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Man, 74, charged with murder of his cousin
A 74-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his cousin. Robin Troughton, aged 59, of Longdon, near Upton-upon-Severn, was found with fatal injuries in Bushley, near Tewkesbury, on Sunday, April 3. He was flown to the Queen Elizabeth
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NHS ‘managing cash well’
A FINANCE chief says the NHS in Worcestershire is managing its cash well, despite recession and past financial problems. Brian Hanford, director of finance for NHS Worcestershire, said the organisation was meeting all of its financial responsibilities
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We had a knockout day with Our ’Enry
AS British boxing great Sir Henry Cooper was laid to rest earlier this week, a former promoter remembered the day the “true gentleman” opened a boxing club in Worcester. John Curnock, of Worcester Amateur Boxing Club, said: “We had more than
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Labour puts forward rival in Worcester mayoral vote
A RIVAL candidate is being put forward to become the next mayor of Worcester. We reported in yesterday’s Worcester News how current deputy mayor Councillor Keith Burton is departing from tradition and passing up the opportunity to become the city’s first
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Cat lucky to be alive after spine was broken
A CAT has escaped with her life but not her tail after someone snapped her spine. Mittens is thought to have had her spine broken by someone but she was lucky – had it broken in a slightly different place she would have had to be put down. Her owners
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We’ll all be watching and voting for Katie
A SMALL Worcester primary school is brimming with excitement as pupils watch an ex-student dance in a TV competition. The children at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School in St John’s have been avidly watching the progress of Katie Love in
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Rhodes: Edgbaston worst wicket in England
WORCESTERSHIRE may have fallen to another defeat in LV= County Championship Division One but they have escaped the horror Edgbaston pitch without serious injury. The New Road side lost by 218 to Warwickshire this morning after on-loan wicketkeeper Ben
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Royal visitor drops in to give seal of approval to show
THE Spring Gardening Show at Malvern received the royal seal of approval with a visit from the Duke of Gloucester yesterday. The Duke spent two and a half hours on the second day of the event at the Three Counties Showground, meeting exhibitors, visiting
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Andrews looking forward to Croft
SIMON Andrews might have been upstaged by rookie Alex Lowes so far this season — but, ahead of round three at Croft this weekend, the Evesham ace insists he’ll be laughing longest in 2011. The Evesham racer suffered two sprained ankles in a
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Warriors fans are full of confidence
THE nine-point cushion Worcester hold over Cornish Pirates going into the second leg of the Championship final has left Warriors fans confident of securing promotion back to the Premiership. The 21-12 first leg success in Penzance means Warriors take
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Warwickshire v Worcestershire (day four)
Worcestershire (2nd inns, target 328, overnight 36-3) Solanki retired hurt 0 Moeen c Metters b Clarke 19 Choudhry lbw b Clarke 7 Andrew c Trott b Tahir 9 Scott retired hurt 31 Wright c Bell b Rankin 11
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Bears handed points penalty for poor pitch
WARWICKSHIRE were last night handed an eight point deduction for their ‘poor’ Edgbaston pitch in the LV= County Championship Division One derby with Worcestershire. The wicket at the Bears home was given the rating by an ECB Pitch Panel comprising David
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Pitman reflects on turning point for Bulls
THE match might have taken place seven months ago but Hereford United manager Jamie Pitman says it changed his football life. Nobody could have predicted the events that unfolded when the Bulls headed to Northampton Town for a League Two clash on October
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Burr in no hurry to add to his Harriers squad
MANAGER Steve Burr says he won’t be rushed into recruiting to his Kidderminster Harriers squad over the summer. Although the season is barely over, attention at Aggborough has already switched to the 2011/12 Blue Square Bet Premier campaign. Eleven
