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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 in the early hours of yesterday morning. 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.

Cash campaigners welcome news

Rigged bids could have hit taxpayers

1:30am Friday 19th March 2010

CAMPAIGNERS calling for more money to be given to schools in Worcestershire have welcomed the start of a consultation.

Get your bids in for cash grants

Rigged bids could have hit taxpayers

12:40am Friday 19th March 2010

COMMUNITY arts groups are being offered grants of up to £1,000.

Calling those who served Queen and country

12:10am Friday 19th March 2010

VETERANS who served with the Worcestershire Regiment during the 1960s are invited to a reunion in Gibraltar.

NHS shake-up plans rushed, say protesters

UNHAPPY: Protesters, from left, Malcolm Meikle, Coun Judy Pearce, Coun Paul Tuthill, Pat Merrick, Harriett Baldwin and Coun Ralph Madden outside County Hall on Wednesday.

10:50pm Thursday 18th March 2010

HEALTH campaigners protested against a “rushed” shake-up of the local health service before a crunch meeting to decide the future of the NHS in Worcestershire.


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