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Air ambulance called to Ross-on-Wye

There has been a serious accident in Ross-on-Wye. Alton Road was closed shortly before 4pm today. One land ambulance and an air ambulance have been sent to attend. Exact details of the accident have not yet been released.  

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Aymestrey and Leinthall Earls special thanks, and parish council meeting

Aymestrey and Leinthall Earls special thanks, and parish council meeting SPECIAL THANKS - Following their successful completion of this year’s London Marathon Frank and Kayleigh Luscott wish to say a huge “thank you” to everyone who sponsored them,

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Letter from Graham Perkins of Bryngwyn Close, Hereford says thanks for help after wife’s fall

MY wife tripped and fell in the notorious area of Widemarsh Street by the Primark shop. Through your columns, I would like to say a huge thank you to all the people who assisted her in her hour of need. They were the woman who used her coat

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Eighty-year-old Tess Forder inspires Herefordshire teams to success in Holland

TWO schoolboy football teams representing Hereford in an international youth soccer tournament in Holland last week were both wearing smart new kit thanks to city grandmother, Tess Forder. When Tess recently celebrated her 80th birthday with a

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Live updates from Herefordshire Council's crucial budget meeting

3:40pm Councillor Brian Wilcox says the council is being"pushed into a corner". He says a hybrid is needed to deal with the issues being faced and adds that alternatives are needed such as multiple use.  He agrees the

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HCA performing arts students impress in first musical, Spring Awakening

By Emma Niven and Lydia Johnson   GRIPPING, thought provoking and highly hormonal - Herefordshire College of Arts’ wonderful production of the award-winning musical, Spring Awakening, offered a no-holds-barred look at every issue of teenage

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Join Feral Productions in Hay-on-Wye

JOIN Feral Productions in Hay from tomorrow as the Feral Lab experiments with fresh ways of engaging its audience. Using extracts of music and text from their forthcoming promenade sound and story spectacular, Mabinogi, which will be performed

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Herefordshire's Paralympic gold-medallist Josie Pearson throws new world record in discus

PARALYMPIC gold medallist Josie Pearson has made a great start to the season, unofficially breaking her own world record in the discus. Josie, from Cusop, threw 6.70 metres in the discus at last weekend’s CP Sport Grand Prix meeting in Chelmsford

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Allensmore church draw winners

CHURCH DRAW - What are the odds that three of the four numbers pulled out were the same? First, second and fourth number 2 Richard Owens, third number 6 Janet Smith.

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Fatal crash on A4103 - police appeal for witnesses

POLICE would like to speak to anyone who witnessed a fatal collision on the main Hereford to Worcester road yesterday. The 22-year-old from Hereford was driving a white Citroen Saxo which was in collision with a blue Mazda 2 on the Worcester side

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Properties Of Interest, house of classic proportions for sale at The Old Birchend, Castle Frome

The Old Birchend Castle Frome Agent: Grant and Co Offers: £795,000 Call: 01531 637341 THE Old Birchend is an elegant grade II-listed country house of classic proportions. Believed to date from 18th century, the house is arranged over

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Health, WYE Valley Health Trust (WVT) is going back to its roots to cut its carbon footprint.

WYE Valley Health Trust (WVT) is going back to its roots to cut its carbon footprint. Children from St Peters Primary School and Queen Elizabeth Humanities College in Bromyard helped to plant 60 fruit trees at the town’s community hospital last

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Protestors arrive in Hereford

Cultural campaigners are making their voice heard ahead of a crucial crunch meeting in Hereford. Councillors will later today vote on a new budget that could signal the end for many of the county's libraries and museums. Protestors, many carrying

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Skydive bid in memory of Ledbury's Lee

THE daughter of a Ledbury businessman who died earlier this year is planning to complete a daredevil skydive in his memory. In January, hundreds of mourners turned out to pay their respects to motorcycle enthusiast Lee Vine, aged 50, who died after

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Royals grace Hay despite chopper trouble

Neither helicopter issues nor hailstones could dampen the crowd’s spirit as locals and tourists alike lined the streets of Hay-on-Wye to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall on the opening day of the world-renowned literary festival. The royal

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Hereford United Supporters Trust gets the green light following a vote at the Richmond Club

HEREFORD United fans overwhelmingly gave the thumbs up for a supporters trust to be formed following an open meeting at the Richmond Club last night. A packed audience listened to plans that the steering group has in setting up the trust, with

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Fatal crash on Hereford to Worcester Road

A MAN has died following a crash on the main Hereford to Worcester Road. Emergency services were called to the A4103 at Ridgeway Cross, near Cradley, at around 4.30pm yesterday after two cars were in collision. Two ambulances, an air ambulance

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Bromyard's young gun Ian Bullock aiming to follow in footsteps of heroes Ian Botham and Matt Prior

BROMYARD’S Ian Bullock (pictured centre) is looking to follow in the footsteps of his heroes Ian Botham and Matt Prior, and make it tocricket’s big time. The 15-year-old has set his sights on playing county cricket after having been in the Worcestershire

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Villagers kick up stink about leakage from sewer

A SEWAGE leak is causing a stink in a Herefordshire village. People living in Orleton have been plagued by the smell of raw sewage since May 13 due to a problem with a manhole cover in Mortimer Close. Parish councillor Brian Powell said the

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Walk of Garth Lawson is in Ullingswick

PC THOMAS Simpson found William Hope up a pear tree. The newspapers described the labourer as being a stout, thick-necked, burlylooking fellow, whose physiognomy tends to result in a low estimate of his moral character. A known petty criminal,

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Letter from M J Thomas of Newton Close, Ledbury says roads take their toll on bodies

LIKE many roads these days the state of Ledbury’s High Street and Homend is appalling – uncomfortable and damaging for motorists, but lethal to cyclists and pedestrians. Ruts, cracks and potholes abound from Upper Cross to the railway station.

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Equestrian, the Sports and Recreation Alliance is featuring questions on horse riding in its biennial Sports Club Survey for the first time

THE Sports and Recreation Alliance is featuring questions on horse riding in its biennial Sports Club Survey for the first time. The aim of the survey is to identify how community and grassroots sports clubs are faring post-London Games. The

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Solo exhibition for abstract painter

ABSTRACT artist Kate Freeman presents a solo exhibition, Dancing Through the Fire, at her gallery and studio, Kate Modern, in Hay from Saturday until Saturday, June 2, 11am to 7pm daily. Kate will also be showing as part of the Crickhowell Open

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Discover the sound of Briticana

LEDBURY husband and wife team, Nick, who plays ‘twang’ guitar, and Becky (drums) Davis, are core members of the Cowley Cowboys country rock band who launch their second album, Sons of Rest, on Friday, May 31, at the Re-con Club in Malvern. The

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Rat's tale packs in fun and adventure

FOR Fox Jackson Keen, the 18-year-old star of I Was a Rat, which comes to The Courtyard next week, there are many things that make the part of Roger a great one to play. “I think the best thing is that I have been able to create this part from

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Writer is celebrated

THE 23rd Traherne Festival takes place from Saturday, June 1, to Monday, June 3, at Credenhill Church in Herefordshire. The annual celebration of Hereford’s most famous writer will have a local flavour, with music by Hereford composer, Stephen