CHRIST Church and St Mary’s will be hosting a visit this weekend of German guests from the Magdeburg area as part of their partnership exchange. The visit follows last year's trip by a party from the two churches to Germany last year, where they were
HUNDREDS of mourners turned out to say their final farewells to an 19-year-old “loveable rogue” killed in a motorcycle collision. Biker mates of Carl Cocks, a former Chase pupil from Malvern, followed the hearse and revved their engines in tribute before
A FATHER-of-four from Malvern has been jailed for 10-years for his part in the violent kidnap of a lorry driver. Lenny Hodgkins, from the Glade, was one of five men who kidnapped Polish lorry driver, Marek Tuszynski, and stole his load on Thursday,
LEDBURY Poetry Festival kicked off last Friday (July 2) with a stirring performance from legendary Beat poet Michael McClure. An audience buzzing with anticipation crowded into the community centre for the reading by McClure, one of the leading
A MAD Hatter’s Tea Party is expected at Holy Trinity Church Hall tomorrow (Saturday). The party, part of the church’s annual summer fair, will see prizes awarded for the best home-made hats in three age groups. Organisers are also hoping
WORKERS at defence firm QinetiQ are “in a state of shock” after the announcement that 230 jobs are set to be axed in Malvern - almost a fifth of the workforce at the company’s St Andrew’s Road site. The firm has announced 391 potential job losses across
PONY rides will be among the attractions when Callow End holds its village fun day tomorrow (Saturday, July 10). The event is being held on the village playing field, and proceeds will go towards the upkeep of the fields, and to the village Rainbows
THE mother of an 18-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan one-year ago hopes his legacy will help thousands of service men and women across the UK. Lucy Aldridge, from Bredenbury, lost her son William to an explosive device in Sangin province on July
THE Gazette 50 years ago reported the opening of an exhibition by students of the Malvern School of Arts and Crafts. The guest of honour was the novelist Geoffrey Trease, whio lived near Colwall, and who said: "I like the idea of arts school's because
Monday Super Weeks organised by Active Training and Education at Bromyard. www.ate.org.uk. 0845 567805. Navy Training Corps meet at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Link Top, Malvern. 7pm. £2.50. 07794148723. Line Dancing with Teme Valley Western Dancers
Friday Body Conditioning Class at Rushwick Village Hall. 9.45am. £3.50. 07970 961836. Seasonal Summer Cooking at Our Lizzy, Howsell Road, Malvern. 10am. £75. 01684 892 688. Malvern Civic Society meet at Malvern College Sports Centre. 7.30pm. The Edinburgh
"LEDBURY Town Council members are going into battle again next week against pigeons which constantly plague the 17th-century Market House in the town centre," said the Ledbury Reporter 25 years ago. "On Monday, the councillors are meeting
100 years ago. There were three Old Malvernians in the 'Varsity cricket match this week. F N Tuff on the winning Oxford side and F T Mann and O Hughes in the defeated Cambridge eleven. Malvern Gazette, July 10, 1910. As showing the extent to which
