requiem Mass at St George's Roman Catholic Church, on Thursday, August 14th, at
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OWENS
OWENS Beryl Of St Stephens Care Home. Passed away suddenly on August 6th, 2008. Wife of the late Claude, dearly loved mum of Sandra and the late Stephen, and grandmother to Mark and Rachael. Funeral service will take place at Worcester Crematorium on
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ADAMS
ADAMS Violet Vivien and Jem wish to express their thanks for all the cards, donations and support received during their recent loss. We also wish to thank everyone who attended mum's service, the Reverend Peter Haddleton and E J Gumery & Son for the
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MEENAGHAN
MEENAGHAN Audrey In loving memory of my dear mother, passed away three years today. Loved and remembered always. Son Anthony, Tina and grandchildren Amy and Tom. xxx Published in paper 11/08/2008
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What a magical weekend!
WORCESTER brushed away the greyest of August skies at the weekend and came alive with vibrant festival colour. From sizzling samba dances to fierce and fiery dragon boats, beautiful blooms and a giant cabbage, the city was filled with festival
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August 9-16
THIS WEEK IN 1958 EXACTLY a century ago, one of the poorest quarters in Worcester – the Blockhouse – with its narrow dirty streets and closely packed houses, echoed for the first time to the quiet rumble which heralded the dawn of a major new industry
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August 9-16
250 YEARS AGO: ON Sunday last, Ann Nott, servant in a gentleman’s house in High Street, Worcester, was committed to our city gaol to await trial, being charged by the coroner’s inquest with murdering a male infant which was found in the necessary
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No more luxuries
SIR – With food, gas, electricity, stamps and water rates going up, I’ve discontinued my BT phone – it’s a luxury I can no longer afford. I’ll write to friends instead of ringing. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester.
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Clee Hills
THE common land of Clee Hill offers some of the finest walking in the Midlands. The summit – Titterstone Clee Hill – is scarred by radar installations, including obtrusive masts and bizarre structures resembling giant footballs. But
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Many thanks for helping when I fell
SIR – I wish to thank through the Worcester News the kind people who came to my aid after I fell over a bollard on Worcester High Street. A young lady from Debenhams took care of my shopping and placed it in the ambulance that some other good
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FARMERS MARKET
DELICIOUS handmade cheeses and wonderful local wines and fruit drinks drew plenty of customers to an extra special farmers’ market at Royal Worcester Porcelain. The Worcestershire Farmers’ Markets Group Cheese And Wine Fayre impressed both the
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More stops to get people onto trains
SIR – It’s good to see the new bus and rail links being given the thumbs up for the west side of the city. It would be a good thing to have two or three halt stops to get people out of their cars and on to the trains to get into the city. It
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Flood report will help disaster response
A STUDY into last summer’s disastrous flooding in Worcestershire is to act as a blueprint for how authorities and residents deal with other potential major disasters in the future. Councillors from all of the local authorities across the county
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CBSO Youth Orchestra Academy - Worcester Cathedral (Three Choirs Festival)
SO that we don’t go into overdrive in praise of the CBSO Youth Orchestra Academy, we have to note that their concert was not quite as impeccable as we might expect of an orchestra of adult players. There were a number of questionable moments in the
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Red Priest - College Hall, Worcester (Three Choirs Festival)
RE-INVENTION alarm! Any die-hard Vivaldi fan who wants Four Seasons in authentic form should leave Worcester now. If you were not at this concert, be sorry that you missed Red Priest who played pieces by Vivaldi interspersed with Biber, Corelli
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Reg Moule answers your questions
WE have a very large evergreen shrub called Photinia Red Robin and we were wondering if it could be pruned back hard as it is now beginning to take up too much room. T ASHMAN REG SAYS: I must admit to being a bit of a Photinia fraseri Red Robin
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Good Enough to Eat - peppers
IF you grow sweet peppers in pots bring them outside. After the first flowers form, feed regularly with a tomato fertiliser and water frequently. Pick the peppers when they are ripe but while the skin is smooth. Avoid those with wrinkled skins.
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Food fertilised by sewage is natural
SIR – I was amazed to read a headline in the national press expressing disgust that we were being fed food fertilised by our own sewage. Surely this is in the nature of things? At my childhood village home the cess-pit that served two brick-built
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Law partner in Zurich for key global meeting
JONATHAN Brew, senior partner at Worcester-based law firm Harrison Clark, had the responsibility of representing the West Midlands at the MSI Global Alliance European, Middle East and Africa regional meeting in Zurich. MSI Global Alliance is
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Careless attitude to flood victims
SIR – I was very shocked by the callous attitude of C Paterson when he said that the houses in Hylton Road should go and the trees should have stayed. Whilst I appreciate the loss of mature trees is a great pity, this cannot be equated to the
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There's nothing like a pint and a pipe
Many years ago, while on a trip to Germany, I caused much consternation among my hosts when I confused the verbs ‘rauchen’ and ‘reichen’. One means ‘to smoke’ the other ‘to smell,’ so you may be able to imagine what I said as the cigarettes were
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County’s winning firms to be role models
WORCESTERSHIRE companies could be in line for new awards from business improvement charity Midlands Excellence. Sustainability, innovation and lean efficiency are the special awards that will be presented before more than 1,300 guests at Europe
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How the Worcester Wonder won gold for Britain
EXACTLY one hundred years ago, in the summer of 1908 when the Olympic Games first came to London, one of England’s cycle track stars was a young carpenter from St John’s hailed ‘The Worcester Wonder’ by an ecstatic nation. Ernie Payne pedalled
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Best of the Bunch - Passion Flower (Passiflora)
SOME gardeners avoid trying to grow these beautiful climbers because of their questionable hardiness, but if you have a sheltered spot on a sunny wall, have a go and you should be rewarded with beautiful rosettes until well into October. Among
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Neighbours unite to create three havens
THREE couples have created three garden havens on the edge of Worcestershire. Together Saranacris, number 24 Braces Lane and Oak Tree House, just north of Bromsgrove in Lower Marlbrook, make up the Marlbrook Gardens. The trio open to the
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....AND ANOTHER THING
● KNIVES and young men now mean danger, but it wasn’t always so. I carried a sheath knife during my boyhood, mainly for cutting baling twine and whittling. And for fighting Apaches, of course. My mates all had blades and the other reason we were
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Blondes do have more fun
IT was the parade of the blondes at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, when 70 Palomino horses and ponies with their golden coats and white manes and tails came to town. They were the entries in the 36th British Palomino Society National
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Your city is lovely but the park toilets ruin it
SIR – Whenever I get the opportunity, it is always a pleasure to visit the lovely city of Worcester where both my partner and I enjoy the many shops and sitting by the river watching the boats and barges go by. We’ve found the people we have
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Don't encourage the control freaks
Street-Porter suggests that alternative health practitioners should be licensed. The Government wants more regulation of GPs, splutters the hideous celebrity, so why not the reiki and crystal-healing brigade? The answer’s simple, Janet
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Witnessing the pier in a different light
SIR – About 20 years ago, my son was due to go to Weston-Super-Mare for an interview. Heavy snow put an end to his hopes, so it was agreed I take him by car one evening a few days later. I had no idea when he would be free so I spent the time
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COMMENT: Buildings left to decay let us all down
WORCESTER’S deputy mayor Andy Roberts has publicly shamed the shabby-looking shops and businesses he believes are harming the image of our beautiful city. He even went as far as to assemble his own photographic portfolio of properties, including
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Men are behing BBQ problems
ONCE upon a time, the ultimate image of British grit in the face of one of our awful summers was the mackintosh-clad family staggering along a rain-lashed seafront. These days, I tend to think that the best and worst of our national psyche manifests
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Moore says he needs more time to decide
STEPHEN Moore says that he is unsure when he will make a decision on his Worcester-shire future. The wanted 27-year-old is mulling over a “fantastic” offer from the New Road clube as well as contracts from several other counties. But the England-qualified
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EU faces blame for post office closures
SIR – May I add a little more evidence in support to the many who are so rightly blaming the European Union for the closures of our post offices and the destruction of the Royal Mail. Instructions from Brussels to foreign secretary David Milliband
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Worcester web war declared?
MORE than 350 years after conflict last engulfed the Faithful City a new battle of Worcester has erupted on the world wide web. American users of the internet-based encyclopaedia Wikipedia are attempting to claim the name of Worcester as their
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Don't ask me to look after the PM's whisky
WHENEVER I’m given a posh bottle of drink as a present, I resolve to keep it just for special occasions. With shame face, I have to admit that such worthy intentions tend to evaporate before you can say ‘corkscrew’. Halfway through the evening
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A ring road would be more beneficial
SIR – With reference to Tim Myers’ letter on Friday, August 1, may I say this, which I am certain others would agree 100 per cent. Everyone would soon reap the benefits of a completed ring road so why build another bridge in town? How would
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Computers are now dictating our lives
SIR - We are more and more more dictated by the computer systems used by banks, utilities and virtually every other organisation that we deal with. What’s worse, those organisations seem unable to control them. My latest was having to cancel
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Rail firms make it too easy for fare dodgers
SIR – I was fortunate to be able to take my wife to London for three days and two nights. The purpose of the trip was good old R&R so the train was the preferred option of travel. I pre-purchased tickets from Shrub Hill station and it so happened
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Man trashed car after fight with a neighbour
A GOOD samaritan got into a fight with a neighbour and then trashed his car. Christopher Warman used a metal car jack to smash up Ronaldo Carvalho’s Volkswagen Polo following a punch-up. Warman, aged 30, of Saddler’s Walk, Blackpole,
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City boss delighted by team’s character
MANAGER Richard Dryden has praised the character of his Worcester City side ahead of tonight’s first home match of the season against St Albans at St George’s Lane (7.45). City got their Blue Square South campaign off to a winning start with
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Shabby city buildings named and shamed
WORCESTER’S deputy mayor has launched an attack on the scruffy-looking shops and buildings he feels are dragging down the look of the city. Members of Worcester City Council’s planning committee applauded the comments of Tory councillor Andy
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New service for families
FAMILIES who need the best care for their elderly loved ones could benefit from a new specialist care department to get them top advice. English Mutual, independent financial advisers, has opened a new department specialising in long term care planning
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Award winning firms to be role models
WORCESTERSHIRE companies could be in line for three new awards from leading business improvement charity Midlands Excellence. Sustainability, innovation and lean efficiency are the special awards that will be presented before more than 1,300
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Court date for child sex pic accused
A 24-YEAR-OLD man is facing 13 charges of making and keeping indecent images of children. Scott Atkinson, of Warndon, is accused of posessing 122 indecent movies, 337 indecent images and 341 indecent pictures of children between Tuesday, May 11, 1999
