A MAN was found lying on the pavement outside Worcester Magistrates Court clutching a bottle of cider, minutes before he was due in court. The 53 year-old had previously been hailed as a success story of the anti-social behaviour order in a BBC programme
FOLK dancers, morris sides and singers will gather in Hanley Castle tomorrow for a day of dance in memory of Diana Hannah, who died a year ago. Mother-of-two Mrs Hannah, from Kinnersley, near Upton-upon-Severn, was a founder director of Upton Folk Dance
A MALVERN mother gave a diazepam tablet to her nine-year old son to calm him down, Worcester Magistrates heard. The 32-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested after the boy, who also cannot be named, complained to social services
THE sun is shining for a city performing arts student - after she was shortlisted for a competition to be a weather girl for a day. Seventeen-year-old Kate Horey, from Fernhill Heath, was one of five lucky people to be short-listed out of a total of 200
A PENSIONER who has a buzzard nesting in her garden has hit out at a man who has called for the birds to be culled. Eighty-four-year old Mildred Ballard, of Pershore Road, Earl's Croome, contacted the Evening News after reading an article about the winged
A POPULAR green area that plays host to a rare butterfly could soon be designated as a local nature reserve. Offerton Wetlands, which were created when Warndon's Shire Business Park was constructed, have become a favourite haunt for the brown argus butterfly
SKATERS in Pershore have been assured the wheels are in motion to build a skating area on Abbey Park. More than half of the £33,000 needed for the project could soon be made available from money given to Wychavon District Council by the developers of
A WORCESTER Sixth Form College student is preparing himself for studies further afield during the summer. Kash Knevovich is to spend his summer holidays at the Ongava game Reserve in Namibia to study the lion population in conjunction with an East Transvaal
A MASSIVE development in Bewdley will get under way on Monday as work begins on a £7m flood defence scheme. Gas, electricity and water experts will be a familiar sight on Severnside South as engineers carry out preparatory work to make the road safe for
A VISITOR centre that will tell the story of the Severn Valley Railway looks set to be built after the steam railway was awarded £3.3m in Lottery funding. The multi-million pound Steam Heritage Centre also includes plans for a new carriage shed to house
THE torrential rain finally lets up and the exhausted troops are having a laugh and a joke. It's hard to believe that within minutes they are going to be attacked with a nuclear, biological or chemical weapon. This is BATUS, British Army Training Unit
THE MAN who opened Bromsgrove College of Further Education and served as its principal for 27 years, has celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary. As well as running the college from 1947 to 1976 Maurice Ross also acted as adviser in technical education
OUR proposed coffee morning and surplus auction is fast approaching. This will be held at Foxhills, Coombe Green, Birtsmorton, by kind permission of Roger and Anne Gillard on Saturday, August 16, commencing at 10.30am. All proceeds towards running cost
BY the time you read this, our family will have moved from Bushley, so this will be my last piece as Village Voice correspondent for this village. So the job is available for anyone who wishes to take on this task. If you are interested, contact the Malvern
A SPEED limit of 30mph is to be imposed on the entire length of School Crescent, Corse and 40mph in Malvern Road from Staunton Cross to the Old Chapel and part of Straight Lane, it was reported at the bi-monthly meeting of Corse Parish Council chaired
he weekend of September 6/7 promises to be a notable one in the village, starting with the Garden & Nature Club's Annual Show at the Village Hall on the Saturday. It is not too soon for keen gardeners to be grooming those flowers, fruit and vegetables
FOLLOWING his "photo essay" on the Malvern Hills, a Stoke Lacy photographer's new subject is further afield. Archie Miles has just published Cotswold Moods, a collection of around 140 images, mostly taken during the eight years he lived in the area. The
SEVEN artists who have been inspired by the Malvern Hills are being brought together in one exhibition. The Malvern Hills - a source of inspiration is on show at the Foal Yard Gallery in Bransford from tomorrow (Saturday). The artists taking part are
BARGAIN hunters will be visiting Malvern as the Three Counties Showground hosts an antiques fair from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, August 3. Entry to the event costs £2.50 for the public and £4 for traders.
SCOTTISH culture will be celebrated at a special event in Cheltenham. Highland dancing and a Scottish pipe band will feature at the event, which runs from 10.30am to 4pm at the Pittville Pump Room on Sunday. The city's Town Hall will host a summer ballroom
SUSPICION, intrigue and romance run amok when a man falls in love with a woman he believes murdered his cousin. My Cousin Rachel, adapted for stage from Daphne du Maurier's novel, stars Beatie Edney (from the Highlander films, Frost and Dressing for Breakfast
ONE of the country's longest running traditional jazz bands will be playing in Upton-upon-Severn in a one-off gig. Papa Joe's All Stars last appeared in the town, famed for its annual jazz festival, in October 2001. The band's line-up includes Ken Sims
ELIZABETHAN bodices are being thrown out of the window for a new open-air production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Set against the backdrop of the spectacular ruins of Witley Court at Great Witley, near Worcester, Heartbreak Productions will stage Shakespeare's
THE Mikron Theatre Company is going places with its double bill of plays - just not very fast. In fact, the company is going about 4mph. Shunning the world of vans and motorways, the four actor musicians who make up the cast and crew of Mikron are touring
A PROGRAMME mixing Elgar with Beethoven will be performed by an international quartet in a charity concert. The Dante Quartet was founded in 1995, by Polish, English and French musicians and since then it has built up a reputation for performing celebrated
The U4 Theatre Company, Judith Sanderson (Martha), Tom Scutt (Nick), Ruth Westley (Honey) and James Williams (George), certainly elected to take on an enormous challenge. The actors' understanding of the characters' motivations was complimented by Scutt's
PLANS are already underway for next year's Upton Blues Festival after a successful second year. Organisers estimate between 5,000 and 6,000 travelled from as far afield as Glasgow for the three-day festival in the pubs of Upton at the weekend. Stuart
ST Gabriel's Church in Hanley Swan will host its annual art and craft exhibition during August. The seventh exhibition of its kind will feature the usual wide range of art and craft work on display, most of it for sale. There will be classes and demonstrations
May I take the opportunity to congratulate Joan Sorensen and encourage her on the campaign to get it over to Central Trains that passengers will not tolerate short notice terminations at intermediate stations so it can massage its performance figures.
IN response to the letters you printed after the exposed occurrences of racism at Malvern Link CE Primary School, I must say that the reality is of a very potent ideology of race. This fuels the racism that pours out of institutions and individuals within
THE European Union could be lobbied to designate Malvern a Centre of Excellence and Culture for the arts. The move may unlock important sources of funding for the arts and give the town an international profile. The issue was discussed at talks yesterday
Once again the comments I am about make are made as a private individual, albeit a former governor of Malvern Link Church of England School. I find the comments made by Julien Kramer (Malvern Gazette, July 18) both baffling and evasive. In trying to spin
I AM not a lover of writing letters but strongly feel that someone should speak out about the enormous expense we pet owners have to pay up to our local vets to care for our beloved animals. My own pet dog is coming to the end of her life, but because
I am writing in response to C J B Howes' letter (Your Letters, July 11). The subject of the letter was the forthcoming opening of our new customer services centre at the Malvern library and the standards we will be using to measure service improvements
WEIRD bright lights have been spotted near the Malvern Hills. A BBC cameraman filmed two bright orange orbs above the Hills on Tuesday night while Malvern Wells resident Dr Richard Wormald spotted a bright light about the size of a tennis ball hovering
LISTENING to the radio one morning this week, I was interested to hear that some people down in East Sussex had spotted in their garden what appeared to be a very small bird. As the person went on to describe the creature I became more interested myself
NIONE Meakin is the newest recruit to join the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter's team. Nione, 20, joins as a junior reporter direct from journalism training in Portsmouth, having gained experience on the Wilts and Glos Standard and Swindon Evening
PROGRESS needs to be made on the dilapidated former eurohaus site which is "not a good advert" for Malvern. That is the call being made by Malvern Hills District councillors for Malvern Link who are urging their planning officers to press for action on
THE deputy head of a Malvern high school and his son will be spending the summer holidays on their bikes as a fundraising venture. Andy Johnson, 51, and 15-year-old Richard will cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise money for major refurbishments
OVER the past three weeks I have read with growing distress the comments, letters and articles regarding Malvern Link CE School printed in your newspaper. As a grandparent and father to one of the families involved I cannot, in the face of half-truths
A PROFESSOR from QinetiQ in Malvern has just been appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Paul Cannon is in good company as he joins QinetiQ's chief executive, Sir John Chisholm, in this appointment. Professor Cannon leads the
THE Conservators' decision to put their own flock of sheep onto British Camp has indeed proved to be an excellent one. Not only are they being effective in reducing scrub, bracken and saplings but they have added an entire new dimension of beauty and
A PUBLIC inquiry will open next week into a controversial large scale housing plan for Malvern Link. Ciel Properties Ltd was refused planning permission by Malvern Hills District Council to build 67 flats on woodland at the north end of Malvern Link.
Like many people, Mr Smith-Maxwell (Your Letters, July 18) has seen through the Prime Minister who has been so full of promises to improve public services and so empty on delivery. He has also failed to stand up for our national interests in Europe. Mr
I am sorry I did not have the opportunity to say goodbye to all the children and parents attending Miss Baker's ballet school at St John's Ambulance centre in Ledbury. I have really loved teaching the children for the last eight years and will miss them
A HIGH-tech map is being drawn up to reveal hotspots of anti-social behaviour in and around Malvern. Malvern Hills District Council has bought in a new computer database which will pinpoint problem areas and help police to concentrate their efforts. The
HMS Ledbury is about to return from operations in the Gulf to a warm welcome in Portsmouth. The minesweeper, which left the UK on January 20, will be met at Portsmouth by the mayor and mayoress of Ledbury, coun Keith Francis and Pam Juckes, and a delegation
FORMER pupils and staff members at The Chase were reunited at a party to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary. Between 300 and 400 people gathered at the Geraldine Road college on Saturday night and enjoyed a disco, live music and a casino in the school's
SIXTH-former Sarah Series has hit a winning streak with a device she designed to help the hard-of-hearing. Sarah was one of four Chase students entered in the Audi Design Foundation's Young Designer of the Year competition earlier in the year. She won
A POPULAR West Mal-vern playgroup faces having to find a new home due to building work at the village primary school. Leapfrogs pre-school group has just lost its present base at St James' CE Primary School. Work at the oversubscribed school has just
WORCESTERSHIRE'S John Bickerton and David Park of Hereford both fired one under par 71s to trail leader Thomas Bjorn by seven shots after the first round of the Nissan Irish Open at Portmarnock. Droitwich-based Bickerton was three under at one stage after
A SCHEME for a cattery in the village of Welland has been thrown out by Malvern Hills District Council planners. Applicant R Worrell wanted to build 20 cattery pens in the garden of Red Gables, Gloucester Road, near the post office. Letters were received
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be tested by their former striker Lee Hughes when West Bromwich Albion visit Aggborough tomorrow for a pre-season friendly (3pm). Hughes left Harriers to join the Baggies in a deal initially worth £380,000 in July, 1997. After
HEREFORD United made it three pre-season wins out of four with a 13-1 goalscoring spectacular at Ludlow Town's impressive new Coors Stadium last night. A sizeable crowd saw some excellent finishing by the Bulls as they officially opened the Midland Alliance
SHEPHERDS from across the country enjoyed the annual Mathon sheepdog trials. Fourteen local dogs from within 15 miles of the village were run on Friday and around 70 animals took part in the national competition on Saturday at Upper House. Winner of the
SOLHULL, the North Midlands Shield holders, will begin their defence of the rugby trophy with a first round home draw next season. Solihull, who beat Old Yardleians in the final at Stourbridge in May, will play the winners of the preliminary round tie
THE Morgan Motor Company has seen sales soar to record levels following the decision to phase out its most famous model. Sales of the Plus Eight have rocketed as news of its demise spreads with drivers the world over jumping to get a model before it's
A MALVERN charity that is increasing awareness about global development issues is looking for volunteers. The Malvern Development Education Charity, in Church Street, is looking for a secretary, librarian and an IT specialist to add to its 15-strong volunteer
HEREFORDSHIRE will be checking on the fitness of star bowler Kevin Cooper before naming their side for the Minor Counties Championship Western Division clash against Cheshire at Boughton Hall on Sunday. Cooper has missed the last two matches be-cause
* (I) indicates Internet entries THE following each won a set of stamps featuring pictures of Scotland: Joanne Baker, The Lawley, Halesowen (I); Paul Browne, Nursery Grove, Bridlington (I); Mrs Margaret Chambers, Woodgates Green, Knighton-on-Teme; Mrs
SINBAD LEGEND OF THE SEVERN SEAS (U) The swashbuckling explorer (voiced by Brad Pitt) embarks on his latest adventure in an animated epic. Odeon, Worcester 11.30, 1.45, 4.00. UCI Merry Hill 11.00, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30. Warner Village 10.10, 12.30, 2.50, 5.00
JAZZ lovers will enjoy hearing about the music of Billie Holiday at a meeting of the Malvern Recorded Jazz Society. The club will meet at the Civil Service club in Pickersleigh Avenue at 7.30pm on Wednesday, August 6. There is a £1 admission fee.
MALVERN Hills Homeless Young Adults Trust will benefit from a concert at Malvern College. The concert, by Ex Collegio, is on Thursday, August 21, at 7.30pm in the college chapel, College Road. Tickets are £5, including a glass of wine, from Lyttelton
CROONER Vince Hill, who shot to fame singing Sound of Music hit Edelweiss, is appearing in Tewkesbury. Hill will be singing in a variety of styles during his one-man show, ranging from music by Cole Porter and Rogers and Hammerstein to Andrew Lloyd Webber
I ALWAYS wanted to see Julio Iglesias and I just could not believe I actually won tickets for his concert. It was a dream come true! I have had a lovely evening I'd like to thank you very much for my tickets. A WHITE, Wychbold, near Droitwich.
I AM compelled to reply to B J Mann, of Nottingham (You Say, Friday, July 11). I have made further enquiries and I am informed, on excellent authority, that when the green man is blinking at pedestrian crossings, pedestrians are, in fact, allowed to start
I AGREE with D E Margrett (You Say, Monday, July 7). The EU idea of splitting the UK into regions is not Machiavellian, since it is well publicised - with the whole of Europe being split into regions. New Labour and the Liberal party are all behind this
CONTRASTING half-centuries from captain Ben Smith and all-rounder Andrew Hall gave leaders Worcestershire control of their clash with Gloucestershire. Smith's patient 92 from 236 deliveries and South African Hall's 73 from 117 balls took Worcestershire
A MOTHER-of-two drove her car on to a railway line and waited to be smashed by a train to end years of work-related stress. Worcestershire County Coroners' Court heard yesterday how Susan Smith, a ward sister in Birmingham Children's Hospital, had become
For those of you who enjoy plenty of nightlife, this week we have two pairs of tickets to dance the night away at Naughty But Nice's 10th Anniversary. Naughty But Nice, based at The Rooms, Hereford, attracts clubbers from Hereford, Cardif, Bristol and
SEVERAL bakers in Malvern were up before the local bench a century ago, in trouble for selling bread without weighing it. The magistrates heard that a weights and measures inspector sent his assistant to the Co-Operative Stores in Malvern Wells to buy
AN accident dubbed "a warning to cyclists" was reported in the Malvern News a hundred years ago. Described as a "mishap of a somewhat alarming nature", the accident happened when a cyclist coming down Church Street from town hit a carriage, which was
OSCAR-winning hit movie Chicago (12A) will be showing at the Conquest Theatre, in Bromyard, at 8pm on Friday, August 1.
Sketchleys Social Club, Worcester; Tate and Lyle, Barbourne Ex-Servicemen's Club. July 27: Johnny B Good, Barbourne Ex-Servicemen's Club, Worcester. Aug 1: Hombre, Royal British Legion Club, Droitwich Spa. Aug 2: Eddie K, Sketchleys Social Club, Worcester
COLWALL Players begin rehearsals this week for their autumn production, The Anastasia File. The play is written by Royce Ryton and set in 1920s Germany. It follows events in the life of Anastasia, daughter of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, from the moment
Until July 26: Carl Rosa Opera presents HMS Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan, at Malvern Festival Theatre. Box office: 01684 892277. July 28-31: Carl Rosa Opera presents The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan, at Malvern Festival Theatre.
A SERIES of theatrical workshops are being held in Malvern over the summer holidays. The Worcestershire Youth Service has organised classes in stage combat, Alexander technique and Commedia Dell'arte - the roots of pantomime. Professional actors have
Until July 26: HMS Pinafore at Malvern Festival Theatre. Box office: 01684 892277. July 26: At the Hop. Hear the Music of the Greats, of the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Brenda Lee, Cliff Richard and more, at The Roses, Tewkesbury. Box office: 01684
WESTERN musical Annie Get Your Gun is being performed by the Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Youth Society. The show will run at various times from Tuesday, July 29 to Saturday, August 2, at Worcester's Swan Theatre. Tickets cost from £6 to £9, from the
SHAKESPEARE fans can enjoy an outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night Dream in the ruins of Witley Court this weekend. The popular play is to be performed by touring theatre company Heartbreak Productions, who promise to transport the audience into '
YOUNGSTERS from a Malvern based drama school will be putting on Contins - A Holiday of A Lifetime at Holy Trinity Church Hall tonight (Friday). The play, which is devised and staged by children from the Jane Lush Drama School, focuses on a chaotic holiday
A SPECTACULAR evening of romantic and passionate music with a fireworks extravaganza is up for grabs in a special Leisure competition. The Shuttle/Times and News has joined forces with the English Symphony Orchestra to offer readers a chance to win one
A FRENCH-style hotel is supporting local producers by linking up with regional food group Heart of England Fine Foods. The award-winning Brockencote Hall, at Chaddesley Corbett, has thrown its weight behind the organisation's Regional Food and Drink Trade
POLICE hunting the murderer of a Herefordshire skydiver are "delighted" with the public's response to seeing his dramatic final minutes on television. Previously unseen video footage of Army cadet Stephen Hilder, shot in the minutes before he plunged
COUNCIL chiefs are heading for a battle with supermarket giant Tesco over the opening times of its St Peter's store, in Worcester. Store managers want to open 24 hours a day but - despite receiving only five objections - planning committee members are
THE installation of speed cameras on a busy city centre road in Worcester has been hailed as a success. Heather Mead, communications officer for the Safety Camera Partnership Scheme, said analysis of the first set of speed data from City Walls Road, where
A GROUP of Indian nurses at Worcestershire Royal Hospital are celebrating after receiving their official qualifications to nurse nationwide. The 38 nurses have undertaken supervised training on the wards at both the Worcestershire Royal hospital and the
WORCESTERSHIRE'S Long Lartin jail has been told there is room for improvement by inspectors. The new Prisons Performance Rating table announced yesterday awarded the jail three marks out of four. The Commissioner for Correctional Services, Martin Narey
POLICE cars are to be fitted with "black box" data recorders to provide experts with vital statistics in the event of a crash. All new police cars bought by West Mercia police will be fitted with the recording equipment which notes the vehicle's movement
A RESEARCH scientist was beaten up on a train between Worcester and Malvern by three men who had been drinking strong cider, a jury was told. Peter Shakespeare swore at Tom Gormley and told him to go away after he went along the carriage shaking passengers
A garage owner involved in a £90,000 scam over the sale of Morgan cars has been jailed for 18 months. Ombersley man Timothy Packer turned to fraud when his classic car business hit financial problems, Worcester Crown Court heard. He agreed to sell the
A CAMPAIGNER is making a last-ditch appeal to Worcester tenants to keep the city's housing stock under council control. The residents' ballot on whether to transfer homes to a new not-for-profit landlord will be counted at the end of this month. But Ronkswood
A CONMAN has carried out shoddy resurfacing work and is charging more than the agreed price in the Evesham area, police have warned. The man, claiming to be from J&M Pavement, also known as Cotswold Pavements, called at the house of an elderly resident
A NEWLY formed dance company is getting ready for its debut performance. The Angel Dance CO/LAB will make its debut at Bonanza Danza a dance festival, at the Swan Theatre in Worcester this weekend. "We have all performed separately before but this will
GWENDOLINE Allen, who has died aged 94, worked on some of the most intricate and ornate embroidery in Worc-ester Cathedral. For nearly half a century Mrs Allen did design work for Worcester Embroiders Guild, designing kneelers, chair seats and wall hangings
MID-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff is calling for gangmasters - crop pickers' overseers - to be registered following a joint crackdown on illegal immigration near Evesham by police and the Home Office. Fourteen suspected illegal immigrants were detained
A SERVICE of family communion will be held at Berrow Church this Sunday (July 27) at 10am and will be the last service taken by our vicar, the Rev. Arthur Cunningham, before he and his family move to their new home in Leigh. Please come and join us and
SUNDAY, July 27. Everyone welcome to the garden party at Folliott House (next door to church) from 3pm. Plenty of activities for everyone, stalls to peruse and a cup of tea, not forgetting the musical entertainment. Offers of items for tombola or raffle
FRIENDS of Cradley School, in conjunction with John Stoddard, are running an evening of music of music and dance entitled A Tribute to Gershwin to be held at Colwall Village Hall on August 22. The evening will feature Sally Lewis (Big Band singer) with
ONE local community helping another! That was certainly the case on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 22 when members of Castlemorton Common Association visited Hollybush Church to present a cheque for £500 to Reverend Joy Birkin for West Wall appeal fund
THE next village coffee morning will be on Thursday, July 31 in the Memorial Hall between 10am and noon. Everyone is very welcome, especially newcomers, coffee and biscuits cost 70p and refills are free. A summer dance is being arranged for August 30
WELLAND Arts and Crafts Group will be mounting an exhibition at Welland Village Hall. It will be on Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10 from 10.30am to 5.30pm. Admission is free.
MALVERN Link firm R and R Enterprises will be one of the exhibitors at the National Knit, Stitch and Creative Crafts Show. The firm, which sells needlework frames, will line up at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. The event is being held between
ORGANISERS of the Malvern Autumn Garden and Country Show have outlined details of this year's event. The show is one of the four main Three Counties Agricultural Society events of the year and will be held at the Malvern showground on September 27-28.
ARTISTS from Malvern are enjoying seeing their works hung in Malvern Theatres. Around a dozen members of Malvern Art Club have been chosen by local painter John Smythe and Bill Nichols, who runs the Cowleigh Gallery, to be able to hang their pieces. Long-standing
THERE'S no business like showbusiness, as the song from Annie Get Your Gun goes, but like all businesses, money lies at the heart of things. Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Youth Society's production is costing the amateur company around £12,000 to stage
This week the Evening News highlighted the plight of Emma Smith, a 13-year-old who kept a diary of her life at the hands of bullies at a city school. Yesterday, we told how a 12-year-old was attacked and knocked unconscious by a gang of boys at school
BY any measure of the right foot or the imagination, the effect speed cameras have had on motorists using Worcester's City Walls Road is dramatic, to say the least. If the evidence of one sample study week can be taken as an average, in three months the
THE opening night in Malvern of Carl Rosa's touring production of HMS Pinafore played to a packed audience and was as good as one is likely to see. Timothy West directs with an astute eye for detail. An ingenious, busy beginning featured a crane lifting
A PLANNING application to change the use of a clothes shop to a teashop in Upton has been given the go-ahead. Applicants, Mr and Mrs Walker, originally wanted to open a pizza caf with takeaway at 2 Court Street, previously a clothes shop. But after concerns
AN indoor bowls club could be set up at Upton's Hill Centre if enough interest is shown. Sheina Stockton, chairman of the Hill Centre Management Committee, said it had a large bowling green mat that had been bought two years ago and never used. "We've
A MUSEUM volunteer has recovered a stolen Victorian antique after detective work on the internet. Brian Iles was able to direct police to a seller on the internet auction site ebay. His actions have opened a new line of inquiry for detectives probing
A GANG of youngsters used an airgun to take pot-shots at a pair of walkers on the Malvern Hills. The husband and wife were targeted at the reservoir near British Camp. The couple, who have lived in Malvern for 23 years, were attacked with stones and then
EDUCATION inspectors have delivered a massive boost to a Malvern school as term ended this week. Poolbrook Primary School has emerged from 'special measures' after two years' work to rectify issues raised by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted
A FIGHT to get Hayslan Field in Malvern designated as a village green has been lost. Worcestershire County Council has confirmed the decision to losing applicant Bob Morrison and land-owner Malvern Girls College. The council agreed with the findings of
SWIMMERS cooled off from the day's heat at the Splash, when it reopened with a new look on Monday. After months of work, the swimming pool on Priory Road opened its doors with freshly decorated facilities including the pool, sauna and creche. "It went
A huge thank you to the organisers and bands who helped make the Upton Blues Festival such a cracking weekend event. Like many I couldn't get to see every band or individual, but what I did see and hear - along with family and some friends who came over
Barclay Stewart's banishment from Leigh and Bransford Parish Council after 35 years distinguished service (Malvern Gazette, July 18) may have satisfied the Standards Board for England and Kevin Douglas, of Malvern Hills District Council, but what is meant
I attended a talk on medicine and politics by Phillip Day of the Credence Organisa-tion at the Bank House. I was staggered to hear that the new european police force, which will supersede our own police if a European Consti-tution is ratified, are exempt
The debasement of the truth as a commodity in political discourse and commentary is eroding our freedom and our capacity to make rational decisions as citizen voters. A Prime Minister who asked for our trust has just taken us to war. Some of us believed
CATTLE are about to be introduced onto the Malvern Hills, bolstering attempts to manage the environment through grazing lifestock. Malvern Hills Conservators, which already owns a flock of sheep, have bought cattle and equipment with a £20,000 grant from
MALVERN'S Holy Trinity Church is hosting a service to celebrate the installation of its new lighting. The Worcester Road church has been rewired and improved lighting has been installed throughout the building. The service on Sunday will carry the theme
A TEENAGE drink-driver has been jailed for three years after a crash which killed her friend. Angry Laura May had drunk a large quantity of vodka at a party before she left to confront her boyfriend about another woman. But she lost control of her Renault
MATHON man Alan Wallcroft is raising nearly £2,000 to take part in a charity trek across the Great Wall of China. Mr Wallcroft is taking part in the PDSA's Challenge of a Lifetime, the Great Wall of China Trek, in October. On Tuesday, a coffee morning
A MAN had to be rescued from a Malvern Hills quarry by firefighters when he became stuck halfway up. The 21-year-old, believed to be from Worcester, had been climbing with two companions up North Quarry when he slipped on scree. The trio, two men and
A CHASE pupil will be cooking with a TV chef at the Heart of England Food Festival in Worcester Cathedral this weekend. Claire Howell, 17, will help chef Tony Tobin, who has appeared on Ready, Steady, Cook, to cook the winning dish she created for a cookery
NEXT year is already promising to be an enormously exciting one for Malvern. Not only do we have a new Elgar Festival, an ambitious project to mark the 70th anniversary of the composer's death, but now there is talk of reviving a drama festival based
CONTRASTING half-centuries from captain Ben Smith and all-rounder Andrew Hall gave leaders Worcestershire control of their clash with Gloucestershire. Smith's patient 92 from 236 deliveries and South African Hall's 73 from 117 balls took Worcestershire
AN after-school club for the children of West Malvern moved a step closer this week. Organisers are now advertising for a supervisor and assistant to run the club. The club aims to offer good-quality care for 16 children aged from four to 11, five days
ORGANIC farmers in Herefordshire are urging the Government to not give the go-ahead to GM farming. Producers would automatically lose their organic certification if genetically modified crops were grown near their land. A decision by the Govern-ment is
BRADLEY Green show jumper Caroline Webley dominated the top class on offer at the Cheltenham Horse Show, held on the famous racecourse in the Cotswolds and billed as 'Britain's biggest one-day horse show'. Riders came from throughout the Midlands, Southern
HEREFORD United continue their pre-season programme with a trip to Bromyard Town tomorrow (3pm). The Edgar Street club are also hoping for a good turn-out to its annual open day on Sunday when fans have the opportunity to meet the players and have a look
FREE jazz will be enjoyed at Poolbrook's The Three Horseshoes pub. Abbey Jazz will be performing from 8.30pm to 11pm on Monday, July 28.
A MALVERN-based brass quintet has just released its first CD. Brasstissimo was founded nine years ago when five members of Malvern Hills District Brass Band got together to play at a friend's wedding. They enjoyed the experience so much they decided to
Malvern soprano Sue Black will be taking part in the Guiting Festival of Music and The Arts. She will accompany Charles Melingue and Christopher Boodle, who will be playing pieces for trumpet and organ. The concert is on Sunday at 7.45pm in the surroundings
WORKS by Schubert and Beethoven will be performed by Malvern's English Symphony Orchestra in Monmouthshire. Conductor William Boughton will lead the orchestra, together with pianist Anthony Goldstone, at Wyastone Concert Hall, near Monmouth, on Saturday
PAPA Joe's All Stars will be the guest performers at the next concert held by the Friends of Upton Jazz Festival. One of the longest running traditional bands in the UK, Papa Joe's last played for the group in 2001. The line-up includes Ken Sims on cornet
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be tested by their former striker Lee Hughes when West Bromwich Albion visit Aggborough tomorrow for a pre-season friendly (3pm). Hughes left Harriers to join the Baggies in a deal initially worth £380,000 in July, 1997. After
THE historic manor house of Hellens at Much Marcle will host a fundraising concert for St Michael's Hospice. The event is being held on August 4 at 7pm and numbers are limited to 150. The performers will be Nicholas Clapton and Jennifer Partridge. Born
ACCORDING to Napoleon (Science Matters, Monday, July 7) I must be a fool, since I usually have about eight hours sleep, from 11.30pm - after Newsnight - to 7.30-8.00am. The only problem is I have no one to cuddle up to as I lie there. GEORGE COWLEY, Worcester
HOW many Evening News readers, like myself, are noticing a shift of words by Tony Blair in justifying his stance on the justification of war on Iraq? Earlier, it was that weapons of mass destruction capable of being deployed at 45 minutes notice would
DAVID Andrews' anti-British diatribe (You Say, Tuesday, July 15) in which he extolled us to support "our" European sportsmen and women, really does illustrate the total lack of understanding held by most Europhiles about the feelings of the majority of
THE band name Mower came about thanks to the lead singer's very strange dancing. Mat Motte, singer, guitarist and writer is in fact a former Worcester lad who got the nickname of Mower when he lived in the Faithful City. "My friends were quite weird and
AntiProduct are a band not for the faint-hearted. A lot of the stuff they get up to would not be printable in a family paper, but it can be revealed that lead singer and guitarist Alex once stripped naked and was sick over celebrity Chris Evans. It happened
WHEN it comes to the 80s revival, there is many a nightclub that has had the crowds stomping on the dancefloor to Dexy's Midnight Runners' Come on Eileen. It's one of those classic tracks you can chant along to, rather like being at a football match.
THREE Malvern houses which had been occupied by the Ministry of Supply since 1942 had just been handed back, reported the Malvern Gazette of July 24, 1953. The buildings were Oriel Villa, Worcester Road, Inglehope, Harcourt Road, and Ingledene, Somers
EIGHT-year-old Julian Le Grand was pictured in the Malvern Gazette fifty years ago with a piece of Mount Everest. The lad was given the rock by Wilfrid Noyce, the former Malvern College master who took part in the 1953 expedition which conquered the world's
100 years ago Police-Sergeant Johnson, who was recently transferred from the Wells to Welland, at the same time being promoted to the rank of sergeant, has entered upon his new sphere of duty. He is succeeded at the Wells by PC Lyon, an active young officer
KEISHA Castle-Hughes stars in Whale Rider (PG), showing at Malvern Cinema for a week from today (Friday). The film is a contemporary story about a Maori tribesgirl's struggle to become the leader of her traditionally male-led tribe. When a pod of whales
July 25: Le Roc-French Jive at Wulstan Hall, Priest Lane, Pershore. For further details telephone Dance at 8 on 01386 556665. July 26: Jumble Sale in aid of Meadow Field Playgroup, Old Library, Ombersley Street, Droitwich. July 26: Ballroom & Sequence
Great Malvern is holding its fourth exhibition of woodcuts, linocuts, collagraphs, silkscreens and etchings. Telephone 01684 578785 for further details or visit www.onthewildside.co.uk July 26-Sept 7: Andy Goldsworthy exhibits his photographs of his creations
ONE of the biggest West End and Broadway hits of the last few years is among the highlights of the new season at Malvern Theatres. The Play What I Wrote (September 22-27) is the multi-award-winning tribute to Morecambe and Wise, Britain's best-loved comedy
KEN Kesey's classic tale One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is being adapted for the stage by youngsters. The Courtyard's Senior Youth Theatre company is performing the tale at the Hereford venue from Wednesday to Saturday, August 2. Performances begin at
Theatre July 25-Contins - A Holiday of a Lifetime at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Link Top, Malvern. 5.45pm. Presented by the Jane Lush Drama School. Until 26-HMS Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan at the Festival Theatre, Malvern Theatres. 2.30pm &
SWEET-smelling scents will be drifting down Worcester's High Street from today as handmade toiletries firm Lush opens its newest store. The retailer offers a range of luxury beauty products for the face, hair and body, which are all handmade from fresh
