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  • Form the Wye Players to the West End stage

    NICK Asbury, whose theatrical life began in Hereford, has recently joined the cast of the hit West End show, Shakespeare in Love at the Noel Coward Theatre.Having been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and part of the groundbreaking ‘crazy, wonderful

  • Rugby round-up: Luctonians lose, but Hereford win

    LUCTONIANS will realisically have to beat bottom club Stockport next week if they want to stay in National League 2 North after they went down 32-6 to Broadstreet this afternoon. The Kingsland side are five points from safety, but they do have

  • Last post for Major Stan who served at home and abroad

    HEREFORDSHIRE has lost one of its oldest residents with the death of Major Stanley George Goodman. The old soldier from Lyonshall took his final salute at Hereford Crematorium last Saturday following a long battle with ill health. The major

  • Pub stop leads to driving ban

    A HEREFORD man who popped into a pub for a drink after walking his dog has been banned from driving for 12 months. Graham Morris, 66, of Campbell Close, Saxon Gate, had driven to Withington to walk his dog, when he went into the Cross Keys Inn.Hereford

  • Talent lines up for second OMG competition

    OMG Herefordshire is back and ready to showcase the best of the county’s young musicians at the county's leg of the region-wide OMG Live competition at The Courtyard.The line-up promises a lively mix of singers, rappers and instrumentalists, with eight

  • Paying tribute to the little sparrow

    EVE Loiseau’s extraordinary tribute to Edith Piaf comes to The Courtyard on Friday, February 6.Edith Piaf has become synonymous with French cabaret of the 1940s and 50s and remains France’s most popular singer. From her dramatic rise from Paris street

  • Make an impression

    LEARN a new skill at the Sidney Nolan Trust by attending one of their popular printing workshops to learn traditional and contemporary methods of making fine art prints. Aimed at adults, no previous printmaking experience, or indeed great artistic skill

  • Leominster man ordered to pay compensation for window damage

    A MAN who punched a tourist information office window in Leominster has been ordered to pay £200 compensation.Hereford Magistrates Court heard Paul Wall, from Ridgemoor Road, Leominster, caused damage totalling £1,022 last July. Lesley Ashton said CCTV

  • I feel quite chastened

    IN reply to Chris Grover (IAM and the A49, Letters, January 15), I do not recall claiming the council had any control over the A49. This is not to say they ought not act as our advocate with higher powers. It is not that I am uncertain as to the

  • Hereford - the good, bad and the ugly

     I WONDER whether the ongoing story of Hereford has, in fact, become a ‘Tale of Three Cities’, the good, the bad and the ugly? First of all, the good: the magnificent cathedral, the Castle Green, the Courtyard theatre, and of course the generous

  • NHS saved my life

    I’VE added my support, via the Hereford Times online poll, for continued public ownership of the NHS. Recently, I had a serious health scare following a scan at Hereford County Hospital. It would have ruined my family’s Christmas and new year,

  • NHS saved my life

    I’VE added my support, via the Hereford Times online poll, for continued public ownership of the NHS. Recently, I had a serious health scare following a scan at Hereford County Hospital. It would have ruined my family’s Christmas and new year,

  • CROSS COUNTRY: Davies and Gilbert extend winning sequence

    TIM Davies and Heulwen Gilbert once again came out on top in the latest Herefordshire Cross Country League race. In the absence of reigning Hereford Couriers champion Eliot Taylor, who is still recovering from an ankle injury, Maldwyn Harriers'

  • Middleton-on-the-Hill - a thankful village...

    THE Hereford Times report on the work to maintain the church at Middleton-on-the-Hill reminds me of an unusual war memorial in the church grounds. It commemorates the safe return of all the men of the parish who fought in the two world wars. Middleton

  • HOCKEY: Leominster win extends unbeaten run

    LEOMINSTER remain unbeaten in 2015 following a 2-1 win against Devizes in Davis Wood Hockey League Conference North.They took the lead with a brilliant team goal that saw Dave Harvey cross to Matt Duggan to fire home.Leominster were relatively untroubled

  • Not just for couples

    AS Valentine's Day approaches, celebration house Dewsall Court invites guests to rebel against convention and join them for a Valentine’s Supper Club with a difference. Dewsall has for a long time been a place that brings people together for those special

  • HOCKEY: Rogers hat-trick secures Hereford win

    ERICA Rogers grabbed a hat-trick as Hereford Ladies smashed Marlborough 5-2 in West Women's Hockey League Premier Division 2A.Goalkeeper Simone Quinn returned from injury and proved to be vital to the team's success, with a number of match-winning saves.Hereford