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  • Herefordshire's economy worth £2.5 billion

    HEREFORDSHIRE'S economy is worth £2.5 billion according to the latest county-by-county analysis of commercial activity in the UK. The sum is set by GVA (Gross Value Added) calculations that represent the difference between the value of goods

  • Tributes to Lady Cawley of Bircher Hall

    LADY Cawley, of Bircher Hall in Leominster, has died at the age of 86. Born and bred in Eton, Lady Rosemary Cawley worked as a motorcycle dispatch rider for the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during the Second World War. In 1945,

  • Rescuers pluck swan from Wye

    FIREFIGHTERS and RSPCA officers have plucked a badly injured swan from the River Wye this morning(Sunday). The bird snared itself on a stray fishing line at Hampton Bishop and broke a wing in frantic attempts to get free. It was "very

  • Goodrich church bells set to peal once more

    THE peal of church bells will be heard once more in Goodrich after a four-year absence. The six bells of St Giles Church have been restored by bellfounders Taylors, Eayre and Smith of Loughborough and returned to their rightful place in the

  • Percy suffers World Cup penalty agony

    HEREFORD hockey player Percy Steele has experienced the pain of a penalty shoot-out defeat in a World Cup final. Steele was part of an England side which missed out on a gold medal at Great Grand Masters World Cup in Hong Kong. To make matters worse

  • DILWYN

    ORGAN RECITAL-To celebrate the restoration of the Nicholson Organ at St. Mary’s, Dilwyn, there will be a Recital in the Church on Saturday, 1st November, by the eminent Dr. Roy Massey, Organist Emeritus of Hereford Cathedral and former President of the

  • County IT "nerve centre" plan

    A STATE of the art IT "nerve centre" is to house the computer systems that run the county. Herefordshire Council's cabinet gave the go ahead for the centre - set for a secure site on the outskirts of Hereford - when it met this week.

  • Ledbury at core of cider industry

    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