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  • BREDWARDINE & BROBURY SEPTEMBER ‘COFFEE, CAKE AND MARKET ’

    There will be a coffee morning in Bredwardine village hall on Friday, September 12th,  from 10:00 until midday.  This is a chance to meet up with old and new friends over coffee and cake.  Included in the market are a number of stalls selling fresh

  • FRIENDS OF ST ANDREWS: SEPTEMBER 100 CLUB DRAW

    The Friends of St Andrew 100 Club draw will take place on Thursday, September 4th at 8pm in the Red Lion Inn, which is serving a delicious curry buffet for anyone who wants to eat before the draw.  We look forward to seeing you at the event and good

  • NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN INFORMATION EVENING

    A public meeting will take place in Moccas Village Hall on Wednesday, September 10th at 7pm.  Issues raised by local residents in the June to August consultation period will be prioritized for inclusion in the forthcoming questionnaire and the agreement

  • Katie on track at Rhayader

    RHAYADER Motor Club will be hosting the Rhayader 2 Day Enduro (rounds 7 & 8 of the ACU Edmondson Racing British Enduro Championship) at their hillside track at St. Harmon this weekend.It’s been an eight-year gap since the club last staged a

  • 9-year-old Bromyard girl makes loom bands for charity

    AN ENTREPRENEURIAL nine-year-old ‘just wanted to make a difference’ by selling loom bands in Bromyard to raise money for a local children’s hospice.Anna-Mae Potter has been avidly making the bands all summer, with several Bromyard businesses

  • Hereford company near to completion of £15million contract

    A HEREFORD industrial firm is nearing completion of a multi-million pound project providing vital parts to the overseas oil industry.KGD Industrial Services secured a lucrative contract worth £15 million more than 18 months ago to supply centrifuge

  • Rare WW1 magazines handed in at Hereford charity shop

    A MAGAZINE series dating back to 1914, that chronicled the First World War in real-time, has been donated to a charity book store in Hereford. The rare volumes of The War Illustrated feature patriotic photographs, drawings and articles from the front

  • Johnson can play as well as write

    ROSS Golf Club's seniors midweek medal saw a victory for someone who is more accustomed to writing about winners than being one himself.Sunday Times columnist and 13-handicapper Martin Johnson fired a gross 76, nett 63 to capture both gross and nett

  • Renowned tenor adds support to Splash! appeal

    IN their 25th anniversary year, Herefordshire's community music charity The Music Pool is delighted to have secured the support of a major musical talent in the shape of tenor Ian Storey.Having spent more than half his singing career in Italy, Ian

  • Domestic violence support service goes out to tender

    THE support service coping with one of the county’s biggest crime issues is going out to tender. Herefordshire Council has drawn up new contractual specifications for the service currently provided by West Mercia Women’s Aid (WMWA) to those at

  • Positive rebirth of United

    What a glorious display of open football by United at Edgar Street in their opening match against St Neot's, despite the protests. Tommy Agombar even came up to the Merton Stand and shook hands with the supporters. The fans inside the ground

  • Wash-out confirms promotion for Burghill & Tillington

    THE wash-out of the entire Worcestershire County League programme brought a positive result for one Herefordshire club with Burghill & Tillington clinching promotion back to Division One even though their game at home to Oldswinford and Stourbridge

  • Lea engineering firm to hold open day for train lovers

    TRAIN enthusiasts from across the world are set to descend on a village near Ross-on-Wye next month.Alan Keef Ltd, a light railway engineer and locomotive building firm from Lea, will be opening its doors to the public from 11am on September 20.Last year

  • Fifth place for Brock after run chase

    BROCKHAMPON remain in fifth place in the Birmingham League Premier Division after a five-wicket win over Himley in a rain-reduced match.Basement club Himley got away to a good start after winning the toss with Worcestershire batsman Tom Kohler-Cadmore

  • Rob Purdie is new face of United In The Community programme

    UTILITY player Rob Purdie is sharing his knowledge and skills to coach teenage footballers on the United In The Community programme.The former Hereford United man, who is now playing for Tamworth, is now coaching the senior youth players on the training

  • Family thank Megan Baker House for helping their son

    THE family of a three-year-old boy who nearly died after being kicked by a horse have thanked a county charity for helping him on the road to recovery.Jobe Taylor-Davies was in a coma for three weeks following the accident that happened at his family&

  • Pressure on to cut hospital parking charges

    PRESSURE is mounting to cut parking charges slammed as a "sick tax" at Hereford County Hospital. The biggest barrier will be persuading the company managing the car parks to take less profit. But the hospital's Private Finance Initiative (PFI

  • Chadhani remains confident as season approaches its climax

    EASTNOR skipper Clive Chadhani remains confident that his side can stay out of danger in Division Two of the Birmingham League.The villagers lost at home to Leamington Spa on Saturday and then saw their visit to relegation-threatened Halesowen rained

  • Hereford centenarian always has a "smile for everyone"

    A HEREFORD woman described as having a "cheery word and smile for everyone" has celebrated turning 100.Born and brought up in the city on Brynwyn Terrace, Gladys Skinner was a student at Bluecoat School before she began working at the General

  • Wood's frustrating afternoon

    HEREFORD racer Lea Wood had to endure his most frustrating afternoon of the British Touring Car Championship season after the long trip to Knockhill in Scotland.Two collisions in the first race saw Wood limp across the line in 23rd place.There was plenty

  • Impressive Requiem premiere at Presteigne

    THIS year's daring and innovative Presteigne Festival mounted a lavish feast of recent Polish music, and the festival's concerts and talks were packed to the rafters with enthusiastic, appreciative audiences. Most music lovers might struggle to

  • Cut parking costs before it's too late

    I BELIEVE parking charges in Hereford are killing the city. A visit to Aylesbury Vale district prompts me to write to expose just how excessive Hereford’s charges are in the hope we can get some common sense applied. To park in the centre of

  • Cricket Scores

    BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT PREMIER LEAGUE Premier Division Himley 208 (T Kohler-Cadmore 70, B Smith 52 no, J Harris, J Whittaker 13 no, G Wright 13, S Wedge 12. C Boroughs 2-32) Brockhampton 122-5 (A Hewlett 37, B Stebbings 24, C Boroughs 16, N Powell

  • Kayakers found safe

    TWO kayakers have been found safe after a four hour search of the River Wye this morning. Emergency services located the pair on a stretch of the river near Bridge Sollars just after 7am. A woman called 999 at 2.40am to say she was “experiencing

  • Pegasus win again but Wellington beaten

    PEGASUS gained their second win in three West Midlands League Premier Division games with a 4-2 win over Bewdley. But Wellington suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten 4-2 at home by Dudley Sports. Pegasus bounced back

  • Thanks for making cancer unit a reality

    WE have breathed a sigh of relief – at last cancer patients from Herefordshire and Radnorshire are receiving radiotherapy treatment at Hereford County Hospital. Relief, as initially we were criticised by individual county councillors for 'irresponsibly

  • Charity event at new skate centre this weekend

    A FUN charity event is to take place at Hereford'snew skate centre on Sunday (August 31).The event, which takes place at The Core on Foley Trading Estate, features a laser tag session between 12pm and 4pm at £2.50 per person and a roller disco