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  • Prog-rock legends in one-off performance

    MEMBERS of Malvern’s Chandos Symphony Orchestra will be taking part in a one-off performance with legendary prog rock band The Enid. 21 musicians from the orchestra’s brass and percussion section will take the stage for the special performance at Birmingham

  • Oil firm abandons first hole

    DESIRE Petroleum has plugged and abandoned its first well in the waters of the Falkland Islands after poor results. The company said today (Tuesday) it had finished logging the Liz well, in the North Falkland Basin, after only finding gas in poor quality

  • Book signing for local author

    MALVERN author Loretta Proctor will be signing copies of her latest novel on Saturday April 10. The venue will be Malvern Hills Gallery at 1, Worcester Road, and Loretta will be signing between 2pm and 5pm. The book, The Crimson Bed, is a Victorian

  • Malvern WI

    STEVE Muxworthy, the Midlands fundraiser for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, shared his enthusiasm and experience with members as he spoke of the range and responsibilities of his charity. One person in seven experiences some degree of hearing loss, and

  • Colwall

    ON Friday, April 9 at St James Church, Colwall Pentatonic will be in concert. This begins at 7.45pm and tickets on the door at £7. Members of Pentatonic also play with the nationally acclaimed Chandos Orchestra and the wind octet Nota Bene. The programme

  • Latest Herefordshire Planning Applications

    THE following Planning Applications were made to Herefordshire Council on April 1, 2010:- BROMYARD - Erection of pitched roof steel framed building for housing cattle. Winslow Grange, Tetbury Road, Bromyard for Henry Lewis, Winslow Grange, Winslow per

  • Malvern Hills District Footpath Society AGM

    THE Thirty-Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Malvern Hills District Footpath Society was held in Lansdowne Church Hall on Wednesday, March 24. Seventy-one members plus four guests attended. Sue Hood was re-elected as Chairman. Six other officers were

  • Police surgery set for library

    A PACT (Partners and Communities Together) Surgery for residents of the Priory and Malvern Wells wards will be held in Malvern Library at 2pm on Friday, April 16. The surgery will be attended by police community support officers Helen Carstairs and

  • Drug dealer sent to Crown for sentencing

    A DRUG dealer from Malvern will be sentenced at crown court after admitting possessing cannabis with intent to supply. Jason Hill, of Greenfields Road, was caught with £50 of the Class B drug, a large amount of cash and a set of digital scales, Worcester

  • Science and faith share a billing at Priory

    Great Malvern Priory will welcome a winner of the Nobel Prize as part of its programme entitled A Celebration of Science and Faith, this April. Antony Hewish, a former professor of radioastronomy who won the prize for his part in the discovery of pulsars

  • Bromesberrow

    BROMESBERROW Correspondent: Mrs U Groves-Smith Tel: 01452 840273 AT the Easter Service on April 4 the Church was decorated with lilies and other Spring flowers which smelled gorgeous and they all looked stunning in the golden sunlight pouring through

  • Crowds flock for Easter fun

    CROOME Court, near Upton, was a popular venue for Easter fun last weekend. Crowds flocked to the 18th-century mansion set in parkland created by Capability Brown, to take part in an egg hunt. Families searched across the estate for brightly-coloured

  • Cradley WI

    CRADLEY WI met on a wet and gloomy night for our April meeting, but enjoyed an intriguing evening. President, Di Cale, recalled that the skittles evening with Mathon WI at the Royal British Legion had been very enjoyable and amazingly, produced two winners

  • St George's Day parade stalls over date

    IT’S back to the drawing board for St George’s Day celebrations in Malvern after town councillors failed to agree when to hold the event. The council’s operations committee had been hoping to hold a parade featuring local scout and guide groups on April

  • Churches Together in Malvern

    THE Link Group of Churches was well represented when over 40 people joined in the Procession of Witness for Good Friday. Assembling outside Handyman House in Spring Lane, the group was led by Reverend David Nichol with Brother Peter Coombes carrying a

  • Welland

    THE first items for this week concern St James’s Church’s Help with the Cleaning weekend. The success of the events in the Church mean that there needs to be more help with the cleaning: Sunday, April 25 after the Service (approx noon) sees the first

  • Wellington Heath

    ON April 14 it is Wellington Heath Garden Club social evening at 7. 45pm, to include the annual club plant sale. There will be practical demonstrations on propagation, seed sowing etc. Topical tips for the coming season followed by a question and answer

  • Powick

    PALM Sunday was celebrated in Powick with the blessings of palms and a drama presentation of the Passion of Christ ended the service. Ian Gane directed the drama which he had adapted to include a large cast including members of the choir, with church

  • Longdon

    LAST Friday, twenty young people and several adults from across the Benefice descended on Longdon Vicarage to take part in a Good Friday Activity Morning. The children enjoyed making Easter gardens and trees, cooking, painting, making Easter baskets and

  • Castlemorton

    CASTLEMORTON Gardening Club meet in the Parish Hall at 7.45pm on Thursday, April 15 for a talk on Primulas and Auriculas by John Millington from Hillview Hardy Plants. Tickets are available on the door: members £2.50/non-members £3.50; visitors

  • Road gritters clock up 56,000 miles

    GRITTERS have travelled the equivalent of twice around the world preparing Worcestershire’s roads during the harshest winter in 35 years, say highways chiefs. Gritting teams have treated about 56,000 miles on the county’s roads during their

  • Latest Malvern Hills Planning Applications

    THE following Planning Applications were made to Malvern Hills District Council on April 1, 2010:- ALFRICK AND LEIGH - Conservatory to rear. Willow Bank, Leigh for Mr Pratt, Willow Bank, Leigh per Mr A Neilson, 24 Hanbury Wharf, Hanbury Road, Droitwich

  • Cancer scientist thanks local group

    A CANCER Research UK scientist has thanked local supporters for their efforts in raising half a million pounds for the charity. Dr Sally Roberts, who is from Malvern and works at the Birmingham Institute for Cancer Studies, presented Tony Minchin, one

  • We are not happy about zip wire

    PEOPLE living in a village near Worcester have complained after a £10,000 zip wire was installed at a nearby playground. The neighbours live in five homes which overlook the play area in Lower Ferry Lane, Callow End. They say they were not consulted

  • Three plays at the Conquest

    THE Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, will offer audiences the chance to see three original plays recently performed during the Hereford County Drama Festival all on one night. The ‘shorts’ will be performed during the Theatre’s ‘mini-festival’ on Saturday

  • Oil dreams dented for Mathon firm

    DREAMS of vast oil reserves off the Falkland Islands have been dented for a Mathon-based company after initial drilling yielded poor results. Shares in Desire Petroleum, listed on the Alternative Investment Market, plummeted 50 per cent on one day after

  • Today's events

    Tuesday New Style Solo Ballroom and Latin Class at Kempsey Village Hall, Main Road. 10am. £4. 01905 353052. Bio-Energy (Shaking) Meditation at Storridge Village Hall. 01684 892749. Drawing and watercolour classes with Martin Kelly at Tiger Art, 271