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• Electric torture for wife

  A VIOLENT husband who tortured his pregnant wife by holding her head under water and wiring her to a battery charger has been jailed for 12 years. read more

• Twenty-four hour opening prompts action

  OBJECTIONS to 24-hour opening hours planned for a city supermarket have more than doubled in a fortnight. read more

• Man admits assault on wife

  A KIDDERMINSTER man has been cleared of trying to murder his wife but has admitted assaulting her and causing her actual bodily harm. read more

• Arts and crafts among the trees

  NATURE-lovers will be able to enjoy a host of activities at the Tiddesley Wood open day. read more

• 30/4/02 - Pearson signs for Sixways title push

  JOHN Brain has thrown an early spanner in Orrell's promotion challenge with the capture of their highly rated South African Chris Pearson. read more

• 30/4/02 - Moody banking on County cup revival

  WORCESTERSHIRE'S Director of Cricket Tom Moody is urging his shell-shocked players to repair the damage caused by yesterday's grim defeat against Gloucestershire by beating Northamptonshire in tomorrow's Benson and Hedges Cup clash at Northampton. read more

• Do your bit and help Race for Life

  LAST June, after the 2001 Race for Life, we expressed the hope the 2002 event would be even more successful. read more

• 14/3/02 - Sixways gears up for merry-go-round time

  THERE is something fascinatingly familiar about the loquacious talk emanating from Sixways at present. read more

• 29/4/02 - County hit record low with defeat

  STUNNED Worcestershire picked up a couple of unwanted records as their Benson and Hedges Cup campaign got off to the worst possible start with a six wicket defeat against Gloucestershire at New Road yesterday. read more

• 16/1/02 Brave Swifts' FA Trophy run ended

  TWO late goals flattered Nationwide Conference strugglers Chester City as Stourport Swifts' FA Trophy journey came to an end on Tuesday night. read more

• 20/9/01 Nicholls earns Swifts a replay

  ADAM Nicholls was Stourport's hero on Saturday after his last-minute goal clinched a 3-3 draw at Lincoln United. read more

• Events help the gorillas

  IAN Redmond is giving an illustrated talk, "Apes with Altitude" on behalf of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund at the Alice Ottley School, Worcester, on Thursday, May 9 (7.30pm). read more

• An arresting musical offer

  THE Band of West Mercia Constabulary is appealing for more brass players to join the ranks. read more

• School opens doors for Jubilee

  HARVINGTON First School is opening its doors to the whole village for its Jubilee party on Friday, May 31. There will be a picnic lunch at 12.30pm, followed by 'old-time' dancing and singing by the children. Every child will be given a Jubilee mug and the day will end with the cutting of a Jubilee cake. read more

• Little pots could save lives

  THOUSANDS of tiny pots are being delivered to police stations, doctors' surgeries and ambulance stations across Worcestershire in a bid to save dozens of lives. read more

• Drug man jailed for bag grab

  A DRUG addict who robbed an 81-year-old widow of her handbag in the street has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. read more

• Support for drugs day centre

  A WORCESTER man whose son became a heroin addict has hit back at critics of the Maggs Day Centre. read more

• Soccer dream left in tatters

  A TEAM of football supporters was left on the bench in Evesham after a dream trip to Aston Villa fell through. read more

• 4,000 expected to Race for Life

  MORE than 4,000 women are expected to put their best foot forward in this year's Race for Life - set to break its traditional Pitchcroft barriers and storm the city. read more

• Driver's topless offer to girl

  A LONE teenage girl was asked to pose topless by a driver who tried to entice her into his car in Hereford. read more

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