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Cabaret time for the mayor’s charities
MORE than £7,000 was made at the Mayor of Worcester’s charity dinner. The annual event was at the Guildhall with 141 people attending. The money will be split between Mayor Councillor Roger Berry’s nominated charities – St Paul’s Hostel and
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Stars of the future to play at Lane
A MATCH featuring the potential future stars of Worcester City is taking place at St George’s Lane tomorrow. The club’s under 18s are taking on the Worcester College of Technology academy side in a friendly encounter (7.30pm). City manager
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We’ve got a grip say the county A&E chiefs
ACCIDENT and emergency bosses say they have “got a grip” on the huge pressures still facing their departments. We reported that A&E departments at Worcestershire Royal and Redditch Alexandra hospitals were stepped up to the highest level of
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Mobile bar walk is a hit for Macmillan
A BUNCH of brave rugby fans earned a celebratory ‘scrum and black’ after succeeding in an unusual charity fund-raiser over the snow-capped Malvern Hills. The Bar Leaners lived up to their name last weekend by walking eight miles over the fells
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Two hurt in Hereford stabbings
Police helicopter seen hovering in Hereford and heading towards Kington. — @HTnewsroom 02 April 2013 One of the victims in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, is still said to be in a critical condition. No one has yet been
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Moeen hits a century in Worcestershire win over Glamorgan
A FINE all-round performance by Moeen Ali, including a century, gave Worcestershire a two-wicket victory when they took on Glamorgan in a one-day pre-season friendly at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff. The home side won the toss and elected to bat
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I complained about how we complain... and won
A PATIENT once dubbed a nuisance whinger is celebrating now an NHS trust’s complaint policy has been alt- ered – after he complained about it. Andrew Brown, aged 49, of St John’s, Worcester, who was classed as a vexatious complainant by Worcestershire
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Animal charity's £1m appeal for rehoming centre
A WORCESTER animal rescue charity is pleading for help in raising £1 million to realise its dream of a new rehoming centre. The RSPCA Worcester and Mid-Worcestershire branch has permission to move onto a five-acre site at Broomhall, near Worcester
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Boat sinks at Diglis
FIRE crews were called to Diglis Basin in Worcester at 11.15am today following reports that a narrow boat had become stuck in the water with people on board. Fire crews from Worcester, Water First Responders from Kidderminster (water rescue boats
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Norovirus outbreak at hospital
AN outbreak of the winter diarrhoea and vomiting bug, norovirus is restricting visiting at a Worcestershire hospital. Three wards at the Alexandra Hospital, in Redditch, have been closed to visitors except for exceptional circumstances. Worcestershire
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Prizes for picture perfect pair
STUDENTS from Dodderhill School, Droitwich,have taken the top spots in a regional photography competition. Year six pupil Maanvi Jain, aged 10, from Droitwich, won the primary age group category in the Worcestershire Young Photographer of the Year
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Youngsters learn how to beatbox and scratch
URBAN sounds were created at a primary school when two DJs dropped in for a music workshop. Youngsters at Abberley Parochial VC Primary School welcomed DJ Lee and MC Murph who gave a masterclass in beat-boxing and scratching. The whole school
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Basketball star’s win
A TEENAGE basketball star has been awarded £750 from the University of Worcester’s scholarship panel. Harry Turner is playing for the Worcester Wolves and the University of Worcester first team, having played the sport from the age of 12. The
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Through to next round
HORTICULTURE student Owen Groves, who studies at Pershore College, has won the regional round of the Young Horticulturist of the Year Award. He is now through to the national final at the University of Liverpool on Saturday, April 13. The 23
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Ice vandals strike in village
POLICE are looking for vandals who have smashed windows and damaged cars in the Colwall area with lumps of ice over recent days. Between Thursday, March 28, and Saturday, March 30, the ice lumps were thrown through windows at houses in Old Church
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Success in the robotics competition
A GROUP of students from Prince Henry’s High School in Evesham have competed in their first ever national robotics competition. The year 10 studentsnamed themselves the Henricans and travelled to the Excel Centre in London for the finals of the
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Sweet way of helping raise cash
YOUNG bakers made sweet treats to help their school’s Red Nose Day fund-raising efforts. Pupils at Burlish Park Primary School in Stourport raised more than £370 by donating money to wear something red to school. Year six pupils also raised
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Students produce their own newspaper
A TEAM of 25 students from all year groups at Prince Henry’s High School, Evesham, produced a newspaper called The Prince’s Herald as part of national Newsday. The group was headed by year 12 students Charlotte Brown and Robert Maher, who worked
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Beauty tutor is a finalist in teaching competition
SARAH Salter, from South Worcestershire College in Evesha,m has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 Pearson Teaching Awards. The beauty therapy tutor, who has worked at the college for 10 years, was sent an official thank you, via the Pearson
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Top of the class for computertechnology
A COMPUTER-savvy school has been awarded a prestigious title for being top of the class in IT. Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College, Timberdine Avenue, Worcester, has been presented an ICT Mark by the ICTassociation Naace. The award recognises
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Let’s resolve Worcester’s identity crisis
WHERE is Worcester? For such a seemingly straightforward question, those three words have been causing much debate in the Worcester News office over the past couple of weeks. It all started when our political reporter Tom Edwards piped up to state
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I used to sell my rabbits to the butcher
SIR – Talking of rabbits, Mr [John] Phillpott (Worcester News, March 2) – when I was about 15,I used to breed Flemish Giant rabbits, and sell the offspring (when big enough) to the local butcher. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
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Squires, Bayliss were united 10 years ago
SIR – How times change. Ten years ago,I went before a regional Labour party tribunal appealing against my de-selection by Worcester Labour party as a city council candidate for Claines ward. My ‘crime’ was to complain publicly in these pages against
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It’s always the same, it’s always the same
SIR – Please, enough is enough. The Worcester News has become Groundhog Day and I’m going to have to stop buying the paper unless something is done. Every week you subject us to John Phillpott’s full-page advertising feature for the Conservative
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What does Robin Walker do for us?
SIR – Jean Wilson seems to think Robin Walker MP deserves our support (Worcester News, March 19). Why,I don’t know. He seems to spend more of his time with the lobbyists in London and has asked one or two loaded questions at Question
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Let’s get behind our green industries
SIR – The Government is willing to gift yet more tax breaks to companies drilling for hard-to-reach shale – a costly gamble that risks keeping the UK addicted to polluting fossil fuels at precisely the time we should be leaving them in the ground.
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Help should be based on need, not desire
SIR – Surely those who are against the so-called bedroom tax think that us taxpayers have money to burn. Yes, we should take care of those less fortunate or who, for other reasons, now need help. But I would maintain that we should offer help
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Gritters out again as temperatures once again set to plunge below zero
AS snow continues to cling to parts of the county despite thaws elsewhere, Worcestershire County Council's fleet of gritters will be out on the roads again later today. This afternoon remains dry with some sunny spells. After dusk skies will become
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The Misers return with first gig of 2013
THE Misers are set to get 2013 rocking with their first gig of the year. Fresh from rehearsals, the alt country band formed by singer/guitarist Neil Ivison come to Re-Con, Church Street, Great Malvern, on Friday. In a night presented by Mill
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Life sentence for undertaker who murdered wife to keep affair secret
AN undertaker has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 17 years after a jury unanimously found him guilty of murdering his wife to keep a love affair secret. John Taylor, aged 61, killed his wife at their home in Mortimer Drive, Orleton
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Pupils step back in time
PRIMARY school pupils stepped back in time as they put on a play about a group of evacuee children during the Second World War. Year three and four children from Broadwas CE Primary School, near Worcester, performed Archibald’s War to a delighted
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Tenbury biker death - coroner informed, witness appeal launched
THE coroner has been informed of the death of a motorcyclist in a crash near Tenbury Wells and an inquest will be opened in due course. A witness appeal was issued today by police investigating a crash in Burford, near Tenbury Wells in which a
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Plans to give workers a 'living wage' in tatters
HOPES of giving 170 of the lowest paid council workers in Worcestershire a decent day’s pay are in tatters after politicians critcised the idea. During a debate at County Hall, a key committee said it was costly, complicated and beset by pitfalls
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Pets rescued from house fire on school site
A DOG and five guinea pigs were rescued from a house fire in the grounds of Malvern College. The animals were saved when two crews from Malvern and two from Worcester attended the incident at a residential property just off Thirlstane Road at 4.25pm
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Undertaker found guilty of mudering wife
A HUSBAND whose wife disappeared from their family home in Herefordshire last year has today been found guilty at Worcester Crown Court of her murder. 61-year-old John Taylor’s wife, Alethea Taylor, was last seen alive on 17 January 2012 and since
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Football fans stabbed at Harriers game
A FOOTBALL fan was stabbed and another taken to hospital after their coach was attacked on the way home from a match. The two men were among five bus-loads of supporters who had travelled to support Kidderminster Harriers in their non-league away
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Relief for City boss Heeley as victory ends rotten run
MANAGER Carl Heeley talked of a huge sense of relief as Worcester City finally ended their barren run with victory over Oxford City. Goals from Mike Symons, Kieron Morris and Shabir Khan secured a 3-2 success at St George’s Lane to move them up
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Cash in your chips at charity night
THE stakes will be high at a historic National Trust property as volunteers hold a 1920s-themed fund-raising casino evening. The new volunteer fund-raising group at Croome Park, near Upton-upon-Severn, will be inviting guests to try their luck
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Motorcyclist banned after admitting inconsiderate driving
A JURY was discharged after failing to agree a verdict on a motorcyclist alleged to have endangered young children by doing "a wheelie" near them. Michael Leeson, aged 25, of Crofters Way, Droitwich, had pleaded not guilty at Worcester Crown Court
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Agency nurse bill hits health spend
HOSPITAL bosses have vowed to eradicate unnecessary spending on costly agency nursing staff. After nursing costs at acute hospitals in Worcestershire rocketed to a two-year high of £7.3 million in January, total spend dipped slightly to just over
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Bedroom tax will only add to the problems
SIR – You have reported healthy disagreement in the council chamber about bedroom tax. Councillor Marc Bayliss appears to have been a staunch advocate for the controversial policy but will he be so keen when the number of people calling on the
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Burst pipe: 191 homes including National Trust's Croome without water
CROOME Court was one of 191 properties without water after a pipe burst today. The National Trust which has been organising a series of activities over Easter, including egg hunts, urged people to delay their visits via twitter until the problem
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Starlight Express/Bristol Hippodrome
STARLIGHT Express hit the West End stage in March 1984 some 29 years ago, this updated and revamped Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is about railways trains competing in a race to become the ultimate champion performed entirely on roller skates. Revolving
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I carry a note...
SIR – Re the letter by Richard Farrell-Adams ‘Wanted, more organ donors to save lives’ (Worcester News, February 21). I carry a note in my wallet: “If I suddenly die, I want any parts of my body donated to others, then cremate the rest and
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Kitchen fire at Cob House Fisheries
A FIRE broke out in a deep fat fryer at Cob House Fisheries in Wichenford this morning. Three crews from Worcester were set to the scene at ust before 8.15am and found a fire in the fryer of the restaurant kitchen. Four firefighters in breathing
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It’s too easy for the Tories to blame Labour
SIR – The credit crunch would have happened whichever party was in power. Unfortunately it happened when Labour were in power and all the blame was put on Gordon Brown. If the Tories had their way they would be blaming Gordon Brown for the
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EU stand will lead to a more just world
SIR – The EU has insisted that the banks in Cyprus should foot the bill for their own failure rather than expect the taxpayers of other EU countries to pay their bills. In return for an EU bailout, the EU is insisting that the banks and their depositors
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We need action before someone gets hurt
SIR – I felt sorry for Tony Wilmore he was held up in traffic outside the Farmer’s Boy in Worcester (Worcester News, March 21). He should have gone on the right hand side of the bollard like others do, breaking the law. But he has got it wrong
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We girls went along for sewing tuition
SIR – I thought Worcester News readers might be interested in a photo, above, taken in 1955 at the High Street shop of Singer Sewing Machines. This was opposite the original Russell and Dorrell department store and in recent years has been Wallis
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Student housing plan is bad news all round
SIR – Worcester sleepwalks towards Article 4 blissfully unaware of its negative impact. It is a draconian measure intended to curb student accommodation by limiting the number of houses of multiple occupancy (HMO) within the private rented sector
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Town MP 'reassured' over community hospital beds
TENBURY'S MP, concerned at the potential loss of community hospital beds, says she is “reassured” after talks with a health chief. West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin called for a meeting with Worcestershire Health and Care Trust chief executive
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Worcester Arena to stage national netball finale
THE grand final of netball’s Superleague will be the curtain-raising event in the new Worcester Arena in May. The £15million venue, due to open later this month, will stage the showpiece opener on Saturday, May 25, and it will be broadcast live
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Hats and scarves all the rage on a chilly Easter
DESPITE 2013 being confirmed as the coldest Easter on record, families across Worcestershire were determined to make the most of the bank holiday weekend. Temperatures plummeted to -12.5C in some parts of the UK on Sunday, defeating the previous
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Incinerator is the greatest financial folly
SIR – I refer to recent Worcester News stories about the costs to taxpayers of landfill and the so-called case for incineration. It seems to me that we only got half the story, and I was deeply disappointed to find the Worcester News editorial
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Hall Green
LARGE areas of common land remain in and around Malvern, most of which are well known. But there are also smaller patches too, which tend to be overlooked. One of these is the linear common which borders the road running from Barnard’s Green to
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A weighty issue
BRITAIN’S obesity problem is now starting to affect our horses. Human love of junk food and overeating is putting extra strain on the backs of an animal that might have carried knights into combat but is suffering through a 21st century addiction
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Mad for meadows
WILDFLOWERS are back in fashion, according to reports on their sales.In the past year, sales of UK wildflower seeds have increased by 60 per cent, thanks partly to renewed interest fuelled by the stunning wildflower meadows at the Olympic Park in 2012
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Chris Kowalik - West Midlands Ambulance Service
A FEW weeks ago in this column, our director of nursing, Sandy Brown, asked for your views, both good and bad, on the ambulance service. We know the number of compliments we receive heavily outweighs the number of complaints – but bad news always
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Getting the all-clear is just the beginning...
ALISON, a 54-year-old mother-of-two, has just undergone months of treatment, including surgery and 30 gruelling rounds of radiotherapy. Being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer of the salivary glands in April 2011 had been devastating.
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Volunteers set to breathe new life into Worcester canal
A CANAL will be rejuvenated for future generations by a group determined to spruce it up and make it the asset it should be for Worcester. Residents living near the Worcester and Birmingham Canal in Worcester are joining forces with the Canal and
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Be full of beans with cocktail recipe
WITH National Coffee Week running from April 23 to 28, De’Longhi has come up with delicious coffee cocktail recipes. For a perfect pick me up, try the kickstarter morning smoothie? This is a brilliant way to get the day going.If you prefer,
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Politicians? Aagh!
SIR – Your Comment (Worcester News, March 18) asked: “Do you trust politicians with Press?” No, I wouldn’t trust them with anything. PHIL PEGLER Worcester
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Sane, not safe
SIR – I wrote (Worcester News, March 15) “Bob Churchill is one of the sanest people in Worcester”, not “one of the safest”. Come on. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
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Let’s have politicians who truly believe
SIR – I find David Cameron’s idea to hold a referendum on Europe after the next election as empty a promise as Theresa May’s promise to scrap the Human Rights Act after the same election. Their chances of winnings are very bleak at present.
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One again it’s the poor who will suffer
SIR – Re the concern about the implementation of Article 4 controlling homes of multiple occupation (HMP). The Government introduced this policy a few years ago and then had to retract it as there was insufficient accommodation available for individuals
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There’s so much more Chancellor could do
SIR – Over the past three years, banks have cut loans to high street shops by more than 18 per cent. Greens wanted to see George Osborne use his Budget to force high street banks to lend to small businesses. He could have ensured all new large
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Team carried my mum shoulder high
SIR – I was surprised and pleased to see the photograph of the Heenan and Froude football ladies team sent in by R Bradnock (Worcester News, March 7). My mother was in the picture and it is said that she scored a single goal in one of the cup finals
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Enjoy your Easter eggs (in moderation)
SIR – With Easter upon us many people with diabetes and their friends and family may be unsure about whether they should be enjoying chocolate eggs and other treats. If you’ve got diabetes it’s important to eat a healthy, balanced diet and include
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Immigration? Come on, let’s deal in facts
SIR – G B Dipper (Worcester News, March 26) and the rest have had their deluded way in the matter of immigration for much too long. They have been woefully aided by the rank pusillanimity of the three main parties – even Labour, for pity’s sake
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It’s thinking outside the box, but...
WITH Worcester City Council still £5.2 million short of being able to afford the swimming pool it ultimately wants, it’s time to think outside the box for help. The University of Worcester, NHS, county council, you name it, they’ve all been name-checked
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Firm’s generous four grand donation is a winter warmer
A WORCESTER children’s hospice is celebrating a cash boost of almost £4,000 from the boss of one of the city’s biggest firms. Staff at Acorns Children’s Hospice were delighted to receive a donation of £3,983 from the Worcester Bosch Group.
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Anger at police’s audit job salaries
AT a pro-rata rate of at least £78,000 a year, it’s not a bad job to hang your hat on in these austere times. But that’s exactly what police and crime commissioner Bill Longmore is offering six people – a salary of at least £1,500 for just four
