PLANNING permission for 11 new homes in New Street has been granted. The homes will be on the site currently occupied by Old Wharf Cottage and Glenhurst bungalow. Approval was given by Herefordshire Council at a meeting on Wednesday, subject to conditions
The newlywed bride of Royal Navy Reservist David Foster has been parted from her husband after he answered a call-up in preparation for war with Iraq. Christine Foster, nee Brooks, of Progress Close, Ledbury, said she and her husband are now looking forward
HEREFORDSHIRE Council meets today (Friday) to approve a large rise in Council Tax. The authority is faced with two options from which to choose. The first is to fund a budget of just over £169 million through a 17 per cent increase in Council Tax. That
The inaugural meeting of Ledbury Youth Theatre took place on Wednesday at the Market Theatre. It attracted 17 teenagers from as far afield as Bishop's Frome and Lugwardine. The youth theatre is a joint venture between John Masefield High School and Ledbury
Ledbury town councillors gathered at The Talbot Hotel to pay tribute to June McQuaid, who celebrated 20 years as town clerk this week. Mrs McQuaid was totally surprised by the buffet that awaited her on Wednesday, as careful planning had kept the party
A Ledbury fire crew was called out to the Hereford Road after a fuel tank fell off a coach, spilling 250 litres of diesel. Firefighters were on the scene, near the Verzons Hotel, for two hours after being alerted at 5.22pm on Sunday. Because of the risk
People in Dymock found a fun way to say thank you to the Air Ambulance for its quick response when a villager collapsed of a heart attack in September. The Dymock Fundraisers group dedicated the proceeds of Tuesday's pancake evening to the charity - a
Pancake races brought seasonal fun to the elderly residents of Leadon Bank Residential Home for the Elderly in Ledbury. The Shrove Tuesday treat was organised by Community Voluntary Action (CVA), with various local voluntary organisations taking part.
A new community theatre group will perform for the first time at the Ledbury English Festival in April. Five new short plays, mostly based on the history of Ledbury, have been written by company founder and director, Elisabeth Galvin, to be performed
Around four new helpers will be needed to staff the Heritage Centre in Church Lane, Ledbury, when it opens for the tourist season. Several of the regular volunteers have recently retired and the rota is currently below strength. People with a couple of
Ledbury Tennis Club has decided to spend part of a surprise windfall on two memorial benches dedicated to its benefactor. The club was left £5,000 by sports lover Tommy Harrison, of Brook Farm, Little Marcle, when he died on May 9 last year, at the age
visitor numbers at St Michael and All Angels' church have highlighted the need for more stewards. A total of 21,000 visitors were recorded between last April and September. Now steward rota organiser Rev John Lowe is calling for more helpers for the forthcoming
DYNAMO Ledbury struggled to bag another three points away to bottom side St Peters in the Soccersite Malvern Football League. ST PETERS 2, DYNAMO LEDBURY 3 The home side took the advantage as Dynamo started slowly and went in front with a well finished
AN appeal hearing is being held against the refusal of planning permission for an extension to a house near Bromyard. Herefordshire Council refused to allow Mr and Mrs F Barber to add a first-floor extension to the Cider House, Linley Green, Whitbourne
A MOTORCYCLIST was injured in a crash on the A44. The Rieju RSI bike was in collision with a Volvo car at the Panniers Lane junction. The rider suffered minor injuries and both vehicles were damaged. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident
BURGLARs used the cat flap to break into two properties in Linton Lane, Bromyard. They reached through the cat-flap to grab the front door keys. A safe was emptied of travellers' cheques and money. A third home was also broken into and eight cars were
THE Bromyard branch of Age Concern is holding a series of fun days out. The first is an afternoon shopping in Ludlow, with a coach leaving the Conquest Theatre car park at 11.30am on Thursday, March 20. Tickets are £9. For details call Maz on 01885 483483
A Country and Western night takes place at Stoke Lacy Village Hall on Friday, March 14 at 7.30pm. Foot-tapping entertainment will be provided by Bobby Jones. There is a bar and admission is £3.50.
THE Flicks in the Sticks film at Pencombe Parish Hall on Wednesday, March 19 will be James Bond's Die Another Day (12A). The film is at 7.30pm, admission is £3.
COMING off the back of an excellent cup performance against Malvern the previous week expectations were high as the Ledbury squad travelled to Evesham full of confidence. EVESHAM 8pts, LEDBURY 41pts Evesham have struggled this season in the Midlands Three
LEDBURY'S Reserves remain rooted to the bottom of the West Midlands Division One (South) table following a defeat to local rivals Malvern Rangers. LTFC RESERVES 1, MALVERN RANGERS 3 Once again this season Ledbury were to rue missed chances and lapses
BROMYARD romped to their highest league win for some years with this rout of North Midlands One bottom-placed Five Ways. BROMYARD 61pts, FIVE WAYS OE 6pts In front of a large crowd of sponsors, Bromyard took the lead on four minutes through a Piers Gaunt
SATURDAY FOOTBALL WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Wolverhampton United v Malvern Town, Ledbury Town v Shawbury United, Kington Town v Bromyard Town. Division One South: Malvern Town Reserves v Ludlow Town Reserves. WORCESTER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE
A 41-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist from Hereford was killed when his bike and a minibus collided in Wales. Hermin Mans Volk, of Ethlestan Cresent, Newton Farm, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the A458 between Welshpool and Llanfair Caereinion
Newent Town Council has decided to shell out around £4,000 a year to keep open a set of public toilets that councillors believe are essential for tourists. Until now, Forest of Dean District Council has been paying the town council for the cleaning of
Oxenhall is preparing for the biggest event on its community diary, the Daffodil Tea Weekend, which attracts hundreds of visitors from as far afield as Wales and Birmingham. Last year's two-day event put £2,000 into the coffers of St Anne's Church and
Forest of Dean planning officers are recommending approval for a plan to cover 64 hectares at Newtown Farm, Newent, with polytunnels for raspberries, strawberries and lilies. The recommendation comes despite 44 letters of objection from concerned residents
rehearsals are under way for Newent and District Choral Society's production of Carmina Burana at the Community School on April 5. This will be followed by a performance at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ledbury, during the English Festival later
St Mary's Church in Newent has already started collecting gifts for its tombola stall at Newent Onion Fayre on September 13. Last year, 484 gifts were donated to the church stall. For further details, ring 01531 820526.
Police are appealing for information after a silver VW Passat was badly damaged in a vandal attack outside the Kilcot Inn, Kilcot, at around 9.30pm on Sunday.
The comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding will be screened by Flicks in the Sticks at Gorsley Village Hall on Thursday, April 3 at 7.30pm. For further details, ring 01989 720221.
A WOMAN will celebrate turning 60 by fulfilling a teenage dream and wing-walking for charity. Judy Giles, of Stretton Grandison, will be strapped to the wing of a plane at Rendcomb aerodrome, near Cirencester, and then take to the air. The closest Mrs
A TV audience of millions watched Paul Tanner receive a Pride of Britain award at a celebrity studded bash in London. The former John Masefield High School pupil, now a police inspector in London, was at the Hilton Hotel for the awards, broadcast on ITV1
Ledbury firefighters put aside their equipment and resorted to a simple stick to remove a trapped terrier from a hollow tree. Firefighters were alerted after the the dog's owners heard Masey barking from inside the tree at Paunceford Court, Munsley. Sub-officer
Proposals by Herefordshire Council to refurbish St Katherine's Barn could end a paper salvage operation that has raised thousands of pounds for community projects. Members of the Ledbury and District Society have expressed the fear ahead of formal talks
Around 100 people in Ledbury took part in the Rotary Club's Mobilise a Million walk. The trek around the town trail was part of a national drive to raise money for the global eradication of polio. A total of £350 was raised in Ledbury, which will be matched
Ledbury Town Council hopes to open a £60,000 skateboard park on the recreation ground by the summer holidays. Councillors met on Monday for an informal discussion over three proposed layouts for the site. Yesterday evening (Thursday), the town's environment
Save the Children will benefit from donations given at a thanksgiving service for the life of Dr Desmond Burrowes, who was a Ledbury GP for many years. The service was held at St Michael and All Angels' Church on January 18 and donations amounted to £1,245
One of the events planned by the Friends of the Dymock Poets for March 22-23 has completely sold out already. The daffodil walk around the village, led by group chairman and folklorist Roy Palmer is now booked up. Other events selling well include the
PEOPLE with a head for heights are being offered a unique view of Eastnor Castle. The Royal National Institute for the Blind has permission to stage a fundraising abseil down the side of the Georgian building on Sunday, May 18. Among those abseiling down
Lighting contractors Pirelli have begun replacing 20 new streetlights on The Homend, between Bye Street and Belle Orchard junction. Herefordshire Council approved the work in order to replace obsolete lights with those that meet British Standards requirements
VILLAGERS covered by Forest of Dean District Council now know exactly how much Council Tax they will be paying in the next financial year. The council has published a band by band breakdown for each parish or town council area, having previously agreed
THE Soccer Site Malvern League Senior Cup Final will be contested by Club AC 30 and Bull Allstars although both clubs were made to work hard by their opponents before eventually triumphing. Current cup holders AC 30 must have expected a fairly comfortable
KETTERING Town arrive at Hereford United tomorrow (3pm) with a better chance of escaping from Alcatraz than the clutches of the Nationwide Conference relegation zone. But Poppies manager Carl Shutt insists they can still claw their way to safety despite
VANDALS who have plagued an area of Bromyard have been warned that they will be caught - no matter how long it takes. That's the vow of town councillor Judy Wooland, who is helping lead a CCTV initiative to combat the problem. A camera was installed last
actor Corin Redgrave is to return to Bromyard to give a charity performance at the Conquest Theatre. Mr Redgrave, who stayed at his cousin's home in the town during the 1950s, has agreed to appear for free to raise money for a Bromyard charity which hopes
PLANS for a housing development in Pencombe have been submitted to Herefordshire Council. Applicant Peter Mercer-Wilson says he is looking for basic approval of proposals to build residential housing on a two-acre plot around the Old Rectory. Mr Mercer-Wilson
Bromyard town crier Peter Dauncey will be bringing his bell and plenty of anecdotes to a meeting of Bishop's Frome Women's Institute on Wednesday, April 9 at 7.30pm, at Bishop's Frome Village Centre.
A MAD March Fair and table-top sale at Bromyard's Methodist Hall last Saturday raised more than £230. The money will go towards new heating and flooring at the hall, which is rented out to community groups. Organiser Sandra Gale said: "We had 14 tables
A NIGHT of sequence dancing takes place at Edwyn Ralph Village Hall. Mr Music will provide the sounds for the event, from 8pm to 11pm on Friday (March 14). Admission is £2. For further details, call 01543 502722.
Line dancing classes with the Five Star Liners are up and runningevery Tuesday at Bishop's Frome Village Hall, from 7.30pm to 9pm. Details on 01531 650063.
Bromyard Walking Group is holding its next walk on Sunday, March 16 around the Dymock area. For further details contact 01885 483697.
HOCKEY star Jenny Rogers, a pupil of John Masefield High School, Ledbury, has been selected for Wales at U16 level. Jenny, who plays for Worcester Norton Hockey Club, is the latest of many junior internationals to emerge from the club's development programme
TOWN made three changes to last week's team that drew at home and brought in Steve Warren, Nick Welch and Adam Ling. BRIERLEY HILL & HAGLEY 0, LEDBURY TOWN 0 Although Ledbury failed to score, they could count themselves unlucky against the West Midlands
EIGHTY competitors set an impressive 138 new personal best times and 14 new records over the 10 events at the Ledbury and District Swim-ming Club's first championship of the season. New members took the opportunity to start their pb lists, and with a
ONE point separates the top three teams in Division Two of the Malvern Table Tennis League as the season approaches its climax. Wombats moved into second place after coming from behind to beat their Manor Park rivals, Rangers. Tony Birch was the star
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB There were 15 tables for Club Pairs on 26th Feb. Leading scores were N/S1, Paul & Mary Clayburn 68.1%, 2, Janet Holder & Brian Kingsley 57.8%, equal 3rd Peter Edkins & Bill Hoare and Ken Brookes & Steve Clegg
LEDBURY RFC U13s travelled to Evesham on a blustery Sunday morning. LEDBURY U13s 15 pts, EVESHAM U13s 7 pts Ledbury started slowly and, with Evesham pushing from the word go it took only 10 minutes for them to score a try and conversion. This woke Ledbury
Work has started on the £18,000 restoration of the organ at St Mary's Church, Newent. The aim is to keep the church at the heart of community life with public concerts being considered after the restoration. Expert Trevor Tipple, of Worcester, began work
Gorsley Baptist Church will play host to a free professional theatre performance by the Rhema Theatre Company on Sunday. These Foolish Games weaves a modern story involving the relationship between a man and a woman with a number of stories from the Gospels
Newent Association for the Disabled is planning a trip to the Holiday on Ice show at Bristol on Wednesday, April 2. Organiser Claire Morello said the trip would be open to all disabled or elderly people in the area. For further details, ring 01531 821227
The next meeting of Newent's Lakeside WI is on Wednesday, March 19, when Sylvia Jones will give a talk on Lydney Park Gardens. The venue will be St Mary's Church Rooms at 7.45pm. For further details, ring 01531 822289.
Women's World Day of Prayer will be marked in Newent with a service at the United Reformed Church today (Friday), at 2pm.
