NEW reporter Neil Watts joined the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter team this week.

Neil, aged 25, has lived in the town all his life and attended the Wyche Primary School and the Chase before studying English literature and media studies at De Montfort University, Leicester.

He said: “I feel I have a good knowledge of the Malvern Hills and Ledbury areas and hopefully this will help me to represent both the readers and their papers.”

Neil recently completed a NCTJ qualification in journalism at the City of Wolverhampton College.