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  • County hit back with two wickets after disappointing total

    TWELVE wickets fell on day one at New Road as Worcestershire were dismissed cheaply in their LV= County Championship Division Two home opener against Kent. The County began their season with a useful rain-affected draw at Hampshire but were bowled

  • We loved dancing with the eggs

    Sir -I would like to say thank you to everyone involved in organising ‘Chocolate Day’. I hope there are plans to do it again. My 4 year old daughter and I particularly enjoyed dancing with the two giant eggs through the city centre.Neil LaurensonWorcester

  • Council should not override residents on housing plan

    Sir,Of course Miller Homes insists that the land at Middle Battenhall Farm is suitable for development (Tom Edwards Worcester news 9th April).They are builders,and only interested in one thing. Profit!But at least 207 people who took part in a survey

  • Time for Ryan to throw caution to the wind

    WITH time fast running out on Warriors’ stay in the Aviva Premiership, Dean Ryan must roll the dice. While continuity of selection has been at the heart of the recent upturn in performances – if not results – I get the feeling that Warriors’ director

  • Character counts

    Sir - As to 'eccentric, badly-dressed, multi-millionaire' (Phillpott, April 4) when downtown I lately wore a long, black and white, woolly coat, plus woolly hat. I looked like Compo, ho, ho, ho! Character counts, not appearance. 'love your

  • Workington 1 Worcester City 0

    IT looked all-over a goalless draw and an end-of-season stalemate until Workington somehow fashioned a winner in the last minute of the game. Still not mathematically certain to be down and playing in the Evo Stik Premier Division next season,

  • Worcester Wolves 84 Leicester Riders 76

    WORCESTER Wolves defeated reigning British Basketball League champions Leicester Riders to keep hold of second place in the table. Leicester and, to a lesser extent, Wolves experimented with their line-ups before the end-of-season play-offs.

  • Tell me if you see Keith, I'm worried

    SIR – in response to the letter from Mrs C Roberts on Friday 11 th April, it does seem that our celebrity seal Keith has gone incognito. I haven’t had any reports of sightings on her Facebook fan pages recently, and I am getting worried. Hopefully

  • Consumers can stop these 'animal prisons'

    Sir - After successfully appealing against his initial application, Mr Davies now seeks to expand the cruelty of broiler chicken production in Worcestershire. The local objections made previously failed ultimately, and will likely do so again. The only

  • Worcester academy scoops top design award

    A WORCESTER academy has received an architecture award after judges praised the elegance and intelligence of its design. Tudor Grange Academy was among the winning buildings announced by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on last

  • Labour are just desperate

    Sir - I thought maybe it was just Cathedral Ward Labour councillors who can travel in time since they claimed credit for getting money to improve Diglis Field which actually was allocated before either of them was elected to Worcester City Council. But