A DYING transsexual’s dream of a white wedding came true last week.Brain tumour sufferer Parma Bertoli married Stephanie Nickles at the register office in Worcester on Thursday (February 26).The newly-weds from Warndon, who fell in love as men before
A TRACTOR that will make “an enormous difference to lives” is being donated to a small village in Tanzania by the Diocese of Worcester.The Massey Ferguson machine was purchased by the diocese in 2013 before being fully reconditioned by students of Moreton
WITH reference to having a cable car up to the Beacon, I remember when I was a girl in the 1950s and living in Malvern.The powers-that-be were against having a fish and chip shop, not wanting to move on in those days. It seems on reflection the same can
It falls to few to suspect that their words will endure, even after their death; but it is likely that the works of folklorist, Roy Palmer, will be read for as long as the English language is spoken.Mr Palmer died last week, on February 26, aged 83.In
ANTONIO Horta-Osorio, the managing director of Lloyds Bank, is celebrating a £11.5 million pay and benefits package this year. His senior colleagues, although no doubt disgruntled at having to share a mere £30 million bonus package, will nevertheless
A CHARTERED accountant specialising in charities, I support the Malvern Hills Conservators and would ask that they be allowed to get on with the job that they were set up to do – looking after the hills, not investigating cable car schemes.The Conservators
POLICE are urging residents to be on guard in the wake of a spate of bike thefts which has hit Welland.Nine bikes have been taken from properties in the village, of which four have been located and returned to the owner, and police believe the incidents
WE, the residents of Hastings Pool, wish to thank you for your excellent article on our favourite historic Potting Shed (February 27).The applicant’s adviser has claimed that the structure is not regarded as curtilage. The authority has made clear that
ON the afternoon of Monday, February 23, Year 6 travelled to Cheltenham Pittville Pump Room to have a lesson on the Javanese gamelan. This trip was organised to support the Year 6 music curriculum, where the pupils study music from Indonesia. Gamelan,
RUNNERS of all abilities are being urged to sign off for the Pendock Spring Chicken Run later this month.The event, which has a choice of 10K, 5K and 1K courses, offers participants the chance to experience the gently undulating roads and farm tracks
OUR meeting on Tuesday, February 10 started with the Homage and Silent Tribute during which we remembered with great sadness Charles Newton our Branch Patron who passed away at his home in Camelford, Cornwall in late January. Charles had been a stalwart
