Stories for 11 April 2008

Alcester

Cleaning up the streets...

THERE'S something different about the streets of Alcester this month after Stratford District Council launched a fleet of brand new vehicles to clean them up.  more...

Business

Internet firm beats the best to land top award

WORCESTER-based Namesco, the country's leading internet service provider, has won best shared hosting provider in the UK at the national Internet Service Providers' Association awards.  more...

Cinema

Jazz group delighted with festival invitation

MALVERN'S modern jazz group Moments Notice have been invited to play at Cheltenhan's annual Jazz Festival in May.  more...

Kidder News Latest

A little planning goes a long way

FLOODING, the effects of foot and mouth disease and power cuts are just some of the emergencies people should be planning for, it has been revealed.  more...

Find flawless face with shuttleXtra

ACHIEVE a flawless face with advice from the experts in tomorrow's shuttleXtra, available online from 7am.  more...

MURDER: NEW WITNESSES

SEVERAL new witnesses have come forward following a renewed appeal for information by police investigating the murder of Reginald Southal at Stourport.  more...

MURDER: NEW WITNESSES

SEVERAL new witnesses have come forward following a renewed appeal for information by police investigating the murder of Reginald Southall at Stourport.  more...

Library arson - man charged

POLICE have confirmed they have charged a man with arson following a blaze at Kidderminster Library in February.  more...

Scott's funeral today

THE funeral of a 23-year-old man who was killed in a road accident will be held in Kidderminster today.  more...

Scott's funeral today

THE funeral of a 23-year-old man who was killed in a road accident will be held in Kidderminster today.  more...

Scott's funeral today

THE funeral of a 23-year-old man who was killed in a road accident will be held in Kidderminster today.  more...

Heart gGroup needs new committee members

TAKE HEART, the Wyre Forest - The group is holding its AGM at Wolverley Church Hall on Monday, May 12 and desperately needs people with fresh ideas to take over the running of the group.  more...

MURDER: ITEMS RECOVERED

POLICE are carrying out forensic tests on a number of items recovered from the riverbed and along the riverbanks at Stourport as part of a murder investigation.  more...

Latest

Latest travel news

Check out the latest travel news before you head home.  more...

Latest travel news

Check out the latest travel news before you head out to work.  more...

Curry house apology to nut allergy customer

A WORCESTER curry house has apologised to a man with a nut allergy who spent six hours in hospital after eating a chicken jalfrezi.  more...

Internet firm lands top award

WORCESTER-based Namesco, the country’s leading internet service provider, has won best shared hosting provider in the UK at the national Internet Service Providers’ Association awards.  more...

After a long, full life, Major Tom marches off into the sunset

ONE of Worcester's best-known old soldiers has marched off into the sunset.  more...

Fly-tippers strike again at notorious spot

FLY-TIPPERS have returned to a notorious spot and dumped tonnes of garden waste in a Worcester lane.  more...

Brave Ryan is a 999 hero

A QUICK-thinking six-year-old boy has been hailed a hero after he called for an ambulance when his baby brother went into a fevered fit at home in Kempsey.  more...

Off-duty detective's jaw broken in attack - court

AN off-duty policeman had his jaw broken when he was brutally attacked by two men at night in a public park, Worcester Crown Court was told.  more...

Number of assaults on police officers is halved

THE number of south Worcestershire police officers injured in attacks has more than halved in one year and it could be due to a rise in the use of CS spray.  more...

MP discusses doctors’ concerns

THE Shadow Health Secretary met doctors in Worcester to discuss their concerns about the future of patient care.  more...

Duke is installed as the university’s chancellor

THE Duke of Gloucester has been formally installed as the University of Worcester’s founding chancellor.  more...

Real nappies could be a change for the better

HUNDREDS of parents saw the most up-to-date range of fun and fashionable real nappies modelled by local babies and children at a fashion show in Worcester.  more...

Beautiful day in store

SPRING is in the air – and a Worcestershire beauty expert is determined that women make the most of themselves as the warmer weather approaches.  more...

Club for sale as rescue bids fail

A POPULAR social club in Malvern, which has been a favourite venue for families and local groups for decades, will be sold to the highest bidder despite efforts to save it.  more...

Top car show is back in county

A POPULAR car show is returning to Worcester-shire this weekend.  more...

'Rape' man cleared by jury - court

A 48-year-old married man has been cleared at Worcester Crown Court on six charges of raping a seven-year-old girl more than 30 years ago.  more...

Brothers spared jail after accepting fight invitation - court

TWO Worcester brothers have escaped jail despite "putting the boot in" during a late-night street fight in the city centre.  more...

COMMENT: We question mentality of the fly-tippers

WHEN visitors from places like Bristol, Leicester, Manchester and Newcastle arrive in Worcester to watch rugby matches the chances are they will walk along Offerton Lane.  more...

COMMENT: We question mentality of the fly-tippers

WHEN visitors from places like Bristol, Leicester, Manchester and Newcastle arrive in Worcester to watch rugby matches the chances are they will walk along Offerton Lane.  more...

Get voting for Miss Worcester 2008

VOTING has now opened to find the final 10 in our Miss Worcester 2008 competition.
Lines will be open until Friday, April 18, and you can view our gallery of 25 lovely ladies right here on worcesternews.co.uk  more...

Worcester News weather watch

KEEP up with the latest weather forecast with us.  more...

New witnesses in murder hunt

NEW witnesses have come forward after police launched a murder investigation into the death of a Stourport man.  more...

Vote for Miss Worcester 2008

THIS is your chance to choose who you think should be crowned this year's Miss Worcester - and raise money for charity at the same time.  more...

Pub’s revamp plan rejected

PLANS to reopen a village pub with a restaurant and seven bedrooms has been thrown out because of the effect it would have on neighbours.  more...

Teen attacked in alley

A BOY was punched in the face while walking in an alley in Malvern.  more...

Police to exhibit restored relic

AN historic altar cloth has been restored to its former glory and is now to be displayed at West Mercia's police headquarters near Worcester.  more...

Revealed: how new hospital could look

A FIRST glimpse of Malvern’s new community hospital has been released after almost 30 years of campaigning.  more...

Toyah catches a few winks on TV tonight

Singer and actress Toyah Willcox today examines the problem of insomnia in Britain - and tells how she has not had a full night's sleep in 36 years.  more...

Artist’s best work will go on show in London

A NEW exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking work of a Worcester artist opens in London on Wednesday.   more...

Severn marathon will help wounded troops

A WORCESTER man is set to run the length of the river Severn from source to sea in a bid to raise money for charity.  more...

Council applies for cash to help children

A PLAY area in a residential part of Malvern could have a £60,000 makeover this year if councillors can find the money.  more...

Ex-serviceman is sent to prison for hotel bar assault

A MAN has been sentenced to eight months in prison after he started an unprovoked attack in a hotel bar.  more...

'Items' found in murder investigation

TESTS are being carried out on a number of items recovered from the riverbed and riverbanks at Stourport as part of a murder investigation.  more...

Sporty Blackminster pupils raise money for charity

PUPILS from Blackminster Middle School who covered the distance of a journey between Evesham and Uganda have raised almost £3,500 for charity.  more...

Pershore community support officer gets award

A PERSHORE community support officer who introduced a new initiative to combat shoplifting in the town was recognised by West Mercia Police at an awards evening.  more...

Pershore community support officer gets award

A PERSHORE community support officer who introduced a new initiative to combat shoplifting in the town was recognised by West Mercia Police at an awards evening.  more...

Pershore community support officer gets award

A PERSHORE community support officer who introduced a new initiative to combat shoplifting in the town was recognised by West Mercia Police at an awards evening.  more...

Pershore community support officer gets award

A PERSHORE community support officer who introduced a new initiative to combat shoplifting in the town was recognised by West Mercia Police at an awards evening.  more...

Pershore community support officer gets award

A PERSHORE community support officer who introduced a new initiative to combat shoplifting in the town was recognised by West Mercia Police at an awards evening.  more...

Man cleared on rape charges

A 48-YEAR-OLD married man has been cleared at Worcester Crown Court on six charges of raping a seven-year-old girl more than 30 years ago.  more...

Cold calling fraud warning

WEST Mercia police have issued a warning to the public not to be taken in by cold callers offering financial advice after a spate of reports of investment fraud across the region.  more...

Raiders attack six cars

POLICE in Evesham have issued a new warning to drivers not to leave valuables in their cars after thieves escaped with property worth almost £5,000 when they raided six vehicles in one night.  more...

Latest News

Duke is installed as the university’s chancellor

THE Duke of Gloucester has been formally installed as the University of Worcester's founding chancellor.  more...

Duke is installed as the university’s chancellor

THE Duke of Gloucester has been formally installed as the University of Worcester's founding chancellor.  more...

Leisure General

Big names for Big Chill

PUNK visionaries, award-winning hip-hop and Columbian club culture - the latest artists have been announced for this years Big Chill.  more...

Letters

Good point about community homes

SIR - George Cowley makes a good point about the empty community housing. I know of a family (not in Worcestershire) with six children and two adults living in a three bedroom house who were told there are no large houses available yet, not far from them, there is a five bedroomed house with two bachelors living in it. The housing association says they can't move them because they have lived there all their life.  more...

I can’t afford a congestion charge

SIR - While it is commendable to get people out of cars and on to buses, has Councillor Prodger thought of the people who are unable to travel on buses?  more...

A surprise cleric wasn’t told to sit

SIR - Recently I went to a musical event at the Guildhall.  more...

Tailbacks are caused by the daily school run

SIR - Whenever the schools are on holiday our roads are so much easier to get around, especially the worst traffic blackspots of Bath Road and Barbourne.  more...

When will the EU fund the British?

SIR - Your account of the conditions in that Romanian hospital were moving, but at the same time a worry to those of us with the sense to question just how being in the EU is meant to be to our advantage rather than an ever increasing expense to us? Dare we ask when the EU is going to start funding the British people rather than finding ever more impoverished nations to rescue?  more...

When will the EU fund the British?

SIR - Your account of the conditions in that Romanian hospital were moving, but at the same time a worry to those of us with the sense to question just how being in the EU is meant to be to our advantage rather than an ever increasing expense to us? Dare we ask when the EU is going to start funding the British people rather than finding ever more impoverished nations to rescue?  more...

The Conservators’ scheme is barmy

SIR - I see from the Worcester News that the experts' at Malvern Hills Conservators are generously inviting the public to offer their views on how to prevent erosion on the hills due to rain water, which is running off instead of soaking in.  more...

Do you know the space station link?

SIR - Readers may be interested to know that our city has tenuous links with the US space programme through our twin city.  more...

Chance to hear the state song entry

SIR - I recently advised you that my daughter-in-law, Jan, had won the national competition to write a new state song for Florida which is being considered by various legislative committees. A full public performance is now available and can be heard on www.themedia zoo.com/ Sawgrass. Jan and my son are well known in Worcester musical circles. Phil is a doctor of music at Canterbury (USA) and formerly a director of music to Vince Hill and other stars. He studied music under Edgar Day, a friend of Elgar, at Worcester Cathedral.  more...

Mr Brown keeps on ignorning us

SIR - Should Gordon Brown decide to attend the opening ceremony at Beijing Olympic Games then I suggest he does so representing his New Labour government, not the people of the United Kingdom.  more...

What’s going on with the weather?

SIR - Almost to the day, 12 months ago (April 6), I moved into my present address in shorts. Within months I was wearing waders, now I am wearing snow shoes!  more...

The much maligned plastic bag should get better press

SIR - Contrary to the present outcry, there is a great deal to be said in favour of the much maligned plastic bag.  more...

The much maligned plastic bag should get better press

SIR - Contrary to the present outcry, there is a great deal to be said in favour of the much maligned plastic bag.  more...

Bus drivers are not all the same

SIR - I feel compelled to write in answer to Mrs M Greenway on how bus drivers treat passengers (Letters, Tuesday, March 25).  more...

Do you remember South Street club?

SIR - I am at present researching the history of Primitive Methodism in Worcester and have discovered that the first congregation met in what was described as a stable at No 10 South Street before moving to their premises in George Street in 1881.  more...

Give the bickering a rest now, please

SIR - Once again I read a long and large headline letter from Councillor Williams criticising Independent Councillor Layland for the way he votes in council, firstly for abstaining, and again for voting with the Conservatives. I am sure should you, Councillor Williams, present a constructive proposal Councillor Layland would support it.  more...

Don’t pat a dog, ‘chuck’ it instead

SIR - I recently watched a programme on TV about dogs. It astounds me how many doggy' people pat their dogs while on the lead.  more...

Don’t pat a dog, ‘chuck’ it instead

SIR - I recently watched a programme on TV about dogs. It astounds me how many doggy' people pat their dogs while on the lead.  more...

Don’t pat a dog, ‘chuck’ it instead

SIR - I recently watched a programme on TV about dogs. It astounds me how many doggy' people pat their dogs while on the lead.  more...

Motorcycles were too expensive

SIR - Worcestershire council environmental services director John Hobbs has just spent well over £40,000 for four BMW motorcycles and rider's kit out of taxpayers' money, I am sure that this could have been done at half that cost.  more...

There should be a standby generator

SIR - With regard to the recent power failure at the central fire station, surely such an important facility should have a standby generator or at least uninterruptible power supply equipment.  more...

Mike should be mayor once again

SIR - With reference to the letter by A & M Baylis, I too agree Mike Layland has been a wonderful councillor for Worcester. I also think he deserves an honour. Why not give him the top honour. Make him mayor of the city again - he deserves it. I am sure he would love to do it again.  more...

I agree with our prospective MP

with our prospective Conservative candidate Robin Walker that our Government should do far more to financially compensate our injured troops. Many of their lives have been completely shattered due to loyally serving Britain overseas.  more...

Sheffield House

I HAVE read with interest the correspondence within your newspaper regarding the future of the mental health facility, Sheffield House. I should like to take this opportunity to try to clarify the situation.  more...

Car vandalism

MAY I, through your letters page, say thank you to the mindless moron resident of Upton upon Severn who deliberately scratched my partners car recently.  more...

New hospital design

IF the computer generated image of the new hospital entrance is accurate, then I object most strongly to the design.  more...

New hospital design

IF the computer generated image of the new hospital entrance is accurate, then I object most strongly to the design.  more...

New hospital design

IF the computer generated image of the new hospital entrance is accurate, then I object most strongly to the design.  more...

Lifestyle

Word on grapevine is that it’s a fine drink

IT'S the sort of thing people spend their whole lives talking about - the sort of thing you never actually get round to doing.  more...

Live Match Coverage

Harriers v Histon

HARRIERS take on Histon at Aggborough in the Blue Square Premier on Saturday. Shuttle On-Line will have team line-ups and live match updates from just before the 3pm kick-off.   more...

Memory Lane

Fined for first drink of year

MAGISTRATES had a variety of cases to deal with when the court in Malvern sat 100 years ago this week.  more...

Echoes from the past

100 years ago.  more...

Film show is capital entertainment

AN early film show was advertised in the Gazette 100 yers ago as "capital entertainment" and an "exceptionally fine series of animated pictures".  more...

Burglar faces shotgun threat

A BURGLAR who was seen on the roof of a Malvern shop by a neighbour armed with a shotgun, was told by a magistrate: "You were lucky that the householder did not put a charge of shot into you. No one could have have blamed him if he had."  more...

Sappers will be leaving town

ROYAL Engineers to leave Malvern was the headline in the Gazette 50 years ago. Rumours had been circulating in the town for some time about the future of the Army camps around the town, explained the story.  more...

Music

Why isn’t anyone coming to watch

WHERE have all the blues fans gone? Entry to the Cellar Bar blues night, held at the atmospheric Worcester drinking venue every month, may well be free, the musicians may well be painfully talented, and you may have to travel miles before finding a similarly tight-knit music community. But Worcester people, it seems, have been strangely apathetic.  more...

Why isn’t anyone coming to watch

WHERE have all the blues fans gone? Entry to the Cellar Bar blues night, held at the atmospheric Worcester drinking venue every month, may well be free, the musicians may well be painfully talented, and you may have to travel miles before finding a similarly tight-knit music community. But Worcester people, it seems, have been strangely apathetic.  more...

Why isn’t anyone coming to watch

WHERE have all the blues fans gone? Entry to the Cellar Bar blues night, held at the atmospheric Worcester drinking venue every month, may well be free, the musicians may well be painfully talented, and you may have to travel miles before finding a similarly tight-knit music community. But Worcester people, it seems, have been strangely apathetic.  more...

Why isn’t anyone coming to watch

WHERE have all the blues fans gone? Entry to the Cellar Bar blues night, held at the atmospheric Worcester drinking venue every month, may well be free, the musicians may well be painfully talented, and you may have to travel miles before finding a similarly tight-knit music community. But Worcester people, it seems, have been strangely apathetic.  more...

Why isn’t anyone coming to watch

WHERE have all the blues fans gone? Entry to the Cellar Bar blues night, held at the atmospheric Worcester drinking venue every month, may well be free, the musicians may well be painfully talented, and you may have to travel miles before finding a similarly tight-knit music community. But Worcester people, it seems, have been strangely apathetic.  more...

two tickets for the price of one to see big blues tribe

THE formidable Big Blues Tribe return to Worcester next week a - and your Worcester News has joined forces with the band to offer a two-for-one voucher. Simply cut out this article, take it along to the Marr's Bar gig on Friday, April 18, and get in free when accompanied by someone who pays.  more...

News

Academy success delights City chief

WORCESTER City chairman Dave Boddy has paid tribute to the success of the club's football development scheme.  more...

Cox handed Premiership debut

MATT Cox makes his Guinness Premiership debut for new-look Worcester Warriors at London Wasps tomorrow (3pm).  more...

Clegg hoping to make his return

GEORGE Clegg has not given up hope of playing for Worcester City again before the end of the season.  more...

Rookies in Worcester call-up for Wasps trip

WORCESTER Warriors young guns will have a chance to show their worth tomorrow when they head for in-form London Wasps (3pm).  more...

Herefordshire take on County

WORCESTERSHIRE enter the final stages of their pre-season campaign tomorrow when they take on Minor Counties neighbours Herefordshire at New Road (11am).  more...

Pupils to attend Histon clash

FIVE lucky pupils from Stourminster Special School will be cheering on Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough on Saturday when they clash with Histon.  more...

Harriers aiming to stretch on their unbeaten run

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will face a tough test trying to extend their unbeaten run in the Blue Square Premier to seven games when they take on Cambridgeshire side Histon at Aggborough on Saturday.  more...

Harriers aiming to stretch on their unbeaten run

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will face a tough test trying to extend their unbeaten run in the Blue Square Premier to seven games when they take on Cambridgeshire side Histon at Aggborough on Saturday.  more...

Harriers have Histon in sights

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will face a tough test trying to extend their unbeaten run in the Blue Square Premier to seven games when they take on Cambridgeshire side Histon at Aggborough on Saturday.  more...

Recipes

Rings restaurant at Jinney Ring Centre, Hanbury.

THERE is something a bit different about Ring's restaurant. First, the location: a little off the beaten track, nestled among the violin makers, jewellers and craft shops of the Jinney Ring craft centre in Hanbury.  more...

Rings restaurant at Jinney Ring Centre, Hanbury.

THERE is something a bit different about Ring's restaurant. First, the location: a little off the beaten track, nestled among the violin makers, jewellers and craft shops of the Jinney Ring craft centre in Hanbury.  more...

Jersey Milk Ice Cream

With snail porridge and whisky wine gums on the menu, you half expect the owner of three-starred Michelin restaurant The Fat Duck to be an eight-year-old boy But although Heston Blumenthal's add liquid nitrogen and see what happens' approach to cooking may smack of schoolboy high spirits, it's precisely this innocent enthusiasm which has established his reputation as one of Britain's top chefs.  more...

Reviews

CD - Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings - Counting Crows

AFTER a long wait, Counting Crows are back with their fifth studio album and this time they've brought a theme with them.  more...

CD - Garage Classics - Ministry of Sound

YET another Ministry of Sound produced compilation CD has hit the shelves and this time, garage is the music up for grabs.  more...

CD - Garage Classics - Ministry of Sound

YET another Ministry of Sound produced compilation CD has hit the shelves and this time, garage is the music up for grabs.  more...

DVD - Black Sheep (15)

YOU should avoid watching this comedy horror film during dinner time, supper time, or indeed any time when there's a chance the food you've just eaten could be persuaded to make a reappearance.  more...

DVD - The Counterfeiters (15)

NOMINATED for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars this year, this tells the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation ever undertaken.  more...

CD - The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley

LISTEN to the first few tracks of the new Gnarls Barkley album The Odd Couple, and then listen to a couple of Nina Simone songs.  more...

Round-Up

Harriers face surprise package Histon

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Mark Yates has challenged his team to continue their excellent run of form until the end of the season.  more...

Pivotal week for promotion hopes

HEREFORD United are preparing to play the first of three games in a week that will go a long way to deciding their League Two fate.  more...

Groves beats the weather for glory

WITH all club events cancelled due to atrocious weather, it was left to commercial fisheries to provide the best chance of sport.  more...

Callow End in the final

WORCESTER and District League Division One club Callow End have reached the first final in their history.  more...

Robins expects fired-up Burton

WHEN Malvern visited Burton's Peel Croft ground earlier in the season, they stunned the Staffordshire side's large and vocal crowd into silence with the biggest home defeat they had suffered for many years.  more...

Jenkins' play-off hopes hit by major blow

LEDBURY'S Terry Jenkins slipped to second-from-bottom in the Whyte and Mackay Premier League Darts table after an 8-5 defeat to Peter Manley.  more...

Dales impress in first season

ARCHDALES 73 Under 18s defeated Stourport Swifts to extend their unbeaten run to nine games with eight wins.  more...

Harriers making mark in Midlands

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers Under 12s clinched the championship in their first season in the Midland Junior Premier Football League.  more...

Tigers’ Day five is boost

JAMES Day scored five goals as Oldbury Park Tigers Under 13s won 11-0 at Rock Sports in the Stourport League Cup.  more...

Trainer and Dent among the goals in Raider romp

WORCESTER Raiders Under 13s ended their Mercian Festival Junior League Division Two away fixtures in style with an 11-3 romp at Kempsey Colts.  more...

Sharks snap up Enville in super display

WARNDON Villages Sharks Under 10s produced their best display of the season to defeat Enville Athletic 10-0 in the Stourport Youth League.  more...

Saunders’ superclass success for Worcester

WORCESTER Motocross Club's Ben Saunders did enough to control the Amateur Motorcycle Association's Superclass Championship at the concluding round of the season-opening series.  more...

Guild are held but scoop league title

CRIPPLEGATE Guild secured the Worcester League Division Two title with two points from a 5-5 draw against Broadheath Belters.  more...

Caerwent Rally high for Taylor

SIXTY Worcestershire Motor Club members Andy Taylor and co-driver Pete Dodschun managed to complete the testing Caerwent Rally.  more...

King’s in debatable knock-out

A 90-yard converted try from Nick Scott helped Colston's Collegiate School snatch a last-gasp victory in the final of King's School Worcester's annual floodlit sevens.  more...

Bitterley stages nine-race meeting

THIS weekend is a busy time for point-to-point enthusiasts with the Ludlow Hunt meeting today followed by the re-arranged Ledbury Hunt meeting tomorrow.  more...

Bonus for junior Boars

YOUNGSTERS who sign up to join the Bromsgrove Junior Boars this year are in for a special treat.  more...

Neal on mission for BTCC points

DROITWICH driver Matt Neal is hoping to build on an encouraging start for VX Racing this weekend.  more...

Office staff aid canal clean-up

A GROUP of office workers have donated cash towards the restoration of the Droitwich canals.  more...

Summer darts meeting

Badsey League THE annual general meeting ahead of the 2008 summer season will be held at Badsey Legion on Thursday, April 17 from 8pm.  more...

Crunch clash in chase for crown

Evesham and District Snooker League THE winners of the league title will be determined when the top two, Bengeworth B and Badsey A, clash in the final match of the season next Tuesday night.  more...

Trio of swimmers impress

A TRIO of local members of Worcester Swimming Club attended last weekend's Nuneaton Open Meet.  more...

Today's events

Thursday Early Ears fun music and body brain activities for 0-5s at Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Great Malvern. 10am. £4.50 child £7.00 two. Block booking concessions. 01684 566076.  more...

Today's events

Thursday Early Ears fun music and body brain activities for 0-5s at Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Great Malvern. 10am. £4.50 child £7.00 two. Block booking concessions. 01684 566076.  more...

Today's events

Friday Ledbury Friends of the Samaritans illustrated talk by Philippa and Tim Charlesworth of Jambo Jambo at the Market Theatre, Market Street, Ledbury. 7.30pm. £6 including finger buffet. 01531 632736. Tickets from Treacle Boutique Ledbury.  more...

Today's events

Friday Ledbury Friends of the Samaritans illustrated talk by Philippa and Tim Charlesworth of Jambo Jambo at the Market Theatre, Market Street, Ledbury. 7.30pm. £6 including finger buffet. 01531 632736. Tickets from Treacle Boutique Ledbury.  more...

Helping keep children safe on roads

YOUNGSTERS will learn all about road safety when the Malvern Childminders Toddlers Group holds a Beep Beep Day' on Monday, April 21.  more...

Latest Worcestershire Planning Applications

THE following Planning Applications were made to Malvern Hills District Council on April 10, 2008:- LONGDON - Single storey extension to provide dependent relative accommodation together with new chimney. Westgate House Corse Lawn for Mrs R Stanford, Westgate House, Corse Lawn per Stephen Mitchell, 102 Bath Road, Cheltenham. MALVERN CHASE - Demolition of existing commercial and domestic accommodation and outbuildings and erection of three pairs of semi detached dwellings. Site At 26 Upper Chase Road and Lower Chase Road, Malvern for Severn Vale Homes Limited per Design Build, Morningside, 11a Graham Road, Malvern.  more...

Latest Worcestershire Planning Applications

THE following Planning Applications were made to Malvern Hills District Council on April 10, 2008:- LONGDON - Single storey extension to provide dependent relative accommodation together with new chimney. Westgate House Corse Lawn for Mrs R Stanford, Westgate House, Corse Lawn per Stephen Mitchell, 102 Bath Road, Cheltenham.  more...

Latest Worcestershire Planning Applications

THE following Planning Applications were made to Malvern Hills District Council on April 10, 2008:- LONGDON - Single storey extension to provide dependent relative accommodation together with new chimney. Westgate House Corse Lawn for Mrs R Stanford, Westgate House, Corse Lawn per Stephen Mitchell, 102 Bath Road, Cheltenham.  more...

Amazement at council's climate change claim

MEMBERS of Malvern in Bloom and Malvern Town Council were "amazed" to hear that Malvern Hills District Council's decision not to provide hanging baskets in Priory Park this summer was partly based on a desire to reduce its environmental impact.  more...

Big names for Big Chill

PUNK visionaries, award-winning hip-hop and Columbian club culture - the latest artists have been announced for this years Big Chill.  more...

Search for owner of downed model helicopter

THE search is on for the owner of a remote-controlled model helicopter which was found in a Malvern garden on Friday, April 4.  more...

Big response for fundraising walk

THREE hundred and fifty walkers have already signed up for this year's annual Malvern Hills Walk for St Richard's Hospice on Saturday, May 17.  more...

Robins: Next 160 minutes are crucial

MALVERN Director of Rugby Dave Robins says their season "stands or falls" on the last two vital league matches.  more...

Help Lillian donate her 'locks of love'

CHARITY boxes to support a little girl's fund raising efforts by having her long blonde locks cut off can be found at the Acorn's shop in Barnards Green and at Salon 49 in Malvern Wells.  more...

Home sweet Home Finally for Malvern

MALVERN TOWN 2, SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN 1 MALVERN Town finally ended their home hoodoo, taking three vital points in their first victory of the season at the Langland Stadium.  more...

Home sweet Home Finally for Malvern

MALVERN TOWN 2, SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN 1 MALVERN Town finally ended their home hoodoo, taking three vital points in their first victory of the season at the Langland Stadium.  more...

Home sweet Home Finally for Malvern

MALVERN TOWN 2, SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN 1 MALVERN Town finally ended their home hoodoo, taking three vital points in their first victory of the season at the Langland Stadium.  more...

Home sweet Home Finally for Malvern

MALVERN TOWN 2, SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN 1 MALVERN Town finally ended their home hoodoo, taking three vital points in their first victory of the season at the Langland Stadium.  more...

Supporters' views on new hospital

THE Gazette tested the opinion of long-term supporters of the Malvern hospital project following Worcestershire Primary Care Trust's request for comments on the newly released design proposal.  more...

Brave Malvern suffer semi-final heartache

LUCTONIANS 36, MALVERN 6 MALVERN must now concentrate on their push for promotion after crashing out of the North Midlands Cup at the semi-final stage.  more...

Brave Malvern suffer semi-final heartache

LUCTONIANS 36, MALVERN 6 MALVERN must now concentrate on their push for promotion after crashing out of the North Midlands Cup at the semi-final stage.  more...

Warriors say bonjour to semi-finals

WORCESTER Warriors showed plenty of savoir faire in an excellent display of free-flowing attacking rugby that saw them run in five tries to beat French challengers Mont-pellier 36-26 in the European Challenge Cup quarter-final at Sixways.  more...

Bulls denied win by injury-time penalty

A PENALTY three minutes into injury-time from Kevin Ellison, pegged back Hereford United's march towards automatic promotion in League Two.  more...

Golds galore in pool

IT was golds galore for a top group of 20 Ledbury club swimmers who dominated a meeting in Shrewsbury last weekend.  more...

Life as a disabled person

"PEOPLE don't understand the things we have to go through in order to be ordinary," said Angela Drane, speaking about life as a disabled person in Redditch.  more...

Events to mark group birthday

By Ben Russell TO mark the 20th anniversary of special olympics in Redditch a series of celebratory events has been organised.  more...

Village helped in online quest

PEOPLE will soon be able to discover all they need to know about Alvechurch via a dedicated site on the internet thanks to a grant scheme.  more...

Roundup

Harriers have Histon in sights

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will face a tough test trying to extend their unbeaten run in the Blue Square Premier to seven games when they take on Cambridgeshire side Histon at Aggborough on Saturday.  more...

Theatre

Impressive summer line-up at Courtyard

LAZY summer evenings at the Courtyard in Hereford are looking more and more appealing by the minute.  more...

Acting icons join for Bennett’s double-bill

NIGEL Havers joins Diana Quick on stage at Malvern Theatres next week.  more...

Upton

Fun for four-legged friends

THERE will be plenty of activities for dog owners and their four-legged friends this Sunday (April 20) as Croome Park holds a Dogathon'.  more...

  
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