FOOD writer Prue Leith CBE took time out on her recent visit to Hereford to present the first winner of Herefordshire and Ludlow College's Cook Off competition with their trophy.Vicky Preece took the title after impressing judges with her pan-fried cod.As
MILITARY grade flares and a smoke grenade have been found bundled together in Haugh Wood. Police believe the haul was left behind after a military or cadet exercise. The haul – a number of flares and a single smoke grenade – was found by a
A “WEALTH of experience” is worth £500 a day - over 36 days a year - to the new head of Herefordshire Safeguarding Children Board (HSCB) who will be shared with two other counties. Sally Halls, currently chair of the Shropshire Safeguarding Children
A YOUNG girl was grabbed from behind as she walked home from a Hereford park just weeks after police said another attempt was made to abduct a child in the county. Police are again investigating after 12-year-old Sasha Miles was pulled on the arm
A GLIMPSE into the county's milling heritage is on offer next month. Sixteen old mills in Herefordshire are taking part in National Mills Weekend over the weekend of May 9 and 10. They range from an 18th century timber-framed mill at Eastnor
ON Saturday, Kingsland hosts the latest in its diverse programme of live events and activities organised by local charity SMAAAK, the (Friends of) St Michael & All Angels Kingsland, as jazz sensation Sue Richardson comes to Kingsland Coronation Hall.Since
A ROOKIE touring car driver based in Hereford carded a top 20 finish during a race at Donington Park.Stewart Lines finished 17th in the MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) meeting last weekend.The placing was a boost to his team - St Owen Street-based
HEREFORD Football Club's first ever manager says he has a "dream team" of players he would like to bring on board. Peter Beadle has returned to Edgar Street having been appointed manager of the fledgling club following a selection process lasting
HEREFORD may have missed out on a play-off place the previous weekend but they finished their season in style with victory over Stoke.The Wyeside club rounded off their Midlands 1 West campaign with a 33-20 victory to finish in third place, behind Newport
BROMYARD cricket club hope to grasp the forthcoming season with both hands having been given a relegation reprieve during the winter.The Flaggoners Green club looked set to drop out of Division One of the Worcestershire County League after finishing last-but-one
THE story of a vicar who braved violence in the Middle East to spread a message of reconciliation will be told at an event in Leominster. Canon Andrew White has spent time at St George's Church in Baghdad, where a multi-faith clinic offers health
A LEOMINSTER woman who found a cat with a wound along its side believed it was hurt by a garden strimmer. Sarah Cole, who lives in Sandpits, noticed that a little black cat, which kept visiting her garden, was badly injured. After a week she
WITH reference to Sue Duncalf’s letter on proposed car parking charges at Queenswood (Queenswood cafe threat, Letters, March 12), may I correct a couple of issues? My late wife and I ran the cafe from 1985 until 2002 and the first charge was introduced
OUR NHS is the bedrock of our welfare state and is rightly admired around the world. However, under this government and the previous Labour administration it has been starved of public funding, seen cuts to services and wages, and had its more
ALL of us, over the course of our lives, have had reason to be truly thankful to the NHS. We all agree we must be able to access its help on the basis of need, not ability to pay. So why the problems? Endless re-organisations since the
WE now have 9,000 more doctors, 7,000 more nurses and 2,000 more midwives in our NHS. We also have 19,000 fewer administrators, including nearly 7,000 fewer managers. Conservatives want to protect and improve the NHS, but we know that you can only
HEALTHCARE in Herefordshire has been a huge priority for me as MP. It will continue to be if I am re-elected. I called my very first debate in Parliament in 2010 on car parking charges at Hereford Hospital. That led me to look at the cost of private
THERE is only one party that can fund the NHS for the next five years and has the only practical solutions to funding the next 25 years of free service to the people of Britain and that is UKIP. Why? Because UKIP will stop the privatisation of
IN 1945 Labour had the vision to create the NHS: a universal taxpayer-funded service free at the point of use. Those values are as relevant today as they were 70 years ago, but they are under threat. Herefordshire residents know that the NHS
FOR months the news has been full of examples of hospitals and GP services failing their targets. Hereford hospital has been placed in ‘special measures’ and declared internal incidents. With too few beds it can’t meet targets on four-hour A&
UKIP will ensure the NHS is free at the point of delivery. UKIP will stop NHS privatisation. UKIP will put an extra £3 billion per year into clinical requirements and will ensure that visitors to the UK, and migrants until they have paid NI for five
HEREFORDSHIRE has two main issues with health. The first is a hospital that was built to replace the County, the General and the Eye Hospital but did not have enough beds. This continues to lead to unsafe numbers of patients needing to be admitted
THE NHS is the biggest issue for most people in this general election. Every day I hear stories of wonderful dedicated care, but sadly also reports of cancelled operations and lengthy waiting lists. Recently a friend’s husband had to wait 12 hours
A TOWN’S “last piece of green land” must be preserved, angry residents urged councillors at a planning meeting. Harpers Group Construction Ltd is asking for permission to build 35 new homes on land off Westcroft in Leominster. The pitch is
A BET between three brothers saw the Paris marathon run. Jason Williams promised siblings Aaron and Christian that he could complete a 26-mile run during a pub debate two years ago. And, after many training laps around Hereford streets surrounding
HEREFORD County Hospital’s special care baby unit (SCBU) has £10,000 worth of new equipment, and the feeling is bliss. The extra breast pumps, new privacy screens, and special parent-baby contact chairs have all been provided by Bliss, the charity
I WRITE with regard to the Hereford Times article on April 2 about the unsympathetic council sign which has been placed outside the BP garage in Edgar Street, heralding the Hereford city link road. It announces work will begin in spring 2015 “delivering
Aymestrey and Leinthall Earls MORTIMERS CROSS FUN QUIZ - Come and test your brain cells on Wednesday, 6.30pm for 7pm start, at the Mortimers Cross Inn, £3 per person, teams of four or less. Bishop’s Frome COFFEE MORNING - There will be
A MAN in his 60s was airlifted to hospital after he was thrown backwards off the horse he was riding. The horse briefly landed on top of him and he was treated for suspected fractured ribs. The ambulance service was called to the A4110 in Mortimer's Cross
THE county has found new nurses from far and wide – now it’s the turn of those close to home. On Saturday, Wye Valley NHS Trust hosted one of its biggest recruitment events to tempt qualified nurses, leavers looking to come back and those wanting
A FIRE crew from Bromyard rescued a child who was locked inside a car yesterday evening. One crew went to New Road in Bromyard at 7.10pm to release the child from a car. There were no further details available.
THE county's stand-out young musicians delighted an audience in St Marys Church Ross with a rousing night of music. Herefordshire Youth Orchestra was playing its first concert in the town and reverberated the rafters with the huge sound of Wagner
THE county's stand-out young musicians delighted an audience in St Marys Church Ross with rousing night of music. Herefordshire Youth Orchestra was playing its first concert in the town and reverberated the rafters with the huge sound of Wagner
THURSDAY, APRIL 23 FOOTBALL MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE Premier Division Continental Star v Westfields SATURDAY, APRIL 25 MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE Premier Division Westfields v Loughborough Uni WEST MIDLANDS (REGIONAL
WHEN the new owners of a village pub decided to get the inn’s sign repainted they never would have guessed they would stumble across the artist who did it 29 years earlier. Anna and Trevor Woolnough bought The Angel in Grosmont after searching the length
Latest bridge results.Lyonshall Charity BC, N/S : 1 Liz Thorneycroft and Sue Thompson 61.46%, 2 Cary Goode and Caroline Weymouth 55.56, 3 Roger Evans and Liz Lythall 52.78; E/W : 1= Peter Friend and Jen Atkins, Sue Powell and Sue Davies 60.71, 3 Linda
HAVE you ever wondered how and why church bells are rung? Now is your chance! There will be a bell ringing demonstration and exhibition today, St George's Day, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm at St George's Church in Woolhope. You will be able to see the bells
