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  • Photo event is just 'wild'

    KEEN snappers from across Worcestershire are being invited to showcase their skills in a photographic competition to raise money for the county’s wildlife. Conservation charity Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is looking for photographs that reflect

  • Lieutenant decision due

    WORCESTERSHIRE’S next lord lieutenant could be announced by the end of the year. In September, the Cabinet Office launched a consultation into who should be selected as a leader in the county following the death of Michael Brinton in April after

  • West Malvern

    HAVE you heard about the latest plans for the West Malvern Outdoor Education Centre? In a nutshell – there is a plan that it should be outsourced by the county council to a children’s activity holiday company on a 25-year lease at a peppercorn rent

  • Memorial tree to be lit again

    THE night sky in Upton will once again be lit up by Upton in Bloom’s fund-raising Memorial Tree this Christmas. The annual project offers people the chance to celebrate lost loved ones by dedicating a light on a tree in the Old Churchyard.

  • Great Malvern Priory Lunch Box

    FOR a thousand years, Madresfield Court and the Beauchamp family have been important players in the history of Malvern and farther afield. The latest generation of the Beauchamps have now moved into the house following a major renovation. Peter

  • No room at the inn

    AL MURRAY is back as The Pub Landlord, for a one night- only, sell-out performance at Huntingdon Hall. The famous funny man is in the city next Friday (December 7) at 7.30pm.

  • Thai gets win for Come Dine hostess Lucy

    A MALVERN woman proved to be a whizz in the kitchen by scooping the top prize on Come Dine With Me last week. Lucy Hird, a former pupil of The Chase, served up the winning combination of food, hospitality and entertainment on the popular Channel

  • World of gaming is opened to Kym

    A STUDENT from Malvern was given a special insight into the world of online gaming. Kym Payne was selected to take part in a pilot workshop at independent state-funded academy Birmingham Ormiston Academy – a specialist digital, creative and performing

  • Longdon

    A Christmas coffee morning will be held in Longdon Church on Saturday, December 8, from 10am-noon. Profits will be given to church funds. The Christmas activity morning takes place at the vicarage on Saturday, December 22, 10am-noon. St

  • Brass band concert

    A BAND will strike up for a lively concert to get you in the mood for Christmas next weekend. Malvern Hills District Brass Band presents Swinging Christmas at Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall from 7.30pm on Saturday, December 8. The evening’s entertainment

  • Marching band calls a halt after nearly 30 years

    A MARCHING band from Malvern has reached the end of the line after nearly 30 years because of a lack of young recruits. Malcolm Fish, who founded the Malvern Lynx Marching Band back in 1983, says that young people simply do not seem interested

  • Council is just quality

    A SPECIAL presentation has been made to Colwall Parish Council celebrating it being awarded Quality Parish Council status. The status is awarded to local bodies demonstrating they meet strict standards in areas such as the qualifications of the

  • Malvern Family History Society

    THE speaker at the November meeting was Yvonne Stayt, of Gloucestershire. Her talked revolved around her early childhood in Holland under German occupation during the Second World War. The meeting on Wednesday at 7pm will include a talk given

  • The bells ring for LADS play

    LEDBURY Amateur Dramatic Society (LADS) will hold open auditions for their spring production Ding Dong next month. Ding Dong is a modern French farce and has been scheduled for three performances between April 18 and 20, following a 10-week rehearsal

  • Biker didn't stop after clipping a schoolboy cyclist

    A MOTORCYCLIST who clipped a schoolboy cyclist when he drove too close has been given a fine by magistrates. Max MacFarlane struck the 12- year-old, but drove off Worcester, Magistrates Court heard. Matt Dodson, prosecuting, said the boy was

  • Colwall

    FIFTEEN teams took part in the annual village quiz on Friday, November 23, in the village hall. The joint winners were the Golden Oldies and Universally Challenged. Light Up a Life service will take place on Thursday at the Colwall Coffee Lounge