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It was like Niagara Falls in my garden

UNHAPPY: Pauline Maney in her garden.

8:00am Saturday 5th July 2008

PEOPLE living in a Worcester road were faced with “Niagara Falls” in their gardens as water gushed from a burst water main on a nearby golf course.

The great escape

DAMAGED: The home in Sling Lane, Malvern, from where flames were leaping yesterday morning . Photograph: John Anyon. 27444502

7:10am Saturday 5th July 2008

A WOMAN had to be rescued from a burning house minutes after her partner jumped from the bedroom window in desperation.

I spent £21,000 on treatment but the cancer is back

Shocked: Barbara Moss has found out that her cancer has returned. Here she is pictured with her husband Mark. Picture by Jon Fuller-Rowell. 02271202.

11:00am Saturday 5th July 2008

A MOTHER who thought she was cured of cancer after paying £21,000 of her pension money for a drug has once again developed the illness.

Luff hits out after rejection of MPs expenses reform

12:00pm Saturday 5th July 2008

MID-WORCESTERSHIRE MP Peter Luff says he is “unspeakably angry” after Parliament rejected a package of measures to reform its expenses system.

Church gets lottery boost

7:10pm Friday 4th July 2008

A WORCESTER church has received a £100,000 boost thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Make a difference by volunteering

3:00pm Saturday 5th July 2008

A MENINGITIS charity is searching for volunteers to help boost fundraising and awareness of the life-threatening illness.

Show your support for bloom bid

2:30am Saturday 5th July 2008

RESIDENTS of Malvern are being asked to show their support for the town’s Heart of England in Bloom entry by turning up in Priory Park on Monday morning while the judges are there.1

See talented Charlie in the flesh

4:30pm Friday 4th July 2008

DROITWICH singer Charlie Green, who took part in this year’s Britain’s Got Talent competition, will be singing again at a summer fete tomorrow.

Prison looms again for former employee

1:20pm Saturday 5th July 2008

THE persistent harassment of a human resources manager by a former employee was described as “horrific” by a deputy district judge.

Sadness as the Sauce Factory restaurant shuts

David Thatcher, chef at the Sauce Factory restuarant in London Road, Worcester, which is closing. 34134304

8:40am Saturday 5th July 2008

A Worcester restaurant is to close its doors for the final time tomorrow.

Have your say on community housing

6:00pm Friday 4th July 2008

THE search is on for Worcester tenants and leaseholders to take the lead and represent their community.

Ironman doc to pound out the miles

3:35pm Friday 4th July 2008

A DOCTOR has swapped his stethoscope for running shoes to train for his first triathlon through the streets of his town.

We need new drains before we build new houses

4:40pm Saturday 5th July 2008

NEW drains and roads must be in place before thousands of new homes are built, according to a parish councillor for St Peter’s, Worcester.

£4 million funding bid for memorial skatepark

8:30pm Friday 4th July 2008

PLANS to create a world-class indoor skatepark and youth cafe in Malvern could become a reality as organisers prepare to apply for funding of nearly £4 million.

Heart-op Gareth's 48-mile bike ride

4:00am Saturday 5th July 2008

A MAN who had life-saving open heart surgery will join a bike ride tomorrow to raise cash for others like him, including his sick son.


UK Sport News

Bolton rubbish Barton reports

Joey Barton

Updated 4:41pm Saturday 5th July 2008

Bolton have moved to again rubbish reports linking them with a move for disgraced midfielder Joey Barton.


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