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Sunset from the Worcestershire Beacon by Chris Bright

FAMILIES are being encouraged to get wild about wildlife during the Easter holidays.Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is offering a series of holiday activities to help children discover more about the "fascinating" world of wildlife.The conservation

THE number of 16 and 17 years old in education or training has risen across the county.Figures released by the Department for Education shows that as of December 2014 88.1 percent of young people are in education or training positions, compared to 68.9

A CARE home in Malvern has been rated 'good' by inspectors across five essential care criteria. Dalvington and The Oaks, of Lower Howsell Road, which caters for up to15 people with learning or physical disabilities, was visited by the Care Quality Commission

WHEN it came to observing the eclipse of the sun which took place last Friday, the people of Mathon were in good hands.Among the residents of the village is keen astronomer Chris Baddiley, and he held an eclipse party at his observatory, inviting neighbours

THIS horsebox trailer was stolen from a barn in Shoulton, near Hallow.The trailer, registration number HB506, was stolen despite being secured with a hitch lock and chained to a steel girder and was reported missing at 4.20pm on Sunday, March 22.Police

ANTI-poverty campaigners in the Malvern area are delighted with how a venture to create a new loan scheme is going.The Malvern Credit and Debt Campaign is starting up a no-interest loan scheme, based on one which is currently proving successful in Tenbury

THE final whistle has blown on the life of Neil Phillips, who was a popular GP in Malvern for nine years but earned national fame as doctor to the England football team that won the World Cup in 1966.He was pitchside at Wembley when Sir Alf Ramsey's side

Riding high on the Malverns by Katherine Panton-Kent

THE Malvern Branch of Save the Children AGM took place on Tuesday, March 10. The Chairman reported that it had been another full year during which we had responded to Disaster Emergency Appeals for Syria, South Sudan , Gaza and for the latest appeal for

Amnesty International -Malvern Hills Group says a big thank you to customers of Morrisons in Malvern Link, who gave so generously at a recent collection on March 2nd. The sum of £228.71 was raised towards Amnesty's valuable work to defend human rights