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  • Charity's champion rewarded for his work

    A CHARITY champion who has helped raise almost £40,000 for veterans has been recognised for his work. Darren Jaye, from Stourport, has been crowned a community hero by printer cartridge specialist Cartridge World. The 43-year-old was nominated

  • Low marks for safety at school

    A HIGH-profile international college in Malvern does not properly ensure the welfare and safety of its pupils, an Ofsted inspection has found. The £20,000-a-year Abbey International College in Malvern Wells says it has already taken action to address

  • Swimmers splash for cash at charity swimathon

    DEDICATED swimmers made a splash for cash to raise funds for St Richard’s Hospice. About 24 paddlers took it in turns to swim for half-an-hour at the charity’s annual swimathon today at New College Worcester in Whittington Road. Among those

  • Make sure your day is perfect

    BUDDING brides and grooms filled Stourport Manor for the first of the spring season of I Will wedding shows. There were nearly 200 soon-to-be newlyweds who visited to take a look at a host of wedding products and services from cars and cakes to

  • Rocking festival to return in 2013

    A RETURNING summer festival is set to offer more venues, gigs and music in 2013. The second year of Malvern Rocks will see the town’s pubs, hotels and clubs taken over by a rich, diverse pool of musical talent from in and around the area once again

  • Attacker racially abused victim then hit him with pool cue

    AN argument over playing pool in a Worcestershire pub led a 31-year-old man to racially abuse another man and hit him on the head with a cue. Christopher Spires, of Churchill Road, Sedgeberrow, Evesham, was jailed for nine months after the court