Stories for 20 February 2006
Leisure
TREADING the boards in aid of charity last week were students from South Bromsgrove High School and Technology College.
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News
PICTURE the firm's annual do. The poached salmon has slipped down a treat, a glass or two has lubricated the conversation... then suddenly, the DJ stops playing all that modern rubbish and Jeff Beck's Hi-Ho Silver Lining hits the turntable with a thump-thump-thump.
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SIR - The CAB and the Worcester Housing and Benefit Advice Centre have unwittingly chosen the worst possible venue for providing essential debt counselling. The report on February 7 states they are to provide it in Worcester Community Housing Neighbourhood Offices at their invitation as part of the "rent first" initiative.
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SIR - It's good to see the toilets in Angel Place being revamped. They were a bit of an eyesore for visitors coming to the city, and I agree with the council charging 20p a visit. This will enable them to buy cleaning materials and disinfectant. In Paris, for years, they've been charging people using the toilets - and then they increased the charge to 40 pence a time.
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IR - Yet again, this Government shows it is not interested in local feelings. In spite of nearly unanimous local opposition, New Labour is determined to roll up the West Mercia Police into a vast conglomerate of a pan Midlands force based in Birmingham.
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BROMSGROVE'S MP was put in the picture when she took a closer look at a town club.
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A FORMER Tenbury schoolboy is returning to his roots to celebrate the "fantastic" reaction to his debut novel that has created a storm of interest in literary circles and generated lots of local interest.
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A TENBURY pensioner is urging council taxpayers to get behind a national campaign to protest at annual above-inflation rises.
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THE West Midlands Learning and Skills Councils has launched the latest bidding round in its scheme to help boost the skills of individuals throughout Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
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LONDON Stock Exchange said it will more than double the cash it plans to return to shareholders to £510m as it defends itself from a bid by Australia's Macquarie Bank.
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THE Mayor of Droitwich, Councillor Richard Morris, has continued his visits to major employers in the town with a call in at Willowbrook on Hampton Lovett Industrial Estate.
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MORE and more companies looking to set up in the Midlands are expected to focus on Worcestershire, after Birmingham was named among the most expensive office space in the world.
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WORKERS at the Hereford-based Wyevale Garden Centre group may face a move to Slough if they avoid redundancy.
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THE environment of one Worcestershire village looks a whole lot better thanks to some enterprising children.
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WARTIME sweethearts who fell in love at first sight will celebrate 65 years of happy marriage today.
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MEMBERS of Worcestershire Greenpeace have been out planting around 500 willow stems along the bank of the River Severn in Worcester to prevent riverbanks collapsing into the water.
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FIFTEEN jobs have been created with the transformation of a city centre supermarket, which has welcomed the first customers through its doors.
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Celebrities are coming to Worcester to go head to head in a charity football match.
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AS charity auctions go, a home-made coffin is surely the most unique lot ever offered to bidders.
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A JUNK funk band, a coppersmith and a dancer are hoping to change the way youngsters see Worcester Cathedral.
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HOMELESS families in Worcester will no longer be placed in bed and breakfast hotels under new proposals by the city council.
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A HALF-TERM rugby camp at Worcester Warriors proved a great success.
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PLANS to put Malvern on the map with its very own new festival are set to plough ahead after organisers have secured £6,000 for the project.
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A WORCESTER Warriors rugby fan is set to follow his favourite team to Gloucester for the big game on April 15 - but while they go by coach, Duncan Sutcliffe will be running there.
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THEY are a combination of brains and beauty and they are gunning for stardom.
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UP to 50 children in Warndon Villages are missing out on after-school and weekend activities because of a "disgraceful" lack of support from the Worcestershire County Council.
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A CITY punk band are hoping they will be top of the league after penning a new football World Cup anthem.
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GEORGE, the blind German shepherd cross who was the last remaining dog in a Worcester News campaign featuring animals abandoned over Christmas, has found a home.
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Staff with stars in their eyes dressed as celebrities and helped raise more than £600 for charity.
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Sport
Saturday, February 18, 2006
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DANNY McDonnell insists Worcester City should take pride in their defensive record.
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ANGRY Andy Preece labelled the St George's Lane pitch as `embarrassing' after his side failed to break down bottom club Vauxhall Motors on Saturday.
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SATURDAY
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
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Friday, February 17, 2006
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HARRIERS boss Mark Yates has spoken of his delight at reaching an agreement with Russ Penn that will keep the promising midfielder at Aggborough until the end of the 2007/08 campaign.
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
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MIXED vegetable soup provided a tasty winter warmer on a dreary afternoon at Common Road.
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WORCESTER Wolves showed their battling qualities to fend off a determined challenge from London United with an 96-86 win in overtime.
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HARRIERS' 1-1 draw at Tamworth had a distinctly Notts County feeling about it.
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HEREFORD endured a disappointing afternoon in Essex, dropping two points against a side they would have expected to beat and falling further behind leaders Accrington Stanley in the race for the Nationwide Conference title.
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WORCESTER came within a few metres of one of the most famous results in their history on an extraordinary night at Welford Road.
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WARRIORS' head coach Anthony Eddy praised his side's work-rate after they came agonisingly close to beating Leicester Tigers.
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JOHN Bickerton netted himself just over £33,200 for his joint fourth-placed finish at the rain-shortened Maybank Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
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IF Vauxhall Motors slip back to the UniBond League in April, it may be cause for jubilation at WR1 1QT.
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ANGRY Andy Preece labelled the St George's Lane pitch as `embarrassing' after his side failed to break down bottom club Vauxhall Motors on Saturday.
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DAVE Busst has been sacked as Evesham United manager following a committee meeting on Monday night, writes Mervyn Collins.
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PAUL West stepped into the manager's seat at Common Road for a second time earlier this week, writes Mervyn Collins.
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FIXTURES
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AFTER watching his side complete a remarkable 48-33 win at Sixways last week, Sale head coach Kingsley Jones admitted that he is an admirer of Worcester.
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WORCESTER Warriors' Chris Pennell, Matthew Mullan, Sam McDonald and Matthew Cox are in England Under 19s' latest training squad.
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WARRIORS' head coach Anthony Eddy praised his side's work-rate after they came agonisingly close to beating Leicester Tigers.
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MIDLANDS TWO (WEST)
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