TWO students from Hanley Castle HIgh School will meet a Holocaust survivor and visit a World War Two concentration camp after being awarded a bursary by the Lessons from Auschwitz programme. Claudia Freemantle and Tom Whatmore, who are both in year 12
OLD Herbaceous is a gentle one-man show at The Coach House Theatre in Grange Road, Malvern, this weekend. There are performances this evening, Friday, February 11, and tomorrow, Saturday, February 12. Set in the early part of the last century Old Herbaceous
PEOPLE are being reminded to dust off their walking boots in preparation for a charity walk on the Malverns. The annual Malvern Hills walk for St Richard’s Hospice takes place on Saturday, May 21 and all abilities will be catered for, with a choice of
Not having seen the original ‘Blues Brothers’ and knowing very little about them I was not sure what to expect – a tribute act or a story. As it turned out it was the former as there was no link between songs. Without the information provided in the
THE focus of the UK folk music scene will be on Cheltenham this weekend when the 15th annual Cheltenham Folk Festival takes place. The festival takes place from today, Friday February 11 - Sunday, February 13 and Cheltenham Town Hall is the hub for this
THE Welland Arts and Crafts will be holding their next meeting at the Village Hall on Friday, February 11 at 7.30pm. Jan Long MBE will be speaking about the work of the British Council – visitors are always welcome. Just Clobber at St. James Church will
BROCKHAMPTON Estate, near Bromyard, is holding an open day to recruit new volunteers tomorrow (Saturday, February 12). The estate will be opening a full seven days a week from 5 March to November 6 this year and needs more helpers to manage this. A
PUB Walks in Underhill Country is a new comic novel and it is being launched with a book signing by the author Nat Segnit at Ledbury’s Market House next week. The book signing event on Thursday, February 17, at 6.30pm has been organised by Ledbury Books
A WOMAN who was found dead at home in Malvern, and a man who fell to his death from a Worcester car park have been named by the coroner. Sarah Fernandes Mason, aged 39, was found dead on a bed in her home at Cooper Street last Friday, February
COLWALL Parish Council has written to Prince Charles to ask if his Duchy Originals company would be interested in taking over Malvern Water. The famous bottling plant in the village stopped production suddenly in November 2010, with owners, Coca Cola
YOUNGSTERS at Redmarley CE School learned all about the importance of keeping their hands clean this week. On Tuesday (February 8) they were visited by nurse Michelle Devilleforte-Jones from Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital, which is leading a campaign
RESIDENTS of West Malvern are being asked what they think of plans for a new pavilion on the village playing field. The pavilion is intended as a replacement for an older building, which was torn down in 2008 after falling into dereliction. A committee
CATHERINE Cookson had better watch out! Well perhaps not, but at the meeting held on Thursday, February 3, the speaker, Betty Mould, certainly fuelled members' enthusiasm to try their hand at writing the odd short story, letter or advice on household
CASTLEMORTON Gardening Club meet in the Parish Hall at 7.45pm on Thursday, February 17 for a talk on The Chelsea Challenge 2010 by Christine Ffoulkes-Jones of Hall Farm Nursery (please note this is a change from the printed programme). Tickets are available
CRADLEY WI met this week for the first meeting of 2011. President, Di Cale, welcomed members after a long gap as they were forced to cancel two events during the cold spell before Christmas. She thanked members for their help at the Cradley Christmas
CEILIDH night with the Ringerike Band will be this Saturday, February 12 between 7.30pm and 11pm. Tickets are £7 adults, £3 children or £16 for a family ticket. This will include a hot and cold buffet. A bar will also be available on the night. If you
WOULD you like to adopt, and look after, an old grave, which has been left untended without any love or affection? All you have to do is to weed and tidy it, to stop weeds growing over, and covering, the grave. Most of the graves to be adopted are more
THE Friends of Colwall Primary School will be holding a James Bond Party Night (a new adult event of the year) on Saturday, February 12 from 8pm until midnight at Colwall Village Hall. Tickets are £12 to include food and first drink and available from
MALVERN Community Forest is once again holding a bird box sponsorship scheme this year. For £8 you can sponsor a bird box which will be numbered and placed in local woodlands, including the Community Woodland at Townsend Way. During the nesting season
DELIGHTED residents have welcomed the withdrawal of plans to build almost 4,000 new homes near Elgar’s birthplace. As revealed by the Gazette, developer J S Bloor has withdrawn its application for 3,900 homes and land for schools, employment
Tuesday Yoga for All various classes throughout the week, one free class trial at The Wheel of Life Centre, North Malvern Road, Malvern. 01886 833826/07816 147501. Just Write Creative writing group meet upstairs at The Fig Tree Restaurant, 99b Church
