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  • County bull's semen sells for five figure sum

    A FIVE figure sum has been paid for a shipment of semen taken from sixteen-month-old Hereford sire Haven Kingpin.Purchased by the Irish Hereford Cattle Society, the semen is now available to members via the Society’s Breed Improvement Scheme (BIS

  • Farmer wins eight year fight for polytunnels

    A HEREFORDSHIRE fruit grower whose family have farmed in the county for generations has won an eight year polytunnel planning battle.Neil Cockburn’s application for the plastic tunnels, used to protect crops and extend the growing season, at Pennoxstone

  • Trust driving clinical research

    MORE than 70 separate medical research trials are currently underway across Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT). This week, WVT was confirmed amongst the country’s “cutting edge” for conducting clinical research. Clinical research is vital to the NHS

  • Adventure wrapped in luxury - the BMWX5 M50 diesel.

    IT continues to be a bumper time for off-roaders and one car emerging head and shoulders above the rest is the luxurious BMW X5 in diesel form writes Roy Lewis. The new model has the stance of a mud-plugger but its real forte is on the tarmac where

  • Stunning barn conversion just over a mile from Hereford

    10 Merryhill Park BarnsHaywood LaneHerefordAgent: Flint and CookOffers: £255,000Call: 01432THIS outstanding grade II listed two-storey barn conversion is situated on a small range of traditional agricultural barns converted under NHBC warranty about

  • PM praises Hereford's Herefords

    With the Prime Minister looking on, it was a ‘Hereford from Hereford’ that picked up the top prize in the breed’s cow and calf class at the prestigious Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells last week. Phil Allman, of Amberley Court, Sutton St Nicholas

  • Charming cottage near Moreton-on-Lugg

    Barn CottageMoreton-on-LuggHerefordAgent: Sunderlands and ThompsonsOffers: £175,000Call: 01432 356161BARN Cottage is situated in the village of Moreton-on-Lugg which is some four miles from the edge of Hereford. Within the village there are a wide

  • Apartment in St James

    96 Eign Road, St James, HerefordAgent: Trivett HicksOffers: £100,000Call: 01432 274300A WELL presented one bedroom ground floor flat which briefly comprises a living room, open plan kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. The property benefits from gas central

  • Former Leominster MP celebrates golden wedding anniversary

    A FORMER Leominster MP has celebrated 50 years of happy marriage. Lord Peter and Lady Tahere Temple-Morris marked their golden anniversary with a celebration in London last weekend – but there was a Herefordshire touch. Bishop John Oliver,

  • No Skylon for Skylon Park?

    SKYLON Park – Hereford’s new Enterprise Zone in Rotherwas – is in danger of not having a ‘skylon’.Work stated in September last year on the site, which will be home to around 50 defence and engineering businesses.But the

  • Woman thanks firefighters who rescued her horse from mud

    A COUNTY woman has thanked firefighters who helped free her horse from mud.Bromyard's Animal Rescue Team was called to help rescue 28-year-old Shire Horse Duchess who had become trapped in mud up to her waist in a field at her Munderfield home at