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Fund-raiser Reg leaves final gift
A DEDICATED community fund-raiser who spent a lifetime helping others has made one last contribution to his favourite cause. Reg Box, who died last month aged 95, raised well over £100,000 for the Midlands Air Ambulance with a packed schedule of
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Dance duo bring touch of glamour to coffee event
AN Olympic athlete and a TV dancing star will be waltzing into a Worcester office next week to help staff with a charity fund-raiser. Former hurdler Colin Jackson is teaming up with Strictly Come Dancing pro Erin Boag when the pair visit npower
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Couple admit racially abusing Muslim group
A HUSBAND and wife from Worcester trying to save their marriage got drunk and racially abused a group of people nearby, a court heard. Timothy and Sally Corbett were sitting on a bench drinking alcohol outside Asda in Lowesmoor, Worcester, at 4.30pm
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Appeal for openness over city’s affordable housing
CALLS are being made for greater political involvement in how a £1.2 million cash injection for new affordable homes is spent. Worcester City Council has been urged to show “more transparency” over a deal to hand housing associations money for
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Prison murder - duo convicted of strangling inmate with jogging bottoms
PRISONERS who strangled another inmate with jogging bottoms have been found guilty and branded “animals” by the family of their victim. Gary David Smith, aged 48 and Lee William Newell, 44 were convicted at Leamington Crown Court today of killing
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Caberet/Bristol Hippodrome
'Willkommen' to Berlin in 1931, Cabaret was one of the first victims of Nazi terror when Hitler took power in 1933 - Bill Kenwright's latest revival is cool. Master of Ceremonies and narrator of the story is star of the show Will Young - not only
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We’re happy with county hospital care
PATIENTS’ satisfaction levels with hospitals in Worcestershire remain higher than those elsewhere in the country, latest figures have revealed. Under a new Government-led initiative, results of a survey showing exactly what patients think of every
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Live: £100m Worcester revamp decision
After long debates on the reports we've got two public objectors speaking out against the Heron Lodge development - one of whom says he is speaking out for other nearby neighbours to the plot. The committee is debating the development after the
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Elysian Fields / Malvern Theatres
EVERYBODY has had their fair share of bad days but few would be able to claim that they lead to anything other than frustration. Elysian Fields, the first production under the new writer-in-residence, Nick Wilkes, places its protagonist in the
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Doctors intent on keeping A&E and maternity services
DOCTORS say they want to keep full maternity and A&E services in the north of the county - not have them centralised in Worcester. The future of the services currently offered at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch has been thrown into doubt
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Bridge closed down as traders ask for support
DRIVERS are bracing themselves for delays after Evesham’s Abbey Bridge closed to commuters today. The bridge, a main thoroughfare into the town, will be closed for ten weeks amid calls for everyone to pull together to support the town during the
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Abbott handed first start of season
FLANKER Jake Abbott will be handed his first start of the season in tomorrow’s Aviva Premiership clash with Harlequins at Sixways (7.45pm). Director of rugby Dean Ryan has made four changes to the side which suffered late defeat to London Irish
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Mike Layland recovering after heart attack
ONE of Worcester’s best known public figures has had a heart attack - and says he owes his future to “brilliant” hospital staff. Mike Layland, dubbed in some quarters ‘Mr Worcester’ after 43 years in local politics, suffered the heart attack last
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Taundry back on his feet with City after being released by Walsall
THERE are plenty of examples in Worcester City’s squad of players trying to make a name for themselves in non-league football having been shunned in the professional game. Danny Glover, Aaron Williams and Graham Hutchison were on the respective
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Badger cull: Three more arrests
THREE people have been arrested in Newent on suspicion of aggravated trespass, as part of the police response to the badger cull. The cull, aimed at tackling TB in cattle, is believed to have started earlier this month on the Gloucestershire- Worcestershire
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Heeley: We are much stronger than at the start of the season
MANAGER Carl Heeley believes Worcester City are stronger now than they were when the season began despite being winless in eight games. The Blue and Whites would be propping up Skrill North but for Ethan Moore’s penalty five minutes into injury
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Hospital staff not allowed to wear veils
FRONTLINE hospital staff in Worcester are not allowed to wear veils while treating patients. There is currently no national guidance on uniform policies for the 160 NHS trusts in England, with decisions left down to the discretion of local managers
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Silver anniversary of County’s golden era
MONDAY marked the 25th anniversary of Phil Neale’s all-star Worcestershire side clinching the County Championship title. Back then in 1988, the New Road outfit boasted a side featuring the likes of the late Graham Dilley, Phil Newport, Neal Radford
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UPDATE: Police appeal for quad bike crash in Clows Top
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man sustained serious head injuries when his quad bike hit a verge while driving in Clows Top. The incident occured on the A456, Rectory Lane, near to the Colliers Arms, at around 1.35pm yesterday.
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Warriors wrongly hit by Premiership referees
THE early stages of the Aviva Premiership’s independent referee audit system has so far shown up a concerning disparity between the treatment of Worcester Warriors and their opponents. The newly-introduced initiative, which is jointly-funded by
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Children left terrified as gang attack family car
A MAN has been jailed after being part of a gang which smashed up a car after an argument which left frightened children cowering in the back seat. Worcester man Michael Dicapita, aged 24, wielded a wooden plank as he and three others chased down
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Project for city’s future is inspired by the past
A FORGOTTEN figure from Worcester’s history is at the heart of the city’s largest ever development project, which goes before planners today. Greenway landscape architects, the firm behind design work on the £100 million Sherriff Street revamp,
