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Razor wire move
DEVELOPERS have taken steps to improve the position of ‘dangerous’ razor wire placed along a hedgerow in Malvern. The five metres of wire has been moved back away from the pavement outside the building site in Abbey Road. There have also been
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Junior football - Juniors tame the Wildcats
WELLAND Juniors beat Warndon Village Wildcats 5-1 in their opening Mercian Festival League Girls Under 13 game of the season. Olivia Baker-Law fired Welland ahead early on and Megan Jones doubled the lead shortly after. Warndon pulled a goal back
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Football - Badgers fall to second defeat
LEIGH and Bransford Badgers slumped to a second successive Worcester League Sunday Division Five defeat of the season at Clifton Rovers, losing 2-1. The visitors were involved in a tight, end-toend battle and could feel a little unlucky not to
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We were blown away to win award at blues bash
A BAND from Malvern have let their acoustic roots music do their talking after clinching success at a prestigious awards ceremony. BabaJack took their blues-inspired sound to the British Blues Awards and walked away with one of the top prizes as
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Fallen soldier’s mum loses appeal over death payment
THE disabled mother of the youngest British soldier killed in Afghanistan has spoken of her heartbreak at being forced to betray her son’s dying wish. Lucy Aldridge said her son William would “turn in his grave” if he knew she was being forced
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Football - Swan flying after victory
GOALS from Cathal Mc- Ternan and James Beale gave Hanley Swan a 2-1 victory at Barometrics Reserves in Cheltenham League Division Two. Swan could have gone behind early on except for some good saves from goalkeeper Nick Rogers. Having survived
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Angling: Harris is winner of Club Cup
MALVERN United Angling Association members competed for their Club Cup at the Withes pool that is part of the Evesham Jubilee fishery. Dave Harris benefitted from a more secluded peg and caught carp of about three pounds consistently finished with
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Malvern look for first win
MALVERN are hoping to record their first victory in National League Three South West when they host Maidenhead tomorrow (kickoff 3pm). The Spring Lane side have lost both their opening league matches to date — 38- 10 to Exmouth and 21-19 at London
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Talks continue in parking row
MORE talks are planned over changes to the parking in a popular shopping precinct. We previously reported how a consultation is ongoing over whether to remove seven onstreet parking spaces near Barnards Green Post Office to make room for a bus
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Table Tennis - Vulcans seal opening day league victory
THE first week of the new Paperstation Malvern League started in Division Two with YMCA Vulcans, relegated last season, beating newcomers Poolbrook Panthers 10-0. Ewan Gear managed to take a game off Beryl Shammon, but all the rest of the sets
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Lazy solutions
LIKE others, most Malvern people live in the present but keep one eye on the future. Thus plans to upgrade Malvern’s fire station (‘Overhaul plan for fire station turned down’ August 31) have been thrown out because the proposed design is insufficiently
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Festival also gets the cold shoulder
PLANS to recreate this summer’s triumphant Diamond Jubilee celebrations have suffered a blow after failing to win the support of Malvern Town Council. Organisers are hoping to use the same three-day format that attracted thousands of people for
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Echoes from the past
100 YEARS AGO. The hop-picking season is in full swing around Malvern. The Black Country towns at the northern end of the county are now sending their hundreds into the neighbourhood to follow the health giving pursuits amongst the bine, and
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Attempted robbery – two in court
TWO men have appeared in court accused of attempting to rob the One Stop Shop on Pickersleigh Road. Leon Nesbitt, of Pound Bank Road, Malvern, and Wayne Frankum, formerly of Malvern but now living in Lowesmoor, Worcester, were seen separately at
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Magistrates acquit in smoky engine case
"A CASE of interest to the public, and especially owners of traction engines, was heard at Malvern Petty Sessions on Wednesday," reported the Gazette 100 years ago. "Mr Shadrack Strickland was summoned for driving a locomotive which did not consume
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Ian’s photo makes waves with judges
A KEEN photographer will have this picture featured in a popular calendar. Malvern-based Beacon Camera Club’s vice-chairman Ian Thompson took this picture, Storm Force, which will be featured in BBC Countryfile’s calendar for 2013. The calendar
