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SHOT FAN BACK HOME SAFE
WOUNDED England fan Phil Holland is back home in Worcester after being shot in Bratislava, the Slovakian capital. Mr Holland, a 30-year-old tiler from Warndon, was shot in the leg after security guards opened fire in a bar crammed with football supporters
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Everyone's a winner in Lottery giveaway
SCOUT groups, village halls, schools, mental health charities, sports organisations - and even a model railway group - have shared a bumper £156,000 of Lottery cash. The Awards for All scheme has doled out more than £1m to voluntary and community groups
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Pupils wait for the final verdict
STUDENTS at Pershore High School will soon find out if their exam grades have changed following the marking fiasco that has rocked the country. Around 40 papers were resubmitted to exam board OCR and AQA by the school after students received shock results
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City club 'collars' stand-up Harry Hill
SURREAL stand-up comic Harry Hill will be appearing in Worcester tomorrow, having been ''collared'' by a city comedy club. Hill, famous for his bizarre observations, big collars and ''badger parades'' since he won the Perrier Award for best newcomer in
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Principal warns of fears for next year
WORCESTER Sixth Form College principal John Tredwell says he is not certain there will not be a similar fiasco next year. Following the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Annual Conference he says students might be mislead about what their modules
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Skateboarders dice with death
A KAMIKAZE skateboarder spotted speeding down a hill and crashing into cars is being warned to wise up by a Worcester woman. Worried Summer Jones said one schoolboy had been seen tearing down Bow Hill in Callow End before ploughing into oncoming traffic
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Brave boy's boredom buster
A COLLECTION by Sainsbury's staff for a plucky youngster who is set to undergo a series of operations has been a huge success. Five-year-old Alex was presented with a GameBoy to help ease his next hospital stay. "We made the presentation to Alex on Friday
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No choice of school for Lauren
A SCHOOLGIRL who has recently moved to the city is being kept away from the classroom because of poor transport in Worcester. Alison Priest says she will not allow 11-year-old Lauren to walk more than a mile each way to Christopher Whitehead High School
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Fixtures and Results - 2002/2003
20/07/02 Cheltenham Town (Home) PSF 0-3 27/07/02 Kidderminster H (Home) PSF 2-2 30/07/02 Willenhall T (Away) PSF 0-2 01/08/02 Wolves (Home) PSF 0-4 06/08/02 Stourport Swifts (Away) PSF 2-1 09/08/02 Solihull Borough (Away) PSF 2-1 12/08/02 Bedworth United
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CRAIG HINTON - Centre-back, right-back, midfield. 26/11/77. 6ft. Squad number 5.
Versatile Hinton began his career at right-back before reverting to a centre-half role during the Conference championship-winning season. The change of position proved the making of the former Birmingham City trainee who was once rated at £1 million and
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DANNY WILLIAMS - Midfield 12/7/79. 6ft 1in. Squad number 4.
After starting off as a trainee at Liverpool, Williams was released at the age of 19 to return to his native Wrexham. The Wales U-21 international played on-off for the Second Division club but made a good impression with many for his uncompromising style
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SAM SHILTON - Left midfield. 21/7/78. 5ft 11ins. Squad number 11.
The son of former England goalkeeping legend Peter spent two seasons at Hartlepool before his free transfer move to Third Division opposition Harriers. An attacking midfielder who also filled in at wing-back, he moved from Plymouth Argyle to Coventry
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DEAN BENNETT - Midfield 13/12/77. 6ft. Squad number 7.
Bennett was a then club record buy of £30,000 from rivals Bromsgrove Rovers in January 1999 and proved a goal-scoring menace to Conference opponents in the title-winning season. The ex-England semi-professional international signed a two-year deal at
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DAIRE DOYLE - Midfield 18/10/80. 5ft 11ins. Squad number 15.
Dubliner Doyle began his career back in his native Ireland with Cherry Orchard before being snapped up by Premiership Coventry City for a nominal fee in 1998. However, he was mainly confined to academy football and a trial spell with Harriers earned him
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IAN FOSTER - Forward, wide midfield. 11/11/76. 5ft 7ins. Squad number 10.
Pacy Foster was top scorer during the Conference-winning season and appears to have overcome the injury problems that have plagued him as a professional over the years. An England schoolboy and later semi-pro international, he was released by Liverpool
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DREWE BROUGHTON - Forward. 25/10/78. 6ft 3ins. Squad number 9.
Tall target-man who made an immediate impact with his aggression, spirit and goal-scoring on being signed for £50,000 from Peterborough in January 2001. Despite his disciplinary problems, Broughton is a first choice when fit and wins a lot of aerial challenges
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ANDREW CORBETT - Forward, wide midfield. 20/2/82. 6ft. Squad number 17.
The Worcester-born teenager has worked his way through the youth set-up and reserves to get a handful of first-team chances. Showed enough with good movement and work-rate to earn a two-year deal at Harriers in the summer of 2001 but has had to patiently
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Worcester edge out Plymouth
WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 89-88 over Plymouth Raiders in the National Basketball Trophy. The University College Worcester halls were full 20 minutes before tip-off to welcome the high profile Raiders, a side that have dominated the National Conference
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14/10/02 - Worcester edge out Plymouth
WORCESTER Wolves triumphed 89-88 over Plymouth Raiders in the National Basketball Trophy. The University College Worcester halls were full 20 minutes before tip-off to welcome the high profile Raiders, a side that have dominated the National Conference
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CONSERVATION
Vale of Evesham Friends of the Earth: Glyn Hayter 01386 871253. Stratford Friends of the Earth: Lucy Newsam, 14, Verbey Drive, Stratford. 01789 267571. British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, South Worcsestershire: 01905 610289. Dian Fossey Gorilla
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Kidderminster Harriers 0 Macclesfield Town 2
Saturday, October 12, 2002 BOSS Ian Britton admitted that Kidderminster Harriers had come back down to earth with a 'big bump' after losing 2-0 to Macclesfield Town in Saturday's Nationwide League Division Three clash at Aggborough. The disappointing
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Stourport Swifts FC - Fixtures and results - 2002/03
Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson Sat July 27 Boldmere St Michaels (a) 1-4 Giddings Mon July 29 Stourbridge (h) 3-2 Giddings, Stanier, Fletcher Thurs Aug 1 Rushall Olympic (h) 2-3 Bailey, A Nicholls Sat Aug 3 Telford United
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Apropos apostrophes ...again
I'M SORRY to say that the Letters Editor now has disingenuousness to add to his/her genocidal crimes against the apostrophe. I ended my "Missing apostrophe shocker - latest" letter, (You Say, October 4) as follows: "Long Live the Three Choirs' Festival
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Tories sorting out a mess left by Labour
LABOUR councillor John Buckley attempts to get the previous Labour Council and present Labour Government off the hook for Worcester's serious budget position. But it won't wash. These are the facts. First, Worcester has never been run by an Independent-Conservative
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Foster new ideas
A BROMSGROVE organisation is urging residents to foster new ideas about caring for children. Potential carers are invited to learn more about welcoming youngsters into their homes when Foster Care Associates, based in Stoke Prior, holds an information
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Silver surfers
SILVER surfers have notched up 500 computer classes thanks to Bromsgrove's Age Concern branch. Since February 2001, nearly 150 older residents have visited the Windsor Street office to learn more about using computers independently. Some attend occasional
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Cash boost
TERMINALLY ill children will benefit from tireless fundraising by a town women's group. The Inner Wheel Club of Droitwich Spa, which is part of the Rotary movement, has collected £930 for Acorns Children's Hospice, in Worcester. Past president Shirley
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14/10/02 - 'Best performance in my time' says Brain
DELIGHTED John Brain described Worcester's performance, in their 53-7 demolition of London Welsh, as total rugby. The Sixways director of rugby was full of praise for his side as they illuminated Old Deer Park with some scintillating tries in the first
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14/10/02 - Swanepoel may face 42-day ban
WERNER Swanepoel could miss Worcester's title showdown with Rotherham next month after seeing red at London Welsh. The scrum-half was given a straight red card mid-way through the first- half at Old Deer Park on Saturday for allegedly kicking out at Florent
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14/10/02 - County quash player rumours
WORCESTERSHIRE today poured cold water on speculation that they are battling to keep three of their batsmen at New Road. The trio being linked with possible moves are Anurag Singh, Kadeer Ali and Philip Weston. The speculation, however, has come as a
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Co-op's joy at industry accolade
The Co-operative Group has received the highest accolade in the food retail industry. It has been chosen as Multiple Retailer of the Year at the prestigious Retail Industry Awards 2002, beating Tesco and Asda into runners-up spots. The awards, which are
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14/10/02 - Injuries add to City woe after cup exit
WORCESTER City's FA Cup exit at the hands of Hucknall Town at the could prove doubly costly for the club. The 1-0 defeat left them £10,000 poorer and also with further injury worries. Pat Lyons was stretchered off with a neck injury following a collision
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Stars turn out at show
THERE was added excitement at a monthly antiques fair when crews and celebrities from the BBC swept in to film a TV show. Tommy Walsh, from Ground Force, Linda Barker, from Changing Rooms, and Dermot Murnaghan, from the BBC's breakfast news, were all
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Woman, 88, dies in crash
AN elderly woman was killed when the car in which she was a passenger spun out of control on a bend and somersaulted along the road. The 88-year-old was one of two people in a maroon Ford Escort, which was in collision with a second car as it careered
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I just want my Claude's collar back
A DISTRAUGHT pet owner has made a desperate plea for the collar from her dead cat to be returned. Susan Burgess's cat, Claude, was knocked down last Monday morning, near the Norton roundabout in Worcester. Miss Burgess, who lives in St Peter's, managed
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Meeting to save Swan from closing
CAMPAIGNERS were due to meet tonight to discuss how to save the cash-strapped Swan Theatre from closure. Volunteers, theatre-lovers and members of the many amateur groups have been invited to find out how they help to keep it open. Last week, it was revealed
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Rund-raisers brave 80ft descent
ADVENTUROUS fund-raisers took to the roof of a Worcester warehouse abseiling 80ft in aid of a cancer charity. More than 49 people braved yesterday's bad weather to take on the dramatic drop over the Reality Group building. Organisers hope it will have
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Horse slashed with knife as it grazes
RIDERS are being warned to be on their guard after a horse was attacked by thugs. They struck as the animal grazed in a field near Stourport-on-Severn, slashing its rump with a knife. A vet treated the injury and the horse is said to be making a good
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Daniel's jelly bath raises £1,000
BONE cancer victim Daniel Jarrold braves a bath of freezing jelly to drum up £1,000 for a hospital unit. Daniel, aged 15, spent 10 minutes in the lime-green mixture in The Arboretum pub, Worcester, after King's School head chef Clive Pitts offered to
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Rider flown to hospital after towpath fall
PARAMEDICS called to help a stricken rider who had been thrown from her horse jumped aboard a narrowboat to try to rescue her. The 45-year-old woman, from Droitwich, suffered leg wounds and possible back and head injuries when her mount bolted and crashed
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Author visits the city
IT was all smiles in Hammicks when children's author Jacqueline Wilson met her young fans. Youngsters queued to catch a glimpse of the Bath-born author, who was signing copies of her book Girls in Tears at the bookshop in the City Arcade, Worcester. Dozens
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Students battle it out for the cup
WORCESTERSHIRE students will be going head to head with students from across Herefordshire and Shropshire in a battle for a challenge cup. The Three Counties Challenge Cup competition is being run by the Army next week. The Light Infantry Regimental Recruiting
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Judy's project's a picture of success
AN ex-mayor of Worcester could soon be a talking point in a village pub after the landlady urged people to bring in old photographs. Judy Allen, landlady of The Mug House, in Claines, asked people to bring in old pictures to help uncover the history of
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Spreading word
A MOBILE religious education unit has been launched at a Worcester church because of the popularity of the first multimedia centre. The GSUS Live presentation, equipped with 3D video and interactive technology, was unveiled on Saturday by COUNTIES, a
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Bromsgrove Rovers 3 Atherstone United 0
Saturday, October 12, 2002 A JAMES Dyson double in each half and a Kevin Banner strike gave Rovers victory over a disappointing Atherstone side. Full match report to follow.
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STUART BROCK - Goalkeeper. 26/9/76. 6ft 1ins. Squad number 1.
Released by Aston Villa, Brock signed for Harriers in September 1997 after a short spell at Northampton Town where he failed to make an appearance. He made his Harriers first-team debut in November of the same year and has proved himself a fine shot-stopper
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ADIE SMITH - Centre-back, right-back, midfield. 11/8/73. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 6.
Another Mr Versatile, long-serving Smith signed for Harriers in 1997 for £19,000 from non-league rivals Bromsgrove Rovers. Smith's performances in non-league earned him three caps for the England semi-professional team as well as a Nationwide Conference
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SCOTT STAMPS - Left-back, left midfield. 20/3/75. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 3.
Stamps started with Torquay United despite being brought up in Birmingham and his obvious talent earned him a £10,000 move to Colchester United in 1997. The left-footer moved to Harriers on a free in September 1999 after playing in the Second Division
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This is Evesham United Football Club - Fixtures & Results - 2002/3 season
Dr Martens League Western Division AUGUST SAT, 17 GRESLEY ROVERS 1-0 Scorer, Bullock Att, 111 Mon, 19 Solihull Borough (a) 2-2 Lutz, Pinkney 216 Sat, 24 Taunton Town (a) 2-3 Bullock, Preedy 358 MON, 26 CINDERFORD TOWN (H) 3-1 Jukes, May (2) 134 Sat, 31
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LEE AYRES - Centre-back. 28/8/82. 6ft 2ins. Squad number 16.
Rangy Ayres joined Harriers as a youth-team player from Walsall but progressed to the reserves after impressing at the heart of the defence. A big future is predicted for the youngster who signed a two-year deal and made his competitive debut in the tough
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SEAN FLYNN - Midfield. 13/3/68. 5ft 8ins. Squad number 21.
Vastly-experienced Flynn took over the captaincy in Mark Blake's absence after putting pen to paper on a year's deal before the first league game with Lincoln. The influential central or right-sided midfielder is known for his tough tackling and will
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JOHN MELLIGAN - Midfielder. 11/2/82. 5ft 9ins. Squad number 24.
Signed on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers, the creative Dublin-born playmaker has made a good impression and extended his deal for a second month. Restricted to reserve appearances at the Division One club, his manager Dave Jones wanted Melligan to
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BO HENRIKSEN - Forward. 7/2/75. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 12.
A player with an impressive reputation in homeland Denmark, Henriksen signed a two-and-a-half year deal at Aggborough in February 2002. The flamboyant striker, who impressed in an initial three-month loan spell with an immaculate first touch, signed from
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14/10/02 Unbeaten start for new boss Titterton
STOURPORT Swifts battled back from a nightmare start to claim their third point of the season in a 1-1 Dr Martens Western Division draw at Clevedon Town. And there is more to come from the Swifts, according to new manager Dave Titterton. The former Coventry
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Swanepoel may face 42-day ban
WERNER Swanepoel could miss Worcester's title showdown with Rotherham next month after seeing red at London Welsh. The scrum-half was given a straight red card mid-way through the first-half at Old Deer Park on Saturday for allegedly kicking out at Florent
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County quash player rumours
WORCESTERSHIRE today poured cold water on speculation that they are battling to keep three of their batsmen at New Road. The trio being linked with possible moves are Anurag Singh, Kadeer Ali and Philip Weston. The speculation, however, has come as a
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Injuries add to City woe after cup exit
WORCESTER City's FA Cup exit at the hands of Hucknall Town at the could prove doubly costly for the club. The 1-0 defeat left them £10,000 poorer and also with further injury worries. Pat Lyons was stretchered off with a neck injury following a collision
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North Mids edged out by point at Ledbury
NORTH Midlands were edged out 20-19 by Dorset and Wiltshire in their final warm-up match before the start of the Midlands 18 Group rugby championship at Ledbury's Ross Road ground yesterday. It was North Midlands' third defeat in friendly matches but
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Bickerton finishes joint 58th
DROITWICH golfer John Bickerton finished joint 58th in Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Breteche in Paris. He finished on 287 after rounds of 70, 71, 75 and 71. Germany's Alex Cejka, meanwhile, begins his quest for a US Tour card this week with the safety
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Malvern hold on for thrilling victory
MALVERN Rugby Club put their derby disaster behind them with a thrilling win over Walsall. The Spring Lane side, who were soundly beaten by Luctonians last weekend, claimed their second league win of the season to get their campaign back on track. Malvern
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Pershore take derby honours
PERSHORE Rugby Club claimed the derby spoils with a 15-8 win over rivals Evesham in Midlands Three West (South). It was a superb result for Pershore considering their injury list is now in crisis proportions with nine regular first team players out. They
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Are you a winner?
Winners of the recent Royal Mail competition, who each win a set of The Bridges of London stamps and Astonomy stamps, were: Mike Averill, James Road, Kidderminster; E Batsford, Carlton Close, Kidderminster; Mrs W Crompton, Pinewood Close, Kidderminster
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Car kits worth £150 to be won
THE winter months of bad weather and poor driving conditions are just around the corner so make sure your car is in tip-top condition. And the Shuttle/Times and News has joined forcesd with Halfords to offer readers the chance to win one of five winter
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Bloodsports
IN response to Ian Tinsley accusing me of being anti-angling, I would say that I am neither anti-angling nor anti-hunting. I was merely raising the question as to why anti-hunt campaigners attack some bloodsports and not others. I BAILEY, Worcester.
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Wasting more taxpayers' cash
I AM concerned at the reported comments in the local Press (Kidderminster Shuttle, September 26) by two leading councillors - Coun G Lord, Leader, and Coun Colin Beardwood - clearly showing their disappointment in the public inquiry outcome and their
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Don't talk about the war
I AM writing in response to John Hinton's somewhat obnoxious response to my comments regarding their clocks in the city centre. I feel it rather sad that in the 21st Century, Mr Hinton feels it necessary to pass comment (be it indirectly) on the Second
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Let's have a bit of commonsense
I READ with great interest the article about The Cardinal's Hat selling beer in pints as opposed to litres. Has anyone noticed that wine is sold in measures of 125cc and 175cc? And spirits are now sold in metric measurements - 25ccs? So why is beer any
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London Welsh 7 Worcester 53
Saturday, October 12, 2002 WORCESTER re-branded themselves Warriors over the summer. On Saturday's evidence Globetrotters might be more appropriate. They were simply sublime for 40 minutes at Old Deer Park, the best Worcester performance I have witnessed
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KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS FC MATCH FACTS - 2002/2003
Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis Mon July 15 Evesham United (a) 4-0 Ducros, Broughton, Corbett, Shilton Fri July 19 Reading (h) 2-4 Broughton, Henriksen Sun July 21 Solihull Borough (a) 3-4 Shilton, Foster (pen), Corbett Wed July 24 Wolverhampton
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Hucknall Town 1 Worcester City 0
Saturday, October 12, 2002 ONE question, and one question only will haunt the minds of Worcester City's players this week -- how did we lose to Hucknall Town? The FA Cup dream may be over, and the club £10,000 poorer, but what will hurt Worcester most
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Bromsgrove Rovers fixtures and results 2002/2003
HOME, away (Dr Martens Western fixtures unless stated) JULY Thu 18 Cradley Town (Friendly) 1-0 (Crisp) Sat 20 WEST BROMWICH ALBION (Friendly) 1-6 (Burgess) Tue 23 STOURBRIDGE (Friendly) 1-3 (Lloyd) Sat 27 WILLENHALL TOWN (Friendly) 2-0 (Laydon, Palmer
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12/10/02 - Roke tribute
ANDY Keast has paid tribute to Duncan Roke's 'awesome' form for Worcester Rugby Club this season. The Sixways' coach has been delighted with the former Henley man's play following some outstanding tries which have left him joint top scorer with David
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Business Links boost for two counties' tourism
TOURISM in the two counties is just one of the business sectors set to receive a boost from a new programme of funding from the region's development agency. Advantage West Midlands (AWM) has committed £4m over four years to expand the capacity of Business
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Company doing a white good job
AN EXPANDING Worcestershire company that makes wedding favours has pledged to keep using local businesses as it goes from strength-to-strength. The White House, in Crowle, near Worcester, is the country's leading designer of wedding favours, which are
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Grey area for accountancy firm
A NEW Worcester accountancy firm is trying to bring a bit of colour to the profession. The new firm, called Howard Painter & Company, is offering a new approach with fixed-fee charges and a ban on jargon. "Accountancy has always, if sometimes unfairly