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Walker ends his marathon cash mission
WITH a final effort, a big-hearted walker single-handedly raised £3,000 for new wheelchairs. Mark Grooms, of Monarch Drive, in St John’s, Worcester was greeted by supporters 79 miles away in Somerset after a determined walk in aid of city adults with
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We recycle at school and in the office, too
DAY THRRE IT’S not just at home that the Clarke-Morris family, from Norton, near Worcester, thinks about recycling. At the girls’ local first school, recycling is high profile and much encouraged, with bins and information around the school site.
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Leyton Orient 1 Hereford United 1 (2-3 on pens)
ADAM Bartlett was the Hereford hero as the Bulls progressed to the southern semi-finals of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tonight. The Bulls keeper saved three penalties in the shoot-out after the scores had been tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes. Jason
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County six are selected
SIX North Midlands players have been included in the Midlands Under 18 squad for an assessment day at Loughborough Grammar School on Sunday (12pm). There are four Worcester academy players in the squad — props Hugh McBride (Bromsgrove School) and Ryan
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Lights of love tree takes its place
A GIANT 22ft Christmas tree is going up in St Andrew’s Spire, Deansway, Worcester, tomorrow ready to be lit with St Richard’s Hospice Lights of Love on Friday. The traditional Norway spruce has been generously donated by Nick Beard of Leigh Sinton
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Workers give thumbs-up
Workers at Pertemps People Development Group are celebrating their support for local communities after their payroll giving scheme passed a key milestone. Employees at the company, which has offices in Shrub Hill, Worcester, have given £100,000
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City gig for X Factor’s Lucie Jones
SHE was once favourite to win, but lost out to Jedward in a shock results show. Now X Factor contestant Lucie Jones is on her way to Worcester. The 18-year-old who left the ITV show at the weekend after members of the public voted to save the twins
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Park-and-ride just needs time to grow
A NEW park and ride system serving the city centre and hospital needs time to grow, say transport chiefs. The Sixways park-and-ride in the city’s north-east is a base for two buses and unofficially opened at the end of October. Derek Prodger, county
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Staff set sights on target
AN appeal to raise as much money as possible for injured servicemen and women will be running at an opticians in Worcester. A number of events in aid of Help for Heroes will be taking place at Specsavers over a two-week period starting later this month
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IT share plan will cut cost – and jobs
SHARED computer services could save councils up to £400,000 a year – but it will cost jobs. District councils in Worcester, Wychavon, and Malvern Hills, along with Worcestershire County Council, are looking at creating a shared ICT service. A pilot
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Queues on M5 after crash
Traffic on the M5 in Worcestershire came to a standstill today following a two-vehicle crash. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the northbound carriageway between junctions 8 and 7, shortly before 2.55pm. A West Midlands Ambulance Service
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Challenge for charity
Parents and friends from Worcester St George's Catholic Primary School Friends Association completed the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge well within the 24 hour limit, raising £2,500 for the school and Worcester’s Acorns Children’s Hospice. They scaled
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REVIEW: Cabaret at Malvern Theatres
THIS long-running production of Cabaret is wild, manic and deeply unnerving - everything it should be. While Javier De Frutos' ravishing choreography is enough to shock some of the Malvern Theatres audience, it is the show's dark political heart, rather
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Drink-drive councillor's life "in ruins"
CONVICTED drink driver, Wyre Forest district councillor Susan Meekings, has been banned from driving for three years, sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid community work and ordered to undergo alcohol counselling. Fighting back the tears as she left Kidderminster
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Worcester trio’s England ‘A’ duty
A TRIO of Worcester rugby aces will line up for the England Women’s ‘A’ team to take on reigning world champions New Zealand at Esher RFC on Tuesday (7pm). Speedster Amber Penrith has been selected to start on the left wing, while Laura Keates is picked
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Concern over public service cuts
LEADERSHIP in tough economic times was the theme of this year’s Worcestershire Assembly. The annual assembly brings together leaders from the county’s local councils, health authorities, emergency services, businesses, and voluntary and community groups
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Illingworth handed umpires promotion
FIRST-CLASS umpire Richard Illingworth, the former Worcestershire cricketer, has been promoted to the ICC International Panel with immediate effect. The ECB announced that both Illingworth and another first-class umpire, Richard Kettleborough, will
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Woman airlifted to hospital after A38 crash
AN elderly woman was airlifted to hospital following a collision on the A38 at Martin Hussingtree today. Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the A38 near the Swan Inn at 10.50am after the collision between a grey Seat car and
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Arr and Fellows at the double in rout
JONNY Arr and Charlie Fellows both grabbed a brace of tries as a Worcester Warriors academy side cruised to a fine 10-try 62-5 victory over The Army under 23s at Sixways. An impressive darting double by scrum-half Arr saw Warriors take control of the
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Man who karate kicked window breached Asbo
A MAN from Worcester breached the terms of his Anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) by performing a “karate-style” kick to smash someone’s window and using threatening and abusive language at the hospital, a court was told. Christopher Small
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Evesham arrests in animal rights extremism probe
TWO people have been arrested in Evesham in connection with an investigation into animal rights extremism. A 19-year-old man from Evesham and a 20-year-old woman from Evesham were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage
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90-year-old reaches her peak
A SPRIGHTLY pensioner celebrated her 90th birthday in style with a walk to the highest point of the Malvern Hills. Rita Tysoe, along with her 92-year-old husband Lionel, decided age was no barrier to enjoying the best views in the county when she set
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Harriers striker gets England call
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers striker Matthew Barnes-Homer has been called up to the England ‘C’ squad for next week’s international against Poland Under 23s. The Aggborough club’s top-scorer was initially on standy but has been included in the main party for
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Grants set to fill town with festive colour
A FESTIVE bonanza of events will be staged thanks to £1,700 of cash left over from a community group. The Creative Malvern Small Grants Scheme is funding eight groups to help bring some colour to the town over Christmas. The money has
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Talei misses international through injury
SATURDAY’S international showdown at Murrayfield between Worcester Warriors centre Alex Grove and back-row team-mate Netani Talei will not be happening after the Fijian powerhouse was laid low by injury. Sixways academy product Grove, who has been selected
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Martial arts event to give children fighting chance
A MARTIAL arts event in Worcester will be fighting to raise as much money as possible for charity. The “Fighting for Lives” martial arts charity event is scheduled to take place at Nunnery Wood Sports Complex in Worcester on Saturday between
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Grease lighting wowed crowd
FRIENDS of Red Hill Primary School raised about £3,000 at their musical fireworks night on Friday. The event was organised by friends’ members Pete Pedrick and Warwick Taylor, and included fantastic fireworks set to modern music. The event, held
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HUGHES
HUGHES Janet Birthday Wishes for my lovely Wife Janet. You are always on my mind, you made me laugh, you made me cry, memories never die. I will always love you. Love Colin x x x Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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PHILLIPS
PHILLIPS William John In loving memory of a dear dad and grandad, passed away eleven years today. Also remembering uncle Bert. Love Rose and Family. Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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BETHAL
BETHAL David Dave Passed away suddenly on November 2nd, 2009 aged 39 years. Beloved partner of Soryia, devoted dad to Alex, Jack and Louie. Will be sadly missed by his Mum, both Families and all who had the pleasure of knowing him. Funeral service at
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OLDROYD
OLDROYD Eileen Of St. Peters. Please note amended time for funeral. Funeral Service at St Mark's Church, Bath Road on Friday, November 13th, at 11.30 a.m followed by Committal at Worcester Crematorium Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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BLUCK
BLUCK Joyce nee Adams Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 4th 2009 at Worcestershire Royal Hospital aged 87 years. Most treasured and dearly beloved mother of Lorraine, Carol, Rosemary, Heather, Gloria, Ivor, Graham, Julie, Cindy, Beverley,
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BAGLEY
BAGLEY Olive May Peacefully at her home on November 4th, 2009. Beloved wife of the late Bill Bagley, much loved mother of Roy and the late David. Sadly missed by daughter in law Brenda, also her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. Funeral service at
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MEAR
MEAR Bryan John Peacefully but suddenly after a short illness on November 4th, 2009 aged 53 years. Beloved elder son of Francis Frank and Margaret. Loving brother to Patrick. Will be greatly missed by Family and Friends. Funeral service will take place
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TOPPING BISHOP
TOPPING-BISHOP Lucy and Matt Congratulations on the birth of your son Noah, born November 9th, weighing 7lb 5.5oz. Love from Mum and Dad Topping, Mum and Dad Bishop, uncles Andrew and Daniel, and Tilly Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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MINETT
MINETT Alfred Ex Postman. Passed away at Waterside Care Home on November 4th, 2009 aged 80 years. Beloved husband of Olive, father of Christine and Trish and father in law of Simon. Funeral service at Worcester Crematorium on Tuesday, November 17th at
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KENNEDY
KENNEDY Hunter 16.01.1947 - 02.11.2009 Passed away in hospital on Monday, November 2nd 2009. Beloved husband to Elaine, much loved uncle of Angela, Andrew, Yvonne and Trevor. Funeral service at Worcester Crematorium on Monday, November 16th at 2 p.m.
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GUISE
GUISE Nora Annette Patricia Pat of Offenham, suddenly at home on October 31st, 2009, aged 80 years. Beloved wife of the late Len, also a much loved mum to Julie, grandmother to Jasmine, Christopher, Joe and Ashley and mother in law to Steve. The funeral
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PHILLIPS
PHILLIPS William John Dear dad and grandad passed away November 10th, 1998. Also Uncle Bert. Les, Jacqui and Family Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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PHILLIPS William John Treasured memories of a dear dad and grandad. Also uncle Bert, who both passed away eleven years today. Remembered always. Vic, Chris and Family. Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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JONES
JONES Raymond Ray In memory of a wonderful husband, dad, grandad and great grandad. We love and miss you. Goodnight and God bless xx Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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BREED
BREED Margaret Remembering you today mum as we do everyday. Miss you loads. Graham, Raymond, Rosie and Families. xxx Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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PHILLIPS
PHILLIPS William John Jack Dear dad, fell asleep eleven years today. Always in our thoughts, Jackie and Peter Published in paper 10/11/2009 in Worcester News
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"My mouldy home is making kids sick"
MOULD on the walls, windows and floors of a young mum’s home is affecting her children’s health she claims. Stacey Corns, who lives in a flat owned by Elgar Housing in Malvern, believes not enough is being done by the housing association to
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Boss looks on positive side of defeat
MANAGER Richard Dryden was pleased to see his Worcester City side show some character despite losing to Chelmsford City. Last night’s 2-1 defeat was City’s second in three days at St George’s Lane following on from Saturday’s 1-0 reverse against
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Canadian scholar in literature search
A RENOWNED scholar from Canada is undertaking a nine-month project in Worcester to explore the ways in which children’s literature treats national identity and citizenship Dr Benjamin Lefebvre has joined the University of Worcester from the
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Have you seen this sinister figure?
PRODUCERS of Sweeney Todd are offering free tickets to the first person who spots a sinister figure lurking in Bromyard. The Todd model (pictured here) is located somewhere in the town and whoever finds him first is in with a chance of winning two tickets
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£45m Lotto winners toast with a roast
The couple who scooped £45.5 million in the Euromillions jackpot have told how they celebrated with a traditional Sunday lunch washed down with a couple of bottles of champagne at their local restaurant. Les Scadding, 58, and his wife Samantha
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Residents and businesses say CCTV network should be monitored
THOUSANDS of residents and 175 businesses have said Worcester’s CCTV network should continue to be monitored, according to the city’s MP. Mike Foster said nearly 4,000 people and 96 per cent of the businesses who responded to a survey he carried out
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All set for Lord Mayor's show
BLIND and partially sighted students from Worcester are to take part in their first Lord Mayor’s Show this weekend. Students from New College Worcester will be marching with the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers float at the event on Saturday
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Enterprising youngsters are eager to make mark
CHILDREN at a Worcestershire school have helped launch a national campaign which encourages eco-friendly and green intitiatives. The Make Your Mark Challenge is the UK’s biggest, live one-day enterprise competition and will kick-start Global
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Pumphouse Women's Institute
ON A beautiful sunny morning, Sylvia, our president, opened our meeting with 22 members and two visitors. The minutes, finances and correspondence were read. Recipe books are now available at £2.50, great for Christmas presents. Ann spoke in depth
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Magic whiteboard inventor talks to business students
THE famous magic whiteboard entrepreneur has visited Worcester’s Sixth Form College. Neil Westwood from Magic Whiteboard visited the college to talk to a group of 120 A-level business students about his experience of setting up his own business
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Oakapple Women's Institute
OCTOBER was our annual meeting but it was also the target date we had set for knitting 100 woollen hats. Rev Tony Price, of Port of Bristol Seafarers Centre, had come to receive these and talk about this subject. Rev Price is a retired Methodist
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Northwick Evening Townswomen's Guild
BRIAN Askew, a new member of the British Acupuncture Society, gave an excellent talk to our guild at the October meeting. Acupuncture has been around for about 3,500 years. The Chinese are credited with starting it for treatment of many illnesses
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Worcester Group Women's Institute autumn meeting
MORE than 75 members from WIs in the Worcester city area joined North Claines WI for the Autumn Group meeting. Group co-ordinator Susan Oakley welcomed everyone, including Suzanne Owen and Wendy Booth from Worcestershire Federation. Joan Wilde
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North Claines Women's Institute
OUR November meeting was also the annual meeting with a new president taking over from Susan Oakley, who has done her job diligently over the last three years. Morag Ford, our WI adviser, was in attendance to oversee proceedings. Paula Hartley
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Kempsey Women's Institute
WE have enjoyed two meetings at our women’s institute, one in September when our speaker was Ray Sturdy who talked about Old Worcestershire and showed us many photos. The other meeting, in October, saw us being taken by Mr Umpelby for an interesting
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Karate youngsters claim medals haul
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
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Catholic schools' heads claim discrimination
HEADTEACHERS of Catholic schools in Worcester have backed an MP’s claim they are being discriminated against when it comes to funding. Your Worcester News reported last week how Worcester’s Labour MP Mike Foster had accused Worcestershire County
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Ballot: Would you tell the world?
The two winners of Friday's £91m EuroMillions lottery draw are due to be unveiled this morning. It is already thought that a married couple from Newport hold one £45.5m ticket and a syndicate of callcentre workers hold the other. Most
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Sprucing up the city in time for Christmas fun
TWO 36ft tall Norwegian Spruce trees have been installed on prominent roundabouts in Worcester – signalling that Christmas can’t be too far away. Worcester City Council’s senior arborist was dispatched six weeks ago to the Kielder Forest in
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Frustration for Meredith as he is left on sidelines
JAKE Meredith has vowed to do all he can to prove he has what it takes to be a success at Worcester City. The goalkeeper has endured a frustrating start to his career at St George’s Lane having not played a competitive match since signing for the club
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Manset misses Bulls trophy tie
HEREFORD United will be without striker Mathieu Manset for tonight’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy southern area quarter-final at Leyton Orient (7.00). The Frenchman has been handed a three-match ban following his red card in Saturday’s 2-0 FA Cup
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Motorway crash cleared
TWO cars were involved in a crash which brought rush hour motorway traffic to a halt this morning. Emergency services closed the northbound carriageway of the M5 between Droitwich and Junction 4A for the M42 while the accident was cleared.
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Schools’ service has tribute to city soldier
PUPILS at the former school of a Worcester soldier killed in Afghanistan will hold a special Armistice Day service tomorrow. Children at Bishop Perowne CE College will pay tribute to Pte Jason Williams, who died in an explosion in Helmand Province in
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Bird statue would become graveyard
Sir – Bird-lovers must be horrified at the prospect of the huge stainless steel dish to replace the dolphin in Angel Place. We have all experienced birds being attracted by window reflections with disastrous consequences. We do not want Angel Place
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Politicians more like parasites?
SIR – The Speaker turned down a request to widen the scope of his audit into MPs’ expenses, which means some abusers of commons allowances are laughing all the way to the bank. Would it now be appropriate for the initials MP to stand for monetary parasite
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MPs should try to live like other half
SIR – Some MPs and Lords are getting upset about their expenses crackdown. But they are still able to claim more for one night than job seekers get for two weeks to live on. They have had it so good for so long they should have a taste of living on a
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Don’t tar all gyms with same brush
SIR – Re: A Cross’s letter “Beware Perils of Gym Membership” of November 3, I totally agree that many gyms have a terrible reputation for caring about revenue and not members. However, not all are like that. Positive Step ladies- only gym in Charles
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Exploding myth of local bomb crater
Sir – With reference to John Phillpott’s Northwick bomb crater, this was an urban myth. During the severe flood in 1963 a very large willow tree on the bank of the Severn was felled by the weight of rubbish piling onto it. The root ball was torn out
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Left bemused by bus getting parking ticket
SIR – I’m sending a letter to you in protest as I have just witnessed the most stupid act of all times. Midland Red, LMS, Red Diamond, Yarrantons and Astons: all these buses park for five to 10 minutes in Angel Place, for a short break. This has been
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Honest people are still about today
SIR – I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the young lady who handed in my purse to the bus driver on the 35 bus from CrownGate on October 31. It certainly has restored my faith that there are still honest people in our society. I hope by
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Crimes are being swept under carpet
THE growing number of serious crimes being dealt with out of court threatens one of the basic principles of this country’s justice system. Evidence came to light over the weekend of offences including rape and grievous bodily harm being ‘punished’ via
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City gets first gay festival
WORCESTER is to get its first ever Gay Pride festival. The Worcester Pride event on Pitchcroft is coming to the city in June 2010 with organisers hoping thousands will visit, bringing a massive boost to trade, culture and tourism. Lee
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Racist 'stag' pays the price
A HUSBAND-to-be celebrating his stag weekend in Worcester shouted racial abuse at a police officer, a court heard. Myles Lohoff shouted at the officer in an unprovoked attack as he walked past a police van parked in Angel Place. As well as swearing
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Naomi braves the elements for classic car run
A fomer Kidderminster woman braved gales and torrential rain to complete the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run at the weekend in an open-top 1902 Albion Dog Cart. Journalist Naomi Bishop and co-driver John Stretton did the 60-mile journey in just over
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Essential guide forevents organisers
BUSINESS events organisation conference-worcestershire has overhauled its annual guide and website to create a detailed one-stop information source for meetings and corporate events organisers. Both the website at conference-worcestershire.org and the
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Diglis work gets started
PREPARATORY work has started on a project to build a £2m foot and cycle bridge over the Severn in Worcester. Engineers have started preparing the area for the bridge which will link the new Diglis development with Lower Wick, but residents will not
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'Blossoming' town needs new recruits
MALVERN in Bloom is looking to swell its ranks with new members as it prepares to start its 2010 campaign. Chairman John Jordan is hoping to build on Malvern in Bloom’s most successful year to date, which saw the town achieve a coveted
