ON Friday, October 31, the Malvern Gazette launches A #VeryMalvern Christmas, a sparkling campaign to champion local businesses during the festive season. We will be banging the drum for the town’s wonderful range of shops, pubs, restaurants, cafes
A FORMER education adviser to the Diocese of Worcester has received a prestigious accolade for his years of tireless work for the church community.Phil Mitchell, who recently retired from his role, was named this year’s recipient of the Wulfstan
MALVERN continued their run of wins at Spring Lane with a performance of ruthless intensity. They beat an ordinary-looking Leamington side 53-10 with nine tries to go second in Midlands Two West (South). For the first 10 minutes, the visitors
WEST Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has called for more women to stand in next year’s district council elections while backing a campaign calling for a more representative gender balance in parliament.Throwing her support behind the 50:50 Petition
CHILDREN aged between two and four in Worcestershire are being offered the new nasal spray flu vaccine in place of the traditional injection as this year’s vaccination campaign gets started. The new Fluenz Tetra immunisation, which has been used
A SUPPORT group helping men in Worcestershire battling prostate cancer has raised a massive £5,000 towards an appeal to buy a state-of-the-art surgical machine.The Kidderminster and District Prostate Cancer Support Group, now in its fifteenth year
At the Malvern Hills District Council meeting on October 16 Martin Lawrence chose to use part of his allocated time during the public speaking session to question why I spent time at the employment tribunal which was hearing the case of the unfair dismissal
THIS year's Big Draw event raised more than £3,000 for a local children's hospice.123 postcard sized pieces of artwork, produced by professional artists, with the theme of It's Our World, were put to auction, along with more than 120
THE mess that Malvern Hills District Council finds itself in regard to the South Worcestershire Development Plan has its origins in 2010 when the government scrapped Labour's regional spatial strategy and replaced it with a new policy that is, in
THE first soldiers from Upton who were killed in The First World War were commemorated on the anniversary of their death.Members of the Royal British Legion were joined by Upton in Bloom in paying the respects to the fallen heroes on October 28, along
THE deadline for Malvern's Beacon Shining Light Awards has been extended until November 14 so that even more entries can be taken.The awards are a way of saying thank you to a local hero who goes that extra mile for others without seeking any reward
BETWEEN £250 and £280 in cash and bank cards were stolen from a house in Minge Lane, Upton, on Saturday, October 25 while the resident was in bed.Although the resident’s dog began to growl between 7am and 8am, they assumed the neighbour
E is for Elephant was the title of the presentation given at October's meeting of Malvern Women's Guild of Friendship at Christ Church Hall, Avenue Road, Malvern.It was obvious that the speaker Phred Newbury has great affection for elephants as
A CATALYTIC converter was stolen from a vehicle parked in Chapmans Orchard, Hanley Swan, between 5pm on Monday, October 20 and 8.40am the following day. Any information call 101 quoting incident number 0144-s-211014.
THIEVES attempted to steal a white Skoda pick-up truck parked on a driveway in Upton on Monday.The criminals prized open the door of a green Ford Fiesta also parked on the driveway in Queensmead between 1.50am and 2.05am on October 27 and pushed it onto
THIEVES stole registration plates from two vehicles parked in Napleton Road, Kempsey, within the space of two days. The front plate was stolen from a Suzuki Swift between 10pm on Monday, October 20 and 10am the following day. The rear plate was stolen
BOTH front and rear registration plates of a grey BMW 525D parked in a private car park in Backfields in Upton between 5pm on Friday, October 24 and 5.50am on Monday, October 27. Any information call 101 quoting incident number 0054-s-271014.
POWER tools were stolen from two vans parked in Kempsey after thieves cut holes in the vehicles’ rear doors.A Vauxhall Vivaro van parked in Freemantle Drive, Kempsey was broken into between 11pm on Monday, October 20 and 5am the following day while
A PAIR of balaclava-wearing men were seen being dropped off in Madresfield, near Malvern, from a dark coloured saloon at 8.40pm on Thursday, October 23. One was seen searching two unlocked cars – a Hyundai and a Honda Civic – parked on a driveway
MEMBERS were asked to indicate on the list on the table their choice of meal for the Christmas lunch, and were also reminded that payment should be made at the November meeting. Correspondence - a letter was received from Tupsley Guild who are organizing
ELAINE Cox gave a very upbeat and informative presentation on the history and work of Acorns Hospice at the October meeting of Parkway WI.Members were appreciative of some of the stories she told regarding a few of the families helped by Acorns and were
A LONG-TERM plan for improving canals and rivers in Worcestershire was launched last weekThe vision, which has been announced by the Canal and River Trust’s South Wales and Severn’s Waterway Partnership, is for waterways to help increase jobs
