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Stories for 8 November 2003

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Swan Theatre... the phoenix has risen

WHAT a pleasure it is to attend the Swan Theatre these days. The fears that professional productions would cease have proved unfounded and I have personally attended four professional productions of a very high standard in recent months. more...

Employers played part in dispute, too

WHILE sympathising with the businesses and householders who have been affected by the recent postmen's unofficial strike, we just can't ignore the part that the employers have played in this. more...

They can't both be right

ON Thursday, October 30, I listened with interest to Radio 4's In Business, which was dedicated totally to the German economy. more...

Be fair, Mr Spiteri

BE fair, L Spiteri (You Say, Wednesday, October 29). more...

Live where you work

WORCESTER Parkway - no thanks. You suggest that a new station could help ease road congestion. Not likely. more...

Ordinary people can effect change

IT'S all to easy to complain about the state of the NHS and other health care services in England. more...

Suffering all-year-round

FOR the last couple of months or more, fireworks have been let off at different times day and night. more...

IDS... truly an officer and a gentleman

COURAGE, dignity and courtesy - the attributes of a Christian gentleman and ex-guards officer - were apparent in Iain Duncan Smith's gracious acceptance when relinquishing the leadership of the Conservative Party. more...

Pith take

IN reply to Nick Chance, I've looked up "aphorism" - it says "short, pithy saying." Is Mr Chance taking the pith, I wonder. more...

It's the ultimate challenge

n I AM writing to ask your readers if they'd like to take on a challenge and have the experience of a lifetime while raising vital funds for an important cause. more...

I hope Blair remembers his war speech when it comes to hunting

I MUST thank Paul Rone-Clarke for his latest contribution to the hunting debate (You Say, Tuesday, November 4). more...

Everyone a whinny

I WOULD like to thank all the firemen from Droitwich Fire Station who attended the rescue of my collapsed horse, Gaffer, at Stoke Turn, Bromsgrove last Saturday morning. more...

One final mystery in gallows-to-glory tale

ALL the gripping ingredients for a romantic, historical novel were surely packed into my favourite story of the 1,000 I have told so far in Memory Lane over the past 19-and-a-half years. more...

AND FINALLY: PC collects her award from Queen

A POLICEWOMAN met the Queen when she was presented with the MBE for her police service and services to the community. more...

Dealer caught with heroin and cocaine is jailed again

POLICE who followed a drug dealer through Worcester two months after his release from jail found he was carrying heroin worth £500. more...

Wood you believe it? Richard's set for the Atlantic!

AN intrepid youth worker from Worcester is all set to row, row, row his boat across the Atlantic Ocean. more...

Delivery driver who molested girls is caged

A delivery driver who sexually molested two schoolgirls has been jailed for three years at Worcester Crown Court. more...

Dying teen to record last message on camera gift

DYING teenager Daniel Jarrold has been given the camcorder on which he is to record a lasting message to his family and friends. more...

School freed from special measures

A CITY primary school is preparing for a "wonderful future" after Government inspectors released it from special measures. more...

Teens sold alcohol in blitz on traders

ALMOST a quarter of shops tested in Worcestershire were caught selling booze to children as young as 14, it has been revealed. more...

Killer bug claims the lives of two people

THE killer bug Legionnaire's disease has claimed the lives of two people and infected three others in Herefordshire. more...

`Come on, ewe England' - farmer's baa-rmy gag

A RUGBY-loving shepherd has converted his own flock to the sport after painting them in patriotic colours. more...

MAYOR'S OUTRAGE AT NAUGHTY KNICKER HIGH STREET

NAUGHTY knicker shop Ann Summers is moving to Worcester's High Street - but some shoppers, and the city's mayor, are outraged. more...

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