MOTHER'S Day came early to the children and families at the Ofsted graded "outstanding"Jack in the Box Nursery School in Bosbury.The children invited parents to the Parent Partnership event on Marc 27. Parents joined children at their favourite
IF you know someone who goes the extra mile for Kington, you can nominate them a Civic Award.Given for outstanding service to local community at Kington Town Council’s annual meeting, the nomination process has begun for the 2014 award.Kington Mayor
THE new £7.7m radiotherapy unit at Hereford County Hospital will be open later this summer. Practical completion of the building is due at the end of the month when it will be formally handed over to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A NEW date has been set for the official opening of Hereford's Old Market development. Ribbons will be cut and the first shop doors will be opened on May 9. Debenhams, Waitrose, TK Maxx, and Next were all set to open on April 17, but the opening
HEREFORD Futures has a week of “real” life left. Herefordshire Council is ready to close the "arm’s length" company down and take on its remaining projects – including Hereford’s proposed urban village. The council’s cabinet is expected to
WHAT a difficult two weeks we have had.First the departure of our management team, then a joint HUISA and HUST meeting to discuss fundraising, then the winding-up order for our great football club, to be heard in court next Monday. After several weeks
A CRAFT fair will be held at Bishop’s Frome Village Hall, near Bromyard, on April 13. A variety of stalls and refreshments will be on offer from 10am to 3pm. Entry is £1 and more information is available by calling 01886 880770.
BRIGHTSTRIPE, the new company heading up h.Art and Sport England projects in Herefordshire, held their official launch last week.The community interest company has been overseeing elements of the county’s sport and cultural events for 12 months
Aymestrey and Leinthall Earls CHURCH - There will be a service of holy communion (BCP) on Sunday at 11am at Aymestrey. FILM CLUB - The film to be shown on Sunday at 7pm is Mandela – Long walk to Freedom. Tickets are £5 on the door and home-made
SIXTY homes could be built on the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.Quercus PRF LLP has put forward a proposal to have the properties sited on land off Pixiefields in Cradley.The outline plans state that 21 of the 60 homes will be affordable and Cradley
WITH a chief executive, a chairman, and a medical director all confirmed as going, Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT) is boosted by key re-appointment to its board. The NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) has confirmed that Frank Myers will stay on
A MOTORCYCLIST who died following a collision with a lorry near Leintwardine on Tuesday has been named. Nicholas Taylor, aged 64, from Knighton, was pronounced dead at the scene following the crash that happened just north of Ludlow on the A49.
OVERLOOKING the boot-iful Herefordshire countryside last week, this three-metre high wellington boot dwarfed most April Fools pranks this week.Set up on the Malvern Hills on April 1 to promote the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, the stunt caused a number
HEINEKEN are donating £10,000 towards Hereford United’s bid to avert a winding-up order. Heineken are making the pledge after responding to appeals from employees who support United. Twitter was awash with the news last night after it was revealed
FIVE new homes could be built near a county pub.Outline plans have been submitted for the properties to be sited on land to the rear of the Sun Inn at Winforton, near Eardisley.If approved, the houses would be a mix of two and three-bed properties.
PLANS have been submitted to convert former agricultural buildings into 21 houses at Hampton Court. If the proposal by by Hampton Court Property Holdings Ltd is approved, the properties would be a mix of two, three and four-bed homes. The design
WEOBLEY Bowling Club, whose new campaign gets underway on April 12, will be hosting the national Middleton Cup match this season.The Middleton Cup trials will take place on Saturday, May 10 with the Herefordshire v Devon match scheduled for Saturday,
PLANS have been submitted for a new pedestrian and cycle link in Hereford.Herefordshire Council has put its proposal forward for the scheme between the southern end of Station Approach and the northern End of Canal Road. If the plans are approved, it
THE county’s two key NHS care providers have a reached a deal over service funding after several months of stand-off. Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT) and Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) confirmed this morning (Friday) an agreement
THREE people were treated for smoke inhalation this morning after cooking was left unattended at a home in Little Tarrington. Fire crews from Hereford and Ledbury were called at 6.15am and ventilated the property. The fire was out when they
The Friends of St Andrew 100 Club draw took place in the Red Lion Inn on Thursday, April 3rd. It was hosted by Ralph and Jean Dubberley. First prize of £50 was won by Adrian Gale with ticket number 14. Second prize of £25 was won by Laura and Peter
Rubbish pick to be admired I WANT to put on record in your newspaper my admiration and thanks for the volunteers I met on March 22, who were litter picking at Newtown Crossroads. I was travelling along the road on my way between appointments
MIKE McGear McCartney, photographer, member of iconic band Scaffold, not to mention brother of Beatle Paul, has such a wealth of anecdotes and stories about growing up in Liverpool that it's a wonder he's only now touring the country with a one-man
DELVING deep into the unknown, Mana will take you on a journey at The Courtyard next week.Feel the hairs on your neck stand up and a shiver down your spine as you encounter the force which resides within all living beings and inanimate objects, the stuff
HE has helped Hereford party for 15 years, bringing dance music heavyweights such as Pendulum and Sub Focus to the city before they were famous.But now club promoter Richard Bayliss, aka DJ Dex, is all partied out and looking forward to the quiet life.He
