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Axing benefit is still fairest – MP
MALVERN’S MP has reinforced her position backing plans to axe child benefit for higher rate taxpayers after the Prime Minister suggested a major rethink on the proposal. Harriett Baldwin said, as a mother who receives child benefit despite earning
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Brazilian bridge
MY contribution to the great Upton bridge debate... UPTON CARNIVAL A happy accident in Upton upon Severn: When finally the wraps were removed The new bridge shimmered In glorious tropical colours, A gawdy macaw, screeching delightedly In its
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Affordable homes plan for village
A NEW development of affordable homes could be built in Bransford under plans submitted to Malvern Hills District Council. Festival Housing Group hopes to build 10 houses for local people on land next to the Bank House Hotel, opposite the Fold
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Can you find us a new name?
MALVERN Community Collective is keen to hear ideas for a new name for Malvern Youth Centre and is running a contest to find the right one. The collective recently succeeded in its bid to take the centre in Albert Road North into community hands
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Hundreds say their farewells to Colin
MEMORIES of prominent Malvern and Ledbury businessman Colin Rodway were shared at his funeral this week. Holy Trinity Church at Link Top, Malvern, was packed on Tuesday morning for the service. The pews were full and mourners packed into the
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Missing puppy
A DISTRAUGHT dog owner is appealing for information about his beloved 14-week old puppy, who went missing at Ridgeway Cross in Cradley on Monday morning. Meg is a friendly female black-and-white collie with four distinctive white socks. Her owner
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Served in Trieste?
THE British Element Trieste Force Association is an association for those ex-servicemen who served in the Free Territory of Trieste between the years of 1945 and 1954 and was formed eight years ago. Members have been given the opportunity to contact
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We’ll be out on the streets in two months
TENANTS in Malvern say they are being “thrown out on to the streets” to make way for a £20 million stateof- the-art retirement village. Festival Housing plans to start building the scheme on the site of Alexander Gardens and Brookside in Malvern
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We’re being fair on petrol
CLAIMS that motorists in Malvern are being unfairly stung at the pumps have been rejected by the Office of Fair Trading. Malvern MP Harriett Baldwin called for an investigation into county fuel costs after a driver claimed he was told by supermarket
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I had highest quality of care
I WRITE re: Howbury House, Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern (A Worcestershire County Council resource centre for older people). I have received intermediate care at Howbury for the last five years. I am 69 years of age and have never experienced any
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Winter comes to Malvern
"UNTIL this week, we were beginning to think that we were about to escape the rigours of a severe winter," reported the Gazette 100 years ago. "Blackberries were picked at South Grove on New Year's Day, and the birds for some time past have been warbling
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Japanese honour for Malvern doctor
"THE Emperor of Japan had performed a most graceful act on conferring the order of the Rising Sun on Dr Joseph Bower Siddall MD, CM Aberd., MRCS, LSA, DPH Camb., formerly of St Thomas's Hospital, and now residing at Oriel House, Malvern," reported the
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Echoes from the past
100 YEARS AGO. Between one and two o'clock on Tuesday, a motor car from the Westminster Hotel, West Malvern, was proceeding up the North Malvern Road when it skidded and turned over. The chauffeur, Frank Grundy, had his arm injured and after being treated
