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Plenty of ways to celebrate the Royal Wedding
THERE will be plenty of ways to celebrate today's (Friday, April 29) wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, even for those of us who have not received invitations to the ceremony at Westminster Abbey. From village halls to town streets, there
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Invitation to an orchard picnic
THE Colwall Orchard Group is inviting everyone to bring a picnic and enjoy some family fun in the beautiful Broadwood Orchards at this year's Blossom Picnic on Sunday, May 1, between 11am and 3pm. Tea, juice, cider and cakes will be on sale and there
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Vigil for victims of Chernobyl
MEMBERS of the congregation at Great Malvern Priory created a human 25 in the church grounds to commemorate the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, a quarter-century ago this week. They gathered in the churchyard on Monday evening (April 26), the eve of the
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Malvern Museum Association
SHIRLEY Noble presented a lively view of history from the middle ages to Victorian times entitled Kings, Queens and Mistresses. Shirley explained that her talk concerned aspects of history omitted from most school curricula and very often omitted from
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Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society
THE April meeting saw a large attendance for a talk on Fruit and Veg in Containers, Pots and tiny Plots given by Wade Muggleton. The speaker is a countryside officer for Worcester County Council and an acknowledged expert on permaculture. Permaculture
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Re-dedication of Bromsberrow war memorial
A RE-DEDICATION ceremony of Bromsberrow War Memorial will take place next Saturday (May 7), 90 years after it was originally unveiled. The memorial has recently been restored and the ceremony will be led by Rev Frank Marriott, chaplain of the Ledbury
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Malvern Hills Conservators
I AM often asked whether spring is early this year. Certainly the fine warm weather has brought flowering times forward. Walking in the countryside over Easter, I saw primroses, bluebells and ox eyed daisies all flowering together. It is interesting
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Malvern Family History Society
OUR meeting this month was, as usual, extremely well attended and continued with what has been a recurring theme recently – crime and punishment. It was also what we describe as a Do it Yourself evening when one or two of our own members give talks on
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Friends of Malvern Community Hospital
THE new Community Hospital in Worcester Road has now been open for nearly six months – we are so lucky to have such a wonderful new facility in Malvern. As you have probably seen in earlier copies of the Gazette the hospital was officially opened in February
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Cider maker celebrates success in the US
A LOCAL cider producer is celebrating even more Stateside success after scooping a host of awards. Hogan’s Cider, which presses and ferments its drinks in Castlemorton, won four awards at the Great Lakes International cider and perry competition in Grand
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Churches Together in Malvern
THE Link Group of Churches had a fine sunny morning for their Good Friday Walk of Witness when 50 people joined in. Led by Reverend David Nichol (Holy Trinity), the walk started from Handyman House in Spring Lane with Brother Peter Coombes carrying the
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Welland
THE Welland Car-boots for this year, weather permitting (all commencing at noon) are:- May 22 and 29, June 5, 12 and 19, July 10, 17 and 31. There MAYBE further announcements regarding further possible dates, if for example groups suffer inclement weather
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Still a demand for water bottled in the Malvern Hills
DESPITE the closure of the Malvern Water bottling plant at Colwall, one local business is proving that there is still a strong demand for the product both close to home and further afield. Holywell Spring Water is proving so popular that its owners,
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Busybody, Malvern Theatres
THE 1964 comedy thriller 'Busybody' was performed very well by an all star cast. It is a Murder Mystery centred on an office cleaner who finds the managing director dead in his office with a paper knife in his back. The detective who is in charge
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Powick
ON Palm Sunday a group of members walked to St James’ Church from the village hall in Callow End, waving Palm Crosses and singing. Led by Julia Davis the short service in the church was one of reflection with pictures of Jerusalem and Passion Artwork
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Longdon
ON Good Friday, children from across the Benefice came to the Vicarage to celebrate the Easter season with various activities. Reverend Chris began the morning with an explanation of the Easter story using his giant Easter egg pictures. This was followed
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Colwall
THE next meeting of the Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society will take place on Monday, May 2 in the Village Hall. The speaker will be Richard Fishbourne who is a wildlife gardener and naturalist. He is also director of Wiggly Wigglers natural gardening
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Bosbury
On Friday, April 29 Bosbury celebrates the Royal Wedding with an afternoon tea party, including chocolate wedding cake, from 3.30pm to 5.30pm at the Parish Hall. All parishioners are welcome to come along and enjoy the afternoon. On Sunday, May 1 there
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Folk Festival church service
THE annual Upton Folk Festival church service will be held at the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul at 10.45am on Sunday (May 1). The Archdeacon of Worcester, who is an enthusiastic follower of traditional folk music, will be taking the service and
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Latest Malvern Hills Planning Applications
THE following Planning Applications were made to Malvern Hills District Council on April 21, 2011:- ALFRICK AND LEIGH -Single storey rear extension. Oldhouse Farm, Highfields, Knightwick for Mr D Quick, The Coach House, 103B Bewdley Hill, Kidderminster
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Parking still an issue in Upton
UPTON’S local policing team says that parking in the town continues to be an issue. PC Allen Naulls and community support officers Sally McPherson and Sarah Hide say that the main problem is cars parking in the bus stop and on double yellow lines along
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Murder inquiry launched after man dies
A man seriously injured during an incident in Bushley, near Upton, on April 3 has died in hospital. Robin Troughton, 59, of Longdon, Gloucestershire, who was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after the incident
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Day of cycle races
A DAY of cycle races was held at Malvern Youth Centre to celebrate the opening of its new grass track. More than 30 people turned out to compete for prizes at the event, which was sponsored by Malvern Link business Bricycles. Ryan Bell and Joel Guiver-Dewar
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MP praises "hard work" at QinetiQ
HARRIETT Baldwin has paid tribute to the hard work carried out by QinetiQ to broaden its operations to compete internationally. The West Worcestershire MP toured the defence company’s Malvern site on Wednesday, April 20 to see a range of recently developed
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Student tackles London Marathon
A STUDENT from Hanley Swan raised £3,200 for the Children with Leukaemia charity by tackling the world-famous London Marathon. Lucie Harris, aged 20, who had been having problems with shin splints, had not run for the six weeks before the race, and
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Double triumph for top rider Wessels
LEDBURY’S Isobel Wessels rode her own and Brigit Powell’s leggy 17.2 hands high gelding to two wins in the NAF Five Star Winter Championships at Hartpury Arena, Gloucestershire. Wessels, who trains with Carl Hester, was delighted with the Contendro-sired
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Todays Events
Tuesday Yoga for All various classes throughout the week, one free class trial at The Wheel of Life Centre, North Malvern Road, Malvern. 01886 833826/07816 147501. Bio-Energy (Shaking) Meditation at Storridge Village Hall, A4103 6pm. £3.50. 01684 892749
