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"A huge thank you to everyone who answered my call for volunteers to work at the Three Counties Vaccination centre," Coun Wells said on Saturday (February 27). "Just four days ago, on Wednesday February 24, I attended a meeting regarding the immediate opening next Tuesday, March 2 of the mass vaccination centre at The Three Counties Showground. "The hold-up had been access to sufficient vaccine supply. That is now resolved. "In just three days, I have been able to put together a shift r...

DOZENS of volunteers have come forward in response to a plea for helpers at the county’s new coronavirus vaccine hub. The opening of the hub had been delayed due to insufficient supplies of the vaccine - but when the call came that the supply issue was resolved, organisers pulled out all the stops to get the centre staffed within a few days. Cllr Tom Wells was asked to co-ordinate volunteers for the new Three Counties Showground vaccine site and said he was overwhelmed with the response...

DOZENS of volunteers have come forward in response to a plea for helpers at the county’s new coronavirus vaccine hub. The opening of the hub had been delayed due to insufficient supplies of the vaccine - but when the call came that the supply issue was resolved, organisers pulled out all the stops to get the centre staffed within a few days. Cllr Tom Wells was asked to co-ordinate volunteers for the new Three Counties Showground vaccine site and said he was overwhelmed with the response...

The Three Counties Showground, based in Malvern, Worcestershire, plans to open next week and is the fourth vaccination centre to open across the two counties. This is another significant milestone in the growing vaccination programme across Herefordshire and Worcestershire following the opening of the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove, which opened in January and St Peter’s Baptist Church in Worcester and Elgar House in Hereford opening last month. The site at the Three Counties is being run...

Dr Gemma Moore, GP and clinical director for SW Healthcare, said: “This vaccination centre will further increase our local capacity to deliver Covid-19 vaccines, building upon the success of our GP-led teams and those at the other centres in delivering this programme so quickly across the two counties. “These have been instrumental in helping us to introduce the vaccine in Herefordshire and Worcestershire so far, and we look forward to continuing to drive this programme forward. “We...

PEOPLE in Malvern awaiting their coronavirus vaccination will have to wait a little longer for the opening of a proposed new vaccine hub.

Staff member from Three Counties Dog Rescue in Bourne isolating after Covid-19 exposure Another first for us at Three Counties last week, writes Gyll Mauchline. One of our team got a message through “Track and Trace” to tell her to self isolate for 10 days as she had been in the vicinity of someone with Covid-19. The immediate reaction is to try to work out who the contact might have been but that proved to be an impossible task. Gyll Mauchline It is a necessary part of the battle aga...

Speaking in a Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce webinar, specialist registrar Rebecca Pickup said:"At the moment we have thr nine priority groups, theyre set nationally by Government and not locally by Government. "They are based on reducing deaths, mortality, the people who are likely to have the worst impact of Covid." She said uptake had been "fantastic" in Herefordshire and Worcestershire so far, adding: "We have five local vaccination centres, one in Ross-on-Wye, L...

Malvern launches summer garden show - from Horticulture Week

Published: 5:30 AM January 29, 2021    Jimi Wei Tang, from Wymondham, has landed his own monthly slot on BBC Three Counties Radio with Justin Dealey. - Credit: Jamie Honeywood Landing a regular slot on BBC radio is a pretty impressive achievement no matter who you are. But it is even more eye-catching when you have not even turned 10. That is exactly what Jimi Wei Tang has done, aged nine, almost two years on from making his first appearance on the airwaves. Jimi, from Wymondham, can claim t...