PLANS to build four four-bedroom houses on land at Welland Road, Hanley Swan, have been given the green lights by Malvern Hills councillors.The application, submitted by Sarah Millin and Leisa Brooking, was approved 15-0 with one abstention at a meeting
UPTON’S dreams of playing at Twickenham were shattered after a spirited display ended in a 35-19 home defeat to Vipers. Their RFU Midlands Senior Vase semi-final hopes had been boosted when Vipers lost to last-eight opponents Rugby St Andrews in
A bowls club is calling out for new members to pick up the balls and join in the fun.Upton Bowls Club is calling out for more members to play a friendly game, after numbers have dwindled over the last couple of years.Tony Strutt, of Upton Bowls Club,
WORK has begun on the site of a proposed "retirement village' on a former school site close to the centre of Great Malvern. In 2012, the development company Audley won planning permission to build the "village" on the site of the former Ellerslie
CHILDREN aged four to seven can now learn about health, reading, writing and arithmetic with a new Apple iPad app developed by West Midlands Ambulance Service.The free Junior Paramedic app brings key stage one learning into a health context.It features
A MALVERN-based camera club is once again looking for budding young snappers to enter its Young Photographer of the Year competition.The competition, now in its fourth year, is being run in partnership with Worcestershire County Council, and is open to
IT was quite amazing to see the Malvern Gazette's response to news that The Sun was considering dropping Page 3 (January 23). Rather than report on the pressure The Sun has come under to end its inclusion of bare-breasted women in its pages, provide information
I THINK the cable car idea is a brilliant idea, and I am in full support. It will help boost tourism in the area and will allow those who are not normally able to enjoy the hills like fortunate ones who can. From a financial point of view, there will
THE prime minister of Malaysia returned to his old school in Malvern this week for the official opening of its new science centre.The Hon. Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak was a pupil at Malvern College from 1968 to 1971 and on Monday he returned for the opening
WALKING with my children at St Wulstan's Nature Reserve I was shocked to encounter two out-of-control dogs worrying the cattle that graze there managing the habitat. I spoke to the owner (one of a group of four) who robustly defended their anti-social
A window of a listed building was smashed in Upton after a beer glass was thrown toward it.The beer glass was thrown toward the property in Court Street, smashing the downstairs bathroom window.The victim's boyfriend, who was at the property at the time
THE future of the National Health Service will be on the agenda at a public meeting organised by the Malvern Hills Green Party.The event is open to all those concerned about the NHS whatever their politics, says Dr John Blewitt, chairman of the Malvern
MORE than 60 members and friends of the Group attended their latest meeting at which a presentation by Judy Conway and Pat Strauss of The Friends of the Master's House was given. The fully illustrated talk covered the Master's House refurbishment to date
A PLANNING application to erect a terrace of three houses at Upton-upon-Severn has been thrown out by Malvern Hills councillors.The application, made by Sarah Hearn and Helen Featherstonhaugh, was to build the houses on land at Willowbank, in the town's
A PLAN to build three now houses at Woodend Farm, Upper Welland Road, Malvern Wells, has been given the go-ahead by Malvern Hills councillors.The application, submitted by Mr and Mrs D Horn, was approved by 10 votes to five with one abstention at a meeting
A PLAN to increase the height of a fence surrounding football pitches at Malvern Vale Community Centre has been narrowly approved by Malvern Hills councillors.The application sought to double the height of the fence to 4.8 metres, to prevent footballs
