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TRIBUTES have been paid to British legend Captain Sir Tom Moore on the announcement of his death at 100. Mayor of Worcester Jo Hodges said: “He was such a fighting symbol as we all fight this vile plague and the news is just so sad. “I’m really pleased he was knighted by the Queen before he died and you could tell from television reports just how proud his family were by his side. “My thoughts go out to his family at this difficult time.” A member of parliament has also paid...

Women forced to travel during pandemic due to lack of proper abortion services Labour has called the Secretary of State to intervene over abortion services in the north 29 January, 2021 01:00 WOMEN are being forced to travel during the pandemic or take unregulated medication bought online due to a lack of proper abortion services in Northern Ireland, a Labour MP has said. Abortion on request up to 12 weeks into pregnancy has been legal in the north since March 31...

JURY trials switching to a wartime reduced number, from 12 to 7, have been proposed as a way to help to deal with the courts’ backlog.

WORCESTER’S MP has said it is not right to play the blame game adding the government will be held accountable on the Covid-19 response at the ballot box. The UK became the first European nation to pass 100,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, and Office of National Statistics and NHS figures show the number of county residents who have died in the pandemic was closing in on the grim milestone of 1,000 deaths. After Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was "deeply sorry" and said “we tru...

SUPPORT: Artist’s impressions of the Shrub Hill regeneration and medical centre; from left: Cllr Geraghty, Cllr Bayliss, Cllr Agar and MP Robin Walker A MAJOR multi-million-pound bid for government regeneration funding in Worcester has been backed by councillors. Worcester City Council revealed £28 million plans to regenerate several parts of the city including the tired Shrub Hill area building a new medical centre on the banks of the River Severn, hundreds of homes and a new Buildin...

A NEW independent environmental watchdog will be based in the city, it has been revealed. The Office for Environmental Protection, which has been set up as an independent regulatory body following the UKs withdrawal from the European Union, will be based in Worcester. Environment minister Rebecca Pow made the announcement in the House of Commons on Tuesday (January 26). "Id like to take the opportunity to provide the House with an update on the OEP. We want to ensure that this is locate...

A WORCESTER headteacher has said the situation surrounding schools reopening is a “mess” following reports schools may not open in mid-February,…

POLITICIANS and health care professionals have praised health care workers in the county after it was revealed almost 80% of over 80s in Worcestershire have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Simon Trickett, chief executive of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG, said: “I’m delighted that nearly 80% of our over-80s in Herefordshire and Worcestershire have already had their jab. Thanks to the incredible work by the teams responsible for planning and delivering the...

An MP has claimed over 100 women in Northern Ireland have been refused an abortion with some turning to the internet for pills. It comes as new Department of Health figures show there were 22 abortions carried out in Northern Ireland during the financial year of 2019/20 That was an increase of eight on the previous years 14. Fifteen terminations were carried out on women aged 30 and over, five on a women aged 25 to 29, and two on women aged 24 and under, the figures show. All were women living ...

Jews in the Land of Disney: Jews in the Land of Disney Joe Goldovitz - From cranberry farmer to Jewish spiritual leader, but always a musician   Joe Goldovitz When Joe Goldovitz learned to play the piano at an early age, he didnt realize that music would be the consistent thread that kept him going in more ways than one can imagine. Goldovitzs father was Jewish, his mother Roman Catholic. Born in Portland, Maine, he was accepted into the Jewish faith at his bris by an Orthodox Bet Din. Goldov...