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  • FOOTBALL: Kington stretch unbeaten run

    TOP dogs Kington Town stretched their impressive unbeaten run in Division Two to 15 games with a scrappy 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton United at Mill Street. Brian Dyer cleverly set up Dale Hodge to fire home the only goal of the game midway through

  • Latest bridge results

    Latest bridge results.Birches BC: Championship Pairs (1): 1 Janet Pugh & Esme Walker 63.89%, 2 Ed Bourne and Jane Russell 59.72, 3 Richard Cottam and Christine Peacock 55.09; Championship Pairs (2): 1 Ian and Lorna Nicol 67.05%, 2 Jean Mullan and Joan

  • A search for Easter treasure with the Gruffalo

    AN Easter treasure hunt organised by the committee members of Presteigne Little Peoples Playgroup and Day Care centre was held at the scout hut and Wents Meadow in Presteigne. Despite heavy showers and strong winds, many parents and their children

  • Egg-citing Easter celebrations at Riverside Primary School

    RIVERSIDE Primary School pupils wore a fine selection of bonnets for their Easter parade, which was followed by an Easter egg hunt. Pupils Henry, Diamond, Alice-Rose, Harry, Ella, Honey, Jack, Ethan, Oliwia, Alfie, Summer, Shay, Bluebell, Deiridas, Kirsty

  • Hereford BID project launched

    A PROJECT set to bring £1.5 million of investment to Hereford city centre has been launched today. Hereford BID (Business Improvement District) secured the backing of almost 200 city firms earlier this year when traders were asked whether they

  • Man avoids prison after punching reveller at city pub

    A MAN who punched a reveller at the Kerry in Hereford has avoided going to jail. Philip Berry, of Coldwells Road, Holmer, Hereford punched Keith Morgan while in the smoking area outside of the pub in Union Street. Hereford Crown Court heard

  • Golf results

    Latest golf results.Burghill Valley GC, Ladies Yellow Ball competition: 1 Jill Evans, Carol Freeman and Sheila Glinos: 71 pts (on cb), 2 Jean Brookes, Pauline Smith and Margaret Williams 71, 3 Jane Collins, Tina Lifely and Janey Vaughan 69 (on cb).Grove

  • Public meeting over "serious failings" by parish council

    DILWYN is to host a “clear the air” public meeting over the Audit Commission report that highlighted serious failings in the way its parish council conducted the purchase of a pub  as a community hub. The meeting is set for The Cedar Hall, Dilwyn

  • Minor injuries units to re-open after Easter

    THE Minor Injury Units at Leominster and Ross Community Hospitals will be back in action again from Tuesday (April 7). Both units were closed last month as staff were transferred over to ease the pressure on A&E at Hereford County Hospital

  • Man pleads guilty to dangerous driving

    A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in Hereford. Stephen Burgess of High Street, Ebbw Vale appeared at Hereford Crown Court today for an early guilty plea hearing. The court heard on December 29 last year he drove a silver

  • Breast cancer charity grateful for donation

    A FUEL and lubricants distributor has handed over a donation to a Hereford breast cancer charity.OJ Williams gave The Haven £300 to put towards the work it does offering emotional, physical and practical support to those with the illness.The charity,

  • We can be the clear county and the pioneering county

    FURTHER to my letter in the Hereford Times (Tourists Don't Want to see a Rubbish Dump, March 5), I wrote to the chief executive of Herefordshire Council, Alistair Neill. And to his credit, I received a very detailed response, but with no real solutions

  • Hammond lends a hand at Ledbury pottery studio

    TOP Gear's Richard Hammond lent a hand to St Michael's Hospice while visiting a Ledbury pottery painting studio at the weekend. Hammond, who lives in Weston under Penyard, near Ross-on-Wye, went into the Glazydayz studio in the Homend Trading Estate

  • Engage with the young

    WHILE we hear so much about this important general election for Brecon and Radnorshire and for the country, isn’t it time that our elected representatives, whoever they are or will be, start to listen to the views, opinions and feelings of young people

  • RUGBY: Jones chosen for Midlands squad

    LUcTONIANS star Tom Jones has been included in the Midlands Under-20 squad for the Divisional Festival in Leicestershire this weekend. The England Counties under-20 squad which will tour Hungary in June will be selected after the festival at Welbeck

  • March sale beats all records at Brecon sale room

    MCCARTNEYS auction of antiques and general furniture record sale was helped by two wonderful house clearances. These included several old and interesting items of oak furniture together with military memorabilia and a very interesting collection of 1970s

  • Success for Herefordshire runners

    THREE Herefordshire runners did themselves proud at the British Masters Cross Country Championship at Ruthin, North Wales, with one being crowned a British champion. Ady Whitwam, from Army and Morpeth Harriers Running Club, completed the 8k race in 28

  • Cash is not the solution to education

    ANNA Coda, the Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hereford and South Herefordshire,states that “the fairness of school league tables is largely a matter of opinion” (Tables don’t relate to needs of pupils, Letters, February 19). While