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  • Still more to come says happy Warriors chief Ryan

    DIRECTOR of rugby Dean Ryan was pleased with Warriors’ improved showing but frustrated they failed to flourish after racing into a 12-0 lead. “We are still not playing as well as I would like, but we have to get the job done and a bonus-point win

  • Pictures: Tight squeeze for caravan and cattle truck

    A CARAVAN and cattle truck had a tight squeeze on a road in Worcester. Reader Stuart Allen took these pictures outside the Wheatsheaf in Henwick Road at 4.05pm on Saturday. He said: "It's a bit of a blackspot at that narrow point." We'll

  • Wait for United home joy goes on

    EVESHAM United remain without a home win in Southern League Division One South and West after another disappointing display in front of their own fans. The Robins are without a league victory in four attempts at their Jubilee Stadium headquarters

  • Early tries set up Warriors success

    CATCHING teams cold in the opening 20 minutes is Worcester Warriors’ aim in this season’s Greene King IPA Championship, according to try-scorer Ryan Bower. Warriors’ triumph at Castle Park was built on a rip-roaring start which swept them into

  • City goal drought continues on road

    WORCESTER City were taught a lesson in attacking football as their away day woes continued on the Lancashire coast with a 4-0 defeat at AFC Fylde. Goals from Richie Allen, Josh Langley and Michael Barnes gave the league leaders an unassailable

  • The dangers to the NHS exposed

    Sir - Many thanks and well done to Councillor Lynn Denham and other members of 38 Degrees for raising the worrying issue of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. 200 signatures on the streets of Worcester, in just a few hours, against

  • Rocker Joe Brown to perform at Worcester's Swan Theatre

    ROCK 'n' roll legend Joe Brown is set to wow crowds in Worcester.He brings his five-piece band to The Swan Theatre on Tuesday, September 30.Brown was one of the first rock ‘n’ roll stars to originiate from of the UK, and has played

  • Comedian Omad Djalili to perform in Worcester

    COMEDIAN Omad Djalili is coming to Worcester, fresh off the back of a sold-out four weeks in the West End.The comic has also performed a sell-out season at the Edinburgh Festival.He takes to the stage at Huntingdon Hall on Saturday (September 27) from

  • Great Poetry

    SIR, Like you, John Phillpott (September 13), I love First World War's poet Rupert Brookes' poems.GEORGE COWLEY Worcester

  • Donate to Worcester foodbank at Sainsbury's Blackpole

    SAINSBURY'S in Blackpole has teamed up with Fortis Living to help stock Worcester's foodbank.Shoppers visiting the store can help donate by putting goods in a trolley behind the checkouts, at any point until Thursday evening (September 25).Community

  • Video: City turns out in force to cheer on 10k runners

    THOUSANDS of spectators turned out to see running heroes from across the country and the world compete in the Worcester City Run. Athletics legend Paula Radcliffe took part in the event, finishing third, and was joined by other professional runners

  • I really wish the world of football wasn't so fickle

    THE fickleness of football really gets my goat.It can be absolutely astounding at times, and this week has been a prime example.First case in point: Louis van Gaal and Manchester United.The Dutch manager got off to a slow start to life at Old Trafford.He

  • Cyclists aren't safe

    SIR, Like you, John Phillpott (September 13), I used to ride a bicycle in the 1950s, but I wouldn't feel safe today with today's mad motorists!GEORGE COWLEY Worcester

  • Daily Diary, September 21, 1914

    LOCAL CASUALTIES: 21 Lieutenant Corporal Herbert Bromage, Private John Cottrill, Captain Reginald Whitmore Pepys and Sergeant Albert Henry Taylor - All Second Battalion. Privates Benoit , Frederick Brown and Albert Butler, Sergeant George William