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Poor people set to get cash lifeline
HUNDREDS of vulnerable people across south Worcestershire are expected to benefit from £445,000 of ‘crisis funding’. Worcester City Council has agreed to launch a new cash kitty aimed at protecting people in desperate need of help. The money
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Councillor laments hospital scan delay
A FORMER mayor of Worcester has hit out over his treatment at the city’s hospital – saying he was left waiting four days for a scan. Councillor Aubrey Tarbuck went to Worcestershire Royal Hospital with with bleeding ulcers after falling ill in
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Teenager bottled in Worcester nightclub
A TEENAGER was attacked with a bottle at Tramps nightclub in Worcester in the early hours of Tuesday morning after trying to stop an argument. The assault happened at around 2am when the man intervened in a dispute between a group of three or four
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Farewell John, a dedicated journalist and a gentle man
FRIENDS and colleagues have been paying tribute to widely respected former Worcester News journalist John Abbs, who has died at the age of 74. John, who joined the Berrows group in the 1980s, was an old school newspaperman whose attention to detail
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Sixways to host LV= Cup final between Harlequins and Sale
THE LV= Cup final takes place tomorrow at Sixways (3pm) as Sale Sharks and Harlequins battle it out for the first piece of silverware this season. Sale's Aviva Premiership campaign has seen them languish at the bottom of the table for most of the
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You can’t keep a good town down for very long!
A TOWN that was once one of the most flooded in England is ready to write itself a bright new chapter, its MP believes. West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin visited Upton-upon-Severn to have a look at some of the initiatives going on to boost
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Campaign in vain as gaming store closes
IT will be game over for a campaign to save a Worcester video games shop from closing for good this weekend. Game in CrownGate Shopping Centre will close its doors for the last time despite supporters launching a Facebook campaign to try to save
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YouTube sensation Heymoonshaker to end first UK tour in Hereford
LEDBURY beatboxer Dave Crowe was on the other side of the world, New Zealand in fact, when he met acoustic blues guitarist Andy Balcon and embarked on a musical journey that’s seen the duo, Heymoonshaker, rack up more than 13 million views for their
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Let there NOT be light... and save our world
PEOPLE will shine a light on environmental issues for Earth Hour 2013 on Saturday, March 23... with candles! Youngsters from the Worcester Roots Foundation have organised activities to mark the occasion, when people across the world are encouraged
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The day two rivals spoke on the phone
MANY a taxpayer has called the Worcestershire Hub, only to find a less-than thrilled voice on the other end of the line. Worcester MP Robin Walker can certainly identify with this experience after picking up the phone to speak to the county council
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Act before a child dies on jammed road
A CHILD could be knocked over and killed unless urgent action is taken to combat problem parking on a busy Worcester road, say residents. People who live in Chesterton Gardens and Darwin Avenue, off Newtown Road, Worcester, are calling for ‘access
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust receives conservation work funding
MUCH-needed funding for nature conservation across the county has been provided by the Severn Waste Environmental Fund. The council’s waste management contractor in Evesham is helping Worcestershire Wildlife Trust to carry out work on four of their
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Remember the Queen's coronation with patriotic music
AN evening of patriotic music will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Worcester Festival Choral Society present a pageant of English music at Worcester Cathedral on Saturday, March 23 featuring much of the music
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Festival brings the best in modern arts to Malvern
AN ALL-new contemporary arts festival aims to bring the latest in modern drama, music, dance, comedy and film to a wider audience as part of an ambitious programme of art events for 2013. The Contemporary Arts Festival will start on Thursday (21
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London calling
WORCESTER Gilbert and Sullivan Society are bringing the sights and sounds of the big city to theatres across the two counties in their latest production, London Omnibus. In The Zoo, the audience are transported to London Zoo with some jolly tunes
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It's Red Nose Day! Send us your pictures and let us know what you're doing now
6:09pm Fairfield Community Primary School, Worcester Megan Wood, aged 11, and Clay Skilbeck, aged 8, sport red noses for Comic Relief. From left are Jaydean Hemming, Wesley Hemming, Ollie Harding, Shona Evans-Tustin
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West is keen for strong finish
MANAGER Paul West wants his Evesham United side to produce a strong finish to their Evo-Stik Southern League Division One South and West campaign. With 10 games to go, starting at third-from-bottom Bridgwater Town tomorrow (3pm), the Robins are
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Foyle hopes for Bulls fitness boost
HEREFORD United’s player shortage is showing few signs of easing ahead of Barrow’s visit tomorrow with injury and illness still plaguing the camp. Six players have been struggling this week, leaving manager Martin Foyle with only 14 fit for the
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Time for some good news to lift the gloom from Warriors supporters
IT’S all gone rather quiet on the Worcester Warriors front recently, which has led to more than a little unrest among the Sixways club’s supporters. Disgruntled fans have been picking up their pens to voice their frustrations on the letters page
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Spring's bright new mood
IF winter has felt a little black, white and grey, inject some colour back into your life via your vanity case. This season brands have gone to town with light and bright hues to put a spring in our step and revamp uninspiring make-up bags.
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Top of the pot charts as highway team's video goes viral
THE next time you career over a horrific pothole in Tenbury, what have you got, if not a lot (of bills to pay)? One things for sure, Worcestershire County Council’s highways team are doing it “their way” - and if you’re a Frank Sinatra fan, look
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Harriers are ready to slaughter the Lambs
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers continue their Blue Square Bet Premier title challenge tomorrow against Tamworth at Aggborough (3pm). Boosted by last Saturday’s impressive 3-1 win at fellow promotion hopefuls Grimsby Town, Harriers remain firmly in the
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Sounds of horror
BRITISH writer-director Peter Strickland’s award-winning psychological horror thriller Barberian Sound Studio, will screened at Splendid Cinema on Sunday. Set in the 1970s, Gilderoy (Toby Jones), an English sound technician hired to work on a soundtrack
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Bank plotters wrong-footed by alert staff
ALERT staff at a Worcester bank foiled a plot by three men to carry out a professionally-planned fraud against customers. The men travelled to the city to obtain cash from Lloyds TSB branches at the Cross and in New Road, St John’s, Worcester.
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Former prop Taumoepeau in legal battle with Warriors over his departure
WORCESTER Warriors are facing a courtroom battle over long-serving prop Tevita Taumoepeau’s acrimonious Sixways departure. The popular tighthead had his contract terminated in October after it became clear he was struggling to regain full fitness
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Symons is poised for City return
MIKE Symons could be fit to return for Worcester City against Boston United tomorrow (3pm) just two weeks after suffering an ankle injury. The striker is rated as 70-30 to be involved against the Pilgrims at St George’s Lane after making quick
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Chateau Impney to hold free psychic event
A PSYCHIC fair is set to be held at a Droitwich Spa hotel this weekend. The free beauty, psychic and craft fair will take place at the Chateau Impney on Sunday from 1 - 5pm. The event will feature individual psychic readings by mediums Liz
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Brian May will be Born Free on tour's second year
A LEGENDARY guitarist is busy hardening his fingertips in preparation for a magical evening of music. Queen’s Brian May is once again teaming up with singing sensation Kerry Ellis for the Born Free tour, which promises an intimate set of acoustic
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Worcester City draft in Walsall youngster Morris
WALSALL wideman Kieron Morris could make his debut for Worcester City against Boston United tomorrow (3pm) after joining on loan until the end of the season. The 18-year-old, who has scored four goals in seven appearances for the Saddlers reserves
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Who shot my cat?
A BELOVED pet cat needed surgery after its shocked owners discovered it had been shot in the face with an airgun. Jules and Rebecca Swinbourne, of Drakes Broughton, near Pershore, were horrified when X-rays of two-year-old Dregen revealed a metal
