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Christmas do at Dumbleton Hall

1:00pm Saturday 11th October 2008

STALL holders are being invited to join a Christmas Extravaganza at Dumbleton Hall Hotel, near Evesham, to raise funds for St Richard’s Hospice.

Pershore workshop for talented youngsters

12:00pm Saturday 11th October 2008

PLACES on a free workshop taking place in Pershore with a renowned music and dance group are still up for grabs.

Join in with Family Learning Festival

11:00am Saturday 11th October 2008

EVESHAM residents will get the chance to pick up a new skills and help mark a national campaign this month.

Marion bids a fond farewell

Scheme manager Marion Carr is leaving Meade Court Sheltered Housing Scheme in Evesham after 25 years, pictured here with residents

10:00am Saturday 11th October 2008

RESIDENTS at Meade Court Sheltered Housing Scheme in Evesham bid a fond farewell to their scheme manager of 25 years on Friday.

Cooking back on curriculum at school

Honeybourne First School pupils Nicole Boswell and Ethan Edwards, both 9, try the school's new hot meals

9:00am Saturday 11th October 2008

PUPILS at Honeybourne First School have been enjoying hot meals for the first time in several decades thanks to improved facilities.

Five arrested in Evesham drug raids

3:22pm Friday 10th October 2008

FIVE people were arrested on suspicion of drugs offences in Evesham and Honeybourne yesterday (9) as police carried out a series of raids.

Landlady in shock after arson attack

Bar supervisor Michelle Teat at the Gate Inn, Honeybourne, which was badly damaged by fire yesterday.

3:08pm Friday 10th October 2008

A LANDLADY was left ‘shocked and scared’ after a suspected arson attack caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to her Honeybourne pub.

Television show challenge for Matt

3:10pm Friday 10th October 2008

A FORMER Prince Henry’s High School pupil has returned from an ‘intense’ expedition where he pushed brain and body to the limit.

New way to buy local food

10:43am Friday 10th October 2008

IN an age when people are increasingly concerned as to where their food comes from and how it is made, one Glouc-estershire business thinks it has the answers.

Fly-tipping still major problem

10:43am Friday 10th October 2008

THE Country Land & Business Association has hit back at a claim by Defra’s Keep Britain Tidy campaign that all councils were judged to have fly-tipping and graffiti under control.

Autumn partridge count must be done soon

10:37am Friday 10th October 2008

DESPITE the late harvest and appalling weather conditions this summer, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is urging gamekeepers, farmers and shoot managers to send in their autumn count figures for grey partridge as soon as they have been completed.

College preparing for its ‘apple day’

10:42am Friday 10th October 2008

PERSHORE College is preparing to hold its first Apple Day.

Women's history goes live

5:10pm Thursday 9th October 2008

THE first of 10 plays bringing to life the memories and family histories of women from the Vale of Evesham will be broadcast on BBC Hereford and Worcester next week.

Icelandic banking crisis could affect Wychavon

5:10pm Thursday 9th October 2008

WYCHAVON District Council could lose up to £1.5m as a result of the Icelandic banking crisis.

Revellers enjoy all the fun of the fair

Mayor of Evesham Alan Booth officially opened the Mop Fair on Thursday night

4:30pm Thursday 9th October 2008

THE Evesham Mop Fair was back in town at the weekend in one of the biggest carnival extravaganzas the area has to offer.


National News

Three injured as cars hit building

A driver has been charged over the death of a child in a pushchair

Updated 11:33am Sunday 12th October 2008

Three people were gravely injured after two cars collided and hit a block of flats, police said.


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