NEWLY-created life peer Lord Fox of Leominster paid a visit to the place where his political career began last week.

Lord (Christopher) Fox, who was introduced to the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat peer last September, visited several sites around Leominster with Jeanie Falconer, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire.

Lord Fox said: "This is a real walk down memory lane for me. I went to school here and still have family members in the area. I started political campaigning in Leominster, so when I was named in the New Year's Honours List it was the obvious choice for my title".

Lord Fox then travelled on to Hereford where he joined Hereford candidate Lucy Hurds and local members who were campaigning in High Town.