A LEDBURY teenager has been recognised for her dedication in working with young people. Former John Masefield High School pupil Laura Adams was presented with this year's Young Person Community Service Award by Ledbury Rotary Club for nearly five years
HUNDREDS of pairs of knickers, tiaras and T-shirts were stolen in a break-in at the Hop Pocket craft centre near Bishop's Frome. They included 80 plastic sparkly tiaras worth £320 and 350 pairs of women's Bond knickers emblazoned with coloured lettering
A UNIQUE problem not recorded in any medical literature proved fatal for a Ledbury pensioner, an inquest heard. Doctors who treated Lionel Bramley had never seen the type of peptic ulceration of the aorta that caused cardiac arrest two week after surgery
HOUSEHOLDERS in Newent, Dymock and the surrounding areas are facing an increase of 6.8 per cent in their council tax demand from Gloucestershire County Council. The county council's precept constitutes the largest part of the bill and its budget will
LEDBURY mayor Keith Francis will be joining police on the beat in the town tomorrow night (Saturday). Coun Francis and Inspector Sue Thomas will walking around the town from 9pm to 2am, to see how Insp Thomas' new initiative to put more police on Ledbury's
AN unusual exhibition highlighting the differences between Britain and Iran is being staged in Ledbury. Fromes Hill resident Richard Booth is behind the display of photographs by his brother Bob, who has spent the last ten months working in Tehran, the
A SHIRT signed by three members of England's World Cup-winning rugby squad is up for grabs. Ann Cam CE Primary School, in Dymock, is raffling off the Gloucester Rugby Club shirt at its Christmas fair tonight (Friday). The shirt was signed by the whole
BILL Wiggin, MP for Leominster and shadow Welsh secretary, will be in Ledbury meeting members of the public today (Friday). He will be at a Christmas fair, being held by the Ledbury branch of the Leominster Conservative Association at the Burgage Hall
A RACE night organised by Ledbury Rotary Club last month raised £1,125. Ledbury president Andrew Perry presented a cheque to the national Rotary president Brian Stoyel in Pengethley on Friday (December 5). The money will be used to help fight malaria
A new porch will be erected shortly at the Beauchamps Arms in Dymock, which is owned by the local community. An electricity survey will also be carried out and new locks fitted to windows and doors to improve security at the pub.
An unpleasant smell of sewage at Western Way, Dymock, has been reported to the parish council. Work on site appears to have sorted out the problem but parish clerk Jenny Thick said any further occurrences should be reported to her on 01684 890453.
A fundraising drive to renovate the organ at St John the Baptist Church, Eastnor, is just £500 short of its target. Work on the £38,000 restoration will start in October next year and should take around take three months. The appeal received a boost in
Police are warning Ledbury people to beware of bogus callers after two men posing as sewerage workers tricked their way into an elderly woman's home. The incident happened at around 3.30pm on Thursday, December 4, at a house in Elmsdale Road. The men,
Ledbury experienced just four nights of frosty weather in November, with the majority of the month being unseasonably warm. Albert Road weatherwatcher Norman Selkirk said total rainfall for the year to the end of November was 423.4mm, well below normal
SWIFTS travelled to Fownhope to play their last game before the Christmas break, and though they secured both points, still left wondering how they didn't win this game by a bigger margin. FOWNHOPE U12s 2, LEDBURY SWIFTS U12s 4 The first half was completely
THE Soccer Site Division Two saw the fightback of the day at Madresfield where the third-placed side hosted fourth-placed Cross Keys. At 5-2 in the 70th minute it appeared Madresfield would be making one of their games in hand pay to move within touching
VANDALS have ruined an area of public land in Bromyard by driving a car across it. The car was driven across the lawn next to the Public Hall at around 2am on Sunday, churning up and flattening plants and flowers in a succession of handbrake turns and
A BROMYARD animal sanctuary has come up with a sponsor-a-goat scheme as an alternative Christmas present for animal lovers. For £5, people can sponsor any one of 31 goats at The Goatsgalore Animal Sanctuary, which they can then rename if they want. Jill
A SIX-GAME losing streak was ended by Ledbury with a Midlands West Three South victory against a powerful Leamington side at Ross Road. LEDBURY 20pts, LEAMINGTON 17pts Ledbury started the game full of passion and purpose with No 8 Tom Isles making a cracking
FOUR members from the Bank Crescent-based Ledbury Bowling Club dominated the finals at the Herefordshire County Bowling Championships held at Leominster earlier in the year by winning three out of the four finals. In a year to remember, they then went
BROMYARD, already missing a number of regular players, were further hampered just after the hour mark when goalkeeper Adie Hipkiss was dismissed for arguing with the officials. NEWPORT TOWN 1, BROMYARD TOWN 1 At the time they were level at 1-1, but Newport
THE Elms School, Colwall U11 A Girls hockey team finished the autumn term on a high by lifting the Herefordshire U11 County mini-hockey title held at Leominster last weekend. After four victories, without conceding a single goal in the group stages, a
MARCHES BRIDGE FOR ALL BC Friday Pairs: 1 Val Bird and Dick Hayes 63, 2 Gill Dowden and Sarah Green 61, 3 Rex Shutler and Vicki Archard 59. Teams Ladder Final Round: 1 Mariella Hayward-Cook, Shelagh Watts, Elizabeth Dinnen and James Geary +53, 2 Jeff
SATURDAY FOOTBALL WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Dudley Town v Malvern Town, Brierley & Hagley v Ledbury Town, Coseley Town v Bromyard Town. Division One South: Malvern Town Reserves v Malvern Rangers, Ledbury Town Reserves v Cradley Town
LEDBURY U14s played host to Cinderford U14s at Ross Road on Saturday. LEDBURY U14S 25pts, CINDERFORD U14S 5pts This special match was organised as a forerunner to the VP's lunch and the first team league game against Leamington. Ledbury won the toss and
A NEWENT nursery and garden centre is set to expand as business is booming. Roses Country Fayre, on Ledbury Road, has submitted a planning application for extensions to the existing shop and the addition of new car parking facilities. Barbara Rose, who
THE people of Newent marked the start of the festive season proper with the turning on of the new Christmas lights. Newent resident and guest of honour Megan Brindley, aged eight, turned on the lights on Friday in front of a large crowd. Megan suffers
A MOVE to refurbish play facilities at the Recreation Ground in Watery Lane, Newent, have taken a step forward. Representatives of Newent Town Council have visited a firm in Redditch to examine a 'play wall' which has been proposed for the site, replacing
NO objections will be raised to three planning applications discussed by Newent Town Council at its meeting on Monday night. The council discussed plans for alterations and extensions to Severn Acre End, The Scarr, to Commonfield Cottage, Boulsdon Lane
A TEENAGER died and two people were injured in a crash at an accident blackspot near Ledbury. Seventeen-year-old Emma Hole, from Hartpury, died at the scene after her Citroen Saxo was in collision with a Renault Clio on the A417 at Parkway. The two occupants
CHILDREN from Ledbury Primary School are preparing to stage a musical interpretation of the Christmas story. More than 200 pupils are taking part in Witness, which tells the story of the birth of Christ through the eyes of those who were there. The piece
SUPPORT is growing for a campaign to improve train services through Ledbury and Malvern. Organiser Jackie Carey, of Malvern, experienced more problems when she tried to get from Hereford to Malvern Link last Thursday, December 4. Three trains in a row
POLICE and traders have launched a new radio scheme designed to stop shoplifters in Ledbury. A one-month trial of the Ledbury Radio Link kicked off in the town this week, with between 15 and 20 shops taking part. If successful, it could be expanded over
A VOLUNTEER who has retired from Ledbury Heritage Centre says his experience taught him about the town's fascinating history. Jim Cagill, 82, has stepped down after 15 years of helping out at the Church Lane centre. To show their gratitude, Herefordshire
A MAN has appeared before Gloucester magistrates accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of Newent's Amanda Hyett. Jason O'Brien, 32, of Whitegates, Quarry Lane, Gorsley, did not enter a plea to the charge when he made his first appearance on
NEWENT Orchestral Society is gearing up for a festive celebration of music with the Cotswold Singers. The two groups will be joining forces in a Christmas concert at Newent Memorial Hall. The orchestra will be performing a mixture of classical and modern
A CHRISTMAS fair will be held by the Friends of Bosbury School at the village hall today (Friday), from 2pm to 4pm. An array of festive activities will be taking place, as well as a woodturning demonstration.
POLICE and the Ledbury community are mourning the loss of a well-loved police officer. Former Ledbury sergeant Bob Wilson passed away on Friday after a battle with cancer. He had been off work since July because of the effects of the disease. He leaves
FRAMED mementos of Ledbury Town Football Club's biggest ever game have been hung on the wall of the club. A Manchester United pennant and a Ledbury shirt signed by the opposing players have been preserved following the match between the two sides last
A FROMES Hill pub, closed for about three years, could re-open if a planning application adding houses to the site is approved. Michael Howe, of Munder-field, hopes to build five houses on the site of the Wheatsheaf Inn. The dwellings would go on the
Roy and Jean Escott, of Kempley Brook Drive, have donated a young acer tree to the Ledbury in Bloom campaign. Ledbury in Bloom's new chairman, Sue Holland, said: "We are delighted to accept this splendid gift. We will be liaising with Herefordshire Council
LEDBURY Town's Dean Kibble scored three goals in four minutes in this high-scoring HFA Floodlit game on Wednesday at New Street. LEDBURY TOWN SWIFTS U18S 7, KNIGHTON TOWN 0 Ledbury started well and opened the scoring in the third minute through Pat Locke
A carol concert with Bromyard and District Choral Society takes place tomorrow (Saturday), at 7.30pm, at the town's St Peter's Church. It will feature Britten's cantata St Nicholas and other well-known carols.
CHILDREN can visit Father Christmas and help a local charity at the Hop Pocket craft centre in Bishops Frome over the next two weekends. From from noon to 3pm presents will be given to children whose parents make a donation to Acorns Children's Hospice
MEMBERS of Bromyard Herefordshire User Group (HUG), for users of mental health services in the county, will walk from Brockhampton to Warren on Tuesday. The group will meet at 10.30am at the Public Hall.
POLICE believe arson was the cause of a shed fire in Winslow Road, Bromyard, at around 4.10pm on Wednesday, December 3.
John Bishop, manager of Bishop's of Bromyard Ltd, has been invited to spend a weekend with Ford in London after the garage won a regional sales award.
THE Probus Club of Ledbury has published details of its spring programme, which opens with a visit by Leominster MP Bill Wiggin. Mr Wiggin will be talking about the work of an MP at the meeting on January 5. Meetings are held at 10.30am at the Burgage
LEDBURY Town manager Paul Wilband still believes that the West Midlands Premier Division title is still within his side's grasp as players return from injury and suspension. Ninth-placed Ledbury are some 17 points adrift of table-toppers Malvern Town,
SECOND-placed Colwall played Severn Division Two leaders Hereford II in a top-of-the-table clash at Hereford Sports Centre on Saturday. HEREFORD II 1, COLWALL 1 Colwall started with ten players with one team member delayed in Christmas shopping traffic
LEDBURY & District swimmers finished their busy year with two successful events last week. On Wednesday, 54 swimmers participated in the final club championship event, the 400m freestyle which gave top juniors Heather Farmer and Thomas Stokes the
A YOUNG and inexperienced Haywood side were no match for Ledbury in the second Badgers hockey match of the season. LEDBURY GIRLS U16s 12, HAYWOOD SCHOOL 0 Goals came thick and fast from Ledbury scoring three goals within the first five minutes. Goals
LEDBURY gave a fine display of hockey when they entertained Bishops at home in the U16s Badgers League. LEDBURY BOYS U16s 0, BISHOPS 5 Past games with their local rivals have seen massive defeats, but this time it was only a creditable five goals. Even
TOP scorer Steve Guinan is a doubt for Hereford United's Conference clash with Tamworth at Edgar Street tomorrow. The in-form striker is carrying a shin injury but manager Graham Turner was optimistic he would be fit to take his place in the starting
LEDBURY won this hard-fought game with their best display of the season so far. MALVERN U11s 10pts, LEDBURY U11s 15pts Ledbury used their backs and forwards well and soon put Malvern under pressure with Matthew Kitching, Ben Thompson and Freddie Lechmere
LEDBURY Rugby Club return to action tomorrow (Saturday) with a home Midlands Three West (South) fixture against Leamington. Last weekend's league fixture at Old Coventrians had to be postponed due to the Ledbury side being hit by the flu and unavailabilities
NEWENT Police Station will soon be open more often after volunteers were found to help man the front desk. Three people have stepped forward after an appeal supported by Newent Town Council. They will receive training from the police and will then go
Regulars at the Sheppard House day centre at Newent are in need of a good band to help Valentine's Day go with a swing. A band had been booked for the event on February 14, in the Memorial Hall, but pulled out, leaving organisers with a venue but no music
NEWENT Town Council has set its budget for next year and tax-payers should see a small decrease in their bill. The council is looking to raise £120,845 from tax-payers, some £3,000 less than what was spent this year.
