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Very gloomy
I TOTALLY agree with Julian Brown re: Waitrose. The refurbishment is dark, depressingly gloomy and difficult to get round due to reduced aisle widths and lowered ceiling height, not forgetting the low energy light bulbs creating the gloom. What
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Why does BT want to charge me £900 to move this pole?
A MADRESFIELD resi - dent is outraged that BT wants to charge him about £900 to move a telephone pole outside his property. Mark Dewson, of Bricket House, North End Lane, contacted the telecoms giant to ask it to move the pole, which was in front
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Cafe inquiry to continue this week
THE inquiry into the dispute between St Ann’s Well cafe tenant John Redman and the Malvern Hills Conservators will continue this week. The special committee will meet in the Elgar Room at the Council House, in Avenue Road, at 6pm on Thursday (January
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Stop the Bill
THIS Government is pushing through the Health and Social Care Bill which will create upheaval and chaos in our National Health Service. There is no mandate for this re-organisation, neither government party proposed such a Bill in their election
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Manor man will be so hard to replace
“AT the end of the year there retired from the service of the Foley Estate, a very old and much respected employee; Mr Henry Woodward of Guarlford,” reported the Malvern Gazette 100 years ago. “He had charge of the roads of the Malvern Manor,
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I’m proud of it
I WAS amazed and horrified by Julian Brown’s miserable outpouring last week. There are a lot of people who, like me, enjoy the “new” Waitrose. Not only do we have a much wider choice of goods but we still have the wonderful, caring and hardworking
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Stroke specialist resigns from role
A MEDICAL director who led stroke care in Worcestershire has stepped down after 13 years. Dr Charles Ashton will remain as medical director at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust until his replacement is found next year. Dr Ashton was a controversial
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Bromyard News: Road disruption eased as tree is made safe
LONG-running problems caused by a tree on a route into Bromyard could be at an end following the completion of repair works. For about four years the tree in Sherford Street has caused nuisance and disruption to both pedestrians and drivers. Because
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Allotment woe
AS one of the plotholders on Madresfield Road who is not taking up a new plot, it is with great sadness that I viewed the end of 2011 as the end of the allotments. They’re becoming increasingly a sad sight, with no one now undertaking winter
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Better train service to London promise
A SHAKE-UP of which firm will run busy rail lines between Worcestershire and London is a chance to deliver “a true hourly service” to the capital, say MPs. The Government is asking passengers what they want from the new Great Western rail franchise
