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  • Cricket in Brief

    Eastnor 197 all out, Sutton Coldfield 201-7. EASTNOR will need seven points from their final fixture at Penn tomorrow to make sure of playing in Division Two of the Birmingam League after they suffered their third consecutive defeat in Division Three

  • Dishwasher fire at Colwall

    A COLWALL woman was given first aid following a dishwasher fire at her home on Monday morning (September 6). Firefighters were called to the woman's bungalow in Walwyn Road shortly before 8am. Two crews from Malvern attended and firefighters in breathing

  • Caroline is star young musician

    THE Chandos Symphony Orchestra is hosting its Young Musician Showcase Concert this weekend. The star of the evening will be violinist Caroline Pether, who was the winner of the Malvern-based Young Musician contest two years ago. Caroline

  • Rudland insists Ledbury can compete

    LEDBURY kick-off their new era tomorrow with new head coach Paul Rudland aiming for his side to be one of the title challengers in Midlands Four West (South). The Ross Road side start their campaign with a trip to north Coventry to face Pinley (ko 3pm

  • Weekend weather

    RISK of some rain or showers into Saturday then set fair later and on Sunday. Winds fairly light from the south or south-west on Saturday and west or north-west on Sunday, 5-8mph. Some mist and fog forming overnight and early Sunday morning

  • Car and lorry collide in Powick

    THE emergency services attended a crash involving a car and a lorry at Powick round-about this afternoon. They were called just after 2.30pm to the junction of the A4440 and Malvern Road, at Powick. West Mercia Police spokesman Richard

  • Cornes brace seals a fine away Vase victory

    Cradley Town 1, Malvern Town 3. A CHRIS Cornes brace helped Malvern Town progress through the first qualifying round of the FA Carlsberg Vase with a 3-1 defeat of Cradley Town. The victory earned Chris Stephens’ side a home tie against Loughborough

  • Ian sets out on coast-to-coast challenge

    AN accountant from Lulsley, near Malvern, is setting out today (Friday, September 10) on a 192-mile walk across Britain from coast to coast. Ian Smith is undertaking the challenge to raise money for the fight against cerebellar ataxia, a rare neurological

  • Rotary responds to Pakistan flood tragedy

    MALVERN Rotary Club has already raised almost £3,000 to help victims of the terrible floods in Pakistan. A collection at Malvern Retail Park and an appeal in the Gazette raised almost £1,000, and a further £1,700 has come from personal donations

  • New look for playground

    THE children’s playground at Upton playing fields has been attracting compliments and admiring glances after receiving a colourful new-look courtesy of Upton Town Council. Caretaker Adam Lowndes has carried out minor repairs and given all the equipment

  • Date set for agm

    UPTON Tourism and Trade Association will be holding its annual general meeting at the town sports club at 7.30pm on Monday, October 25. Everyone is welcome to attend.

  • Go back in time to grand hotel

    MALVERN St James will be turning back the clocks tomorrow (Saturday, September 11) as part of the national Heritage Open Days scheme. The school will be going back in time to the 19th century as students re-create its former use as the grand Imperial

  • Malvern get off to fine winning start

    Malvern 21, Burton 16. A LARGE crowd at Spring Lane were treated to a non-stop display of high intensity rugby in the opening match of the National Three Midlands season. After the opening exchanges, it was Malvern who made the first

  • New show on stage tonight

    A NEW one man play written and performed by Greg Chapman is being staged at Alfrick Village Hall this evening (Friday, September 10). Set in America in the 1920s, ‘Small Town Big Apple’ follows Jack Matthews, a young man from a small town who dream

  • X Factor's Cher puts Malvern on the map

    SINGING sensation Cher Lloyd has vowed to “put Malvern on the map” as she bids for stardom on TV’s the X Factor. The talented 17-year-old has achieved celebrity status overnight after wowing judges and the British public with her show-stopping

  • Doors open at new school

    "MALVERN'S new County Primary School, The Grove, Pickersleigh Road, has just opened for its first term with an intake of 60 pupils, the first of what will in time become a maximum of 280," reported the Gazette 50 years ago. "This is the third big day

  • Water fears fuel rail controversy

    THE controversy over whether to build a funicular railway up the side of the Worcestershire Beacon got national attention 100 years ago, judging by the Gazette. "For some days past the correspondence column of The Times has been flooded with letters

  • In Bloom entrants sweep the board at awards

    MALVERN’S bumper crop of entries into the Heart of England in Bloom community awards have achieved fantastic results. The town took top honours in each of the three categories - pubs/hotels, schools and ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ - with the

  • Moseley crowned world champion

    DOWNHILL mountain biking star Tracy Moseley made it 13th time lucky after being crowned world champion. The rider, from Storridge near Malvern, claimed the gold medal at the UCI Championship in Monte Sainte Anne, Canada, with a massive victory margin

  • Echoes from the past

    100 years ago. Master Noel Connor, son of Sergt.-Major Connor, was run over in Court Road, on Saturday afternoon, by a milk cart belonging to Mr Brewer, of the Grove House Farm, and sustained a fractured thigh. Malvern Gazette, September 9, 1910. We

  • Today's events

    Friday Ledbury Area Older Peoples Forum and Age Concern Hereford & Localities (Ledbury office) Community Information Day at Ledbury Community Hall, Lawnside Road. 10am. Admission free. Flamenco Dance Class at Cecilia Hall Dance Centre, 18 Church Street