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  • Church warden faces charges of abusing six boys

    A 70-YEAR-old church warden accused of sexually abusing young boys who came to work on his farm has appeared in court. Michael Allfrey, a member of Storridge Parish Council, denies sexually touching six boys, aged nine to 14, between 2005 and summer

  • Electric car points

    THREE electric car charging points are being readied for use on the Priory Road car park, Great Malvern. The points have been installed as part of Malvern’s participation in the £6.3 million Plugged in Places scheme.

  • Birds are great

    OH dear, all this controversy over Walenty Pytel’s sculpture in Rose Bank Gardens, which, personally, I think is wonderful. Perhaps they should have commissioned Damien Hirst to erect one of his huge statues of a dissected pregnant woman instead

  • 40 homes debate

    PLANS to build more than 40 homes in Upton will be up for debate on Tuesday. Developer MG Property has been working with Upton Town Council on plans for 43 homes, 22 of them affordable, at Milestone Farm, off Welland Road in Tunnel Hill. Members

  • Useful recycling

    I HAD no immediate personal problems with the idea of wheelie bins – we do have a long uneven drive up hill, but we would be at the moment able to push one up it, although I am sure it would be a problem for a lot of people, and us when we are older

  • Party has decided to go alone

    THE political landscape at Malvern Hills District Council has changed after Green party members called time on their long-running pact with Lib Dem and independent councillors. Clive Smith’s recent defection from the Lib Dems to the Greens to join

  • Guitarist performs in hotel

    AN acclaimed Irish guitarist is to perform his unique brand of blues at a Malvern town centre venue next week. Singer-songwriter Will Killeen mixes Celtic roots with American blues to play songs that range from early blues standards through to

  • Poet finalist

     A MALVERN teenager is set to perform in the final of Worcestershire’s Young Poet Laureate for 2013 later this month. Holly Perrett, aged 17, is one of 15 finalists chosen to perform at the grand

  • Shake, rattle and roll and help out charity

    A NIGHT of legendary rock ‘n’ roll tunes will get an audience to shake, rattle and roll for a worthy cause. The Pontiacs return to Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall on Saturday, January 26, having enjoyed a successful debut at the venue in October 2011