ANTI-PARKING charges campaigners in Leominster are urging local people to make their views known. Former fishmonger Denise Pugh, the organiser of last year's mammoth petition opposing car park fees, said the new campaign would try a different tack. She
A UNIQUE watering hole, a Leominster pub which has defied fads and fashion, was packed to capacity for "one hell of a party" marking the end of an era. Pauline Greenwold, 67, who has reigned supreme as the host and the heart of The Grape Vaults for 14
NEW bikes from old is the latest challenge for Leominster's Green Team at the Marshfield Centre. They have joined up with the Herefordshire charity Workmatch to transform old and unwanted bicycles into safe, useable pedal pushers again, writes JEN GREEN
IMPORTANT moves in departments in Hereford hospitals could affect outpatients. Patients with appointments until the middle of January could find their clinic has changed to another address. Hereford Hospitals Trust is appealing to all those with an outpatient
HEREFORD'S two city centre post offices could close and a new outlet opened under plans announced this week. The new post office would be based at 14 and 15 St Peter's Street if Herefordshire Council gives its stamp of approval to the proposal. Agents
SCHOOL children and church groups took over Hereford High Town on Saturday in support of Operation Christmas Child. The charity invited youngsters from across the county to take part in a day of activities centred around the filling of shoeboxes, which
THE son of a Hereford millionaire is rubbing shoulders with European aristocracy after marrying a highborn German countess. It's hardly a tale of rags to riches for Simeon Williamson, whose father Peter owns the massive Wyevale Garden Nursery chain, but
A POPULAR corner of Hereford Cathedral has been doubly blessed after winning a top county conservation award. A special plaque to mark the honour for the restored Chapter House garden was unveiled at a ceremony attended by John Roger of the Hereford Conservation
Luctonians 24 pts Aston Old Edwardians 16 LUCTONIANS were given a close call by lower-graded opposition before clinching a place in the fifth round of the RFU Intermediate Cup. Aston OE, who knocked out Hereford 24-16 in the third round, led at half-time
Hereford 6 pts Leicester Lions 34 HEREFORD were put on the back foot early in the game after conceding two converted tries in the opening 16 minutes against the strong Leicester visitors who are contenders for the Midlands 1 title this season. Lions,
CLEVER running by the Ledbury threequarters paved the way for a 29-7 friendly win over Longlevens at Gloucester. Tries were scored by Ollie Kaye, Paul Butler and Rob Collins and Paul Beech added conversions.
ITS 'Bouncers' hurled a haymaker at the county's theatrical conventions and now Four Play has found a feminine touch that's just as hard hitting. 'Shakers', currently showing at The Courtyard's studio, extends the 'night out' metaphor as an exploration
WITH their tentacles twitching in anticipation, turbo-charged snails will be let loose on Hereford tonight, November 29, with one thing on their minds - Guinness. However, before anyone goes rushing to the fridge to safeguard sacred stocks of the creamy
A RAILWAY man who allegedly held drink-fuelled sex orgies in a signal box at Hereford Station has been suspended. An investigation by the News of the World newspaper claims Philip Davies took part in group sex marathons in between pulling the levers controlling
Nationwide Conference: Northwich Victoria 1 Hereford Utd 0. Cherry Red Records Hellenic League, Premier Division: Gloucester Utd 3 Pegasus Juniors 0. Division 1 West: Ross Town 2 Clanfield 2. West Midlands League, Premier Division: Westfields 0 Kington
PEGASUS missed the opportunity of taking over the leadership of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division when visiting Weston dominated the second half to run-out worthy 2-0 winners. This win moved Weston to within two points of their
Wellington 3 Worcester City 2 AFTER leading at the break, Wellington came from behind to snatch an injury-time winner in a top-of-the-table battle in the Southern Division of the Midland Floodlit Youth League. Wellington took the lead when Danny Amies
Wellington 1 Smethwick Rangers 0 WELLINGTON were denied what most considered to be a fine goal in the opening minutes of their West Midlands League Premier Division match but came back to claim a deserved victory. A build-up between Michael Prince, John
Gloucester United 3 Pegasus Juniors 0 PEGASUS matched their third-placed Cherry Reds Hellenic League Premier Division opponents for creating chances but were not as clinical in front of goal and slipped to defeat at Gloucester. After a bright start, the
Mahal 1 Hinton 3 HINTON gave a good all-round performance to move into the top half of the West Midlands League Division 1 South table with an away win. The visitors stuck to a defensive game plan in the first period and tried to hit Mahal on the break
UNDER-9 DIVISION Lads Club Colts 0 Bartestree 2 (Cross, Davies) Tupsley Pegasus Milan 1 (Lane) Real Tupsley Pegasus 0 Leominster Minors 0 Lads Club 3 (Wiltshire, Green 2) UNDER-10 DIVISION Westfields 0 Hinton 5 (Kingston 2, Greene 2, Tosh) Bartestree
THE origins of Islam was the title of the talk given to the Ross Luncheon Club last week by guest speaker Virginia Taylor, Hereford Conservatives Parliamentary Spokesman. Speaking at Ross Conservative Club, she said: "Since the appalling events of September
FORMER Westfields striker Alex Sykes has been appointed as the new Herefordshire FA football development officer. He takes over from the first ever officer, James Watkins, who resigned after a year to return to college to study for a masters degree. Sykes
HEREFORD United will be boosted by the return from suspension of club captain Ian Wright and midfielders John Snape and Scott Goodwin for Saturday's Nationwide Conference visit to Barnet. Wright and Snape received one match bans and Goodwin is back after
LUCTONIANS Rugby Club will end the year on a competitive note after being drawn away to Malvern in the quarter-finals of the North Midlands Cup on Sunday, December 30. Midlands 1 rivals Malvern defeated Selly Oak 32-6 away in the first round, while Luctonians
A VINTAGE fire engine with a turntable ladder was today, Thursday, leading the funeral procession of Leominster's longest-serving fire fighter, writes PETE BLENCH. Stewart Banks became a Fire Brigade 'ambassador' promoting the service across two counties
Leominster is saving money this year by opting out of the custom of spending thousands of pounds to get a celebrity to switch on the Christmas lights. Instead a 'home-made star' will be named as Celebrity of the Day. He, or she, will be invited to switch
A SOLUTION appeared to be in sight yesterday, Wednesday, for a group of travellers squatting property around North Herefordshire who say they are desperate for an authorised site. Herefordshire council looked set to earmark a site within days. But business
TOP veterinary ophthalmologist Paul Evans gets a bird's-eye view of building work on Leominster's new state-of-the-art animal hospital, writes JONATHAN LAND. The Eye Veterinary Clinic, based at Marlbrook, will become the only dedicated centre of its kind
THE care of the elderly in hospital has come in for severe criticism in a major survey carried out in Herefordshire. More than 700 people were asked to comment on a wide range of issues affecting their health and welfare at the moment, and their hopes
MORE than 3,500 patients in a rural dental practice are concerned about the future care of their teeth, writes LIZ WATKINS. At the moment, they can obtain NHS treatment at the surgery at The Old Bakery in Ewyas Harold. But with news that the practice
TRAFFIC came to a standstill in the centre of Hereford when a lorry mounted a pavement and overturned on Monday afternoon. The white 7.5ton lorry, which was carrying vegetable oil for recycling, flipped over on to its side in Blueschool Street at 3pm,
BY 2010 Hereford will have a Rotherwas relief road, improved Roman Road and a new river crossing. Wishful thinking? Not according to organisers of the city's latest traffic summit. County councillors, council officers and MPs met with delegates from business
A HEREFORD church's chances of Christmas coming early depend on the powers that be in the county. The city's Elim Pentecostal congregation hopes to convert the one-time Wiggin Social Club at Holmer into a site suitable for worship. But before work can
FOR 15 years Dave and Pauline Hibbard lived with knowing their daughter Alison might die at any moment. The end came earlier this week, and it's the second time the couple has faced such cruel fate. Dave and Pauline, from Moorfields, Hereford, lost their
THERE may be only a handful of youngsters who will aspire to reach the same dizzy heights of 'community service' as the late Cyril Franklin. At the age of 64 he was one of the most prominent businessmen in the West Midlands but also found time to serve
BROMYARD'S British number one Janet McMorran brought her international season to a highly satisfactory conclusion when she reached the ladies' doubles semi-finals at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Amersfoort, the Netherlands - the richest and most
HEREFORD White-cross went to the top of the Worcestershire League Division 1 after defeating second-placed Barnt Green 4-1. The winners were Matt Crowley, Rob Reid, Tom Burton and Andrew Watts.
HEREFORD Rugby Club aim to have new changing rooms and showers by the start of next season in the first phase of a development plan to update their facilities at the Wyeside ground. The four-phase plan for the future of the club is based on the rugby
Warley 18 pts Bromyard 7 BROMYARD, fielding first team, second team and promising youth players, went out of the North Midlands Shield with a first round defeat. The visitors clearly lacked balance and experience with several players out of position.
HEREFORD under-14 progressed to a semi-final of the North Midlands Knockout Cup with an excellent 29-12 away win at Dudley Kingswinford with tries from Christ-opher Skinner (2), Drew Barrett and Mark Lee. The under-16s reached the quarter-finals of the
STAFF at Kington Hospital were on hand to care for well-known county doctor William Logan Jack when he died, aged 93. Dr Jack was highly respected for his skills as a surgeon at the hospital where a ward was named in honour of his services. He died at
PHILIP Brookes, the professional at The Grove, scored his second win of the season in the Shropshire and Herefordshire Alliance winter series when he posted 38 stableford points to win the professional section at Patshull Park. His win in the fourth meeting
Aug 18 Barnet (H) 2-1 (Snape, G Williams) Aug 21 Nuneaton (A) 0-2 Aug 25 Stalybridge (A) 2-0 (Elmes 2) Aug 27 Southport (H) 0-0 Sep 1 Margate (A) 2-2 (G Williams, Parry) Sep 4 Forest Green (H) 0-0 Sep 8 Dover (H) 3-0 (Elmes 2, M Williams) Sep 11 Dagenham
BATSMEN Paul Lazenbury will be playing for Herefordshire CCC again next year after a season with Kent, writes Jeremy Finney. The prolific left-hander played a prominent role during Herefordshire's highly successful 2000 season and it was that which attracted
HEREFORD came from behind to beat USHC Plymouth 2-1 in their Gerrard West of England and South Wales Premier Divison 3 mid-table clash. They starting strongly by attempting to play everything at a fast pace but US broke back to force a series of short
COLWALL suffered their first reverse in five games when a late goal gave West Clubs Women's League Premier Division 1 leaders Lansdown a narrow 1-0 win. Lansdown had suffered their first defeat of the season the previous week and Colwall had high hopes
BODENHAM budgie '103' is now more than just a number to his breeders after being voted top bird at the Budgerigar Society World Championship Show. The pretty eight-month-old yellow, cinnamon and blue budgie, owned by professional breeders Nicki and Paul
A MEMBER of staff at Hereford's Sainsbury supermarket 'got his hair off' in public - and his employers were delighted! Ian Jebb had his head shaved in the foyer to raise money for St Michael's Hospice. Carrying out the deed were Julie Lee and Christine
ACTORS from two of British television's favourite soaps lit up Edgar Street with an outstanding nine-star display on Sunday. The Hollyoaks and Brookside heartthrobs revelled in front of about 1,700 feverish fans, many of whom, despite the driving rain
A NEW support group for male victims of domestic violence is to be established in Hereford. The move comes after the issue received widespread coverage at the Victim Support National AGM in London earlier this month. During the meeting, Victim Support
"THEY took an old man's money for their pockets - now it's on their heads." David Ryall spoke bluntly of a bounty to catch those who stole from his Uncle Albert and left him dead. A year on that defiance has turned to disillusion. He's still waiting to
THE Longtown Mountain Rescue (LMR) team is on a high. Herefordshire's fourth emergency service has a new HQ - the biggest achievement yet for their fundraising efforts, writes BILL TANNER. Voluntary 24-hour lifesavers since the 1960s, LMR relies largely
A TOP manager in Herefordshire has been 'headhunted' to lead a new major team in the Department of Health. The appointment of Richard Humphries was announced by Health Minister Jacqui Smith this week and he will quit his double post in the county at the
A HEREFORD motorist has claimed that the safest way to travel on the hills at Callow and Dinmore is in a tank. Edward Collier, of Moreland Avenue, has written to Hereford MP Paul Keetch over his concerns about the road markings on the hills - worries
HOLDERS, Woofferton are safely through to the semi-finals of the HFL Senior Cup following a comfortable 6-1 home win over Ross United Services on Saturday. They will be joined by Weston, who had previously beaten Fownhope, and Westfields, who pulled off
Bridgnorth Town Res 2 Leominster Town 4 DAN Plowman led the way when he claimed a brace to secure Leomin-ster's place in the second round of the West Midlands League Division 1 South Cup. Leominster took a little time to settle down playing up the considerable
Westfields 2 Tipton Town 0 WESTFIELDS extended their unbeaten run to five matches and continued their move up the West Midlands League Premier Division table after a convincing win. The first half produced some lively action with play moving swiftly from
Kington Town 1 Tividale 3 KINGTON finished with only nine players in going down to fellow West Midlands League Premier Division high-flyers Tividale after both Daffyd Roberts and Carl Morgan were red-carded following two bookable offences. It all started
Bromyard Town 0 Lye Town 2 BROMYARD'S run of poor form continued as they slipped to another West Midlands League Premier Division defeat against mid-table Lye, conceding a bizarre first-half goal and a contentious late penalty. An unexciting first half
Wellington 0 Westfields 1 LEADING scorer Chris Jefferson claimed a decisive second-half goal to give Westfields victory in West Midlands League Premier Division clash against local rivals. Wellington had much the better of the first period and visiting
Ross Town 2 Clanfield 2 WOEFUL finishing and a five-star performance from the visiting goalkeeper resulted in Ross having to settle for a draw in Division 1 West of the Cherry Red Hellenic League when their overall display was worthy of a win. With Damien
LOCAL poet Flora Hughes will be holding a book-signing of her newly published work, 'The Golden Apple' on Thursday, December 6 at Ross Books, Ross-on-Wye. The collection entails a range of work and includes both emotive and humorous poems, based on Flora's
ROSS-ON-WYE Lions Club has been invited to team-up with Father Christmas and help out in the Santa grotto at Pengethley Garden Centre. While the children are waiting to see the fine old fellow they will be entertained by a Father Christmas band playing
ROSS-ON-WYE Baptist Church will receive a special visitor for the 132nd anniversary service on Sunday of the founding of the Broad Street Church. He is the Rev. David Coffey, General Secretary of the Baptist Union, who is shortly to become joint President
A FAMILY of country cats in the Golden Valley is looking for new homes following the deaths of their owners - an elderly woman and her butler. The colony of 19 ginger and white feral cats at Turnastone Court were cared for by the late Irene Watkins and
TWO Herefordshire athletes clinched gold medals at the British Indoor Rowing Championships in Birmingham. Julia Gilbert, who lives in Bromyard, retained the women's junior 15 title, finishing 11 seconds ahead of the world champion in a time of 7 mins
KINGSLAND autograss ace Jabez Dyer has regained the British Series men's class one championship. Dyer, aged 24, won the title in 1996 and 1997 and he pipped rival Brian Herridge, of Cheltenham, by nine points to clinch his treble success. Dyer totalled
Westfields 0 Kington Town 2 WESTFIELDS' unbeaten five-match run was brought to an abrupt end by county rivals Kington in an exciting West Midlands League Premier Division clash on Tuesday. The balance of the game swung to the visitors early in the second
HEREFORDSHIRE went down 3-1 away to Stafford-shire in their opening English Schools FA Premier League Inter-County Trophy under-16 competition match at Chasetown FC. Herefordshire created two early chances and held their own during the first half-hour
LEOMINSTER MP Bill Wiggin will be holding a public surgery at the Bromyard Leisure Centre in Cruxwell Street this Saturday, December 1, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Please ring 01568 612565 to arrange an appointment.
A STALWART charity fundraiser from Bromyard is organising her last event after 27 years. Margaret White, who picked up an award for her services on September 9, will call it a day at the town's Falcon Hotel on Saturday, December 8. She will be attending
