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More points for L-plate driver
A 44-year-old learner driver has been banned from driving for a year after he travelled unaccompanied in a car without L plates. Mark Harris admitted driving not in accordance with his licence when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court. Marie
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Thought of yesteryear come to big screen
ARCHIVE footage of bygone days is being shown on big screens around the county. A host of film nights are running across the county from Thursday, throught to November, organised by Worcestershire County Council’s Record Office. The Media Archive
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Get a new view of iconic river
WORCESTERSHIRE residents are invited to a free talk for a unique perspective on the river Severn on Tuesday. The talk, which is entitled A View of the River Severn from Bewdley to Worcester, will be given by Brian Draper at the Pumphouse Environment
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Once-in-a-lifetime trip for Vale golfers
TWO Worcestershire golfers have returned from Sweden where they took part in the final of one of Europe’s most prestigious competitions for female club players. Sylvia Andrews and Sally Smith, members of the Vale Golf Club near Pershore, qualified along
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Luckless Town bow out to late strike
MALVERN Town bowed out of the GX Southern League Cup against Division One South and West side Cirences-ter Town. The first-half was even with both sides creating plenty of chances. Malvern’s Chris Allen came close in the third minute after his shot
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Progress towards park revamp
A £90,000 playground refurbishment scheme in Malvern is set to move a step closer as town councillors choose a contractor to undertake the work. The renewal of Victoria Park children’s playground, off Pickersleigh Road, is due to be done by April 2009
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Kettering Town 1, Kidderminster Harriers 0
AN out of sorts performance and defeat ensured Kidderminster Harri-ers slipped to seventh in the Blue Square Premier against new leaders Kettering Town. Harriers could not overcome a physical Kettering side and were shot down by John Dempster’s 83rd
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Bucuresti Oaks 17 Worcester Warriors 53
WORCESTER Warriors took a firm grip on pool three of the European Challenge Cup by topping fifty points for the second consecutive week. While the final score line in Romania was impressive, Warriors were made to work harder then they did in last week
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Havant & Waterlooville 0 Worcester City 2
MARCO Adaggio ensured Worcester City’s coach ride back from Havant and Waterlooville was much more pleasurable than their journey down. The former Shrewsbury Town striker fired home a spectacular bicycle kick four minutes after the break, adding
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Rest of league starting to take notice says Dryden
MANAGER Richard Dryden believes Worcester City’s victory at Havant and Waterlooville marks them out as one of the Blue Square South big hitters. An own goal followed a superb piece of acrobatics from Marco Adaggio moved City up to seventh place in the
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Brighton & Hove Albion 0, Hereford United 0
HEREFORD United finally picked up their first point of the season on away territory with a hard-fought draw at the Withdean Stadium. But the Bulls, with a little more conviction, might well have return-ed with all three points from a Brighton side who
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Foster finds top form
KATE Foster and Marcia Macfarlane both made the most of excellent scoring conditions to capture their first major trophies of the season at The Worcestershire Golf Club. Foster triumphed in the Peg Evans Centenary Cup, while Macfarlane won the Malvern
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Pomeroy leads team to victory
THIRTY-four teams took part in the sixth annual Ladies’ am-am at Ombersley GC. The weather remained dry and plenty of people commented on the excellent condition of the course. Sandra Pomeroy the ladies’ captain from Ombersley inspired her team to victory
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Geoff's double title joy
GEOFF Foster has retained the seniors’ club championship title at Hereford’s Belmont Golf Club. Foster took the prize for the second successive year with a return of 71-11-60. John Alexander was second with 74-11-63, while Tommy Boswell finished third
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Bird charity's challenge for nature lovers
THERE is still time for nature lovers in Worcestershire to prepare their gardens and bird feeders for a special day. The RSPB is urging people in the county to think about the different ways to help nature by taking part in its Feed the Birds Day on
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Bickerton is star of the show at chateau
EUROPEAN Tour star John Bickerton took time out from his hectic schedule to join members and guests in playing in the climax to the golfing season at Chateau des Vigiers Golf and Country Club. Worcestershire professional Bickerton, who won the French
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Council debts written off
MORE than £160,000 debts have been written off by Wychavon District Council after it said it had exhausted all avenues of recovery. Reassurances have been made that the total £160,211.44 does not represent a troubling figure for the council
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Author releases book series digitally
A WORCESTER author has released his inspirational series of books digitally. Robert Page recently finished writing all seven books in the series of The Little Pick Me Up, which is published by Turtle Dreams, and people can now download them
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Get Facebooking with the Worcester News
HAVE you got your own Facebook page? We at the Worcester News now have more than 300 friends who are able to keep up with the latest news via an RSS feed straight to our profile. Every now and then we'll upload a specific story too
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Firm opens its doors to the long paws of the law
TRAINEE police dogs have been sniffing out a new training base at a Worcestershire warehouse. West Mercia police’s specialist dog handling team have been practising their skills at the Whitefoot-Forward’s 60,000 sq ft storage premises on Hartlebury Trading
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The wrong shade of yellow
BIT of a palava at County Hall this week, which managed to waste £2,000 after painting parking lines the wrong shade of yellow. County council staff had been told the faded double-yellows in leafy Broadway should be replaced with lines of a
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Kingfishers fly away in the early stages
WORCESTER Friendly Skittles League Monday Division One leaders Kingfishers have a 100 per cent record from six games. Division One: Wild Bunch 404 (4) (C Burton 41), Kingfishers 411 (16) (C Davis, W Baylis 39); Countymen 379 (4) (C Oakley 50
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Tesco to be taken to task for noisy overnight work
ENVIRONMENTAL health officers are writing to Tesco after residents in Worcester were subjected to 24-hour noise during refurbishment works. Building and renovation work continued throughout the night at the superstore in Warndon Villages, and residents
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£45k yearly input into towns' activities
THREE towns are celebrating the fact they can start planning fun events for residents and tourists over the next three years. Droitwich, Evesham, and Pershore will all been given £45,000 every year from next April until 2012 to maintain their
