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  • PC disciplined for comments

    A POLICE officer with West Mercia Police were among those to have been disciplined for making inappropriate comments on Facebook. More than 200 complaints have been made against police officers across the UK for comments or photos posted on Facebook

  • Focus on benefits

    IT is clear that both LESS and LOTS have strong feelings about the proposals for a Sainsbury’s store in the town. As a group we would like to step away from the debate and agree to disagree. Our focus is the benefits, such as no longer having

  • New Year honour for F1 champion Nigel

    FORMER F1 champion Nigel Mansell, born in Upton-upon- Severn, is in pole position in the New Year Honours after being made a CBE for services to children and young people. The Formula 1 motor racing world champion is among a host of people

  • Here’s the cure

    THE LOTS group’s opposition to out of town stores is not good for Ledbury town or the ordinary folk (not shopkeepers) of Ledbury. I did a survey of numerous products that an ordinary household would purchase over 12 months and found they were

  • Winds cause chaos on roads

    HIGH winds caused havoc for drivers in and around Malvern yesterday. Gusts of up to 60mph have battered the area over the last few days and a white Renault Clio crashed on Hanley Road, near to the Three Counties Showground, at about 7.23am yesterday

  • Warning over store

    REGARDING the proposed Sainsbury’s store in Ledbury – I am writing to let you know what the experience of having a Sainsbury’s supermarket has been here in St John’s, Worcester. St John’s is known as the ‘village in the city’ because of the wide

  • Snowfall brings discomfort to town

    "THE New Year brought Arctic conditions to Malvern, with temperatures well below freezing point, heavy falls of snow, icy roads and paths, and to add to the general discomfort a flu epidemic," reported the Gazette 50 years ago. "Many householders

  • We’ll keep bookshop in our town

    A GROUP of well-read Malvern residents were so shocked to hear that a long-standing independent bookshop was shutting down they decided to band together in a bid to replace it. As revealed by the Gazette, Beacon Books, in Worcester Road, will

  • Farewell to a stalwart worker

    "AT the end of the year there retired from the service of the Foley Estate a very old and much respected employee, Mr Henry Woodward of Guarlford," reported the Malvern Gazette 100 years ago . "He had charge of the roads of the Malvern Manor, including

  • Thought for the Week

    I WAS in the city of Arusha in northern Tanzania in East Africa, in November. There is a Midlands charity called Project Arusha which has two main objectives. It pays the school fees for some girls and boys at the secondary schools. It has also sent 27

  • Echoes from the past

    100 YEARS AGO. Benjamin Morris of King's Hill, Leigh, was summoned for failing to give up the license for the removal of pigs from Worcester Market to his premises, after completing the movement. PC Holloway gave evidence, and defendant, who admitted