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We’ll show you what life is like as a young carer
YOUNG carers in Worcester are making their own film to highlight the challenges they face on a daily basis. With support from the national charity Fixers, the group of young people are hoping to illustrate the typical daily routine of the 180,000
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Warriors fluff their lines on Sevens finals night
WARRIORS crashed out of the JP Morgan Premiership Sevens Series final night after losing both group games at Bath’s Recreation Ground. The Sixways side suffered a heavy 35-12 loss to Leicester in the opening match and Tigers’ subsequent narrow
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Hospitals’ battle plan to tackle winter virus
HOSPITAL chiefs in Worcester are already planning ahead for winter and how to avoid the struggles of last year. Wards came under immense pressure last winter as prolonged cold weather and outbreaks of norovirus stretched them to breaking point.
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Help waterway habitats with eyes, ears and phone app
A CONSERVATION charity is urging Worcester residents to use their eyes and ears – and phones – to help protect threatened waterway habitats. Following a national report earlier in the year revealing that 60 per cent of the UK’s animal and plant
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We’ll have whale of time at the Dolphin!
VILLAGERS in a Worcestershire village are celebrating this week after buying their own pub for £240,000. The bunting was out and a ribbon was cut before chairman of Bishampton parish council Don Cheetham handed the keys to the Dolphin over to Lee
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Worcester Warriors at the JP Morgan Sevens Series final
8:12pm Lovely show-and-go from Leicester's David Williams to scoren with the final play to win the game 19-17 and, unfortunately, that means Warriors cannot qualify for the final now, even though they still have a game to play
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Reformed drug addict avoids jail
A REFORMED cannabis user narrowly avoided prison after he was caught with £1,300 of the drug. Officers searched Edward Durkin’s car when they smelled cannabis after stopping him for a separate matter at about 11.30pm on January 23. Kerry Brookes
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Mum loses High Court battle over disabled son
THE mother of a disabled teenager who fears her son will be forced into a care home has lost a High Court battle with Worcestershire County Council. After a bitterly fought judicial review, a judge has decided the council can all-but scrap at-home
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Fund-raisers fighting the flab for children’s home
THE beer and junk food have had to be binned as two friends aim to lose three stone in as many months to raise funds for a children’s home in Thailand. It will be a mammoth challenge for singer Mike Skilbeck and Vince Ballard, who runs the Marr
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Cash seized from mother of Worcester drugs boss
THE mother of a man who was operating a major drugs operation worth £40,000 from a Worcester flat has had more than £4,000 taken from her after cash was found at her home. Daniel Henry, aged 24, of Glenworth Gardens in Wolverhampton, was sentenced
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Hairspray/Bristol Hippodrome
HAIRSPRAY opened in Bristol on Tuesday this week and wow what a show it’s big, bold, loud and very colourful – Tracy Turnblad (Freya Sutton) is a quart in a pint pot full of energy and enthusiasm bursting at the seams with a very powerful message.
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It’s a family judo affair for the Hancocks
BLACK belts are given out sparingly and most judo clubs only have one or two. But Kidderminster’s Samurai club have a rarity — three from the same family thanks to the Hancocks. Older daughters Charis and Millie have been black belts for several
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Can you help me?
SIR – I am a journalist/author researching the subject of Second World War harvest camps, especially those attended by schoolchildren. If you have memories of harvest camps and would like to share them with me, please get in touch. Please
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These planes bring pleasure to many
SIR – Re the biplane seen flying round the Vale of Evesham (Worcester News, August 2). These aircraft are mainly used for display purposes at airshows to practise various routines. They are not cheap to operate and have to conform to Civil
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I say again, we need bobbies on the beat
SIR – I would be pleased to accompany letter writer C D Lee (Worcester News, August 7) with the West Mercia Police spokesperson who said that they were not aware of of any particular problem with people cycling on the streets of Worcester. Most
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I’d pay more for a better health service
SIR – The health service belongs to the people. When you get politicians trying to reorganise the NHS it usually ends up costing the service a lot of money and only making things worse. It’s also wrong for politicians to strip bits off and
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Chainsaw anguish of land row couple
A ROW has broken out between a Malvern couple and a businessman over a stretch of land between their two properties. The 20-metre stretch of land sits between the home of Peter Walter, of Rothwell Road, and Abbey College, owned by entrepreneur
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Is this a Jersey Tiger?
Can you help me SIR – I read with interest your recent article on the tiger moth. I took this picture, above, several weeks ago of one resting on the floor of our playhouse. They have been in the garden for some time and particularly around
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How can we allow this abusive exploitation?
How can we allow this abusive exploitation? SIR – The Money Advice Service has just reported an increase in the number of people struggling to pay their bills. Pay-day lenders have not been slow to exploit this widespread and growing vulnerability
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Come on, give us motorists a bit of a break
SIR – Interesting to read the furore about the amounts of money being raised by local authorities. Last month, having collected a death certificate from County Hall for my recently deceased mother, I went into the city to sort out something about
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Mystery of ‘red baron’ is solved
THE fearless flyer nicknamed the ‘red baron’ after performing spectacular stunts in the skies above several Vale of Evesham villages has now revealed his identity. Richard Goodwin, aged 51, contacted the Worcester News’ sister paper the Evesham
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Let’s use £58m cash boost for link road
NOW is the chance to finally get on with a north-west link road around Worcester – using £58 million of cash from Europe to get it started. That’s the call from a city councillor, who says a massive cash injection from the EU could be the key to
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Burr: It’s going to be a tough year
MANAGER Steve Burr admits it will be tough to replicate the success enjoyed by Kidderminster Harriers last season. The Aggborough outfit kick off their Skrill Premier campaign at home to Gateshead tomorrow (3pm), three months after being pipped
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Yes, let's hope for rain eh....
THE stakes are getting higher in this month’s planned protest over the bedroom tax, which is taking place in Worcester on August 24. Angry campaigners are using Facebook to try and cajole disgruntled Joe Public into packing Croft Road car park
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Ben Ryan joins us for live coverage of Worcester Warriors at the Premiership Sevens
BEN Ryan, the man who led England to five HSBC Sevens World Series titles, will be joining rugby reporter Tom Guest for tonight's live blog from The Rec in Bath as Worcester Warriors bid for glory in the JP Morgan Premiership Sevens. The 41-year-old
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Addict who shot pellets at house spared prison
A MAN who shot BB pellets at a house in Worcester with an imitation handgun has been ordered to undergo drug rehabilitation. Joshua Glackin was handed a 12-month community order at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to having
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Development at New Road delayed yet again
WORCESTERSHIRE’S New Road ground redevelopment work has been further delayed with the project now not set to be completed until early September. The original completion date for the scheme was June 10 but a harsh winter and four floods added a
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BT boss determined to bring faster broadband to county
ONE of BT’s senior directors says he will “not stop” once 90 per cent of Worcestershire gets superfast broadband – and insists he wants to go higher. Bill Murphy, the man in charge of a £20 million project to bring faster connections to 55,000
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I'm backing fracking, says county MP Luff
A COUNTY MP has come out in support of fracking – saying the controversial method could save “an entire generation” money off their energy bills. Peter Luff, who represents Mid-Worcestershire, has risked the wrath of green groups by firmly backing
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Foyle: We need our supporters behind us
MARTIN Foyle has called on the fans of Hereford United to come out in force to help get the season off to a winning start. The Bulls welcome Braintree Town tomorrow (3pm) bidding to begin their Skrill Premier campaign with three points. Edgar
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Taxi driver assaulted at the wheel
A TAXI driver was grabbed round the neck by a passenger before passing out whilst driving a group of people from Worcester to Pershore in the early hours of the morning. The assault took place while the driver was travelling at around 40mph into
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Cricket screen blocks road
MISCHIEVOUS vandals dragged a cricket sight screen from the ground in Droitwich into a nearby road blocking it for more than three hours. he screen, which is 15ft high, was reported to be in the middle of Tagwell Road between the junctions with
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Heeley is after a selection headache
WORCESTER City manager Carl Heeley says there are plenty of places up for grabs in the starting XI for the Skrill North opener against Altrincham. There is just over a week to go until the new campaign kicks off at Aggborough and City play their
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Worcester embark on sevens final bid
LEICESTER Tigers and Harlequins stand between Worcester Warriors and a place in the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens Series final tonight. Warriors and Group ‘B’ runners-up Leicester open proceedings at The Rec, Bath, at 7pm
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It’s disgusting yobs just get a slap on the wrist
A SECOND driver has spoken out about the use of cautions for three youths who threw bricks at his car. Ray Brown said he accepted that the police’s hands were tied but called for a change in the law. Mr Brown of William Tennant Way, Upton was
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Some unions are good but not all of them
SIR – Letter writer David Barlow (Worcester News, July 3) won’t accept I have opinions of my own. For his information, I think some unions are very good. They are run well and you don’t hear much about them. But there have been some in
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Commuters delayed after train derails
COMMUTERS are facing delays this morning after a train derailed overnight. The empty locomotive was being parked overnight at Shrub Hill when its front end derailed. The derailment reportedly caused some damage to railway sleepers and has
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I can’t believe how hot it was at cinema
SIR – I wonder if anyone else had the same distressing experience that myself and my husband had on Wednesday, July 31, in Vue Cinema, Friar Street, Worcester, when we attended the 8pm showing of The Wolverine. The experience completely ruined
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Our dog show raised more than £1,400
SIR – I would like to thank all the people who supported us at our fun dog show at the Holdings, Broomhall, on Sunday, July 28. We had more than 200 entries with dogs of various shapes and sizes, breeds and cross-breeds – all very well behaved.
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Pumpy Thomas was a warm, generous man
SIR – I read with interest John Shearon’s letter about Pumpy Thomas (Worcester News, July 31). I knew him well, he owned the house in which I was born. His full name was Emanuel Percy Thomas. A warm and generous man, he loved Claines Church
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So, Mr Pickles, what do you really think?
SIR – The headline in the Daily Telegraph on July 26 declared ‘Eric Pickles to ban building incinerators in green belt’. Yet the local press all reported in July 2012 that Mr Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
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Robin, this is why bedroom tax is a problem
SIR – Re MP Robin Walker’s comments regarding the bedroom tax (Worcester News, August 3) saying it was “the right thing to do”. Three problems come to mind as to why people are complaining about this tax. First, there are not enough one or
