LABOUR'S campaign for a North Herefordshire seat was launched at an event attended by former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith this week.Ms Smith – who was the first female Home Secretary – spoke at Leominster Community Centre on Saturday as Labour's Sally
A PEDESTRIAN sustained minor injuries after being involved in a collision with a car on the A44 in the early hours of Saturday morning. At around 2.45am, the male pedestrian tried to flag down a vehicle which was travelling from Kington in the
WITH non-urgent operations cancelled, theatre staff at Hereford County Hospital (HCH) will be working emergencies over Easter. GPs are offering an wider service to ease expected pressure on A&E over the break with 12 surgeries staying open
RAIL services on one line through the county were delayed yesterday after reports that a person had been hit by a train. British Transport Police (BTP) were called to Abergavenny Railway Station at 3pm and found a man near the railway line.
A QUAD bike was stolen from an outbuilding in Broad Oak last week. Between 6pm on March 25 and 8am on March 26 the bike was stolen from outbuildings which were 75 metres from the owner's home.Two trailers were pushed out of the way to gain access to the
I WOULD just like to say thank you to the lady in the red car with the little dog that called the fire brigade to the hedge fire in Holme Lacy Road on Sunday, and all the help from neighbours and public. SUSAN ADAMS, Holme Lacy Road, Hereford
IN response to Shirley Symonds’ letter (Badger pest, March 12) asking for ways to deter badgers, I had the same problem in my garden several years ago. I was advised by an elderly gardener to ask my husband, sons and any male visitor to urinate
A PARISH council has been cited for “serious failings” in its governance and procedures over the purchase of a village pub as a community hub. The Audit Commission (AC) says £34,689 spent on the refurbishment of the pub by Dilwyn parish council
NATURE detectives are being called upon to help discover where wild daffodils grow in one Herefordshire beauty spot.Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and the Wye Valley AONB Partnership are working together to record habitats in the Woolhope Dome area this
BROTHERS Jago, Wesley and Hiram Squires enjoy bandaging the teddy competition, when the Messy Church theme was 'The Good Samaritan'.Messy Church meets monthly at New Radnor village hall on a Saturday morning. Games, crafts, stories and singing followed
THE reception children from Withington Primary visited Anwells Farm in Much Marcle last week. They spent the afternoon being farmers alongside Farmer Powell the owner of the farm. They heard all about his day and the jobs he carries out. They then
IT'S easy to forget, as we go about our daily business, the hundreds of people who have walked the streets of Herefordshire long before us.But one market town is set to go back in time for one weekend this summer when it hosts its medieval pageant.Leominster
DRIVING from Hereford to Brimfield last Sunday I was horrified and disgusted at the amount of litter along the A49. The scene resembled that of a Third World country. Herefordshire used to be a beautiful county that we were proud to live in. I
AFTER a very successful launch on Saturday the Green Tea Party art and craft online auction is now live.Over 30 local artists and craftspeople have offered items to help raise funds for the North Herefordshire Green Party so it can play a full part in
A LEOMINSTER woman is taking on a 60-mile trek in China, inspired by her grandmother. In September Suzanne Platford, 24, is taking part in Britain V Cancer Great Wall of China Trek- a nine-day challenge covering 60 miles.She is raising money for the Lymphoma
Weekend football results.MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Premier Division: Walsall Wood 2 Westfields 0.WEST MIDLANDS (REGIONAL) LEAGUE, Premier Division: Pegasus Juniors 3 Dudley Town 2, Wellington 0 Wolverhampton Sporting Community 1.Division 1: Bromyard Town
TO ready fans for this year's Rugby World Cup the competition's trophy is coming to Hereford during a 100 day tour. On July 18 the Webb Ellis Cup will visit Hereford Cathedral during the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour, which starts on June 10.The tour will
AN open day at Hereford's Community Farm will feature craft activities from the Big Skill. Set up to preserve rural skills, provide demonstrations and hands-on rural crafts activities, the company will be at the Breinton-based Hereford Community
FIRE crews put out two fires in the open over the weekend.A crew from Ross-on-Wye damped down a garden fire at the Claytons, in Bridstow, at around 3pm on Friday. They also checked for hot spots. Meanwhile, firefighters from Bromyard used a hose reel
AN open garden event in North Herefordshire will raise funds for cancer charities.The event, at the Walled Garden at Knill, between Kington and Presteigne, will be open on Easter Monday (April 6) between 2pm and 5pm under the National Gardens Scheme (
A TORTOISE has gone missing from an address in Hereford. The slow moving creature was reported missing from a property in Hinton Crescent, South Wye, yesterday morning.
THE deadline is approaching to submit entries in this year's Leominster Festival writing competition.With the theme 'Lurid Leominster', the festival is set to celebrate the town's colourful past between May 30 and June 7.And writers, young and old, are
HEREFORD Tae Kwon Do Club earned 16 medals at a recent Welsh championship event, including five golds.The club entered nine competitors into the invitational contest in Caerleon, South Wales, which included current national, European and world champions
A FUNDING boost will be used on a major revamp at Ewyas Harold Recreation Ground in a bid to improve participation in grassroots sport in Herefordshire.Ewyas Harold Group Parish Council has secured a £96,822 grant from the Premier League and the FA Facilities
A HEREFORD primary school is still in need of improvement, an inspection team has found. St Martin’s Primary School was visited by Ofsted last month with inspectors concluding changes to the curriculum have taken too long to have an effect on pupils
I WOULD like to thank the Hereford Civic Society for organising several hustings meetings at the Kindle Centre. These events have enabled the public to ask questions on a variety of subjects. I have attended three and it is clear that our political
THE police force covering Herefordshire has defended its policy of stopping and searching children. Media reports last week suggest West Mercia Police has used stop and search powers on more than 1,300 children over the past two years – including
