RESIDENTS in Ross-on-Wye are mourning former town mayor Mike Jennings. The 73-year-old, who held the post in May 1998, died on New Year's Day in Ross Community Hospital. His widow, Maureen, said he was a lovely man, who was quiet, gentle and intelligent
POETRY fans near Hay-on-Wye are looking to celebrate Burns Night differently this year - by hunting for haggis. Locals at Painscastle's Roast Ox Inn will spend January 26, the day after the annual celebration of scottish poet Robert Burns, following
WITH leaders Ewyas Harold not playing, their five nearest rivals at the top of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division all won to close the gap. After struggling to score goals at the back end of last year, Sutton United, and Derek Craddock
Tranmere Rovers 2 Hereford United 2 GOALS from Ben Smith and Trevor Benjamin fired Hereford into the FA Cup 4th round draw for the first time in 16 seasons. But the Bulls will have to overcome Tranmere in a third round replay at Edgar Street on
South Leicester 6 pts Luctonians 5 LUCTONIANS slipped to their fourth defeat of the season against their bogey' team in an intensely tight affair in Midlands 1. An injury-hit Luctonians side were forced to play players out of position and several
Open doors are a boon for us OPEN doors don't do much for the planet, or so says R Walters of Madley. However, I bet he has never tried going shopping alone in a wheelchair or on a mobility scooter. I am very grateful to those shops which don't have
HEREFORD County Hospital remains in the grip of the distressing winter vomiting disease which has led to the closure of some wards to new patients and a ban on most visitors. Huge efforts are being made to contain the infection, known as norovirus, which
SCHOOL governors are ready to fight the closure of any small primary schools under Herefordshire Council's plans for far-reaching changes to education in the county. The changes - based on predictions of plummeting pupil numbers and the subsequent loss
THE Primary Care Trust in Herefordshire is hunting down people who cheat by falsely claiming exemption to NHS prescription charges. The scale of the fraud locally is not known but nationally the NHS is said to lose millions of pounds each year. Herefordshire
Earlier in the year there were signs of increased confidence in the agricultural industry. Cereal and milk prices were on the rise and livestock exports were moving ahead. That situation changed with the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in August.
FAST food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken has submitted plans to build a restaurant on the outskirts of Ross-on-Wye. The former site of the Red Hen restaurant near the A449 has been earmarked by the company, which is asking for permission to make small
Heavy rain has caused problems on the county's roads. Surface water has closed one lane of the eastbound carriageway of the A40 near Ross-on-Wye. Traffic is also slow in Hereford city centre as rainwater gathers on Belmont Roundabout. And the going
THREE high schools, including one of the country's most successful, could close or amalgamate under draft plans for the future of education in the county. According to the council's draft plan, Kingstone High and Fairfield, which last year saw its students
A ROSS-on-Wye shop which has fallen into disrepair will be redeveloped to include 12 flats. 13 Market Place will be demolished and turned into a single shop with three two-bedroom flats, eight one-bedroom flats and one studio flat. Herefordshire councillors
THE Hereford Times has launched a major road safety campaign and we want you, our readers, to become involved. In the course of the campaign we will encourage better driving and look at how we can all become safer on our roads. Our campaign is backed
A PUBLIC meeting is to be held in Bromyard next week to discuss the council's school merger plans. The debate will start at 7.30pm next Thursday (January 17) at the town's Queen Elizabeth High School. Queen Elizabeth assistant head Mike Goodman said
MANCHESTER United's Old Trafford stadium became the theatre of dreams for one Hereford youngster. Eight-year-old Ben Shaw, of Lower Bullingham, was invited by United to be a mascot for the day after his dad Mark won a competition. Ben and Mark
WE live in an age dominated by the cult of celebrity, an age in which it often seems that the only thing people want is fame. The Premiere, a musical drama written by playwright Ben Myers, with score by Phil White, brilliantly articulates the perils
THE River Lugg will be cleaner thanks to a £300,000 scheme to stop waste water seeping in during bad weather. Welsh Water is installing a storm overflow facility at Presteigne to prevent spillage from nearby waste water systems entering the river when
BISHOP of Hereford's Bluecoat School have been drawn away at Oundle School for the sixth round of the Daily Mail Under-15 cup. The tie, which will be played on the evening of Wednesday, January 16, will be the first meeting between the two schools.
FIREFIGHTERS will be demonstrating the dangers of fire tomorrow (Saturday January 12). A community safety event will take place at DC Smith's Garage in Ewyas Harold from 10am to 1pm. Firefighters from Peterchurch and Ewyas Harold fire station will be
FIRE fighters were called to a chimney fire at a Herefordshire pub last night. They were called to the Royal Oak on Bromyard Downs at 6.18pm. Samantha James, for the fire service, said no-one was injured.
TWO cars were in collision at Dinmore Hill yesterday afternoon (Thursday January 10). The vehicles were in collision by the Little Chef restaurant on the Leominster side of Dinmore Hill. Dr David Houston, of Mercia Accident Rescue Service (MARS) who
HEREFORD Cathedral has reported a dramatic increase in visitor figures for the past year, thanks to TV coverage and a local tourism team. More than 25,000 people attended special services throughout December, and millions more tuned in to the
