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  • Mr Phillpott is selective over grammar school facts

    Dear SirMr.Phillpot is again abusing his privileged position of being able to reach a large audience, by not stating all the relevant facts in his article. All grammar schools have not been abolished by the Labour Party. There are still 164 in existence

  • Parties burying their heads over the EU

    Sir - Earlier this month an £80,000 prize was won by a young Cambridge graduate for his essay on how the UK could leave the EU. Given he holds the post of Director of Trade and Investment in one of the overseas branches of his employer one

  • Appalling racing industry needs to be done away with

    Sir - Darren Morris ("Call for racing ban is completely incorrect", April 7th) states that according to statistics provided by the British Horseracing Authority "jump racing accounts for just over four fatalities in every thousand runners

  • Oh my gawd, what a grammatical howler

    Sir - As a regular reader of the Worcester News - despite the occasional typo or forgivable error the standard of stories, articles and features is still commendably high - even despite your persistence in continue to publish Mr Philpott's rabid and

  • Mr Luff is in cloud cuckoo land

    Sir - I read with interest Peter Luff's "MP'S View" column in Fridays issue of the Worcester News. He describes what most of the UK electors thought they were voting for , namely a trading relationship with other members of The Common

  • Pam Ferris' Blue Cross plea to readers

    Sir- I am writing to ask your readers to put their aprons on, get baking and join in with the fantastic Blue Cross Paws for Tea party to help sick, injured and homeless pets across the country.My dogs Stan and Little Elsie are a part of the family and

  • Bath v Worcester Warriors

    5:05pm @tomguestWN deserved so much more, at times definitely the stronger team — @BathBytes 19 April 2014   @tomguestWN why cant we make the kicks? so many points lost and possible

  • Fit-again all-rounder hopes to build on fine start

    GARETH Andrew is confident he can put two years of injury problems behind him and help lead Worcestershire to more success this season. The 30-year-old all-rounder claimed impressive match figures of 8-85 in the LV= County Championship Division

  • City pavements are substandard

    Sir - A beautiful City let down by its pavements.Worcester's historic centre has too many substandard pavements. Beautiful streets of fantastic building are diminished by cracked paving stones, tarmac patches, ugly street furniture. Chester, York

  • Young guns' displays so pleasing

    THE LV= County Championship Division Two win over Kent was really pleasing and it was great to back up the display against Hampshire. We did well in the opening game of the season at the Ageas Bowl, but had a few different people contributing this

  • First mainstream free school given go-ahead for Worcestershire

    THE first mainstream free school will be created in Worcestershire this September after Holy Trinity International school was given the go-ahead by the Department for Education. The school in Kidderminster is currently an independent day school and nursery

  • Statistics tell the story of City's season

    STRUGGLING to score goals has been Worcester City's Achilles heel this season.While their survival in non-league's second tier has been built on a stubborn defence, they have been let down by their lack of firepower.With just three games of the

  • Worcester's Game of Thrones star praised

    WORCESTER'S Game of Thrones star Kit Harington has been praised for the way he has handled his "huge break" by his tormentor-in-chief from the series. Having caught the acting bug at Chantry School in Martley and further developing his skills at

  • Get behind City urges fans' trust chairman

    FANS have been urged to throw their support behind Worcester City to ensure they can continue to survive in exile and one day return home. It is almost 12 months since City left St George’s Lane to ground-share at Kidderminster Harriers. But

  • County attack wins plaudits from Mason

    BOWLING coach Matt Mason was effusive in his praise of the Worcestershire bowling unit after they combined in perfect harmony to deliver a welcome early-season four-day success. On the back of dominating a rain-ruined draw at promotion favourites

  • Wolves coach wants to avoid rebuilding job

    DIRECTOR of basketball Paul James wants to keep most of his players at Worcester Wolves next season. It has been a successful campaign for the University Arena outfit, winning the BBL Trophy and chasing runners-up spot in the league with the play-offs