SCOTT Moran kept a firm grip on second place in the British Hill Climb Championship series when he contested two rounds at Gurston Down on Sunday. The Orleton racing driver rocketed up the 1,160 yards Wiltshire track at speeds of up to 150mph to win
A LEDBURY firm has raised £150 for St Michael’s Hospice after getting revellers to play a guessing game. Abbotsfield Funeral Directors joined the Ledbury Carnival spirit last Monday (Aug 30) by filling a limousine with balloons. Clive Nield came closest
FIRE crews have averted a major explosion in the centre of Ross-on-Wye. Land next to Ross Community Hospital was sealed-off this morning following a petrol leak in the car park. Police closed Old Gloucester Road after a passer-by spotted
REPORTS of a two car collision that left one vehicle on its roof saw emergency services rushing to the scene on the A465 near Bromyard just before 1pm today (Friday). The first ambulance crew to arrived found the occupants of each vehicle had got out
FIVE very different women walk through the door of Gabby’s Wiggle and Giggle with Me pole-dancing class in The Naked Truth, their reasons for joining as diverse as they are. There’s busty, big-mouth Bev, the life and soul, dragging along the
EARDISLEY eventer Louise Skelton admits the Burghley Horse Trials can’t come quickly enough as she goes in search of her second win in the space of a month. Skelton travels to the Lincolnshire countryside still on a high from claiming her first victory
A LARGE section of Ross-on-Wye town centre has been sealed off as fire crews deal with a major LPG leak. Residents in the Gloucester Road and Edde Cross Street areas are being advised to stay inside with doors and windows shut. Ross Community Hospital
THE A4103 at Fromes Hill is expected to re-open at 1pm after a three-car collision closed it this morning. Rescue workers had to free one driver from their vehicle after a car collided with a refuse truck and a third vehicle received minor damages just
ONE of the largest motocross prize funds in Europe will be contested this weekend at Howton Court, Pontrilas. The Herefordshire circuit will play host to the seventh and final round of the Wulfsport British Masters Championship. And with competition
LONDON Olympic mascot Mandeville was the guest star to help 1,300 youngsters enjoy the Herefordshire Youth Games as part of Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week. Thirty primary schools and five high schools gathered at Hereford Leisure Centre
BURGHILL batsman Alex Hedges has set a new record for the highest number of runs in a Worcestershire County League Division 2 season. The New Zealander has hit five fifties and six centuries to set a new Division 2 record of 1,180 runs with
FORMER Hereford Cathedral School pupil Perry Pudge has returned to the city to join the Wyesiders. Pudge can play at centre and full-back and was turning out for Broadstreet last season in National 2 North. Hereford have lost influential number
A RESCUE operation is underway on the A4103 at Fromes Hill. The road is blocked in both directions after a two car collision at 7.45am today. Emergency services are at the scene and firefighters are working to free one victim trapped in a car. There
THE final fixture of 2010 under BHRC rules at Almeley was a fitting finale to a scintillating season. The day belonged to a bouncy little dark bay horse Ja Ja Binks who blazed to a spectacular double with joint-owner, Wesley Jones, battling off a 50-
IT’S all about the swinging 60s at The Courtyard this coming week with not one but three classic acts due to appear in Hereford. First off, The Overtures pay tribute to some of the decade’s biggest names in The Bootleg Sixties show on Monday night
TAKING it easy might be the order of the day for many people approaching their 90th birthday, but not for Presteigne artist Rhoda Partridge, who is instead celebrating with an exhibition of new work at The Workhouse in Presteigne during h.Art 2010
ORGANISERS of the 2010 Ledbury Carnival have hailed the Bank Holiday outing a great success. Those behind it, including committee chairman Steve Clegg, were thrilled when a throng of revellers took to the streets in brilliant sunshine in celebration
PEOPLE living in a Hereford suburb fear a child could be killed if cars continue to speed down a nearby road. Since the opening of the new Rotherwas Access Road, many people have said that Watery Lane is being used as a “rat run” for drivers wanting
A BARKING dog alerted a sleeping family after a fire was started outside their front door by a neighbour with a grudge. Worcester Crown Court was told that the pet roused Susan Dovey, who woke up her son Vincent and a friend. Mrs Dovey went into
IT takes great determination for anyone to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats but for Paul Burden, it will very likely involve a degree of courage very few of us can appreciate. Like others before him, the dad-of-two wants to bike the distance
The Throne, Weobley, Herefordshire Agent: Fox Grant Offers: £599,950 Call: 08450 945540 THE Throne dates from the 16th century, when it was a farmhouse to Throne Farm. In the 17th century, the house was an inn called The Unicorn, but following
IT is difficult to describe the wave of anxiety, depression and rage that the proposed sculpture by artist Walenty Pytel produced in me. In what must be a short letter, where do I start in putting my views on a scheme that is just plain wrong in
