MOTORISTS are being warned of temporary roadworks while work continues on creating a 20mph zone outside a Hereford school. The road closures will be enforced on Widemarsh Street and Coningsby Street while works are carried out near St Thomas Cantilupe
EIGHT cars have been damaged in Ledbury. The cars were parked in New Street when they were damaged between 8.40pm on Monday and 6am on Tuesday. Scratch marks, possibly made with a key, were left down the sides of the vehicles. Anyone with information
TWO car related incidents are being investigated in the Leominster area. The first involves the theft of a white Iveco panel van which was stolen from the car park opposite Kingsland Car Auctions between 8pm and 10.15pm on Thursday August 2. Police
THE police service for Herefordshire is looking to improve the way it works with disabled people. West Mercia Constabulary (WMC) wants volunteers to join an independent advisory group which helps police to build understandings and trust with disabled
MOBY the playbus is bringing lots of exciting play-based activities to a range of locations in the Golden Valley and Ross-on-Wye areas in the next three weeks. All playdays are free and aimed at children up to 13. Under-fives must bring an adult with
WATER seems to hold a universal appeal for children of all ages, so what better way to while away some time than by dropping into your local pool for low-cost fun. Three of the county's pools have regular fun sessions throughout the summer holidays -
UNLESS you're the parent of twins, triplets or more, having children of different ages can make keeping them all entertained almost impossible. But not if you take them go-karting. "Awesome ... amazing ... fantastic!" and the inevitable "When can we
DOING their bit to keep boredom at bay during the school holidays, Herefordshire's National Trust properties have scheduled a great programme of events and activities. At Berrington Hall and Lower Brockhampton, budding naturalists and artists will find
Events/talks 'til September 20, Guided historic walks, weekdays 11am, Sundays 2.30pm. Tourist Information Centre, opp Hereford Cathedral. Aug 15 Family Fun Day, Corbel or Gargoyle Making, Tower Tours, Brass Rubbing, Cathedral Trails, Hereford Cathedral
HEREFORDSHIRE cricketers are still without a Minor Counties Championship win this season after succumbing to a strong Wales side by seven wickets at Pontarddulais. The county attack, which was already without the unavailable Owen Price, suffered a further
HEREFORD United director of football Graham Turner is in buoyant mood going into Saturday's League 2 opener against Rotherham United. The Bulls chief was busy making late adjustments to his squad with the formalities concerning the loan signings of Watford
VICKY Howells completed a hat-trick of Burghill Valley Ladies' Championship successes when she again won the title with a gross score of 175 over 36 holes. While Howells continued her dominance in the championship, Sheila Glinos collected the Barnett
MATTHEW Harrison produced consistent golf to win the Wilson Cup 36-hole medal competition at Herefordshire GC. Harrison had nett rounds of 69 and 70 to finish five shots clear of runner-up Elliott Shaw in the trophy for low handicappers. It was a similar
A NUMBER of Hereford Combat Academy Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu players have achieved belt promotions. The sport has four belt promotions, from the beginner's white belt through blue, purple, brown and black. Promotion from white to blue belt takes on average
WYE Valley runners registered a narrow one-point victory over arch rivals Hereford Couriers to consolidate their lead in the third race of the Herefordshire Summer Off-Road League. The race was run at Shobdon, courtesy of Corbett Farms Ltd, over a varied
THE popular Leominster Junior Tennis Tournament, set up by Jenny Ellerton and Pam James-Moore 30 years ago, celebrated its anniversary last week. Almost 100 competitors from around the county took part in the three-day event held at Bridge Street Sports
A YOUNG Herefordshire canoeist has shown himself to be a potential top international performer with a top six finish on his first appearance for Great Britain. George Tatchell, aged 15, took part in the canoe slalom at the pre-world championships in
HEREFORD kayaker Claire Spencer has further enhanced her international reputation with some impressive showings at the bi-annual 12th Junior World Sprint Championships at Racice in the Czech Republic. Against competitors from 45 other nations, Spencer
LEOMINSTER Minors under-11s have returned home with some silverware from the inaugural Shrewsbury International Soccer Tournament after winning the Village Outreach Cup. The tournament featured teams from America, Brazil and Argentina as well as UK national
BROMYARD sportsmen pulled out all the stops to enable a county cricket fixture to take place and save disappointment for visiting youngsters. Herefordshire under-10 were due to entertain their Devon counterparts at Eastnor, but the ground was deemed
TARMAC Bowls League leaders Kington suffered a shock defeat when they visited bottom club Wellington. Kington held an unbeaten record stretching back to the beginning of May but in this, their second league defeat, only the rink skipped by Paul Pritchard
TERRY Morgan, who has died at the age of 67, was a familiar figure on the county's cricketing scene of the 1960s and 70s. Morgan was a regular member of the Herefordians weekend cricket team during that era, captaining the Saturday side in Division 1
A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital after an accident on a Herefordshire road. The male motorcyclist, who is believed to be in his forties, was airlifted to Hereford County Hospital after suffering from a fractured collar bone and a leg injury
AFTER scoring 215-8, Kington went on to bowl out visiting Olton and West Warwickshire for a comprehensive 105-run victory - their best result of the season in Division 3 of the Birmingham and District League. With Wem also getting a good result, Kington
AN unexpected defeat for leaders Garnons at Builth Wells has tightened things up at the top of Division 1 of the Flint & Cook Marches League. With defending champions Goodrich sweeping aside Bartestree & Lugwardine by nine wickets, the race for the title
COLWALL gained emph-atic revenge for their only defeat of the season as they continued their serene progress at the top of Division 3 of the Crusader Worcestershire County League. Visiting Avoncroft, who won their first encounter by 100 runs on the opening
BROCKHAMPTON boosted their chances of winning Division 1 of the Crusader Worcestershire County League with a comprehensive 10-wicket win over local rivals and fellow contenders Bromyard at Flaggoners Green. With Redditch losing in their top-of-the-table
BROMYARD Town, whose season kicks off on Saturday with a Sport Italia West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division visit to county rivals Wellington, have entered the FA Cup for the first time in their history. The Herefordshire side have been given
Pegasus Juniors 1 Forest Green Rovers 4 PEGASUS gave a tenacious performance when presented with the opportunity of an additional pre-season friendly against Conference team Forest Green. The Gloucestershire visitors took the lead on four minutes
Pegasus Ladies 1 Aston Villa Ladies 8 PEGASUS found the going tough last Thursday against National 1 North side Villa who are one step above the home side even after their promotion to the Midland Combination. The extra level of fitness and technique
WE have reached the stage now where we can really look forward to the start of the new season. And that is after a closed season fraught with difficulties and disappointments - and in some cases extreme pleasure in getting certain players signed. The
Hereford United 2 Cheltenham Town 0 GOALS from Trevor Benjamin and Steve Guinan gave Hereford a winning conclusion to their pre-season friendly programme. But the Bulls' pleasure at a comfortable success against their higher-graded
HEREFORD United will have the chance to renew acquaintance with some old - and some more recent - friends in Coca-Cola League 2 this season. The two promoted clubs from the Conference, Dagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe, were opponents in two of Hereford's
The Hereford United squad and officials line up for the start of the Coca-Cola League 2 2007-08 season, back row (left to right): Jordan Fitzpatrick, John McCombe, Trevor Benjamin, Wayne Brown, Dean Beckwith, Karl Broadhurst, Clint Easton; middle: Luke
Suffolk ram lambs peaked at 1,450gns at the Western Area Branch Show & Sale in Abergavenny. The top call came for an entry from the Anglesey-based Morris Flock of Gary Owen. The lamb was by Plas Llewelyn Punch out of a ewe purchased at the 2006 Perrinpit
After the 2001 foot-and-mouth epidemic had been finally dealt with, it was said it was not a case of if the UK would ever have to suffer another outbreak of foot-and-mouth again, but when. But to learn that the source of the current outbreak is likely
Richard Abell, from little Cowarne, and Steve Gladwin, from Kilpeck, are among the seven finalists in the Farmers Guardian Dairy Farmer of the Future competition. The three finalists will be selected by readers, who will then be visited by a panel of
THE Country Land and Business Association welcomed the prompt action taken to contain the outbreak of foot-and-mouth in Surrey - but warns the government must not turn a blind eye to the lessons of the 2001 outbreak. "Frankly it is with a sense of dread
After a very successful day last year at Dorstone Court, Dorstone, hosted by the Golden Valley YFC Club, the Herefordshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs moved its annual junior field day to the most westerly side of the county at Mahollam Farm, Kington
Although there are still problems lingering on in the wake of the July floods, the weather over the last 10 days has given farmers a chance to catch up. One of the big problems until very recently was that ground was so soft that machinery was continually
CONSULTATIONS are continuing on the development of a new Macmillan Renton Cancer Unit at Hereford County Hospital. It has been agreed in principle that it should be built on the site of Kenwater Ward, not far from the existing Charles Renton Unit. This
HEREFORD Hospital Trust is hoping to get the go-ahead to become a foundation trust next January. If it is given the nod the new trust could be up and running by this time next year. Such a move will give the trust board more responsibility to run its
PHARMACY technician Sharon Davies splashed out by buying her brother Ian a parachute jump for his 30th birthday. But he was unable to make it and rather than waste the present she decided to make the jump herself. Sharon, from Hereford, bailed out at
GPs and their surgery staff in Herefordshire have been given a good report by their patients. They have been voted among the best in the country for the service they provide. The Department of Health carried out a national survey involving more than
RE item (Hereford Times, August 2, page 2) Pigeons on traffic lights. Are they actually Collared Doves? J F Simpson, Stoke Prior.
I WOULD like to say a little thank you to the lady who found my purse one Thursday and handed it in to the police the next day, with all contents remaining. I would like to say how grateful I am for her honesty and thoughtfulness, as the purse was of
I READ with sadness the letter from a reader regarding the loss of her beloved cat. I know how she felt as I too am a great animal lover and indeed have over the years lost cats the same way. Little did I realise after reading the letter of the tragedy
MY family and I would like to sympathise with the Laudon family concerning the death of their pet Scout. We also had a very special young man (11 months) taken from us in March this year by a speeding motorist. His name was Rambo and, boy, did he live
I WAS driving home on Sunday at about 12.15pm, going over the New Bridge in Hereford, heading for Belmont Road. I stopped at the lights, at the St Martin's Street junction, and a learner driver pulled up beside me. On the lights turning to green, we
AMASSIVE amount of senior staff time has been spent on what seems to me, and no doubt to many senior council staff, as another example of poor judgment, with potentially ruinous consequences for Herefordshire residents. Herefordshire Council has a poor
I AM not sure if I am going about this the right way having never felt compelled to write to a newspaper before, but hope that, in doing so, your paper may be able to help me. My son mislaid a pair of prescription goggles at the Hereford Leisure Pool
In a crumbling world, it is a pleasure to ask you to publicise three good deeds that my my wife and I experienced in Hereford on Wednesday, July 18. While parked at the Gaol Street car park, the attendant told me he had noticed that one of our tyres
GOOD to see Conservative parliamentary candidate, Jesse Norman, getting stuck in and helping shift sandbags during the floods. We are used to seeing suited MPs or candidates giving a cheery slap on the back to workers for a photo shoot, then disappearing
THERE is a simple way of stopping or reducing the level of flood water in or entering your home, through your doorway and into your rooms. Fit a submersible water pump with a float switch under the floor, with a driveway type drainage channel and grating
DO readers realise that many of the rivers that flooded English towns and cities like Ludlow, Worcester and Gloucester, have their sources in the hills of Mid-Wales? The Severn which flows through Shrewsbury, Worcester and Gloucester emanates from
RIVERBED silting is a natural process. Eventually without intervention, the river bursts its banks and finds a new route across lower ground. In New Orleans the regular intervention of man ensured ships kept to historic routes and sailed at a higher
ONE of the longest-serving staff members at a Hereford school has retired after almost 30 years. Margaret Moses joined St Paul's Primary School in 1980 and has since worked as a welfare assistant, classroom assistant and receptionist, with the occasional
HEREFORD teenagers were celebrating when they collected a host of awards at their school's achievement evening. Lauren Gwynne, Ellice Chidlew, Alex Dixon and Abi Bramble (pictured) were all winners at the Whitecross High School event.
SHOP staff are paying the price for selling alcohol to under-age drinkers. Several till operators have been fined and even sacked from stores across the county after a crackdown on underage drinking. All were directly involved in selling alcohol to
A COMMEMORATIVE service for Herefordians to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands is being organised by Hereford Mayor Chris Chappell. The informal service will be held in high town in front of the Black and White house on Friday, October 12, at
MARKING the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war is particularly poignant for one Herefordshire couple who are remembering one hero who was like a son to them. Bill Glover and his wife Marion, from Sutton St Nicholas, first met Captain John Hamilton
A FORMER Hereford student has scored a quadruple success at one of the world's top universities. A glittering career now surely awaits Simon Middleton after picking up four major accolades at Christ's College, Cambridge. Simon, who formerly attended
IT was bad luck for Hereford County Hospital when a team on an annual inspection tour visited the men's toilet in the main reception area. Someone had blocked the urinal with chewing gum and there was a flood - and it was not the first time this had
A FRIENDLY Herefordshire village has been named as this year's best in the county. Judges for the Calor Village of the Year competition were so impressed with Bishopswood's community spirit, they decided to give it official recognition. The judges,
NEWLY-elected councillors hungry for change have lost a bid to reduce council pounds. Hereford City Council has been eating its budget for years, providing hungry councillors with food and drink after meetings at the taxpayer's expense. But a recent
ARMED only with own determination, 17 anti-war protestors from across Herefordshire are taking on one of the most powerful weapons in the world. Veterans of the cause joined new recruits to make the journey to Scotland yesterday (Wednesday) as the county's
A HEREFORD charity is organising a special fundraising event after its annual fete was washed out because of the recent flooding. St Michael's Hospice, based in Bartestree, had hoped to stage its fete on Saturday, July 21 - the weekend of the deluge
RESIDENTS in a Hereford suburb are fighting to keep an area of open space free from housing development. The Newton Farm Town Green Action Group has been putting concerns forward at a public inquiry into the future of the Argyll Rise site. The group
WHILE night staff at Leominster police station witnessed the end of an era, the day shift saw the dawning of a new one. The ribbon was cut on the new station on Enterprise Way on Monday morning at the same time as the station at Ryelands Road was locked
INSPECTOR Pete Wilson looked at the Leominster 999 list for this time last year - and its litany of fights, assaults, rowdiness and calls made out of fear. There's a man attacked by five youths in the street, 40 youths harassing another, kids climbing
WHEN the community of Little Birch was asked where cash from a weekend of revelry that is being planned should go, the answer was unanimous - the appeal for a new cancer unit at Hereford County Hospital. The event will cover three days and be staged
THERE was only minimal disruption at Hereford County Hospital when 74 junior doctors took up their new posts all on the same day. Newly appointed medical director Dr Alison Budd said that every post had been filled and there had been a successful changeover
THE head tenant at Hereford's Maylord shopping centre wants out. Property investor PruPIM is selling its interest in the county's biggest retail development, meaning a planned £10 million makeover of the four-acre city centre site is, at best, on hold
ENGINEERS are looking at ways to prevent the flooding which recently hit parts of the area designated for a multi-million pound redevelopment project in Hereford. The team, from Capita Symonds, leading experts in flood alleviation schemes, has been working
A HEREFORD football club is on the lookout for new players as they prepare for a game against Aston Villa. Charity team Orchid Wanderers will take on an all-star Villa side in November with the proceeds going to the Orchid Cancer Appeal - as they do
A HEREFORD poker champion has played his way to the game of his life - on board a Caribbean cruise ship. Kiegan Vallely has been playing Texas Hold'em poker for seven years and won a place on a Ladbrokes Poker Cruise during an online game. Mr Vallely
2 for 1 Hereford Times Reader Ticket Offer with English Heritage! The first half of the summer might have been a wash-out but to help you get out and make the most of any sunny spells to come, the Hereford Times has this special English Heritage 2
A Herefordshire woman has returned home following another successful bout of surgery in her battle against cancer. Helen Boughen is confidently looking to the future and hopes the latest 12-hour operation to reconstruct part of her face will be the last
A HEREFORDSHIRE community is facing up to the possibility of being made homeless for months every year if confusion over red tape fails to be resolved. Around 100 residents living in 47 mobile homes at Meadow Bank caravan park, in Hamnish, could be forced
TWO bodies have been recovered by the emergency services following separate incidents around the county this week. On Tuesday morning, firefighters used rescue boats to recover the body of a 74-year-old man from the River Wye in Hereford. They were
PARENTS in Leominster were able to enjoy a week of rest as youngsters were entertained at the Priory Church. The church's summer holiday club put on activities for 98 children over the course of the week. Project manager David Bland said the club would
A LANDMARK Hereford hotel has been put on the market for the third time in seven years. The Green Dragon is once again up for sale, signalling another chapter in its recent history. The Broad Street premises has a pricetag of just under £3 million,
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HEREFORDSHIRE'S farming community is waiting with bated breath to see if it will be spared another catastrophic outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Two cases have been confirmed in Surrey and herds of cattle slaughtered, forcing the government to introduce
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HEREFORD United's club captain Ben Smith has expressed his pleasure at the way the new-look Bulls squad is coming together. "We have had quite a bit of a change around since last season," said the former Yeovil man. "Some of the lads got released and
Wonder at the Iron Age marvels on display at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery. Free admission. Join the Ramblers at 1.30pm, Mortimer Forest, Vinnalls car park, Whitcliffe, Wigmore Road. 01568 770422. Meet the artists and see their work at St David's
