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End of era at Legion women’s section
DROITWICH Royal British Legion is facing the end of an era due to the closure of its women’s section. The organisation can no longer run a women’s section in the town because of the lack of younger members. Nearly 60 years of history were due to
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One-way ticket for skydiving student
THE first time a brave student will take to the skies in an aeroplane she will not be aboard the craft for the descent. Because Emily Vernalls will be leaping from the craft at 10,000ft on Friday as part of a charity tandem skydive to raise funds
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We certainly keep track of wedded bliss!
A COUPLE have become the second generation of their family to have their golden wedding anniversary featured in your Worcester News. A number of years ago, the paper – then called the Evening News – reported Bill and Nancy Dixon were celebrating
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I thought my son was dying, says pensioner
AN elderly couple had the shock of their lives when a hoax call left them thinking their son had been shot. The 77-year-old woman, who did not want to be named, was at her Cowleigh Road home in North Malvern with her 82-year-old husband when the
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Rail services diverted after person hit by train
RAIL services to and from Worcester and Hereford have been diverted after a person was hit by a train. Both lines have been blocked following the incident at Bromsgrove, with services diverted via the Snow Hill line where possible. Update 6.20pm
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Trainer Newland enjoys more success
WORCESTERSHIRE trainer Dr Richard Newland maintained his Claines stable’s recent run of form when jockey Sam Twiston-Davies executed an excellent piece of front-running aboard Ahyaknowyerself to win the Listed Bet totescoop6 At totepool.com Hurdle
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Council rivals row over 'transparency'
TWO political rivals at Worcester City Council have clashed over “transparency” – with claims the new Labour leadership is not “open enough” rubbished. Councillor Marc Bayliss, the deputy leader of the Tory group, says since his party was dumped
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Three-vehicle crash leaves woman seriously injured
A SERIOUS three-vehicle crash left a woman seriously injured and a main road blocked. The incident happened at about 5.25pm on Friday, September 27, on the A4104 near Defford when an Audi A3 travelling towards Upton collided with a Citroen Relay
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Worcester politician in heart attack and eight-hour op
A LEADING Worcester politician is recovering from a heart attack - and has endured an eight-hour life saving operation. Councillor Richard Boorn, the city council’s cabinet member for finance, says it is a “miracle” he is alive today after having
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Assault outside pizza shop leaves man with fractured jaw
A MAN was left with a fractured jaw and cuts to his face after being assaulted outside a pizza shop. The man, who is in his 40s, entered Downtown Pizza, Sidbury, Worcester, in a group of three at about 12.40am on Saturday, September 21 when a male
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Welcome for new breast cancer test
A BREAST surgeon based in Worcester and a former patient have welcomed a new treatment which could spare women the toxic ordeal of chemotherapy. Steven Thrush, a consultant based at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester, welcomed the breast
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A small equine visitor at bank day
BANK customers in Droitwich got to enjoy some tea and homemade cakes during a special charity day which also featured a rather small equine visitor. Lloyds Bank in the town’s Victoria Square used its re-branding event to hold a special fund-raiser
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Fast action saved my life, says Chris
A MAN whose life was saved by two first aiders after he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest is backing a campaign for more defibrillators in public places. Chris McDonald said he could have died had he not received electric shocks from an automated
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Wallet stolen in brief alleyway struggle
A MAN had his wallet stolen by two men while walking along an alleyway. The victim was walking down the alley between Pitmaston Road and Winchester Avenue, St John’s, Worcester, when he was approached by two men just before midnight on Wednesday
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Tory conference round-up - including fuel freeze until 2015
PLANS to give married couples a tax break have been backed by Worcester’s MP - who says his intervention has paid off. Robin Walker has been lobbying Chancellor George Osborne hard behind the scenes for the policy to be brought about. From
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Scrap store opens its new-look home
AN Aladdin’s cave for creative people in Worcester celebrated its new-look home with a grand reopening and 10th birthday party. After 10 years of reuse, Worcestershire Resource Exchange staff and volunteers spent two weeks decorating the unit on
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Mother and baby trapped in a lift
A MOTHER and baby were trapped in a lift when the doors got stuck at the Foregate Street Railway Station. The Fire service received a call from the station at 12.33pm who then attended and forced it open. Both the mother and baby were out of
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War... and how we kept the home fires burning
THESE evocative pictures show how much the First World War shaped the lives of people in Worcester and beyond. The war may have started almost 100 years ago but its impact on Worcester and its surrounding villages is set to be brought to life.
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Another home tie for Worcester in FA Cup
WORCESTER City's reward for beating Coventry Sphinx in the FA Cup is a home third qualifying round tie against Rugby Town. Carl Heeley's side will host the Southern League Division One Central club at Aggborough on Saturday, October 12. It
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Williams left to rue not killing off Wasps early
MIKE Williams admits Worcester Warriors needed to kill London Wasps off in the first-half after dominating much of the opening period at Adams Park. Warriors looked the stronger side early on but eventually went down 32-16 after the hosts upped
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Three-car crash in Stoulton
THREE cars have been involved in a crash in Stoulton. Police were called at 10.15am to the scene along the A44. A BMW, Mazda and Skoda Octavia were involved and are currently blocking the road on the Worcester-side of the village. No serious
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Harry is head and shoulders above the competition
HARRY Sykes, of Croome Hunt Pony Club, created an intermediate record at the Pony Club Tetrathlon Championships and pushed hot favourites the Irish into second, third, fourth and sixth individual places. Harry, aged 15, was the only boy on a team
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We all just love to talk about prickly subjects
HERE’S a suggestion for all those fretting mothers standing on the doorstep waving their little cherubs off for their first term at university. As well as providing them with a copious supply of clean socks (boys) or mascara (girls) – although
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Name and shame litter louts in Worcester
COUNCIL chiefs are being urged to “name and shame” litter louts in Worcester as part of a hard-hitting fight against grime. Calls are being made to make an example of those caught dropping rubbish by releasing their names to the public, with politicians
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Getting to the core of why you’ve had a poor crop
IT’S a bumper year for apples, experts have told us, thanks to last year’s wet summer, this year’s late spring and the glorious summer of 2013 – but what if things haven’t gone so well? While many gardeners will be crowing about the vast amount
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City target FA Cup tonic
WORCESTER City are hoping their FA Cup victory over Coventry Sphinx will set them on the road to more success in the competition this season. Carl Heeley’s side defeated Coventry Sphinx 4-0 at Aggborough to book their place in today’s draw for
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Wyre Forest
VISITING Wyre Forest is always an enjoyable experience and the choice of available routes is almost infinite because much of the forest is designated access land, where we can walk wherever we want. The Forestry Commission has created dozens of
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Please, return these shopping trolleys
SIR – It really surprises me now people go shopping to supermarkets and bring shopping home in trolleys. Then they are too idle to take the trouble to take the trolleys back. I’ve seen them dumped in the city, and there is always a lot where
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Why do they have to hide their faces?
IT’S a strange day indeed when you find yourself agreeing wholeheartedly with the French. Perhaps I’m coming down with something. Still, notwithstanding their peculiar culinary habits, I must side with our continental cousins when it comes to banning
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Tree-mendous. I have been so impressed
SIR – Having lived in the vicinity of Gheluvelt Park in Worcester for more than 50 years, I was amazed last autumn to watch the magnificent weeping willow by the bandstand being drastically pruned. In fact, I had never even seen it trimmed before
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So now we know why homes got go-ahead
SIR – So the council is/has allowed thousands of houses to be built on orchards, green fields and historic sites (Abbey Fields) and now I learn this was allowed to happen because the Government had promised money to the council, calling it the new
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Send in the daleks. That would sort it
SIR – The BBC are anxious enough to take people to court for not paying for their TV licence. I can see why now. They need it to pay each other huge sums when they are leaving. The Government should step in and send in the daleks to exterminate
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I was embarrassed to be a woman
SIR – Seeing the front page photo of the three young women engaging in excessive drinking (Worcester News, September 19) makes me ashamed for my gender. It is all so unnecessary. Perhaps your newspaper should take more of these unflattering
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I don’t understand all this fuss about Hive
SIR – Re the recent letters about the proposed lap dancing club in the Butts. You have received a lot of correspondence from councillors and readers about the impact such a venue will have on children and visitors to the Hive. There is something
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Concerns about lap dancing are legitimate
SIR – The Worcester News calls those in opposition to a lap dancing club the “No sex in the city lobby” (September 25). This is doubly wrong, since lap dancing isn’t sex and neither are the protesters opposed to actual sex, presumably.
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Want an A-board in Worcester? Pay us £100
RETAILERS in Worcester could be slapped with a £100 charge for having A-boards outside their premises in a fresh crackdown on High Street clutter. The suggestion, from city politicians, comes after complaints from blind people that they are causing
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Only 1 in 5 complaints upheld? Is that right?
SIR – It’s all well and good Chris Burdon, chairman of Worcestershire Health and Care Trust, wanting to “read the riot act on staff attitudes” in order to reduce the number of complaints from patients but there is a more worrying dimension to this
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Excellent news
SIR – It is good news that unemployment has fallen below 2.5 million. Out of a total of some 60 million that means not so many on the dole. Excellent news. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
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The ghost town threat is for real
SIR – I can remember cars parked in Worcester High Street and a bobby on the zebra crossing controlling the traffic by Woolworth’s. Now, according to James Connell’s article (Worcester News, September 23) and supported by a picture taken by trader
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Party politics
SIR – It’s not surprising that both Tories and Lib Dems are claiming they are responsible for taking a lot of lower paid workers out of the tax bracket. But which party will claim responsibility for the bedroom tax and throwing loads of poor people
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Man rescued from river after falling from Severn Bridge
A MAN was rescued from the river Severn after he fell off the Severn Bridge in Worcester. A group of passers-by in their late 20s pulled the man to safety by throwing him a bouyancy aid. The police arrived on the scene at around 10.45pm last
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Come on, give these people some credit
SIR – Councillor [Alan] Amos said (Worcester News, September 21) when talking about the proposed lap dancing club: “If adults want to pay for that kind of entertainment that’s up to them, it’s not for politicians to stop them, this is a democracy.”
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I applied for a job at the uni, but...
SIR – At the beginning of the year I applied for two technical positions at the University of Worcester, having lived away from home Monday to Thursday for some 20 years. In my online applications, I detailed my 25 years’ research and student
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Bus girl’s treatment was absolute disgrace
SIR – I write with regard to your front page story (Worcester News, September 16) about the disgusting treatment handed out to 16-year-old Sophie King by a bus driver. I am registered as blind, but fortunately do have sufficient sight to see an
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Keep the Royal Mail in public hands
SIR – The Green Party supports the campaign to keep the Royal Mail in public hands. A recent Sunday Times poll found that 70 per cent of the public are opposed to the privatisation of the Royal Mail, which made £403 million profit in the year to April
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Thank you everyone for supporting walk
SIR – I would like to thank all those who took part in our Help A Heart community walk on Sunday, September 22, and also all who gave so generously to our fund-raising effort. There are more than 1.8 million people living with heart disease in
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How can these killings be justified?
SIR – It’s nice to see that letter writer Jon Burgess is dishing out his animal killing propaganda yet again’ Canada geese have become pests’ (Worcester News, September 18). Mr Burgess mocks the very knowledge that Kate Fowler (of Animal
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Here’s a radical idea for rents and rates
SIR – The front page story (Worcester News, September 23) highlights the desperate plight of city centre shopkeepers. The facts you outline are indisputable. Established shops are leaving the city centre. Many shops are empty. Everything does
