YOUNGSTERS from Hay-on-Wye are getting ready to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in spectacular style. People from across Powys have been invited to mark the Queen’s milestone anniversary at Glanusk Park, near Crickhowell, seat of the Lord-Lieutenant for
I ALWAYS enjoy celebrating Burns’ Night (History Times – January 28, 2012). This year I bought my haggis and invited friends round to enjoy some good Scottish music and the traditional meal. I got the haggis out ready to cook and looked at the
Resurfacing is taking place this week on the main Hereford to Worcester road. Work on the eastern side of Fromes Hill is needed to replace the road surface laid at the start of February which has failed to meet required standards. Amey has instructed
A GRANT of almost £200,000 will help vulnerable people in Herefordshire stay warm in their own homes. Herefordshire Council’s private sector housing team have successfully bid, in partnership with 10 voluntary groups, for money from the Department
TWO off road motorbikes were stolen from a garage in Whitchurch on Saturday. The green Kawasaki KS450 and a red Honda CRF 250, both worth around £3,000, were taken from the Old Ross Road premises between 1am and 8am. A crowbar was left
FUN runners in Hay-on-Wye are limbering up for a Sport Relief Mile. A Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile, one of the UK’s biggest national fund-raising events, will be in Hay on Sunday, March 25. While similar runs will be taking place across the country
THE search is being widened for missing Orleton woman Alethea Taylor. Villagers are hoping to persuade people to email a picture of the 63-year-old, who has been missing since January 19, to everybody in their contact book. "This could
A CAR and a van were in collision near Leominster yesterday. Emergency services were called to the A44 at Docklow at 5.05pm. There were no reports of any serious injuries.
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a woodburner fire at Woolhope yesterday. Crews from Hereford and Fownhope were called to a farm in Scar Lane at 6.55pm. They had to dismantle the stove to gain access to the chimney and used rods, working at height gear and a thermal
AUDIENCE numbers at the Courtyard in Hereford have been on the up again this year. The Courtyard has managed to buck the trend despite a national decline in the number of people attending subsidised theatres. The current financial year, up to the end
A COPY of the original letter sent to the British government, via Hereford's elite SAS regiment, announcing the Argentine surrender in the Falklands War, is to go under the hammer. The 'telex', which was sent by commander of the British land forces
Hereford United had problems on and off the pitch on Saturday. On the pitch, the team lost 2-1 to Swindon Town - the Bulls' eleventh home defeat of the season. The result means that Hereford have now got the worst home record in the
EDUCATION secretary Michael Gove and his cabinet colleagues seem determined to insist that teachers work until they are 67. Have they really considered the implications? At present teachers retire at 60. Teaching is a very demanding occupation
