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• Bourton Vale

  HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Members produced many lovely vases of garden flowers for the monthly competition which was won by Eunice Russell. More than 50 members came expecting to hear Dr Wilson from Cogges Farm Museum showing Historic Gardening Tools but he was unable to attend after a car accident. Members will, however, be going to Cogges Manor Farm Museum on June 21, 6.15pm at the War Memorial, transport being provided by members for those in need, the cost is £4 per head and a dozen places are left. The July outing is to Hampton Court Palace with transport provided by Pulhams Coaches at £16 per head on July 12, with a 9am start. Peter Sheasby of Bloxham agreed to come to the May meeting in place of Dr Wilson, and entertained with slides of wild flowers in Eastern Turkey. The vote of thanks was given by Ray Fardon. read more

• Bomb squad move in after mortar shell found in skip

  A VALE pensioner had to be evacuated from his home this week after a local businessman discovered a live mortar shell. read more

• Alert for bogus detective

  PETROL station bosses in South Worcestershire were warned to be on the alert this week after a bogus policemen tried to obtain confidential information. read more

• Drivers risking their lives at rail 'hot spot'

  A RAILWAY crossing in the Vale has been named as a West Midlands "hot spot" where drivers risk their lives to beat the lights. read more

• 'Osteopath' fined £1,000

  AN Evesham woman has been fined £1,000 for falsely advertising herself as an osteopath in a phone directory. read more

• Vale mum profited in £27k home sale error

  A MOTHER-OF-TWO who went on a spending spree with her husband after they were wrongly paid nearly £28,000 over the sale of their house has been found guilty of theft. read more

• Homes hit as freak storm sweeps Vale

  HOMES in the Vale were struck by lightning and others flooded as freak weather conditions brought havoc to the area at the weekend. read more

• Fears grow for missing 40-year-old

  CONCERN was mounting this week for the safety of an Evesham man who has been missing from home since last Tuesday. read more

• Floods scheme set for opening

  A NEW £850,000 flood alleviation scheme designed to protect homes in North Littleton will be officially opened by Vale MP Peter Luff tomorrow. read more

• Foundation gives £10k for Abbey fund

  A DONATION of £10,000 has been given to the Pershore Abbey restoration fund. The money is to make a start on repairs to the Abbey, which could run into six figures. read more

• Parish chairman leads rogue swarm hit team

  A CRACK team of beekeepers had to be hastily assembled after a swarm descended on Cropthorne last week. read more

• River plaque request

  A GROUP of members of the Lower Avon Navigation Trust want to see a lasting memorial put in place to mark the spot where part of the river was reopened in 1962. read more

• Two bus routes avoid the chop

  TWO key bus services in the Vale and Cotswolds which faced the axe after a row over free travel for pensioners have been saved. read more

• Alistair backs town on Regal

  EVESHAM'S most famous son, TV comedian Alistair McGowan, is backing the Town Council's campaign to see the Grade II listed Regal Cinema restored to its former glory. read more

• Broadway

  GARDEN CLUB: The April meeting was addressed by John Edgeley on Vegetable Growing For The Organic Gardener. read more

• Evesham

  DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY: The May illustrated talk was Buildings of the Cotswolds, by Denis Moriaty, who has worked on many of the BBC's best known arts programmes. He showed a collection of slides of many of the Cotswolds' buildings, both the well-known ones and those tucked away in tiny hamlets. read more

• Harvington

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• Ilmington

  ANNUAL PARISH MEETING: The annual parish meeting, chaired by Cllr Tony Wilkins, was attended by all parish councillors, district cllr C J Saint and 27 parishioners. read more

• Moreton

  GARDENING CLUB: There was a good attendance at the May meeting. Before the start of proceedings members booked their places for the three outings to local gardens this coming summer. The chairman then introduced the speaker for the evening. Mrs Sue Burn gave an illustrated talk on Batsford Arboretum. She started with a brief history of the house and garden as it was in the early 1800s then followed by showing slides of a year in the Arboretum as it is today. Much of the planting is influenced by trees from China and Japan. The chairman thanked the speaker. read more

• Pershore

  ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN'S SECTION: At the May meeting, chairman Wendy Griffiths read the delegate's report to members of the National Conference at Blackpool. Details were given of a proposed trip on August 22 to Crossfield House, Rhayader (a Royal British Legion home), also notice of 60th anniversary lunch at The Angel Hotel, on November 16, supported by the Co-operative Community Fund. Speaker for the evening was Ralph Mason on the Talking Newspaper. Next committee meeting will be held on Monday (one week early at Pershore WMC) as the branch will be holding a tombola at Pershore Carnival on Bank Holiday Monday, May 29. read more

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