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This will do nicely for our jumble sale
SCOUTS in Colwall have been having a good old clean out ahead of their annual jumble sale. The event is 1st Colwall Scout Group’s main fund-raiser of the year and all the money raised goes towards putting on activities for members, maintaining the
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Paralympic silver medalist's words of thanks
PARALYMPICS medallist Mel Clarke, who trained for the games at Malvern’s Splash Leisure Centre, returned on Monday to thank the staff who assisted her. Mel won a silver in ladies compound archery. She was greeted at the Splash by Coun David Hughes
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Daredevil Lisa takes to the air
THE secretary of Cradley Sports Club will be taking to the air for a daredevil stunt on Sunday. Lisa Morgan, from Mathon, near Malvern, will be doing a wing walk in the sky above Membury airfield, near Lambourn, in Berkshire. She would like
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‘Vandals have written off my first ever car!’
A YOUNG man's first car was wrecked by “mindless” vandals while he was visiting the Malvern Hills. Matthew Francis, aged 22, of Ansty, near Coventry, had parked his VW Polo on Saturday while he and friends were camping nearby. But they were
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Football - Malvern gunning for derby revenge
MALVERN Town have revenge in their sights when they host Bromyard Town in a West Midlands League Premier Division derby tomorrow (3pm). The in-form Langland Stadium side are keen to set the record straight after losing 5- 3 in a FA Vase first qualifying
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Work has now started on £20m retirement village
WORK on a state-of-theart £20 million retirement village in Malvern Link will get underway today. The 101-apartment complex is being created by Festival Housing on the site of Alexandra Gardens, off Worcester Road. Clarence Park Village, aimed
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Year ban for drink driver in car park
A MALVERN man who got behind the wheel after drinking to cope with a family illness has been disqualified from driving for 12 months. Jeremy Hyland, of Meadow Street Court, was spotted by police officers sat in the driver’s seat of a parked car
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Accidental death
ROBIN Denniston, of Davenham Friends of the Elderly Care Home in Graham Road, Malvern, died at the result of an accident, a coroner has ruled. The 85-year-old died on April 6 a short while after choking on some food he was eating at the care home
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Echoes from the past
100 YEARS AGO. Yesterday morning the death occurred at Malvern Hospital of Mr Frank Kent, of West Malvern, who, whilst walking along the Cradley Road on Sunday evening, accompanied by his son-in-law, was knocked down by a bicycle ridden by a
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The row that shattered peace at woodland idyll
THE Malvern Hills Conservators pursued their campaign to remove John Redman from St Ann’s Well despite receiving legal advice not to and having little genuine intention of running the café themselves, the official inquiry into the affair has revealed
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Revealed, it’s the shambles that shames conservators
A DAMNING report has laid bare the Malvern Hills Conservators’ shambolic handling of a row about the popular St Ann’s Well Café. It reveals that: •A personal dislike of tenant John Redman influenced attempts to have him removed •He was offered
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After wet summer, a mellower autumn beckons
"THE month is now September as the sagacious lyricist of old observed, and judging by the present conditions, September will be the best month of the year," reported the Gazette 100 years ago. "The weather has been truly magnificent so far as the
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Update: St Ann's Well tenant finally receives an apology
FIRST came the damning report and now the tenant at the centre of the long-running St Ann's Well café dispute has finally received an apology. John Redman received the declaration of regret when the board of the Malvern Hills Conservators met for
