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Alfrick and Lulsley
THERE are still seats available for the coach trip to London on Saturday, May 12, leaving Alfrick at 8am, cost £20. For more information or to book phone 01886 822284. Alfrick players present The Joy Ride at the village hall from Thursday- Saturday
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May festival includes 25 films over 17 days
TO MARK its 10th birthday, the Borderlines Film Festival is spreading its wings with 25 films and events over 17 days across rural Herefordshire. The May Festival celebrates the best the area has to offer in terms of quality and variety of film
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Longdon
THE Brownie unit have been continuing with their Olympic challenges. In the last meeting they found out about the Ancient Greek Olympics, including the fact that the first 13 Olympic games had only one event – running. As they were unable to get
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You are wrong
REFERENCE Monica Edge’s letter of April 20. Basically she is wrong. The majority did support Sainsbury’s, with petition and letters. The opposers submitted a hastily refitted ex-Tesco petition. The amount of people that requested their names be
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Water mill open
A CONVERTED water mill at Cradley, near Malvern, will be opening its doors to the public for National Mills Weekend for the second year running. On Sunday, May 13, visitors will be able to see progress of the ongoing renovation work at Archers
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A murder mystery and very long title for new Wells play
THE Malvern Wells players are bringing mayhem and murder to the hills in their latest production. In The Farndale Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery, nine members of the Bishop family are killed in the space of 24
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Colwall
A JUBILEE ceilidh will be held at the Village Hall on Saturday, May 12, starting at 7.30pm. Music will be by the Falconers Dance Band with caller Marion Percy. There will be a ploughman’s supper with soft drinks provided. Bring your own tipple
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Junk into art one of many displays at garden show
A MALVERN sculptor who transforms junk found at the roadside into works of art will be exhibiting some of his creations at this year’s Malvern Spring Garden Show. Jacob Rock, who uses only recycled materials in his eyecatching animal and beast
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Victorian ride to be at the centre of celebrations for diamond day
A MALVERN trader will be bringing a touch of Victorian elegance to the town’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Lawrence Harper has been running Harpers Bazaar in Malvern Link for the last 30 years but is also a member of the Fairground Heritage Trust
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Eggs-terminate – Alfrick firm has new weapon in gulls war
THE biggest ever crackdown on unruly seagulls was taking place in Worcester today, thanks to a firm based in Alfrick. Red Kite Pest Control has been putting hundreds of fake eggs on to roofs to fool the birds. Andy Staples, of the company, said
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I am not a racist says dad trying to help son
A FATHER says he is concerned attention drawn to a hotel’s decision to cancel a fund-raising event has overshadowed his bid to raise funds to help his unwell son. Lee Stallard’s eight-year-old boy Jay suffers from the rare condition retinitis
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We can’t know
WE keep seeing unsupported assertions from the pro- Sainsbury’s camp that the majority of Ledbury people wanted an out-of-town supermarket. In reality, it is impossible to be sure either way because neither of the reliable ways of finding out
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Malvern missionary writes his memoirs
A LIFE which ranges from physics to missionary activity is recounted in Building Bridges and Crossing Cultures, a memoir by Edward Williams, of Guarlford, near Malvern. Mr Williams and his wife Rosemary spent almost a decade in India as missionaries
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Glad to be back with stories to tell
RABID dogs, some very close shaves and shocking weather have been just another day on the job for the county’s hard-bitten soldiers fighting the Taliban in the Afghan badlands. Since October, the 2nd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment (Worcesters
