THE sixth form at The Chase in Malvern has been judged outstanding in every category by inspectors. It is the high point in a good all-round report for the large and popular secondary school which benefits from specialist technology and language status
FIXTURES Harvey World Travel Midland Football Alliance Saturday, March 25, Oadby Town v Malvern Town (3.00). West Midlands League Division One Saturday, March 25, Malvern Town Reserves v Ellesmere Rangers(2.45). Saturday, April 8, Malvern Town Reserves
This Sunday (March 26) is Mothering Sunday, which will be marked St James's Church with a special family service at 10.30am conducted by The Rev Rosemary Herbert, to which everyone - and especially families with young children will be welcome. Evening
Mothering Sunday, this weekend sees the Special service for Mothers at St. James, Welland, at 11am. The concert held at St. James the Sunday before last was a sell out and was much appreciated by all who attended (and survived!). I believe that other
THE church of St James, Staunton, was filled with family and friends for the funeral of Mrs Beryl Poole, who died at Gloucester Royal Hospital at the age of 76. Mrs Poole was brought up at Kingswinford and left school at the age of 14 and began a career
LAST Sunday, during the morning service of holy communion at St Peter's, two young children were baptised by The Rev Douglas Walker. Ethan Grant Thomas, aged one, of Drakes Broughton, whose grandparents live in Powick, was baptised; and also baby Luka
PARISHIONERS in the parishes of Corse and Staunton have just received a ten-page questionnaire which has been drawn up by Corse and Staunton parish plan steering committee. The questionnaire will be treated completely anonymously and it is hoped it will
ANNUAL jumble sale starts tomorrow (Saturday) at 2pm at Castlemorton Parish Hall. Please deliver any items to the hall from 10am. Gifts for raffle and cakes gratefully received, in addition to any volunteers to manage the stalls. Further information (
THERE will not be a service at St James' Church this Sunday. As it is Mothering Sunday, there will be a joint service at St Peter's, Powick, at 11am where members of Junior Church will take part and posies of flowers will be distributed to mothers. The
THE future of Worcester Warriors appears to be in safe hands! On Monday night, a youthful academy side humbled Leeds Tykes and gave a glimpse of what Worcester fans can expect to see in the next few years -- providing the club hold on to them. Leeds may
AN outdoor education centre that took Tony Blair sailing can now welcome more people after a major refurbishment. Worcestershire County Council's facility at Upton Warren was awarded a New Opportunities Fund grant of £330,000 to extend changing facilities
IT will be the Time of The Season for a trip down memory lane in Worcester next month when mid-60s rock group The Zombies come to the city. The St Alban's-based group formed in 1961 after keyboardist Rod Argent, guitarist Paul Atkinson and drummer Hugh
DOWN Memory Lane is a special event being held at Croome Park on Sunday (March 26). Anyone with a connection to Croome Park and the surrounding farms and villages is invited to go along between 11am and 4pm and share their memories. Volunteers will be
I feel I must write regarding Coun Di Rayner's comments about parking charges: "You can either have high council tax and free parking or high parking charges and lower council tax" (Malvern Gazette, March 17). What a negative attitude. How about a response
The leader of the MHDC is using a special 'council logic' to justify the abandonment of free evening parking. We're being told that tax for parking is used to offset the council tax. If the net gain to the council is to be the same through either scheme
WE town centre traders desperately need more public/tourists if we are to survive. Re: the constant parking problems, I would suggest that the sorting office behind the post office is an excellent site for a small multi-storey car park, entrance in via
I HAVE just received my Council Tax bill, which has gone up by a very large amount, due to the Government reducing its money to councils. Worcester-shire County Council 4.9%, West Mercia Police 4.9%, Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority 4.9%. The other
I READ with great interest the letter from Mr Dawe (Your Letters, February 24). How I agree with everything. I too experienced the same things - apart from playing with dolls and dressing up, instead of building trucks. Although I did on occasion help
I SEE the trees are being chopped down in the grounds of that pleasant residential home known as Leadon Bank. What a monstrosity this is likely to be! I know some of our local residents fought desperately hard from the beginning to prevent this and petitions
MALVERN mountain biker Liam Killeen led home an English one-two as he secured a Commonwealth gold medal in the baking heat in Melbourne, Australia. Killeen turned his bronze from the 2002 Manchester games into gold with a superb ride in the men's individual
A MAN has died in a shooting in Holywell Road, Malvern Wells. A shot was heard at shortly before 1.40pm yesterday afternoon (Thursday) and uniformed and plain-clothes police were despatched after a tip-off from the ambulance service. A police spokesman
THE most prominent letter in Your Letters (March 10) was the letter concerning the member of the audience who requested Timothy West to speak up. While not necessarily agreeing with this approach, sometimes it is very difficult to hear actors when seated
I VERY much enjoyed the debate about being able to hear in the theatre in last week's Your Letters. It was well argued, even handed and it almost kept dog mess off the letters page (so to speak). The original complainer had more courage than I, but having
Somers Park Primary School has received an international award for its work in developing "global leaders and global citizens". The Challenge 20/20 award was presented to the Malvern school's headteacher, Stuart Sewell, at a ceremony in Boston, USA. It
MALVERN Town FC's preparations for a key FA inspection have been hit by vandals. Malvern currently sit top of the Midlands Football Alliance and have real hopes of promotion. However, winning the league would not be enough if the FA deems its ground is
SIR Michael Spicer, the Conservative MP who has represented Malvern for over 30 years, will not be standing at the next General Election. However, he says he will work harder than ever for his West Worcestershire constituents until then. "The next election
A FORMER Malvern man has been removed from a youth radio project after it emerged he was a child sex offender. Nigel Edwards was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in 1997 for three sexual assaults on a 14-year-old local boy. An experienced radio broadcaster
CLUBS and community groups are celebrating grant awards made under a Malvern Hills Lions Club scheme, backed by the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter. Groups benefiting include Hanley Swan Pre-School Playgroup, Upton Blues Festival and Harlequins
SARACENS have gone for continuity as they look to move away from the danger zone in Sunday's meeting with Worcester Warriors at Vicarage Road. Coach Mike Ford has made one change from the win over Sale with prop Kevin Yates replacing Nick Lloyd. Read
FRUSTRATED Jai Stanley and Mark Danks will be forced to watch from the sidelines tomorrow for different reasons. Striker Danks, who pledged his future to Worcester City this week by signing a contract tying him up to the end of the 2007/08 season, begins
Seven jobs will be lost when a garden centre near Malvern closes. Robin Loveridge, manager of Leigh Sinton Garden Centre, said the decision to shut was the result of slump in sales over the past 18 months. Mr Loveridge, who has managed the business off
GRAHAM Turner is hoping for two favourable results by 5pm tomorrow -- one at Edgar Street and another at the Kit Kat Crescent. Hereford United enter the derby showdown against Kidderminster Harriers still believing they can mastermind the mother of all
WHEELER-dealer Mark Yates was a busy man on Nationwide Conference transfer deadline day, snapping up two players in time for tomorrow's local derby at Hereford United. The ex-Cheltenham Town man managed to bring in Bury striker Jon Newby on a month-long
HOLY Well fountain in Malvern Wells has been defaced with graffiti. Religious messages have been scrawled on the walls, while the presence of burnt wood suggests some sort of ritual has taken place. Messages such as 'Our Lady is Safe' and 'The Goddess
PAUL West has described Evesham United's clash at championship favourites Salisbury City tomorrow as an 'FA Cup' tussle (3pm). The Robins improved their chances of avoiding relegation from the Southern League Premier Division last Saturday after beating
THIS re-scheduled league match saw Upton get back to winning ways at 'fortress Upton' on a dry but cold and windy day. UPTON 29pts, TENBURY 6pts Tenbury were unable to field a team last week due to last minute illness and injuries and this week Upton
TWO teams battled through to the final of the Worcestershire West School Sport Partnership tag rugby festival at Spring Lane on Friday but could not then be separated. After a terrific day of rugby, the two finalists were Somers Park Primary School and
WITH only two weeks of the Brewin Dolphin Malvern Table Tennis League season left, the position in division three is very interesting. The top two teams, Manor Park Maulers and Crackpots B have three and two games respectively left to play and one will
COLWALL finished off their home Severn division one programme with a fine 7-0 against Cheltenham Civil Service at Ledbury Leisure Centre on Saturday. COLWALL WHC 7, CHELTENHAM CS 0 Colwall opened the scoring when Gemma Richards ran down the right, drove
LEDBURY Town Football Club are holding a singles open darts knockout tournament next Sunday, April 2. Registration takes place at 12.30pm and the entry fee is £5. The winner will pick up £200, the runner-up £100 and losing semi-finalists £50 plus trophies
THE Elms' Girls' U12 hockey side finished their season on a high with a 3-0 victory over Hereford Cathedral School in the county final held at Hereford Leisure Centre. An important first goal just before half-time, from Jemima Bailey, clearly settled
MALVERN RFC Saturday, March 25 1st XV v Leamington (Away). Kick-off 3pm. Meet Spring Lane bus noon, Ketch Hotel, Worcester 12.30pm. No 1 dress code, navy blue shorts & socks. M Richardson (captain), D Irish, S Lancett, V Hill, C Smith, J Anderson,
MALVERN cyclist Liam Killeen has romped home to victory in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, producing a stunning comeback to take gold. The 23-year-old mountain bike ace, a former pupil at the town's Chase High School who won bronze at the last games
TWENTY-three-year-old Malvern cycling champion Liam Killeen took the gold to the strains of another famous Worcestershire son. Sir Edward Elgar's Land of Hope and Glory is England's anthem at the Commonwealth Games. The United Kingdom's national anthem
CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron was in Worcester yesterday to focus on environmental issues, but refused to be drawn into a discussion on a contentious subject for the city. He took a letter from three people protesting about the proposed development
A WORCESTER friend of Norman Kember, the British man released after spending almost four months as a hostage in Iraq, has spoken of his delight. John Johansen-Burg, of Rannoch Avenue, St Peter's, has known Mr Kember for more than a decade through the
A MAN is calling for his road to be made one-way after two of his parked vehicles were damaged outside his house in the past two weeks. Mahmood Hussain said that since a £1m scheme by Severn Trent to replace old water and gas pipes and build an underground
WHEELIE bins have proved a hit with the people of Worcester, according to a survey. When 700 people were asked what they thought of the system, introduced to 12,500 homes in the city last September, 83 per cent said they were satisfied, compared with
HOAX calls are costing the two counties' fire service around £100,000 a year. Hereford And Worcester Fire And Rescue Service received 484 hoax and malicious calls between March 2005 and March 2006. Lives of residents in genuine need of help are being
MUSIC lovers are being urged to help save the Malvern-based English String Orchestra after its funding finally ran out. The ESO has been struggling since it lost grants from Worcestershire County Council, Malvern Hills District Council and West Midlands
ANYONE connected with Croome Court, its park, people or the farms and villages belonging to the Croome Estate is needed to take part in a special event. The Friends of Croome Park have received £15,000 from the Local Heritage Initiative to create an oral
ENVIRONMENT volunteers in Cleeve Prior will be taking part in more days of voluntary action sponsored by the Environment Agency. The first of the Action Earth days organised by RECYCLIT is next Tuesday. Three more are planned for Tuesday, April 18; Tuesday
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular and well-known gardener from Stourport-on-Severn Frank Young, who was a member of both Stourport and Astley Horticultural Societies for more than 50 years, died last Friday at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, aged 94
MALVERN'S Pewke Band will be at the Lamb Inn, West Malvern, tonight (Friday), at 8pm. The band, reunited last year for the first time in more than 20 years, is supported by The Big Hum.
Professional musicians will join a 130-strong choir of Malvern College pupils, staff and parents to perform Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The concert will feature musicians from the Birmingham Royal Ballet orchestra and Peter Hill from Birmingham Symphony
Russian pianist Jan Rautio will give a concert at Eastnor Castle on behalf of the British Red Cross. He will be appear as part of the Rautio Piano Trio, which includes the violinist Jane Gordon and the cellist Katherine Jenkinson. They will perform works
The English Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special star-studded concert where all the performers are donating their fees to the anniversary appeal. William Boughton, conductor and founder of the Malvern-based orchestra,
TWO of the most charismatic performers on today's concert scene are returning to Malvern next week. Ilya Gringolts and Ashley Wass are performing together at the Forum as guests of Malvern Concert Club. Gringolts, a Russian violinist, was one of the great
SEVENTIES chart-toppers The New Seekers will be performing at Malvern Theatres on Saturday, April 1, at 7.30pm. The band will include classics including the number one hit single I'd like to teach the world to sing. Tickets for the Forum show are £18
MALVERN mountain bike star Liam Killeen showed his experience and kept his head, allowing his tactics to pay off with gold after an absorbing race at the Commonwealth Games. Australia's Chris Jongewaard delighted the home crowd at Lysterfield Park by
MALVERN Rugby Club entertained a 24-man squad from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY State on Saturday at Spring Lane. MALVERN U23 CRUSADER 43pts, COLGATE UNIVERSITY (USA) 8pts The university students were on the final leg of their 18-day tour of the UK
SUNDAY saw the semi-finals of both cup competitions in thesoccersite.co.uk Malvern Football League. In the inaugural Norman Simmons Senior Cup, current holders of The Senior Cup, Oak Allstars, will meet Cross Keys at New Street, Ledbury on May 14. Oak
FOLLOWING last Saturday's comprehensive defeat at the hands of second-placed Walsall Wood, Rangers entertained fourth-placed Blackheath Town on Saturday and suffered another defeat. MALVERN RANGERS 0, BLACKHEATH TOWN 2 On a bitterly cold day, Rangers
POWICK consolidated their second position in the Worcester Saturday League premier division with a sound victory over a Lamb and Flag side who have enjoyed mixed results this year. LAMB & FLAG 2, POWICK 5 Powick welcomed back Kevin Downes, following
WEST Malvern travelled to Bromsgrove on Saturday with a much-changed side. BROMSGROVE CORINTHIANS 2, WEST MALVERN 0 Already facing five changes, centre-half Paul Milne then went down with flu on Friday night. West Malvern had the wind at their backs in
A LETHARGIC Powick dropped two points and put pressure on their chances of winning the Worcester Sunday League division one title. POWICK 3, DROITWICH SPA RES 3 It was leaders Powick who started brightly, playing possession football. But they were caught
UNDEFEATED in the league, Malvern Town travelled to Worcester Rangers for the final match of the season knowing that a win would ensure that they were champions of the Mercian Festival League U16s division two. MALVERN TOWN U16s 7, WORCESTER RANGERS U16s
AN exciting season is under way at Colwall Cricket Club with the star of net practice at Ledbury Leisure Centre on Thursday's at 7.30pm. All new and current members are welcome to be part of the club's campaign in the Worcestershire Cricket League. Colwall
IS there a Grey Lady of Prior's Court, Callow End? asked the Gazette 50 years ago. The story appeared under the sensational headline "Staff Won't Stay Because of The Ghosts". This was not a typical haunted-house story, because the occupier of the property
100 years ago The Bromsberrow water, drawn from the new red sandstone, which will be introduced to the public of Malvern next Thursday, has many virtues and the more the outside world can be made acquainted with the fact that Malvern's water supply is
Park View, the hostel in Abbey Road, Malvern, shut its doors 25 years ago. The closure came almost 50 years to the day since the building, originally the Hydro and the town's first water cure establishment, became the luxurious County Hotel. It later
Proof (12A), starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, is showing at Malvern Theatres. It tells the story of the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, who is coming to terms with her father's death. It's showing from Friday
A BUDDING young actor is needed to complete the line-up for a stage production in Droitwich. The Norbury Theatre is hunting for a 16 or 17-year-old boy to take a role in farce Caught In The Net. The show is set for a four-night run at the Friar Street
MARCH 24 Charity Boxing Dinner In aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and Rotary Charities at Worcester Racecourse Grandstand. Tickets available from Ted Howarth on 01386 462285. Country Western Partner Dancing Every Friday at Whitbourne Village Hall. All
TONIGHT King Pleasure And The Biscuit Boys: Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Dr Teeth's Big Band: Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. The Badgers: Drummond's Bar, New Street, Worcester. Terrafolk:The Courtyard Arts Centre, Hereford. The Levellers: Wulfrun
The successful stage duo of Anne Smith and Hugh Farey will be reunited when The Conquest Players revive Willy Russell's Educating Rita. It tells the story of Rita, the feisty hairdresser from Liverpool who wants to better herself by taking an Open University
Midland Musical Theatre Group (MMTG) has been nominated for a 'best production award' for its 2005 show It's a Kind of Magic, at Malvern Theatres. The National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) will be presenting the awards at a ceremony in Birmingham
Churches in Tarrington and Bromyard will host performances of a touring production backed by the Diocese of Hereford. Worcestershire-based playwright Peter Roberts has created Heart and Stone, a contemporary story following the lives of four people rehearsing
LES Hines' career at Worcester City looks to be over after being deemed surplus to requirements. The 29-year-old left-back has been told by manager Andy Preece that his future lies away from St George's Lane following the signing of Adam Burley. Notification
FRUSTRATED Jai Stanley and Mark Danks will be forced to watch from the sidelines tomorrow for different reasons. Striker Danks, who pledged his future to Worcester City this week by signing a contract tying him up to the end of the 2007/08 season, begins
A MUCH-changed Malvern U17 Pirates squad played host to Earlsdon, who are based next door to the University of Warwick, on Sunday. MALVERN U17S PIRATES 27pts, EARLSDON 12PTS The last time the two teams locked horns, the Pirates came away with a convincing
TWO crowd-pleasing tries between the posts scored by Tom Sandry kept Malvern in this gritty encounter until the last whistle. WOLVERHAMPTON U13S 32PTS, MALVERN RFC U13S 21PTS Sandry juggled with the ball from an intercepted Wolves pass to run from the
THE Malvern Angels' Development side played Shrewsbury (West Mids Two) on Sunday and gained a convincing 79-0 victory. Try scorers were: Caroline Hardy 1, Layni Madsen 1, Debs Danby 1, Babs Madsen 2, Laura Bradford 3, Lou Saum 5. Conversions: Debs Danby
SIR - On October 31 last year, opposition MP Peter Luff supported the county fire brigade union's campaign against the creation of a regional fire control in Wolverhampton. Whatever happened to the traditional Conservative Party hostility towards workers
SIR - What is the real price of cheap parking? I'd encourage councillors to spend £25,000 on studying options for providing less parking instead of more. Usage will always rise to meet capacity anyway, so gradually reducing the parking available in the
SIR - Gordon Brown has a deadline until March 31 to cut the VAT on building repair and improvements from 17.5 per cent to 5 per cent. Last month, the 25 EU member states agreed to allow lower VAT rates on repair, maintenance and improvement work until
IT was just like old times at Spring Lane last Saturday as Malvern put in a dazzling performance to match some of the heyday games of the last 10 years. MALVERN 45PTS, CAMP HILL 25PTS From the whistle Malvern took the game to the visitors from Birmingham
SIR - I feel I must reply to the letters from John Hinton and Philip Evans. Clearly John doesn't understand the concept of a Nimby. Frankly, I want the school in my backyard - as do the populace of St John's with young children - so that my children can
SARACENS have gone for continuity as they look to move away from the danger zone in Sunday's meeting with Worcester Warriors at Vicarage Road. Coach Mike Ford has made one ch-ange from the win over Sale with prop Kevin Yates replacing Nick Lloyd. Ford
WORCESTER Warriors hooker George Thomas has been called up by England Under 18s for the Home Unions Tournament in Gloucestershire. The Bromsgrove Sch-ool student, who also plays for Luctonians, was due to travel to Italy next month with a second England
MALVERN Town completed a Harvey World Travel Midland Football Alliance double over Leamington with a superb 2-0 win on Tuesday evening. LEAMINGTON 0, MALVERN TOWN 2 League leaders Malvern boosted their title hopes in front of a crowd of 370 with an inspired
DEDICATED young actors are invited to join a Malvern Theatre Players' youth theatre group. There are three places left in the group, for children aged 12 to 14, which meets on Saturdays at the Barry Jackson Rooms, Grange Road, from 10am to noon. Applications
AUDIENCES in Malvern should brace themselves for a trip down memory lane when The New Seekers come to town. The group had a string of hits in the 60s and 70s including the worldwide number one I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, which also became the
RHYTHM and blues fans are in for a treat because one of the genre's top bands are making their way to Worcester this month. Worried Men play a musical mish-mash of The Hamsters, ZZ Top, Gary Moore and Wilko Johnson - among other artists - and relentlessly
AS a youngster, Joe Fletcher's bedroom would reverberate with the strains of the renowned Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. But it probably never occurred to him at the time that he would in later life be sharing a stage with the music legends, who were responsible
TWO of the most charismatic performers on today's concert scene are returning to Malvern next week. Ilya Gringolts and Ashley Wass are performing together at the Forum as guests of Malvern Concert Club. Gringolts, a Russian violinist, was one of the great
ON The Black Hill (PG), the film of Bruce Chatwin's novel set in the Welsh Marches and starring Bob Peck and Gemma Jones, is showing at Ledbury's Market Theatre on Wednesday (March 29), at 7pm. Tickets (£3.50/£2 students) are available on 01531 632769
IT will be a case of "lights, camera, reduction" when the theatrical family of a nationally acclaimed actor welcomes him home to perform in Worcester. Ruben Crow is one of three actors set to perform in The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Completely Hollywood
UNTIL MARCH 30 Springtime Landscapes An exhibition of paintings capturing the essence and beauty of springtime across the land at The Gallery and Picture Framing at Bevere, Bevere Lane, Worcester. The Folks Who Live On The Hill An exhibition of paintings
Churches in Tarrington and Bromyard will host performances of a touring production backed by the Diocese of Hereford. Worcestershire-based playwright Peter Roberts has created Heart and Stone, a contemporary story following the lives of four people rehearsing
MACDONALD Les Passed away Saturday 18th March. Very dear much loved brother, brother in law and Uncle Les. Janet, Roger, Joanna and Richard. Now at Peace. --------- Will be deeply missed by brother Geoff and Family, Julie, David, Kim and James. Published
BENNETT James Aged 52 years. Of Martin Hussingtree. Tragically on March 18th 2006. The beloved son of Gordon and Nancy and brother of Pat, Nichola and Neil. The Funeral Service will take place at Welland Parish Church on Thursday, March 30th at 3.00
BURNELL Ken Passed away a year ago today. My dearest husband, I keep you close within my heart, And there you will remain. To walk with me throughout my life, Until we meet again. Sadly missed. God bless you dear. Kay. Published in paper 24/03/2006
MERRELL Alec Walter Special thoughts on what would have been our Golden Wedding. Love as always Irene. Published in paper 24/03/2006
Huntingdon Arts has a varied programme, beginning on Tuesday (March 28) with The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Completely Hollywood. A 90-minute send up of Tinseltown and the movie industry, it runs until Saturday, April 1, at the Swan Theatre at 7.30pm
IT will be the Time of The Season for a trip down memory lane in Worcester next month when mid-60s rock group The Zombies come to the city. The St Alban's-based group formed in 1961 after keyboardist Rod Argent, guitarist Paul Atkinson and drummer Hugh
NOEL Coward's play Present Laughter was enjoyed immensely by the audience at Malvern Theatres this week, with even the set getting a laugh and a round of applause before the actors came on stage. The play is about the clever, witty and devastatingly handsome
MALVERN'S Pewke Band will be at the Lamb Inn, West Malvern, tonight (Friday), at 8pm. The band, reunited last year for the first time in more than 20 years, is supported by The Big Hum.
Professional musicians will join a 130-strong choir of Malvern College pupils, staff and parents to perform Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The concert will feature musicians from the Birmingham Royal Ballet orchestra and Peter Hill from Birmingham Symphony
Russian pianist Jan Rautio will give a concert at Eastnor Castle on behalf of the British Red Cross. He will be appear as part of the Rautio Piano Trio, which includes the violinist Jane Gordon and the cellist Katherine Jenkinson. They will perform works
ANOTHER soul music night to raise money for the fight against motor neurone disease will be held in Malvern on Sunday, April 30. The event is at the Civil Service Social Club, Spring Lane, from 8pm to 1am. Tickets are £5, from the club or at www. worcssoul.info
The English Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special star-studded concert where all the performers are donating their fees to the anniversary appeal. William Boughton, conductor and founder of the Malvern-based orchestra,
A MUSIC student is staging a concert including his own compositions at a Malvern church. Tim Corfield, of Cowleigh Road, is currently studying for an HND in music production at Worcester College of technology. As part of his coursework he had to undertake
SEVENTIES chart-toppers The New Seekers will be performing at Malvern Theatres on Saturday, April 1, at 7.30pm. The band will include classics including the number one hit single I'd like to teach the world to sing. Tickets for the Forum show are £18
Proof (12A), starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, is showing at Malvern Theatres. It tells the story of the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, who is coming to terms with her father's death. It's showing from Friday
A BUDDING young actor is needed to complete the line-up for a stage production in Droitwich. The Norbury Theatre is hunting for a 16 or 17-year-old boy to take a role in farce Caught In The Net. The show is set for a four-night run at the Friar Street
THE tragic, amusing and often unbelievable life of fiction's most famous Jew is coming to Pershore next month. Shylock: Is he a villain or a victim? is one of the questions asked during Gareth Armstrong's award-winning play, which will be staged at Number
MARCH 24 Charity Boxing Dinner In aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and Rotary Charities at Worcester Racecourse Grandstand. Tickets available from Ted Howarth on 01386 462285. Country Western Partner Dancing Every Friday at Whitbourne Village Hall. All
TONIGHT King Pleasure And The Biscuit Boys: Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Dr Teeth's Big Band: Marr's Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. The Badgers: Drummond's Bar, New Street, Worcester. Terrafolk:The Courtyard Arts Centre, Hereford. The Levellers: Wulfrun
MARCH 25 The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury. With a Voice of Singing Performed by The Philomusica Chorus and Soloists at St Mary's Church, Kempsey, Worcester from 7.30pm. Tickets available on door. The Worcestershire
UNTIL MARCH 25 Present Laughter Starring Simon Callow at Malvern Theatres. Edward Scissorhands Birmingham Hippodrome. MARCH 25 Charge DanceFest's annual choreographic platform at John Moore Theatre at the Kings School, Edgar Street, Worcester, at 7.30pm
The successful stage duo of Anne Smith and Hugh Farey will be reunited when The Conquest Players revive Willy Russell's Educating Rita. It tells the story of Rita, the feisty hairdresser from Liverpool who wants to better herself by taking an Open University
Midland Musical Theatre Group (MMTG) has been nominated for a 'best production award' for its 2005 show It's a Kind of Magic, at Malvern Theatres. The National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) will be presenting the awards at a ceremony in Birmingham
Theatre March 24 - The Masque of the Red Death by the Fetch Theatre Company at Malvern Youth Centre, Great Malvern. 7.30pm. Admission free. Bookings (01584) 861589. 14 years & over. Until 25 - Present Laughter by Noel Coward at the Festival Theatre
MIDLANDS TWO (WEST) Saturday, March 25: Leamington v Malvern. Saturday, April 8: Malvern v Hinckley. Saturday, April 22: Stoke v Malvern. RESULTS 3/9/05: Malvern 14, Leamington 14. 10/9/05: Camp Hill 29, Malvern 6. 17/9/05: Intermediate Cup round one,
THE next - and possibly the last - meeting of the parish plan steering group will be on Monday (March 27), at 8pm, at Old Mill House. Everyone is welcome. There will be discussion about the distribution of the bound copies of the plan and the delivery
DO you believe the village hall is a community asset? Do you go to events at the village hall? Do you belong to a group that uses the hall on a regular basis? Do you have a special occasion coming up for which your dining room affords less space than
THERE will be a joint service to celebrate Mothering Sunday on March 26 at St Mary's Church, Madresfield, at 11am. There will not be a service at Guarlford this Sunday. The induction service for the new vicar/priest will be held at St Peter's Church,
Prepare to be amazed at An Evening of Magic and Mystery at Cradley Village Hall on Saturday, April 1, with local magicians Oscar and Stewart Paul. Tickets are £10, to include a chilli supper and pudding. There will also be a bar. The evening will start
DON'T forget tonight (Friday) Colwall Players will be holding its annual fun quiz at the village hall starting at 7.30pm. Refreshments and bar will be available. Teams of four £6. Colwall Village Society will be holding the annual village spring clean
The parish hall committee is making another attempt to find someone to take over the village shop and post office, the recent applicant having withdrawn. In the interests of the village, the committee is keen to let the premises as a shop/post office
Huntingdon Arts has a varied programme, beginning on Tuesday (March 28) with The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Completely Hollywood. A 90-minute send up of Tinseltown and the movie industry, it runs until Saturday, April 1, at the Swan Theatre at 7.30pm
DEDICATED young actors are invited to join a Malvern Theatre Players' youth theatre group. There are three places left in the group, for children aged 12 to 14, which meets on Saturdays at the Barry Jackson Rooms, Grange Road, from 10am to noon. Applications
AUDIENCES in Malvern should brace themselves for a trip down memory lane when The New Seekers come to town. The group had a string of hits in the 60s and 70s including the worldwide number one I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, which also became the
RHYTHM and blues fans are in for a treat because one of the genre's top bands are making their way to Worcester this month. Worried Men play a musical mish-mash of The Hamsters, ZZ Top, Gary Moore and Wilko Johnson - among other artists - and relentlessly
AS a youngster, Joe Fletcher's bedroom would reverberate with the strains of the renowned Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. But it probably never occurred to him at the time that he would in later life be sharing a stage with the music legends, who were responsible
NOEL Coward's play Present Laughter was enjoyed immensely by the audience at Malvern Theatres this week, with even the set getting a laugh and a round of applause before the actors came on stage. The play is about the clever, witty and devastatingly handsome
UPTON'S district councillor says she did not realise people were so against the closure of the town's Lower High Street toilets when she voted in favour of it. Sue Adeney put her hand up with 16 of her Liberal Democrat colleagues before the decision to
REGULARS from the Kings Head in Upton raised £447 for the Injured Jockeys Association with a clay pigeon shoot. Now in its third year, the event originated with Lynne Burke, from Ryall, donating a cup so the pub could hold a fundraising event for the
THE sights and tastes of Turkey were the attraction at the Church Rooms in Upton on Saturday. As part of the Church in the Community series of events, Eleanor Grigson talked about her visit to the country. She was a member of a tour organised by Malvern's
AN Upton-based public relations consultant is working on an imaginative cathedral restoration project. Helen Stallard has been commissioned to run the national PR campaign for work at St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. The church's St Mary's Hall is
STEAM trains have given Severn Valley Railway a milestone to celebrate after clocking up more than two million miles. The 16-mile line from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth has become a Mecca for steam buffs and tourists since enthusiasts revived the route
UPTON residents may soon be able to tackle town councillors at regular Saturday surgeries in the Memorial Hall. These would be held every two month, with two or three members available to talk to people informally over coffee. Issues raised could then
I have followed recent articles in the Malvern Gazette and readers' letters concerning council plans with disquiet as it would appear some of the latest MHDC decisions are a little controversial. I have seen no substantive arguments to justify them in
AS the report by Jo Lafferty (Malvern Gazette, March 17) correctly pointed out, we did indeed let the elected Liberal Democrat councillors make up their own minds when the toilet closures were debated. As to the question in your editorial "are we delivering
WITH the end of free evening parking in Malvern Hills District Council car parks coming into force at the end of the month, how will the entitlement to two hours' free parking with residents' parking discs work should we go to the theatre or to a restaurant
I WAS horrified to discover that the public toilets in Malvern have now closed and may be sold off. Public - the word means people, but this decision tells me that the people of Malvern and the thousands of visitors that descend on our lovely town have
With reference to Eddie Clark's letter (Your Letters, March 17), I to am not sure which word sums up my feelings to his recent article on the golly issue. Incredulity, disbelief and likewise anger. I cannot believe that so much fuss is being made of three
A SINCERE thank-you to the surgeon, anaesthetists, theatre staff and all nursing staff for their excellent care and attention to me while a patient in an immaculately clean, twin-bedded ward on Beech Two (February 17-19). PATRICIA FENTON BA Hons, SRN,
I find the actions of MHDC charging car parking fees at night in the centre of Malvern extraordinary, considering it professes to encourage both the theatres and visitors. It is bad enough to charge for parking during the daytime, but to compound the
With the very positive help of Coun Phil Groves, we have together brought the subject of toilet closures back to council for further debate on Monday, April 3. It was very easy to collect sufficient votes - councillors were queuing up to sign. I would
MUSIC lovers are being urged to rally round and help save the Malvern-based ESO, which ceased trading this week after 26 years. The orchestra's board of directors is working with the Friends of the ESO to launch a Save The ESO campaign. They plan to launch
THE wife of a British hostage just rescued in Iraq has thanked friends and supporters at Malvern Baptist Church for their prayers. Pat Kember is "full of thanks" for the support her husband Norman received. "I'm so grateful for everybody's thoughts and
I read about the problems some Malvern theatre-goers have had with hearing performances at Malvern Theatres. After seeing the final night's performance of Malvern Light Opera Society's production of My Fair Lady on Saturday, I thought it worth mentioning
A public meeting about Malvern's health services tonight (Friday) has attracted a big interest. The meeting, called by Malvern Town Council, gives residents the chance to quiz health bosses about the new hospital and other topics. Question forms were
SEVERAL of us now retired nurses are having a re-union on April 1 to celebrate 47 years to the day since we started our training at the Queen Elizabeth School of Nursing in Birmingham. We know that Rosemary (nee Bishop) lives locally, but have been unable
WE talk about preserving the English countryside, yet I am seeing more and more acreage given over to miles of huge plastic tunnels and plastic ground cover to grow out-of-season produce, therefore, what a horror to view those domes (from the Eden Project
MALVERN Library is closing for three weeks for the final stage of refurbishment to be carried out. It will shut on Friday, April 14, and re-open on Monday, May 8. The re-opening is 100 years to the month since the original library building in Graham Road
A Malvern Hills district councillor has revealed that she resigned from the Liberal Democrat party and the council's ruling Lib Dem group. In a statement, Pickersleigh ward councillor Marion Houghton-Smith said she resigned when Charles Kennedy surrendered
POLICE seized 20 cannabis plants being grown in an airing cupboard at flats in Malvern. New beat sergeant Sara Goodman, who last week promised to get tough on drugs in the town, said the raid was just the beginning. "I want people to see we're taking
SHEEP worth about £2,500 were stolen from a field in Malvern. The 25 pregnant ewes - black-faced Suffolks, Welsh Mules and Charollais - disappeared from the field off Cowleigh Road between 9am on Tuesday, March 14, and 12.30pm on Thursday, March 16. Owner
ANN Widdecombe dropped a bombshell when she visited Malvern this week. The outspoken Conservative MP announced her retirement at the end of the next Parliamentary term, during a speech at the Forum theatre. Ms Widdecome, who said she planned to moved
ONE of Malvern's little secrets, Poets' Corner, tucked away high on the Wyche Cutting, needs a new home. Described as a "delight" and a "real treasure" by those who have discovered it, Poets' Corner is a quiet spot where people can leave poems and read
MALVERN mountain biker Liam Killeen won gold in the men's individual cross-country event at the baking hot Lysterfield Park on the edge of Melbourne. Killeen, who finished third in Manchester four years ago when he was just 20, turned Commonwealth Games
TICKETS are on sale for one of the charity social events of the year at Eastnor Castle. The Noah's Ark Trust, assisted by Sotheby's, is holding a black-tie dinner and auction of promises on Friday, May 19. Special guest is TV hypnotist Paul McKenna, who
LES Hines' career at Worcester City looks to be over after being deemed surplus to requirements. The 29-year-old left-back has been told by manager Andy Preece that his future lies away from St George's Lane following the signing of Adam Burley. Notification
Animal rights activists have again targeted The Halfway House pub in Bastonford in protest at its lobster festival. Last year the pub was daubed with graffiti and this weekend the sign for the festival was slashed in the middle of the night. Protesters
Tom and Barbara Good kept the nation entertained for decades with their efforts to be eco-friendly. Now a Malvern family is doing it for real in a new BBC TV programme. The Strawbridge family - parents Dick and Brigit and children James, 21, and Charlotte
UNIVERSITY of Worcester netball first and second teams have clinched top three positions in the British Universities Sports Association League. The first team played nine games, winning six and losing three, narrowly missing out on second place to University
MALVERN Ladies recorded their best win of the season beating Worcester 9-2 in a one-sided encounter. MALVERN LADIES 9, WORCESTER NORTON IV 2 A first half hat-trick from captain Lucy Smith, one goal from sister Kt Smith and another two from Nikki Forecast
PUPILS from Malvern College took part in New York's Tuxedo Club's annual gold racquets tournament during a six-day tour to America. Charlie Griffiths, James Sheppard and Ollie Sloane took part in a singles competition, the Cartier Gold Racquet, and in
MALVERN Joggers made the trip to Stafford for a half-marathon race on Sunday. Seven of the team completed the 13.1 mile road race, including four of the club's London Marathon entries. The race was won by Chris Hollingshead (Cannock AC) in 1.12.14. First
ABERYSTWYTH University celebrated their Ultimate team's 10th anniversary with an Ultimate frisbee indoor tournament and Lords of the Ring from Malvern sent a mixed team to the event. Over the weekend they played against various teams including Bangor
THE second race of the Arden Sailing Club March handicap series was held at Defford on Sunday in a gusty and cold southerly breeze. The Enterprises of Stuart Stephen, with No 1 crew, Caroline Stephen, and Niall Campbell, crewed by Jane Smee, were able
SATURDAY FOOTBALL THE TRAVEL FACTORY MIDLAND FOOTBALL ALLIANCE Oadby Town v Malvern Town (3.00). WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Shawbury v Ledbury Town (2.45); Bromyard Town v Market Drayton Town (2.45). Division One: Malvern Town Reserves v Ellesmere
A TEENAGER suffered internal bruising during an attack by six fellow pupils at a Worcestershire high school. Scott Carter has admitted he had arranged to fight one of the pupils at The Chantry High School in Martley, but told his parents he was unfairly
A COUPLE who met at the age of five are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary today. Edna and Geoffrey Robbins met in class at Holt Heath Primary School in 1941, and became a couple 13 years later. Mrs Robbins, a retired care nurse of Harrington
AN Evesham family, including a two-year-old toddler, shivered through one of the coldest weekends of the winter last week - all for the sake of 10p. This week, 44-year-old Cliff Minors hit out at British Gas operatives, who he claimed were "rude and totally
WORCESTERSHIRE'S business community has given what its leaders describe as a "muted" welcome to Gordon Brown's tenth Budget. "His proposals were wide ranging and had several points that will be welcomed by both business and individuals," said Christopher
WORCESTERSHIRE-based The Armchair Property Investor, a company founded in August 2005, has engineered more than £11.5m of property deals both home and abroad in its first six months of business. The future looks bright for the owner-managed company, from
WHEELER-dealer Mark Yates was a busy man on Nationwide Conference transfer deadline day, snapping up two players in time for tomorrow's local derby at Hereford United. The ex-Cheltenham Town man managed to bring in Bury striker Jon Newby on a month-long
ANOTHER soul music night to raise money for the fight against motor neurone disease will be held in Malvern on Sunday, April 30. The event is at the Civil Service Social Club, Spring Lane, from 8pm to 1am. Tickets are £5, from the club or at www. worcssoul.info
A MUSIC student is staging a concert including his own compositions at a Malvern church. Tim Corfield, of Cowleigh Road, is currently studying for an HND in music production at Worcester College of technology. As part of his coursework he had to undertake
MALVERN'S Midland Alliance championship hopes took a nose-dive after a dominant half-hour before the break saw them take a deserved lead. MALVERN TOWN 2, COALVILLE TOWN 3 In the 15th minute, Knight's free-kick saw Coalville's Danny Geary rise to head
MALVERN Girls' College student Charlotte Allan, 18, has just returned from Edinburgh where she played for the second year running for the England A Lacrosse team. She was made vice-captain for the match and was asked to make the captain's speech for the
AFTER last weekend's fine win against the team who were second in the league, Radar came up against Prinner Sports who are also challenging for Worcester Sunday League division one honours. MALVERN RADAR 0, PRINNER SPORTS 1 The visitors started brightly
Last week's Malvern Memories picture in The Reporter, showing the visit of the queen to Ledbury in the 1950s brought back happy memories for Wellington Heath man Nick Dykes. The tallest, bespectacled man in the line-up to meet the queen and the Duke of
ON The Black Hill (PG), the film of Bruce Chatwin's novel set in the Welsh Marches and starring Bob Peck and Gemma Jones, is showing at Ledbury's Market Theatre on Wednesday (March 29), at 7pm. Tickets (£3.50/£2 students) are available on 01531 632769
THE tragic, amusing and often unbelievable life of fiction's most famous Jew is coming to Pershore next month. Shylock: Is he a villain or a victim? is one of the questions asked during Gareth Armstrong's award-winning play, which will be staged at Number
IT will be a case of "lights, camera, reduction" when the theatrical family of a nationally acclaimed actor welcomes him home to perform in Worcester. Ruben Crow is one of three actors set to perform in The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Completely Hollywood
UNTIL MARCH 30 Springtime Landscapes An exhibition of paintings capturing the essence and beauty of springtime across the land at The Gallery and Picture Framing at Bevere, Bevere Lane, Worcester. The Folks Who Live On The Hill An exhibition of paintings
MARCH 25 The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury. With a Voice of Singing Performed by The Philomusica Chorus and Soloists at St Mary's Church, Kempsey, Worcester from 7.30pm. Tickets available on door. The Worcestershire
UNTIL MARCH 25 Present Laughter Starring Simon Callow at Malvern Theatres. Edward Scissorhands Birmingham Hippodrome. MARCH 25 Charge DanceFest's annual choreographic platform at John Moore Theatre at the Kings School, Edgar Street, Worcester, at 7.30pm
MALVERN Rugby Club entertained a 24-man squad from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY State on Saturday at Spring Lane. MALVERN U23 CRUSADER 43pts, COLGATE UNIVERSITY (USA) 8pts The university students were on the final leg of their 18-day tour of the UK
THE U14s coach was unable to attend this away match on Sunday against Keresley in Coventry so the Malvern female U14's coach Joan Brownhill stepped in at the last minute. KERESLEY U14s 0, MALVERN U14S 55pts Despite the change, Malvern were not put off
SIR - For years I almost believed in the egalitarian intentions of people like Blair, Blunkett, Vaz, Mandelson and Jowell - politely listening as they established an army of tedious windbags who lectured us endlessly about the human rights of everybody
Theatre March 24 - The Masque of the Red Death by the Fetch Theatre Company at Malvern Youth Centre, Great Malvern. 7.30pm. Admission free. Bookings (01584) 861589. 14 years & over. Until 25 - Present Laughter by Noel Coward at the Festival Theatre
THOSE of you who spend some of your leisure time walking the Malvern Hills may have occasionally noticed a young man on a mountain bike pounding past. The chances are that this mystery rider with the set expression is Liam Killeen, an athlete we believe
MALVERN reserves travelled to North Birmingham to play Riverway, a side just above them in the West Midlands division one table. RIVERWAY 2, MALVERN TOWN RES 4 The game started badly for Malvern when Mike Oakes was barged off the ball and at the same
PORTMAN Hilda Evelyn Formerly of McIntyre Road, Worcester. Peacefully at Teme Court Residential Home on March 18th, aged 95 years. Loving mother of Mary and Eric and a much loved granny of Caitlin, Stephen, Andrew and Richard. Funeral service at Worcester
DOWNES Peter Harvey Of Martley Passed away suddenly but peacefully at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Tuesday, March 21st, 2006, aged 72 years. Beloved husband of Frances and adored father and grandad. The funeral service will take place at Worcester
PHILLIPS Dorothy May Dot Passed away at Redhill Court Care Home on March 21st, aged 87 years after a long illness. A loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Now at peace reunited with dad. Funeral Service will take place at St Wulstan's Church
NEWMAN Karl To Karl , Thinking of you on this day your Birthday. I miss you so much bro. Goodnight God Bless. Love always Marc, Sharon, Casey-Joe Published in paper 24/03/2006
TIPPING Mabel E Treasured memories of a dear wife, mother, grandma and great grandma. Passed away March 24th, 2005. Loved and greatly missed by husband Jack, Sheila, Janet and their Families. Published in paper 24/03/2006
ROBERTS Vera Joyce My wife is gone but not forgotten. Vera who passed away two years today March 24th, 2004. When God called my loved one home. God willing we will meet again and you can hold my hand again. Sleep on my love Jack Published in paper 24
