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We’ve got our girls in the habit of recycling
Throughout National Recycling Week your Worcester News will be following the Clarke-Morris family to take a look in their bins and find out just how much they take recycling to heart, or whether it’s a load of rubbish Day two Packed lunches for
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Worcester City 1 Chelmsford City 2
WORCESTER City saw their hard work go unrewarded as Chelmsford City stole the points with a narrow victory at St George’s Lane. City were in the ascendancy for long periods of the Blue Square South match but could not make their pressure pay
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Bus smash driver critical
THE driver of a sports car suffered serious head injuries after a crashing with a bus. The incident happened on the B4216 Ledbury to Dymock road at Donnington, near Ledbury, shortly after 7pm on Friday. A white Mazda MX5 convertible
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Karate youngsters return with medals
THREE youngsters from the travelling community have fought off competition to win medals at an international karate championship. Natasha Smith, aged 12, Kathleen Finney, 14, and Sam Smith, also 14, represented England at the 37th European Wado Kai contest
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Ginger and Tafft down the Eagles
THE Worcester League’s Bernard Finnigan Cup saw Worcester Bosch put Droitwich Spa Eagles Reserves to flight 10-0. Kevin Ginger and Darren Tafft both scored hat-tricks in the first-round clash. Elsewhere, Hallow Village hammered Vaults 9-2 with Chris
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Willie remembered in procession
A GROUP of military and civic representatives have gathered to remember a First World War vicar. The service for the Rev Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy - better known as Woodbine Willie - took place at his graveside in St John’s Cemetery, Worcester
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Stockholm seals dramatic success for Bromsgrove
THERE was a thrilling National Three Midlands encounter at Finstall Park when Bromsgrove entertained Longton as the hosts snatched a dramatic 27-25 victory. Toby Wilson made a fine break down the centre, before following up his chip to touch down in
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Full-time - Worcester City 1 Chelmsford City 2
90+3 mins: Adaggio pokes an effort wide. City's last chance of the game. 89 mins: SUB. City: Alfie Carter replaces Matt Dinsmore. 87 mins: The game has gone off the boil now. City's heads have dropped. 83 mins: SUB. City: Marvin
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Work on 'divisive' foot-cycle path gets underway
CONTENTIOUS work on a path which is part of a multi-million pound foot and cycle link with Worcester city centre has started. Barneshall Avenue footpath, linking nearby St Mark’s Close, is to be widened and resurfaced at a cost of £50,000 despite
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Police aim to crack train station trouble
SOUTH Worcestershire police and British Transport Police (BTP) have been working together to crack down on anti-social behaviour at county railway stations. Officers from both organisations now share the same offices at the Guildhall in Worcester
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County to benefit from £2m cancer scanner
A WORCESTERSHIRE hospital has a new £2m MRI scanner which will help diagnose cancer more quickly. The purchase of a high-specification MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner has been approved by the board of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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Armed cyclist chases egg-lobbing yobs
YOUTHS suspected of hurling eggs at passing cars are believed to have been chased by a cyclist armed with an air rifle and a knife. Police want to speak to witnesses after the incident near The Walshes estate in Stourport on Hallowe’en. A group
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Late Beechey try secures a bonus point
HAVING made the long trip to Bedfordshire, Malvern sufferd a 26-19 defeat at the hands of high-flying Ampthill in National Three Midlands. The signs didn’t appear good when the home side won a line-out and put in two phases of forward play to draw in
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Diglis shop gets go-ahead to sell alcohol
A WATERSIDE housing estate will get a new convenience store despite local worries that it will lead to more drinking in the area. Worcester City Council’s licensing committee has given permission for the Diglis Express shop near the Anchor
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Young Malvern test leaders
AN inexperienced Malvern Town line-up fell 2-0 at leaders Barwell in the Aspire Midland Alliance. They had no recognised forward in the team with Alex Taffe (wrist) and Joe Kings (groin) injured, Bryan Craven banned and Stuart Gates unavailable
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Dales on top after success
THE Archdales 73 title bid gathered yet more momentum as they moved back to the top of Midland Combination Division One after putting four past Newhall. Dales were fortunate not to find themselves behind after Newhall had the better of the opening exchanges
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Wanderers hold off Droitwich fightback
WORCESTER Wanderers won the battle of the Midlands Two West (South) unbeaten records with a thrilling 17-16 victory over local rivals Droitwich. The Sixways side maintained their position at the top of the table with a keenly-fought triumph at the expense
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Results extra
MG SPORTSWEAR BROMSGROVE AND DISTRICT LEAGUE Division One: Navigation La Coruna 3 Waseley United 2; Victoria Barnt Green 5 Bromsgrove Town 3; Meadow Park 1 Kings Park Rangers 1; Nailers Arms 2 Droitwich Town 2; Rubery Sunday 1 Queens Head Dons 1. Division
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Teen girl thugs "jealous" of autistic victim
A JUDGE has branded two teenage cousins who beat up a younger autistic girl “cowards, bullies and mindless thugs”. Katie Jeynes and Fern Passey were jealous of their 15-year-old victim for being in touch with a boyfriend and took it in turns
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Grove set to win first full Scotland cap
ALEX Grove will complete his remarkable rise to prominence at Murrayfield on Saturday when he starts at outside-centre for Scotland against Fiji (2.30pm). Since bursting onto the scene at Sixways last season, the Warriors academy graduate has
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Abbott to lead Academy team into Army battle
DYNAMIC back-row Jake Abbott will skipper Warriors Academy when they tackle The Army under 23s at Sixways tonight (7.30pm). Abbott, who scored against Newcastle Falcons in the LV Cup at the weekend, lines up alongside James Collins and Matt Cox in the
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Boat mast road smash driver cleared
A WEALTHY businessman whose boat killed a teenager in a freak accident has been cleared by a jury of causing death by dangerous driving. Mark Tissiman was towing the GP14 dinghy in Bewdley when the mast came loose, swung out and smashed through the
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Wood where many Worcester boys fell
A THIN autumn sun feels its way through branches almost stripped of leaves, firing golden shafts earthwards to meet moss and lichens cloaking tree stumps like green velvet. All would be quiet now, were it not for the dual carriageway traffic that splices
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Farmers Markets : Caroline Wright 7 November 2009
INVENTED by the ancient Sumerians 5,000 years ago, they were loved by the Romans, banned by the Catholic church and filled so full of water during the Second World War they exploded. And if you want the very best ones, head to your local farmers
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Man who saw humour amid horror of war
THIS autumn marks the 50th nniversary of the death in a Worcester hospital of one of the best-known names of the First World War. Bruce Bairnsfather was a hero, no doubt about it, but his fame came not through the bullet or bravery under fire, but through
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ROBERTS
ROBERTS Doll Remembering a much loved sister and auntie. Laura and Carole. Published in paper 09/11/2009 in Worcester News
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WELLS RNA
WELLS Victor Left us three years ago. Devoted husband of Shirley and much loved father of Julian, Tim and Lynda. Loving Grampy to Kemi, Sean and Sarah, father in law to Martin, June and Lara. Former Director of Worcester City Football Club, Chairman RNA
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HUGH
McHUGH June nee Stockall Passed away suddenly but peacefully on November 2nd, 2009. Much loved wife of the late Mac, also a loving mum and gran. Funeral service at Our Lady Queen of Peace RC Church on Monday, November 16th at 11 a.m followed by interment
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FENTON
FENTON Michael Lawrence Passed away suddenly at home on November 2nd, 2009 aged 74 years. A devoted husband of Janet, a much loved father of Susan and David, father in law of Clive and Louise and dearest grandad of James and Sam. He will be greatly missed
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TUDGE
TUDGE Bert Happy 90th Birthday. Love and best wishes. Margaret, Roy, Dave, Val and Amanda. xx Published in paper 09/11/2009 in Worcester News
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PURSER
PURSER Trevor Died November 9th, 2008. Deeply missed by all the Family. xx Published in paper 09/11/2009 in Worcester News
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OLDROYD
OLDROYD Eileen Of St Peters. Passed away peacefully on November 5th, 2009, aged 83 years. Beloved wife of the late Revd James Oldroyd, much loved mother of Paul and Simon and a devoted grandmother of Helen, Jamie and Ben. Funeral service at St Mark's
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November 9 to November 16
100 YEARS AGO: RICHARD Edward Sayers (17), labourer of 1 Court Powick Lane, Birdport, Worcester, was charged at the city police court with being drunk in Sidbury. He was found lying in a public lavatory and could not be roused. Defendant explained
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November 9 to November 16
THIS WEEK IN 1959: INITIAL work began at Worcester this week on a £250,000 project which, it is claimed by the designers, will give the city its most exclusive and luxurious departmental store yet envisaged. The transformation is for the
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Plan-breach developers allowed to continue
A DEVELOPER who breached planning rules has been given permission to carry on working. A scheme to build six one-bedroom flats off Barbourne Road, near Gheluvelt Park, in Worceser, was approved in 2005. Earlier this year the developer, Selbourne Care
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Badgers are united in their efforts
LEIGH AND BRANSFORD BADGERS UNITED UNDER 12S: The Mercian Festival Junior Football League Division Two side face the camera. back row (left to right): Jake Roussell, Tom Hurdiss, Nicholas Hillyard, Dan Cox, Ben Gillman, Callum Webb, Patrick Daniels
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Perdiswell through to county finals
PERDISWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL: Pupils at the Bilford Road school are looking forward to the Worcestershire finals of the English Schools FA Shield in January. They won the Worcester and Droitwich district competition which involved 16 teams, scoring 27
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Lynx hit by Northside's goal inferno
NORTHSIDE Colts romped to a 16-0 win at Nunnery Wood Lynx in Stourport Youth League Under 14s Division One. Colts’ eight-minute opener was fortunate as player-ofthe- match Shaun Henley’s long ball forward bounced into the net over the keeper.
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What to do this week - November 7
Renovate old lawns or create new grass areas by laying turf. Apply a thick layer of mulch over the died-down crowns of tender herbaceous plants to ensure their return next spring. Replant hanging baskets with spring-flowering bulbs, winter heathers
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Hampton Lovett
THIS week’s walk is closely based on a suggestion by keen walkers and Worcester News readers Anita and Peter Wilkins from Catshill, near Bromsgrove. It includes the tiny villages of Hampton Lovett and Elmbridge, and a small area of public access
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Now's the time for a division of the spoils
IF you’re watching your budget and want to increase your plant stock without spending money, late autumn is the time to take hardwood cuttings from many deciduous shrubs. Stocks of roses, willows, weigelas, dogwoods and philadelphus can all
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Jane sells cattle back to Scots
SOME of the finest Belted Galloway cattle in the land drew buyers from as far as Scotland to a Worcester production sale held by noted breeder and Wales and Border Ram sales secretary Jane Smith. The high prices achieved and the fact that at
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Ballot: Is the PM disrespectful?
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan - after he mis-spelled the guardsman's surname in a letter. Jacqui Janes says that the handwritten letter, which referred to her son as Jamie James, was a "hastily
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Ill? Why not try treatment of your own?
HEALTH chiefs are encouraging people to consider seeing a GP or pharmacist rather than putting extra pressure on A&E staff this winter. Every year the A&E dep-artments at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch
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I don’t want us to lose our farmland
SIR – Enough! I am sure that other readers are as bemused as am I by N Taylor’s contributions on the Worcester News letters page of late. I did not say that today’s growing families require extra housing. I merely said that during the late Victorian
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Referenda popular with dictatorships
SIR – Gary Webb (Letters, November 2) is wrong to suggest that referenda exist only in democracies. Far from it, they are in fact the tools of dictators trying to give their regimes some semblance of respectability. In democracies we are lucky enough
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Students’ behaviour can be so tiresome
SIR – I empathise with Worcester residents affected by the behaviour of students, but I’m not surprised having witnessed what has happened elsewhere. In addition to indiscriminate parking, students like to relax and enjoy themselves in the welcoming
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Why waste time on fox hunting?
SIR – Credit where it is due. We support the Labour Party in passing the current law banning fox hunting. It is a great shame that the Conservatives seem intent on wasting valuable House of Commons time to reopen the debate on this cruel blood sport
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Our fireworks went with a real bang
SIR – On behalf of Pershore and District RNA, may I say a huge thank you to everybody involved with our fireworks display on Sunday, November 1. Our third event was the best yet and there were a record number of local people. Special
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Correction to your walk by the canal
SIR – A slight correction to Julie Royle’s recent walk. The canal from Vines Park to the Eagle and Sun, near Hanbury, is the Droitwich Junction Canal. A narrow waterway built in 1854, it was designed and constructed by the Worcester/Birmingham Canal
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Give us chance to do something amazing
SIR – I recently dropped into my local blood donation session to enquire about becoming a donor. Unfortunately, because I had cancer some years ago and underwent chemotherapy, I’m banned from giving blood for life. After carrying out a little
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Grandmother honoured for her part in the war effort
A WOMAN who helped intercept coded wartime messages has received a commemorative badge for her efforts after nearly 55 years. Grandmother May Stephens, from Eckington, near Pershore, was among veterans awarded with the Bletchley Park badge
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Without me 100 horses would probably be dead
DEPENDING on your point of view Sue Penny is either the most compassionate or barmiest person in the world when it comes to horses and ponies. She keeps more than 100 of them, doesn’t ride and spends more than £30,000 a year looking after them
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Firework displays thrill Worcester crowds
BONFIRES and jaw-dropping firework displays set to modern pop music lit the night sky over Worcester. Rockets banged, screeched and sent showers of sparks in a rainbow of colours over the thousands of people gathered at the annual Worcester Round Table
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County pays tribute on Remembrance Sunday
PEOPLE from all generations lined the streets of Worcestershire to remember the fallen from wars past and present. Thoughts turned to lives lost in Afghanistan this Remembrance Sunday as the Bishop of Worcester, the Right Revered Dr John Inge
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How new low-cost homes could look
This artist’s impression show what plans for 34 new affordable homes on the site of a former youth centre could look like. As reported in your Worcester News, the former Warndon Youth Centre site in Chedworth Drive, Warndon, Worcester, was subject to
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Council could lose funding over benefits backlog
LONG delays in dealing with benefit payments has left Worcester City Council “perilously close” to losing £100,000 of Government funding. The cash-strapped council is also overpaying some people – and may never get that money back.
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COMMENT: Hub service should be so much better
ROCK bottom and diabolical are descriptions of a flagship council service that may not surprise some Worcestershire residents but undoubtedly alarm many others. More than 14,000 people who called the Worcestershire Hub – set up as a central point for
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Council telephone service branded 'diabolical'
THE Worcestershire Hub council telephone service has been branded ‘diabolical’ as staff fail to answer thousands more calls. In total 14,013 calls from customers were abandoned between July and September. Over the three months 17,419 calls
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Adaggio set to return for City after rest
STRIKER Marco Adaggio is poised for a recall to the Worcester City team as manager Richard Dryden looks to arrest his side’s dip in form. City have lost their last two games — 4-1 at Eastleigh and 1-0 at home to Welling United in a lacklustre performance
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Fixtures
MONDAY Blue Square South: Worcester City v Chelmsford City (7.45pm). Midland Floodlit Youth League Premier Division South: Bromsgrove Rovers v Tividale. Southern Division: Hereford United v Bishops Cleeve. League Cup: Wellington v Stratford Town.
