FESTIVAL Housing Group has acquired 160 existing homes from Birmingham-based social housing landlord Friendship Care and Housing. The acquisition, following a competitive process, increases the total number of homes owned or managed by the group to 9,000
THE young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor will celebrate his 18th birthday by giving a performance on Yamaha’s new concert grand piano at Malvern Theatres next month. Benjamin was a child prodigy who found worldwide recognition when he was just 11
SERVICES that help some of the most vulnerable people in the Malvern and Ledbury area are in jeopardy from spending cuts. Festival Housing Association is bracing itself for possible cuts of up to 20 per cent in its budget for support services, once the
WHAT a tremendous afternoon, what wonderful support and atmosphere at our small village fete (long may it reign). We had the beautiful weather, which enabled teas to be eaten outside, and Roger's amazing book stall. What a triumph! Every stall was filled
IT was a fine day for admiring views from the top of Bredon Hill last Thursday morning, when fourteen walkers from Powick Ramblers, plus dogs Digby, Monty and Charlie, began the climb from the picturesque village of Overbury, where the houses are
AT the Parish Hall on Friday, September 17 Flicks in the Sticks bring you Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jnr and Jude Law. With explosive action and astonishing intrigue, on a quest to solve a string of murders, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson plunge
BRIDGE Builders meets at the Vicarage on Sunday, September 19 from 11am-noon. If you are aged 5-12 years, you are very welcome to come along and find out what we get up to. Please ring Eileen on 833256 for further information. Next Saturday, September
THE members who organized the yearly Produce Show started bright and early on that morning to arrange the hall to show the entries to their best advantage. By 11am all was ready to welcome the judges, Vince and Margaret Davis for the vegetables, fruit
THIS was an Open Meeting and members welcomed their guests: members of Cradley WI, Storridge WI, Moreton-on-Lugg (our paired WI), and two husbands. The evening's talk was given by Floyd Mills of Hay Wines in Ledbury who brought along six wines which are
BROMYARD’S growing reputation for its vibrant festivals looks set to continue with plans for an exciting new musical event next summer. Veteran jazz drummer and events organiser, Alan Buckley, has been responsible for more than 40 festivals throughout
AT the September meeting Rosemary Wells gave an illustrated talk about the work of Missionary Aviation Fellowship who fly to remote parts of the world. The next meeting will be held from 2.30-4pm at the URC Church Hall, Worcester Road, Malvern Link.
THE meeting on Tuesday, September 7 was opened in the usual way by Janet, the President, welcoming members and visitors. Members were reminded that at the next meeting they would need to choose their new President and a board was circulated for names
THE Colwall Village Society is a group of around 230 residents of Colwall whose interest is the wellbeing of the village and the recording of its history. Over the last two years the Society has prepared a new historical map of the village which shows
THE meeting began with the normal business and members talked about the Bursary day in 2011. We are hopefully going to have a talk on Shakespeare’ s Stratford and a fish and chip lunch on April 16. Then later in the year a guided walk around Stratford
SEPTEMBER has come in and with it a new year, many of our children and grandchildren will have faced up to the new term with new resolutions to do better. In many respects that was the essence of Alan's report on our first year as a new club ; we have
MASTER illusionist Derren Brown is joining the line up of famous names at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival next month. He will be presenting his hilarious Confessions of a Conjuror and discussing his obsession with magic and the amazing journey
THIS weekend marks the end of h.Art, Herefordshire’s annual arts week. The Blue-ginger Gallery in Cradley took part in the event with an open studios exhibition and there is still time to see local artists and craftsmen in action. The artists have been
NATIONAL School’s Film Week is coming to Malvern and Ledbury next month and local school children will be going to the cinema free of charge. Teachers can book free tickets for their pupils for screenings at Malvern Theatres and the Market Theatre in
THE Welsh Tredegar Orpheus Male Voice Choir will return to Welland tomorrow, Saturday, September 18, for its fifth visit. The choir first performed in Welland in 2005 and has been returning to perform at St James’ Church ever since. “We always look
A FORMER Malvern teacher has today been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for sexually abusing one of his pupils. David Kendall Robinson, who taught at the Chase High School, was convicted at Hereford Crown Court in July this year of five
ACTRESS Jenny Seagrove has given this year’s fund-raising Malverns by Moonlight walk a celebrity seal of approval. Hundreds of women will be heading to the hills under the light of a full moon on Saturday, September 25 to raise money for Macmillan Cancer
THE following Planning Applications were made to Herefordshire Council on September 5, 2010:- BOSBURY - Detached double garage and store with associated change of use of land. Walnut House, Stanley Hill Court, Bosbury for Mr A Jordan, Walnut House, Stanley
Bredon Colts 5, Ledbury Colts 16. LEDBURY’S Colts team travelled to Bredon and came away victors in a close game. The visitors scored first with a well- struck penalty by Tom Biggs. Bredon upped the anti with their strong forwards and scored with
THE following Planning Applications were made to Malvern Hills District Council on September 2, 2010:- ALFRICK AND LEIGH - Single storey extension to north, east and south elevations. James Meadow, Workhouse Bank, Alfrick for Mrs Carole Bird, James Meadow
DIAMOND couple Beryl and Stan Hicks will be celebrating 60 happy years of marriage by taking to the waters aboard their treasured narrowboat, which they keep moored at Upton Marina. The couple, who live at The Beeches, were married on September 14, 1950
A CHANCE to get back to basics is being offered at Malvern Youth Centre this autumn. Adults and children alike will be invited to grow fruits and vegetables, weave fabric and willow, bake delicious lattice-style pies and create sculptures from recycled
A CONCERT in aid of the English Symphony Orchestra will feature a trio of talented ESO musicians at Hellens Manor, in Much Marcle. The annual fund-raiser, organised by the Friends of the ESO, will begin with a sparkling wine reception and a buffet before
A MALVERN building firm received a major boost this week when it was offered a slice of Worcestershire County Council's property contracts over the next four years. Speller Metcalf joins two other firms, Kier Moss in Cheltenham and Stourport's Thomas
MORE popular than Status Quo or Lulu, talented musician and singer Martin Spooner plays to more than a quarter of a million fans each year. Despite this, you’d walk past him in the street without a second look – unless perhaps he was wearing his white
RESIDENTS are objecting to the latest plans to create a gipsy site on the outskirts of Leigh Sinton. An application has been made to provide 10 gipsy caravan pitches on a 1.4 hectare piece of land off Lower Howsell Road. The site has been the subject
THREE Malvern Joggers members put the final touches to their Berlin Marathon preparations with good runs at the Bristol Half-Marathon. While Kenya’s Edwin Kipyego took the win with one hour three minutes eight seconds, Vikki Sivertsen posted a personal
WHEN new students entered the Chase sixth form this week, among them were the Parsons quadruplets, who gained 51 GCSE passes at C or above this summer. Among these passes, Rose, George, Samuel and Alice Parsons managed to score six A* and 33 A grades
Monday Navy Training Corps meet at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Link Top, Malvern. 7pm. £2.50. 07794148723. Line Dancing with Teme Valley Western Dancers at Whitbourne Village Hall. 7pm. 01886 821772. Line Dance Classes for beginners ages 11 onwards at
