PIRATES invaded a Hereford shopping centre to launch a website for the disabled. The Maylords became a shopping arr-cade when Follow Your Dreams brought their roadshow to town. The charity helps children with learning disabilities and provides a themed
THREE Herefordshire students are celebrating after winning a double catering award. Scott Davies and Katie Lane, both aged 19 from Hereford, and Nathan Mizen, 18, from Ledbury, won both the judges and people's choice awards at the Blackpear Three Counties
On Friday, 7th November, the Talgarth Male Voice Choir will perform a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Hardwicke, starting at 8pm. Admission £6. This event is kindly being sponsored by the following Hay-on-Wye businesses: Co-operative Food Stores
Obese people are said to have cost the NHS in Herefordshire more than £46 million last year. The massive bill came from dealing with illnesses such as heart disease and cancer related to obesity and is expected to rise steeply to £51.4 million in the
A POLICE campaign has been launched to show that Herefordshire is a safe place to live. 'Not In Herefordshire' is designed to address what the police say is an imbalance between the fear of crime in the county and reality. Superintendent Kevin Purcell
On Friday, 7th November, the Talgarth Male Voice Choir will perform a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Hardwicke, starting at 8pm. Admission £6. This event is kindly being sponsored by the following Hay-on-Wye businesses: Co-operative Food
STAFF at a Hereford beauty salon are using their nail files for fundraising. Serenity is giving £5 to Breast Cancer Haven for every manicure or pedicure this October. The Commercial Road business hopes to raise more than £100 over the period. For
A CHARITY that provides support to Parkinsons sufferers has launched an appeal to fill two key positions. The Hereford branch of the Parkinsons Society needs a new chairman and general secretary. Pamela Wilford-Smith, membership secretary, believes
COMPANIES from across Herefordshire and Worcestershire are invited to Worcester Rugby Club for an audience with Lord Digby Jones in an event to celebrate business and international trade. The business networking event is hosted by the International
HEREFORDSHIRE Council is already on course for a near £2 million overspend on its budgets for the current financial year, with all services warned that further savings are expected to balance the books. At present, the projected overspend ahead of any
A TEENAGER, who set fire to a care home using a lighter and an aerosol can, told detectives that he wanted staff there to die, a court heard. Luke Evans, aged 19, of Ridgemoor Road, Leominster, is now under a long-term treatment order that a judge
ANTIQUE sales could replace ales at a former village pub in Herefordshire. Plans to convert the Lord Nelson pub in Bishopstone into an antiques centre have been submitted to Herefordshire Council. The pub on the A438 closed in January
A LEOMINSTER garage manager has spoken of the moment he watched the business go up in flames – and how local residents have offered help and good wishes since. Tim Benson and staff at Oldfields Garage are back at work after a huge fire tore through the
A HEREFORD store has been named as one of the top shops in the region. The Co-operative, in Grandstand Road, won the top shop title in the Co-operative’s annual store of the year awards. The shop went head-to-head with more than 50 others to win
A HEREFORDSHIRE main road will close for three days next month while essential roadworks take place. Herefordshire Council will close the A4111 south of Parton Junction, Kington from November 15 to 18. The road, commonly known as Cemetery Bends, will
A CHILDREN’S garden built with charity funds has opened in a Hereford hospital. The Sam Beaumont Memorial Garden was officially opened at No. 1 Ledbury Road this morning (Saturday). Children and youngsters with disabilities will use the sensory garden
HEREFORDSHIRE investors are putting their faith in gold as the world faces global economic meltdown. They are finding all that glisters is gold as they lose faith in cash as a mixed economic picture emerges in the county. Hereford Gold
KINGTON residents can get a possible £500 cash boost by meeting energy experts. All householders in the town will be eligible for a grant to help with energy saving measures as part of a Herefordshire Council scheme aimed at tackling fuel poverty
PETS could win prizes for visitors to a county art gallery. The Blue-Ginger gallery in Cradley is getting people to create “a pet on the postcard” for the Big Draw. Artists of all ages and abilities have provided designs for the national
FOOD lovers are in for a treat when the Hairy Bikers ride into Herefordshire this month for one of the county's biggest food festivals. The popular TV duo - Si King and Dave Myers - will be at the Flavours of Herefordshire event at Hereford Racecourse
FIREFIGHTERS are warning people to get their chimneys swept before lighting fires this autumn. In the past two years, crews have attended 400 chimney fires across Herefordshire and Worcestershire and are worried more people will use alternative methods
A BONFIRE party is to be held in Hereford to promote the public use of Aylestone Park. The party will be at the park today from 5pm until 10pm and will feature live entertainment from local band Brandon Steep, fire jugglers, a puppet show and dance
HEREFORDSHIRE'S finest export will be celebrated today in venues around Much Marcle. The Big Apple festival is 20 years old - and cider makers, orchards and traders will have plenty of core activities to enjoy. The biggest event is the Feast of Apples
THERE was no fanfare or celebration, just the rumbling of apples and the sound of machinery. But big things are happening in Ledbury - and its place at the core of the European cider industry is now assured. Production started last week at Europe's
A MAN who stole a mountain bike was identified by a member of the public who recognised his picture in the Hereford Times. Jamie Dave Andrews, of Victoria Street, Hereford, pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle belonging to Michael Powell. In August,
LEOMINSTER Town Council has officially opened its new offices. The administration of the council switched from Corn Square to West Street on April 28, but the move became official with the Mayor of Leominster, Councillor Peter McCaull, cutting the ribbon
