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Asparagus season gets underway - plus hear the bells ring out for St George

THE first round of this season's best British asparagus was celebrated today - in typically eccentric fashion. Gus the asparagus man, morris dancers and St George on his patron saint day were all in attendance yesterday morning at The Fleece

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Foregate Street railway station revamp starts tomorrow

WORK to revamp Worcester’s Foregate Street railway station is getting underway tomorrow, with passengers being warned to expect disruption. The £785,000 overhaul, first revealed by your Worcester News last August, is being led by Network Rail and

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Wrexham v Harriers - all the action from the play-off semi-final first leg

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Lack of traffic flow bemused my friends

SIR – The other week I decided to show off Worcester to my visitors. They are from Southampton where there is a large university. I showed them the Hive and they were really impressed. Having parked on Croft Road car park, we decided to

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Back in the 80s we played for Juventus

SIR – The photograph, above, dates back to about 1982. It is of Juventus Goodrest Football Club. Back row, from left, Unknown, D Newman, L Frogiotti, G Crowe, M Ellam, G Stanley, T Pratt, G Ashby, N Jackman and J Trimnell. Front row, from

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It’s not a glass of water I need...

  SIR – Re The Source column by Tom Edwards (Worcester News, April 19).I don’t need a glass of water. I’ll need a couple of bottles of whisky between now and May 2 – paid for by Tom,I hope, and not the cheap stuff either but Royal Lochnagar

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Look, UKIP deserves some credit here

SIR – Re your story ‘UKIP blunders hit election hopes in county’ (Worcester News, April 12. I was sad to read the report understating UKIP’s achievement in providing candidates in Worcestershire. UKIP has increased the number of candidates

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UKIP is saying the same things as us

SIR – I can’t thank UKIP enough for spreading the policies of the BNP. It’s funny how UKIP is promoted while the BNP is attacked for saying the same things. All the media hype regarding UKIP is supplied for free by Rupert Murdoch’s Sky corporation

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I’ll tell you what motivates me, Mr Nielsen

SIR – Oh dear. What a pity Peter Nielsen feels the need to use his latest political home in the Green Party to attack others ‘Are allowances the motivating factor?’ (Worcester News, April 18). Since he is attempting to besmirch my name,I suppose

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I’ve made an impact in Pinkett Street

SIR – I must reply to Roni Skye’s letter ‘Politicians,where are you? Come and see us’ (Worcester News, April 18) because for some reason I am the only allegedly negligent Claines candidate named by her. There are more than 4,000 households in Claines

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Long may this event run and run

EVERYTHING about Sunday’s London Marathon confirmed exactly why Ilove running.It was the perfect answer to shocking scenes witnessed in Boston less than a week before and it typified the attitude of the athletics family to be able to come together

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You cannot deny she was a strong leader

SIR – Margaret Thatcher was like marmite, people either loved her or hated her. For all the doings of her Government that rubbed people up the wrong way, you had to admire her strength in taking on and giving the ‘enemy’ a bloody nose. She

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MPs, give it to charity if you claimed cash

SIR – Ifeel it was an absolute disgrace to recall Parliament to debate Margaret Thatcher’s death. Apparently, MPs could claim up to £3,750 for attending. Why, oh why couldn’t this debate have taken place when Parliament reconvened? The

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Please may I clarify once and for all...

  SIR – At the risk of appearing to have Mr [Jon] Burgess’s disease – ie, repeating myself interminably – may I clarify once and for all the status of VIVA! (Vegetarian International Voice for Animals). VIVA! is a charity.It is also a limited

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We must help people achieve full potential

SIR – The welfare reform debate endures because the country has sold out on its premier league economic heritage and can’t get by on its own wages. Long gone are the days when we were the producer. Look now at practically every item in the

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My hubby was captain of Wichenford CC

SIR – The photo, above, is of Wichenford Cricket Club and was taken on the steps of Abberley Hall in the 1960s. My husband Bernard Dixon was captain. He is now 82. Back row, from left, Donald Taylor, David Moffat, Maurice Beech, Roy Oakey,

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All in this together? Not at the Warriors

SIR – I read with great interest your story about the appointment of Dean Ryan as director of rugby at Worcester Warriors (Worcester News, April 18). One of the glaring quotes is from Bill Bolsover, who is described as chairman of the club’s rugby

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Heenans throw away three-goal advantage in cup final

THERE was heartbreak for Worcester League club Heenans in the Worcestershire FA Sunday Junior Cup final when they lost a penalty shoot-out against Ocean Designs Rangers of the Kidderminster League after being 3-0 up with 10 minutes to go of normal

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Cyclists ready to saddle up for coast

YOUNG farmers are swapping their tractors for push bikes as they cycle from Blackpole to Blackpool to raise cash for charity. Worcestershire Young Farmers are ditching four wheels in favour of two as they cycle to the National Federation’s annual

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Dotty’s Channel effort

A DOG with a front crawl to rival Michael Phelps has set tongues and tails wagging after swimming the length of the English Channel. Five-year-old Dotty loves nothing better than completing a few lengths of doggy paddle in the hydrotherapy pools

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Marathon effort to break world records

TWO marathon runners were dressed for success to smash world records during Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon. Sophie Wood, from Battenhall Road, and Bruce Moore, from Shrawley, ran the grueling 26.2 miles dressed in costume to break Guinness World

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Electrical fault sparked Rotherwas fire

FIRE crews have now left the scene of a serious fire at Rotherwas Industrial Estate which broke out last week. The fire started in a warehouse at Bathgate Flooring Ltd in Fir Lane, Hereford, last Wednesday and is believed to have been caused by

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Barn fire in Shatterford

EMBER from a nearby bonfire is believed to have started a barn fire yesterday afternoon. About 60 bales of straw and a straw shredding machine were alight in the four-bay Dutch bar in Arley Lane, Shatterford, near Kidderminster. Two fire engines

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Hill’s departure came as a shock to the Warriors squad

THE last week has certainly been an eventful one for Worcester Warriors with the news Richard Hill had lost his job as head coach. It was all explained to us by Bill Bolsover on Tuesday and he gave us the reasons behind the decision. The lads were

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Texan Buddy Whittington will light up the stage

A TEXAN with a long love affair with the electric guitar will light up the stage of the Huntingdon Hall. Buddy Whittington is considered to be one of the best exponents of Texas Blues and a Worcester audience will be able to find out for themselves

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Man jailed for teen pictures

A 25-year-old man downloaded indecent images of children while he was taking part in a sex offenders’ programme, Worcester Crown Court was told. Matthew Day had found a way to bypass the block which had been placed on his computer, said Nicolas

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Little is saddened to leave Warriors

CHARLIE Little has spoken of his sadness at not being able to remain with Worcester Warriors and help take the club to the next level. It was announced yesterday that the Sixways managing director was being removed from his post at the end of this

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School places joy for 90 per cent in Worcestershire

THOUSANDS of families are celebrating today after more than 90 per cent of children secured places at their first-choice primary school in Worcestershire. Months of anxious waiting ended for thousands of parents across the county yesterday  when

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Missing out on title won’t affect us insists Harriers manager Burr

MANAGER Steve Burr believes Kidderminster Harriers’ play-off bid will not be affected by missing out on the Blue Square Bet Premier title. Despite thrashing Stockport County 4-0 at Aggborough last Saturday, Harriers had to settle for second place

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Charity urges courts to send fewer people to prison

WORCESTERSHIRE magistrates are being urged to send fewer offenders to prison. A charity working to reduce crime made the comments after releasing figures showing West Mercia magistrates are more than twice as likely to lock up defendants as courts

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Let's tackle dog mess

BRITAIN’S 6.2 million dogs produce 900 tons of waste each day. According to law, it is an offence for owners not to clean up after their pet. The law applies to any area of open land that has public access, regardless of whether warning signs