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  • Work still to be done on hospital revamp project

    PROGRESS is being made in a long-delayed project revamping hospital services in Worcestershire but work remains to be done, a senior health boss has said.Although it was previously hoped the project dubbed The Future of Acute Hospital Services in Worcestershire

  • It's our money and we should know how it's being spent

    COUNCILLOR Tom Wells should be congratulated and supported in revealing details of the secret pay-off to the departing chief executive of Malvern Hills Council. The council is a public body spending public money and has to account for every penny.There

  • Patients first, not profit

    I RECENTLY contacted our MP, Harriett Baldwin, to ask her to support the National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill, which is being debated by Parliament.This Bill aims to reduce the pressure to privatise services by amending some of the

  • Man punched as he walked home from work

    A MAN was punched to the face while walking home from work in Malvern.Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which took place on November 14 along Orford Way in Malvern at 6.30pm.The victim was walking alone along the road when an unknown

  • Worcestershire farmers hand over mammoth charity cheque

    A CHARITY that helps people in the farming community deal with hardship and distress has received a cash boost from Worcestershire farmers.County farmers have raised £11,250 for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) and a cheque was handed

  • Shining a light for lost loved ones in Malvern

    WITH just a few days to go towards the official switch-on of Malvern's Tree of Light, this years's appeal has been a great success so far, say organisers.Malvern Rotary will be switching on the Tree of Light in Priory Park at 6.30pm on Monday, December

  • Deer suffers horrific facial injuries

    HEARTLESS poachers have inflicted horrific facial injuries on a deer.The poor animal was shot in the face by illegal hunters in Symonds Yat East, Herefordshire, on Thursday, November 13.It was found the morning after the shocking attack struggling to

  • Malvern Town see off Cradley in seven-goal thriller

    MALVERN Town were made to fight hard for a 4-3 home win over lowly Cradley Town in the West Midlands League Premier Division. A slippery HDanywhere Community Stadium pitch passed an inspection and Les Jones' sixth-placed side powered into a 4-1

  • Stolen cash machine has not yet been recovered

    A CASH dispenser stolen fromMalvern at the start of the month still has not been recovered, police said this week.The machine was ripped out of the wall at Marks and Spencer on the Malvern Retail Park in the early hours of Tuesday, November 4.The offenders

  • Is this Worcestershire's wackiest ever wedding?

    AN adrenaline-junkie couple from Worcestershire made a real splash when they had their wedding vows blessed in an underwater ceremony.James Abbott and Dorota Bankowska, who live in Great Witley, took the plunge and tied the knot in a 1.5 million litre