FIRST of all, I have to apologise for a mistake that I made announcing the arrangements for the WRVS Welland Over 60’s Cordery Club announced last week. It should read :- Club meeting May 7 at Welland Village Hall with Talk and on June 4, the Outing to Evesham Country Park. Details can be obtained from Margaret Smith on 01684 833252 Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Songs of Praise at St. James’s will be Sunday at 6.30pm featuring the Brass Band of The Camping and Caravanning Club. Further details can be found at the Church’s web address, which is:- www.stjameschurchwelland.org.uk.

The Upper Welland community is organising An Evening with Reg Moule (BBC Hereford and Worcester Gardening guru) tonight at 7.30 pm in The Methodist Hall. Entry will cost £3 per head and is limited to 70. For further details, please contact :- Graham George 01684 560360; Margaret Williams 01684 891164 or Roger Pitt 01684 569650 Refreshments will be available. Further activities can be seen on the website:- www.upperwelland.co.uk.

Share a passion for fashion and a flair for fun and games at this first ever May Fair in Malvern - a treasure trove of high style summer stock and unrepeatable low price bargains. It promises to be a mini department store of value-for-money products and presents, for just one day, in The Elgar Suite at The Abbey Hotel - Today, May 1 from 10am-4pm. Lunchtime Celebrity Guests and The Colwall Choir. A great opportunity to support two vital rescue services – Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue and Great Western Air Ambulance.

Car boots for Welland this year are all commencing at noon and all the organisers request that visitors and booters obey the parking marshalls. The dates are as follows:- 3May 3; May 24; May 31; June 7; June 14; July 5; July 12; August 2; August 23 and 3August 30.

Kids Klobber returns on May 16 to the Village hall; Sellers 10am – buyers at 11am. For information or book a table, please contact Jo Horrobin on 01684 310256 The last item for this week is to remind you about the Parish Annual Meeting, which will be held in the Village Hall on May 18 at 7pm. There will be guest speakers and all residents are encouraged to attend and ask the Parish Council, District and County Councillors and guest speakers questions. There follows the regular monthly meeting of the Parish Council. Following on from this, at the parish Council Meeting held last night, our District Councillor talked about the ongoing consultation process regarding waste in the District. Do you want Wheelie Bins or not, etc. The process is open until October/November time, so contact your District Councillor or the District Council, through the Hub either by phone, letter or website. Evidently, there is a form to fill in on the website for your views. There are two consultations going on at the same time regarding waste, however, one in the District – how it is collected and one with the County Council – it’s disposal methods.