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Crews battle pub fire
SPECIALIST firefighters were called in to help shore up a fireplace damaged in a blaze at a pub near Malvern. Firefighters were alerted to the fire involving a beam above a log burning stove at the Farmers Arms, Birtsmorton, just before 10.30am
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Fourth festival is to offer a healthy spread of events
THE fourth Herefordshire Marmalade Festival should prove to be a jam-packed affair when it returns next month. A fine spread will be on offer in Bromyard from Thursday to Sunday, February 23-26, including competitions, coffee mornings, produce
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Arsonist faces jail time
A 26-YEAR-old man has been warned that he will go to prison after he admitted starting a fire at a pub’s beer garden which caused £23,000 damage. Thomas Meenaghan’s guilty plea came on the third day of his trial at Worcester Crown Court and before
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People wanted to keep mobile youth unit going
A NEW owner is being sought to ensure a mobile youth unit will continue to serve the Malvern district. The Malvern Hills unit is currently vacant and its steering group, led by Malvern Hills District Council and made up of local community and
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Olympic job will be just my racket
A LOVE of tennis has given a Ledbury bookshop owner a 10-day slot at the London Olympics. Lesley Cowan, aged 66, of the Three Counties Bookshop in the High Street, has been selected to be an official Games Maker, or steward at Wimbledon, for the
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Portland House is sold
THE sale of one of Malvern Hills District Council’s former offices has been agreed for a value “very close” to its £750,000 asking price. Executive committee members unanimously backed the deal to sell Portland House, in Church Street, to an unnamed
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Supreme folly
AS funding of the NHS, education and public services is reduced, as benefits and pensions are cut, and employment opportunities, especially for the young, fall, this government has chosen to rip up what remains of our countryside and spend £32billion
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Teen stole his gran's gold rings
A JOBLESS teen stole precious jewellery from his grandmother after she had shown him kindness by taking him into her home, a court heard. Edna Crump had opened her Malvern house to Tayler Crump and his girlfriend when he had been told to leave
