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  • Win for Herefordshire bowlers

    HEREFORDSHIRE achieved an excellent victory by 115 shots to 85 when they visited Congresbury for a match against Somerset, winning four of the five rinksplayed.Herefordshire's top rink was well skipped by Glyn Williams to a 27-13 success and conceded

  • Bike store burglars steal £50k in stock

    HIGH END bike thieves targeted a specialist store in Hay-On-Wye, making off with almost £50,000 in bikes and equipment on Wednesday night. Luke Skinner, who owns, Drover Cycles on Forest Road, believes the burglary was a professional job.The thieves

  • Council tax change to hit those choosing to 'heat or eat'

    A PROPOSED change to council tax will hit hard amongst those “least able to deal with it” believes Hereford’s Citizens Advice Bureau chief executive.And CAB CEO Claire Keetch added that Herefordshire Council’s money-saving measure

  • Gladestry village walk and duck race

    AROUND thirty hardy walkers left the village hall car park on a very hot Saturday afternoon for a walk from Huntington. They were dropped off just outside the village to trek a shortened version of the original route, due to the very hot weather.Later

  • Six-year-old completes charity race in memory of mum

    A SIX-year-old girl put her best foot forward to raise £305 for the county's cancer services in memory of her mum. Young Molly Davies, from Belmont, Hereford, walked the three-mile Race for Life last month in under an hour to raise the funds for

  • From Presteigne to Plymouth

    MAYOR of Presteigne and Norton, Cllr Colin Kirkby MBE has presented the Presteigne firemen with a new defibrillator. In May Colin walked 192 miles from Presteigne to Plymouth and raised a final total of £1041.50, with £100 being donated from Presteigne

  • Fish saved from River Teme

    SCORES of fish were rescued from the River Teme in Herefordshire last week.Falling river levels caused some sections to flow through – rather than over – the gravel beds leaving fish stranded in isolated pools where they were at risk of suffocating

  • Huntington 60th anniversary fete beats last year's record

    IN spite of the bad weather on July 19, the diamond anniversary of the famous Huntington fete, near Kington, held at Huntington Court, has beaten last year's previous record. It has raised approximately £3,629. It will be given to the Anglican

  • 'Tough lesson’ for county youngsters, admits Bevan

    MANAGER Tom Bevan admits Herefordshire County Cricket Club 2nd team’s 143-run defeat Gloucestershire Academy was a ‘tough lesson’ for his players.But Bevan thinks it will prove beneficial for Herefordshire’s youngsters ahead of

  • Herefordshire project promotes the value of orchards

    HEREFORDSHIRE'S Orchard Art project, run by the Bulmer Foundation, has soared to new heights with a play about the value of orchards created and performed by students at Echo's About Face Theatre Company based in Leominster. Two performances of

  • WI Poetry and Prose.

    POWYS/ Radnor WI Association held a poetry and prose evening at the church hall, Knighton. The event was organised by the arts and leisure committee chaired by Liz Watkins. During the event the winners of the short story competition on the subject

  • Big Brownie tea party

    KNIGHTON Brownies put on a tea party for all their former leaders as part of the Brownie Centenary celebrations.At the event there were ladies who have been leaders at Knighton and Presteigne Brownies in the last thirty one years since Knighton Brownies

  • Clehonger Primary School takes to the high seas

    SPORTS day, an amazing carnival and the school's production Pirates of the Curry Bean brought the school year to a close this term. Mr John played a large part in helping the parade with his whistle blowing and samba drumming, before a quick song

  • Bentley unveils an inspirational machine

    LUXURY car maker Bentley has pulled the wraps off its new race car-inspired Continental GT3-R. Taking inspiration from the firm’s new GT3-spec competition machine, the GT3-R is said to blend high performance with Bentley’s trademark luxury approach

  • EE sorry for poor Kington coverage

    COMMUNICATIONS giant EE has issued an apology for the sketchy mobile service Kington residents have experienced over the last few months.While the company is not planning to upgrade equipment in the area until 2015, its engineers have carried out work

  • Jaguar aims at the younger buyer

    FOLLOWING swiftly on from the Roadster, this is the tin-top version of Jaguar’s bold new F-Type. The car’s rakish looks signal a bold new direction for the company, as it seeks to tempt younger buyers away from the traditional German alternatives

  • Passenger disorder at county station causes delay

    A GROUP of angry passengers prevented a train leaving Hereford Railway Station. British Transport Police were needed on Saturday night when six people prevented the train doors from closing and stopped the 21.48 service from continuing on its journey

  • Hereford United announce 13 signings for new season

    HEREFORD United have announced 13 signings for the new season:   GOALKEEPER   Sherdon Martinez Position: goalkeeper Former club: Bedworth United Date of birth: 19-3-1993 Age: 21.   DEFENDERS    Luis Morrison-Derbyshire

  • Council leader calls on Hereford Times to be more positive

    THE leader of Herefordshire Council has accused this paper of not supporting a company set-up by the council to save it money. A cabinet discussion yesterday about joint venture firm Hoople, which itself needs to find savings of more than £1 million