A FORMER Herefordshire schoolboy has become the male equivalent of supermodel Kate Moss, commanding as much as £30,000 a day for a photoshoot. James Osborne - or Rousseau as he is known in the fashion industry - is originally from Much Marcle near Ledbury
PUPILS from the John Masefield High School were to visit Buchenwald concentration camp today (Friday) as part of a cultural exchange trip to Germany. The visit to the Nazi death camp ties in with the school's annual Holocaust Day, in which survivors of
ORGANISERS of a religious community play in Ledbury are delighted to have found Jesus - in the church. Organisers of the Passion Play, And Now the Good News!, had been struggling to find a suitable Messiah to star in the specially- written play. But they
A childcare volunteer from Trumpet has overcome great odds to earn a NVQ level 2 certificate in Early Years Care and Education, despite lacking numeracy and literacy skills. Now Kelly Bicknell, aged 24, who has special needs and lives at the Keeper's
ARTS minister Alan Howarth was in Newent on Tuesday, where he visited two local artists as part of his fact-finding tour of the region. Mr Howarth had been in Stroud on Monday, where he visited an art gallery. The following day, he paid a visit to Andrew
The Munsley businessman who brought the world "hop confetti" for weddings has received Royal encouragement from the Prince of Wales. Mark Berry, of Munsley Court, wrote to Prince Charles recently, enclosing a packet of the environmentally friendly confetti
Herefordshire Council has launched a review that will decide the fate of the Open Fields Caravan site at Bringsty, following last autumn's spate of vandal attacks which caused £40,000 worth of damage. The report from the Travellers Policy Working Group
THIS eagerly awaited clash with Bishops Castle Seconds resulted in a sound victory for Ledbury Seconds. LEDBURY 2nd 24pts, BISHOPS CASTLE 2ND 0pts In spite of Ledbury being a player short, the match was played on a heavy Bishops Castle pitch, culminating
AFTER a short break the first XV resumed league duties last Saturday and secured a convincing win with a strong second half performance against local rivals Upton in the North Midlands Division One. BROMYARD 22pts, UPTON 3pts It was virtually stalemate
A SUPERB performance by Louis Skyers and a workmanlike second half performance earnt Ledbury's Reserves a quarter final place in the HFL Junior Cup. EWYAS HAROLD RESERVES 1, LEDBURY TOWN RESERVES 3 With appaling playing conditions and a sodden pitch the
LEDBURY Swifts had a convincing win on Sunday morning in this Under 14's league match, when they defeated Tupsley Pegasus by 11-0. LEDBURY SWIFTS 11, TUPSLEY PEGASUS 0 The Swifts took an early lead after only a few minutes of play when Adam Willis scored
SUPPORT is growing for the campaign to protect the future of the threatened Leadon Bank care home in Ledbury. The town council has given its formal backing to Coun Spencer Lane, who is pressing for all 43 residents to be allowed to remain where they are
Council tax-payers in Ledbury can expect around a 10 per cent increase on the bill this financial year, even though Herefordshire Council is considering a £400,000 round of budget cuts. Only education and social care are certain to escape cuts, and even
Ledbury has a new deputy mayor in the shape of Coun Phil Bettington. Coun Bettington was elected at the full council meeting last Thursday (February 8) by nine votes to seven, over Coun Martin Eager. The period 2000/2001 may go down as unique in the history
Ledbury Rotary Club has launched a life-saving appeal to bring safe water to the victims of the Indian earthquake. Club spokesman Peter Herbert said it was the branch's major project at the moment, with the aim of supplying as many purifying "aquaboxes
Bromyard's Mayor, Coun Bill Gibbard, is calling for a referendum to be held on the future of the Froome Bank care home. Froome Bank is facing possible closure or privatisation under a Herefordshire Council review. Coun Gibbard, who stressed that the referendum
Bromyard will have its first town council election for 16 years when voters go to the polls on Thursday, March 8. The resignation of councillor Bernard Hunt in November has resulted in a surge of interest, with six candidates coming forward to contest
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB THE club met for the monthly teams event on February 7. Eleven teams took part and the winners were Rowland & Ann Clayton with Brian Kingsley & Malcolm Dorsett scoring 70imp. 2, Percy & Joyce Sambrook with Janet
A FORMER John Masefield High School pupil has been awarded a Young Sportsperson Award by Malvern Gazette/Ledbury Reporter's sister paper, the Hereford Times. Nerys Hamlett, aged 19, and currently a student at Greenwich University, was presented with the
LEDBURY Swimming Club had a very tough third round in the Bluebell League with Worcester putting in a strong team. They managed to get first place in Event 22 with Jason in the four lengths breaststroke and then going on to win the two lengths butterfly
ON a wet uneven pitch this North Midlands Division One game was never going to be one of the ones to stick in the memory. BISHOPS CASTLE 7pts, LEDBURY 1ST XV 12pts Right from the outset it was obvious that Bishops Castle were going to use their very large
COLWALL Cricket Club is holding its annual general meeting on Sunday (February 19) at the clubhouse, starting at 7.30pm. All players, old and new, will be made very welcome.
LEDBURY Cricket Club are holding a fund raising Race Night on Saturday, March 10 at Ledbury Town Football Club. The evening begins at 8pm and entrance is available on the evening for £1.
LEDBURY Town visited Pershore on Saturday looking to maintain their Banks's Division One South league title challenge. PERSHORE RESERVES 0, LEDBURY TOWN 2 The game was played on a rain affected surface combined with a very dull day and this must have
BACK to Sterling Classic Malvern Football League Division One action against second -placed Club AC30 saw goals aplenty for leaders LTFC 2000 on Sunday. LTFC 2000 12, CLUB AC30 2 Robbie Colwell once again overrunning the opposition's defence. His first
A MUCH depleted Bell side took to the the field on Sunday against Talbot Head, whom they had scored 12 past in October. BELL INN 98 1, TALBOT HEAD 2 It was the home side who took advantage of some sloppy Talbot defending as Mark Wadley poked in the first
