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  • Fixtures wash out

    WATERLOGGED pitches again caused the vast majority of Worcester and District Football League matches to be postponed. But Malvern Radar enhanced their Sunday Division One title hopes with a 5-1 victory at Goodrest Juniors for their sixth successive

  • Busy new year for 999 crews

    THE new year began with a bang for emergency services as they dealt with an explosive cocktail of drinkfuelled fun, falls and fights. The number of 999 calls on New Year’s Eve soared well above last year’s total as ambulance crews and hospital

  • Rugby - Malvern in ‘must-win’ tie

     MALVERN Rugby Club are targeting a strong finish to the National League Three South West season as they look to move clear of the division’s drop-zone. The Spring Lane side have the perfect chance to make a flying start to 2013 when they travel

  • Patrick to represent Queen

    A FORMER soldier has been appointed as the Queen’s new representative in Worcestershire. Lt Col Patrick Holcroft, who has been a deputy lieutenant for the last three years, has been announced as the county’s new Lord Lieutenant. The 64-year-old

  • Wild volunteering

     A WILDLIFE charity is urging people to make volunteering one of their new year resolutions Worcestershire Wildlife Trust relies on an army of more than 400 volunteers to manage its reserves. It is particularly keen to find new helpers for the

  • Soldier engaged in Christmas surprise

    IT was a very merry Christmas for one Malvern soldier when he received an extra-special present. Steve Savage, who serves in the RAF Regiment, popped the question to his girlfriend Jenny Black on Christmas Day and she accepted his proposal.

  • Brave decision

    WE should all remember that the Westminster Liberal Democrats took a brave and difficult decision in becoming the junior member in a coalition with the Conservatives but it did allow the country to have a Government. Nick Clegg and his colleagues

  • Complaints over councillor’s role in housing plan

    UP to 15 complaints have been made about a Malvern councillor’s role in shaping the future of a vital housing blueprint. Councillor Roger Cousins owns land in Welland which is at the centre of controversial proposals for 50 new properties.

  • Murder probe is launched

    A MURDER investigation has been launched after a man was found stabbed to death in Worcestershire. Adrian Locke, aged 39, of no fixed abode, was found in Teme Road, Worcester, at 7.22pm on Wednesday with multiple stab wounds. Mr Locke, who

  • Myth upon myth

     MAY I be permitted to point out a number of myths that have appeared in recent issues of the Malvern Gazette. C S Lewis never stated that any specific gas lamp in Malvern inspired the one in The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, or by the way,

  • They dug up my garden because it gave people sniffles

    A PENSIONER has been left devastated after housing chiefs dug up her award-winning flower display following complaints from neighbours that it gave them sniffles. Workmen paid a visit to Julia Mason’s home in Barnards Close, Malvern, and hacked