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BALLOT: Does Facebook need a panic button?

11:40am Friday 19th March 2010

YET more pressure is being put on social networking site Facebook to install a 'panic button' on its site - but is it really needed?

Arrests after street fracas

Employing retured staff is right - police authority

11:38am Friday 19th March 2010

FIVE people have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and criminal damage following a street fracas in a quiet city suburb.

Further savings may be needed – but we’ll cope

NEW MAN IN CHARGE: Duncan Sharkey, who is managing director of Worcester City Council. 11453303

10:30am Friday 19th March 2010

THE new managing director of Worcester City Council has warned more savings might have to be made.

We’re going the extra mile for good causes!

Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King was joined by colleagues and students in Worcester for on one of his 32 mile runs across the country. 11452601

9:30am Friday 19th March 2010

SUPER-FIT county residents are pulling up their red socks for Sport Relief.

Job loss threat to temps in libraries

8:20am Friday 19th March 2010

STAFF who work in Worcestershire’s libraries on a temporary basis are at risk of losing their jobs.

COMMENT: University’s extra cash is great news

7:10am Friday 19th March 2010

AS we reported yesterday, the University of Worcester was the biggest winner in this year’s battle for cash from the Government – and that is great news for the city.

Terror in the suburbs as gang attacks

ATTACK: Robert Cox outside his parents’ house in Cobden Avenue, Warndon Villages, after it was targeted by a 15-strong gang armed with bottles, bricks and bats. Picture: Nick Toogood. 11453002

7:10am Friday 19th March 2010

A FAMILY living in a quiet Worcester suburb have been left fearing their safety after a group of 15 men armed with bats, bricks and glass bottles carried out a violent attack in the early hours.

Charity champion Nick has new role

an ‘Nick’ Nicholls’s new post has been created in honour of his wealth of experience, knowledge of the organisation and his close relationship

5:50am Friday 19th March 2010

ONE of the founders of the Midlands Air Ambulance has been given a new role within the organisation.

Worcestershire grandad's pledge to help tot with muscular dystrophy

DEVOTED: Ron Amphlett is organising a charity event to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign after his grandson Harvey, aged three, was diagnosed with the debilitating disease. Picture by Linda Butler. (11mar10040a)

4:10am Friday 19th March 2010

A WORCESTERSHIRE grandfather has pledged to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign after his grandson was diagnosed with the disease last year.

I’m walking 35 miles barefoot for charity

FEAT OF ENDURANCE: Kalantha Brewis’s charity walk.

2:50am Friday 19th March 2010

A MOTHER from Worcestershire will undertake a 35-mile barefooted walk to help Ethiopian women afflicted by a horrific post-childbirth condition.

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