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Aldi calls on other supermarkets to provide product that ‘should be a basic right’
Aldi has called on fellow supermarkets to follow its lead in offering free period products in customer toilets. The retailer, alongside menstrual equity charity Freedom4Girls, has written to the chief executives of major UK grocery chains, encouraging them to make pads and tampons available to shoppers in-store, where facilities allow. The call follows an Aldi-commissioned… More
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Worcester Cathedral invites pets to special blessing service
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When moles threatened to puncture a Worcestershire canal project
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s coast, killing at least 47
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Government needs to win back trust of farmers, says Andy Burnham
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Crowd bursts into rendition of Bonnie Tyler hit as coffin returns home
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Inside ‘hidden treasure’ garden centre with gardens that have featured on TV
TUCKED away in the Worcestershire countryside is a garden centre that visitors have described as a “hidden treasure” with gardens that have featured on TV. Often missed by motorists travelling through rural Worcestershire, Whitlenge Gardens and Tearoom is one of those places many visitors say they stumble across by accident. The site itself is hidden… More
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Drought so severe in Worcestershire rain may not save us, Met Office Warns
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The Fold in Bransford wants a top business to join the community
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Worcester Bosch announced as official sponsor of city football club
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Care home launches new day care service to support families
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Care home summer fete brings community together for fun afternoon
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How city health shop went from high street chain to ‘thriving’ independent business
A CITY health shop that has served customers for more than a decade is celebrating after successfully transforming from a national chain store into an independent business. The Very Healthy Shop, in The Shambles, has marked six months since owner Alex Griffiths rebranded it from a national high street chain into an independent business. Ms… More
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Death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday a tragedy on so many levels: PM
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Return to home plan put in place for wildfire victims in Stourbridge
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Don’t light fires in ‘tinderbox’ Britain, says Andy Burnham before farms meeting
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Bonnie Tyler fans to line streets of Mumbles as coffin brought to former home
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Grande thanks fans for support at O2 gig after announcing break from public life
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Carers have just days left to act as DWP plans major benefits rules shake-up
Millions of carers could see changes to the way Carer’s Allowance works as the Government launches a major review of the benefit, including proposals that could make it easier to work while caring. Unpaid carers have been given a fresh chance to shape the future of Carer’s Allowance as the Government looks at overhauling rules… More
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Urgent food warning as Tesco, Waitrose and Home Bargains recall products
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New plan helps households prepare for emergencies
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60,000 visitors flock to Evesham for medieval festival
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Young couple ‘fearing for lives’ amid drug use and vandalism outside Platform flat
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What we know so far about Worcestershire wildfires that are forcing home evacuations
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‘Major blow’ over shock rural post office closure as ‘concern’ rises
THE shock closure of a rural post office over ‘Horizon software issues’ has been branded a ‘major blow’ to a village, with bosses revealing their ‘concern’ as a probe continues. Peopleton Parish Council has described the closure as “a major blow to our village and community,” after the Peopleton Post Office in Worcestershire shut suddenly… More
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Second train derails day after two passengers badly hurt in East Sussex
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Probe into two train derailments to ‘look at all possible causes and factors’
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Mount Etna ash shuts Sicily’s largest airport during peak holiday week
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Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO case
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Dannii Minogue’s ‘heart is broken’ after death of talent show host Johnny Young
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Family lose home of 20 years and pets perish in devastating Stourbridge fire
A family have lost their home of 20 years and believe their pets have perished after a devastating fire in Stourbridge. Gina Addis said her dad and step mum, Gordon and Pauline Addis, and sister Jo Egan, had to flee their two semi-detached Farm Cottages on Racecourse Lane after the fire rapidly spread from fields… More
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Riding school helps save eight horses from fire
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Almost 40 homes damaged by wildfire with 19 homes ‘fully destroyed’
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UK Government bans sale of disposable barbecues after sparking wildfires
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UK travel company enters liquidation after 10 years with no new bookings offered
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Latest as fire guts homes, families flee with pets and wildfires rage