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Dream trip to the Hills comes true for Trudi
A LOCAL charity helped an 80-year-old woman fulfil her dream of visiting one of her favourite places in the world -– the top of the Worcestershire Beacon. Last September, the Worcester News sister paper the Malvern Gazette reported how Trudi Howson
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Moeen fires century as Worcestershire crush Bears
MOEEN Ali smashed a brilliant 114 against his former county Warwickshire to help Worcestershire complete a Yorkshire Bank 40 double over their near neighbours with a 140-run win in their Group A match. Left-hander Moeen, who began his career at
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Concerns over plan for home for problem kids
NEIGHBOURS fear anti-social behaviour on their doorstep after plans for homes for “troubled” children in residential areas were submitted. Fears have been raised the application for 156 Picker-sleigh Road, Malvern, will bring children with behavioural
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Family runs for hospital that saved George's life
TWO young brothers from Worcester have a very special reason for putting on the pumps and taking part in the first ever junior event at this year’s Bupa Great Birmingham Run. Alex Watson, aged 10, and his brother George, seven, from Rushwick near
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Rise in cash collected from estates of dead
THE amount of money collected from the estates of dead Worcestershire residents has increased by 15 times since 2001. Figures revealed last week showed Worcestershire County Council recovered £1.5 million to pay unpaid care bills in the last year
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Contemporary choir to mark fifth anniversary
ONE of Worcestershire’s biggest contemporary choirs is to mark its fifth anniversary in style next month. The VU – Voices Unlimited – Sound has become one of the largest ensembles in the county, having grown from 30 members to 120 in the past five
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Gregg Wallace grappled with guest at evening in Evesham
MASTERCHEF judge Gregg Wallace ended up grappling with a guest during an evening he was hosting at a luxury hotel in Evesham. The Wood Norton hotel held Dinner with Gregg Wallace on Saturday night but the evening turned sour when the TV star began
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Worcester wheelie bin plans met with mixed response
A MOVE to ensure plans for all new houses to include a space to store wheelie bins has sparked a mixed response in Worcester. Communities secretary Eric Pickles said he would be issuing new planning guidance to local authorities that any new developments
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Brass band finds a new group of fans
A WORCESTER company that produces fans and blowers for cars is making sure a community brass band doesn’t run out of financial puff. SPAL Automotive, of Tolladine Road, is supporting Sovereign Brass, which has performed at many of the UK’s finest
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Should 16 and 17-year-olds get the vote?
CALLS to hand the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds have been panned in Worcestershire - with MPs and teenagers saying it should not go ahead. Shadow Lord Chancellor Sadiq Khan says the change would be a “really good way of reinvigorating politics”.
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Rail users demand fairness with fares
A RAIL group has called on fare rises to be kept to a minimum in Worcestershire after the announcement prices could rise by up to four per cent. Last week, commuters were told they face the possibility of the above-inflation rise in fares come
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Lease on pub featured in The Archers goes up for sale
HERE’S your chance to run one of the most famous pubs in the country. Because the licensee’s lease on The Old Bull at Inkberrow - as featured in the long running radio soap The Archers - has been put on the market for £89,000. The 17th century black
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Matt completes ride to follow in dad’s footsteps
A GRUELLING cycle challenge saw a man go the length of the British Isles to honour his late father and visit the city close to his family’s heart. Matt Greenwood used pedal power to make his way from John O’Groats, in Scotland, to Lands’ End in
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Little Mouse's Big Books of Beasts by Emily Gravett
Little Mouse's Big Books of Beasts by Emily Gravett is published in hardback by Macmillan Children's Books, priced £11.99. Available now. Emily Gravett's Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears was a multi-award winning book. Her follow-up, Little Mouse's
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The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell
The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell, by Simon Pearson is published in hardback by Hodder and Stoughton, priced £20 (ebook £10.99). Available August 15. Enthralling - that is the word which instantly leaps to mind in considering
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Accessorise all areas
AS the summer season comes to a close it's not uncommon to feel a sense of fashion fatigue. Those over-familiar dresses and tops that looked fresh and new at the start of the summer now look a little tired and ready for wardrobe retirement. But
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Post-summer saviours
FRIDGE magnets and postcards may not be the only mementos of your summer holiday. Frizzy locks and sun-parched skin are common after-effects of a sun-filled vacation period. Just as we stock up on SPF potions before heading out into the sunshine
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Hereford
THIS walk includes a visit to Lugg Meadow, a rare example of an agricultural system which has remained unchanged for 1,000 years. It’s of a type known as Lammas meadows, and is the largest of the few remaining Lammas meadows in the UK. Lammas meadows
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Free parking day and a touch of colour top list
TRADERS would like to see a ‘free parking day’ in Worcester to get more shoppers through their doors in a bid to boost the High Street. The call came as Worcester City Council announced it was undertaking a new effort to make sure businesses in Worcester
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Riding club win qualifier to head for national champs
WORCESTER and District Riding Club (WDRC) has once again won the BRC senior style jumping qualifier held in Malvern. The Worcester club has brought the national trophy back to the city five times in recent years and is hoping for similar success
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£6bn is great news – well done, Brum
SIR – Some excellent news – visitors to Birmingham brought in £6 billion last year. Well done, Brum. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
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The housing system seems wrong to me
SIR – I would like to ask why the people who are not married, have children and don’t work get priority for housing over people who work and are married with children. My grandson has just finished in the Army. He has been to Afghanistan on
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These two people deserved better
SIR – I was appalled at your recent graphic pictures of a mentally ill and suicidal man on the river bridge, complete with an audience urging him to jump (Worcester News, August 6). It came just over a week after you also featured a mentally distressed
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You can’t blame Mr Brown for everything
SIR – I see Robin Walker is still blaming Gordon Brown for the credit crunch. I think the credit crunch would have happened and it didn’t matter which party was in power. But to blame Gordon Brown is a bit silly because it was a worldwide crunch
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Let the Cathedral Ferry keep on rowing
SIR – I know that the Canals and Rivers Trust do a good job in maintaining our water ways to the best of their ability, but they themselves are a charity, obliged to raise funds whenever possible so are limited in their scope. But reporter Ian
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Politics and bar crawls? That’s a laugh
SIR – Thank you, Worcester News, for reporting the funniest story I have read for a long time. I absolutely burst out laughing. I refer to the report on August 7 of Mid-Worcestershire’s Young Conservatives trying to recruit new members via
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Look, I pay tax on my unused bedrooms
SIR – There are some people around who think that once benefits are being paid to those who need them they should continue to receive them even though they are no longer entitled to them. Once you get child allowance you should continue to receive
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Are ‘selfies’ just asking for trouble?
STRANGE isn’t it how quickly we can make up our minds about someone – often someone we have never even met. We do it all the time with celebrities. We know the ones we love (Kate Middleton, Victoria Beckham), the ones we don’t (Peter Andre,
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'We can't take any more cats,' says RSPCA
A REHOMING charity says it is facing a “cat crisis” and has been forced to stop taking in abandoned felines because so many have come into its care. The Worcester and Mid-Worcestershire branch of the RSPCA currently has 37 cats in its care, meaning
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Well, well, well, I wasn't expecting that
A MAN has discovered a 200-year-old well in the back garden of his Worcester home – much to his surprise and that of city historians. Builders working on a side extension to Gordon Reid’s house in Sandys Road uncovered the immaculately preserved
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Should Warndon Villages be renamed?
THERE are growing calls to change the name of an affluent Worcester suburb to prevent it getting mixed up with its 'poorer' neighbour. Warndon Villages and Warndon are only separated by Woodgreen Drive but are socially and economically “worlds
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Heeley buoyed by his new-look City
MANAGER Carl Heeley says there is plenty for Worcester City to be optimistic about despite their opening day 3-1 defeat to Altrincham. Danny Glover’s stunning volley gave City the lead in Saturday’s Skrill North encounter at Aggborough before second-half
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Plenty of Warriors positives after friendlies — Ryan
WORCESTER Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan admits the performances of his players during their two pre-season clashes at Sixways have given him encouragement ahead of the new season. Warriors defeated Rotherham Titans 29-18 in their first pre-season
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County search for bragging rights at Edgbaston
ONLY local pride will be at stake when Worcestershire travel to Warwickshire in a Yorkshire Bank 40 dead rubber tonight (4.40pm). Steve Rhodes’ men will go into the Group ‘A’ derby clash pumped full of confidence having beaten table-topping Nottinghamshire
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Shame of prince's Worcestershire youth role model
A DISGRACED youth jobs ambassador who met Prince Charles and Prime Minister David Cameron got into a family street fight when a police officer was attacked and two police cars were vandalised. Kirt Tabberer admitted a section four public order
