Marching bands from across the region will gather in Malvern Link for the West Mercia Championships. The event, hosted by Malvern Lynx Marching Band, takes place at Morgan's Field, behind the RSRE Social Club on Spring Lane, between 10am and 5pm on Sunday
CANADIAN organist Ashley Tidy will give a a recital at Malvern Priory on Bank Holiday Monday (May 30), at noon. Ashley Tidy was born and educated in Toronto and began his career as an organist at 14, playing at services each Sunday. By the age of 15,
ACCLAIMED clarinettist John Crocker will join Abbey Jazz founder Len Thwaites for a concert celebrating the group's 10th anniversary. Mr Crocker, who played with Chris Barber's Jazz Band for 34 years, will perform with Mr Thwaites and others at Malvern
Malvern Cinema: Star Wars III - The Revenge of the Sith (12A). Daily: 7.30pm, Sat, Sun & Thurs 3pm. Odeon Worcester: Star Wars III - The Revenge of the Sith (12A). Friday to Thursday: 11.45am, 2.50pm, 6.10pm. 9.05pm. House of Wax (15). Friday to Thursday
A TOTALLY unique experience is in store for audiences when Aurelia's Oratorio comes to Malvern Theatres. Actress and illusionist Aurelia Thierree, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, stars in the piece, which incorporates music hall, variety performance
PARISHIONERS are celebrating after taking a major step towards replacing the roof of their 110-year-old Worcester church. The St George's CE Church has been handed £149,000 from English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the slate roof.
MORE than a century-and-a-half after they started making their sauce, John Lea and William Perrins have received official recognition by having their biographies included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The men who first made Worcestershire
THE picturesque Malvern Hills and the magnificent Eastnor Castle are among a host of attractions featured in a new book aiming to brighten up motorway trips. The Pocket Guide to Motorway Breaks has been published this month and features nearly 700 places
YOUNGSTERS from two primary schools have successfully tested out a new method of travelling to school. As part of this week's national Walk to School Week the pupils from Oldbury Park Primary School, off Oldbury Road, St John's and Claines Primary off
A HOMEOWNER hopes that his is one of 10 properties earmarked by Severn Trent Water as part of an £800,000 project to end sewer flooding. Mark Purser's garden in Bath Road, Worcester, used to flood with excrement, condoms and sanitary wear after heavy
ARSONISTS have been blamed for a fire which swept through a derelict industrial site last night causing a blaze which could be seen for up to 10 miles. It took 25 firefighters four hours to extinguish the flames at the DERA North Site in Leigh Sinton
WHEELCHAIR-bound Paul Stares is gearing up to smash a world record - by travelling on two wheels rather than four. The 33-year-old father-of-two, who was paralysed in a motorcycle accident 10 years ago, is in training to attempt to break the world wheelie
The annual church fete at Pendock School fast approaches. It takes place on Saturday, June 11, at 2pm. Fete meetings are about to take place. More details as I have them. The Junior Benefice Choir is springing to life again this term. Weekly rehearsals
The church fete takes place tomorrow (Saturday), at noon, in and round Powick Parish Hall. There will be the usual attractions, plus refreshments, with proceeds going to the restoration of the floor and organ at St Peter's Church, Powick. Rev David Nichol
The annual meeting of Staunton Parochial Church Council was held at the Parish Church of St James and was chaired by the lay chairman, Ursula Groves-Smith, in the absence of The Rev. Canon John Evans, priest-in-charge. In her report, the lay chairman
The Cordery Club's next meeting will be on June 2 and will take the form of a mystery meeting with tea. The Annual Parish Meeting went well last week. We had presentations from the police, who informed us that the area had not been a hotbed of crime during
The duplicate bridge drive last Tuesday raised £360 for St Michael's Hospice, which was a wonderful effort. The parish council will be holding the annual Parish Meeting on Tuesday (May 31), at 7.30pm in the memorial hall. After the chairman's report for
A free return trip to any destination on the 675 bus route through the village on any Friday or Saturday in June and July is the attractive offer being promoted to heighten awareness and increase use of the service. The route runs between British Camp
FEW current non-league footballers can claim to have learnt their trade alongside European Cup winners. Yet Worcester City can count more than one in their ranks following Liverpool's remarkable penalty shoot-out triumph over AC Milan this week. Liverpool's
KEEP the whole family entertained over the Bank holiday weekend and half-term with our comprehensive guide to what's going on across the county. There will be something for everyone, from finding fairies on a riverside discovery trail to watching mermaids
WORCESTER have released 14 players in their summer shake-up. Coaches John Brain and Andy Keast finalised their retained list this week, which could yet include Jon Hylton and Siaosi Vaili if they agree personal terms on new offers. Players that will not
FOREIGN staff have been crucial to the smooth running of the National Health Service ever since it was founded almost 50 years ago. Whether we're talking Caribbean cleaners or Indian doctors, the NHS simply wouldn't have been able to operate (excuse the
The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters' headquarters in Norton could be axed as part of the controversial merger with other regiments. The Woofers will be subsumed into a new regional Mercian regiment by the end of next year, as part of cost-cutting
THREE councillors stormed out of the first full Worcestershire County Council meeting in protest after they were refused a place on a scrutiny group. But reforms behind a major shake-up, reorganising departments and changing cabinet and committee structures
DIAL M for Murder is billed as a thriller. Certainly, in the film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock, this is apparent. Not so in Middleground Theatre's production of the play. While it is carefully thought out and executed, suspense and intrigue are lacking
Cost factors caused Ian Sloan's Malvern Festival Chorus to replace their originally intended performance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius with a concert version of a masterpiece by an earlier great English composer, Henry Purcell. His 1689 Dido and Aeneas
UPTON mayor John Thompson will present two staff at Upton Marina with training awards. John Izod and Alwyn Williams will be given their marina operative awards on Saturday, June 4. The pair successfully completed a course aimed at professional staff such
A FAMILY treasure trail takes place at Croome Park, near Upton. The 'Sea Britain' trail runs from Wednesday (June 1) to Friday, at 10am to 5.30pm. Admission is £1 but children in sea-themed fancy dress will go free. A Crazy About Critters weekend, with
A garden fete will be held in the garden at St Joseph's RC Church, School Lane, Upton, on Bank Holiday Monday (May 30), at 2pm. Admission is free.
RECYCLING was the theme for an arts week at Upton Primary School. Pupils took part in a range of music, craft and drama activities, based on the environment and recycling. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Weapons of Sound, who play music using recycled objects
AN exhibition on the ancient art of Mehndi - or body painting - will be held at Upton Library from June 1. It is being staged by Nasreen Rajabali and will run until the end of the month. A collection of photographs collated by the Upton Royal British
AFTER a favourable last match result last Wednesday, Malvern Rangers have finished in third position in the West Midlands division two table. Second-placed Cresswell Wanderers defeated Ellesmere Rangers 3-2 and as a consequence Rangers have held onto
THE Malvern Hills were named this week as one of Britain's top ten dog walking locations. But at the same time as judges from the Good Dog Campaign were singing the praises of the hills, some Malvern residents were calling for dogs to be banned. The Hills
A SMOKE alarm saved the life of a mother and two children who escaped from their burning home. The blaze broke out at the flat on the corner of Lower Chase Road and Pound Bank Road, Malvern, at about 7.20am on Saturday (May 21). Leading firefighter Martin
IN response to your lead article in the Ledbury Reporter (May 13), we are immensely angered that the annual town party has had to be cancelled this year. The Ledbury Reporter's article on last year's town party said the police found spilt beer to be the
A PLAN to refurbish shop units in Belle Vue Terrace, Malvern, and convert the space above into two-bedroom apartments has been submitted to the district council. Severn Office Systems and Forget Me Not flower shop are currently based in the building.
Concerning the protest group intent on keeping land at the back of Hayslan Green free of houses, I would have more sympathy for them if I did not feel deep down most of them simply want a local field to 'walk' their dogs. Nothing wrong with that, of course
WHAT is the world coming to when someone wants to ban dogs from the hills? Do they also want to ban children because parents throw filthy nappies down? Why not ban sheep, cows and rabbits, in case we tread in their droppings? Once again I say what is
A VISIT to Russia to mark VE Day was an amazing experience, a Second World War veteran said this week. Hilton Birtles served as a young Royal Navy navigation officer on the Arctic convoys, transporting vital supplies to the Soviet Union which was locked
What a wonderful achievement to attach radar equipment to the rather small body of a bee (Malvern Gazette, May 13). Professor Joe Riley fully deserves acclaim for his part in making this possible. As an amateur beekeeper some 25 years ago I well remember
LUNCH with the Queen at Buckingham Palace is how a Malvern couple will mark the 60th anniversary of VE and VJ day. Patricia and James Holt, of Wedderburn Road, were invited to the commemoration lunch on July 10 after being nominated by Worcestershire
WE are advised that permission has been granted for three cottages off Queen's Court, Ledbury. The residents are horrified. To do the proposed buildings would mean the use of our private lane to the garages of our properties and that would be dug up for
THE growing range of exhibitors at Malvern's annual business festival has been welcomed by local firms. The Chamber of Commerce event, held at the Three Counties Showground yesterday (Thursday), featured more than 100 companies, some from as far afield
A notorious accident blackspot was the scene of another crash, despite recent work to improve the safety of the road. The accident, involving a van, a Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Vectra, happened on the A44 near Bredenbury at about 1.20pm on Saturday (
IN last week's newspaper Mike Lunney, founder of the Malvern-based Middle-ground Theatre company described the town as England's 'best kept secret' and so it is. One of the biggest barriers to the town's development is that so many who live here would
WORCESTER Warriors have continued their summer shopping spree by landing Ed O'Donoghue. The Northampton forward, who can cover both lock and blindside spots, has signed a one-year deal at Sixways. O'Donoghue came to the Warriors' attention when they were
A PHARMACY could open near a new doctor's surgery being built on Enigma Business Park if plans are approved. The shop, which will include a dispensary for prescriptions, will be on Sandys Road, near to the Townsend Way medical centre. Stourbridge-based
HUNDREDS of eager walkers took to the hills to raise money for St Richard's Hospice. Around 700 took part in the event on Saturday, May 21, only a few less than the record-breaking turnout last year. Those taking part were able to choose between routes
A TOTAL of 250 people turned out for the annual Malvern Hills Lions Club Walk on Sunday. The event raises money for both the Lions and Macmillan. Brian Davies, of the Lions, said they did not yet know how much money had been raised, but hoped it would
UPTON'S Leslie Law heads the challenge at the Windsor International Horse Trials. The CCI** three-day event is being staged over the Queen's Berkshire parkland until Sunday. Law is up against tough opposition, including Badminton winner Pippa Funnell
THREE Worcester girls hope to chop a path to glory at the European Wado Kai Junior Cup, but a team-mate will miss out. Sisters Katrina and Tara Wilson join fellow Tobi Ishi Kai Karate Club competitor Chloe Hooper in the individual kata contests at Walsall
THE final of the Manor Park Squash Club championship was a repeat of the recent Malvern Closed final with the players producing the same result. Finalists Martin Hollingworth and Adam Oakley started positively and the score was level at 4-4 in the first
LEDBURY swimmers were celebrating a brilliant team effort on Saturday night when they won the final round of the Wyvern Junior Swimming League to win the shield and the gold medals. Having won all their previous rounds the team knew the trophy was theirs
MANOR Park Bowls Club had the honour of hosting the prestigious match between the counties of Glamorgan and Worcestershire on Wednesday last week, when Worcestershire won by 18 shots. Les Thomas, the Manor Park president, welcomed the presidents, officials
SATURDAY CRICKET WEST OF ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE Glos/Wilts One: Devizes v Colwall; Redmarley v Hatherley & Reddings. Glos/Wilts One 2nd XI: Colwall II v Devizes. Glos/Wilts Two 2nd XI: Woodmancote II v Redmarley II. CRUSADER WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY
THE Malvern U16 Pirates have donated £1000 to Malvern RFC as a token of goodwill and thanks for the past 35 weeks of rugby at Spring Lane. The money was collected from the sale of teas, coffees and bacon butties on Sunday mornings by the parents of the
CANADIAN organist Ashley Tidy will give a a recital at Malvern Priory on Bank Holiday Monday (May 30), at noon. Ashley Tidy was born and educated in Toronto and began his career as an organist at 14, playing at services each Sunday. By the age of 15,
CELTIC music will be on offer at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall on Wednesday, June 1, when Battlefield Band performs. Named after the Glasgow suburb, the band are in their 30th year of touring and will be performing a mix of old and new music. The concert
ACCLAIMED clarinettist John Crocker will join Abbey Jazz founder Len Thwaites for a concert celebrating the group's 10th anniversary. Mr Crocker, who played with Chris Barber's Jazz Band for 34 years, will perform with Mr Thwaites and others at Malvern
BARNARDS Green entertained Hagley on Saturday at North End Lane looking for a fourth WCL division two straight win to maintain their good start to the season. BARNARDS GREEN v HAGLEY Chris Smedley won the toss and with the weather showing signs of potential
I WOULD like to thank all those who voted for me in the General Election on May 5, and the many people who came forward to support my campaign. I was delighted that we made progress both nationally and locally. We gained the highest vote in Mid-Worcestershire
MALVERN Hills youngsters were some of the 1,000 plus athletes that took part in the Worcestershire All Sports Partnership (WASP) Youth Games held at Nunnery Wood Sports Complex. Sunday's event was the seventh and featured athletes of the future aged between
EXTRAORDINARY Bus Queues, proclaimed the front page of the Gazette 60 years ago. The Whitsuntide holiday, coming hard on the heels of VE day, seemed to have prompted many hundreds of Birmingham residents to visit the Malverns. The trouble arose when all
THE Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business will be performed at Hereford's Courtyard on Thursday, June 2. The production, which follows Mole's travels and meetings with a variety of outlandish characters, will appeal to anyone aged four or over. The
FOR the third week in succession Colwall batted first and once again the flashing blade of David Powell set the innings off to a racing start when he took three boundaries from the third over. COLWALL v TROWBRIDGE He was then undone by a ball from Hickerton
IN a Village Championship game that always looked vulnerable to the forecast heavy showers Colwall were inserted by home team Feckenham on Sunday. FECKENHAM v COLWALL Humphries, bowling down the slope, generated pace and bounce and whilst at times hostile
BARNARDS Green Sunday seconds took the short trip over the Severn to visit old rivals Worcester at the old Norton Barracks ground, but came away pointless in a rain-affected game. WORCESTER II v BARNARDS GREEN SUNDAY II Batting first, Worcester made a
IN their latest Leadon Vale Youth League fixture Eastnor U15s entertained Newent on a cold, damp evening. Batting first, most of Newent's early order batsmen got into double figures without quite scoring quickly enough. In difficult weather conditions
MALVERN CC U11s earned a hard-fought win against rivals Worcester Nomads on Wednesday. Malvern batted first and scored 275 for the loss of only two wickets, Hennessey top scoring with nine, but with important contributions from Davis and Ziegler. In reply
BARNARDS GREEN Tomorrow (Saturday) 1st XI (Away) v Pedmore (meet 11.15am). C Smedley (capt), T Williams, T Clarke, K Golder, D Flynn, P Drinkwater, C Harrison, A Binks, R Williams, I Scullion, G Lewis. 2nd XI (Home) v Pedmore (meet 12.30pm). J Doughty
Steam engines, falconry and woodcraft demonstrations are among many attractions at Eastnor Castle this weekend. Activities for all ages will take place throughout Sunday and Monday (May 29 and 30) at the Eastnor Steam and Woodland Fair. The British Lumberjack
Ledbury Art Society is expecting hundreds of visitors for its annual exhibition over the bank holiday weekend. A wide range of pictures will be on display at the event at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury, on May 28, 29, 30. Most of the paintings
DIAL M for Murder is billed as a thriller. Certainly, in the film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock, this is apparent. Not so in Middleground Theatre's production of the play. While it is carefully thought out and executed, suspense and intrigue are lacking
Cost factors caused Ian Sloan's Malvern Festival Chorus to replace their originally intended performance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius with a concert version of a masterpiece by an earlier great English composer, Henry Purcell. His 1689 Dido and Aeneas
POPCORN is a brilliant and clever play by well-known writer and comedian Ben Elton. It was an ambitious production for a small amateur company but, despite my initial reservations, the Pepperpot Players pulled it off. Set in Hollywood on the night of
A ROCK band which has come all the way from Brazil is playing a free concert in Priory Park, Malvern, tonight (Friday). The band, Ashtar, is described as a "blend of progressive, metal, folk and Celtic rock". The concert is being staged by promoters Floating
CELTIC music will be on offer at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall on Wednesday, June 1, when Battlefield Band performs. Named after the Glasgow suburb, the band are in their 30th year of touring and will be performing a mix of old and new music. The concert
THE Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business will be performed at Hereford's Courtyard on Thursday, June 2. The production, which follows Mole's travels and meetings with a variety of outlandish characters, will appeal to anyone aged four or over. The
Theatre May Until 28 - Dial M for Murder at Festival Theatre, Malvern. 2.30pm & 8pm. £14-£22. Box Office (01684) 892277. Until 28 - Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams & World Premier by Charles Mander presented by the Colwall Players at
KEEP the whole family entertained over the Bank holiday weekend and half-term with our comprehensive guide to what's going on across the county. There will be something for everyone, from finding fairies on a riverside discovery trail to watching mermaids
AROUND three-and-a-half van-loads of rubbish including 15 bikes was dumped at the side of the Worcester canal towpath after being pulled from the water. However, the public-minded people responsible left the debris on the towpath - which meant British
Janet's last jumble sale at Berrow Village Hall raised £305. Once again, thank you to everyone who supported the event and helped on the day. The next jumble sale will be tomorrow (Saturday), at 2pm. Proceeds will help buy much-needed skittles and pins
On Sunday, June 12, from 2-6pm, the gardens at Birtsmorton Court will be on display for everyone to walk around. Come and see the delights of a truly beautiful natural English garden. Our parish church will be open during the afternoon, come in and enjoy
The flower festival weekend raised a total of £2,700, to be shared between the church and the parish hall. On Friday night, the Greenwood Voices delighted their audience with a varied programme including Leaning On A Lamppost, Lilli Marlene and Everytime
Work goes on apace at Corse and Staunton Playing Fields for the Living Spaces project, as you can see when passing along the A417 Gloucester to Ledbury Road, with the new fencing now in place. In the autumn, the hedge will be re-planted. The committee
Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams and World Premiere by Charles Mander continues tonight (Friday) at Colwall Village Hall, at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10, including an interval hot supper, from John Goodwin, estate agent. The gardens at Caves Folly
WHEN is a chairman not a chairman? When he's a she and is a chairwoman, a chairperson, or even just a chair. Is political correctness an absurd blight on modern society? Or necessary nit-picking to consign damaging stereotypes and traditions to the history
Steam engines, falconry and woodcraft demonstrations are among many attractions at Eastnor Castle this weekend. Activities for all ages will take place throughout Sunday and Monday (May 29 and 30) at the Eastnor Steam and Woodland Fair. The British Lumberjack
Ledbury Art Society is expecting hundreds of visitors for its annual exhibition over the bank holiday weekend. A wide range of pictures will be on display at the event at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury, on May 28, 29, 30. Most of the paintings
MALVERN United Angling Association held their AGM and prize-giving at the Newtown Club, Malvern Link. The evening was very well attended by members new and old. Chairman Phil Harding thanked the committee for their efforts over the past season, especially
MORE than a century-and-a-half after they started making their sauce, John Lea and William Perrins have received official recognition by having their biographies included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The men who first made Worcestershire
DOCTORS are being flown in from across Europe to work shifts throughout Worcestershire. Foreign GPs are helping sick people outside office hours, sometimes for only a weekend, because of a shortage of local doctors. This bank holiday a German medic is
THE builders are packed and Worcester's High Street is preparing to party as it celebrates the end of renovation works. Big stores such as Marks and Spencer, Next, Woolworths, Debenhams and the Co-op are to offer free food and drink and discounts off
POPCORN is a brilliant and clever play by well-known writer and comedian Ben Elton. It was an ambitious production for a small amateur company but, despite my initial reservations, the Pepperpot Players pulled it off. Set in Hollywood on the night of
WINE buffs will be heading for Tiltridge Vineyard, near Upton, for a free tour and tasting session. The event is being organised by owners Peter and Sandy Barker, as part of English Wine Week, which starts on Sunday (May 29). From noon on Sunday, June
The Lion and Pepperpot Beer Festival begins today (Friday) and continues until Bank Holiday Monday. The event takes place at The White Lion Hotel, High Street, Upton. It features 25 different real ales, along with a wide selection of lager and cider.
DANCE workshops for youngsters will be held at Upton's Hill Centre on Monday and Tuesday (May 30 and 31). The first is on street dance and the second on musical/show dance. Both run from 10am to 2pm and cost £15 per session, or £25 for the two. Booking
A BINGO evening takes place at Beechwood in Holly Green, Upton, at 7pm on Tuesday, June 7. The event, which also features a raffle and refreshments, will raise funds for the care home.
GAMES, stalls and competitions will be held on Upton Sports Field when the parish church hosts a family fun day. The event takes place on Saturday, June 11, from 1pm, and will feature a fun cricket match, children's fancy dress competition, tombola and
A CAR boot sale takes place at Upton Primary School tomorrow (Saturday), at 10am. The event has been organised by the Friends of the school and will raise funds for their latest project, www.classroom.
THIS season's U12s Mercian League champions, Newtown Sports Juniors, will be holding training sessions for new players who would like to play for the next season's U13s team. The first session is scheduled for 9.15am till 10.30am, on Saturday, June 4,
IT was a dream come true for singer and football fan Allan Clayton when he was picked to perform the National Anthem at the FA Cup Final. Allan, from Hampden Road, Malvern Link, was one of three people chosen to sing at Saturday's match between Arsenal
RESIDENTS of Orford Way will have read with interest last November's debate in these pages regarding excess and speeding traffic using Lower Chase Road. Following the construction of Townsend Way in 1992, Orford Way has been transformed from a little-used
A SEPTEMBER date has been fixed for a trial arising out of a drowning in a Malvern Hills quarry. Yunus Ismail Moola, aged 17, drowned while swimming in the lake at Gullet Quarry in June 2001. He was with a party of students from the Central Technology
A few years ago, a group of like-minded individuals raised a petition to keep the football pitch on Peachfield Common free of dog mess. After much pressure, a notice went up. Sadly, the dog owners who drive to that car park still don't care and the dogs
Dog mess is not nice, I agree, but are people blinkered in Malvern ? You can walk the hills any time in the summer and see the mess people have left. I am not saying two wrongs make a right but my dogs do not drop beer cans, bottles, paper, fag butts
Alex Stewart-Cleary has resigned his seat on Malvern Town Council. Mr Stewart-Cleary said he has taken the decision for health reasons. "I just want to cut back on some of my commitments," he said. Mr Stewart-Cleary will remain a member of the Patient
SOME months ago my partner, Dave Gough of Poolbrook, thanked me through the Gazette for being his "rock" following the loss of his dear mother, Joyce. Unexpectedly, I now find myself in the same position, having lost by own much-loved mum, Con, on the
WIDENED footpaths, a one-way system and pedestrian crossings are some of the new measures suggested to make Upton a safer place. Following complaints about traffic, Malvern Hills Highways Partnership commissioned Halcrow to conduct a survey of the speed
THE chairman of Malvern's leading youth football club says he is disappointed not to be given the lease to fields at Sling Lane. Newtown Sports Junior FC was last year promised a 25-year lease on the fields by Malvern Hills District Council. But the decision
A CHANCE meeting on a bus just before the outbreak of the Second World War led to a wartime romance and 60 years of happy marriage. Victor and Marjorie Furniss, who celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary this weekend, met when bad weather forced
A WELLAND couple who first met as school pupils are celebrating 60 years of marriage. Stuart and Heather Hill first noticed each other on the train, while travelling to Worcester. Stuart was a prefect at the Royal Grammar School and Heather was at technical
THREE members of Ledbury Hunt who invaded the House of Commons have been found guilty of disorderly conduct. Andrew Elliott, David Redvers and John Holliday were each given an 18-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £350 costs by Bow Street
A RUSHALL cottage is on the market with two very friendly kune-kune pigs thrown in as optional extras. Oriel Billingham, of Spring Hollow, plans to move to a smaller home and says she cannot take Brownie and Blacky with her. Mrs Billingham added: "These
WORCESTER'S England scrum-half Andy Gomarsall sees his recall for tomorrow's match against the Barbarians at Twickenham as the start of his journey back from the international wilderness. The 30-year-old established himself as England's first choice for
CYCLISTS are gearing up to follow in Elgar's tracks in the Macmillan Elgar Cycle Ride. The event, on June 12, offers both 25 and 50-mile routes, visiting sites associated with the composer, himself a keen cyclist. There will also be stop-offs at the Elgar
Improvements to a nature reserve could be hindered unless someone is found to lead the project. The Charlie Ballard Nature Reserve, in Colwall, has undergone a facelift in recent years, thanks to a committed parish councillor and a group of volunteers
TRANSFER-listed striker Christian Moore looks poised to leave Worcester City after one season at the club. The contracted 32-year-old is set to undergo talks with two clubs that have both made enquiries for his services. City's player-manager Andy Preece
KEEN hikers will be making tracks this weekend to the 2005 Malvern Walking Festival. The event builds on the success of two similar festivals, held in May and October last year. As before, the programme contains a variety of walks of different lengths
A GROUP has stepped in with the first formal bid for Lionel Newton's majority shareholding at Kidderminster Harriers. Current vice-chairman Bar-ry Norgrove and retired businessman Neil Savery are leading the consortium who want to put an end to the uncertainty
WORCESTER'S England scrum-half Andy Gomarsall sees his recall for tomorrow's match against the Barbarians at Twickenham as the start of his journey back from the international wilderness. The 30-year-old established himself as England's first choice for
GOLF: Hereford's David Park begins his second round challenge in the BMW Championship at Wentworth today --four shots behind the leaders. Park fired a one-under-par first round 71 yesterday to leave him tied for 34th place as the early starters teed off
IT'S Friday evening and people all around Malvern are relaxing after a hard day's work. But one man is putting on a uniform and getting ready to go out again . . . After finishing his day job as a research engineer, special constable Phil Gulliver is
FEW current non-league footballers can claim to have learnt their trade alongside European Cup winners. Yet Worcester City can count more than one in their ranks following Liverpool's remarkable penalty shoot-out triumph over AC Milan this week. Liverpool's
AN award-winning Malvern community centre, The Octagon, celebrates its 10th birthday this year. The Octagon, on Brook Farm estate, was officially opened ten years ago, after years of planning and fundraising by local people and grants from Malvern Hills
GUEST rider Rob Wood has been in dominant form lately and he was the quickest again at the Velo Club Sevale 10-mile time trial held on the Leigh Sinton A4103 course last week. Brian Boswell was first club member, closely followed by Will Davies and supervet
SEVENTEEN cribbage teams in Malvern have been battling it out over the past six weeks for the Brian Shayler Memorial Team Challenge. The outcome was decided on the very last game with Malcolm Mason winning 3-0 to give Bob & Bob the title by one point
THE Albrighton Woodland on Bank Holiday Monday has traditionally been the end of season finale for West Midland Area fixtures. But this year, the Harkaway Club meeting, which takes place on June 11, after two postponements earlier in the season, has taken
ARDEN Sailing Club's annual RNLI benefit races held at Defford in brilliant weather drew out a good attendance from the club members but there was a disappointing light breeze. In the first of three races, Jeremy and Michelle Griffiths (enterprise) took
FIJI were the winners of the 2005 Mini/midi Rugby World Cup tournament held at Malvern Rugby Club. The south-sea islanders team made up of players from the Malvern U7 to U12 squads performed their own unique version of the 'hakka' to the words of the
A GROUP has stepped in with the first formal bid for Lionel Newton's majority shareholding at Kidderminster Harriers. Current vice-chairman Bar-ry Norgrove and retired businessman Neil Savery are leading the consortium who want to put an end to the uncertainty
I write in praise of the local shopkeeper this week, be it the village shop or the town back street corner shop, they are a hardy and sadly disappearing breed. On my way to my gainful employment I pass two such establishments,one in a village, the other
Marching bands from across the region will gather in Malvern Link for the West Mercia Championships. The event, hosted by Malvern Lynx Marching Band, takes place at Morgan's Field, behind the RSRE Social Club on Spring Lane, between 10am and 5pm on Sunday
A ROCK band which has come all the way from Brazil is playing a free concert in Priory Park, Malvern, tonight (Friday). The band, Ashtar, is described as a "blend of progressive, metal, folk and Celtic rock". The concert is being staged by promoters Floating
MALVERN entertained Cookley on Saturday in a WCL division two match and ran out convincing winners in a rain-affected match. MALVERN V COOKLEY Cookley won the toss and surprisingly chose to bat first. They were soon in trouble as Adam Dovey removed Harris
HOW can we recycle when we are not given the appropriate bags to do so? We were given stickers to put on the refuse bags which asked for more bags to be left out for us, and twice the refuse men have ignored our request. We collected our own last year
TOP golfers from across the county descended on The Worcestershire Golf Club to compete in the Worcestershire Union of Golf Clubs' team and individual championship competitions. With the course in pristine condition and the weather holding fair, competition
GARY Webb and N Taylor are both absolutely bigoted in their antagonism to Europe and both favour USA. However, the latter also hates our first-past-the-post electoral system. Therefore, I merely pointed out to him that in most of Europe they have proportional
BARNARDS Green CC are holding their first ever Chairman's XI versus club 1st XI game on Bank Holiday weekend Sunday at North End Lane. The game is intended as a club day match with the majority, if not all the chairman's side, being former players, ranging
WITH reference to the car that drove into the wall of the house near us on Thursday last week, I am surprised that something like this has not happened sooner. I have lived on Comer Gardens for two-and-a-half years now, and although we knew the road was
IT would seem from his comments (Letters, Thursday, May 19) that D E Margrett, in common with Malcolm Glazer, does not know his Soccerball from his elbow, not to mention simple business rules. To suggest that the Government should (or could) intervene
THE Holy Well at Malvern Wells, and the water it produces, were the subjects of an admiring tribute in the Gazette of a century ago. The writer said Malvern Wells was "regarded as the most select part of the select group of towns and villages which surround
100 years ago SiR Richard Harington, Malvern County Court Judge, was 70 years old on Saturday. A barrister of 1858, he has been a county court judge for 33 years, has been a metropolitan magistrate at Hammersmith and Wandsworth, is the father of Mr Justice
Malvern Cinema: Star Wars III - The Revenge of the Sith (12A). Daily: 7.30pm, Sat, Sun & Thurs 3pm. Odeon Worcester: Star Wars III - The Revenge of the Sith (12A). Friday to Thursday: 11.45am, 2.50pm, 6.10pm. 9.05pm. House of Wax (15). Friday to Thursday
A TOTALLY unique experience is in store for audiences when Aurelia's Oratorio comes to Malvern Theatres. Actress and illusionist Aurelia Thierree, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, stars in the piece, which incorporates music hall, variety performance
Theatre May Until 28 - Dial M for Murder at Festival Theatre, Malvern. 2.30pm & 8pm. £14-£22. Box Office (01684) 892277. Until 28 - Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams & World Premier by Charles Mander presented by the Colwall Players at
IT'S not often that architecture used to design homes for people is adapted for animals, but one 10-year-old has done just that. Josh Talbot's dad John is chairman of Earth Homes Limited, which develops curvilinear low-impact, earth-sheltered housing
MALVERN Seconds travelled to Cookley and played a rain-affected match on Saturday. COOKLEY II V MALVERN II Malvern skipper Rich Cullen lost the toss and the Cookley captain put Malvern in to bat. Cookley struck after just three balls when Grove was bowled
BARNARDS Green seconds travelled to the picturesque cricket ground sited in the shadow of Hagley Hall for this Worcestershire County League division two second XIs game. HAGLEY II v BARNARDS GREEN II Once again skipper Phil Spencer won the toss, with
BARNARDS Green Singles gained maximum WCL division five points in this rain-interrupted match when they defeated Hallow by 73 runs. HALLOW v BARNARDS GREEN SINGLES The Singles were asked to take first knock on the Hallow track that gave the bowlers plenty
