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Escaped child killer found in Alcester after 10 days on the run
MISSING prisoner Alan Giles is back in police custody after he was found in Alcester - 10 days after absconding from prison. Giles – who absconded from HMP Hewell near Redditch on Monday, October 28 – was arrested in the Gunnings Road area of the
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Money will be used to pay benefits to guests
SIR – Reading the Daily Mail the other morning horrified me. January 1 sees the Shengen treaty come into force, allowing Bulgarians and Romanians the freedom to enter the UK. Are you in for a shock! Both countries are openly corrupt and the poorest
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Billions of stinking cars on our roads
SIR – Christopher Hitchens (of the Daily Mail) is a fathead to say global warming is not caused by us. There are billions of stinking, polluting motor cars on our roads. Surely this makes a difference. It is obvious. GEORGE COWLEY Worcester
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We are putting clocks where they should be
SIR – It would be good if once in a while Tom Edwards (Fair Point) gets his facts right. He is stating that we should not mess about with the clocks in autumn and therefore keep the light nights but can I remind him that in fact in autumn we are
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Cameron should draw line under 'Plegate'
SIR – It does seem that Andrew Mitchell deserves an apology from all those involved in the ‘Plebgate’ nonsense and the people involved should have their knuckles rapped. That includes the chief constables who understandably tried to protect their colleagues
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Why not put land mines in the road?
SIR – What is going on? Councillor Richard Udall thinks it’s shocking! Dines Green Primary School headmaster Stephen Gough thinks the same. 23,000 cars triggered a speed device, another 8,000 did not. So, a total of 31,108 cars went along
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Trust needs to attack flu with jab for all staff
FLU-fighting efforts are being stepped up at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in a bid to ensure the county does not miss out on crucial funding. Last year just 32.6 per cent of frontline staff at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust had their
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Worcester's Victorian fair is almost here
SIR – It’s Christmas time in the City of Worcester, The cathedral bells are ringing today. Kings School choir sing carols in the cloisters and stallholders wear Victorian dress. A lady said ‘Buy a hat for Ascot dear or maybe there’s a summer
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£14m boost for three major Worcestershire developments
A GROUNDBREAKING £14 million deal has been clinched to allow three major Worcestershire developments to go ahead - including Worcester Technology Park. The Treasury has confirmed that the county council can access key funding to progress with a
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Three-year ban for man almost twice over limit
A DRINK-driver said he was “really stupid” after he was banned from driving for three years because he was caught twice in 10 years. Duncan Smith, aged 46, of Tapenhall Road, Fernhill Heath, near Worcester, admitted driving with excess alcohol
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Missing prisoner search moved on to focus on Stratford
POLICE searching for missing prisoner Alan Giles are now concentrating their investigation on Stratford-upon-Avon following a number of reported sightings in the area. Detectives are working with local officers to follow up leads, and are searching
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Why do people cause mindless vandalism?
SIR – We have lived in the Pershore area for 40 years. I am 83 and my husband nearly 85. I thought I would tell your readers a short story. We were flooded in 2007 and we had to live in our kitchen for five years. This was due to the lack of
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Thigh gap images are poisonous
FOR weeks now I have tolerated the ongoing debate about the ‘thigh gap’. Twitter is divided as to whether the gap between a woman’s upper thighs when she stands up straight should be seen as attractive or not. Images have flooded the internet
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We're net beneficiaries of 'health tourism'
SIR – Our Tory-led coalition Government has rapidly made an art form out of deliberate manipulation and misinterpretation of its own data to suit its own purposes. So it comes as no surprise that Tory Harriett Baldwin MP (Worcester News, November 1
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Turning music into art wins through for project
THESE stunning images saw a talented artist from Malvern scoop a top illustration award. William Elliston saw off competition from more than 200 entries to claim top honours in the ‘student talent’ category at the prestigious 2013 Cheltenham Illustration
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Warriors bolster midfield with Symons signing
WARRIORS have added a considerable amount of bulk to their midfield options by signing English-born centre Andy Symons from New Zealand side the Tasman Makos. Standing at 6ft 5ins and weigning in at 17 stones, the former Leicester Tigers trialist
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City MP’s helping hand for retailers hit by rates
RETAILERS being hammered by Government taxes could be given a helping hand – after Worcester’s MP stepped up his efforts to investigate the issue. Robin Walker has met with the British Retail Consortium to see if any changes need to be made to
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600 people sign petition for better Worcestershire funding
SIX hundred people have signed a petition calling for better public funding in Worcestershire - with a county MP insisting residents are paying an unfair “rural penalty”. Conservative Peter Luff, who represents Mid-Worcestershire, says he wants
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Man guilty of murdering wife who discovered affair
ALAN Evans has been jailed for 17 years after he was found guilty of murdering his wife at their family home after she discovered he was having an affair. Louise Evans was found at the bottom of the stairs at the Kidderminster home she shared with
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Science workshops for engineers of the future
MORE than 100 students are taking part in a schools’ fringe event run alongside this year’s Malvern Festival of Innovation. Which means a pile of electronic goodies will be needed, as each student participating in the “Next Gen Innovators” workshop
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Swimming club hits out at "missed opportunity" over Worcester pool
A MAJOR swimming club in Worcester has hit out over shelving the city’s top-class pool dream - decrying it as a “missed opportunity for a whole generation”. Worcester Swimming Club says it has been left disappointed after the city council revealed
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Gnome drawing sees schoolgirl's poster go on display
A MISCHIEVOUS-looking gnome drawn by a schoolgirl will adorn posters for an orchestra’s concert for children. Conductor Keith Slade selected Oldbury Park Primary School pupil Harriet Guest’s picture to feature on the posters because it depicted
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Worcester City manager Heeley looking to plug Thorley gap
WORCESTER City manager Carl Heeley is hoping to fill the void left by club captain Tom Thorley’s shock switch to Hednesford Town by signing a replacement in time for Saturday’s trip to Harrogate Town. The Aggborough-based club received an official
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Owen plea to back City’s young guns
WORCESTER City youth team manager Mark Owen has urged football fans to head to Studley tonight (7.45pm) to cheer his young guns on in the FA Youth Cup first round proper against Halesowen Town. It is the first time in the history of the club’s
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Pedestrian suffers serious head injury following collision with car
A PEDESTRIAN was taken to hospital with a serious head injury having been in collision with a car. The man, in his 30s, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham following the collison in Rough Hill Drive, Redditch just before 11pm
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MP grills payday lenders over affordability of loans
WORCESTER’S MP grilled payday lenders as the controversial firms came under the microscope at a select committee meeting yesterday. Robin Walker was among those to challenge lenders at a Business Select Committee meeting involving lenders, consumer
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Probation staff strike over privatisation
PROBATION staff walked out in a strike over the break-up of key services which they say will make Worcester’s streets less safe from criminals. Representatives of the National Association of Probation Officers (Napo) were on the streets of Worcester
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Should children start school aged two?
A WORCESTER headteacher says he wouldn’t be in favour of children starting school at the age of just two, after a senior schools inspector proposed the idea. Baroness Sally Morgan, who heads the Ofsted inspection body, sparked debate in staffrooms
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Return of the Mac as missing dog found
A RESCUE dog that went missing on a visit to a new family has been found safe and well after a week wandering the streets of Worcester. Mac, the Staffordshire bull terrier cross, went missing from Kathryn Beardshall’s back garden in Foley Road,
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Top of the World/Worcester Musical Theatre Company
THIS show burns with a slow fuse but once the flame has caught hold… well, it goes off with a bang that would make even Guy Fawkes feel like he should have left his matches at home. It was perhaps fitting that the first night coincided with our
