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  • Shopkeepers ‘priority’ in row

    DISTRICT councillor Roy Harding says he is working hard for residents and traders who are angry about plans to replace car parking spaces in Barnards Green with a bus stop. Coun Roy Harding, who represents the Chase ward on Malvern Hills District

  • MP urges action on broadband to be quick

    MALVERN’S MP Harriett Baldwin has welcomed news that superfast broadband is finally on its way to those missing out in Malvern. As we reported, BT and Malvern Hills Conservators have reached an agreement that means outdated cabinets in West Malvern

  • Get your votes in for tourism industry awards

    COUNTYWIDE tourism industry awards are returning for a fourth year with a new category for best business website. The Worcestershire Welcome Awards from Destination Worcestershire and in association with Worcestershire County Council, have been

  • Our A-Level pupils some of the best yet

    STUDENTS from Malvern have performed impressively in this year’s ALevel examinations, returning some of the town’s best ever results. At The Chase School the overall pass rate was 99.5 per cent, with more than half of all grades between A*-B.

  • First Elgar vintage bike ride

    THE first-ever Elgar Vintage Charity Bike Ride will take place on Sunday, September 16. The event has been organised by Malvern Link-based bicycle repair firm Bricycles, to raise money for three local causes: Acorns, Malvern Rugby Club defibrillator

  • Tim had best view of ceremony

    A WORCESTERSHIRE man with a good head for heights had the best view in the house for the spectacular Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. As one of the elite team of lighting engineers charged with ensuring everything ran smoothly in the Olympic

  • Messages of support as Killeen vows to return

    MALVERN mountain biker Liam Killeen has been overwhelmed by messages of support since his Olympic heartbreak. Killeen underwent surgery this week after breaking his leg and ankle while competing in the crosscountry final on Sunday. As the 30

  • Swans return to Severn after pollution 'tragedy'

    "DESPITE local fears, Upton's now-famous family of swans have been returned to the Severn, fully recovered from the pollution which left them covered in diesel oil," reported the Gazette 25 years ago. "One of the six cygnets died from serious

  • Mountain biker – ‘I am going for Brazil’

    MALVERN mountain biker Liam Killeen is already targeting the Rio Olympics in 2016 as he recovers from the heartbreaking crash that brought his home games to a premature and painful end. Killeen was riding well when a puncture saw him fall on a

  • Wheelie bin collection is set for town

    WHEELIE bins are set to come to Malvern after councillors reluctantly backed fortnightly collections. Malvern Hills district councillors backed the introduction of the controversial bins for recycling at a meeting on Tuesday after saying their

  • Echoes from the past

    100 YEARS AGO. A sensation was created in West Malvern on Saturday when it became known that Mr Charles Lamb junior, organist of St James' Church, had been found with a wound in hs throat. He was discovered by Mr Joseph Wardroper on the road