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Poetry slam
TEN poets will go head-tohead at the fourth Malvern Poetry Slam next week. Malvern Cube, formerly known as Malvern Youth Centre, in Albert Road North, will be the arena for the battle of verse and wit on Friday, October 5, that will result in the
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Much good done
COULD I offer a much needed vote of thanks to the Malvern Conservators? They have come under much criticism as of late; not all of it deserved. This organisation has done so much good in the area in terms of conservation and protection. We
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Alfrick & Lulsley
ALFRICK players are holding monthly evenings at the village hall from 7.30pm. These are fun evenings to explore and improve or find your acting talents. No experience required. All welcome. On Octobert 24 there is a drama workshop led
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Delighted to put on Lloyd-Webber play
ANDREW Lloyd-Webber’s mega-musical Whistle Down the Wind will be given the Pepperpot Players treatment over four nights at Uptonupon- Seven’s Memorial Hall in Old Street. Some tickets for the shows from Wednesday, October 31, to Saturday, November
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Women’s vigil on peace day
WOMEN from all over Europe gathered in Malvern for a vigil celebrating the International Day of Peace. Members of Malvern Churches Justice and Peace Group were joined by visitors attending a European Ecumenical Women’s Conference in the town for
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Cafe neglects us
THE inquiry into the battle over St Ann’s Well Cafe suffers from the same imbalance that has afflicted media reporting of the conflict. Both turned a critical gaze on the Malvern Hills Conservators, while taking Mr Redman and his supporters largely
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Christ Church
WELL, it wasn’t quite the feeding of the 5,000 but we did have 50 or more tucking in and it was so lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves on Friday, September 7. By popular request we had another evening of food and entertainment. All enjoyed
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Financial risks if business rate change happens
PUTTING business rates under council control will transfer “massive” financial risks to local authorities, finance chiefs have warned. At present some £19 billion of business rates is collected by councils nationally every year and then redistributed
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Do you have the brass to join band?
IF you play a brass instrument and are free on Monday nights, then the Band of West Mercia Police has a place for you. Over the last couple of decades, the band has raised nearly half a million pounds for worthy causes and has also had some success
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No enthusiasm
I REFER to your ‘Tempers were close to boiling point’ article (September 21) concerning the gas pipe laying tailbacks between Malvern and Junction 7 of the M5. Are your readers fully aware of the effects that the proposed 1,000 more houses and
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Help us to raise cash for charity
PEOPLE are being urged to sign up for an annual charity walk on the Malvern Hills and help it break through the £100,000 fundraising barrier. Since it was first held in 1999, the sponsored walk in aid of Cancer Research UK has raised more than
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Meet walkers
THE Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Rev Dr John Inge, will be at Great Malvern Priory on Saturday, October 6, to welcome a group of Christian Aid walkers. The walkers are taking part in a 10-mile walk from Ledbury to Malvern in solidarity with
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Substation fuses blown
HOUSEHOLDERS and Malvern Town Football Club were left in the dark overnight on Tuesday after a fault on an underground cable. Malvern Town had to postpone their match against Sporting Khalsa, after the fault caused fuses to blow at the substation
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Money in tobacco
DEMANDS are being made for Worcestershire County Council to withdraw £21 million of investments in the tobacco industry. Despite the authority taking over responsibility for stop smoking services from next year, and being in charge of creating
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Window frames
PLANS to replace window frames at a listed cottage in Hanley Castle have been sent to Malvern Hills District Council. The application, for Severn End Cottage, also includes putting hand-made clay tiles on one roof slope. The application has
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Garden rewards
HARD work by staff and patients at a mental health unit in Malvern has been rewarded. The garden at Abbey House in Malvern Wells has been given an award in a gardening competition run by the unit’s owner, Partnerships in Care. More than
