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Dad jailed for failing to turn up for unpaid work

2:50am Saturday 13th March 2010

A 22-year-old father has been jailed for not showing up for unpaid probation work.

We still have not received money that is owed to us

WAITING GAME: Nigel Thomas, right, led a dramatic sit-in at the hotel in January. 04415802

1:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

STAFF at a troubled hotel claim they have not had a penny paid to them weeks after the doors closed for good.

Why Beefy is walking to help kids like Maddi

CHARITY WALK: Cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham with children affected by leukaemia. Worcester’s Maddi Green is on the far left.

12:10am Saturday 13th March 2010

CRICKETING legend Sir Ian Botham says a 10-year-old leukaemia patient from Worcester is worth all the pain and blisters he will suffer on a 150-mile charity walk.

Pupils have a beret good time in France!

TRIP: Front: Olivia Harbridge, aged 16, Sophie Harbridge, 13, and Jake Head, 14. Back: Amy Surman, 14, Triskya Loxley, Caitlin Loxley, 14, and Danielle Stephens, 14.

10:50pm Friday 12th March 2010

PERSHORE High School students enjoyed a visit to their counterparts in Plouay, France.

Hospital unit was so vital when vein burst in my brain

9:10pm Friday 12th March 2010

A MAN who fought back from a devastating brain condition is battling to save the hospital unit that helped him rebuild his life.

We’re all over the moon for Munchie

JOY: Munchie the lurcherwas stolen from Dogs Trust Evesham last October. He has now been found 170 miles away in Dartford, Kent.

7:40pm Friday 12th March 2010

A STRAY puppy stolen from a dogs home in Evesham last year has been found more than 150 miles away.

Look at this animal magic

TALK TO THE ANIMALS: Carl and Jennifer Wyatt with a couple of tapirs at Dudley Zoological Gardens.

6:20pm Friday 12th March 2010

ANIMAL fans Carl and Jennifer Wyatt, of Droitwich, became zoo keepers for the day at Dudley Zoological Gardens.

Cancer "healer" to pay thousands - court

GUILTY: Adrian Pengelly

5:37pm Friday 12th March 2010

A CONTROVERSIAL healer who previously said he had “nothing to hide” pleaded guilty to three charges under the Cancer Act, when he appeared before Hereford Magistrates today.

Career fair is ‘really useful’

BUSY: The Worcester News Jobs and Careers Fair.  10447704

4:40pm Friday 12th March 2010

THE Worcester News Jobs and Careers fair has been hailed a great success.

How to use Google Street View

How to use Google Street View

3:39pm Friday 12th March 2010

GOOGLE'S Street View has captured Worcestershire's attention over the last couple of days, after photographic views of most of the UK were launched. Digital Editor Murray Kelso gives a beginner's overview of how to use the software.

Somebody is going to get mown down in our village

3:30pm Friday 12th March 2010

SPEEDING drivers regularly come close to mowing down pedestrians in a village but speed signs warning them of the danger are too expensive, say parish councillors.

Welcome home for the heroes

TROOPS: Debbie Dimmock and her daughter Ellie-Mae, aged four, cheer the Mercian Regiment as the troops parade through Bewdley. 10446901

2:20pm Friday 12th March 2010

BATTLE-HARDENED troops have been welcomed home by hundreds of townspeople.

Councils, fire and police save £34m

Rigged bids could have hit taxpayers

1:30pm Friday 12th March 2010

COUNCILS across south Worcestershire, the police and fire service have all made more than £34 million savings in the last two years.

Burnt-out nightclub to be sold

Fire crews called to burning barn

12:30pm Friday 12th March 2010

THE charred remains of an old Worcester nightclub will soon be sold, according to the selling agents.

Man arrested after drugs raid on flat

RAID: Police broke down the door and carried out a detailed search of the property using a dog.

11:40am Friday 12th March 2010

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs after police searched a flat in Worcester.


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