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  • Chance to learn a new skill

    LEARN a range of jewellery making techniques with Sara Withers, who designs and makes jewellery with a range of beads. Sara is also the author of The Encyclopedia of Wire Jewellery Techniques, and she will be sharing some of them with participants in

  • HEARTSTART TRAINING IN BREDWARDINE

    Would you know what to do if someone close to you suffered a life-threatening accident or illness?  If not perhaps you should consider attending the Heartstart training evening at Bredwardine village hall from 7pm to 9pm on Tuesday, March 17th.  You

  • BREDWARDINE & BROBURY ‘COFFEE, CAKE AND MARKET ’

    You are invited to our very popular coffee morning in Bredwardine village hall on Friday, February 13th .  Drop in any time between 10:00 and midday, for a great opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new ones over fresh coffee and home-baked

  • FRIENDS OF ST ANDREW’S: FEBRUARY 100 CLUB DRAW

    The Friends of St Andrew’s 100 Club draw will take place on Thursday, February 5th   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

  • Sax appeal at jazz night

    WELL-known tenor sax player Mark Brown will be playing at The Old Black Lion in Hay-on-Wye tomorrow night alongside Simon Deeley on piano and Dayne Cranenburgh on bass.Black Lion Jazz is an every Friday event but on the last Friday of the month a special

  • Bus issues set to be aired at talk in Leominster

    A PUBLIC meeting in Leominster will discuss the future for the town and surrounding area’s buses. It takes place at 7pm on Tuesday at the Royal Oak and will give people a chance to ask questions about the future of public transportprovision.

  • Balance of order and chaos

    A NEW exhibition, Dangerous Crocodile Snogging, by artist Matt Clarke opens at The Courtyard tomorrow.The exhibition, the title of which is taken from the name of a climbing route in the Peak District, features paintings which have developed from Matt

  • MP denies Commons film crew complaint

    A HEREFORDSHIRE MP has denied complaining about a television crew filming in the House of Commons. Conservative Bill Wiggin said reports he moaned to Commons Speaker John Bercow about the presence of the BBC crew are "Guardian rubbish". The

  • Making light work

    THE unique exhibition at Croft Castle, In Another Light, presents two exciting new events as Winter turns to Spring.Following a break this month, the atmospheric castle is the setting for two special evenings, the first on Saturday, February 21 when artist

  • Boxer set to turn professional

    A FORMER Wye Police Amateur Boxing Club member is set to turn professional next month.Craig Morris, who at one stage fought on the same bill as Hereford’s Darren ‘Dazzo’ Williams, has quickly gained a reputation in the ring, becoming a multiple West Midlands

  • Bookseller and debut author tours country's bookshops

    AUSTRALIAN bestseller, Brooke Davis will be taking a road trip around the country, working in bookshops far and wide, as she becomes Hutchinson’s ‘Wandering Bookseller’ for 10 days. As a former bookseller in her native Australia, Brooke will be

  • Cattle trapped after lorry overturns

    A LORRY carrying 39 cows and bulls has overturned near Leominster. Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue was called to the A44 near Steensbridge at around 10am to reports an HGV carrying cattle had overturned. The A44 Worcester Road is closed

  • Big Match stats: Hereford RFC 29 Silhillians RFC 10

    Hereford: Goodall; Milsom, Ewins, Pudge, Day; Powell, Chandler; Lowther, Jordan, Welch, Bullock, McColl, Duncan, Slater, Harris.Replacements: Thomas, Swanson, Parsons.Silhillians: M Lee; Powell, Winter, Beech, Clarke; Law, T Lee; Bacon, Howard, O'Leary

  • BIG MATCH: Latest on Hereford RFC's plans for new home

    HEREFORD Rugby Club secretary Malcolm Harris says he is hopeful architectural plans can start soon for the club's new home.The Wyesiders are set to move to a state-of-the-art site in Hampton Bishop that, they hope, will put them on the map.The plans are

  • The inspector calls

    A BRAND new production of Gogol's The Government Inspector is brought to The Courtyard on Saturday by Flintlock Theatre Company, a revival of their first ever show."We picked it at the time," explains director Anna Glynn, "because we were

  • Roy Harper's trial hears evidence from Californian actress

    A California-based film actress has given evidence in defence of her ex-partner, folk singer Roy Harper, who is facing a sex trial at Worcester Crown Court. Verna Gindoff spoke via video link from Santa Barbara, painting a picture of the busy,

  • FOOTBALL: Holme Lacy earn another HT team of the week prize

    HOLME lacy have bagged back-to-back team of the week prizes following another excellent performance.Stuart Mills was again on the mark as his hat-trick secured a 7-0 win against nine-man Woofferton in Hereford Times Herefordshire Football League Division

  • Golfers give wedge to Megan Baker House

    LOCAL charity Megan Baker House had a visit from Leominster golf club ladies' team recently. The players presented the cause with a cheque for £2,050. The Grove 2014 ladies' captain Gina Whyke thanked everyone who contributed to the club's

  • Care home will have a hotel-feel

    OWNERS of a care home in Ross said it will now combine the best practice of elderly care with expertise from the hotels and service sector. Ross Court Care Homes in Over Ross Close will have a new approach to care under a new brand name- brighterkind.

  • Football results

    Football results for the Hereford Times region.MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Premier Division: Westfields 2 Coventry Sphinx 2.WEST MIDLANDS FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Premier Division: Wolverhampton Casuals 0 Wellington.Division 1: Bartestree 5 Wyrley 5, Hereford Lads

  • Hope charity launches online service at House of Commons

    LOCAL charity Hope Support Services headed to the bright lights of the capital to launch its national online service.Quietly running for the last two years, the online service uses Facebook and Skype to support young people when a family member is diagnosed

  • FOOTBALL: Wellington left to rue string of missed chances

    WELLINGTON were left to rue a string of missed second half chances as they came away from their mid-table West Midlands (Regional) Premier division encounter against Wolverhampton Casuals with a goalless draw.Chances were few and far between in the first

  • Former WWE star Gangrel competes in Hereford

    A FORMER World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star said it was a privilege to perform in Hereford.David Heath, known to grappling fans as Gangrel, topped the bill at a packed Ironfist Wrestling show at the Richmond Club last Saturday.The 45-year-old, who

  • Update: Two car crash near Ross-on-Wye

    ONE person has been taken to hospital following a two car crash near Ross-on-Wye this morning. The accident happened on the B4224 at How Caple about 7.45am. West Midlands Ambulance Service say the driver of one of the cars, a man in his 30s

  • Firms aiming to acquire that diamond sparkle

    THE best businesses in Herefordshire have a chance to step into the spotlight as the 2015 Diamond County Awards are launched. The awards, developed by the late Herefordshire Council chairman Councillor Olwyn Barnett, will celebrate the county’s

  • Support grows to keep city pub open

    ANOTHER nail could be hammered into the coffin of Hereford's pub trade as plans to close a popular city drinking hole are revealed. The owners of The Broadleys want to turn the pub into a convenience store saying it would be the best use for the

  • Board and bike centre to open in Tillington

    A BOARD and bike park is due to be opened in Tillington.The venture will be unveiled at Court Farm Leisure Park in April, which the organisers say, will open up whole new world of mountain boarding and mountain biking.It is the brainchild of Tom Donaldson

  • Pair of contrasting musical evenings

    THE Courtyard presents two great nights of music tonight and tomorrow, with Let’s Hang On - The Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons tonight and The entrancing music of Eva Cassidy is celebrated in Songbird tomorrow.Let’s Hang On is a musical journey