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My legs were shaking like a leaf

 High flier: Suzanne McGowan makes her tandem skydive.

1:00pm Saturday 14th June 2008

THE sky was the limit for a Hereford charity worker who took a leap into the unknown to raise funds.

Council reassures residents over fuel dispute

11:30am Saturday 14th June 2008

SERVICES including waste collection and recycling will not be affected by the current fuel dispute.

Bag find leads to caution for teens

9:57am Saturday 14th June 2008

FIVE Ledbury teenagers have been cautioned for spraying graffiti around the town following a chance discovery by a member of the public.

Help NHS to celebrate its milestone

9:54am Saturday 14th June 2008

The NHS will be 60 years old this year and an SOS has gone out to the people of Herefordshire to help celebrate it.

Enterprise park is open for business

Ian Edwards (centre) from Advantage West Midlands, pictured with Melanie Gawthorpe and Tom Stokes, of Evans Easyspace, outside Leominster's new Rural Enterprise Centre.

9:50am Saturday 14th June 2008

A RURAL Enterprise Centre with the capacity to house 22 businesses and create 100 jobs has opened in Leominster.

Cadets complete lifesaving programme

9:00am Saturday 14th June 2008

A GROUP of north Herefordshire cadets have completed a lifesaving training programme.

Full day of festival fun

9:00am Saturday 14th June 2008

RESIDENTS can enjoy a full day of entertainment today at Kington Festival events around the town.

Edgar Street Grid must heal city scar

8:00am Saturday 14th June 2008

THE future for Hereford’s £200 million Edgar Street Grid (ESG) project hinges on healing the city’s “scar”.

Goggles’ great escape

 Goggles the Jack Russell with his owner Suzy Bengry. 082314-3. Picture by James Maggs.

5:06pm Friday 13th June 2008

THEY say cats have nine lives but there appears to be life left in one lucky old dog after an accident on a Herefordshire road.

Animal rights activist jailed

5:03pm Friday 13th June 2008

Animal activists target a Herefordshire based researchlaboratory.

Barn dance in aid of village school fund

3:00pm Friday 13th June 2008

RESIDENTS in the King’s Caple area are invited to a barn dance tomorrow in aid of the village’s school.

Flowers to help pay for church improvements

9:00am Friday 13th June 2008

A FLOWER festival and concert will help pay for improvements to a north Herefordshire church. Orleton’s Celebration of Flowers, which is being held at St George’s Church, is entitled ‘Who Put the Colours in the Rainbow?’

River trip pupils remember classmate

9:00am Friday 13th June 2008

NEARLY 20 teenagers will canoe 100km down the River Wye this weekend in memory of a Herefordshire youngster.

Kitchen fire in Leominster

8:38am Friday 13th June 2008

FIRE crews were called to a flat in Leominster yesterday after reports of smoke in the kitchen.

Stabbed soldier saved his own life

8:00am Friday 13th June 2008

A SOLDIER who survived a frontline tour of Afghanistan nearly died on his first visit to Hereford when he was stabbed in what a judge called “a bloodbath”.


National News

Johnson's deputy mayor resigns post

Ray Lewis has resigned his post as Deputy London Mayor

Updated 10:03pm Friday 4th July 2008

Deputy London Mayor Ray Lewis has resigned amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour and financial irregularities, he announced.


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