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Race for Life Community News Bryan Adams Five Hive Upton Blues Festival Woo Fest The Jungle book at WCCC Children’s Crossword The big reveal Plum festival Homes Gardens What’s On Wimbledon WARS Puzzle Page Hororscopes Anniversary Games Restaurant Review Eating Out Sports

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The next day, on July 16th, the 5K and 10K runs will be hosted at the Worcester Racecourse, starting at 9:30am. Women and girls aged 16 and older pay a £15 fee while girls and boys aged 6-12 pay a £10 fee. Children six years old and younger are free.

The Race for Life event is coming to Worcester and Birmingham next month in hopes of raising money and awareness for cancer research. From July 15 – 16th three unique and fun events will be taking place to help Cancer Research UK find a cure for cancer, supporting the countless families eﬀected by the horrible disease.

Women are encouraged to sign up, regardless of ability, since you are free to either walk or jog the course. Meanwhile the event in Birmingham will take place on July 15th at Cofton Park and will feature the Pretty Muddy 5K obstacle course, along with the children friendly Pretty Muddy event. For the

Cancer Research UK will host a 5K and 10K run along with the Pretty Muddy obstacle course at the Worcester Racecourse on the weekend of July 15th. The Pretty Muddy event, which is a messy and fun obstacle course that women of any ability can climb over, crawl under, and charge through, will be held on July 15th. The obstacle course starts at 10am. Women of all ages can participate and girls over the age of 13 are encouraged to join as well. Women and girls that are 16 years or older pay £20 while girls aged 13-15 pay £10.

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of women from all over the UK participate in Cancer Research UK’s events each year, aiming to help raise money for research, awareness and policy development.

Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Cancer Research UK is committed to supporting groundbreaking work to see more people survive the terrible disease. The charity receives no funding from the government, so their research is supported solely by donations and fundraising initiatives. That is why thousands

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Working together to tackle graffiti crime

A new advice leaflet aimed at helping Worcester businesses tackle the problem of graffiti crime has been produced. It includes advice on how to prevent graﬃti at business premises and what steps to take if it does happen. Advice included in the

leaflet includes using Student Launches City Centre Running Scheme to Get People Active fences, gates, locks Sam Payne came up with the idea and saw it through as part of his Sports Coaching Development and Coaching degree, managing to raise the £3,000 needed to get it oﬀ the ground. Although a popular parkrun exists at the Countryside Centre, near Nunnery Wood, Sam has devised and launched the first parkrun for the City centre.

and planting to make it harder for graﬃti vandals to get access to a building; keeping a property neat and clean to discourage vandals; and to use protective coatings to stop graﬃti being sprayed on.

The 21-year-old, whose parkrun is believed to be the first to be led by a student, hopes to increase levels of fitness and improve people’s health by making exercise easily accessible. “I would love to sit back in a few years and think Worcester is a more physically active place because of this,” said Sam, who has enlisted a group of volunteers to help him.

The leaflet advises that if a building does become the target of graﬃti, the crime is reported to the police, pictures of the graﬃti

are taken and gives tips on how to quickly clean or cover the graﬃti. Councillor Lynn Denham, Vice Chair of Worcester City Council’s Communities Committee, said: “When graﬃti vandalism happens at public buildings we can go straight in and remove it, but we don’t have those powers over private property. This leaflet is a great way of helping city businesses to tackle this sort of crime.” The leaflet is being distributed to city centre businesses by the Worcester BID.

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Everything I Do I Do For You, broke international sales records in 1991. Co-written by Adams himself it remained at the top of the UK charts for 16 weeks, a record that has not been bettered since. The artist is also known for his other hit singles such as Heaven, Summer of 69 and Run to You.

Most famous for his album Reckless, which became a hit in the mid eighties, Adams has worked with many artists in his career including Rod Stewart, Sting and Melanie C. His career has spanned the last two decades and his most successful song

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The talented artist will be coming to Worcester as part of his Get Up tour, which will be hosted in a handful of other cities across the UK. The concert will feature music and songs from his latest album, Get Up, but also promises to entertain with the earlier classics. Bryan Adams said: “I’m delighted to be heading to Worcester [next month]. It’s going to be a special show and I hope my fans are able to join me.” The outdoor show, which is being organized by concert promoter LCC Live, will be hosted at the home of the Worcester Warriors rugby club, Sixways Stadium. The stadium promises to create a wonderful ambiance for concert goers as they enjoy the talented artist. The stadium is easy to access, has on-site car parking and various stadium facilities.

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July 2017 A Taste of Worcestershire Open Studios

The exhibition will showcase work by over 30 artists in a variety of media including painting, print-making, photography, textiles and smoke drawing. There’ll be a range of styles of artwork on display from cityscapes and landscapes to still life and abstract work. Number 8 Community Arts Centre in Pershore Friday July 8th – Wednesday July 12th, 10am to 4pm Entry Price – Free

Romeo and Juliet performed by Oddsocks

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B.D. Lenz Trio

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National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part 1

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Starting on July Monday July 3rd at 11:30am and ending on Sunday July 16th this year’s Grand Slam tennis tournament promises to be an exciting and riveting ride. In its 131st year, one-hundredand-twenty of the world’s best women’s and men’s players will contest the singles draws. The Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ doubles, Mixed Doubles, Junior (boys and girls) and Wheelchair events will also be contested. With Serena absent as she awaits the arrival of her first child in September, the rest of the top women’s

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The exciting event can be seen on any sports channels but if you fancy to watch it with other tennis fans then head down to Birmingham where you can watch the finals for free on the big screen at central square in Brindley Place. They will be broadcasting the even live on July 9th and 10th and entry is free. For more information on the screening go to their website www.brindleyplace. com/event/watch-wimbledon-2/.

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August 4th – 6th The Worcester Foodie Festival is back from Friday August 4th to 6th, with more than 70 food and drink exhibitors on hand to serve your taste buds. Following the great success of last year’s event, the Worcester Foodie Festival will return bigger and better with over 70 stalls oﬀering delicious food and drink from local businesses and selected specialist producers, as well as food and drink matching sessions, cookery demonstrations and master class workshops by a variety of wellestablished chefs.

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Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly Show Be sure to check out the latest event being hosted by Evesham Arts Center on Sunday July 9th at 19:30. The centre will welcome the dynamic Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly for a show certain to entertain. Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly both grew up in the same part of Texas, recorded early work in the same studio in New Mexico - even at one point recorded the same songs. Roy Orbison went on to write so many great songs including “Only the Lonely” & “Crying”; Buddy Holly’s short

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