THE Open Garden and Cream Teas held at Madresfield Court at the beginning of June raised the sum of more than £8,000. This will be shared between the two churches’ PCC and Madresfield Primary school. The wonderful weather attracted many visitors
MALVERN has oft been described as a drab, dull place and the council derided for their lack of imagination in attempting to lure visitors, tourists and shoppers to the town. No longer! If you use the car park opposite Splash, as I do every day,
THANK you for your comment (June 14) on the subject of beggars. I thought it was wellconsidered and sensitive. However, the question remains that if neither traders nor the mayor are “unduly concerned”, and as you give the impression that few
BETWEEN the autumn of 1943 and early 1944, five large American field hospitals were built in Malvern. Each was equipped for 1,500 patients and each was staffed by up to one thousand nurses and ancillaries. After D-Day, more than 15,000 wounded
READING in our Gazette of June 21 of the dismay voiced by council leader Adrian Hardman at being faced with further cuts to his budget, it is easy to sympathise with him and to understand the predicament he faces. But how does he feel about the
THE presidential elections in Zimbabwe, which are due to take place on July 31, must be free of the violence that marred the last poll in 2008. Then, 200 people were killed and thousands injured and made homeless. It’s hard for us to imagine
HUNDREDS of schoolchildren will be given vital advice on how to stay safe at a special event next month. About 800 year six pupils from across Worcestershire will be attending Worcester’s Sixways Stadium between July 1 and 5 for the Crucial Crew
I WAS among the large audience who enjoyed the inaugural concert on Sunday given by the newlyformed offshoot of the ESO, the English Salon Orchestra in the impressive surroundings of Stanbrook Abbey, near Malvern. It was a most delightful evening
SATJURDAY, July 6, sees the return of Bookends, a tribute to Simon and Garfunkel. For those who were lucky enough to have seen them last year this year’s concert will be different. Many of their well -known songs will be featured. A night
A GROUP of pre-prep pupils from Malvern St James spent a busy day at Birmingham Sea Life Centre where they met some amazing water dwellers and learnt lots of facts. After a talk about rock pools and what might be found in British seaside habitats
NEW signs intended to boost a busy tourist town’s visitor numbers have received a frosty reception from residents. The signs have popped up on main roads into Upton-upon- Severn in recent weeks as part of a huge re-branding project for the town
FOLLOWING last week’s article about a new ‘village’ in Broomhall, Worcester – in short, there are too many new houses going up and not enough doctors, schools, jobs etc! Malvern is too small for all these new developments. More houses, more
SEVERAL school records were broken at the Downs Malvern’s inter-house sports day. Younger pupils ran in the morning and and enjoyed the egg and spoon and sack race while the older children had their track and field events after lunch. Head
THE so-called new “village” at Broomhall, Worcester, will be a disaster for the area, for the residents and the wildlife. But what can a handful of residents do to fight it, Originally, this development was going to happen at Broadheath, but they
TRIBUTES have been paid to a late councillor who was one of the driving forces behind a now completed revamp of a busy town centre. Worcestershire County Council is celebrating the completion of a £400,000 scheme to improve roads and pathways in
CHILDREN from St Matthias Primary School in Malvern Link brought a Bible story to life in a special assembly held in collaboration with the Bible Society’s Malvern Action Group. St Matthias Church, next to the school, was the venue where the year
PARISH councillors for Newland, Guarlford and Madresfield have received notification that the South Worcestershire Development Plan has begun its remorseless progress despite their unanimous opposition. Interested parties – developers, planners
A SPATE of attacks on cars in Malvern have been reported over the past 10 days. Last Tuesday, a silver BMW estate which was parked on Lower Howsell Road was ‘keyed’ on the passenger side some time between 2.30pm and 5.30pm. Last Saturday, similar
A YOUNG couple are gearing up for an epic road trip across the world – starting in their home town of Malvern. Mike Ferguson and Jess Heath are currently living in Sydney, Australia, but are travelling back to Blighty – and in particular Belle
THE self-styled Don of Castlemorton hurled lewd abuse at a woman and called her ‘ugly-looking’ which breached the conditions of his anti-social behaviour order. Richard Dawe, aged 79, of Hollybed Street, Castlemorton, admitted two breaches of an
A NEW role at the helm of local policing is also a homecoming for Malvern’s new police inspector. Insp Steph Brighton started her police career as a response officer in the town back in 1994. Now back on the beat in Malvern after a 20-year
