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Career exchanges will be the trip of a lifetime
TWO women from Malvern have been chosen to take part in the trip of a lifetime to see how their careers are practiced abroad. Grace Rollason, a GP, and Hannah Newrick, activities co-ordinator at the town’s Court House Nursing Home, have been selected
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Bucking shopping trends
TRADE chiefs believe Malvern’s ‘one-of-a-kind’ town centre will protect it from troubles facing traditional high street shopping. Fears are growing for the high street and even the most established retailers after the British Retail Consortium
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Pupils sell goods at popular craft fair
PUPILS at a Malvern school showed entrepreneurial spirit when they designed and sold their own products. Year six children from The Wyche CE Primary School have been working on a young enterprise project, where they were set the challenge of designing
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Town hospital free of MRSA for 14 months
COMMUNITY hospitals have had no cases of MRSA infection for more than a year but have been battling other bug outbreaks. The five community hospitals in Malvern, Pershore, Evesham, Tenbury and Bromsgrove have had no incidents of MRSA since October
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Wellington Heath
IT would appear that a good festive season was enjoyed by all the residents. Some were lucky enough to spend time in warmer, drier climates. The regular village activities continue as usual. Circle dancing takes place on the third Friday of
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MPs say they are not paid enough
MPs are after a 32 per cent pay rise after saying £65,000 a year is not enough. A new survey has revealed 69 per cent believe they are underpaid – with the average parliamentarian asking for £86,250. One in 12 want more than £100,000 and only
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Text company scoops award
WEST Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin visited a Malvern technology firm which has won another award. Text Local, which is based in the Malvern Hills Science Park, scooped a Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Award, adding to
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Powick
A NEW Year’s party was held at the coffee shop in Callow End Village Hall last Wednesday when 40 people enjoyed savoury items and a selection of cakes with crackers and music and a quiz devised by Kris Quatermass. The Week of Prayer for Christian
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St Mary's, Pickersleigh
THE coffee morning on Tuesday, January 8, raised £72 in aid of the local animal rescue service, and the Jumble Sale on Friday, January 11, raised £102 with unsold goods raising a further £66 through the Cash4Clothes service. Our coffee mornings
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Answers please
A RECENT correspondent on this subject said that they were told that boxes for the kerbside collection of glass were too expensive. Does this mean that wheelie bins are cheaper? I don’t believe it. They further said that £16,000 had been spent
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Floods no match for levels reached in 2007
RECENT flood levels pale into insignificance next to the devastating floods of the summer of 2007 figures show. Dave Throup, Environment Agency manager for Worcestershire and Herefordshire, tweeted the flood peaks for the last few years. The
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Malvern Link
ON Wednesday, January 9, there was a meeting for people who have a sense of their inner life but in their search for nourishment and belonging are not necessarily turning to organised religion. Twenty-five people came, talked about their search
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Deputy mayor slams change to laws
MALVERN’S deputy mayor has slammed new localism legislation that “makes a mockery” of promises to remove red tape and make life simpler. Councillor John Jordan has written to Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government
