l DES O'Connor returns to Malvern Theatres on Saturday for an evening of comedy, laughter and music. The TV entertainer and singer is returning after a sell-out appearance in Malvern last October. For tickets contact 01684 892277.

l BIG band swing will be featured by the Worcestershire Jazz Orchestra at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, next Tuesday in aid of the Worcester Support Group of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's. The concert starts at 8pm and tickets cost £5 (concessions £4.50) on 01905 611427 or on the door.

l THE Anderson Gallery in Broadway is staging a Millennium Christmas Show in its Upper High Street, base. Open daily from 10am to 1pm and 2 to 5pm, it continues until the end of January.