A CONTESTANT who wowed all the judges on singing show The Voice is to perform at Hereford nightclub Play tomorrow (Friday) night. Karl Michael was seen on BBC1 last month belting out No More I Love Yous, which was first released by The Lower Speaks
A CONCERT in aid of Home-Start Herefordshire will be given by Royal National College of Music graduate Philip Miles and his fiancée, Lydia Aoki, a master’s student at RNCM, on Saturday at Holy Trinity Church. “We will be using the beautiful Steinway
MOTORCYCLISTS are being reminded about the importance of using proper safety equipment and clothing. West Midlands Ambulance Service report that one in five people killed on the roads is a motorcyclist and around 240 motorcycle accidents occur
A YOUTH has been arrested after a cashier was forced to hand over money at a Hereford shop. It is alleged that the youth used a knife during the robbery at Redhill Stores in Mayberry Avenue at 2pm yesterday. Police carried out an intensive
POPULAR Irishman Eddie Mahon lives with his family in Credenhill. Eddie is taking part in a sponsored bicycle ride from London to Paris over the spring bank holiday at the end of May. The purpose is to raise funds for a charity called the U
ANTHONY Rivett wants to stay in the Westfields Reserves’ hot-seat for a fourth season after completing a double cup success. “Hopefully I’ll still be here next year but I haven’t quite made my mind up yet,” said Rivett. “I think the club would
PLANT SALE - Wigmore and District Gardening club is again holding its very popular plant sale on May 19, 2pm-4pm, in Wigmore village hall (HR6 9UN). The sale will include vegetable plants, bedding plants and substantial shrubs and perennials.
WIRELESS TALK - Herefordshire Rural Community Council organised a successful meeting at Weobley to consider the formation of wireless discussion groups for the coming winter. A demonstration was given of Mr Snowden’s broadcast on the Hague Conference
FILM - There will be a Flicks in the Sticks screening of Quartet (12A) at the Lady Emily community hall on Saturday, May 18, at 7.30pm. The plot involves a home for retired opera singers and the arrival of “an eternal diva”.
COFFEE MORNING - There will be a coffee morning in the village hall on Saturday from 11am in support of St Michael’s Hospice. Plants, cakes, preserves, bric-abrac etc will be on offer together with coffee and a slice of homemade cake. Everyone
COFFEE MORNING - The next coffee morning in Stoke Lacy Church will be Saturday, and will be hosted by Hungry Hill Pork. Doors open at 10am and the event will run through to noon. At present there is no host lined up for the October coffee morning
MAY FAIR - Staunton-on-Wye Primary School will hold its annual May Fair on Saturday from 2pm-4pm. Great fun for all the family, all welcome.
MEMORIAL HALL - Presteigne and District War Memorial Hall is celebrating its 60th anniversary next month. The hall committee is having a celebratory dinner in June. More details will appear here in the coming weeks. MUSIC - Belshazzar’s Feast will
TABLETOP SALE - Will be held on May 18, at 2pm, in Orcop Parish Hall. Free entry to buyers. Light refreshments available. Ample parking and disabled access. Sellers £5 per table or stand. Please ring Pamela Pattenden on 01981 540732 to book
PLANT SALE - The Much Cowarne bring-and-buy plant sale, including garden items, will be held on May 17, at Much Cowarne Church. Doors will open at 6.30pm. Entrance is free. Everyone is welcome, and there are drinks and nibbles on hand. If anyone
FASHION SHOW - Smarty’s is holding a fund-raising fashion show and clothes sale, offering an opportunity to purchase half price ladies’ and children’s exchainstore brands at Much Birch Community Hall on Tuesday. Refreshments are being served at
FLICKS IN THE STICKS - Presents A Royal Affair (15) (subtitles, 138 minutes) at Escleyside Hall on Wednesday, 7.30pm, £4 adults £2.50 children. There will be a bar so enjoy a drink and a chat before the film. For more information, call 01981 510696
BOKWA - The Lady Hawkins Community Leisure Centre will be offering Bokwa, the latest fitness craze to hit the UK. Classes for ages five to 11 years and 12-16 years. Other classes available include: spinning, 20/20/20, losea- cise and circuits. Please
POLICE are appealing for information after vehicles were taken from a Herefordshire field and dumped nearby. Officers received a call this morning to report the theft of a tractor and trailer from a field near Hatfield, between Leominster and Bromyard
BETTY’S BINGO - At Kingsland Coronation Hall on May 18. Doors open 7pm, eyes down 7.30pm. Raffle and refreshments on the night. In aid of Lucs Under-15s. Ring Lisa for more information on 01568 708002.
SINGING FOR THE BRAIN - This is a stimulating social activity designed to enhance well-being and bring fun and confidence to the lives of people living with dementia. Refreshments are provided. The next session in Hereford is on Monday. Contact
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING - Residents are warmly welcomed to the annual parish meeting on Wednesday at 7pm in the memorial hall. Come and find out more about how wishes in the Community Led Plan are going to be achieved and how you can help. Further details
PRIMARY SCHOOL - Year six SATS week commences on Monday. Ewyas Harold Pre- School is taking bookings for September and places are filling up quickly. Children are accepted from two years of age – for more information call 01981 241106. Closing
SOCIAL WHIST DRIVE - Results of the whist drive held in New Strand on April 29. Winners were Sue Davies, Chris Horton, Jean Chant, Sandra Payne, Trevor Chant and Sue Holdaway. The next event will be on May 20, and not the last Monday in the month.
EARDISLAND IN BLOOM - A plant sale and swap will be held in the village hall on May 18, between 10am-3pm, with refreshments also available. Entry is free to both sellers and purchasers and profits will be used to assist Eardisland in Bloom with its
APPLE BLOSSOM WALK AND VINTAGE TEA - Dilwyn support group for St Michael’s Hospice is having an apple blossom walk and vintage tea at The Haven, Dilwyn, on Sunday. Come at 2pm for 2.30pm walk or trailer ride. No dogs. £5 to include tea. Raffle, bring-and-buy
MATCH-manager Tom Bevan hailed Richard Taylor and Jamie McIlroy after Herefordshire County Cricket Club 2nd team’s opener. Taylor, who lives in Elton, showed plenty of patience and struck 54 from 121 balls in Herefordshire’s 235 all out. The
PARISH PLAN - In spite of the low spirits induced by the late spring, Clehonger residents have continued to work hard on the Parish Plan, and are hoping by mid-summer to have produced a questionnaire to find out the views of all the village on what
FOR anyone who has never been the victim of abuse because of the clothes they wear or the way they style their hair, the news that West Mercia Police will offer better protection to those who do will mean little. But to those who cannot leave the
MEETING - Local residents and interested people are invited to attend a pre-planning consultation event at Warham Court Farm, Breinton today (Thursday) any time between 3pm-6pm to find out more about proposals for a community farm on the site. For
COUNTY law firm Gabbs Solicitors has appointed a new practice manager. Angela Palliser has a wealth of experience in management roles within the professional services sector. She will be responsible for the financial management of the
COFFEE, CAKE AND MARKET - Bredwardine village hall is the place to be tomorrow (Friday) when locals and visitors meet up for coffee and cakes and to buy and sell local produce and crafts. Join in at the Coffee, Cake and Market from 10am until noon
LITTER PICK - In April an organised litter pick involving 20 Bodenham residents collected an impressive selection of rubbish from around the parish in just two hours. The full tally included one full dustbin, three gas canisters, nine tyres, one pouffe
COFFEE MORNING - There will be a coffee morning in aid of the British Red Cross at Bishops Frome village centre tomorrow (Friday), from 10am till noon including a raffle, bring-and-buy, coffee and cakes. Everyone is welcome to support this worthy cause
WALKING WEEKEND - In a county renowned for beautiful walks, Aymestrey parish is fortunate in having some of the best. Now for the first time a walking weekend has been organised, tomorrow (Friday) to Sunday, to raise money for Aymestrey Parish
IT is now 24 hours since news broke that Sir Alex Ferguson was to retire at the end of the season and it still hasn't fully sunk in yet. I have grown up watching the "granddaddy of football" and to see him not taking charge of a Manchester United
SAINSBURY’S in Hereford is looking for a new charity partner. Last year, the store raised more than £11,000 for the Yelini Support Centre, which provides complimentary therapy. You can vote by picking up a form from the store, downloading one
PLANS to introduce parking charges at Leominster leisure centre have been met with frustration. Halo announced it will be introducing the charges this summer at both Hereford and Leominster leisure centres. Charges will be set at £1
A BIRD lover who found a budgie in Hereford is seeking its owner. Catherine Bufton, from Pencombe, found the white bird with blue specks when it landed on the wing mirror of her car at Asda in Hereford on Saturday at 8.30pm. Email mark.bowen@herefordtimes.com
A CHARITY shop that was hit by a suspected arson attack earlier this year has reopened its doors. Barnardo's in Broad Street, Ross-on-Wye, lost all of its stock and sustained interior damage in January this year after it was broken in to via a
PRINCE Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will rub shoulders with some of the country’s more rebellious citizens at this year’s Hay Festival. The royal couple will visit the border town on May 23 when they will tour a number of regional regeneration
A YOUNG Herefordshire golfer will be teeing off on the west coast of the United States of America in search of a world title later this year. Ten-year-old Morgan Radziejowski has qualified to take part in the Calloway World Junior Championship
I WRITE with reference to the sarcastically worded letter (Readers’ Times, April 25) inferring that the independent shops in the “old town” should open on a Sunday. As a local person running two businesses in Hereford city centre for more than
VERVE presents a thrilling, physically charged work by James Wilton, winner of the Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest 2010, utilising his popular blend of dance with martial arts and capoeira. Jerwood Award winning choreographer Ben Wright
