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Website map aims to invite more tourists

3:10am Friday 22nd August 2008

DESTINATION Worcestershire, the organisation promoting the county, has recently completed a six-month major overhaul of the county’s official tourism website.

Council’s bank balance worry

11:50pm Thursday 21st August 2008

THE current economic downturn is hitting Malvern Hills District Council hard, according to a report outlining its financial position.

Cathedral set to have new public toilets

10:40pm Thursday 21st August 2008

WORCESTER city centre is set for its first new public toilets in more than 50 years – despite fears about their impact on the cathedral.

‘I love you’ – then woman killed herself

9:20pm Thursday 21st August 2008

A WOMAN who battled with alcoholism and depression told her boyfriend “I love you” just before she hanged herself in her caravan, an inquest heard.

Nature reserve is just yards from town centre

Pictured officially opening the Moorhall Marsh Nature Reserve, close to Stourport-on-Severn, from left, are councillors Marcus Hart, Stephen Williams,

8:10pm Thursday 21st August 2008

A NEW wildlife haven and nature reserve has been opened near Stourport-on-Severn.

That smile is going to be missed

SAD: Rachel Clapton’s coffin,leaves Worcester Cathedral. Picture by John Anyon. 34489701

7:50pm Thursday 21st August 2008

MORE than 100 people turned up to the funeral of a former Worcester mayor and high sheriff as heartfelt tributes were paid to her.

Horse fall girl airlifted to hospital

6:03pm Thursday 21st August 2008

A GIRL was airlifted to hospital this afternoon after she fell off a horse in Malvern.

We walked coastline for Acorns

The Smith News walkers in Weymouth, Dorset, as they make their way along the Jurassic coastline to raise money for Acorns.

5:30pm Thursday 21st August 2008

A GROUP of intrepid walkers trekked 82 miles along the Jurassic coastline in Dorset to raise funds for Acorns Children’s Hospice.

County pupils scoop top GCSE results

5:10pm Thursday 21st August 2008

WHEN it comes to exam success, some Worcestershire students have proved they are among the best in the country.

Twin units for cancer therapy ‘not a risk’

4:20pm Thursday 21st August 2008

BUILDING two radiotherapy centres for cancer patients miles apart in Worcester and Hereford will not endanger lives, health chiefs stress.

GCSE results - Malvern College

GCSE results - Pershore High School

4:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

NINETY-four per cent of the students got five or more GCSEs at A*-C grade.

GCSE results - Blessed Edwards

GCSE results - Pershore High School

3:50pm Thursday 21st August 2008

In total, 72 per cent of pupils achieved five of more GCSEs at A*-C grade.

Turning home into vets’ surgery could cause traffic chaos

3:10pm Thursday 21st August 2008

TURNING a Pershore home into a veterinary surgery could cause traffic chaos, according to some residents.

GCSE results - Dyson Perrins

GCSE results - Pershore High School

2:29pm Thursday 21st August 2008

FIFTY-three per cent of students got five or more GCSEs at A*-C grade.

Singer’s choir fight to reach TV final

EXCITED: Paul Humphries sang a solo section on last week’s show.

2:10pm Thursday 21st August 2008

A SINGER from Worcestershire will be battling it out this weekend for a place in the final of a BBC reality show.


UK Entertainment News

Five screen forgotten interviews

The late Peter Cook will feature in a series of forgotten interviews

Updated 12:09am Friday 22nd August 2008

A series of interviews with the likes of Peter Cook, Sir Sean Connery, and Enoch Powell are to be broadcast for the first time.


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