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Shabir sees red as derby turns ugly
WORCESTER City and Gloucester City could both face punishment after players and managers were involved in ugly scenes at Whaddon Road last night. Gloucester won the game 2-1 but both sides finished with 10 men and it will be remembered for a mass
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‘Oxford model is the way to move forward’
PEOPLE in Worcester are being let down by failing transport policies, according to a leading politician – who says the city needs to model itself on Oxford. Councillor Matthew Jenkins, of the Green Party, says council chiefs have not done enough
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Gloucester City 2 Worcester City 1
9:43pm Time running out for City. 9:42pm Sub. City 90+7 mins: Ahley Walker replaces Danny Glover. 9:41pm Sub. Gloucester 90
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‘More vacancies than ever for young people’
WITH exam results coming out and school leavers consider their future, figures from the National Appren-ticeship Service (NAS) show there are more than 1,300 apprenticeships available in Worcestershire. With more than half of young people in England
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Thugs use bin to hit man leaving McDonald's
A MAN was hit on the head with a rubbish bin when he was walking home through Worcester city centre. The 19-year-old victim was walking in the Lowesmoor area near the Asda supermarket when he was assaulted at about 9.45pm on Friday. He had
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Heath seals loan move to City
WALSALL midfielder Jake Heath has signed for Worcester City on loan ahead of tonight's derby at Gloucester City. Heath, a first year professional with the Saddlers, arrives at the Skrill North club on a one-month loan deal. Manager Carl Heeley
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James in Caylin swoop for Wolves
CAYLIN Raftopoulos has become the latest player to join the new-look Worcester Wolves team for next season. The 20-year-old guard arrives from British Basketball League rivals Surrey Heat and will also be studying sports coaching at the University
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Hospital staff were absolutely brilliant
SIR – While my son and I were recently in the unfortunate position of having to be urgently admitted to the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, may I take this opportunity of thanking the hospital for its exceptionally efficient service. Special thanks
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End this travesty...vote for food not fuel
SIR – Drivers in the West Midlands may not know that every time they fill up with fuel they are using biofuels made from food crops such as wheat. In the West Midlands alone, the development charity ActionAid’s Food not Fuel campaign shows we burn
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Come on, don’t let EU rule everything
SIR – The EU has in the past stopped at nothing to try to get the people of Britain to change their identity and lose their history. Now it looks like all babies born in the UK will have their birth cetificates stamped with a EU flag rather than
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Prince Philip is an example to us all
SIR – Having vented his spleen about wanting to cull seagulls, which are eating waste food thrown around by humans, Councillor Alan Amos has been ranting again. This time he’s complaining that the Royal Family is a “group of hangers on who have not
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We should be trying to reduce divisions
SIR – I read ‘Welcome to your parish of Trotshill’ (Worcester News, August 17) and quickly got very angry. Whatever next, I thought, after checking the date on the paper to make sure it wasn’t an April Fools’ joke. Could a gated wall be erected
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I live in Trotshill... and very nice it is too
SIR – Re the comments by Councillor Andy Roberts in the story ‘Welcome to your parish of Trotshill’ (Worcester News, August 17). I’m sure many Warndon Villages residents would welcome the name change to Trotshill as having two Warndons has always
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New sergeant promises tough stance on drugs
A NEW police sergeant who has taken over responsibility for the eastern side of Worcester has promised a tough stance on drug-related crime. Sgt Helen Wain now leads the Safer Neighbourhood Teams for Warndon, Warndon Villages, Gorse Hill, Nunnery
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City’s Nti battling to be fit for Tigers derby clash
WORCESTER City are hoping striker Daniel Nti will have shaken off a knee problem to be fit for tonight’s Skrill North derby at Gloucester City (7.45). The summer recruit landed awkwardly during last Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Altrincham and was replaced
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Driver sought after cyclist is knocked off bike
POLICE in Evesham are appealing for witnesses following a collision between a cyclist and a car, in which the car driver failed to stop at the scene. The incident took place on Friday, August 9, at around 8.30pm on the B4084 Evesham to Cropthorne
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Army camp is fit for heroes
HOMES fit for heroes are to be built at a former army headquarters on the outskirts of Worcester. Wychavon District Cou-ncil’s planning committee has given the thumbs-up to plans to build 10 affordable homes for ex-servicemen at former regimental
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We are ready to strike, say firefighters
FIREFIGHTERS in Worcestershire say they are ready to strike over a pensions dispute - which could see services crippled. Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) leaders in the county say morale is “grim” and that they are deadly serious about carrying it out
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Want a cig? Then use the shelters
SMOKING – I hate smoking. The combination of a bizarre e-mail cropping up in my inbox and a tight-chested, claustrophobic evening spent in a beer garden recently reminded me of this fact. For me, the beer garden can, and should, be something of
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Let’s sort out this gull problem
LATE-night litter and scavenging seagulls are among the things users of Worcester High Street would like to see changed most urgently. In recent days, our special report has highlighted plans by the city council to ‘sort out our city centre’, offering
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Revealed: £127,000 spent by parties to buy YOUR vote
MORE than £127,000 is spent on trying to ‘buy’ the votes of Worcestershire people by political parties, it has emerged. New figures show huge disparities in the amounts of cash being poured into parliamentary constituencies - with some voters deemed
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The families who can't afford to feed their children in the school holidays
STRUGGLING parents are turning to a food bank to feed their children during the summer holidays. Families whose children are entitled to free school meals are in particular finding it difficult to provide the extra meals for their youngsters in
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Update: 'Ammonia leak' at cider plant
EMERGENCY services have dealt with a suspected ammonia leak in Hereford. Fire crews spent around two hours at the Bulmers cider plant on Plough Lane this morning having been called to reports of a leak in a refrigeration plant. Four fire pumps
