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Charity helps keep people off streets
A NEW charity working to keep people off the streets has been officially launched in Worcestershire. County Community Projects (CCP), which aims to stop people becoming homeless and get them back into housing, opened its new centre in Pierpoint
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Heeley upbeat despite defeat
WORCESTER City manager Carl Heeley praised the character of his players despite them slumping to a seventh straight defeat. Monday night’s reverse against Gainsborough Trinity was the second time in three days that City had lost 3-0 at home following
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Undertaker denies putting a pillow over wife's face
AN undertaker on trial for murdering his wife has denied an accusation that he put a pillow over her face. John Taylor said he had no explanation why there was only one pillow in a purple pillowcase on the bed when police searched the house. He
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Patient defends right to complain
A PATIENT once branded a nuisance complainer by the NHS has been told it would be inappropriate for the Health Secretary to become involved in his dispute with local hospital chiefs. Andrew Brown, aged 49, of St John’s, Worcester, wrote to the
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Gritters on standby
THE gritting fleet will be on standby tonight with the county experiencing wintery conditions despite the start of spring being just around the corner. Showers will continue through the evening and overnight which may turn wintry with the likelihood
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Experiencing what life is like as an apprentice
SENIOR staff at Worcester College of Technology went back to basics for National Apprenticeship Week. Staff experienced a taster of what is what like to become a real apprentice by undertaking work placements at businesses. Cat Draper, director
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Students take a bite out of the Big Apple
STUDENTS packed in the sights and sounds of the Big Apple as they spent a busy half term holiday in New York. Youngsters from Bromyard’s Queen Elizabeth Humanities College took in Broadway shows , visited the Empire State Building atnight, took
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Guilty feeling for mock trial teams
BUDDING law enforcers went head-to-head in the court room this weekend in the Worcestershire heat of the 2013 Schools Mock Trial competition. Dozens of legal eagles from 14 schools across the county took part in the contest at Worcester Magistrates
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Course is chance to learn dance
STUDENTS who like to move their feet to a beat are invited to take part in a new course from next September. The Chase School in Malvern is launching a BTEC in Dance and Performing Arts in partnership with dance teacher Gemma Hinton. Anyone
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University on shortlist for nursing paper award
THE University of Worcester has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. It is in the running to be named Nurse Education Provider of the Year by specialist newspaper the Nursing Times. The university, which is currently ranked number one
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Engineering insight for King’s pupils
Pupils with an interest in engineering have the time and the opportunities to test their ambitions to the full at King’s. From year 6, prospective pupils and those making the transition to King’s School have the opportunity to experience engineering
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Coppett Hill
COPPETT Hill is in south Herefordshire, enclosed in a loop of the river Wye just to the north of the famous viewpoint at Symonds Yat. In fact, Coppett Hill is one of the most important features of that view. Part of the hill has long been managed
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Nurturing future stars
WORCESTERSHIRE based event rider and trainer Stella Baylis is to present an annual award to her hardest working pupil to encourage grass route riders. Stella, who is based at Welland, near Malvern, has given her first British Eventing (BE) award
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Sowing the seeds
IF your lawn looks tired and tatty and is covered in weeds, moss and bare patches, it might be time to bite the bullet and sow a new one. The advantage of sowing a lawn from seed is obviously the cost – it is much cheaper to sow seed than to buy
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Jan Ditheridge Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
OUR focus is to care for and treat more people in or as close to home as possible.This means some of our services will be transformed to continue to meet the needs and expectations of the communities we serve. The details are still being worked
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Laying claim to a legend
WORCESTERSHIRE has little connection with the rarefied atmosphere of top-flight Premier League football. The county has no clubs and few, if any, leading players call it home. So to be able to claim arguably the greatest English footballer that
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‘Young people can gain more at work than uni’
MANY young people would be better off turning their backs on a university degree and grabbing an apprenticeship instead, according to Worcester’s MP. Robin Walker has hailed the value of work-based learning, insisting a whole generation of students
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High court judgement paves way for lifetime care for boy left with severe cerebral palsy
THE family of a boy left with severe cerebral palsy after he was starved of oxygen during his birth at Worcestershire Royal Hospital have spoken of their relief after a High Court Judge paved the way for a lifetime care package. Eleven-year-old
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What about my letters?
SIR – I was so disappointed you stopped printing my letters in the Worcester News. I have been writing to the Worcester News for about two years. I did try to vary my letters. I had five not printed in a month. It is plain to me it is
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How can the bankers get away with this?
SIR – I see the bankers are still awarding themselves huge bonuses. And they were the ones who caused the mess in the first place. But the Government seems to be ignoring that and are taking money from the poorest who had nothing to do
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Ed Miliband should be saying ‘sorry’
SIR – Well, well, so Labour leader Ed Miliband has admitted his party got it totally wrong on immigration and that Britain now needs to slash the number of low-skilled migrant workers to give Brits a fair crack of the whip. This is what most of
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We could learn a lot from Hugo Chavez
SIR – I was sad to learn of the death from cancer of Venezuela’s socialist president Hugo Chavez. Unlike many in the socalled left-of-centre parties in the alleged democracies of the world who call themselves socialist, Chavez acted to liberate
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I couldn’t possibly say what the score was...
SIR – I have been looking at the old team photos that you have been printed and thought Worcester News readers might like this one. I still see some of the team, although I am not sure what they will say to me when this photo, above, is printed
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Skateboards in Hive. Now that’s an issue
SIR – If a copy of the Worcester News was banned from a football match because it was a possible offensive weapon (Worcester News, March 7), why is it that skateboards are allowed into the Hive? PHIL PEGLER Worcester
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I can’t believe what’s going on in our city
SIR – I recently paid a visit into town and parked in the multi-storey car park. I walked over the City Walls footbridge, into New Street and on towards the Cornmarket. I passed some Severn Trent workers who had dug a hole from which a large
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Why Robin Walker deserves our support
SIR – Re your story and subsequent editorial (Worcester News, March 14) in which Worcester MP Robin Walker admits he has “a mountain to climb” to keep his seat at the next general election. Firstly, how refreshing to see a politician of any party
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Whatever happened to free speech?
I WROTE a column entitled ‘No respect, no shame, no fear’ about a hardcore of moronic chavs in Worcester (Worcester News, March 12). Cue frothing-mouthed outrage from lukewarm liberals hell-bent on painting me as a goose-stepping Gestapo lunatic.
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There's something hidden in the walls
PERRIER-award winning performer, writer and comedian Will Adamsdale is bringing his new show The Victorian in the Wall to Malvern Theatres as part of an 11-venue tour across the UK. The Victorian in the Wall is a surreal and fantastical story about
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Race is on to raise cancer awareness
A GROUP of women gathered calling for a fight in the centre of Worcester on Saturday. But rather than causing trouble, the gang was generating support for the battle against cancer. The pink army of women, some survivors of cancer, were launching
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School sports to get £1.7m boost
PRIMARY school sport in Worcestershire will be transformed with a £1,736,400 cash boost announced today. The money, part of a £150 million-a-year Gover-nment grant, will be dished out to primary schools across the country in a bid to inspire future
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Mother still against "wrong" Iraq war 10 years on
TEN years on from the start of the Iraq war a mother of two servicing soldiers still feels passionately against the invasion she believes was wrong from the outset. Dawn Turner felt so strongly about the invasion of Iraq in 2003 she left the Labour
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Skipper bemoans lack of luck for City
CAPTAIN Stuart Whitehead says Worcester City have been left “dumbfounded” by their lack of luck in matches. The centre-half feels decisions and deflections are conspiring against his team, particularly in last night’s 3-0 defeat against Gainsborough
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Did you witness burglary in Rainbow Hill?
A WOMAN alerted a neighbour to a burglary in Rainbow Hill after spotting a man leave a house carrying a television. The neighbour contacted police after the woman said she saw the man taking the television from a home in Terrace Walk. Two televisions
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Man escapes house fire after smoke alarm goes off
A SOFA fire last night highlighted the importance of having a working smoke alarm. The male occupant of a house in Drakes Place, the Rhydd, near Hanley Castle, was alerted to the fire in a sun room on the ground floor of the property by the alarm
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Warriors discover JP Morgan sevens rivals
WORCESTER Warriors will be part of the first rugby union covered live on the new BT Sport channel when they kick-off their JP Morgan Premiership Sevens campaign. Warriors will be up against Bath, Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester, who will host the
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Brave Billy's first steps on long road to recovery
A BRAVE two-year-old boy has started his battle back to health after undergoing a 10-hour emergency operation to remove a brain tumour. Billy Tyler and his parents, Debbie Reynolds and Gary Tyler, are readying themselves for a long stay at Birmingham
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Kidderminster Harriers sweating on fitness of hot-shot Malbon
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be checking on the fitness of three key players ahead of tonight’s clash at Blue Square Bet Premier promotion rivals Newport County (7.45). Striker Anthony Malbon (ankle), who has scored nine goals in nine games, and
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Man banned from Co-op for life
A MAN has been banned from Co-operative Food stores for life after being accused of hiding reduced-priced milk to get the price dropped. Peter Jenner, of Infirmary Walk, Worcester, was seen hiding half-priced organic milk during a visit to the
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Pope Francis: Live report of inauguration in Rome
CABINET ministers Kenneth Clarke and Baroness Warsi are representing the UK Government at the inauguration of Pope Francis in Rome today. Prime Minister David Cameron's official spokesman said the two ministers are attending the inauguration, when
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Cash boost to primary school sports
PRIMARY school sport in Tenbury could be transformed with a share of a £1,736,400 cash boost. The money, part of a £150 million-a-year Government grant, will be dished out to primary schools across Worcestershire in a bid to inspire future sports
