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A senior doctor working for the NHS in Worcestershire is battling to stop her mum from being deported so she can carry on working. Consultant paediatrician Dr Liza Harry lost her husband, also a doctor, to Covid last year and now relies on her Trinidadian mum for childcare
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Her Majesty Queen Camilla has arrived at Worcester Cathedral for the annual royal Maundy service. #QueenCamilla #Royalfamily
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Princes Anne visiting Worcestershire Royal Hospital ๐ฅ . She is opening the new emergency department, only four weeks after her own encounter with emergency services. #Worcester #Worcestershire #Royalvist #Royalfamily #PrincessAnne
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Final goodbyes from Her Majesty Queen Camilla to the public on Maundy Thursday. #QueenCamilla #Royalfamily
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BREAKING: The former @WorcsWarriors Chief Executive Jim OโToole tells @bbchw that heโs facilitating a consortium to buy the troubled club. An American investor, along with local businesses involved:
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Look whoโs in #Herefordshire - Kate and Wills! ๐ฅณ . The Prince and Princess of Wales are here - more details on @bbchw ๐ป
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Extraordinary scenes in #Worcester where hundreds of people have packed right across the Sabrina bridge to pay tribute to 18-year-old Thomas Jones, of Bromsgrove, after a body was pulled from the river.
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The comedian and 8 out of 10 Cats captain Sean Locke has died from cancer at the age of 58.
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The Environment Agency (EA) is being taken to the High Court over claims it has failed to protect the River Wye from agricultural pollution.
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๐ Will King Charles change the monarchy? .๐ Or is it time to get rid of it altogether?. A new opinion poll for @BBCPanorama suggests that less than a third of 18-24 year-olds want the royal family to continue.
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Watch the moment Queen Camilla meets a young child after her visit to Worcester Cathedral for Maundy Thursday ๐ฅน.Hear how it went on BBC Sounds #QueenCamilla #Royalfamily
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ICYMI Catch Malvern #youtube sensations @RoxeteraRibbons & @roseellendix talking to @katejustice on iPlayer from 1pm
So @RoseEllenDix and I were just on @bbchw! Proud to be representing my hometown Malvern! ๐๐๐.
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'Thank you from the bottom of my heart' โค๏ธ .A message from Malcolm Boyden ๐ป
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๐ Hundreds of #Worcester Warriors fans are at Sixways @WorcsWarriors protesting against the owners as the club battles a winding up petition from HMRC. ๐ Fingers crossed for everyone connected with the club ๐๐
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Herefordshire farmer charged over work on the River Lugg. John Price from Kingsland is charged with causing damage to a site of special scientific interest, failing to stop pollution from agriculture and silt from going into the river and willfully disturbing spawning fish.
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Prince William has teamed up with Sir David Attenborough to launch the #EarthshotPrize. The aim is to find 50 solutions to the world's gravest environmental problems by 2030.
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The annual Royal Maundy Service at Worcester Cathedral has now come to an end. Her Majesty Queen Camilla is now greeting members of the public and visiting the Bishopโs residence. #QueenCamilla #Royalfamily
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A visually-impaired army veteran of 14 years' service is flying to Canada to compete for Team UK in the Invictus Games. Read the full story ๐
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A dance off has broken out at the counter demonstration- with an appearance from the Mayor of Worcester @JabbaRiaz.
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BREAKING: The @WorcsWarriors preferred bidder has been chosen by the administrators. The Consortium led by the clubโs former Chief Executive, Jim OโToole will now move forward to try and secure a full takeover #WorcesterWarriors
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A special plaque has been unveiled on Sabrina Bridge in Worcester in memory of 18yr old @worcester_uni student Tom Jones who lost his life in 2018. His parents Ian & Vicki said "this is such a fitting tribute and we honestly canโt put into words what this means to us as a family"
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Meet Royal - he's the newest recruit AT @WMPolice.He's named in honour of all the staff at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital who helped save the life of Chief Superintendent @PhilDolbyWMP when he got coronavirus #NHSThankYou @WorcsAcuteNHS
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VACCINE #Herefordshire is leading the countryโs vaccine roll out. Itโs vaccinated a higher % of people than any other county so far. Thank you to all the staff giving up their weekend. Another 450 patients were vaccinated in South Wye today @WyeValleyNHS @TaurusHlthCare ๐ ๐
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A new statue has appeared overnight in Redditch. Itโs paying tribute to the Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, was was born in the town and would have been 70 today:
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"We're still here and we want to stay" ๐.WATCH: The #Worcester Warriors players training at Sixways, despite losing their jobs two weeks ago. More with Elliott Webb at Breakfast, Wednesday morning from 6am ๐ป.#WorcsWarriors @WorcsWarriors
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Edmund Szymczak a Second World War veteran celebrated his 99th Birthday in #Kidderminster ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ.๐งListen on Sounds to our interview in full ๐.
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The River Wye at Ross - and itโs green. Record levels of phosphate have been recorded this week and campaigners say itโs due to the 20 million chickens being reared in the river catchment. What can be done to save the nationโs โfavourite riverโ? From 0600 with @Elliottjwebb
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๐คฉ๐คฉ He did it!! ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ.Ian Rivers has become the first person to complete an unsupported row from New York to the Scilly Isles ๐บ๐ธ๐๐ฌ๐ง @rowsentinel
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RIP, โMr Worcesterโ. ๐ข .Warm applause breaks out as Cecil Duckworthโs funeral procession goes down Bath Road past Acorns Hospice. ๐ ๐
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WATCH: Worcester based engineering firm #GTech have designed a prototype ventilator which could be mass produced to help patients with #coronavirus.
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๐จTHIS IS NOT A DRILL๐จ.Listen to our exclusive interview with chairman Christopher Holland here: #WorcesterWarriors #Warriors #Worcester #Worcestershire #Sixways #Rugby #NewBeginnings
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.@WorcsWarriors players are standing in unity on social media this afternoon following the uncertain future of the club.
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BREAKING: In the last hour administrators have been officially appointed to take over @WorcsWarriors . @Begbies have begun the process of taking WRFC Trading Limited into administration, while they are also set to be handed control of Sixways stadium.
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Her Majesty Queen Camilla will be distributing gifts on behalf of the King as Worcester Cathedral hosts the annual Royal Maundy Service on 28 March. Read more ๐.
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@RoxeteraRibbons @RoseEllenDix Great to have you both on the show today! Here's the link for everyone who missed it!
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๐ Former Environment Agency worker @DaveThroup says flood defences work but "theyโre not the answer to future flooding and are creating a false sense of security.".Read more ๐.
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โItโs a national disgraceโ โฆ the River Wye has turned bright green because itโs now so polluted ๐ข๐ก
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GOOD LUCK WORCESTER CITY โฝ๏ธ .The team are on their way to Great Wakering Rovers for the second leg of their FA Vase semi-final.#WorceserCity #WCFC
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Possibly the best photos you will see all day! Worcester 6 year old Oscar Saxelby-Lee has returned to @Pitmastonschool for the first time in 2 years. His mum @OliviaSaxelby said it was "the day he'd been longing for"
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How amazing is @elliegoulding? She's been back to her old school @LadyHawkinsScho in Kington to chat to Year 11 pupils ahead of their exams - they even made her sit on the floor for assembly!
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BYPASS SCRAPPED FOR GOOD: @HfdsCouncil says it wants to concentrate on getting people out of their cars on to public transport or walking and cycling instead.
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Thanks to a top effort by their fans, @HerefordFC have cleared snow from the pitch and so the @EmiratesFACup replay v @ftfc will go ahead.
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BREAKING - A Herefordshire farmer who removed 100 plus trees and tonnes of gravel from the River Lugg has been sent to prison for 6 months. Judge Ian Strongman described the action of 68-year-old John Price as โecological vandalism on an industrial scaleโ.
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Incredible turnout tonight - hereโs the scene at the moment:
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Steve Miller covered football for BBC Hereford & Worcester since the station launched in 1989. He was diagnosed with cancer in December and died at St Richard's Hospice on Saturday ๐.Listen to tributes: .#KidderminsterHarriers #TheMillerman
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This was Ewyas Harold on Tuesday morning. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding has also closed Peterchurch, Longtown and Michaelchurch Escley primary schools.Video: Sarah Atkinson-Beddis.#Herefordshire #FlashFlooding
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#FACup fever in #Worcestershire! . @khfcofficial v @WestHam is worth more than a MILLION pounds to the local economy
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The Weeping Window is here. The art installation in memory of #WW1 troops and Home Front workers. Itโs @HFDCathedral until April 29th @1418NOW @HfdsCouncil
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he University of Worcester has spent the day gathering up its medical equipment to donate to the NHS ๐ฉบโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ #universityofworcester #worcester #covid_19 #coronavirus
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The UK's first hydrogen-powered train has carried its first passengers from Stratford-upon-Avon to Evesham. The #HydroFLEX is still in the testing stages, but it's believed to be a major step towards removing diesel trains from our rail network.
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๐ The King has recorded a message for the Maundy Thursday service praising those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need". The message will be played at the service @worccathedral .
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Worcesterโs Victorian railway arches are going to be transformed into a tourist, retail and leisure attraction in a ยฃ4.5 million pound revamp - itโs one of five parts of the UK being handed money by the Culture Secretary.
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ITโS A LICENCE TO SPILL - 200,000 tonnes of raw sewage is being dumped into the UKโs rivers every year. Itโs putting the health of us and the environment at risk but new laws could soon be in place to stop this. MP Philip Dunne is leading the campaign:
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The first train has left Worcestershire Parkway this morning - itโs the first brand new train station to open in the county for over 100 years! The ยฃ22m station is in Norton, near Worcester. #Worcestershire
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NEWS: A woman from #Worcester is raising money for a homeless man she has befriended to stay a few nights in a B&B. Hear more after 5pm.
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A major incident has now been declared In #Herefordshire the advice is not to travel unless itโs an emergency
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#WorcesterWarriors have taken a positive step in re-establishing themselves in professional rugby, according to owner Christopher Holland. Theyโve received a formal invitation from the #RFU to express interest in returning to the second tier, with submissions due by October 13.
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๐ .@WalkerWorcester has written a letter to PRL & @RFU urging them to protect @WorcsWarriors P share and to keep and earn a place back into the @premrugby next season. The letter has been signed by all 6 #Worcestershire MPs among others.
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Heโs back in business ๐ Weโve been to meet five-year-old Harry who was heartbroken when his honesty shop stock and takings were stolen . Listen to the story in full here:
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Thank you for 21 years ๐ป.
The final edition of Andrew Easton in the Afternoon. Today, from 2pm, @bbchw. Flick it on. Itโll be a little above average, as always.
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NEW: Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier @Mark4WyreForest tells us he believes Dominic Cummings should offer his resignation. Says he has had more than 300 emails and letters on the subject, and made his mind up after listening to the Bishop of Worcester.
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Scientists say the proportion of people with coronavirus antibodies has been falling - suggesting immunity could only last for a few months.
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As the Queen celebrates her 96th birthday, @svrofficialsite has teamed up with toymaker #Hornby to release a limited edition model of its Elizabeth II locomotive.
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Well done to 16-year-old Ben McConkey from Herefordshire who's designed this green rainbow logo. It's now being used by pharmacists across the UK and Ireland. Ben should have been doing his GCSE exams now but instead he's used his design skills during lock down
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A MESSAGE FROM A WORLD CHAMPION! ๐@jonny_brownlee ๐ Richard Andrews from #Hereford had his larynx removed after cancer. Heโll make history this weekend when he becomes the first person to do a triathlon using a throat snorkel ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ @herefordtri @BritTri
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Look who has arrived ๐ง๐ง๐ง.Forty penguins and 40 chicks will line Worcester's streets until 15 September before being auctioned to raise money for St Richard's Hospice.More here: #Worcester #WaddleofWorcester #StRichardsHospice @WaddleOfWorc
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Harry-fordshire village renamed renamed Meghan Marcle
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This whole Redditch street came out to sing 'happy birthday' to their 98-year-old neighbour who was celebrating her birthday alone ๐๐ฅฐ.#redditch #worcestershire #bbcmakeadifference
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๐ "She's ten foot high and she's angry - angry about the state of the #RiverWye." ๐ . Meet the giant Goddess Of The Wye puppet, unveiled in #RossonWye today by local artist @LoSkAoS ๐๏ธ inspired by the campaign against #riverpollution. ๐ง
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If you watch one video today make it this one! Worcestershire binman surprises Dorothy Ballard from Kidderminster with a cake on her 100th birthday - they're a real double act ๐.
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BREAKING: Former Worcestershire cricketer Alex Hepburn is sentenced to five years in jail for raping a sleeping woman at a flat in Diglis. A judge called his actions โappallingโ and โarrogantโ. He will stay on the sex offenders register for life.
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Some heroes drive tractors ๐ meet one of the volunteers helping the residents stranded in Hampton Bishop. โข โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ .#hamptonbishop #herefordshire #floodheroes
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Former England cricketer Lord Ian Botham has paid tribute to Duncan Fearnley, after his memorial service at Worcester Cathedral. The pioneering bat manufacturer, and former Worcestershire cricket chairman, died last month aged 83. #cricket #Worcester #duncanfearnley
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๐ดLISTEN: Meet the #Worcestershire children dumping the school bus for pedal power! Pupils in #Evesham are powering themselves home from school in a โBicycle Busโ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐
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Incredible aerial shot of Worcester. This picture really illustrates the impact of the Hylton Road Flood Defence. Credit to @Worldwidevillan @GeographyUoW @worcester_uni
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Hereford's Sue Cockcroft has unveiled her latest creation! ๐งถ๐ฉโ๐ฆฝ๐ฎ๐. #Hereford #Herefordshire #postboxtopper #postbox #Paris2024 #Paralympics #paralympics2024
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Merry Christmas Matthewโค๏ธ. Matthew Sandbrook was diagnosed with a brain tumour, so his family brought Christmas forward with a street party. This is the moment Warndon Villages surprised Matthew.
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. ๐คฉ Congratulations @khfcofficial ๐คฉ promoted to the National League ๐คฉ. ๐๐๐ Massive everywhere they go! ๐๐๐. @sportswomble @MillermanKHFC .#KHFC #Kidderminster #Harriers
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This amazing rainbow was painted by @FleetLM at Upton-upon-Severn Primary School ๐.#upton #uptonuponsevern #worcestershire #rainbow
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Malvern's Three Counties Showground opens as a mass coronvirus vaccination centre this week. They're hoping to vaccinate 2,500 people a day
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Wow! 10-year-old Sammy Gray took this photo on Vagar Hill in #Herefordshire Well done Sammy ๐๐ผ
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Kidderminster Harriers FC paid tribute to Steve Miller recently. Steve has covered football for BBC Hereford & Worcester since 1989. This Sunday between 5pm and 6pm there will be a radio tribute programme in memory of Steve on BBC Hereford and Worcester radio.
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EXCL: A limited company has been set up by @JimOToole and @JamesSandford4 in the hope of taking over #Worcester Warriors. Sources close to the situation have described today as โD-Dayโ. @WorcsWarriors payroll is due tomorrow. #COYW ๐
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The famous 'Weeping Window' display of ceramic poppies from the Tower of London is coming to @HFDCathedral next year
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