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Princess has a pressing engagement at cider firm

7:00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THE Princess Royal is to visit a family-run cider and perry maker in Herefordshire this month.

Convent’s sale ‘an answer to many prayers’

FINAL FAREWELL: A removal van at Stanbrook Abbey, home to Worcestershire nuns for 171 years.

5:50pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THE nuns who lived at Stanbrook Abbey for more than 170 years have said the sale of their former convent is “an answer to many prayers”.

Gran hits tree then run over by her own car

NARROW ESCAPE: Grandmother Jackie Long was run over by her own car.

4:40pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A GRANDMOTHER is thanking her lucky stars after she miraculously survived a crash in which her car struck a tree... and was then run over by her own vehicle.

I was blown up by Hitler’s bomb but lived to tell tale

NARROW ESCAPE: Anthony Osman was blown up by Hitler’s retaliation weapon the V1.

3:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

AN 85-year-old veteran has told how he was blown up while on wartime guard duty.

Looking at other ways to tackle litter problem

Families enjoy a day out during Chorley Council’s annual picnic in the park event, part of the authority’s initiative to ‘make Chorley smile’ and help people to take pride and take care of their local surroundings.

2:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THERE are many different ways to tackle the problem of litter on our streets.

Heroes welcome at Bewdley's safari park

Heroes welcome: Wildlife officer, PC Pauline Montague and PC Simon Lammas.

2:10pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

HEROES of the emergency services will be acknowledged for their services, at West Midland Safari Park throughout September.

Harking back to times gone by

DEADLY BUSINESS: Paul Harding from Discover History may be all smiles now but Oliver Cromwell will soon wipe that grin off his face. 34070902

1:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THERE will be ghost stories, archaeology, period music and more at a Civil War day in Worcester.

Shoes clues 'point to murder accused'

Drunken sea cadet officer punched wing mirrors off cars

12:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A FORENSIC scientist told a murder trial jury that footwear impressions taken from a house near Pershore were "consistent" with a missing shoe allegedly worn by an accused man.

Turning wheels for Breast Cancer Care

Intrepid trio: Ian Stobart, Neil Davies and Clive Britton, of CP Foods.

11:55am Thursday 2nd September 2010

THREE members of a Hartlebury-based company’s senior team are cycling 300 miles from London to Paris in aid of Breast Cancer Care.

Was Blair right or wrong? You decide

A JOURNEY: The autobiography of former Prime Minister Tony Blair hit the shelves across the country yesterday.

11:40am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A FORMER Worcester MP who campaigned for fox hunting to be banned said he is not surprised by revelations in Tony Blair’s book that bringing in the legislation was one of his biggest domestic regrets.



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