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  • Icy conditions expected again overnight

    THE snow forecast for last night and early this morning didn't hit Worcestershire as hard as expected but another cold one is expected tonight bringing a risk of icy conditions tomorrow (Saturday, December 17). The Met Office predicts clear skies tonight

  • Shoeboxes spreading festive cheer

    MORE than 5,500 gift-filled shoeboxes are making their way from Worcestershire to vulnerable children across Europe. Operation Christmas Child is delivering to youngsters in countries such as Belarus, Bosnia and Romania who otherwise might not receive

  • Firm's hair-raising charity effort

    FUND-raising is proving a hair-raising experience for employees of a local accountancy firm. Efforts to support the Little Princess Trust saw staff at Kendall Wadley’s Malvern office don wigs of all styles and colours at their desks. Workers paid

  • Hotel plan mooted for old hospital

    "POWICK Hospital could be turned into a hotel if plans submitted to Malvern Hills District Council are approved," reported the Malvern Gazette 25 years ago. "The outline application from West Midlands Regional Health Authority includes proposals to

  • Water situation 'unbelievable'

    "UNBELIEVABLE State Of Affairs" At Cradley was one of the headlines in the Malvern Gazette 50 years ago. "A request by Cradley Parish council to Herefordshire Water Board for a temporary water supply in the area is to be looked into by the board. "The

  • Todays Events

    Friday Reading Rascals for pre-school children to share books and toys at Somers Park Primary Community Room, Somers Park Avenue, Malvern. 9am. 50p for refreshments. 07768 778919. Tai Chi Easy Course at Cradley Village Hall, Rectory Lane. 10am. £36.

  • Echoes from the past

    100 YEARS AGO. We learn that the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars will hold their annual training camp for 1912 at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, by kind permission of Lady Henry Somerset, and not Salisbury Plain, as previously announced. The period fixed