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Ex-student is up for big challenge
A TEAM of steely adventurers will tackle the perils of mountain and sea to raise money for charity. The Trip to Remember is an endurance event to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society, organised by former University of Worcester student David Bedford
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Buyers found as pub is forced to put up barrier
AN “eyesore” pub in the middle of a Worcester estate could still become housing. The Drakes Drum in Tudor Way, Dines Green, has stood empty for more than a year but it is now under offer, according to Halls estate agents. When the pub was last on the
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New agency is ready to tackle homeless problem
A NEW not-for-profit lettings agency is being launched in Worcester to help landlords and tenants get together to help tackle the city’s homelessness problem. Landlords are being invited to a launch event for the scheme – called Smartlets – at Worcestershire
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Around my parish by foot, horse, motorbike, canoe, tractor and wheelbarrow
AN energetic curate has put a modern twist on an age-old challenge by travelling around the boundaries of his parish using different modes of transport. Nick Kaleniuk, the curate at Claines Church, agreed to ‘beat the boundaries’ of Claines, Worcester
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Biles excels with European bronze
SARAH Biles became only the second Worcestershire judo player to star on the European stage when she brought home the bronze medal from the Junior Cup in Lithuania. The 18-year-old travelled home with her highest accolade representing the Kidderminster
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Free chip to track your dog
DOG owners are being urged to ensure their prize pooches are microchipped. Dogs Trust Evesham is supporting National Microchipping Month and offering the service – usually £10 – for free from June 13-19 as part of the campaign. The charity is also calling
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Worcester City Chess Club pick up their league trophy
WORCESTER City club players were well represented at the annual meeting of the Worcestershire Chess Association in Claines. They were crowned 2010-11 league champions and president Peter Kitson presented the Bonham Memorial Trophy to Worcester secretary
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Man took purse in self-service theft
A MAN stole a purse from a supermarket checkout for his girlfriend because she was scared about breaching her bail, a court was told. Nicholas Grainger took the purse from the self-service checkout in Tesco Express in Foregate Street after Lisa Ellington
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Well, that’s one way to make sure they eat all their dinner...
THESE two feathered friends show how a parents’ work is never done. Captured by Dave Grubb in his garden in Claines, Worcester, the robin chick, pictured right, is still happy to be taken under the wing of its parent when it comes to meal times
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Stephens back at Archdales
MARTIN Stephens has returned for his third spell as manager of Archdales 73. The former Malvern boss takes over at the Midland Combination Division One club following the resignation of Graham Abercrombie. Stephens’ arrival was announced at the club
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Laura wins apprentice prize
SANCTUARY Group, one of the partners in the Worcester News-backed 100 in 100 apprentice campaign, is celebrating after one of its own young workers scooped a top accolade. Laura Dyke, who has followed an accounting and finance apprenticeship at the housing
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Ex-postmen admit part in £6,000 fake claims
THREE former Worcester postmen have admitted their part in a £6,000 expenses fraud. Mark Adams, Wesley Chapman and David D’Amore received £974.40, £964 and £4,081.65 respectively in false travel and subsistence payments. Prosecuting for Royal
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Tell us who should carry the Olympic torch
MPS across Worcestershire are backing the campaign to find local heroes to carry the Olympic torch. More than 8,000 people will be invited to carry the flame in a nationwide 70-day relay, which starts from Land’s End on May 19, 2012 and arrives
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Backroom alterations at Warriors
WORCESTER Warriors have restructured and expanded their backroom staff ahead of the club’s return to the Aviva Premiership. Stuart Pickering has been promoted to head of strength and conditioning to replace Keir Hansen, who has returned to his native
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We want to know credit card details
SIR – The Daily Telegraph has recently exposed the misuse of council credit cards. Wishing to know what our councillors had been spending our hard-earned money on I visited the website and, surprise surprise, Worcester City Council and Worcestershire
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It’s simple, there just aren’t enough jobs
SIR – The Government labels benefit claimants as “workshy” and the media calls them “scroungers”. However, there is clear evidence that there are not enough jobs – only 450,000 vacancies yet nearly 2.5 million unemployed. The Government is making
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Radiotherapy unit is coming to Worcester say health chiefs
A RADIOTHERAPY unit will be built at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after health chiefs gave plans the green light. Health chiefs from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust gave the formal go ahead for the unit to be built at Worcester at a meeting
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Support charities? Not if you’re well off
SIR – A government minister [Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt] wants middle class and wealthy people to give more of their income to charity. It appears the poorer people give more to charity than the rich. So it’s pretty obvious the minister’s
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Crack woman confined to court
A WOMAN found with £5 of crack cocaine in her handbag has appeared in court. Marie Baker admitted possessing the class A drug and failing to turn up at a previous court hearing. Baker, aged 32, of Marsh Close, Malvern, was ordered to
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Review to be carried out across county hospitals
AN independent review is to be carried out across Worcestershire hospitals into patient dignity and nutrition following a damning report into standards of care for the elderly. The report, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last
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Cash hope for stall
A BRIC-a-brac stall at Upton’s jazz festival is hoping to raise hundreds for the Worcestershire Breast Unit campaign. Rosalind Slocombe is running the bric-a-brac and tombola stall at the Upton Jazz Festival for the second year in a row. Her
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Things can change very quickly in sport
SIR – When Worcester Warriors were relegated from the Premiership the season before last, all was doom and gloom. The cricket team, too, were relegated from division one of the county championship the seasonm before last. One may have thought
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Come on, John, let’s have some evidence
SIR – “Bruiser”, John Phillpott? (Worcester News, May 28). Me, a gentle and peaceloving kind of bloke? I do, however, have a powerful contempt for sloppiness of intellect and laziness of journalism. All the factual statistical evidence, for
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Man’s death in tent remains a mystery
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a Latvian man found dead in a Worcester field. Druvis Ruiga was found dead in a tent in Ronkswood Hill meadows, off Newtown Road, on Tuesday, February 1, by a friend, who was later arrested on suspicion of murder
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The Common Market? It was just for trade
SIR – As the EU thrashes around in its death throes, what steps will be taken against those who in 1972/73 deliberately mis-sold us the concept of joining the Common Market. At the time this was portrayed simply as a trading relationship, yet
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Saving ideas from Martin Lewis
SAVERS have been hit over the last couple of years by the double whammy of low interest rates and high inflation, which eats away at savings. That’s why the re-launch of NS&I’s inflation-linked savings certificates is being so hyped. They’re
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Do you remember Black Wednesday, PM?
SIR – As a Labour party member I recognise that Gordon Brown was no angel. Having spent 13 years at the top of British politics there is a lot to account for. But Councillor [Francis] Lankester’s letter (Worcester News, May 25) is typical of
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Two cars in crash
THIS was the scene when two cars collided in Ombersley yesterday morning. Police and an ambulance were called to the A4133 Droitwich Road near to the A449 overpass just before 11am. The collision occurred between a silver Citroen Xsara Picasso
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It seems that nothing has changed at all
SIR – After reading about a damning independent report into standards of care for the elderly at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch (Worcester News, May 26) it seems as if nothing has changed since my stay in Worcestershire Royal Hospital three
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Man jumped to his death after killing partner
AN inquest heard a Malvern woman was strangled by her partner who later plunged to his death in Worcester. Aaron Stewart faked a double suicide note purporting to be from his partner Sarah Fernandes- Mason, aged 39. Her body was found
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Care and compassion before profit – always
SIR – The chairman of Southern Cross, the UK’s largest care home operator, says it faces a critical financial position and cannot afford to meet its future rent obligations in full. The care of 31,000 frail and disabled residents is now at risk
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This is what I got you for Father’s Day, Dad
Spitfire Plane Kit £6.99 Giftshop.bhf.org.uk Leather Washbag £35 Marks And Spencer, High Street Speakers £10 Burton, Cathedral Plaza Saddle Knit Jumper £42.50 White Stuff, Cathedral Plaza Paul Smith Man, (Up to 20% off all sizes) Fragrance
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Sacked teacher was a 'disaster' in school
A SACKED teacher was a “disaster” in the classroom according to a former colleague. Former hairdressing tutor Kathleen Fellows, known as Kate, was sacked from Tudor Grange Academy in Worcester in January, 2010, after one term. She took the school to
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Helen will take a leap of faith
A DAREDEVIL pensioner is jumping out of a plane for a cause dear to her heart. Helen Fowler, aged 71, will be plunging earthwards at 120mph later this month to raise money for Arthritis Research UK’s Pershore branch. Mrs Fowler isn't fazed by the prospect
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Young lays his hat in second XI with 7-26
ALL-ROUNDER Paul Young has enjoyed an impressive start to the season for Hallow seconds. The 38-year-old amassed 148 runs in two games against Bromyard thirds — beating them by one wicket in Worcestershire League Division 10 but losing on the
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Dad's machete nightmare - at hands of his son
A DISABLED father thought he was going to die when his teenage son hacked at him 15 times with a machete during a frenzied attack. Bill Butler has spoken of the terrifying moment 19-year-old Tony rained down blows on him after threatening to “chop him
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Smith sets sights on Shanghai showdown
WORCESTERSHIRE swimmer Amy Smith admits she’s fed up of clinging to fellow Brit Fran Halsall’s coat-tails — and believes there’s no better time to beat her rival than at this summer’s World Championships in Shanghai. The 23-year-old is not yet assured
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City have new plans to boost gates
WORCESTER City are set to implement new schemes in a bid to attract more fans to St George’s Lane. The Blue Square Bet North club are keen to increase their attendances and are looking at ways of engaging with both existing and new supporters. Directors
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We'd like to give you some of Tesco’s money
THESE two generous women want to give you their money. Gemma Nichols and Kate Potham are Tesco community champions. Each of them have been allocated a budget by the supermarket to distribute as they wish among community groups, local charities and schools
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Warriors may sign Camacho
WORCESTER Warriors have edged ahead of Exeter Chiefs in the race for the signature of Harlequins three-quarter Gonzalo Camacho. The in-form Argentinian, who played try-scoring starring roles in both the semi-final and final of the Amlin Challenge Cup
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Terrified teenager robbed on night out
A YOUNG shop assistant was left terrified when she was robbed in Worcester city centre as she and a companion went for an after-work drink, a court was told. Drunken Richard Dunn targeted them in Keystones cafe and bar, in Copenhagen Street
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Weekend cricket fixture list
SATURDAY WORCESTERSHIRE LEAGUE FIRST XI Division One: Astwood Bank v Stourbridge; Oldswinford v Bewdley; Pedmore v Romsley & Hunnington; Pershore v Redditch; Worcester v Droitwich Spa; Worcester Nomads v Bromyard. Division Two: Burghill & Tillington
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Rhodes delight as thirst for victory is quenched
WORCESTERSHIRE director of cricket Steve Rhodes was a happy man after his side ended their long wait for a County Championship Division One success. Not since the victory over Yorkshire in August 2007 had the County enjoyed a win in top-flight cricket
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Tips to stop us wasting our food
FAMILIES are being offered tips on how to combat food waste. The handy suggestions are available through Worcestershire County Council’s Love Food Hate Waste scheme. According to the council, reducing food waste can help the average family save about
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Flat fire caused by faulty electrical item
A FLAT fire in a Worcester high-rise block is believed to have been caused by a faulty electrical item. As we reported in your Worcester News yesterday, the blaze gutted a flat on the fifth floor of a high-rise building in St Clement’s Close, off Tybridge
