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I will climb highest peak in every county
A FORMER Dyson Perrins pupil, now an Army fitness instructor, was set to be back in Malvern on Saturday to run up the Worcesteshire Beacon. Jon Barnett, who joined the Army in 1988 and is retiring next year, has set himself a charity challenge to
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Green councillor decides to move to Kuala Lumpur
A GREEN party councillor is stepping down a year after she was elected, to take up a job on the other side of the world. Former councillor Luna Deller, who had represented the Malvern West district council seat with party colleague John Raine,
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Longdon
THE Brownies took advantage of a break in the rain to take part in a scavenger hunt on the village field. They looked for a variety of objects in their six groups, and they found them all very quickly. They then painted the clay pots they had made
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Hundreds take to the hills for local hospice
MORE than 400 walkers braved a misty morning for the annual St Richard’s Hospice Malvern Hills Walk. Hikers of all ages laced up their boots on Saturday in a show of support for the charity, which cares for patients with cancer and other life-threatening
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First jazz a huge success
MUSIC lovers enjoyed a day of top tunes as a new jazz festival was held in the town for the first time. Organised by Len Thwaites, chairman of the town’s longrunning Abbey Jazz club, the first Malvern Jazz Festival welcomed a host of top names
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Keep tradition
I WOULD like to compliment the Fringe (and God) for giving us such a wonderful day the other Saturday. Amid the throngs and revellers a Japanese wedding party made their way through the general regalia and settled in to enjoy the music, then about
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New rules mean more homes will be built
MORE homes will be built under a massive building plan after rule changes were brought in by the Government. The South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP) is supposed to deliver about 20,360 homes across Worcester, Malvern and Wychavon by
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Diseased trees cut down for safety reasons
THREE trees lining a road which crosses Malvern Link Common were cut down by county council workers on Monday. The trees along Graham Road had to go because a routine inspection found they were becoming unsafe, a Worcestershire County Council
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We welcome all
THE view of Little Malvern Priory on ‘Your Letters’ page (May18) is very attractive but it is described as being isolated. It certainly is in the country, but lies on the A4104 between Great Malvern and Upton upon Severn, and is not far away from
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Nature lover’s dismay at rare orchid mowing
A NATURE-lover from Malvern has criticised Welland Parish Council for allowing a green containing rare orchids to be mowed. Pat Palmer, of Albert Park Road, says the green-winged orchid has flourished for a number of years on the green just off
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Owzat – new youth club opens in cricket pavilion
A MUCH-needed youth club has opened its doors replacing one which shut last year. Young people will now finally have somewhere to go in Upton with the opening of the new club based at the pavilion on the town’s playing fields. It has taken five
