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It's Independents' Day!

7:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

TODAY marks the culmination of our Buy Local campaign - and we have declared July 4 Independents' Day for Worcestershire.

Community spirit helps to keep trade alive

HELP: Upton-upon-Severn traders who support the campaign Julie-Ann Cranton, Angie Alison, Simon Alderson, Brenda Till and Clive Hewlett with Peter Webb from the Tourism and Trade Association. (27255401)

9:40pm Tuesday 30th June 2009

COMMUNITY spirit is helping a Worcestershire town keep independent trade alive during the recession.

Pub revamp builds on local skills and supplies

ANTICIPATION: Tim Hoare in front of the refurbished Dew Drop at Lower Broadheath. (20216701)

1:30pm Sunday 28th June 2009

TODAY’S re-opening of a village inn near Worcester is a real local affair.

Variety is the key to beating downturn

Frank Edwards and Vicky Hiscox, of Brimstone Gallery and Gifts.

9:10pm Thursday 25th June 2009

INDEPENDENT businesses in a Worcester shopping mall have tackled the recession head-on.

Vintage way to support local shops

CRAFTS: Worcester Arts and Vintage Events co-founder Clare Bridge, of Secondhand Rose, has helped to organise a vintage craft fair

6:00pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

ARTISANS and retailers hope a vintage craft fair will promote local arts.

Asparagus leads the local crops

LOCAL: Trevor Harrison – Eddie Grundy in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers – who lives in Kinnersley, Worcester, at the asparagus festival.

5:00pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

THE Vale of Evesham is famed for producing fresh, seasonal asparagus.

Farm is a haven for independent firms

CATTLE: David Harper with Top Barn’s beef herd home-reared using traditional methods on the meadows of the river Severn.

8:30pm Wednesday 17th June 2009

A FARM just outside Worcester is backing your Worcester News's Buy Local campaign.



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