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  • Bromyard Downs a sad demise?

    MADAM, on reading about the recent fire on Bromyard Downs, it just shows how dangerous the common is wihtout the periodical cutting back of the undergrowth. At sometime, somewhere a fire will start, and some property could get burnt down, we all hope

  • Crime fight 'door to door'

    POLICE swooped on a Leominster neighbourhood to stage a high-profile public relations offensive aimed at deterring residents from buying stolen goods, writes PETE BLENCH. The sale of stolen items for cash is funding drugs use police officers stressed

  • Villagers say it with flowers

    EYE and Luston villagers raising money for the upkeep of their 13th century parish church are staging a three-day church flower festival and two concerts over the Bank Holiday weekend.

  • Attack by vandals

    VANDALS smashed a window at the Talbot Hotel in Leominster at around 8pm on Monday night. Anyone with information should contact Leominster police on 08457 444888.

  • Outsiders clogging up NHS dentist services

    PEOPLE are crossing the border into Herefordshire to snap up experimental NHS dental services. Significant numbers are seeking treatment under a pilot scheme operating in the county aimed at finding a solution to the growing national crisis in NHS dental

  • Dental surgeries too busy for tots

    THERE is no room in Herefordshire's NHS dental surgeries for tiny tots Amelia and Marianne Gough. They are all too busy to add the little girls' names to their lists. Marianne, aged three months, is still waiting for her first tooth to come through but

  • Health watchdog's 25-year life is over

    FOR more than 25 years Herefordshire Community Health Council has looked after the interests of the public in the provision of NHS services in the county. It has monitored the progress of new services, consulted and commented on proposed changes and taken

  • Women's Organisations

    Women's Insutitutes WI House, 90 St Owen Street, Hereford, 01432 272268: Fax - 01432 370870; County Chair: Eileen Dilley; Federation Secretary: Doreen Gatherum. Institutes Allensmore: Almeley: Ashperton and Canon Frome: Aston Ingham: Ballingham and District

  • Sporting Organisations

    Leisure Centres Hereford Leisure Centre: Holmer Road, Hereford, 01432 278178. Leominster Leisure Centre: Coningsby Road, Leominster, 01568 612540 Bridge Street Sports Centre, Leominster, 01568 611172 Bromyard Leisure Centre: Cruxwell Street, Bromyard,

  • Useful Numbers

    Advice Services Age Concern (Hereford): Berrows Business Centre, Bath Street, Hereford. 01432 350483 Access (Ledbury): Roger Hughes, 01531 636006. Access (Ross): Anthea Penfold 01989 567559 Hereford Access and Shopmobility: James Lawes, 43 Park Street

  • Community choir 'curtain-raiser'

    IT was a meeting of imaginations when Three Choirs administrator Liz Pooley contacted local community music organisation The Music Pool to put in place an inaugural event for this year's festival. "Many visitors arrive in the county a day early for the

  • Music of the mountains

    Hailed as the most exciting Andean group to appear for over a decade, Kallawaya are on their debut tour in the West. At Hereford's Courtyard on Saturday, May 24, five of Bolivia's finest musicians, including ex-members of the hugely popular band Rumillajta

  • MP calls for cross-party support on cattle market

    HEREFORD MP Paul Keetch is to ask the leaders of the county's four political groups to back a private bill allowing the council to change the venue of the city livestock market. The bill is a key part of the Edgar Street redevelopment, a £200 million

  • Jailed for 18 months after high-speed chase

    DRUNKEN Richard Barnett took his parents' sports car to lead police on a high-speed chase through Hereford - and beyond, writes BILL TANNER. Hereford Crown Court heard how Barnett - a disqualified driver - topped 90 miles an hour heading erratically into

  • Cathedral all set to be illuminated

    HEREFORD'S magnificent cathedral will be illuminated in the first part of the city centre regeneration programme. The news comes from a framework document, published by Hereford City Partnership, which states that High Town will be left as a clear open

  • Mobile phone taken in Maylord attack

    TWO assailants followed a man into Maylord Orchards toilets attacked him and stole his mobile phone at 3pm on May 12. Both robbers were in their late teens. One is 6ft 4ins tall with a goatee beard, shoulder length hair with a pierced right eyebrow. He

  • 'Ride and survive' is message

    'RIDE and survive, scooter commuter', was the message from Hereford Advanced Rider Training Scheme as bikers headed to High Town to promote safer motorcycling on Saturday. The HeARTS Roadshow took to the city to encourage motorcyclists to ride safely

  • Sunflower children

    CARING youngsters have been selling sunflower seeds to raise funds for various projects involving Baptist Missionary Society scheme, God's Garden. Children at Hereford Baptist Church's 'Impact Club' sold the seeds to the congregation to help educate other

  • Died from a fall down the stairs

    AN ELDERLY resident at a city care home died from head injuries after she fell downstairs, an inquest heard. Joan Rogers had lived at Carlan Rest Home in Tower Road, Hereford, for around six months before she plunged down the stairs and died of her injuries

  • Herefordshire Freemasons

    THE month commenced with two successful ladies' evenings - Albert and Eileen Attwood entertained a happy gathering of Royal Edward Lodge members and friends at the Talbot Hotel, Leominster whilst Ray Taylor, Master of Vaga Lodge, and his wife made the

  • WI

    AT Marden members enjoyed a delightful talk given by Betty Whaley about her life and work at a health farm and a girls school. They hope to invite her back again to tell about the hotel she ran after moving to Hereford. Afterwards they enjoyed hot cross

  • MP says ruling over unsold meat and fish 'fiasco'

    A NEW ruling that unsold meat and fish would have to go for rendering or incineration shows how far removed from reality Defra has become, said Leominster's MP, Bill Wiggin. In an attack on the Government department, he said that in the future unsold

  • Use it or lose it warning over fallen stock plan

    SOUTH Shropshire and Midlands livestock producers who have failed to register interest in a scheme to deal with the disposal of fallen stock were today warned: Support it or lose it. The National Farmers Union stressed that farmers need to take advantage

  • Implementation Group visits 7Y machinery ring

    THE driving force promoting the Government's sustainable farming and food strategy saw diversification in action by a group of farmers at Leominster on Tuesday. Sir Don Curry's Implementation Group was at 7Y Rural Services at Wharton Court to look at

  • Fusion of dance and physical theatre

    'An emotional experience not to be missed' is how one member of the Courtyard audience described the recent performance by Ex-static '03 - the Royal National College for the Blind's performing arts group. "A moving performance, I left the theatre feeling

  • Something to sing about...

    This June, The Courtyard presents the latest of its acclaimed in-house shows, The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright - the story of a young woman who discovers a startling ability to mimic some of the greatest female singers of the twentieth

  • Experts put £1 million price tag on collection

    TALES of big game hunting, natural history and slavery from a Kington man's private library collection of over 10,000 books is set to raise over a million at Sotheby's. Described as the most impressive library of Africana to come to light in many years

  • Kington company shows at Chelsea

    AN INTERNATIONAL landscape architect, who has just opened a new office at Hergest in Kington, showed off a unique exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show this week. Elizabeth Banks and fellow architect, Robert Myers, from Elizabeth Banks Associates were commissioned

  • Fine art project unveiled

    THIS year's Wyastone Summer Series programme was released alongside the unveiling of six, specially commissioned murals for the concert hall last week. The third series includes a broad variety of musical events from Gamelan to Leider and features Barbara

  • The festival comes to town

    THE ticket machines are whirring and the marquees are up, but preparations for Hay Festival began this time last year. Here's how local businesses feel about the cranking up a few gears from the ambling pace that makes Hay such a special place to the

  • Silhouette

    By R.J. Nicolet, Los Angeles You which I and you do when you do make rain into sunshine Prig, you not are lovely and genial even if a vibrant smile of this black coarse world This with many others are the points of reason why I have given you my heart

  • Alec's Nightly Prayer

    By Alec Haines Thank you Lord for my bed. Thank you for all the blessings you have showered upon me this day and every day. Thank you for your mercy shown towards me, a wicked, vile and cruel sinner, not worthy to receive any of your gifts, but you are

  • Soliloquy of a Scarecrow

    By Alec Haines I am here to guard these harrowed fields of seed Sown by man for very many mouths to feed. I stand here nailed to a great long length of wood For days on end without any sign of food. I am so fully clothed and wear a silken tie, A scarf

  • Ross-on-Wye

    By Paul Hackett Unfolding across a hill, a Rome of the Marches, Narrow streets of tar crying out to be cobbled car free tracks Crawl like ivy amid esoteric shops, pubs and retail chain stores. I ask myself, 'where am I?' A Hill Town: a Shropshire renege

  • The Coronation

    By Rita Hughes-Rowland FOR the Coronation My brother Gordon John Bought Mum - a television! To watch it all upon! He bought mum a "fat" T.V. A 12" screen We watched while eating up our tea. The neighbours and our cousins They all came to call Spilling

  • Wars! Why must there be wars?

    by Margaret R Bevan. Wars! Why must there be wars, This so unhappy earth, Is it because of religion, race or creed, Must people die to prove their worth? Their territory encroached by others, Their land...God's land at war, Why can't people learn to love

  • Paradise Found

    By Paul "Ratty" Johnson Well, we've made it up to Leominster, quicker than we'd planned, Reasons to be cheerful? They're here on every hand! We've found a house, quite like our flat, Two bogs as well, to boot, a garden and conservatory-I think that it

  • County manor lands star role in TV series

    A GRAND Herefordshire manor house is being returned to its 18th century splendour in preparation for a starring role in a major television series. Kentchurch Court will be seen by millions when it takes centre stage in 'The Regency House Party', due to

  • Whitton

    WI -- Whitton WI May meeting was chaired by Mrs J Sandercock, and the minutes were read by Mrs S Price. There was discussion on applying for a grant to help with putting together a book about Whitton WI to celebrate their 80th anniversary next year. Two

  • Weobley

    JUMBLE SALE -- The Weobley and Staunton Jumble sale equipment fund was a great success and well supported. Thanks go to all who gave their help, came and supported it and sold tickets a total of £500 was given to the surgery. Next sale is June 14, in

  • Skenfrith

    SURGERY -- Dr Brian Harries has moved the surgery held once a week at Skenfrith Parish Hall from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning between 9.30 and 10.30 a.m. The Thursday surgery started on May 8. When Mr Harries is on holiday, the Skenfrith surgery

  • Presteigne

    MEMORIAL HALL -- The next event in the Memorial Hall's Golden Jubilee celebrations will be the concert on Monday evening, May 26, when the Rhayader Male Voice Choir visits Presteigne. The performance will start at 7.30 pm, tickets costing £5, and bar

  • Longtown

    EISTEDDFOD -- The Longtown Eisteddfod was somewhat down in attendance this year but it attracted a great variety of performances of a high standard. Conductors, adjudicators, presidents and accompanists carried out their duties with their usual skills

  • Knighton

    ST EDWARD'S CHURCH -- Father Andrew Pearce presided at Eucharist last Sunday at St Edward's Church. Hilary Howcroft and Diana Rudge read the lessons. Mrs Howcroft directed St Edward's Choir, and Cecil Rudge was organist. The musical setting for the Eucharist

  • Kington

    KINGTON COURT -- The centre was opened on Friday, May 16 when tributes were made to the late Mary Harding-Roberts who fought so hard for the old hospital and its replacement. ACTION FUND -- During the opening of Kington Court, the former Kington Hospital

  • Kilpeck

    ANNUAL MEETING -- The Kilpeck Group of Parishes held their annual meetings in the Wormbridge Centre on May 12. In her opening remarks, the chairman, Mrs Davies, paid tribute to the efforts of Mr and Mrs Edward Clive and Leanne Piggott for their efforts

  • Fownhope

    HALL LOTTERY -- The winners in the hall lottery for May were: £75, no. 502 Mrs Watkins, £30, no. 190 Mrs Gross, £10, no. 542 Mrs Wisdom, £,7 no.592 Mr Whittal. The next draw will take place in the Pavilion on June 2, at the monthly bingo session.

  • Edwyn Ralph

    CELEBRATION -- On Saturday, May 31 we are having a party in the village hall to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Queen's coronation. There will be a pig roast, entertainment and a licensed bar from 7.30 onwards - all are welcome. Tickets are £5 for

  • Eardisland

    ARROW VALLEY PROJECT -- An audience of more than 80 packed the village hall on April 25 to hear an illustrated talk by Professor Mark Macklin of Aberystwyth University about the Arrow Valley Project. His subject was an analysis of the dynamic geographical

  • Bishopstone

    VILLAGE LOTTERY -- The winning number on Saturday, May 17 was number 37. The lucky winner was Pat Astley. VILLAGE PLAN -- On Saturday between 10.15am and 2pm at the Lord Nelson Inn in Bridge Sollars the villages of Kenchester, Bishopstone, Bridge Sollars

  • Almeley

    WHIST DRIVE -- Alan and Sandra Payne and Ann Preece, the organisers of the fortnightly whist drives, held in Almeley Village Hall, were delighted with the record turn-out on Tuesday, May 13. Once again they were assisted by Rick Harris, who acted as door

  • Allensmore

    DUCK RACE - A Duck Race will be held on Bank Holiday Monday at Coedmore Brook at 6pm. The site will be signposted off the A465, Hereford to Abergavenny road. All money raised from the sponsorship and purchase of ducks, together with the sale of refreshments

  • Polly shows top form

    HEREFORDSHIRE recorded three wins and three draws from their eight-match Veterans' Cham-pionship campaign at Clifton College in Bristol. The lively Polly Bounds had an outstanding tournament, snapping up seven goals in the two-day competition, while Jackie

  • Replacement bridge work begins at end of May

    WORK on a replacement bridge over the River Wye at Bridge Sollars will start at the end of the month. The £1.2 million contract is being undertaken by Birse Civils, civil engineers based in Northampton. The company is part of the Birse Group with headquarters

  • Bishop wanted - apply here..

    THE Church of England is casting off its cloak of secrecy and casting out its net in the search for the next Bishop of Hereford. For the first time in the church's 470-year history, advertisements have been published in two church newspapers to attract

  • County apple orchards go under the hammer tomorrow

    NEARLY 200 acres of apple orchards will be going, going, gone on Friday as Humberts Estate Agents take best and final offers for land in Moorhampton and Hereford. The Worcester Diocese land is being sold with a guide price of £2,500 per acre for the 67

  • Lucy milks a star role

    GOAT'S milk is helping Lucy Moss, aged four, to enjoy a more healthy and happy life. The toddler was just a year old when she started suffering from eczema and chest infections, with little hope of improvement. Lucy's mum Kate sought advice from all over

  • A paradise for medieval hunters

    The Hereford Times monthly walk FIRST, see Deerfold from Lingen in the valley, a picturesque village nestling by the Lime Brook, a lively child of the Lugg. Parts of the steep western flanks of the Deerfold plateau, rising to 900 feet, can be seen glowing

  • Birds help to publicise county rescue centre

    TWO owls rescued by a North Herefordshire couple went 'fly-about' in Ludlow. Sixteen-week-old Wellington, a Bengal Eagle Owl bred in captivity in Cornwall, was rescued by Baroness Sasa von Barth und Kippenruer of North Herefordshire Owl and Parrot Rescue

  • WI off to theatre

    A GLORIOUS mid-summer jaunt to see the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's production of the Taming of the Shrew is on the agenda for the Herefordshire Women's Institute on June 14. The matinee performance will include the coach fare, circle tickets and some

  • Sign up for Challenge 100

    THE NSPCC and the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund will both benefit from 'Challenge 100'. Over the last seven years, challengers have raised more than £100,000 for the two charities and firefighters from Herefordshire and Worcestershire are appealing

  • Prepare for a surprise in the woods

    IF you go down to the woods on May 28 you'll be in for a big surprise because the Hereford Leisure Centre GymTots will be enjoying their first Queenswood Teddy Bears Picnic! The energetic youngsters will first work up an appetite with some specially designed

  • What's on in city and county this week

    At the cinema Coliseum Cinema Brecon The Matrix Reloaded (15). The Jungle Book 2 (U). Phone Booth (15). v 01874 622501. The Courtyard X-Men 2 (12a). v 01432 359252. Flicks in the Sticks May 23, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG), Dorstone Village Hall, 8pm

  • Prizes up for grabs to help Acorns

    DINNER with a dashing doctor, a nurse to do the filing or an off-roading fire fighter are all on the menu during a special charity gala evening at the Left Bank in Hereford on May 23. The promise auction, organised by nurse, Michelle Day, and fire fighter

  • Flasher in Ross-on-Wye

    A FLASHER exposed himself to a woman driving down Brampton Road, Ross-on-Wye, early on Sunday morning. Thought to be in his teens the man was wearing a hooded top and dark trousers. Anyone with information should call 08457 444888.

  • A rare dedication and devotion to duty

    WHEN Eunice Saunders lost her seat on Herefordshire Council in the recent contest it was one of the biggest electoral shocks in recent history. Here, The Hereford Times recalls many of the people and places that featured in her long public service. A

  • Nature in the raw in Ross-on-Wye....

    NEW Street may be in the centre of Ross-of-Wye, but that does not mean it is excluded from scenes of nature in the raw. In the latest newsletter of Herefordshire Ornithological Club, CS O'Connor Thompson describes how, on a lovely spring morning, he witnessed

  • Promising lots going up for auction at chapel

    FROM taxes to taxies, manure to a manicure, nearly 200 lots are to go under the hammer at Gorsley Chapel auction of promises. Gold watches, days fishing, canoeing and horse riding are up for grabs to raise money for Global Mission supporting overseas

  • Open day a hot ticket

    FIREFIGHTERS in Ross-on-Wye held their most successful open day ever when more than 100 people visited the station to meet the men and women serving the town on May 17. The retained fire fighters gave fire safety advice to young and old and showed some

  • Ross schools are 'top of the pops'

    TWO Ross-on-Wye schools proved they were 'top of the pops' in the whole region after they recycled more than 91,000 aluminium drinks cans between them. Pupils at John Kyrle High School and St David's Primary School joined the EnviroAbilities 'Make Things

  • Barony on the market

    THE feudal barony of Pencelli Castle, near Brecon, is up for sale for £40,000, together with the lordships of the manor of Skethrog and English Pencelli. The barony is being sold by the Pitchford family, who acquired the Pencelli estate in the 1930s from

  • Play area open

    CLYRO Church in Wales Primary School will open its new infants play area on June 20 at 2.30pm.

  • Park is third best in regional award

    A PETERCHURCH caravan park that prides itself on its hard work to promote tourism has been named up third place in the annual top 100 parks scheme. Wayne and Sarah Jones, the owners of the five star holiday park, Poston Mill Park were rewarded for their

  • Post Office plea

    THE owner of Whitney Stores at Whitney-on-Wye is seeking permission to extend the existing shop to provide Post Office facilities.

  • Crime on TV - fact or fiction?

    THE Vice, The Sweeney, The Bill, The Knock, M.I.T., Prime Suspect, Taggart, Frost, Morse, Murder in Mind, Mersey Beat, Heartbeat etc, etc, no wonder we don't see the police out on our streets, they are all on TV - or watching it, perhaps? LEONARD SAINSBURY

  • Power further from the people

    I totally agree with MEP Phillip Bushill-Matthews' letter in the May 15 edition of The Hereford Times. Regional Government will take power further and further away from the ordinary person. Parish Councils are being more and more marginalised and even

  • Rapid response after accident

    I fell on Friday April 11 and cracked a vertebrae in or near my sacrum (hip). I spent April 11 to 18 in hospital where wonderful care and consideration were shown me by doctors, nurses and other workers. I came out of hospital on April 18 into the care

  • Clamped outside the hospital

    I had an appointment at Hereford County Hospital and searched in vain for a parking space, suddenly noticing such at the Stonebow Unit of which I was relieved to find, as time was of the essence. Having had a relative in the unit quite recently, I was

  • Living on the edge - another view

    IN response to the article in the May 15 edition of The Hereford Times regarding the complaints of low flying by Mr Eastgate and Ms Phillips, I live on the edge of the Wye Valley towards Hay, and experience the same low flying aircraft. The reality is

  • Confusion over staffing figures at Herefordshire Council

    Madam, I can understand WTW Freary's confusion (letters page, HT May 15) over staffing figures at Herefordshire Council. Nationally, more than two million people are employed by Local Government, making it one of the largest employers in the UK. The number

  • Shock in store as Pete shuts up shop

    WHEN a young toolmaker failed to get planning permission to use a town centre building as a workshop and opened a hardware store instead, little did he realise what it would lead to. Peter Shock quit a £300 a week job to start the new Leominster business

  • Raising awareness

    YOU can't see it, but you can feel it. It is called fibromyalgia and is extremely painful. It affects women nine times more than men, but initially is hard to diagnose. One victim is Maria Cornell from Eardisland who has been suffering for 10 years. She

  • Places to Visit

    Museums Bromyard Teddy and Doll Museum: 12, The Square, Bromyard, 01885 488329. Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm; Sun 10am-4.30pm. Open daily except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Bromyard Heritage Centre: 1 Rowberry St, Bromyard. Tel: 01885 482341/482038. Open to

  • Health organisations

    Herefordshire Primary Care Trust Main offices: Belmont Abbey, 01432 344344. Fax: 01432 363900; chairman: Ted Willmott; chief executive: Paul Bates. Locality managers Hereford City Locality Manager: Ms Yvonne Clowsley, 01432 378910. County Health Facilities

  • In an emergency

    Police In an emergency dial 999 24-hour non-emergency number 08457 444888. Crimestoppers Freephone: 0800 555111 (not emergency number, see Police to pass on information only). Samaritans Contact: 01432 269000 or 08457 909090. Community Alcohol Service

  • Are you karaoke king?

    Then start warming up those vocal chords and practice your choreography as Hereford's Litten Tree bar announced the start of its nationwide search to find the next UK pop sensations this week. From June 2, Litten Tree bars up and down the country will

  • Clubs and Organisations

    Animals and Natural History The Herefordshire Beekeepers' Association: Hon Secretary, Mrs Hazel Beaver, Rose Cottage, Upper Hill, Leominster, 01568 720343. Hfds Botanical Society: Leslie Smith, Lonsdale, Firs Rd, Ross 01989 563599. Saltmarshe Dog Training

  • Drug gang face long jail terms

    A GANG who used a Hereford council house as a base for pushing hard drugs face long prison sentences. Roan Francis and David Scott were convicted by a jury at Worcester Crown Court of conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin. A third defendant, Dave

  • Skate park heads pupils' priorities

    AS county politicians and councillors argue over the future of the Edgar Street redevelopment programme, a group of Hereford children have put forward some ideas of their own. Holmer Junior School pupils were split into four groups, each coming up with

  • Scientific knowledge with sporting agility

    HAYWOOD High School students will mix scientific knowledge with sporting agility when they compete in a remote control car race at Silverstone in June. The Year 9 and 10 pupils are all part of the school's engineering club that have been working on the

  • Dragged from club and assaulted

    A MAN was dragged from Time night-club on Hereford's Commercial Road, taken toward the bus station entrance and assaulted in the early hours of Thursday, May 15. Both the attacker and the victim, who needed hospital treatment for facial injuries, are

  • Op ruled out as cause of death

    A HEREFORDSHIRE man died in the county hospital just eight days after having an emergency bowel operation, an inquest heard. However, despite concerns raised by his family, coroner David Halpern said the death of Robert Mackie from Yarkhill was not related

  • Keep up to date with notice boards

    PEOPLE living south of the river in Hereford can now be kept up to date about all the activities going on in the area. Notice boards have been installed at Holme Lacy Road shops - to serve Hinton and Putson - Marlbrook Road (for Redhill), Hunderton Road

  • Community service as taxi ride led to race row

    A CABBIE called the cops when a late night fare row turned racial, a court heard. The driver took a barrage of abuse for being Pakistani before officers arrived. That abuse cost Bernard Kaye 120 hours of his time and £387 in compensation and costs at

  • Civil Service RF

    AT their April meeting of the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship, as the speaker who was scheduled to come was unable to make it, Phillip Barbary stepped into the breach and gave a fascinating account of shopping etc. as it used to be. This prompted

  • Bird Keepers

    Hereford & District Bird Keepers' Club have recently held their first AGM. The treasurer confirmed that we are in a good financial position. The new committee are as follows: chairman Steve Taylor 01432 357512, vice-chairman Joe Williams, treasurer

  • Knucklas Community Centre

    A HEAVY May shower beat down on Knucklas Community Centre as management chairman Keith Ackermann gave his report to the recent annual general meeting. Rainwater spilled out of the centre's guttering and splashed onto its wooden walls before the eyes of

  • Age Concern

    Herefordshire Freemasons have sponsored the publication of Age Concern Hereford's A to Z handbook (A Guide to Services and Benefits available to Older People). This donation of £1,000 will enable Age Concern Hereford to produce the first 1,000 copies,

  • RNA

    The past two months have seen a variety of activities for the Hereford Royal Naval Association. The Area 7 AGM and first quarterly meeting was held in Cheltenham, and a representative from Hereford attended and reported back to the branch that the chairman

  • NFU chief's visit

    NATIONAL Farmers' Union president Ben Gill will be in Hereford next Thursday, May 29, to address farmers on the Common Agricultural Policy and to answer their questions. The open meeting is being held at the Three Counties Hotel, Belmont, at 7pm. The

  • Rising number of TB cases add to strain

    AS the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle in Herefordshire continues to rise at an alarming rate, more and more farmers are becoming worried about their financial future. If their cattle contract TB, their businesses are not only severely restricted

  • Back on track

    HEREFORD-based film-makers Neil Oseman and James Clarke are looking to push ahead with their idea for a locally-made feature film. The two began casting and scouting for locations for Soul Searcher last year but were forced to put plans on hold due to

  • Farmhouse invitation

    HEREFORDIANS and holidaymakers will enjoy a unique snippet of rural history as a 17th Century timber framed farmhouse unlatches its doors for the first time on May 24. The National Trust is opening the black and white farmhouse at Brilley as a unique

  • Nurse banned for slapping patients

    A 53-YEAR-OLD nurse from Eardisley, who assaulted vulnerable elderly patients has been removed from the professional register, following a hearing in London. The Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) Professional Conduct Committee found Siew Kim Franks

  • Look no further, Leominster's got it all...

    IRISH music by the Oddsods at the Blue Note Caf heralds the start of Leominster Festival on May 29, followed by the annual Anne Rutherford Memorial Exhibition which opens at the library on May 30. This year's programme includes a variety of concerts and

  • Locally inspired art for festival special

    Jeremy Leach began making his own stoneware and porcelain pots in his father's pottery - later developing an interest in Chinese calligraphy and Chun glazes. Print maker Sue Milne's work is also influenced by nature. Her prints, wood engravings, wood

  • One good turn...

    PHOTOGRAPHER turned wood turner Tony Boase was a remarkable man. After a highly successful career in fashion photography, his lifelong passion for wood took over and much of his spare time was devoted to practising on the lathe. In 1994 he started researching

  • Herefordshire Ghosts

    by Keith Cresswell Still echo's the bravest old county With our forefathers ancient song, Still echo the land with beating heart, For the road has been weary and long, That old dusty track worn deep cross the hill, Still sounds to the labourers tred Cold

  • Pyons and Westhope

    PARISH COUNCIL -- Tuesday was a chance to meet or new district councillor, Charles Mayson, but as importantly a chance for him to meet us, one of the more recalcitrant groups he'll have to satisfy. It was also time to welcome a new, co-opted, member,

  • Breinton

    PARISH COUNCIL -- The Annual General Meeting of Breinton Council was held in the village hall, on Thursday, May 15. This was the first meeting of the council following the local government elections. Four members had been returned unopposed and a further

  • Public opinion a bigger worry than Iraqi guns

    SUNTANNED and relaxed, three Herefordshire soldiers are enjoying their return from Iraq confident in the knowledge of a job well done. While debate about the political motives of the Iraq War continues, they know they helped conduct one of the most successful

  • County clergyman dies

    A COUNTY vicar who joined the church after a career in the BBC has died at the age of 69 at St Michael's Hospice. David Enoch served the congregation of six parishes around Sellack for 10 years concentrating much of his energy on the sick and the dying

  • Rachel case re-opened

    FACTS surrounding the death of heroin addict Rachel Whitear will be investigated by Head of Wiltshire CID, Detective Chief Superintendent Paul Howlett. The appointment was agreed by the Police Complaints Authority, supervising the investigation, after

  • Trains disrupted

    THERE will be changes to late and early morning train services between Hereford and Newport from 10pm on May 26, until 6.30am on May 30, due to essential track maintenance. The line will be completely closed between Hereford and Newport each evening from

  • Smaller Heli-Bull will still help out

    THE Heli-Bull Group will be holding a limited show this year due to the current military situation. The group, which holds an annual helicopter fly-in and fayre on the last Sunday of May, has been forced to alter its plans because of the high costs involved

  • Withington homes' plan

    A MAJOR housing development is planned for the former Norman's Supermarket site at Withington. There has been much speculation over the future of the site following the closure of a garden centre, supermarket and cut-price clothing store during the past

  • Bulmers net sponsor deal

    CRICKET lovers will be raising a glass of Scrumpy Jack again this summer with the announcement that Bulmers are again sponsoring the England cricket team. This is the fifth year of Scrumpy Jack being the official pint of the England team.

  • An insight into safety

    A PROJECT designed to increase youngsters' safety awareness is celebrating its 10-year anniversary by inviting 1,100 children to take part in its summer scheme. The Crucial Crew take 10 and 11-year-old children through a half-day course to teach them

  • Awards for school staff

    WHEN Whitehall announced its 2003 school achievement awards Herefordshire had 26 of the best. The awards - cash sums to be shared amongst staff - salute improved test and exam performance between 1999-2002. And one of the winners, John Kyrle High School

  • Small school with big heart

    SHOBDON Primary is a small school with a big heart say education inspectors. In a glowing report an OFSTED team said: "The hallmark of the school is its intimate, friendly atmosphere characterised by the very good relationships which exist between pupils

  • Quartet saddle up for epic equine adventure

    FOUR intrepid friends saddled up to take part in an epic 130-mile adventure to find out how accessible bridleways in Herefordshire are for their equine pals, writes SOPHIE BIGNALL. Alison Adcock and friends Shirley Hamilton, Judith Weatherall and Julie

  • July 30 is Ross Broadband day

    BROADBAND campaigners in Ross-on-Wye are celebrating after BT confirmed the date when the new technology will be available in the town. From Wednesday, July 30, people served by Ross exchange will be able to enjoy the benefits of high speed internet access

  • Restraining order on nuisance neighbour

    THE neighbour who made life a misery for the Ross-based chairman of the West Mercia Police Authority has been slapped with a restraining order by the courts. Magistrates in Gloucester imposed the order on Mark Hill after hearing how his bizarre antics

  • Esti found safe and well in Portugal

    A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl from Hay-on-Wye was due to be reunited with her mother yesterday after a five-week international police investigation to track her down. Estelle 'Esti' Clayton, who went missing on April 9, was found with her father Simon Clayton,

  • Too little thought on parking issues

    DUE to the incompetence of this and previous Government policies, Kington, along with other towns in the county including Hereford, find the traffic problems out of control. Whilst many new buildings have been added in recent years, little or no account

  • Marvellous news on ME treatment

    What absolutely marvellous news (Hereford Times, May 15) about the possibility of a consultant with specialist interest in ME holding a weekly clinic in Hereford. But I feel it is unworthy of Simon Hairsnape to appear to put the blame on John Simpson,

  • When speed hits drivers in the pocket

    AS a recently retired police officer, I was unsurprised to read the letter from David Delaney arguing the case against speed cameras. This is the usual diatribe one expects from the ill-informed 'speed brigade' who use a couple of reports that appear

  • Leominster attack

    A WOMAN was pinned down and attacked in the toilets of Euphoria Night-club in Leominster on Saturday night. The victim was held down by one woman and attacked by another resulting in facial injuries that required hospital treatment. Anyone with information

  • Planning battle over Dale's site

    A PLANNING battle over one of Leominster's most valuable development sites has entered a new phase. Planning watchdogs have called for riverside land at Mill Street to be used for home building rather than a 'massive shed' housing a DIY superstore with

  • Runner Tony succeeds unscathed

    FRIENDS and neighbours breathed a sigh of relief when Tony Hobbs returned to Dilwyn all in one piece following one of his 'escapades'. Accident-prone Tony, 64, failed to get as much as an insect bite when he ran 80 miles around Herefordshire to raise

  • Wildlife 'safari' at Queenswood

    THE Leominster Lions are staging a wildlife safari to raise money for the Acorns Children's Hospice Appeal and the Queenswood Coronation Fund. Jungle trekkers at Queenswood, Dinmore Hill on Sunday, May 25, (10.30am to 4pm) are to stake out those Lions

  • Pitching in for good relations

    A MOVE has been made in Leominster to bring young and old together to avoid disputes. Eaton Close, a sheltered housing scheme owned and managed by Marches Housing Association, is close to the Minster College and forms part of a well-used shortcut to the

  • 'One-night stand' led to brutal assault

    FESTERING love rivalry erupted into violence at a Leominster car park. Hereford Crown Court heard how an assault arose out of anger at a 'one-night stand' a year earlier. Justin Jones and Benjamin Cox attacked the man who had that 'stand' with Cox's sister

  • Local Government

    The Herefordshire Council Aylestone: Denis Brian Wilcox, 5 Croome Close, Hampton Dene, Hereford; Alan Lloyd Williams, 12 Gleneagles Road, Wentworth Park, Hereford. Backbury: Josephine Elisabeth Pemberton, 5 The Pines, Wormelow. Belmont: Philip James Edwards

  • Establishments for Adults in Herefordshire

    Homes for Older People Abbey Grange, 47 Venns Lane, Hereford, 01432 271519. Care Manager: Mrs G K Pankhurst. Ashfield House, Bargates, Leominster, 01568 614662. Care Manager: Mrs M M Wenlock. Aston House: 45 Hampton Park Rd, Hereford. 01432 267996. Care

  • Rare chance to sing the Welsh way

    ONE of the most famous of all Welsh male voice choirs, the Morriston Orpheus, will sing in Hereford Shirehall on Saturday, May 31. Organised by Hereford Lions Club for the Acorns Children's Hospice Appeal it is certain to be a sell out. Such is the demand

  • Choirs 'lost' score in safe hands

    A 100-YEAR-OLD musical score written for Hereford's Three Choirs Festival is back in safe hands after being lost for 30 years. The orchestral score for Hubert Parry's 'Voces Clamantium' was found by a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra librarian for a centenary

  • Heroin addict's break

    HEROIN addict Adam Jarvis dropped a roll-up cigarette during a burglary and gave detectives the DNA to put him away. But at Hereford Crown Court the burglar got a break. Instead of a custody term that normally came with the crime spree he confessed to

  • Whitecross selects heads of school

    AFTER a rigorous selection process, the new head boy, head girl and their deputies have been selected at Hereford's Whitecross School. Claire Jones was appointed head girl with Sara Kirby as her deputy. Lewis Corner will be head boy with Mark Gaunt his

  • Bartonsham

    The May meeting of the Bartonsham Retirement Club was held at the Shirehall on the 14th at 2.15pm. All members agreed that the outing to the Hazelfield Garden Centre was most enjoyable.The speaker, Mrs V Thackerey gave a most interesting and informative

  • Radnor Valley YFC

    RADNOR Valley YFC recently presented £660 that they raised carol-singing. The total was split between three charities, Macmillan Cancer Relief, New Radnor First Responder Scheme and the League of Friends of Kington Hospital. Adrian Watkins (treasurer)

  • National Service

    CALLING all ex-National Servicemen who served in the Royal Air Force during the days of conscription. A National Service (Royal Air Force) Association has now been formed and we are looking for members. The details required are your name and address,

  • Kilvert Society

    THE Kilvert Society held their AGM in Hereford recently. Around 70 members of the 54-year-old society travelled from various parts of the country to be present. The business meeting took place in the Great Hall at the Bishop's Palace and was followed

  • Herefordshire Townswomen's Guilds

    The 2003-04 session of the Tupsley Guild opened on April 1. Our new president, Val Twigg, welcomed old and new members and introduced Pat Laws, who gave a very interesting talk on Corneal Retrieval. It appears that there is a great need for corneas for

  • Saltmarshe YFC rises from brink after FM outbreak

    THE foot-and-mouth outbreak hit the Young Farmers' organisation for six and many clubs found it difficult to keep going. Eighteen months ago, Saltmarshe YFC was on the edge of folding but with the help of club president David Winterton and club leader

  • Shearing season off to magic start

    THE shearing season got off to a flying and early start for Hereford's Holme Lacy College students this week in preparation for the Herefordshire Federation of Young Farmers' Club rally at Ballingham Hall, Ballingham, on Saturday. "Although it may seem

  • Hauntingly good

    IT is now ten years since Stephen Daldry first directed An Inspector Calls for the Royal National Theatre and in that time 30 separate casts have played in over 400 theatres. It comes to Malvern Theatres for one week only from Monday (May 26), which co-incides

  • Open mic event proves popular with locals

    THE inaugural session of Kington's first performance club got off to a cracking start . Organiser and host Arthur Hyde introduced the event, which promotes local musicians, singers, poets and entertainers in a well attended evening. The evening was supported

  • Creative culture is rewarded

    COUNTY-BASED crafts industries have received a considerable boost in the past twelve months, with significant European and regional funding being secured. An overview of exactly what the Creative Industries program within Herefordshire Council has achieved

  • Toddler holiday death blow for county family

    A LEOMINSTER family has been shattered by the sudden tragic death of their baby boy while on holiday. Little Phillip Alan Stephen Collins, who was aged 17 months, died at West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen on Friday, last week. Phillip was the

  • Middleton-on- the-Hill

    PARISH MEETING -- About 50 people braved the stormy weather to attend an open parish meeting at Middleton-on-the-Hill and Leysters Parish Hall on Monday, May 19. The meeting was the second stage of public consultation as part of a parish plan being prepared

  • County tops league of 999 call outs on water

    LAND-LOCKED Herefordshire tops the list for life threatening emergency incidents involving water. The county, with neighbouring Worcestershire, experiences the largest number of calls to the ambulance service for help in such cases compared to any similar

  • Son of Elgar's friend dies at the age of 93

    GODSON of Sir Edward Elgar and a great friend of the Three Choirs Festival, Wulstan Atkins has died at the age of 98. On one of his visits to the Three Choirs in Hereford, Mr Atkins recalled the close friendship between his father, Sir Ivor, and Elgar

  • Foster carers go under spotlight

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council's children's resource team is putting fostering in the spotlight during National Foster Care Fortnight. The aim is to encourage more local families to consider becoming foster carers for county children. The council is urging prospective

  • Man drowned in his fish pond

    A HEREFORDSHIRE man died while making sure his goldfish survived a freezing February night, an inquest heard this week. Ronald Boyd Lewis, aged 88, from Llangrove was 'passionate' about his fish and would often check on them and put a ball in their pond

  • Peregrine chicks celebrated

    THE RSPB is holding a Family Fun Day at Symonds Yat Rock on Tuesday May 27 to celebrate the birth of this year's peregrine falcon chicks. The event, which runs from 11am to 4pm, will also mark 60 years of RSPB Wildlife Explorers, the charity's children's

  • Beware of sharp-dressed fraudster

    A SHARP-DRESSED fraudster is thought to be targeting homes around Ross-on-Wye with an insurance scam worth over £100. The 50-year-old man calling himself Mr Davis is known to have sold a 'CIS' insurance policy to a household in Weston-under-Penyard for

  • Giant phoenix centre stage

    A GIANT phoenix is set to take centre stage at Ross-on-Wye's theatre. Designed by student Robin Brown, the striking steel sculpture was commissioned by the Phoenix Theatre Company as a public work of art to mark the opening of the new extension. "We wanted

  • Man killed in crash on A49

    ONE man died and another was seriously injured in a road accident at Harewood End on Friday afternoon. John Richard Chappell, 56, from Cinderford sustained fatal injuries in the accident at 12.15pm. He was pronounced dead at the scene on the A49. His