A DEVELOPER is looking to build 10 new homes on a former prep school site in the heart of Malvern. Banner Homes has submitted plans to re-develop part of the former Malvern College prep site in Abbey Road to Malvern Hills District Council. This
FULL-time milliner GWen Faqrrer said 'Get your Hats on Ladies' when she was the speaker on the evening of Saturday, March 10. A lovely surprise was in store for members when she described how she trained and travelled throughout Europe attending
ADRIAN Lucas, who has been conductor of Worcester Festival Choral Society (WFCS) for 15 years, will pick up the baton for the last time for the society’s spring concert in Worcester Cathedral on Saturday, March 24. Mr Lucas, who has been cathedral
“HOUSEWIFE Superstar” and mother-of-five Mrs Barbara Nice will be offering her pearls of wisdom to Tewkesbury audiences this week. Mrs Barbara Nice – the comic creation of Birmingham-based actress and director Janice Connolly – will visit the
MEMBERS enjoyed a somewhat sticky evening making a variety of objects in papier mâché. Bowls, plates, plant pots, a vase and a tomb for an Easter display all took shape and were carefully taken home to dry for decorating at a future meeting. The
One of the highlights of my 58-year journalism career was the day a woman revealed to me she was the youngest survivor of the Titanic. Seventy-six-year-old Ellen Mary Walker turned up at the office in 1989 and asked to be shown for the first
COMMENTATOR and stand-up comedian Mark Steel returns to the Courtyard this week. Steel has been performing comedy for nearly 30 years and has also presented The Mark Steel Lectures (BBC2), The Mark Steel Solution (Radio 4) and appeared on shows
FROM singing to dancing to beatboxing – pupils from Malvern’s Dyson Perrins CE Academy have shown they’ve got talent. Dozens of youngsters took part in Dyson’s Got Talent, a Britain’s Got Talent-style contest organised mainly by sixth form music
CONGRATULATIONS to pupils at St James’ CE Primary School, who for the second year running have won the Dyson Cluster Netball tournament. The team will now go forward to the district tournament. West Malvern Garden & Nature Club held their annual
CRADLEY WI met in Storridge Village Hall for a most interesting evening. Christine Abbott welcomed members and explained that they would listen to the speaker, Brenda Allen, and conclude the regular WI business after the usual tea and coffee break
I WAS looking forward to my aunt’s 80th birthday party in Yorkshire this evening (Friday March 9). Instead I am at home, working out how to get a refund for my £160 train tickets. We had arrived at Great Malvern train station, to discover
A FAMILIAR bouncy Afro-roots duo will soon make their return to Malvern. Two Man Ting are set to play at The Great Malvern Hotel in Graham Road on Saturday, March 31, from 9.30pm. The duo formed in 2004 when Sierra Leonean master-drummer Jah-man
A FORMER cook at Malvern Town Football Club has been warned he faces a long jail sentence after being convicted of starting a “grudge” blaze at a neighbour’s home. Thomas Corns set three fires at the property in Elgar Avenue, Malvern, where 18
SIXTH form students from Malvern’s Chase School took part in the Worcester round of a national inter-school war games competition and won. The team, Matt Anthony, Stuart Hawkins, Chris Moore, Callum Munroe and Guy Thwaites, played 12 games of the
WE are sorry Dave Goldsbrough is so troubled over the Evolution Weekend. If he had come along, we might have set his mind at rest, or better still, begun a conversation about faith and science, face to face. ‘Relevance’ does not need to be manufactured
THE music and memories of Connie Francis are coming to Worcester’s Swan Theatre. Connie Francis; Musical Memories, written by Brian Langtry, takes the audience on a moving and fascinating journey through the eventful life of the popular singer
LAST Sunday a Lent Lunch was held at Longdon. Everyone tucked into delicious home-made soup, bread, cheese and fruit. A total of £116 was raised for the Well Counselling Service in Malvern. The Benefice Lent course continues at Dees Cottage today
NURSES and doctors at Worcestershire Royal Hospital have been asked to smile more and treat people as they would expect to be treated. NHS bosses are attempting to improve the experience of patients at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester
THE search is on for Malvern and Ledbury people to take part in an epic relay race as part of this year’s Sport Relief campaign. Sport Relief and the BBC’s The One Show this week called for members of the public aged 16 or over to run a mile each
