MALVERN’S new volunteering service will be up and running from next week. Starting on Thursday (July 22), Malvern Hills Volunteering will hold regular sessions at the hub in Malvern Library between 1.30-4.30pm on Thursdays and 9am-12.30pm on Fridays
IT will cost just under £1,300 to repair the clock at a village church. Powick Parish Council has agreed to fund repairs at St Peter’s Church after hearing complaints that the clock was slowing down. The firm employed to fix the clock will also look
A PLANNING application to turn a pub off the main Hereford-Worcester road into a domestic dwelling has been approved. The application, for the Prancing Pony, at Stifford's Bridge, was submitted to Herefordshire Council by Mr and Mrs R White. The pub
THE sun shone on West Malvern last weekend, providing almost perfect summer weather for Saturday’s West Fest (reported elsewhere in this issue) and for the charity Open Gardens event on Sunday, July 11. The latter proved both a happy occasion and a huge
A WOMAN who fell over in her own drive wants to thank the Good Samaritan who came to her rescue. Shelia Scott fell outside her home in Layton Avenue on the evening of Wednesday, March 31. She said: "It was cold and dark. I was trapped between my car
DON'T forget the annual Shindig and Gymkhana on Saturday, July 17. Gymkhana starts 2pm prompt, dog show 4pm and Shindig 7.30pm. Bar, raffle, skittles, pig roast and live entertainment. Should be well signposted - head for Golden Valley, turn towards Mill
AN overwhelming success and an event to be proud of would be a good summary for the lunch held at Berrow Vicarage gardens last Saturday to raise funds for Help the Heroes. A huge thank you to all who came and supported us and for the many generous donations
ARTIST Dame Laura Knight's connection with Malvern has been honoured with a plaque at the hotel where she stayed. The plaque, on the wall of the Mount Pleasant Hotel, Belle Vue Terrace, was officially unveiled on Saturday (July 10) by members of Malvern
STUDENTS and staff at Malvern College are celebrating another excellent year of International Baccalaureate results Head Antony Clark said he was absolutely delighted and that the results were a great credit to the flair and hard work of staff and pupils
ST Mary’s and Christ Church are twinned as a parish with a group of churches in Magdeburg, in the former East Germany. A long weekend visit by a German Party culminated in a joint trip to Gloucester on Monday, July 12. David Griffiths of St Mary’s summarises
ON Saturday, July 17 our regular Farmers’ Market and Coffee Morning will be held from 10.30am to noon at Bosbury Parish Hall. This will be in aid of Holy Trinity Church, Bosbury. All our usual good food and craft stalls will be there, including a Fairtrade
MEMBERS arrived at Val Durnell's house ready to enjoy a balmy evening outside in the sun. But no such luck that the sun would shine! It was overcast, chilly and then it started to rain. But as members are used to this on any outdoor meeting they soldiered
ON an open glorious afternoon with all the doors and windows open President Mrs Wilkinson welcomed members and the speaker Dudley Brooke. The records of last months meeting were read and discussed and then a member from Ripple WI gave a very good report
WATER and light have been identified as the two key themes for the proposed redevelopment of a corridor of land dubbed the ‘Route to the Hills’. Malvern Hills District Council has been working with groups including Malvern Civic Society, High Street
OUR meeting this month was something quite special. Jill Salmonds had originally said that she would come and talk to us about African textiles but due to her other commitments she had her car filled with Chinese textiles and hoped that we would not mind
THE minister of three Malvern Methodist churches will hold a special service to mark her retirement this Sunday (July 18). Reverend Catherine Campbell Hyde, from Victoria Park Road, has served in Malvern for the past nine-years at Somers Park Avenue
MALVERN’S Morgan Motor Company has been selected as one of 25 UK companies to compete in the prestigious European Business Awards. The UK firms will compete against another 150 companies from across the continent. Morgan’s managing director Charles
Wednesday Drawing and watercolour classes with Martin Kelly at Tiger Arts, 271 Worcester Road, Malvern Link. 10am & 7pm. £10. 01684 565635. Little Urchins Pre-School Christian Group meet at Malvern Link URC Church Hall, Worcester Road. 1.45pm. Theme
