MISSING Worcestershire backpacker Louise Saunders has been found safe and well after surviving four days lost and alone in dense Australian rainforest. The 19-year-old wandered out of the harsh terrain unaided, after a massive police and armed forces
A MAN found dead in a house in Randwick Drive, Warndon, has been named as Mark Harvey. The 20-year-old was found at about 2.45pm on Wednesday by paramedics. It is not known at this stage what caused the death of Mr Harvey, from Checketts Lane, Worcester
A BREAST cancer victim who said her employers "wrote her off" because of her illness has won her discrimination battle. Liz Zatriqi, who took Warndon-based Misys Financial Systems to an employment tribunal in October, said she was delighted with the result
Council support Sainsbury's bid WORCESTER City Council's planning committee has backed plans that would allow Sainsbury's to win the St John's supermarket battle. The council proposes to scupper Tesco's bid for the site at Swanpool Walk by securing a
A PARTY was held to mark the retirement of a Worcester Festival Choral Society stalwart after 26 years. The choral society presented Marjorie Potts with a hi-fi system, CDs and a cake when she stepped down as honourable secretary on Monday at Worcester
MOTORISED scooters are the latest must-have accessory, but they come with a warning in the run-up to Christmas. Parents in Worcestershire are being warned by police that the seemingly harmless stand-and-ride scooters can potentially be very dangerous.
SHOCKING new statistics released by a national optician company have revealed that one in four Worcestershire drivers could be unsafe to drive. Three thousand people were examined by Specsavers Opticians, based in Broad Street, at last month's International
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy who was starved of oxygen during his birth at Hereford County Hospital has been awarded a massive payout by London's High Court, including a lump sum of £830,000. Luke Anthony developed cerebral palsy because of the oxygen deprivation
THE jury in the trial of four people accused of being members of a counterfeit money gang failed to reach verdicts yesterday after deliberating for six hours. Police recovered dud notes with a face value of £100,000 at the end of Operation Object in September
A CHARITY rugby match is to be played in memory of a former King's School, Worcester, pupil who died in the Bali nightclub bombing. Neil Bowler, aged 27, was one of almost 200 who lost their lives when a car bomb ripped through the Sari nightclub in October
A TEACHER who was struck and killed by a train near Droitwich has been named by police. The body of Matthew Vaughan-James, aged 51, was discovered shortly after noon on Tuesday, having been hit by the 10.23am Leamington to Worcester train between Cutnall
A DAD-of-two who grew cannabis at his Worcester home led police to his 10ft plant after a drunken jig in a wine bar. Green-fingered Peter Van Wienen was acting strangely, dancing around the Old Rectifying House in North Parade and started hurling abuse
Documentary records show that Monkwood was granted to the monks of Worcester Priory in the 8th Century. All the English and Welsh priories were destroyed by Henry VIII and much of their land redistributed, but Monkwood seems to have remained in the ownership
Council's role down on paper THE first ever document setting out the district council's role in improving the quality of life for Malvern people has been published. Malvern Hills District Community Strategy is the result of 18 months of work, including
A CRAFTSMAN is set to help drum up funds for an Evesham school tonight with a dolls' house. Mick Biddle decided to make the two-storey house to raise money for Friends of Swan Lane First School. Mr Biddle, who has already made one house for his daughter
DOES your house need a makeover from the experts? Well, now is your chance to have three rooms transformed - and it won't cost you a penny. House Invaders - a BBC daytime makeover show starring Linda Barker and Anna Ryder Richardson - is looking for people
MALVERN Hills District Council is to plough £20,000 every year into supporting community projects. The council agreed at its meeting on Tuesday to set up a community grant scheme, starting with a minimum of £20,000 for 2003/2004. This amount will be reviewed
tonight (Friday) and tomorrow the Bosbury Players look forward to entertaining you with their production of Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train. Producer Alan Soper hopes this chilling ghost story will prove to be another excellent choice to enthral his regular
This year the Over 60s Christmas lunch will take place on Monday, December 23, newcomers to the villagers warmly invited to go along. Everyone meets at the village hall at approximately 12.30pm for a pre-lunch sherry and lunch will be served at 1pm. The
TOMORROW (Saturday), Christmas coffee morning in the parish hall. Plenty of Christmas gifts available, cakes, preserves and a number of competitions. Do come along any time between 10am and noon.
CHAIRMAN Coun Pat Lewis was pleased to welcome three members of the public to the bi-monthly meeting of Corse Parish Council, also district councillor Mary McGhee. She said the council were grateful to Mr Bernard Newman of the Prince of Wales for the
THE prize winners at the village hall fortnightly whist drive were: Jean Gurney, Ann Pullen, Jessie Windle, Peggy Baxter, Nancy Devereux, Phyllis Priday, Evelyn Stallard, Eryl Williams, Philip Timme, Ken Hawkins, Ron Baxter, Pat Gisby, Richard Pullen.
A COFFEE morning was held at the Link Nurseries, Hospital Lane, earlier in the month when winter flowering plants, holly wreaths and cyclamen were sold. Among the raffle prize winners were: Hazel Neal (box of groceries), Elisathen Sarson (a hanging basket
THE story of Hereford-shire from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the Norman Conquest is the subject of a new book. Anglo-Saxon Herefordshire by Raymond Perry traces the county's history between the years 410 and 1086. It presents a fascinating
AFTER a school trip to the Antarctic last year, the photographs of a 16-year-old American Malvern College student are featuring in a New York exhibition. Keaton McGruder arrived in Malvern earlier this year to study for an International Baccalaureate.
THE Magic Bow Variety Show is bringing its own brand of avant-garde cabaret back to the Great Malvern Club, Church Street, tonight (Friday). Admission is free.
THE next meeting of Malvern Storytellers Club is on Wednesday, December 3, at the Express Inn, Malvern Link. The meeting, a club night, runs from 8pm to 10pm.
TREES are the subject of a second birthday exhibition at Bransford's Foalyard Gallery from tomorrow (Saturday). Running until January 11, the exhibition, Trees: a cultural resource, features work by 14 artists, eight based in Worcestershire. All the artists
ENGLISH Civil War re-enactors will be taking up arms for Acorns at Worcester's Commandery Museum over the weekend of December 14 and 15. As part of the fundraising event, The Fairfax Battalia will recreate part of an original drill display called 'Mars
MALVERN Fringe will be presenting Bedouin and Harvey Bainbridge (the Invisible Warrior) tomorrow (Saturday) at the youth centre, Albert Road North, Malvern, from 8pm until midnight. Bedouin are Alan Davey and Simon House of Hawkwind plus Danny Thompson
n CPE Bach Complete Flute Concertos Patrick Gallois, flute How rare to find a recording dedicated entirely to flute compositions by one composer. And here we have six works, including the Sonata in A minor for solo flute, plus five concertos, interpreted
1802: The new and complete Newgate Calendar is now available, containing new and authentic accounts of the lives, adventures, last dying speeches and executions of the most notorious Malefactors who have suffered death at Newgate Gaol from the year 1700
THE tragic fall of a young boy from the tower of Pershore Abbey was reported by the Worcester Journal this week exactly 250 years ago. The edition of 1752 stated: "Last Sunday, the following melancholic accident happened at Pershore when a boy of about
MALVERN Town visit Ettingshall Holy Trinity (2.45pm) tomorrow (Saturday) and hope to welcome back Des Cox, Paul Edwards and Nathan Owen, all of whom missed Tuesday night's game. Goalkeeper Dave Alden (thigh), Lee Hooper (knee) and Pete Roberts (shoulder
AN unusual invention aimed at making sure young children who get lost can be reunited with their parents is being marketed by Upton-upon-Severn firm Travelling With Children. Information such as names, addresses and telephone numbers can be digitally
MULLED wine, mince pies and a festive musical medley have been laid on to tempt people to come to the Upton-upon-Severn Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Christmas event on Friday (December 6) at the Memorial Hall, at 7.30pm. The Saxofonists
MALVERN Library is set to undergo its biggest extension and renovation for decades. A £1.5 million project will create an extension behind the existing Graham Road building to house a new contact centre, run jointly by the Worcestershire County Council
A MOVE to new single-site headquarters has been agreed in principle by Malvern Hills Dis-trict Council. After vigorous debate at a meeting on Tuesday, councillors agreed to pay £50,000 for consultants to investigate the feasibility of moving from the
A CANDLELIT advent carol service with traditional readings and carols is to take place at Upton-upon-Severn parish church on Sunday (December 1). The ecumenical service will take place at 6.30pm and will be led by the Reverend Chris Hardwick
TWO Callow End nurses were commended for their bravery and quick-thinking by a senior fire officer last week. After a fire broke-out at St Cloud Care Home in the Old Hills on a morning in June this year, Jane Dean and Kay Eddolls woke the 29 elderly residents
A QUIZ night is to be run at the Talbot Head Hotel on High Street on Tuesday, December 3. Teams of five can enter, with admission £1 per member. It will start at 8pm.
THE Portobello pub, Albert Park Road, Malvern Link, has been boarded up with metal sheeting across its doors and windows. A notice posted on the pub's front door says the building has been repossessed by its owners, Marlborough Properties of Banbury,
THE director of Malvern Hills Conservators has warned that people who drive cars and motorcycles on Conservators' land risk prosecution. Ian Rowat was speaking after two men from Malvern were fined by Worcester magistrates for driving on common land.
A LUNCH which would have raised hundreds of pounds for local charities was cancelled after it was blocked by the Charity Commission. Malvern College students had intended to eat a frugal midday meal on Monday and give the money saved to good causes. As
MALVERN Radar took sweet revenge for their 4-0 beating by Express last month taking the points in both team's big derby game of the season. EXPRESS '88 3, MALVERN RADAR 4 It was poor first half defending by McKerracher and Hadley with even worse goalkeeping
A MINI is up for grabs at the Three Counties Mighty Mini Show at the Three Counties Showground. To raise money for the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Research Centre in Birmingham, a Mini Cooper Classic 500 is being offered in a prize draw at the show
I HAVE read with interest the recent debate on Church Street's present decline, and it was on this subject that I was involved in a conversation a few days ago with a customer in the Link Post Office. This set me thinking about what could be done to improve
I am delighted to see Mr Edwards (Your Letters, November 15) opening the long overdue debate on the state of the local train service. I have commuted between Great Malvern and Birmingham for the last seven years and have seen the service gradually deteriorate
WELLAND'S goal scoring drought ended on Saturday. Having outplayed the opposition on the previous three occasions and still lost by the odd goal, the famine turned to feast with Oak Apple on the receiving end in this Worcester League Division One match
IN reply to Mr Hall (Your Letters, November 22) concerning his displeasure at train services between Malvern and Worcester, if his idea of so few trains on the Malvern to Worcester line is inadequate he should consider himself lucky to live in Malvern
A LEGO robot designed and programmed by the team, aged between nine and 14, proved to be a winner at the southern regional heat, held at the University of Reading last Friday. The team had eight weeks to build, program and test their robotic invention
CORIOLANUS is performed with a masterly display of acting talent, yet the production leaves the audience with no sense of satisfaction. The cast, burdened as they were with Japanese costume, struggled I felt to act as the true Romans envisaged by Shakespeare
DUE to the shortage of football referees in the county more courses are being arranged by the Worcester-shire Football Association. The courses are designed for anyone wanting to take up the whistle, whether they have serious ambition to progress to the
ning committee meeting at which the proposed low-cost housing development near Safeway was unceremoniously, indeed almost contemptuously, thrown out, I am still extremely angry at the decision. This is because the developers (Ciel Properties) had actually
AS an interested party in one of the planning proposals brought before Malvern Hills District Council on November 20, I made my first and last visit to this meeting. The general tone of the meeting was that appearance and conservation should be a priority
PENNY Ha'penny Animal Rescue would like to thank the people of Malvern for their support on November 23 when they held a collecting day in Malvern and £142.11 was raised, which will go towards the care of horses and ponies rescued from cruelty and neglect
AFTER seven years a controversial playing field in Welland has been set for completion by the end of 2003. At a meeting of Welland Parish Council last week, several residents who raised concerns about the continued absence of work on the field, were reassured
WITH regard to the firemen's pay claim, which if successful, could be followed by larger claims by teachers and nurses, let us be provided with a few facts before we decide the rate the firemen deserve. What percentage of the fire brigade are killed or
FOUR sites in Malvern have been identified as appropriate for affordable housing development by Elgar Housing Association, but it is refusing to reveal the locations at this stage. The Malvern-based association has put in bids worth £12 million for new
WELLAND Women's Institute is being suspended after 77 years due to falling membership. With recent leaflet campaigns failing to drum up new support they can no longer afford a regular monthly speaker and many other activities have halted. Mary Tibbles
A GROUP of youthful chip connoisseurs toured Malvern's fish and chip shops to see who could best tickle their taste buds. A "chip shop crawl" took place on Saturday evening with around 20 people touring the town's fish and chip takeaways, rating each
IT would be churlish not to congratulate the councillors of Malvern Hills on their unanimous support this week for the current management of Malvern Theatres, quite a contrast to the situation in which Worcester's Swan Theatre finds itself. Because of
PARISH councils and local project leaders are being offered the chance to win £500 if they enter the 11th annual Community Pride competition run by Worcestershire County Council. Sponsored by the Countryside and Environment agencies, the contest aims
TODAY someone rang me to ask the times of Christmas services at St Wulstan's as they planned to be visiting Malvern at that time - a praiseworthy foresight. Another communication tells me that "Half of all people over 75 live alone and many go for days
JOHN Barton will unleash the new attacking partnership of Adam Webster and David Holmes on Aldershot Town in tomorrow's FA Trophy second round clash at St George's Lane (3pm). The duo's impressive display for Worcester City at Hastings United last weekend
STAFF at a Barnards Green funeral home are taking their turn to look after a prestigious UK charity award this week. Workers at Holland Funeral Service joined others from parent company, Dignity, in Sept-ember to receive the Corporate Community involvement
CHRIS Pearson is the latest Worcester Rugby Club star to go down with the Sixways injury curse. The hooker is booked in for surgery on his wrist next Tuesday and is expected to be out of action for up to six weeks. Worcester have been hit by a spate of
PLANNED changes to European Common Agricultural Policy have been greeted with approval by the partnership responsible for the care of the Malvern landscape. Members of the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership's joint advisory committee
GRAHAM Turner insists there is no need for Hereford United to panic despite their poor run of form. The Edgar Street side entertain Barnet tomorrow (3pm) looking for their first league win since October 8 and with just one point from a possible 18. Bulls
FARMERS markets around Three Counties should help cooks prepare for Christmas Day with fresh, locally grown produce. The first opportunity for festive food shopping is tonight (Friday) when Newent town centre will be full of traders and seasonal attractions
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be boosted by the return of skipper Sean Flynn and striker Andy Bishop for tomorrow's Nationwide League Division Three match against table-topping Hartlepool United at Victoria Park (3pm). Both were forced to miss Tuesday night's
DAVE Titterton will demand extra effort from his depleted Stourport Swifts squad for their home Dr Martens Western Division clash with rivals Bromsgrove Rovers tomorrow (3pm). The Walshes Meadow manager will be without seven first-teamers including three
MANAGER Nigel Russell has teamed up teenage striker Will Pedley with the experienced Simon Judge to give Pershore Town an added threat up front. The duo will be in action at struggling Feckenham tomorrow (2.45) in the Icis Midland Combination Premier
MANOR Park Juniors squash team is still undefeated this season in the Worcestershire Inter Club League. They played Barnt Green on Saturday and won 3-2 to maintain their 100 per cent record. The team was Adam Oakley, Robbie Tyler, Jonathan Lewis, Andrew
AFTER years of pressure villagers in Broadway are to get a ditch to help keep floodwater away from their homes. The residents of Mill Avenue live in fear of the nearby Butchers Brook bursting its banks and flooding their homes as it did in the Easter
SATURDAY FOOTBALL WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Bromyard v Ledbury Town, Ettingshall HT v Malvern Town. Division One South: Ludlow Town Reserves v Malvern Rangers (2.15), Malvern Town Reserves v Ledbury Town Reserves. WORCESTER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE
Two stars of the folk music world are to pay tribute to Ledbury's most famous son, the former Poet Laureate John Masefield. The concert at the Market Theatre comes in the 100th anniversary year of the publication of Masefield's well-loved collection Salt-Water
CRADLEY Singers are holding their annual Christmas concert at Cradley Church at 7.30pm on Saturday, December 7. This year the choir will be joined by a line-up of soloists to perform Bach's Magnificat and Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols. Musical
THE English String Orchestra is playing a special Christmas concert in the magnificent surroundings of the Great Hall at Berkeley Castle, south Gloucestershire. The hall - where the barons of the West Country met before setting off to force King John
THE choir of Malvern Priory has just released its first CD, O Praise the Lord. Recorded in September, it includes Hear My Prayer by Mendelssohn and other ant-hems by Greene, Elgar, Dyson, Ireland, Wesley and Rutter. Proceeds from the recording, which
THE Somers Traditional Folk Club is holding its next singers' night at The Albion, Bath Road, Worcester, on Friday, December 6, at 8.30pm.
ALDWYN Voices present their annual sequence of Christmas choral music and literature at Tewkesbury Abbey on Sunday, December 8, from 4pm. Admission is free and there will be a retiring collection for the Sue Ryder Foundation.
THE Three Horseshoes, Poolbrook, holds its fortnightly jazz session on Monday, December 2, from 8.30pm to 11pm. The event will feature Gordon Whitworth on Trumpet, Norman Field on Clarinet and Brian Mellor playing Guitar and Banjo. Admission is free.
n A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad (Lonely Planet, £7.99) PETER Mayle started the current fashion for living in a foreign country for a time and then writing about it in an "Englishman-abroad-struggling-with-funny-foreign-habits" sort of way. But
n Empire of Darkness, by Christian Jacq (Simon and Schuster, £10.99) DON'T look in the "History" section of your local bookshop for this tale of everyday Ancient Egyptian-folk - despite its veneer of historical fact, it belongs firmly on the shelves marked
MALVERN Town continued their fine Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division form, which has now seen them pick up 23 points from their last 11 games, with a hard earned, but well deserved success at home to local rivals Bromyard on Tuesday
TELEVISION'S current affairs programmes say that there are just five days left to give an "opinion" on a new airport in Warwickshire's green and pleasant land. The bureaucrats that will see this development through aren't, in my view, interested in the
WHEN is something going to be done about the parking in Friar Street, Worcester? Cars park on both sides of the road and, on the hotel side, obstruct the footpath. Anyone with a pushchair or wheelchair must walk in the road. T STAMP, Worcester.
JON Burgess's desperate delvings (You Say, October 30) into the personal background of those who oppose his grotesque hobby of hunting with dogs will have one plus point for the wildlife of this country. The hours he has spent "researching" his opponent's
REGARDING George Cowley's letter (You Say, November 18) I would suggest that if he wants to make his views known, it would be better if they were logical and thought through. He suggested that it was an "outrageous insult" to other religions for it to
GIRLS and boys from 10-13 years old are invited to attend basketball trials at Dyson Perrins sports hall tomorrow (Saturday) and next Saturday from 10-11.30am. Ten children and reserves will be selected to represent Malvern Hills District Council in three
I THOUGHT the days had gone when reporters politely asked politicians if there was anything they would like to say to the nation. James Slack's column states that he "stalks the corridors of power in Westminster." If the tittle-tattle he writes about
THE Malvern Angels WRFC game against Hereford Greyhounds due to be at Spring Lane on Sunday (Dec 1) has been postponed a week and will now be played on Sunday, December 8. This match will add the extra pressure of playing in front of the home crowd but
AHMED Raza (You Say, November 7) suggests that readers of the Evening News should study statistics relating to what our "capitalist state/country" (his words), has done to its own people. He then proceeds to refer exclusively to the USA. Evidently, he
MARTIN Ball of The Bruges Group suggests that Conservative Party members attending hustings to decide the rankings of candidates for the European Parliamentary elections should weed out the europhiles. They should do this by asking certain pertinent questions
HERE we go again, hand-wringing about an alleged shortage of nurses. We witness the vested interests making excuses for managerial ineptitude and a scandalous misuse of scarce resources, when some of us have been urging government since the advent of
I'M sorry for Jon Burgess' apparent confusion over the terms hunting, animal welfare, culture and conservation. May I again be of help. Yes, I did indeed once hunt. The pattern hasn't changed over the passing years. Foxes, hares and deer still feel the
YOUR correspondent Rob Peachey (You Say, November 21) has apparently never been taught that it is extremely bad manners to tactlessly criticise one's hosts when visiting another household or country. That is his misfortune as the manner of such criticism
THERE have been many gripping and gruesome episodes of the BBC drama Casualty over the years. But a tale of love, jealousy and betrayal in Brooklyn has not featured among them. Fans of the hospital drama could be in for a shock if they visit Malvern Theatres
A BIG-hearted Sidemoor resident collected almost £200 for the Poppy Appeal. Fred Stanley, from King George Close, has thanked all those who generously donated to the appeal last month. He collected £50.50 from fellow Sidemoor residents and a further £117.72
A SPA housing association employee is in line for a prestigious professional award. Housing officer Sara Walton, who is based in Queen Street, has been nominated for the Chartered Institute of Housing West Midlands 2002 prize for academic achievement.
WITH six players from their 22-man squad out with injuries, the Malvern U14 Pirates booked themselves a semi-final place in the North Midlands U14 Plate competition on Sunday. BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL U14S 15pts, MALVERN U14S 38pts From the outset, Malvern
FEARS about the future of Evesham and Pershore Hospitals have surfaced following news that the South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust is likely to end its first year next March with a £5m deficit. The overspend represents two-and-a-half per cent on a
'WORCESTERSHIRE Mansion On Fire' was the headline in the Malvern Gazette a century ago. The mansion in question, which was razed to the ground, was St Clouds, in the Old Hills, owned by Earl Beauchamp and the residence of Lady Catherine Berkeley. The
MALVERN-born Joy Seddon, aged 27, was pictured in the Gazette fifty years ago to mark the fact that she had become an air stewardess for Pan American Airways. Miss Seddon led an adventurous early life. In 1930, she emigrated to Norway with her mother,
THE latest James Bond film, Die Another Day (12a), is showing for another week at Malvern Cinema. The film pits Pierce Brosnan as the globetrotting secret agent against his most deadly adversary yet, armed with a powerful new weapon. Die Another Day is
Friday, November 29: King Prawn - The Marr's Bar. Saturday, November 30: Two of a Kind - Sketchley's Sports & Social Club; Junction 9 - Barbourne Ex-Servicemens Club; Larry Miller - The Marr's Bar. Sunday, December 1: Alan Newton - Barbourne Ex-Servicemens
A Christmas Carol. Nov 26-30. Alexandra Theatre Birmingham. Tickets available from Box Office Hotline 0870 607 7535. Pinocchio. November 26 - January 4. Swan Theatre, Worcester. Box Office 01905 27322. A View From The Bridge. Dec 2-7. Malvern Theatres
THE innovative Independent Ballet Wales will perform Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's popular play about mistaken identity, love and danger at The Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, on Sunday, December 8. Choreographed by artistic director Darius James, the unpretentious
PANTOMIME fun is about to hit theatres with a blizzard of dames, unlucky heroes, beautiful heroines and talking cats. Malvern Theatres is offering Dick Whittington, starring former Eastenders' actor Paul Bradley as Idle Jack. The title role is taken by
Theatre November Until Nov 30-The Rhythm of Life by MMTG at the Festival Theatre, Malvern Theatres. 7.30pm. £10 & £12 from (01905) 425299. Until Jan 3-Pinocchio at the Swan Theatre, Worcester. Details (01905) 27322. 29&30-The Bosbury Players'
Langland Stadium, Langland Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2EQ Tel: (01684) 574068. Formed 1947. Club officials General manager: Richard Anson. First team manager: Neil Hunt. Colours: Sky blue/claret shirts, sky blue shorts, sky blue socks. First
Consider the cost to our trained fire crews A MALVERN man whose brother and nephew are firefighters has urged Worcestershire people to show their support for the strikers. Martin Harris spoke out after this week's pre-budget report revealed that the Government
THE former head of operations at the Morgan Motor Company Ltd, in Malvern, has been appointed chief executive of the Government's manufacturing support agency. The Manufacturing Advisory Service West Midlands (MAS-WM), launched in July, has appointed
BUSINESSMEN and women in the two counties now have longer to make their thoughts known on the future development of air travel in the Midlands. The deadline for comments to the Department for Transport concerning plans for Birmingham, East MidlandS, Coventry
MALVERN Town continued their fine Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division form, which has now seen them pick up 23 points from their last 11 games, with a hard earned, but well deserved success at home to local rivals Bromyard on Tuesday
WORCESTER City Council's planning committee has supported a plan to scupper Tesco's bid to build a new store in St John's. City councillors yesterday backed a move for a compulsory purchase order on land owned by the county council in the prime Swanpool
CLEANERS who between them have clocked up 106 years of loyal service to a Worcester store, have had their efforts rewarded with bouquets of flowers. Countrywide Stores, where they work, is due to close today so that the company can concentrate on its
GROUNDBREAKING healthcare developments are set to be pioneered in Worcestershire. The QinetiQ centre, in Malvern, will be the venue for the development of the unique technology. The company, one of Europe's largest science and technology solutions providers
THE identity of the man's body pulled out of the River Severn has still not been released. Tests are still being carried out on the decomposed body that was pulled from the river near the Diglis Hotel, Worcester, on Wednesday morning.
A CHURCH and parish council at loggerheads over the building of a community centre have been told to end their battle and co-operate. Worcester city councillors have urged St Peter's Parish Council and Redhill Baptist Church to settle their differences
A COUPLE who say they were "called by God" to care for hundreds of abandoned children have received royal rewards for their dedication. Shirley and Ernie Fable went to Buckingham Palace earlier this month to pick up their MBEs after returning from the
TRAIN passengers are being warned to expect disruption this weekend. Thames Trains is carrying out emergency engineering work in the Southall area, resulting in a limited timetable today and tomorrow. Trains from Hereford or Worcester, which normally
MIDLANDS ONE Saturday, November 30 Malvern v (Pool game). Saturday, December 7 Barkers Butts v Malvern. Saturday, December 14 Longton v Malvern. Saturday, December 21 Malvern v Kenilworth. Saturday, January 4 Spalding v Malvern. Saturday, January 11 Malvern
Crash car occupants flee police THE driver and passenger of a car which may have been stolen ran off after crashing. The car, a red Vauxhall Cavalier, had been parked badly in Providence Street, in Worcester city centre. A worried passer-by was concerned
AN elderly man with Alzheimer's disease managed to push a panic button in his home, alerting his granddaughter to his fallen wife. Ivy Rimell, of Canterbury Road, Ronkswood, Worcester, was transported to Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Thursday, November
MISSING KIDDERMINSTER backpacker Louise Saunders has been found safe and well after surviving four days lost and alone in dense Australian rainforest.Louise Saunders who has gone missing on a remote mountain in Australia The 19-year-old wandered out of
TOMORROW (Saturday) commencing at 2pm Janet Charles will be holding a jumble sale at Berrow Village Hall. All proceeds towards CLIC and Malvern children's charities. Jumble, bric-a-brac, white elephant, cakes and raffle prizes urgently needed. Please
THE Christmas bazaar to be held in aid of St Peter's Church will take place in the village hall on Saturday, December 14 starting at 3pm. Attractions include punch and mince pies, tombola, games, cakes, bric-a-brac, raffles and many others. Do come along
HE community fair held in the village hall last Saturday afternoon produced a variety of stalls, which even Father Christmas came to support! Various village organisations had stalls including the WI (cakes), Royal British Legion (bird boxes), the churches
ELDERSFIELD Lawn School will be holding a Christmas fayre on Friday, December 6 from 6pm in the school hall. Hopefully Father Christmas will be making a visit. Many stalls to include Christmas gifts and last minute goodies. On Saturday, December 14 at
LONGDON Churchwomen's Fellowship met on October 30 to enjoy the first part of an illustrated talk on Tewkesbury Alleyways presented by Mr G Pearl and Mr C Bird. Many fascinating details were revealed as photographs were explained, leaving members eagerly
THE annual general meeting of Corse & Staunton Village hall will be held on Thursday, November 28 at 8pm when members of the public and representatives of hall users will be most welcome. Do come and support your local village hall a very important
Two attractive services in St James's Church this coming week will set off the run-up to Christmas. The first is an Advent carol service at 6.30pm this Sunday, December 1, in which the singing will be led by the excellent St James's School Choir. Then
A Malvern schoolgirl was due to make her debut in the opening performance of a professional ballet in Birmingham last night (Thursday). Colette Higgs, 10, will be performing in Birmingham Royal Ballet's (BRB's) interpretation of The Nutcracker, using
TROYTE Griffith: A Malvern Enigma is the title of a talk by Dr Jim Berrow at the next meeting of the Elgar Society on Satur-day, December 7, at Christchurch Hall, Malvern. Troyte Griffith, a noted local architect, was Elgar's close friend of 21 years
INTRICATE models of various fascinating fungi hand-built from potters' clay will provide talking points at Malvern's natural history art gallery over the next two months. Worcestershire-based artist Shirley Talboys first realised she could combine her
MALVERN Architectural Society hold their monthly members' evening on Friday, December 6, at the Beacon Room, Malvern Hills College, Albert Road North at 7.30pm. Seasonal contributions are required.
A QUILT made by a member of Malvern Quilters stars as the main attraction at Space for God, an exhibition running at Malvern Priory until tomorrow (Saturday). The quilt, called Fire Dance, made by retired fashion designer Dawn Cooke joins displays, music
MALVERN Recorded Jazz Society hold an evening entitled 'Anything for a tenor' on Wednesday, December 4, at the Civil Service Social Club, Pickersleigh Avenue, from 7.30pm. There is a £1 entry charge and further details are available from Chris Kerswell
An acclaimed Canadian artist, who has been revered by people such as Elvis Costello and Rod Stewart, will be making a date with Wolverhampton on his English tour. Ron Sexsmith has also had his songs covered by the likes of Stewart and Curtis Stigers.
EIGHTIES fans will be able to take a trip down memory lane when popsters Fine Young Cannibals em-bark upon a tour for the first time in five years. The band have re-cently reformed and will be touring he UK with a series of gigs to reestablish the group
AN HISTORIC form of punishment for convicts - the treadmill - was finally removed for Worcester Gaol in Castle Street at this time 100 years ago. Berrow's Journal reported: "The Treadmill, which for so long a period was a means of enforcing discipline
A WORCESTER farmer was in very hot water at this time 100 years ago for failing to report an outbreak of Swine Fever among his pigs. George Pitcher of Nunnery Farm was hauled up before the City Police Court and fined £40 with £3.13s. costs after pleading
WORDS cannot describe the beauty that is the lost city of the Incas. High in the Andes, miles away from the hustle and bustle of the city, Machu Picchu lies deserted of its inhabitants. It took explorers 500 years to discover it, and now it is overrun
The Clubhouse, Spring Lane, Malvern Link, Worcs. WR14 1AJ. Telephone: (01684) 573728. Founded 1934. Members of the RFU, NMFU, W&HRFU. First XV competing in Midlands Division One. Getting to MRFC. From M5 Leave the motorway at Junction 7 and follow
LARGE scale choral singing in Britain is mainly sustained by amateur choirs supported by professional orchestra and soloists. This Malvern Festival Chorus event, which attracted a sizeable and enthusiastic audience despite many competing attractions,
What a superb show this is! It would be invidious to suggest any routine surpassed another - all were conceived marvellously Among them was the opening Rhythm of the Night set on a tropical island, men in brightly patterned shirts, ladies garlanded with
Richard Swerrun directed and choreographed his group of two dozen young, would-be performers as he presented Showbusiness...a little bit more. It was done in association with Bishop Perowne C of E High School, acknowledged recently as a performing arts
RIVAL firms are vying for the right to build a £400,000 state-of-the-art gym and fitness room at Upton-upon-Severn's Hill Centre. Technogym and Pulse Fitness both want to invest in a large extension to the Tunnel Hill centre, which re-opened in April
AN exhibition held to commemorate 50 years since the line between Upton-upon-Severn and Great Malvern closed down sparked a great deal of interest and reminiscences on Saturday (November 23). The final departure on the Tewkesbury to Malvern line left
A dam in a Longdon stream will not worsen flooding the Environment Agency has said. Longdon, Holdfast and Queenhill Parish Council has written to West Worcestershire MP Sir Michael Spicer expressing concern over a dam made in one of the tributaries of
AN autumn fair will be taking place at Upton-upon-Severn Memorial Hall tomorrow (Sat-urday). Morning coffee, cakes, books, toiletries, produce, groceries, bric-a-brac and white elephant stalls will be among those on display. Admission will be free, and
MORE than £1 million to pay off Malvern Theatres' debts and cover costs for the next three years was pledged by Malvern Hills District Council this week. The council agreed to clear the £600,000 debt left after renovations to the complex in 1995 and to
PLANS to develop a district arts strategy and put Malvern Theatres on a secure financial footing prompted a mixed reaction. The measures were app-roved at a meeting of Malv-ern Hills District Council on Tuesday. Robert Wilson, chairman of Malvern and
Christmas celebrations run by Malvern Town Council on Monday evening will not be supported by Great Malvern traders. Instead, traders have organised their own late night shopping event on Friday, December 6. On Monday the mayor of Malvern, Coun Frances
THE Upton branch of the Royal British Legion raised over £6,500 in this year's Poppy Appeal. Special thanks go to Sgt Lindon Lloyd and the Upton troop of the Army Cadets, who themselves raised £1,450.
A TOTAL of £56 was raised for Children in Need by staff at Upton-upon-Severn's Tourism Information Centre. Workers donned "Pudsey" T-shirts and made cakes and coffee for passers-by. Val Johnson, of the centre, said all the staff wanted to thank people
A BINGO evening is to be held at Beechwood, Holly Green, Upton, on Tuesday, December 3. Doors will open 7pm with "eyes down" at 7.30pm. There will be a raffle and refreshments, and it is in aid of residents and day care clients.
GOOD causes in the Malvern area look set to benefit from a pot of £20,000 in the next financial year. Malvern Hills District Council (MHDC) agreed to "consider as a priority" the establishment of a community grants scheme from April 2003 when drawing
A BUS service used by pupils at two Malvern schools could be facing the axe because the operator is not making any money out of it. The 42 duplicate service between Barnards Green and Fruitlands at 3.55pm, which serves The Chase Technology College and
HUNDREDS of people filled St Peter's Church in Bengeworth to beyond its capacity on Tuesday to pay their respects to Evesham coach operator Graham Spring. Mr Spring was one of six people who perished in the recent M25 coach tragedy while taking a group
RANGERS were without a fixture on Saturday for the second consecutive week as the scheduled opponents Bustleholme Reserves were engaged in a postponed Birmingham Vase cup fixture. Tomorrow (Saturday) Rangers, sponsored by Willie Thornes Snooker Club,
LONG-awaited traffic calming measures are to be put in place in the Somers Park Avenue area of Malvern Link. Residents have long complained about cars speeding down Somers Park Avenue, endangering pupils at the local primary school. Now work is due to
THE owner of a tree which fell during last month's storms is appealing for people to take some wood for Christmas decorations before it has to be pulped. Tim Cranmore, of Barnards Green, said the 30 foot-long twisted willow tree had been in perfect health
HAVING just read of the potential shortfall in Health Trust funding leading to a delay in the proposed new Malvern Hospital (Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter, November 22) may I throw in some lateral thinking? I have always felt the Seaford Court
KEMPSEY United Reserves grabbed their highest win of the season in the Soccer Site Malvern Football League on Sunday as they recorded their second victory with a 9-0 home result against West Midlands. After a tight opening the first goal of the game did
TWO bronze statues worth £15,000 each were stolen from a Malvern gallery. Police are appealing for information after two bird statues were taken during a break-in at On The Wild Side, Church Street, bet-ween 5pm on November 20 and 10am on November 21.
MALVERN Hills Conservators have been given £150,000 to improve car parking facilities at two quarries on the hills. The money will go to projects at Earnslaw Quarry, near the Wyche, and Gullet Quarry, above Castlemorton. The Conservators want to divert
KEYZ RM bowed out of the Royal Infirmary Minor Cup, beaten by a very good Chaddesley side, but they were far from disgraced. CHADDESLEY CORBETT 3, KEYZ RM 1 If their finishing had matched their approach play the result would have been a lot closer, the
CURIOUS members of the public, councillors and representatives of various community groups crowded into the first of two exhibitions on the future of Malvern's North Site. Around 100 people turned up within the first 90 minutes of its opening on Thursday
MY sympathy goes out to Mr John Hall (Your Letters, November 22). Perhaps he would like to accept one of my three identical letters from Central Trains, which, in reply to my comments about their service on October 12, attributed their poor service to
MALVERN Hills Conservators have come a step closer to employing an attendant to patrol its car parks on the hills and commons. The idea has now been approved by the body's public relations committee, but still has to be discussed by the administration
A POTENTIALLY disastrous start for Welland in this Mercian Elgar U16s game as their experimental 3-5-2 system was carved open by Evesham when a long ball down the middle was seized upon by Evans, who scored. WELLAND JUNIORS U16s 6, EVESHAM COLTS U16s
A TRIP to war-torn Africa against Foreign Office advice by a determined Malvern woman led to brushes with death, meetings with a former prime minister and first hand experience of the results of genocide. But Celia Forsdike, of Picker-sleigh Road, said
WOMEN from Malvern's Plum-tree House Refuge performed in front of actress Susan Hampshire during the launch of a campaign against domestic violence at Malvern Theatres on Monday (November 25). Plumtree House's play was part of a morning of events that
I REFER to the letter from Saul Bolton (Your Letters, November 22) in which he attempts to justify a 40 per cent pay increase by equating firefighters technical knowledge with other groups where a salary of £35k is paid. He does not say what these groups
A LOCAL clergyman has called for a comprehensive review of a scheme that helps people on low incomes to buy their own home. Rev Ian Sim has worked out that signing up to buy a £60,000 house under Malvern Hills District Council's Do-It-Yourself Shared
WE have spent thousands of pounds on new offices for Malvern Town Council, partly because we were told that regionalisation was on its way and this would mean the abolition of the district council tier of local government. What possible justification
A FARMER who tried to pass off non-organic fruit and vegetables he had bought in as home-grown organic produce has been fined more than £1,000. Christopher Griffin, formerly of Lower End Farm, Birling-ham, set a stall up at Malvern Farmers' Market in
A PROFESSIONAL Rod Stewart impersonator from Malvern Wells met his idol after performing in a London restaurant last Friday night (November 22). Stan Terry was booked to sing for a golf club ladies night in Langhams, a restaurant popular with celebrities
A NEW use for a wheelie bin has been found by worshippers at St Andrews's Church in Malvern. Several members of the congregation had asked to be baptised by full immersion, sparking a search for a suitable container and a wheelie bin won the day, said
SKATEBOARDING areas in Alfrick and Suckley have been officially declared open after 11 months' hard work by youngsters. The Teme Youth Project, formed by young people intent on providing facilities for their area, raised £21,000 over the past year to
QINETIQ has signed a deal with Europe's largest electronics company to market a lifesaving device invented in Malvern. Scientists at QinetiQ used signal processing technology originally developed for defence reasons to come up with a device which can
FARMERS in the Malvern Hills district with unused set-aside land are being sought to grow a crop that offers a guaranteed income. Growers are wanted by Springdale Crop Synergies to cultivate crambe, or Abysinnian mustard, needed to make erucamide, used
A DAIRY farmer whose family has farmed near Bromyard for four generations was elected Herefordshire's National Farmers' Union county chairman at a meeting on Tuesday (November 26). Paul Thomas' family has been at Hennerwood Farm, Pencombe, since his great
A BROMYARD schoolgirl went to London last week to pick up a prize for her winning card design In the constituency competition held by Leominster MP Bill Wiggin to design his annual House of Com-mons Christmas card design, nine-year-old Megan Harris from
EVESHAM United manager Phil Mullen is hoping the club's enforced break will enable Darren Bullock to get fit. The ex-Worcester City ace's form has dipped due to niggling injuries and he was sent off against Weston last Saturday. The Robins have no game
GREENMAN star Rich Brewer won the inaugural Droitwich Angling Centre Festival when he scored a perfect two-point total. With the event held across two days, the first match being above the weir and the second below, Brewer, along with seasoned campaigner
IN Division One of the Whatley Recordon sponsored Malvern Table Tennis League Ledbury Lions scored a fine 6-4 win over YMCA Magpies. It was a good team performance from Lions with each of their players winning twice. Neville Meredith came from two games
MALVERN Ladies hockey team earned yet another point when they played away to Droitwich. DROITWICH III 1, MALVERN 1 Malvern attacked from the beginning and Sophie Wood scored within the first 10 minutes from her rebounded strike. Malvern continued to attack
MALVERN Hockey Club would welcome new members at its training sessions. The club now encompasses mens, ladies and junior teams and trains at The Chase all weather pitch off Geraldine Road, Malvern. The men train on Wednesdays from 6-7pm, the ladies on
FIFTEEN of Ledbury's top swimmers swam in the prestigious Hereford A Grade Open Meet last weekend. Covering 51 swims between them, they shared 40 personal best times. The most exciting achievement of the weekend was in the 100m freestyle when 14-year-old
PLANS to find other ways to finance the Swan Theatre following Worcester City Council's refusal to commit further funds have been discussed at a private meeting. Coun Adrian Gregson, Labour group leader, said talks had been held and suggestions made,
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (PG): The second adventure of the Hogwart's hero is brought to life in a long-awaited sequel to the Philosopher's Stone. Odeon, Worcester. 10.00, 10.45, 1.15, 2.00, 4.45, 5.30, 8.00, 8.45 (12.15, 1.15, 3.30, 4.45
Abbey Jazz holds its fortnightly jazz session at Malvern Rugby Club, Spring Lane on Sunday, December 8, from 8pm to 10.30pm. The evening features Jon Stone on trumpet, Dick Chapman on clarinet, Roger Heeley on piano and Roy Dutton playing drums. Admission
MALVERN teacher James Manship is one of the featured soloists in Worcester Festival Choral Society performance of Handel's Messiah at Worcester Cathedral on Saturday, December 7, at 7.30pm. Mr Manship, who teaches geography at The Chase school, is a familiar
KING Prawn will be bringing their blend of ska, punk, hardcore and hip-hop to Worcester's Marrs Bar tonight (Friday). Tomorrow the club is hosting blues-rock guitar master Larry Miller.
n John Betjeman: New Fame, New Love by Bevis Hillier (John Murray, £25). THIS will be familiar territory to all readers of JB's Letters. Where Candida Lycett Green's collection of her father's correspondence was sometimes frustratingly incomplete here
LONGTON showed why they are unbeaten this season with a fine all-round display of open rugby in this Midlands One game at Spring Lane on Saturday. MALVERN 5pts, LONGTON 43pts From the first minute, when the Longton back row went on a rampaging run to
MALVERN Town visit Ettingshall Holy Trinity (2.45pm) tomorrow (Saturday) and hope to welcome back Des Cox, Paul Edwards and Nathan Owen, all of whom missed Tuesday night's game. Goalkeeper Dave Alden (thigh), Lee Hooper (knee) and Pete Roberts (shoulder
COLWALL Women's Hockey Club moved into second place in the West Clubs Women's League Premier Division with a hard fought 4-3 away win at Taunton Vale. TAUNTON VALE 3, COLWALL WHC 4 Colwall were rocked by a third minute goal from Taunton and struggled
I READ with a mixture of amusement and total bewilderment L Spiteri's comments (You Say, November 27) to the effect that we need the EU because thousands of people travel to the continent to buy cheap alcohol and tobacco. Does he really think that lower
THE Inter-Club Indoor Bowls League at Malvern Hills Manor Park would need a prophet to confidently predict the end of season winners. All the clubs are confident and playing competitive bowls at present with individual wins coming by the smallest of margins
THE city council has decided to recommend the saving of £95,000 on next year's budget by ceasing to directly support Children and Young People's provisions in Worcester. While understanding the council's position, we wish to spell out to your readers
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, Birmingham. November 30. Tickets available from 0121 780 3333. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, Birmingham. December 3/4. Tickets available from 0121 780 3333. Centre Stage Series
WHY is this country sleepwalking into the open jaws of an EU crocodile? They will swallow us completely, we shall be no more. Remembrance Week was an apt time to reflect on exactly what we are doing with our hard-won freedom, for which so many laid down
CHRISTMAS is taking on a unique musical twist at Huntingdon Hall this year with an appearance by St Agnes Fountain. The group comprises of members of other musical groups, who meet up once a year with the sole purpose of performing revamped Christmas
MALVERN Dogs team travelled over to Evesham, a first team fixture of just three seasons ago, and came away with a win despite only travelling with 13 players. EVESHAM 18pts, MALVERN II 'DOGS' 20pts Playing in heavy conditions Malvern soon found themselves
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be boosted by the return of skipper Sean Flynn and striker Andy Bishop for tomorrow's Nationwide League Division Three match against table-topping Hartlepool United at Victoria Park (3pm). Both were forced to miss Tuesday night's
MALVERN RFC Saturday, November 30 1st XV v Pool. T Allies, A Logan, S Lancett, V Hill, C Smith, A Ridley, S Rieter, M Gaubert, G Blakeway, P Jenkin, D Billane, J Martin, G Richards, R Young, A Longley, P Hart, J Daniell, S Hardcastle, M Coulston, C Alcott
THE renovation of the refreshment rooms at both Great Malvern and Malvern Link railway stations was highlighted by the Malvern Gazette a century ago. The rooms had just been taken over by the Great Western Railway company, which had caused "extensive
100 years ago Work in connection with Newtown Church, which is being erected as a memorial of the late Archdeacon Livingstone, has been commenced. The workmen's sheds are erected, the liens of the church and church room marked out, and part of the foundations
WHITE Christmas, the 1954 film starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, will be screened at Bromyard's Conquest Theatre at 8pm on Friday, December 6. Tickets are £3.50, £3 concessions from 01885 488575.
ONCE the ordeal of buying Christmas presents is over, an equally miserable task awaits you. Unless you are lucky enough to have all your friends and family living within a two mile radius - or are unlucky enough not to have any - you will inevitably have
n Droitwich Spa Heritage Centre, St. Richard's House, Droitwich from November 23 - December 23. A percentage of all sales will be donated to the Acorns Childrens Hospice. For further details telephone 01905 774312. n Tewkesbury Model Railway Exhibition
THE Abbey School Choir, The St Cecilia Singers and The Corelli Ensemble come together to perform Handel's Messiah on Saturday, December 7, at Tewkesbury Abbey. Doors open at 7pm with tickets £12 and £10, from 01684 276655.
THE stage at Malvern's Forum theatre will be transformed for the arrival of the Russian Ice Stars next week. Recognised as one of the finest professional skating companies in the world, the group of medal-winning skaters and circus performers will be
FANS of amateur dramatics will have to wait until after Christmas to enjoy their local pantomimes. Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society will be staging Dracula from January 14-26. Tickets will be available from Monday, December 2, at Ledbury Books and Maps
CHRIS Pearson is the latest Worcester Rugby Club star to go down with the Sixways injury curse. The hooker is booked in for surgery on his wrist next Tuesday and is expected to be out of action for up to six weeks. Worcester have been hit by a spate of
JOHN Barton will unleash the new attacking partnership of Adam Webster and David Holmes on Aldershot Town in tomorrow's FA Trophy second round clash at St George's Lane (3pm). The duo's impressive display for Worcester City at Hastings United last weekend
A MAJOR body that speaks for businesses believes companies in the area will not share the Chancellor's optimism for the economy, demonstrated in his pre-budget statement on Wednesday. Carolyn Hannah, West Midlands director for the Confederation of British
A HEATING products company has won a prestigious award for its marketing strategy. Jaga, whose UK offices are situated on the Orchard Business Park, in Bromyard Road, Ledbury, has capped a year of record sales growth and product development by winning
BARNARDS Green Cricket Club recently held its presentation evening at the RSRE club in Malvern. After an excellent meal, Andy Lamb thanked all of the clubs sponsors, without whom the section could not continue to promote local cricket in particular in
A WORCESTERSHIRE construction firm is reaping the benefits of the shopping boom that is gripping the country. Weaver Plc has secured retail projects worth more than £9.4m in the past six months and believes its growing order book is a reflection of the
SATURDAY WORCESTER & DISTRICT LEAGUE Premier Division: Henwick Academicals v Powick (D Roberts); Martley Spurs v Bromyard Town (K Saunders); Hallow WMC v Upton Town (P Harding); Perrywood v Droitwich Spa (D Kings). Division One: Fernhill Heath Spurs
