A SECOND visual arts festival in Malvern, which is hoped to become an annual event, is set to take place next June.

Retired architect James Routledge, who created a similar festival in Brixham, has taken over the reins from last year's organisers, Roz Rowberry and Avril Spickernell.

He said: "The festival is planned to be bigger and better than the one held in Malvern last year. It'll be arts based and open to people who want to exhibit pictures, sculpture, photographs, and embroidery.

"It would be a nice thing for Malvern to promote to make it bigger and attractive to a wider range of people, giving more publicity to this area."

For further details, or to help out, contact Mr Routledge on 01684 573 864.