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Profile: Ryan Merrifield

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NOTICE: St Peter’s surgery is closing over several days this month

Practice manager assures patients St Peter's Surgery will not be closing down permanently

ST PETER’S doctors surgery is not closing down, just shutting temporarily for a refurbishment, the practice manager has said.

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OPENING: City mayor Allah Ditta opened the event

City mayor pushes for diverse food festival with non-UK born residents half national average

THE mayor of Worcester is pushing for a food festival to help create more cohesion between the city’s different ethnic groups and British-born residents, as well as encouraging more to move here.

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ART: A painted feta cheese tin used as a flower pot in Athitos

TRAVEL: Gorgeous time in Greece

I ARRIVED at the airport in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on a Thursday afternoon and was greeted by a taxi driver holding a sign reading ‘Ryan William Merrifield’ in capital letters.

The barrier at the exit to the main car park at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. 20.11.19.

Hospital car park expansion talks 'reaching fruition' says county councillor

TALKS are currently underway between hospital bosses and the owner of a neighbouring estate about expanding car parking capacity, according to a county councillor.

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Homelessness Campaigner Hugo Sugg outside the Guildhall, Worcester, in memory of Cardon Banfield, whose body was found in a tent, next to the River Severn in Worcester. 5.7.18.

Naysayers urged to give Malvern homeless services more time after no rough sleepers use emergency shelter

NAYSAYERS have been urged to give Malvern homeless services more time to prove their worth despite no rough sleepers having used a new emergency shelter since it opened a month ago.

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Motorists and pedestrians battle with more snow on Hylton Road, Worcester, last year

Election week could be hit with snow and freezing fog, say Met Office

SNOW and freezing fog could be on the cards for next week's General Election.

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Exterior of Foregate Street Station, Worcester. 9.2.17.

Trains delayed at Foregate Street Station after suspicious package found

A SUSPECT package has been removed from Worcester Foregate Street Station.

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HOPEFUL: Marc Bayliss

Worcester City Council leader Marc Bayliss stands for election 120 miles away in Sheffield

THE leader of Worcester City Council is standing as a parliamentary candidate in Sheffield South East, more than 120 miles from his city home.

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The sports pitches at the rear of the YMCA, Henwick Road, Worcester. 4.12.19.

Worcester YMCA hostel closes after 40 years and residents shipped out in 'secret' move

THE city’s YMCA has closed after 40 years in a move that hostel bosses were initially desperate to keep under wraps.

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SITE: Proposed site for new headquarters for Gtech at the junction of Parsonage Way and Berkeley Way, Warndon, in 2015

Row over Gtech work - but firm says it hasn't broken rules

THE city council has been challenged to “shed some light” on what qualifies as a breach of pre-commencement conditions with work having allegedly started at the new Gtech headquarters without full planning consent.

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