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Every child will be able to work and play out-of-hours

10:10pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

EDUCATION chiefs say every school in Worcestershire will offer extra curricular services like homework, sport and music clubs within the next two months.

Ellie's top of the charts and she's no young pretender

NUMBER ONE: Ellie Goulding’s debut album is at the top of the charts.

7:10pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

ELLIE Goulding has become the first Herefordshire artist to top the charts for 30 years.

Do not approach wanted man

WANTED: James ‘Jimmy’ Stevens

6:14pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

THE public are being warned not to approach a wanted man.

Recession blamed for building delays

DEMOLITION: The recession has delayed plans to start building work on the site of the old Droitwich medals office.

6:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

PLANS for town homes on the site of the old Droitwich medals office have been delayed by the recession.

Concern at cancer care

CUTS: Paul Crawford is concerned about the future of head and neck cancer surgery. 21225301

4:40pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

A CANCER survivor from Droitwich is concerned about the future of head and neck cancer surgery after he learned of cuts to hospital beds in Gloucestershire, the preferred home of the service.

A dog’s tale from Mary

4:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

MARY Braim will be talking about the Forest Dog Rescue Centre at a meeting of the University of the Third Age’s Wyre Forest and District at Kidderminster Town Hall on Monday from 2pm.

69 workers go at carpet giant

4:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

BRINTONS in Kidder-minster has announced it will be making 69 redundancies.

Soldier takes on 1,000-mile trek

UP FOR THE CHALLENGE: Lance Corporal Ashley Gibbons.

3:30pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

A SOLDIER will undertake a gruelling cycle ride to raise money for wounded troops after seeing his own friends injured in battle.

16-home proposal is given go-ahead

2:30pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

PLANS to build 16 affordable homes in Worcester have been approved despite concerns about the new properties overlooking neighbours’ gardens.

Strings at St Mary’s

2:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

THE Volante Strings will be playing a variety of music from past and present when they make their first visit to Cleobury Mortimer next Friday.

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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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