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  • Longdon

    LONGDON Brownies celebrated St George’s Day by playing dragon games outdoors, listening to the story of St George and the dragon and making a jigsaw of the flag of St George. At their next meeting they took part in a scavenger hunt on the parish

  • Churches Together in Malvern

    CHRISTIAN Aid Week ended on Sunday after the doorto- door collections had been made by church volunteers. A commissioning service was held last Sunday evening at St Matthias’ church in the Link, led by Reverend Peter Knight. Guest speaker was

  • Cycling

    BLUSTERY winds and heavy showers saw a small field of five riders turn out for VC Sevale’s club time trial on the Severn Stoke course. A strong headwind on the outbound leg tested resolve but gave welcome assistance on the return. Mike Amery

  • Proud of your garden? - enter it for contest

    MALVERN in Bloom is looking for green-fingered locals who take pride in their gardens to join its annual residents’ competition. The local competitions are separate from the town’s main entry into the Heart of England in Bloom campaign. They

  • Castle Frome

    THE date for the next Pause for Thought was incorrect in last week’s column. The correct date should be Thursday, May 30. Also there is a Christian Aid Coffee Morning at Bishops Frome Village Centre on Wednesday, May 29, from 10am to noon.

  • Georgia mixes with sport's elite

    TALENTED Malvern 16-year-old Georgia Hennessy has been awarded a bursary from the Jaguar Academy of Sport fund. The England under 19s cricketer received the boost at London’s Pestana Hotel and enjoyed her first mentoring and education programme

  • This time it wasn't the Big Bad Wolf

    A TEAM who won the founder’s award in this year’s Well Dressing Festival are appealing for the return of part of their decoration. Team Trough’s at the Barnard’s Green Trough made good use of this year’s Once Upon A Time theme with the Big Bad

  • Castlemorton

    BIG Weekend: Saturday, May 25, until Monday, May 27, Flower Festival in church for three days and seven Open Gardens on Sunday and Monday. Extra events in church: On Sunday, Songs of Praise, please let us know about your favourite hymn and on Monday

  • Speers hits fine run with super medal triumph

    THE improving Laura Speers won The Worcestershire’s English Women’s Golf Association monthly medal with a nett 73. Division One was claimed by Pat Rose (75) from June Jones (76) with Cathy Harris (76) third. Janet Manning-Cox (77) was second

  • Funding boost for rural film initiative

    A PROJECT to bring the bright lights of Hollywood to smaller rural corners of the county has been given a £2,000 cash boost. Upton Town Council has agreed to donate the money to the Rural Reels project, a drive to provide regular film screenings

  • Round up

    NEWTOWN Sports Juniors finished their Mercian Festival Junior League Under Nines Division One campaign in style with a 3-1 win over Worcester Colts. A close first-half saw visitors Worcester take the lead but Sports hit back after the break with

  • Malvern Link Townswomen's Guild

    THE April meeting began with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, which were approved and signed. The visit to Highgrove had been very enjoyable and members were reminded that the money for the Avon Valley Railway trip had to be

  • Back in time

    MAY I take this opportunity to thank you for a wonderful day out. I was fortunate to win a family ticket to the 1940s weekend at the steam railway at Toddington. What an adventure. We were very soon caught up in the atmosphere when issued with

  • Round up

    OPENER Andy Cullen scored a superb 134 as Malvern came away with a Worcestershire League Division Three winning draw from Romsley and Hunnington. Batting first, the town quickly lost Rhys Humm and David Cox but Cullen and Anthony Arnold (41) put

  • Worcestershire Wildlife Trust Malvern Group

    TO most people, insects are just irritating pests but after Bill Indge’s most enthusiastic and enlightening talk his audience was converted. Compared to mammals and birds, insects are relatively easy to find and study but there are around 23,000

  • Cher's golden touch in USA

    CHER Lloyd is proving to be quite a star in America as her Midas touch continues. The 19-year-old, from Malvern, was among the first artists to receive a new award from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that combines online streams