I WAS shocked and, indeed, dismayed to find on my return to work after the weekend, that two rose plants named Noble Anthony had been stolen from a flower bed outside our office. These roses were planted as a tribute to our friend and colleague, Tony
SCARE stories about chicken flu decimating the population are being taken seriously by health managers. The Government has told them they are responsible for the 'worst case scenario' and to plan accordingly. "It might be a one-in-a-million risk but we
THE cost of running a bed at Hereford County Hospital is around £30,000 a year. This fact was prised from members of Hereford Hospitals Trust at its monthly meeting by a member of the public. John Davies attends every meeting of the board and is usually
FOR the past three years, Hereford's cathedral choir has presented a performance of Bach's St John Passion as part of the Holy Week programme. This year, for the first time, they will perform the St Matthew Passion, first performed in Leipzig - where
Hereford has been awash with activity this week as the 71st Festival for Music, Dance, Speech and Drama takes hold. Classes in woodwind and brass, folk and creative dance, strings, speech and drama are just some of the competition disciplines with participants
THE Great Spring Garden Event takes place on Thursday, April 28, at Whitfield, Allensmore. The event, which is in its seventh year, is a must for all enthusiasts of gardening and the great outdoors. Visitors will be able to enjoy the grounds surrounding
THE annual meeting of the Whitecross Townswomen's Guild was held on March 2, in the presence of Mary Collins and Susan Layton of Tupsley Guild acting as tellers for the election of officers for the ensuing year. Annual reports were received from the secretary
LEADING British film director Stephen Frears, whose hits include Dirty Pretty Things, Dangerous Liaisons and My Beautiful Launderette, will be appearing at this year's Borderlines Film Festival. At Hereford Courtyard on March 19, Frears - whose film and
HILL farmers in Herefordshire and Shropshire, anxious about their future under the new CAP regime, will be attending an important meeting to find out more details of the support they might receive in the future. They are worried that if a satisfactory
AAH, they knew how to create a ballet in those days. Swan Lake is the epitome of everything a ballet should be. Exquisite choreography, sublime music from the pen of a genius, a bitter/sweet fairytale in which, ok, the main protagonists do die but, actually
A FIERCE row has been sparked after an earthwork inside Hereford racecourse was likened to a First World War trench. The Mayor of Hereford, Polly Andrews, verbally blasted the 6ft-high wall of mud, which contains shards of metal, broken bricks and blocks
SWIPE-CARD payment providers allpay.net were in a party mood when they invited guests along to the Whitestone Business Park. After only one year at their new headquarters, there was celebration in the air last Friday. Allpay have been listed in The Sunday
LINE DANCING - Tomorrow (Friday) in the parish hall from 7.30 to 9.30pm. £2 per session. WORKSHOP - Bosbury and Coddington Artmarkers Project hold their second workshop on Saturday, 10am to 12noon, in the parish hall. LENT LUNCH - A local charity, The
Paintpots - The jumble sale held in order to raise money for the playgroup funds raised over £350, and had a high attendance. St Mary's Walking Group - The group's next walk will be on Saturday led by Don Mawson, and will start at 9.30am at the Church
SPRING CLEAN UP - Members of Colwall Village Society will be gathering on Saturday for the annual village spring clean. Litter and other rubbish will be cleared from ditches and grass verges. All are welcome to take part, meeting at Colwall Stone at 9.30am
SPRING FAYRE - The annual Dymock Parish Hall Spring Fayre will be held in the hall on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday there will be trading tables in the hall when local people are able to sell their wares from 2pm to 5pm. On Sunday, Golden Valley Crafts
CHURCH - Once again, with the approach of Easter, preparations are being made for decorating Eardisley Church. This will take place on Saturday, March 26, from 10am onwards. Anyone who wishes to give a lily, price £1.50, in memory of a loved one is asked
Christian Unity Week - In January a simple lunch of bread and soup was held in St. Michael's Hall followed by Rev James Butterworth giving a talk on the life of Wulfstan, 11th century Bishop of Gloucester. £100 was raised for the Tsunami Appeal. Abbeydore
Kington Area PCCG - Kington Area Police and Community Consultative Group Meeting took place at Pembridge Village Hall on February 17. The main talk of the evening was given by PC Steve Thomas, divisional licensing officer, on the new licensing legislation
PARISH OF EAST RADNOR - Services for the week coming in the parish of East Radnor are as follows: Sunday (Lent 5, Passion Sunday): 9.30am Sung Eucharist at Knighton (Father Andrew Pearce); 11am Eucharist at Whitton (Father Andrew Pearce); 11am Sung Eucharist
LENT LUNCHES - The Lent lunches for the coming week will be at Fairview, Ullingswick, next Wednesday, and at Remenham House, Ocle Pychard, on Friday, March 18 Both lunches run from 12 noon to 2 pm. DANCE AND SUPPER - There will be a dance with supper,
SHOW - The Peterchurch Show takes place this year on Bank Holiday Monday, August 29. There will be arena events as well as many side-shows, demonstrations, competitions and refreshments. Fun for all the family so put it in your diaries. If you would like
WI - Members are entering the Stepping Out 90 mile challenge to celebrate 90 years of WI. Local landowner and entrepreneur David Corbett gave a very interesting account of the history of Shobdon Court to members and guests. At question time the evening
BOWLING CLUB - The Weobley Bowling Club is holding an Antiques Evening in Hopelands Village Hall, Weobley, tomorrow (Friday) at 7.30pm. Test your knowledge of antiques by guessing the purpose, age and value of interesting items expert Geoffrey Crofts
SINCE her son Josh suffered severe brain damage after a fit, Beverley Loader has been living in limbo, never planning ahead. But there is one big Red Letter day in her diary - Monday, March 14, when the new Acorns Hospice in Worcester opens and she and
OFTEN I have complained about the poor behaviour of many of today's children and teenagers. Some have said that my father probably uttered the same thoughts when I was a lad, so I had put it down to growing older and becoming a grumpy old chap. My wife
ON READING the Hereford Times, February 24, I was saddened to read that the RAFA is being disbanded after all these years. Myself and my late husband Glyn Smith spent many happy hours when they had the club in Aubrey Street. Glyn did a term as secretary
CHANGES in the way the NHS works are coming thick and fast. Half-way through a 10-year Government national plan, health managers in Herefordshire say it is sometimes difficult to see the wood for the trees. The task falls to Herefordshire Primary Care
CHORAL Evensong at Hereford Cathedral will be listened to by an audience of over 250,000 next Wednesday when it is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 at 4pm. Many will be listening for their first opportunity to hear the cathedral's world-famous Willis organ
DURING Fair Trade fortnight, March 1 to 13, Hereford Oxfam Campaigns Group ran a stall last Saturday in Morrison's (formerly Safeways) handing out FairTrade leaflets. On Monday, March 7, All Saints Church hosted a celebration of Hereford's FairTrade City
There was a tropical heatwave in one part of Ross last week, even as most of us were shivering on our way home in the snow. It was all because of the energy being expended in the local Scout Hut by one of the Cub groups. Fed up with early, dark and dank
AT last, after nearly six years of planning, fund raising and frustration, the Ross Lions Outdoor Pursuits Building is taking shape. Last week the contractors started on the foundations and the brickwork is steadily growing. Border Oak, the building contractors
A NEW Supporters' Club is being launched by the recently-appointed director of the Three Counties Show Society, designed to benefit the showground's annual visitor population of around one million. As part of Nick Vincent's plans for a long-term community
A CALL for a new milk price formula has come from Nick Holt-Martyn, director of the Dairy Group, formerly the ADAS Dairy Group. He said the latest debacle surrounding the setting of farm-gate prices suggested a consensus was needed to fix prices every
SET during the frenzied Irish gold rush of 1795, Sylvia Cullen's new play - Bedazzled - is a melodrama all about love and greed. Heroine Moody Mangan must strike gold in order to save her fiance from transportation...but Clamp, her ruthless arch-enemy
A THOROUGHLY modern and original interpretation of traditional mystery plays will be taking place in a Herefordshire church next week. It's A Mystery is a musical packed with drama, comedy and a score of new songs and dances, following the fortunes of
TOM Piddock is a wizard with numbers. The 16-year-old pupil at Whitecross High School in Hereford has won a top national maths award for the fifth year in a row. He has taken part in the UK Mathematics Challenge every year that he has been at the school
DIRECTOR Owen Calvert-Lyons arrived on the Courtyard's doorstep with unlimited ambition. But with four weeks to go until the Junior Youth Theatre's Alice in Wonderland opens at the venue, involving a cast of 185, the 23-year-old may be experiencing some
AN elderly woman looked from her window and saw a light flickering against some trees. As NIGEL HEINS recalls, it was a sinister glow that was to signal tragedy for a grand old Grenadier. BRAVERY befitting the battlefield was demonstrated as flames engulfed
Herefordshire and Worcestershire businesses are on course to earn around £54.4 million from international visitors this year, according to figures compiled for British Travel Trade Fair (BTTF) last month. Latest official figures show the two counties
CINEMA - Ladies in Lavender (cert 12A) will be screened in Almeley Village Hall on Thursday, March 31, at 7.30pm. Starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. Tickets Adults £3 Children £2. Children younger than 12 may see a 12A film if accompanied by an adult
ROADSHOW - An Antiques Roadshow-style event came to Aston Ingham Village Hall when John Parrott of Smiths of Newent, Estate Agents and Auctioneers, was on hand to talk about and value the personal treasures of residents.The event was well supported and
CHURCHES - The Friends of Frome Churches will be holding their annual meeting at The Rosary, Bishops Frome, at 7.30 next Monday. All are welcome. Bromyard Choral Society will be performing John Rutter's Requiem and other works at Castle Frome Church at
NELSON GIGS - Breeze have been booked to entertain on Friday night at the Nelson Inn. All are welcome. VILLAGE LOTTERY - Jo Macklin wins £25 with her number 8 being drawn on Saturday. POLICE NEWS - Police are asking for help to catch thieves targeting
Lent Lunch - There will be a Lent Lunch at Broom Cottage, Chapel Corner, at 12.30 pm next Wednesday. Hosts Pat and Gerard Barbrook. CINEMA - Flicks in the Sticks: The next film to be shown at the Parish Hall will be Spiderman 2 on Friday, April 1. By
BARN DANCE - A barn dance with Whiffeldy will be held in Credenhill Community Centre on Saturday, March 19, at 7.30pm in aid of St Mary's Church and Mens' Club.
RBL - The 90 members of Dilwyn, Monkland and Eardisland branch have already embraced the New Year with gusto including two interesting talks from guest speakers, the annual prize draw and preparations for their annual dinner to be held at The Red Lion
Gardening Club - Gardening club members held a Christmas social on December 15 which was a great success and everyone enjoyed themselves. Thanks go to all those who prepared the food, drinks and the hall. The speaker for January was Mr Dave Whitehead
Choir Concert - On Friday, March 18, the Hereford Rail Male Voice Choir will give a concert in Edwyn Ralph village hall. These concerts are given for charity, and proceeds will be divided equally between the choir and village hall funds. Refreshments
WI - President Rhona Barnett welcomed members to the March meeting. The Felindre WI annual quiz was discussed and will take place next Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. Rhona also thanked the bowls team who recently took part in the county competition. The annual
PARISH COUNCIL - The Hope-under- Dinmore and Newton Parish Council meeting on February 22 was attended by eight parish councillors with the Clerk, Councillor Grumbley, and one member of the public in attendance. The meeting was advised that Herefordshire
APPEAL FUND - In February, a cheese and wine evening for the tsunami appeal raised £490. CINEMA - Flicks in the Sticks on Saturday presents Ladies in Lavender at 7.30pm. Friday, March 18 is the date for Easter bingo at 7.30pm and on April 1 Talgarth Male
TWINNING - The entente cordiale is alive and well and thriving locally thanks to Presteigne and Norton Twinning Association. Since its official signing with Lign in Brittany last year, the twinning association is really blossoming, with several visits
C & W Dance - The Denver Duo will be performing at the next Country and Western evening in Richards Castle Village Hall on Saturday. The music will begin at 8.30pm and admission is £3.50 PCC - The annual meeting of Richards Castle Church will be held
LATEST NEWS ON BELLS - At a recent meeting, St Bridget's PCC decided on the firm that will do the work required to get the church bells back to good working order. Estimates were received from companies and the PPC has chosen Berry and Co to do the work
VILLAGE HALL - Welsh Newton Village Hall Committee are extending an open invitation to a bingo night at the village hall tomorrow (Friday) with eyes down 8pm. Raffle refreshments and good bingo prizes
events/talks 10 Talk coracle making, Cedar Hall, Dilwyn, refreshments by WI. 7.30pm. 11 Our Lady's Parish Tea Dances, Belmont Road, 2pm-4pm. 01432 266613. 11 Dave Hill - Steam Train through the Rocky Mountains and North to Alaska, Bodenham Chapel, 7.30pm
PHOTOGRAPHER Simon Denison fell in love with the Clee Hills after he and his wife, painter Susannah Creese, moved there with their two young children in 1996. He has put that love into a new book Quarry Land, whose striking images will be on show from
