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Find out more about how to foster a child
PEOPLE can discover more about the rewards of fostering at a series of special drop-in events. To mark Foster Care Fortnight, Worcestershire County Council’s fostering service is holding information sessions which will allow residents to
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Drink-driver was feeling depressed
A FORMER lorry driver caught drink-driving on Easter Sunday was feeling low as it was the anniversary of his mother’s death. Michael Clements had to leave his job as a driver because of his diabetes and was now in a job that left him feeling isolated
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Crash survivor in run for vital fund
A MAN who survived an horrific car crash will run a marathon to raise money for the rescue service that saved his life. Robert Young, then a teacher, was left fighting for his life after his red Ka collided with a Toyota Landrover on the Hanbury Road
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City seek ways of attracting more fans
WORCESTER City have enlisted the help of a customer services expert in a bid to get more fans through the gates at St George’s Lane. Mark Bradley, founder of the Football League’s family excellence awards, will be giving a talk in the club’
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Mental health trust users fear the worst
SOME mental health patients are worried their care will come second when a new NHS trust is formed to look after them. Sarah Dugan, who will be chief executive of the new Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, revealed patient concerns about mental
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Tree felling halted after bees nest find
ARBORICULTURALISTS had to be careful while cutting tree branches in a Worcester park. As workers set about trimming trees in Gheluvelt Park, Barbourne, they discovered a small nest of bees on one of the branches. Luckily it was not in
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Shaw joins Cambridge
MIDFIELDER Tom Shaw has left Kidderminster Harriers and joined Cambridge United on a two-year deal. The 24-year-old, out of contract at Aggborough, has opted to sign for Harriers' Blue Square Bet Premier rivals. Shaw made 26 starts during
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We don’t want advertising on roundabouts
A WORCESTER parish councillor has spoken out against plans to install a number of advertising signs on roundabouts, saying they are aesthetically out of keeping with the area. Warndon parish councillor Ted Holloway also raised concerns about the subject
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Hallow make history with promotion
HALLOW Village have clinched the runners-up spot and promotion to the Worcester and District League Premier Division after a thrilling 3-2 win at Division One champions Coppertops Athletic. Trailing 2-0 at one stage, two goals from Jamie Lawrence sealed
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Win or lose, it’s good manners to applaud
SIR – The count on election night is always a fascinating occasion. There is a tremendous atmosphere of tension and expectation while the candidates wait to see who has won in the magnificent setting of the Guildhall in Worcester. This is especially
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Spring show just keeps on growing
Despite the tough economic climate the 2011 Malvern Spring Gardening Show turned into another winner. Crowds packed the Three Counties Showground over the four days of the event and tradestands reported good business. “It has been a very successful
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So who could do a better job than NHS?
SIR – Re ‘Abandon NHS reforms call’ (Worcester News, May 10). The demand was made by Liberal Democrat backbench MP Andrew George, who warned that proposals to open up the NHS to greater free market competition “undermines the NHS ethos”. I
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PM, it’s time to drop these NHS proposals
SIR – With the chairman of NHS Worcestershire, a former Tory councillor, now describing the Conservative-led Government’s plans for our health service as an “unholy mess” (Worcester News, May 9) it’s about time David Cameron saw sense and dropped
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NHS chief’s open letter was driven by politics
SIR – I read with horror the page you dedicated to the open letter from Dr Bryan Smith ‘It’s an unholy mess – but there’s a way’ (Worcester News, May 9), who I note from hisbackground, while a Dr, is not one of the medical variety. It strikes
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Postal workers offer alternative to office closure
POSTAL workers at a closure-threatened sorting office in Worcester are asking Royal Mail bosses to look at alternatives. About 100 staff employed at the depot in Wainwright Road in Warndon met at the Blackpole Inn to discuss their next move, after postal
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Pedal power to boost charity funds
MORE than 400 riders pedalled across the county in aid of a leading cancer support charity. For the first time in this, the Macride event’s seventh year, the route included a gruelling three-county 100-mile jaunt which attracted hardcore cyclists from
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Mr Salmond has put on blue facepaint
SIR – It appears that Mr [Alex] Salmond has once again put on his blue facepaint and unsheathed his claymore. If he is to get his way and Scotland uses the exclusive option to leave the Union, who is to negotiate the divorce? The British Government
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16 May to 23 May, 2011
THIS WEEK IN 1961: CRIME is more prevalent nowadays partly because the police have to spend too much time at their desks dealing with the country’s “multifarious” laws rather than going out on the beat to do a far more important job.
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16 May to 23 May, 2011
100 YEARS AGO: A PLUCKY rescue was effected from the canal on Monday afternoon. While two lads were playing below the Blockhouse Bridge locks, one of them named Reginald Griffiths fell into the water and, but for the promptness and pluck
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Hands up. Who’s the last maker of gloves?
THE faded and rather grubby little advertising bill on the wall probably said it all. It was to promote a performance of Ruddigore by Great Witley Operatic Society at Worcester’s Swan Theatre in 1981. Admission £1.80. While motor factors and
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Auschwitz must never occur again
SIR – Think of a country where the people feel frustrated, distrust their politicians and speak angrily of their country being destroyed by foreigners, scroungers and malingerers. No, not Britain in 2011 but Germany in the early 1930s. Auschwitz
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Harvington
THERE are some gorgeous woods and valleys to enjoy on this easy walk and it also includes one of the loveliest old houses in the county, Harvington Hall. This moated manor house was built in the Middle Ages and rebuilt during the reign of Elizabeth
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It’s not all gloom after harsh winter
THE bountiful delights of a Worcestershire garden remain in abundance despite the icy blasts of a bitter winter and an unseasonably dry spring. Mel Bates and his wife Jan transformed the land around their garden at White Cottage, Earls Common
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Farmers' Market with Caroline Wright - May 16, 2011
IS there anything in this world more delicious than a sausage sandwich? Well, for some, maybe – but for a heck of a lot of us the humble sausage sandwich is about the tastiest snack you can imagine. So, as this is British Sandwich Week, there
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We all had such a wonderful time
MORE than 40 young riders enjoyed the annual Malvern Pony Club Easter Rally. There could not have been a more marked contrast in the weather. This year’s blistering heat was a welcome relief following last year’s rally which was cancelled due to
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Gold roof looks naff
SIR – Now that the new library in Worcester is really taking shape, would someone tell us why we appear to be having a replica of the Golden Temple of Amritsah in our midst, which will dominate the skyline of our city. I’m sure when it is finished
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It’s cider every time
SIR – John Phillpott (Worcester News, April 30) says there is nothing wrong with champagne and George Cowley (Worcester News, May 10) agrees, providing one has the wherewithal to buy it. However, I say why waste money on champers when a glass
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Uni staff's spring help for charity
A CHARITY bash in aid of disabled youngsters with complex needs has been a huge success. The University of Worcester played host to its first spring fete on Friday in aid of Worcester Snoezelen, which provides care for those with multi-sensory problems
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...And another thing
*THIS September marks the 360th anniversary of the Battle of Worcester. It’s been recalled on several occasions how future American president Thomas Jefferson berated the people of Worcester about their indifference to that fight for freedom.
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Two problems solved
TWO issues currently facing the country are the problems of overflowing prisons and overstretched old people’s homes. I have a solution. Why not put the elderly in jail and the criminals in nursing homes? This way old folk would have access to
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Traffic lights confusion is causing me concern
SIR – There appears to be a growing misunderstanding of the purpose of traffic lights near to roundabouts. I have observed recently, both as a driver and as a pedestrian, near misses at the major roundabout on City Walls Road in Worcester.
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We may all have to learn self-sufficiency
MY parents used to keep a few livestock during the 1950s and I was entrusted with feeding these creatures, a ritual that took place without fail twice a day, come rain or shine. One particularly freezing January evening, I complained to my
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Traffic lights out
TRAFFIC lights on the A44 Deansway and Copenhagen Street crossroads in Worcester city centre are still not working. Drivers are advised to take the junction carefully. The lights have been out of action for some days.
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Middlesex star Scott surprised by County return
WHEN Ben Scott left New Road last summer to return to Middlesex little did he know that he would be back at Worcestershire 12 months on. County director of cricket Steve Rhodes had pin-pointed then 18-year-old wicketkeeper Ben Cox as the man to
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Barn arson - two arrests
A BARN with 30 tonnes of hay inside has been torched in an arson attack. Police have arrested two people seen running from the scene at Newhouse Farm in Guarlford Road at Guarlford, near Malvern. The fire was discovered at about 9pm
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Sick prisoners make most NHS complaints
SICK prisoners in Worcestershire complain far more than the county’s NHS patients, according to the latest figures. A total of 150 complaints were registered in 2010/11 across community NHS services including community hospitals, physiotherapy, speech
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Cox is set to benefit from new gloveman
WICKETKEEPER Ben Scott believes that his arrival at New Road will help the development of teenage gloveman Ben Cox. The 29-year-old returned to Worcestershire last week for an initial one-month loan spell from Middlesex after playing for the County at
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Cuts 'will mean more crime'
POLICE officers believe budget cuts will hamstring policing and could lead to a rise in crime. The Police Federation surveyed West Mercia police officers and found the vast majority were deeply unhappy about the effect of budget cuts and proposed reforms
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Warriors prop calls time on his career
ADAM Black will finish his illustrious playing career after Worcester Warriors’ crucial Championship play-off final second leg clash with Cornish Pirates on Wednesday (7.45pm). The influential loosehead, one of Warriors’ top performers since
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Club wickets were better than Edgbaston
WORCESTERSHIRE director of cricket Steve Rhodes said it best when asked about the Edgbaston wicket. He said: “I can safely say that is probably the worst wicket that I have seen in professional cricket in England.” How only Vikram Solanki ended up in
