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Shiver me timbers – look at our pirate ship

AHOY THERE: Pupils of Upton Snodsbury First School on their very own wooden pirate ship – the HMS Upton Snodsbury. Picture by Paul Jackson. 10448401

10:40am Saturday 13th March 2010

A VILLAGE primary school celebrated its new pirate ship with 59 portions of fish and chips courtesy of a local pub.

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Arty children put their mums in the picture

10:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

THREE lucky mums will be in for a treat on Mothering Sunday thanks to the artistic talents of their children.

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Monty Don dishes out award to Kidderminster school

10:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

CELEBRITY gardener Monty Don dished out a prestigious school food award to a Kidderminster school.

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Nightclub fire

10:20am Saturday 13th March 2010

A FIRE broke out in the early hours of the morning at a Kidderminster nightclub.

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Weekly schedule of planning applications

10:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

Stourport: Replacement windows at 5 Lichfield Street for Mr Phillip Jones.

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Honest and forthright: family pays tribute to city’s Jacket Potato Man

9:50am Saturday 13th March 2010

TOUCHING family tributes have been paid after the sudden death of the city’s “Jacket Potato Man”.

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Firefighters called to large skip fire

9:47am Saturday 13th March 2010

FIRE crews from Kidderminster station were called to a large skip fire.

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Don’t call us fat cats, says lawyer

8:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

A WORCESTER solicitor has said the huge legal aid bill is not a result of rising defence costs and insists advocates are not “milking the system”.

COMMENT: Rising legal costs must be controlled

8:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

WE CONFESS to being somewhat puzzled by what Worcester solicitor Ruth Edwards says in her passionate defence of her profession in the ongoing debate over the rising cost of legal aid.

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Shrawley duck race to boost Feed the Children

7:20am Saturday 13th March 2010

THOUSANDS of ducks will be bobbing along the River Severn for a race to raise cash for charity.

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Every morning whilst walking my child to Huntingtree Primary School, I fear that a child will be injured due to the inconsiderate parking by parents. Huntingtree Road is busy all day, every day, but parents are consistently:- Double parking, causing congestion on the main road. Leaving vehicles parked over areas where the kerb has been dropped, meaning parents with pushchairs are having to walk on the road. Park so close, and actually on the junction of the Longcroft, that it is almost impossible to cross the road safely. Parents also find it necessary to complete u-turns in the junction of The Longcroft, whilst parents and children are trying to cross the road. They also park over the zig zag lines near to the crossing. The school do request parents are considerate with parking and some have no other option but to drive their children to school but most requests fall on deaf ears. − Worried Huntingtree Road Resident

Pupils’ safety is at risk »

I haven't seen any improvement in the traffic around Grange Island since the work was completed. The lane markings are terrible on the island, nobody sticks to them and there will be an accident there soon. The island is worse than it ever was before. Do the pavements around it really need to be that wide? We had assumed that there would be more filter lanes to keep the traffic moving easier but instead the lanes are more restricted and congestion is no better than before. I hope that the work to Earls Island hasn't been planned by the same team. − Nicola Patchett, Halesowen

Let’s hope Earls Island isn’t as bad! »

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