Worcester news

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General news from the BBC web site:

Teaching job gets 150 applicants A primary school in Worcestershire is inundated with 150 applications for just one teaching job.

Troops stage home-coming parade The 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment parades through Oldbury to mark its return from Afghanistan.

How firms 'avoid' pension costs The BBC hears how some companies managed to shed their pension liabilities by going into administration.

Family accused of stabbing murder A mother, father and son murdered a teenager during a pre-arranged fight to settle a feud, a court hears.

Funeral held for river death girl A funeral is being held for a five-year-old girl who died after being trapped in a car which went into the River Avon.

New train named after university A new train is to be named after The University of Worcester in honour of it being awarded university status five years ago, First Great Western says.

Gang smuggled £62m of cannabis A gang of 12 men are found guilty of smuggling in £62m worth of skunk cannabis to the UK hidden in boxes of flowers from Holland.

Computers 'delaying fire engines' Hereford & Worcester fire crews attending 999 calls are delayed 54 times in a year, mainly because of computer navigation errors.

Funeral to be held for river girl Police say the funeral of a girl who died after becoming trapped underwater in a car is to be held next week.

When my mother was also painted gold. A trip to the cinema to see Goldfinger prompted a memory of also wearing little more than gold paint. So why didn't my mother write down her stories before it was too late, writes Lisa Jardine.

Overturned lorry kills 25 sheep A lorry driver is cut from his vehicle after it overturns in a crash, leaving 25 sheep dead.

Sheep killed after HGV tips over Twenty five sheep are killed after a stock-carrying heavy goods vehicle tips over on the Herefordshire border with Wales.

Arrests over firefighter deaths Three fire service staff are arrested over the deaths of four firefighters in Warwickshire in 2007.

Towpath project nears completion A £750,000 project to restore a towpath out of Worcester city centre is almost complete.

Homes built from recycled plastic A company develops technology to build houses from 18 tonnes of waste plastic which would otherwise have gone to landfill.

Church launches government attack The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland accuses the Labour government of an "unrelenting attack on family values".

Pair arrested in brothel inquiry A man from Worcestershire and a woman from Stoke-on-Trent are arrested on suspicion of running a brothel.

Crews tackle disused hotel fire Ten fire engines are sent to the scene of an incident at a disused hotel in the Great Malvern area.

Church welcomes prayers by text Church leaders tap into the modern communication world by asking worshippers to text their prayers.

Police faced 'awful' conditions Police who tried to rescue a brother and sister from the River Avon near Evesham faced 'atrocious' conditions.

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