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  • Focus on key skills for entrance to university

    LOOKING to the past as well as to the future - that was the theme of the headmaster's speech at the Hereford Cathedral School prize-giving day, writes RICHARD WILSON. With some evidence to suggest that teaching took place on the city site as far back

  • Young given their say on the airwaves

    A FUN, friendly and free way for young people to occupy the summer holidays is being offered in Hereford, with the serious opportunity for voicing opinions. A five-day radio programme will be the end result of the experience open to the over-15s invited

  • Westfields given red card over ground plan

    THEY think it's all over - but it isn't. A Hereford football club that lost its vital 'home' fixture may get a re-match. Inquiries are underway into the conduct of a county planning process that denied Westfields FC and the city's sixth form college their

  • Cash in the pipeline for school study area

    A NATURE conservation and activity area at Bridstow School has been given a boost thanks to a grant from a national gas pipeline company. Transco, which is laying a new pipeline from Peterstow to Abergavenny, has contributed £500 to the project. The donation

  • Ledbury's future is brilliant!

    THE future is bright for Ledbury, which is celebrating the announcement of vital funding worth a total £30,000. This investment will see the introduction of new ornamental street lighting, new road signs, a town centre community garden and more tourist

  • Symonds Yat drugs case opens

    A SYMONDS Yat man charged with plotting to set up a £140 million ecstasy factory also conned Irish customs officers into giving classified information on how criminals smuggle red diesel. Newport Crown Court heard that Andrew James Bellew, aged 37, posed

  • Appeal for information

    DYFED Powys Police are appealing for information following two attempted burglaries in the Brecon area. Last Wednesday at 3.30pm, an elderly woman in Dyfynog Road, Sennybridge, disturbed two men who attempted to enter her home via a window pane in her

  • Leominster pupil goes for gold

    A FORMER Hereford Cathedral School pupil has been awarded a gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. Isabella Honeyborne, aged 23, from Pudleston, near Leominster, trekked 50 miles in the Lake District and carried out 60 hours of voluntary work at the British Heart

  • Top brass keeps lid on UN operation

    A BOOK detailing an SAS attempt to stop one of the worst war crimes carried out in Bosnia has been blocked by the Ministry of Defence, according to reports, writes BILL TANNER. Revelations of the Herefordshire-based regiment's role in trying to save the

  • Builders put plan on table for A49 link

    HEREFORDSHIRE'S builders have formulated a five-point action plan that they believe will boost the county's economy, writes RICHARD WILSON. Top of the list is a desire for a new road to link the A49 to Rotherwas as a 'first step' towards gaining a bypass

  • Doubts cast over Civic Trust future

    THE vice-chairman of a leading conservation watchdog has cast doubt on its future - prompting a special meeting. Since the 'demolitions and disasters of the 60s', there has been a change in attitude towards the historic environment, coupled with a raft

  • Neighbours quizzed on SAS site future

    PEOPLE who live near the former SAS camp in Hereford are being invited to have a say about its future. The former Stirling Lines is up for sale and locals are said to be concerned over what will happen to the 50 acres of land and buildings. Herefordshire

  • Much Marcle focus of hunt for missing woman

    METROPOLITAN Police has once again turned its attention to a Herefordshire village in the hunt for a woman who has been missing from her home since January. Detectives from New Scotland Yard were searching the Much Marcle area last week in the hope of

  • Ross Labels expansion plan sent to Whitehall

    THE future expansion of Ross Labels in Herefordshire looks likely to get the go-ahead, with the plans having been sent to Government for the final once-over, writes CATHERINE SHOVLIN. If the decision matches that of Herefordshire Council's planning officers

  • Bromyard police seek sponsors to make their mark

    BROMYARD police are appealing for sponsors to come forward and pledge financial support in the fight against crime. Beat manager Richard Shakespeare says he would like to buy some property marking kits and make them available for loan to the local community

  • 92-year-old was a sporting pioneer

    ONE of Leominster's sporting pioneers has died at the age of 92. George Preece, who died on July 4 at Leominster Residential and Nursing Home in the Bargates, encouraged the development of swimming and youth football in the town in the years following

  • Charity shop goes

    LEOMINSTER'S oldest charity shop is to close its doors for the last time tomorrow after more than 15 years. Voluntary Action North Herefordshire's Community Chest shop was established to provide low cost clothing at affordable prices with funds distributed

  • Report predicts worst scenario on health care

    MORE consultants, more nurses and more and better equipment are needed in Hereford hospitals. People are being overworked and facilities over-stretched as they struggle to cope with higher standards in a district general hospital that has always been

  • Duchess pays tribute to friend

    THE Duchess of York paid tribute to the memory of her 'angel' at Hereford Cathedral Junior School's prize-giving day, writes ANITA HOWELLS. In an interview with The Hereford Times, Sarah Ferguson explained how her close friend, the late Carolyn Cotterell

  • Custodial sentences for trio in fracas outside takeaway

    FOUR people were injured outside a takeaway in Hereford after a crowd of drunken yobs launched attacks, a court heard. One victim was suffering from multiple sclerosis and another was registered disabled. A retired police officer who was on crutches bravely

  • Housing scheme for young people

    DEMOLITION work has started to make way for an innovative housing project which will help young people in Herefordshire. St John Kemble Hereford Housing Association is converting the former YMCA premises in Whitecross Road into a supported housing scheme

  • School without its head at time of change

    HEREFORD'S Whitecross High School is without its head at a critical time of change, writes BILL TANNER. Governors are appointing a new management team to meet the challenges set by a recent Ofsted report. But headteacher Alan Hocking has been on sick

  • Man in court on attempted murder charge

    A 39-year-old man has appeared before city magistrates charged with attempted murder. Andrew Phillip Grubb, of Springfield Avenue, Hereford, was remanded in custody until next Monday. He is charged with attempting to murder 22-year-old Dale Leslie Rivers

  • Retreat gets thumbs-up

    THE expansion of a retreat that has attracted visitors for nine years is seen as a boost to the local economy, writes CATHERINE SHOVLIN. Herefordshire Council's planning officers have been delegated to approve proposals for the Vipassana Meditation Centre

  • Tenth birthday £8,500 cheque

    THERE has been cause for a double celebration for the staff and children at the Gateway Nursery marking its tenth birthday with the arrival of an £8,500 cheque. And the donation from the Lloyds TSB Foundation was the perfect present, allowing them to

  • Opponents still beefing

    COUNCILLORS debating a controversial plan for a butchery and shop in a Herefordshire hamlet were told that refusal would lead to astronomical costs in an appeal, writes CATHERINE SHOVLIN. Some members of Herefordshire Council's planning sub-committee

  • Horses put down after collision with car

    TWO horses had to be shot after being in collision with a car in an accident their owner said should never have happened. The collision occurred near the Bell Inn at Tillington on Tuesday evening, throwing riders Sally Williams and her daughter Ann Gharad

  • MP wants to lift siege on Ledbury laboratory staff

    A HEREFORDSHIRE firm under siege from animal rights activists has been backed by area MP Peter Temple-Morris. Mr Temple-Morris says he is ready to 'help in any way' staff at the Quintiles laboratory, Ledbury, which has been the target of a long-running

  • £1m conversion of old Ross post office

    PLANS for the £1 million conversion of an old Ross post office into a Wetherspoon bar have been given the stamp of approval, in spite of protest over the possible effect on local businesses. While taking into account these objections and the location

  • Tory slams Keep the £ 'extremists'

    A WOULD-BE MP says 'small groups of extremists' are short-changing the county over saving the pound. Money talk means war as Conservative Bill Wiggin, prospective parliamentary candidate for Leominster, blasts back at election opponents with single issues

  • Regulars halt pub closure

    A BROMYARD pub has been saved from extinction by its most loyal drinkers, while another famous watering hole prepares for a new lease of life. Regular customers of The Gate Hangs Well at Tedstone Wafer objected when landlord Stephen Judd applied to change

  • Drink charge

    LEOMINSTER town councillor John Anthony Forrester, aged 63, of Priory House, The Priory, is due to appear before Herefordshire magistrates next week charged with drink-driving.

  • Death of legend in Catholic education circles

    A WOMAN once described as the cornerstone of education in Herefordshire has died at the age of 93, writes LIZ WATKINS. She was known simply as Sister Catherine, a tiny woman with a quiet voice, but her reputation as headteacher of St Mary's Roman Catholic

  • Early call for charity Jailbreak's comeback

    A LOCAL councillor has made a plea for Hereford Jailbreak to 'comeback' as soon as possible, writes LIZ WATKINS. Councillor Alan Williams, who has taken part in the event three times, said it will be sorely missed next year. Organisers Ron Davies and

  • Surveillance centre eagle eye could be privatised

    PRIVATISED eyes could be watching over Herefordshire from a newly-created county surveillance centre, writes BILL TANNER. Police say they can no longer monitor the area's CCTV system effectively so other options are being examined. Relocating screens

  • Tragic death of sensitive teenager

    A 'SENSITIVE' teenager hanged himself with a judo belt after arguing with his father over plans to join the army, an inquest heard. Thomas James Hamer, a pupil at St Mary's High School, Lugwardine, was found by his mother hanging from a beam in the loft

  • Poetry too spicy for pupils' taste

    POETRY said to refer to sex, paedophilia and cannibalism, has started a war of words involving county school pupils, writes CATHERINE SHOVLIN. Pupils from John Masefield High School were due to perform a piece by Jim MacCool at the Ledbury Poetry Festival