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  • Homeless man wants more support

    NEW research has revealed that councils across the UK have failed to prevent homelessness amongst eight out of every 10 young people who approached them for support.Mathew Hatch-Diespecker, who has been sofa-surfing and sleeping rough in Worcester, claims

  • Sweet shop has magic attraction

    MAGIC tricks, illusion and games from a bygone era had children mesmerised when Mr Chill's Traditional Sweet Emporium, in Evesham, celebrated its fourth anniversary recently.Local circus skills performer Jake Burrows was at the shop, teaching a range

  • Fire crews help horse in distress

    FIREFIGHTERS helped move an unwell horse into an upright position yesterday, enabling it to receive veterinary care.Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews from Evesham and Pershore attended the incident on Evesham Road, Broadway, at 11.11am

  • Funeral seminar helps care home staff

    MYTHS and mysteries surrounding the funeral profession were the subject of a training seminar given by Bidford funeral directors, David Baker.The seminar was the third in a series of training talks at Salford House Car Home, in Salford Priors and was

  • Probus Club of Evesham

    We had a really good turnout for our meeting on Thursday morning, November 13 and everyone was in fine form. President Jim Cox welcomed visitor Bill Birch of Pershore and we were all delighted to have Dennis Hallett back after an absence of some weeks

  • Bishampton & District Gardening Club

    IT’S not often you have a few trees as part of an illustrated talk but presenters could take a valuable leaf from Martyn Cracknell’s book who told the audience about how to go about pruning decorative and fruiting trees on November 5.The talk was informative

  • Wyre Piddle WI

    IN the absence of our Chairman Liz Gardner the meeting was chaired by Sylvia Fletcher, our Vice Chairman.What a brilliant speaker we had for our November meeting, Sandy Cale, assisted by her husband Mike, her tech. man for the evening. Her talk was entitled

  • Wickhamford Gardening Club

    2014 has been a very successful year for the club, with significantly increased membership and a constant array of interesting talks, demonstrations and visits. The October meeting was the AGM when three new members joined the committee. A Flower Arranging