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  • £1m dental centre plan for car park

    A CAR park in Leominster could soon become home to a £1 million NHS dental centre. The Hereford Times reported last year that the hunt was on for a suitable site in the town. Now Herefordshire Council's cabinet has agreed to lease part of Dishley Street

  • Inquiry hears 'vendetta' claim

    THE inquiry over the Brierley fruit pickers' camp near Leominster took a dramatic turn in its closing stages when Herefordshire Council was accused of mounting a vendetta. Strawberry king John Davies, who the council last month sought to have imprisoned

  • Parking concern

    A PLAN to build homes on land behind a Leominster hotel has met opposition from the town council. Councillors are objecting to plan by the Royal Oak to demolish derelict garaging and outbuildings to make way for three new dwellings. Councillors say: "

  • Much-praised school's head to retire

    EVERY year Geoff Sharratt has looked forward to his summer holiday but this time it's a bit different. After a lifetime in teaching and 18 years as head teacher at Wigmore High School, he knows that when the first week of September comes around he will

  • Helping to preserve history

    THE words of the founding editor of the Hereford Times have been saved for the county with the help of his modern day successor. Liz Griffin, editor of the newspaper, has combined with the Friends of the County Records Office, to secure the diary of Charles

  • Ukraine visitor

    HEREFORD Baptists have been enjoying the company of a visitor from deep in the pine forests of the Ukraine. Pastor Anatoly Skripnikov runs a church in Cherkassy in southern Ukraine, which is twinned with Hereford Baptist Church. He visited the city with

  • Back on air

    MORE than 30 years after it first went on air and two years after the new County Hospital was opened, Hereford Hospital Radio has resumed normal service in a new, updated and improved studio. From the early days, when programmes were recorded by students

  • Old meets new at city attraction

    HEREFORD Museum and Art Gallery has become the first in the country to invest in exciting new accessible technology developed by the Royal National College for the Blind (RNCB). The Talking Tactile Tablet (T3) was originally developed for educational

  • Different world of education

    HOWARD Tomlinson, the retiring head of Hereford Cathedral School, has described education when he started in the job 18 years ago as like a different world. "Indeed, perhaps there has never been a period of greater educational change than that of the

  • Website wheels in motion

    MOUSES clicked and glasses clinked to mark a new era for the Herefordshire website for the county's young people. The Rural Media Company, with Herefordshire Council, went live with the latest version of www.insitemag.net It was a result of collaboration

  • London lunch date for Tony

    WHEN Hereford businessman Tony Killeen made a successful bid at a charity auction for lunch at the Houses of Parliament, he decided other Herefordians should get the chance to visit the seat of Government. The managing director of Whitestone-based allpay.net

  • Just hangin' around

    HEREFORD became an adventure playground for the day last Saturday, when Credenhill's Taste for Adventure mounted a charity challenge in the city. Nine teams of four had a rare opportunity to cross the Wye at great speed on a 230ft zip-wire and a 100ft

  • Iain hopes for plain sailing

    Businessman Iain Rollitt-James from landlocked Herefordshire plans to become a full-time sailor for 12 days. His adventures will take him 1,800 nautical miles round Britain and Ireland and he expects very choppy seas. Iain, from Wellington, will attempt

  • Wyevale to restructure

    WORKERS in Hereford will not be affected by the restructuring of Wyevale Garden Centres, which includes the disposal of a number of small outlets. Hereford is the headquarters of the group that employs 200 people in the city and more than 3,000 at its

  • 22/7/05 - Career best of 8-44 for Steve Large

    ON a beautiful summer afternoon at the Clenchers Mill Lane ground Eastnor got off to a good start by winning the toss and putting the opposition in to bat. EASTNOR II v DROITWICH SPA II Droitwich made a positive start going at five an over until the fifth

  • Bomb victim sweethearts will be buried together

    LEE Harris and Samantha Badham, the devoted Here-fordshire couple killed in the London tube bomb blasts, will be buried together. The families of Lee and Samantha are planning a joint funeral in Ledbury - where she grew up - to keep the couple as close

  • Move to keep the 18-35s

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council wants to find how it can persuade more young people to stay in the county. The authority is concerned that too many people in the 18-35 age group are moving away to work in other parts of the country. It is to undertake a review

  • Walking the walk for unit

    A SATURDAY morning walk about the roads of Kingsland has raised £15,000. Organisers Lyn Perrott and Emma Strangwood are so overwhelmed with the response they have already decided to do it again next year. The money has been given to the Charles Renton

  • Ride backed

    A county company is backing a gruelling charity bike ride effort. Peter Nash Cars, of Ross-on-Wye, is supplying support vehicles for what organisers bill the Ultimate Charity Bike Ride - two amateur cyclists representing the Samaritans covering almost

  • £1.5m bid for beauty boost

    A BID for £1.5 million is being made to support an initiative intended to boost the tourism potential of the Wye Valley. The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is hoping to get the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund. If successful, they claim

  • Frankly, we do give a dam

    VISITORS to the Elan Valley are to get the chance to take Ranger-led tours of the reservoirs, picturesque villages and wild landscape thanks to Welsh Water. They start on Saturday with a walk that takes in the Caban Coch Dam and village, starting at 2pm

  • 22/7/05 - Six wickets for Taylor

    EASTNOR thirds lost to Lads Club in this Flint & Cook Marches division five match by 75 runs. Yet again a good spirited display in the field and fine bowling kept the higher-rated side struggling for runs at times. Eastnor captain John Taylor finally

  • 22/7/05 - Depleted Strollers win

    A DEPLETED Strollers side came through with another Flint & Cook Marches League division five victory against an improved Hereford City side. After being put into bat, the home side posted a below par 174-6 from their allotted overs. After the loss

  • Popular GP who lived to the full

    MANY are mourning a popular Herefordshire doctor who is said to have lived her life to the full, never wasted a minute and selflessly put others before herself. Dr Margaret Armitstead, who was 80, died in hospital in Wolverhampton last week and a service

  • Centre of excellence

    A NETWORK of education excellence was being forged with Hereford College of Technology at its heart, said University of Wales dean Dr Carl Peters. Addressing graduates at a higher awards ceremony at Hereford Cathedral, he added: ''Collabora-tion among

  • Good neighbours wanted

    A HOUSING association is searching for the Good Neighbour of the Year from among its 2,600 tenants. The Leominster-based Marches Housing Association is inviting tenants to nominate a neighbour for the award before August 31. The winner, who will be presented

  • Homes plan put on hold until site visit

    A PROPOSAL to build five new houses in the centre of Leominster has been put on ice. The scheme would involve demolishing a large 1950's house and replacing it with a terrace of five smaller homes and a parking area. Herefordshire planning chiefs have

  • Gardening makes sense

    A LEOMINSTER special school had a special visitor when pupils finished work on their sensory garden. Green-fingered children at Westfields Special School were putting the finishing touches to their creation when the Mayor, Councillor Roger Hunt, dropped

  • Vets in charity effort

    VETS and nurses from Leominster's Marches Veterinary Group took part in a charity run to raise money for animal welfare organisations. The staff, who until last year worked for either the Ryelands Veterinary Clinic or John Horlock & Associates, decided

  • Official launch of £1m learning site

    A learning centre has been officially opened after a £1 million refurbishment. The WRVS Riverside Centre, in Vicarage Road, Hereford, offers activities and courses, conference facilities, day care services and a crche. Alan Carless, executive director

  • Bypass need is 'desperate'

    A PROPER bypass for Hereford could be put back into the county's transport plans. Deputy council leader Councillor George Hyde told Herefordshire Council's cabinet that Hereford now needed a bypass "desperately". The council, said Coun Hyde, had nothing

  • Motorcycle group will pay tribute to biker

    bikers will converge on Hereford Cathedral to remember a young motorcyclist who died in a road accident on Monday. The Hereford chapter of the Misfit motorcycle group will carry the coffin of Thomas Hawkins down the Cathedral aisle during the 22-year-old's

  • Dot aims for trek in India

    A FORMER Herefordshire school teacher will be leaving her training companion in kennels when she sets off on a fund-raising trek in India in October. While Dot Rochard, who taught at St Martin's Primary School, is walking 12 kilometres a day in aid of

  • Let's go fly a kite...

    MORE than 100 high fliers came to Herefordshire last weekend. They descended on Kingstone School for the third year in a row for the Herefordshire Kite Festival. And while most events basked in the glorious weather, the lack of wind posed some problems

  • Making a noise over facelift

    THERE was no row when more than 300 young people took part in "The Noise" to tidy and brighten South Wye. A weekend of activities, including landscaping, painting and decorating were undertaken as part of the fifth annual Noise project. The event began

  • 22/7/05 - Promotion hope suffers setback

    LEDBURY'S promotion hopes were dealt a severe blow as they went down by two wickets off the penultimate ball in a bad-tempered match in the Marches League division three. WORMELOW II v LEDBURY On a glorious pitch for batting and under clear skies Ledbury

  • 22/7/05 - Bosbury stroll to 10-wicket victory

    BOSBURY won this home Marches League division four match on Saturday against Burghill by 10 wickets. Bosbury skipper Steve Davies opted to field and the decision was vindicated in the first over when Steve Davies had Burghill opener P Bailey caught brilliantly

  • 22/7/05 - Canon Frome's total never looked enough

    CANON Frome travelled to South Wales on a hot sunny afternoon and batted first having won the toss on a wicket that gave the impression of being full of runs. GLANGRWYNEY v CANON FROME They started badly as Chris Styles fell to the first ball of the fifth

  • Green light for £15m care home schemes

    TWO major care schemes for Herefordshire's fast ageing population got the go-ahead from planners this week. Plans for a £15 million care "village" in Hereford and a complete re-build of Waverley House care home, Leominster, have been backed by the county's

  • Revamp for travellers' site

    WORK to replace the vandalised Romany Close travellers' site at Grafton, on the outskirts of Hereford, is expected to start in the autumn. It will cost £400,000, including a £300,000 grant from the Government. Members of Herefordshire Council's cabinet

  • Union slams £100k salary

    CASH-strapped Herefordshire Council will pay a six-figure salary to the senior manager who has to find about £3 million in savings each year. The council's new director of resources role - now advertised in the national press - offers overall charge of

  • Date set for statue unveiling

    SIR Edward Elgar will return to Hereford in September, when a specially commissioned statue of the composer is unveiled in the cathedral close. The renowned mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker, a singer with strong links with Elgar's music, will undertake

  • £135m Jarvis deal reaches end of road

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council's groundbreaking £135 million environmental services contract with construction and engineering firm Jarvis Plc is over - two years into its 10-year run. Jarvis confirmed this week that it is about to sell its highway maintenance

  • Wedding bells for James Hervey-Bathurst

    EASTNOR Castle is to have a new chatelaine as James Hervey-Bathurst ann-ounces his forthcoming marriage to Miss Lucy Manners, the daughter of Lord and Lady Manners, of Knipton, Leicester-shire, a relative of the present Duke of Rutland of Belvoir Castle

  • Having a say about grot spots

    HOUSING association tenants are being given a voice to get "grot spots" on their estates cleaned up. The Marches Housing Association says an Estate Walkabout scheme it is piloting in Leominster is proving to be a resounding success. Community housing

  • Faith bus changes will operate from next term

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council has kept faith with a plan that stops free transport to church schools. Cabinet confirmed the new policy after its original decision was sent back by the children's services scrutiny committee. The committee wanted clarification

  • Attack on red tape

    A HEREFORDSHIRE head teacher has used his school's speech day to take a sideswipe at Government initiatives and red tape. Andrew Evans, head of Ledbury's John Masefield High School, was commenting on an initiative in which he and senior staff observed

  • Fond farewell to Veronica

    MANY children who were in class when Veronica Crump took over a Herefordshire nursery are now married with children of their own and contemplating early middle age! Veronica became head and teacher-in-charge at the Kimbolton village nursery school 23

  • Suit you Sir . . .

    HISTORY buff Henry Howland got the surprise of his life when he took a birthday trip to Eastnor Castle. The 60-year-old hotel manager from Ullingswick thought he was just going for a trip around the 19th century fairytale castle but wife Tricia had prepared

  • 22/7/05 - Rugby training

    THE Ledbury Rugby Club junior section, including U17s and U18s, will start training at Ross Road on September 4, at 10am. All junior players, new and old are very welcome. The U17/18s have started training already every Tuesday evening at 6.30pm. From

  • Bridge swing deathtrap fear

    DAREDEVILS have been risking life and limb by using a historic bridge near Hay-on-Wye as a makeshift swing. A member of the public found the blue rope and tree branch wrapped around coping stones on top of Bredwardine Bridge last week. Council officials

  • Brought together by fate

    A YOUNG Royal Engineer in London fell ill in the autumn of 1943 and when he failed to respond to treatment he was sent to hospital in his native Herefordshire. In Hereford County Hospital, Stan Walters was cared for by a young nurse called Violet, from

  • Police to take action on unruly

    Yobs who are making life a misery for Bromyard residents will be taken out of the town centre and, if under 16, escorted to their homes. Police will have the powers to move people, by force if necessary, from Monday, August 1, when a dispersal order will