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End of road for school buses?

EIGHT hundred children could be facing a long walk to school as dozens of Worcestershire bus routes come under threat. Bus company, First in the Midlands, has put 30 routes under the spotlight because it says they are unprofitable. Managing director Ian

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Hospital asylum site rumours are quashed

RUMOURS that an empty Worcester hospital could become one of the Government's inner-city asylum centres have been quashed by city MP Mike Foster. The comments follow revelations in last Tuesday's Evening News that the Government could be planning to house

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Dog's return is tail of the unexpected

A DOG who disappeared for nearly two weeks has miraculously returned home to his Worcester owner. Brigadier, a Bernese Mountain Dog, went missing from his Rushwick home in early November and after an appeal in the Evening News, possible sightings came

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Remembering those who died

PEOPLE across Worcester flocked to the city's war memorial to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Mayor of Worcester, Councillor Robert Rowden laid a wreath on behalf of the City. "I think the event went very well and there was quite

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Road victims to be remembered

PEOPLE who have lost their lives on Worcestershire's roads will be remembered this weekend at a special service at Pershore Abbey. Many are expected to join the service on Sunday, arranged by the organisation RoadPeace, which aims to promote awareness

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Special day for special people

WORCESTERSHIRE Social Services has hosted an event designed to improve the quality of life for people with learning disabilities and their carers. Around 120 professionals, service users, and carers attended the Valuing People Sharing Day held at Worcestershire

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What on earth...

A MASSIVE earth balloon inflated inside Worcester Cathedral was due to provide an impressive backdrop for a worldwide forum today. With better transport links and the increasing influence of multi-national companies, the concept of the global village

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Just can't get the staff...

A WORCESTERSHIRE village could be left without a pub after its new tenants walked out in what is thought to be a row over the contract. The popular Lion Inn in Clifton upon Teme is closed until further notice after the would-be tenants left last Thursday

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Man punched in the head

A MAN was seriously injured after he was punched in the head. The assault happened at 1.30am on Saturday, police said. The attacker approached the victim in New Road, Kidderminster, and punched him. A man has since been arrested and charged with assault

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New build concerns

NEW buildings, despite being described as "cottage-style" were bound to have a detrimental effect on an attractive corner of Callow End. This was a parishioner's view of plans to demolish buildings at the Forge Garage, Upton Road, and build two cottage-style

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SPORTS COUNCILS

Sport England (West Midlands): 1, Hagley Road, Five Ways, Birmingham B16 8TT (0121 456 3444). Wychavon Sports Council: Sec, Sue Collins, 13, Beech Avenue, Drakes Broughton, Pershore, Worcs WR10 2BJ 01905 841269).

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Bromsgrove Rovers 4 Gresley Rovers 1

Tuesday, November 12, 2002 THREE second half goals gave Bromsgrove Rovers a 4-1 home win over Gresley Rovers. Richard Burgess netted twice, James Dyson scored a penalty and Fraser McHugh added the fourth. Full match report to follow.

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Cracking down on school truants

TRUANCY has been a problem as long as there have been schools. That the Government recognises the seriousness of this problem in not in doubt. This has been amply demonstrated over recent years by the fact that there are columns devoted to truancy in

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Flags fly in memory of war heroes

PARADES, church services and silences across the district will mark Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day on Monday in tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in warfare. The Kidderminster parade on Sunday assembles in the New Road car park at

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12/11/02 Bo selector if fully fit

STAR striker Bo Henriksen will not be risked for tonight's LDV Vans Trophy second round tie with Swindon Town if there are any doubts over his fitness. Joint top scorer Henriksen missed Saturday's Carlisle defeat with a damaged hip but it is hoped he

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12/11/02 Ladies' league run continues

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers Ladies kept their unbeaten league run intact by beating Marconi 5-3. Marconi scored first after just six minutes but Lisa Stokes levelled the scores quickly with a diving header. Sam Rogers put Harriers ahead before the break only

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12/11/02 Harriers fall to Carlisle controversy

HARRIERS 1 CARLISLE 2 RED cards, penalties, goals, great saves. Kidderminster Harriers are certainly proving good entertainment value. Though Harriers' first-half display was unquestionably woeful, at least the manner of defeat did not rank alongside

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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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More woe in Wales

Merthyr Tydfil 2, Evesham Utd 0 A SIDE showing six changes from the one knocked out of the FA Trophy in Wales last month failed to change the end result as United's sequence of three straight wins was ended. A goal in each half from strikers Andy Mainwaring

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Big fines on the cards at Harriers

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers line up against Swindon in the LDV Vans Trophy tonight (7.45) with Ian Britton promising to fine players who pick up silly bookings. The Aggborough manager intends to clamp down on indiscipline by increasing fines after seeing both

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Sixways expect record support

WORCESTER are offering supporters a cut-price chance to set a new rugby club record. The Sixways club has put together a special package deal for fans to enjoy breakfast before a coach trip to Rotherham on November 23. Worcester travel to Millmoor as

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Ten-man County defeated

WORCESTERSHIRE bowed out of the FA County Youth Cup, losing 2-1 to visitors Middlesex in a match played at a high tempo throughout at St George's Lane. The match started brightly for the home county who took a fourth minute lead. Carl Dudley's surging

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Novices hit the target

A CONTINGENT of Droitwich Archery Society members, fresh from beginner's courses, took part in the West Midlands Archery Society Regional and Open Novices Tournament at Meriden. The event is designed to introduce archers who have been in the sport for

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12/11/02 - Transfer news

REDS boss Rod Brown has missed out on Bromsgrove's Richard Burgess but is hoping to unveil another new signing for the weekend. He was in talks with Gresley striker Gary Smith last night. For the result, and news of why Nicky Clark could be leaving the

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Panic Room (15)

THIS is one of those films which is guaranteed to leave watchers asking 'What would you do?' to their nearest and dearest. The 'what would you do?' in this instance refers to the nightmare situation of waking to find three armed and very angry intruders

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A New Day At Midnight, David Gray

ANOTHER one-hit wonder comes to mind after listening to David Gray's new work. But then most artists would be left in the shadow of their own success after releasing White Ladder - a piece of musical genius. Maybe Gray should go to his old bedroom where

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Count on me voting for vision... not vandalism

AS a student of Worcester Sixth Form College, I am extremely interested in the rich history of my home town - once the third city of England. It is a history of revolution, art, industry and craftsmanship, but chiefly it is a history of converting historically

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EU targets the British fishing fleet

THE Brussels regime, and its satellites in London and Edinburgh, have determined to eliminate the British fishing fleet as well as any other national asset upon which we might rely for our independence. Now they're moving in for the kill. Fishermen know

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No sign of youth or the ethnic population

I NOTE with interest the photograph in the Evening News on Saturday, November 2, of the 13 new magistrates sworn in by Judge Ian Morris. At first glance, I thought I was looking at members of a joint Inner Wheel/Rotary Club meeting. One wonders where

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12/11/02 - Big fines on the cards at Harriers

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers line up against Swindon in the LDV Vans Trophy tonight (7.45) with Ian Britton promising to fine players who pick up silly bookings. The Aggborough manager intends to clamp down on indiscipline by increasing fines after seeing both

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11/11/02 - Reds sunk

Solihull Borough 2 Redditch United 1 Redditch United suffered a 2-1 defeat at old rivals Solihull Boro, losing recent signing Jimmy Quiggin in the process. And it was a familiar story for Rod Brown's side, Solihull taking the points with a last minute

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This is Stourport Swifts FC - Facts and Figures

Founded: 1882 President: Roy Crowe Chairman: Chris Reynolds Secretary: Nigel Green Treasurer: Bill Inns General manager/groundsman: John McDonald Manager: Dave Titterton Assistant Manager/Coach: Kevin Sweeney Physiotherapist: Malcolm Cowell Directions

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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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Dinner welcome

A DINNER has been held to officially welcome a significant new business to Worcester. Sanctuary Housing Association is in the process of moving its head office from Hertford to Chamber Court, in Castle Street, Worcester. Last month, the Chamber of Commerce

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Top quality chips

QUALITY Fish and Chips in Ledbury has been awarded a prestigious Friers Quality Award. The Seafood Industry Authority awarded the nationally-recognised certificate following an inspection on Tuesday, October 15. This involved checking and assessing 200

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Fire strike goes ahead - latest

FIREFIGHTERS will go ahead with a national strike after their union rejected the 11% pay offer recommended by an independent review. Firefighters' leader Andy Gilchrist rejected both the pay offer and the review, saying the government's interventions

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Left alone with no phone for 15 days

A WOMAN who claims to be under stress after being without a phone for more than two weeks wants compensation from BT. Lyn Smith, aged 49, lost her phone connection during the gales of Sunday, October 27, which brought the line down outside her house.

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Claims of veterans over war service fall on deaf ears

CLAIMS by war veterans that they missed parts of Sunday's remembrance service because they were at the rear of Worcester Cathedral have been challenged by organisers. Veterans accused the city's Territorial Army Unit - the 214 Worcester Battery of Royal

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Crash, bang wallop - what a picture, what a photograph!

CURTAINS are to open at Chaddesley Corbett's newly refurbished village hall for a production of the musical Half a Sixpence. Members of Chaddesley Amateur Theatrical Society have been busy in rehearsals for the show, which opens on Friday, at 7.30pm.

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Aid for Lisa after tree fell on home

KIND-hearted people have helped to raise £1,300 for a homeless pensioner after a giant oak tree crashed through her mobile home. Lisa Calthorpe, who escaped incarceration in a Nazi concentration camp, cheated death again when the tree smashed through

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Dental surgery should open by end of month

A MUCH-needed NHS dental practice for Worcester looks set to be up and running by the end of the month. Former councillor Colin Layland said he recently spoke to dentist Dr John Bu about the surgery in Dines Green, and the signs were encouraging. "He

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Bike path planned

A PROPOSED new cycle track for the Chawson area of Droitwich Spa could be the first of a series of cycle links across the town. The £130,000 cycle route would start from Clee View, near Witton Middle School, and end at Oakham Place. It would follow footpaths

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Bloodied nose for driver

A CARELESS driver ended up with a bloodied nose after he collided with another car. Gareth Parker admitted driving without due care and attention when he appeared before Worcester magistrates yesterday. Mark Soper, prosecuting, said the 21-year-old collided

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Farmers forced away by high costs of market

HIGH costs for food producers are hampering attempts to bring the farmers' market back to Ledbury. Farmers will have to pay a £10 or £13 Charter Market fee to Ledbury Town Council, on top of the £22 stall-hire fee to Herefordshire Council. Diana Palmer

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Volunteers for trek

THE Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is looking for volunteers to take part in a five-day trek along the Great Wall of China. This overseas challenge is part of the charity's Muscles for Muscles Campaign - it is asking people to use their muscles for people

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ROLLERHOCKEY

The Nomads Rollerhockey Club: Dave Coones (01285) 646626. Website: www.nomadsrhc.fsnet.co.uk

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12/11/02 - Peters move still on

BROMSGROVE Rovers manager Gary Hackett still intends to bring Gresley Rovers midfielder Mark Peters to the Victoria Ground. Gresley visit Rovers tonight for a top of the table Dr Martens Western clash and the two parties will hold talks after the game

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A power surge

POWERLIFTING: Tough Wyre Forest duo Steve Knight and Stuart Ingram lifted a great weight from their shoulders with second places at the World Drug Free Powerlifting Championships. The pair were runners-up in the British Championships earlier this year

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Cash raised despite downpour

WI members braved torrential downpours to raise more than £1,000 for Acorns. The Rushwick and Bedwardine Women's Institute held a garden party at the end of the summer, but unfortunately "the heavens opened" and everyone got wet. Despite that, the party

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Facts, figures and fixtures 2002/2003 season

Pre-season 20/07/02 - Redditch United 0 Peterborough United 3 (Forsythe, Fenn, Bullard) 25/07/02 - Redditch United 3 (Hall, Knight, 2) Stourbridge 1 (Lee) 30/07/02 - Redditch United 1 (MacVarish) Burton Albion 1 (Garner) League 17/08/02 - Redditch United

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War pictures that paint a thousand words

THERE is a photograph in one of my numerous reference books about the First World War that never loses its haunting quality, no matter how many times it is viewed. Taken on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium, either on Friday, August 21, 1914, or the following

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Sixty-year search at an end

SIXTY years after his death, the grave of a Merchant Navy seaman has been tracked down and a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone put on it. Nineteen-year-old Havelock George Hipwell, the brother of retired nurse Patricia Fenton from Newland and

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Droitwich duo shine

TWO boxers from Droitwich Amateur Boxing Club are through to the semi-finals of the National Association of Boys Clubs Championships. Anthony Bonehill and Michael Pardoe, who recently won Midlands titles, beat Ulster champions to secure their places in

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Rovers seek to halt slide

TWO league defeats on the trot have left Bromsgrove Rovers with an added incentive for victory tonight. Gary Hackett and Jon Ford's team entertain Gresley Rovers (7.45) still smarting after being knocked from the top of the Dr Martens Western Division

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Malvern to field three new players

MALVERN Town include new signings Chris Palmer, John Walton and Mark Johnson as they seek a third successive West Midlands League Premier Division win at home to Wellington tonight (7.45). They are without 17-year-old Lee Hooper, whose knee ligament injury

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Plumbers leak goals in Trinity thrashing

THERE were goals galore at Trinity Sports where the home team thrashed Plumbers Arms 10-3 in the Worcester and District Football League. Gordon Beauchamp hit a hat-trick and there was a brace each for Chris Finch and John Wood of Trinity while Ross Freeman

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Disney on Ice, Beauty and the Beast, NIA, Birmingham (Until November 10)

SICK of sleaze? Tired of opening your newspaper to yet another sordid tale, then get in touch with your innocence and go and see this show. If you have no children of your own just borrow some and lose your cynicism in a world of fairy tales, toe-loops

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City council's lack of skills is the problem

COUNCILLOR Barry Mackenzie-Williams (You Say, November 2) is wrong when he lays the blame for the Swan Theatre crisis at the door of its management. He claims that they defied West Midlands Arts in 1998 by continuing as a producing theatre. If, as he

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'We've run out of money'

IN true theatrical style, the supporters of the Swan, who packed out the Guildhall last night for a special meeting on the theatre's funding crisis, hissed their contempt and cheered their support for the speakers. Brandishing placards splashed with slogans

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Redditch United FC - Club Facts

Team colours: Home: Red shirts, red shorts, red socks. Away: Sky blue shirts, claret shorts, sky blue socks. Contacts: Pat Cremin, commercial director, 01527 67450 Rod Laight, chairman, 07747 775510 Manager: Rod Brown Assistant manager: Gary Whild Official

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12/11/02 Swifts face promotion chasers

STOURPORT Swifts face a tough task at Walshes Meadow tonight (7.45) with the visit of second-placed Merthyr Tydfil but boss Dave Titterton refuses to be daunted. Swifts have failed to win or score in their last two Dr Martens Western Division games. But

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12/11/02 - Malvern on song as pack dominates

OLD Patesians, their first team riding high in National Three South, put out a strong second string in this friendly at Spring Lane on Saturday. MALVERN 41pts, OLD PATESIANS 22pts They shoved a surprised Malvern pack off their own ball in the first scrum

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Green light marked 'exit' looks inviting

L SPITERI (You Say, November 5) is one of the dwindling few who persistently declare that we have no future outside the EU. Britain has one of the largest economies in the world, with most of our trade and foreign investment outside the EU. We are by

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12/11/02 - Sixways expect record support

WORCESTER are offering supporters a cut-price chance to set a new rugby club record. The Sixways club has put together a special package deal for fans to enjoy breakfast before a coach trip to Rotherham on November 23. Worcester travel to Millmoor as

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Marketing honour for top performer

ONE of Worcestershire's top marketing specialists has been honoured for his outstanding service by the president of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Bill Gourlay, a chartered marketer, has been presented with the CIM President's Award, of which

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Lynda preserving a traditional skill

A HOME-GROWN business is preserving the local flavours of Worcestershire. Lynda Whitcombe, from Pershore, who started making jellies on her kitchen table five years ago, is playing a key role in a new Waitrose initiative to showcase the best of local