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  • Rail fare-dodgers targeted in Foregate Street crackdown

    TRAIN passengers without tickets were targeted in a two-day operation at Worcester Foregate Street this week. Revenue protection officers from Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains issued 79 penalty fares and referred 44 ticketless passengers

  • Playground vandals dubbed 'morons' by Malvern councillors

    VANDALS who daubed graffiti on a children's playground in Malvern have been dubbed "morons" by a town councillor. The graffiti, including swastikas and obscene images, appeared on the safety surface and on apparatus at the play area at Craeg Lea

  • Councillor blames Lower Howsell Road gas leaks on developers

    DIVERSIONS had to be put in place while a gas leak in Lower Howsell Road was dealt with. And although gas company Cadent says the cause of the leak has not been pinpointed, county councillor Paul Tuthill has claimed contractors building a new 110

  • Awards for long serving firemen

    THREE firefighters who, between them, have given decades of service to the community in Malvern and Upton, have been honoured at the Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service Worcestershire Awards. Retired Watch Commander Saul Bolton and Keith

  • Hi-tech firms owe much to Malvern

    THE announcement of a £67 million contract to Malvern’s biggest employer, QinetiQ, is a vote of confidence in the company and in the town itself. The town is widely known for its history, but it has had one foot in the future, technologically speaking