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Hotel is yours for £5.25m

A COUNTRY hotel near Droitwich has gone on the market for £5.25m.   more...

Scheme to boost crime prevention

POLICE are hoping to set up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in Warndon in a bid to bring some "community spirit" to the area.   more...

Rainbows celebrate 10th birthday

THERE was cause for celebration in Worcester this week as the 20th Worcester Rainbows group held a party to mark its 10th birthday. Girls from the group got into the spirit of things at the event at Perdiswell Young People's Centre in the city's Bilford Road on Monday by playing games and tucking into a tasty cake.   more...

Learn how to live like the Vikings

MODERN-day Vikings will be conquering Worcestershire next month when they set up an authentic traders' market near Stourport-on-Severn.   more...

Fly paper test to trap landfill

FLY traps have been given to a set of Worcestershire villagers in a bid to prove whether a nearby rubbish tip is to blame for swarms of the insects making their lives hell.   more...

Talks stop threat of pension strike

A PUBLIC sector strike threatening to bring Worcestershire to a standstill has been averted by last-minute negotiations between unions and the Government.   more...

County's BBC staff avoid big job cuts

BBC Hereford & Worcester is set to make just one member of staff redundant in the wake of yesterday's announcement that 3,780 jobs would be axed nationally across the corporation.   more...

FIGUREHEAD: Portrait of old sailor to feature on new campaign posters

Proud George, 82, is the face of the legion   more...

Carol's off to Chelsea

A GARDEN designer from Worcester has described being accepted to display at this year's Chelsea Flower Show as an "opportunity of a life-time".   more...

We have stopped eating all the pies

A WORCESTER couple who ditched a diet of fat-packed pies in favour of healthier food are celebrating after being crowned Mr and Mrs Slimming World.   more...

WOMAN 81, HELD CAPTIVE AT HOME

Horsewhip cowardly burglars, say her disgusted neighbours   more...

Learning zone is a boon for the bosses

EMPLOYERS in the Hartlebury area are to benefit from the opening of its first Industrial Estate Learning Zone (IELZ).   more...

Workers celebrating windfall

WORKERS at a leading UK dairy company are celebrating a bumper £700,000 windfall this month.   more...

Open day to tackle myths of industry

AN international engineering firm is to hold an open day in Worcester in an effort to dispel myths about the industry.   more...

Evertons snaps up historic village hostelry

EVERTONS of Ombersley Ltd has broadened its business interests with the acquisition of the King's Arms in the Worcestershire village.   more...

Aiming for big things at Russells

ONE of the country's most well-known office furniture firms, Worcester-based Gordon Russell, has attracted new investment and is now poised to embark on a series of product launches in 2005.   more...

Pershore company blazing the trail

AN innovative system for sanitising food manufacturers' machinery, launched by a Pershore-based company, has been recognised by the Government as potentially useful in the fight against MRSA in hospitals.   more...

Another record for Wolseley

BUILD Center chain Wolseley has notched another record set of results after continuing to benefit from the continuously booming home improvement market.   more...

Why I'm singing praises of glorious Cripplegate

JUDGING by his recent letter, I wonder when G H Marsh visits Cripplegate Park.   more...

Paying lip service to green policy

IT seems that Gordon Brown will not be taking the long view for the economy or the environment, when he continues to freeze petrol duties in this year's budget.   more...

Waste of resources

I READ with interest the letter from P Roberts about his/her daily visits to the Post Office.   more...

Inner city wasteland

BLACK boys need special help with their education Phillpott (Seven Days, Saturday, March 12) because they live in a wasteland called inner city Britain.   more...

Lobsters have feeling

UNFORTUNATELY, lobsters have an image problem in that they are neither cute nor cuddly.   more...

The story of the scientist and the hi-tech shampoo

I REMEMBER few of my Religious Studies lessons from school, but one will stand out for years to come.   more...

Act now to stop a tragedy

WHEN faced with atrocities like this morning's carnage at America's Red Lake High School, there is a mantra repeated by America's weapon enthusiasts.   more...

Easter bunny set to take to the skies

A BRAVE student nurse will overcome her fear of heights to wing walk on a bi-plane dressed as an Easter Bunny today - all to highlight the work of St Richard's Hospice.   more...

Tom to be named as Lib Dem candidate

THE West Worcestershire branch of the Liberal Democrats are set to officially name their man to take the fight to the other parties in the run-up to the General Election.   more...

Solicitor to look into salt case convictions

A RETIRED solicitor who exposed one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in recent times has taken on the case of the Bromsgrove couple jailed for killing their adoptive son by force-feeding him salt.   more...

City fails to collect £1.4m in tax

WORCESTER City Council has failed to collect more than £1.4m in council tax according to new figures released today.   more...

Call for witnesses

WORCESTER police want to hear from three people who offered to help an elderly man during an altercation over parking bays for the disabled at Tesco, Warndon Villages, at 12.40pm on Wednesday, March 16.   more...

Father is `over the moon' at playground upgrades

A FATHER-of-two from Worcester has welcomed news that a plan to upgrade three city playgrounds has moved a step closer.   more...

Skydiver tells of pal's last display

ONE of the skydivers who jumped with Herefordshire Army cadet Stephen Hilder as he fell to his death told an inquest how the 20-year-old was "excited" and "jubilant" on the way down.   more...

`Disaster' of Tories' waterway sale plan

PLANS by the Conservatives to sell off British Waterways assets would put the Droitwich Canals Project severely under threat, claim civic leaders.   more...

Country legends inspire survivor

A PROLIFIC Worcestershire singer/songwriter who turned to music after a horrific childhood accident has taken inspiration from country legends for his latest release.   more...

News finds right key for WODYS

A YOUTH theatre group has found itself a piano player, thanks to an appeal in the Worcester News.   more...

Sport

22/3/05 - County poised to dump Vaas

WORCESTERSHIRE are ready to pull the plug on Chaminda Vaas.   more...

College trials at the Lane

WORCESTER City's Youth Development Scheme is holding its next trials on March 31, from 10am to 1pm at St George's Lane.   more...

Powick clinch first division title

POWICK are the Worcester Saturday League Division One champions.   more...

City will peg their prices next season

WORCESTER City have announced that ticket prices for the 2005/06 season will remain unchanged.   more...

Successes in London

ATHLETICS: Members of Worcester Tri Club were among 8,000 competitors in the London Half Marathon at Silverstone.   more...

Hard slog begins at New Road

THE countdown to the season began yesterday with Worcestershire's players back in training at New Road.   more...

Turner set to go on the attack

GRAHAM Turner will stick with his attacking principles tonight when his play-off chasing Hereford United side visit Morecambe in the Nationwide Conference (7.45).   more...

City will stick by winning formula

WORCESTER City manager Andy Preece admits it will be difficult to tinker with his side for tonight's Nationwide North duel at Moor Green (7.45).   more...

County poised to dump Vaas

WORCESTERSHIRE are ready to pull the plug on Chaminda Vaas.   more...

22/3/05 - City will stick by winning formula

WORCESTER City manager Andy Preece admits it will be difficult to tinker with his side for tonight's Nationwide North duel at Moor Green (7.45).   more...

22/3/05 - City will peg their prices next season

WORCESTER City have announced that ticket prices for the 2005/06 season will remain unchanged.   more...

22/3/05 - Clegg soon shows he's here to stay

WHILE St George's Lane basked in the feel-good factor following Worcester's double over Redditch, City newcomer George Clegg was enjoying the moment.   more...

  
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