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  • **Early Warning - More Fundraising**

    OKay everyone you have been warned October as some of you may know is Breast Cancer month. l am an official promoter for Cancer Research fundraising. So add the two together and you get "All Join Together" the Cancer Research's Breast Cancer Campaign

  • Don't exploit farmers now

    THE Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has welcomed the relaxation in Foot and Mouth restrictions allowing livestock to once more enter the food chain. But it warns that the period between movement starting and the opening of export markets

  • Three things to do on Saturday

    ADMIRE the entries at Ross-on-Wye Horticultural Society's show, Larruperz Centre. 2.30pm CHEER on the Bulls at Edgar Street against Rotherham.3pm WATCH 'Twelfth Night' at The Old Vicarage, Much dewchurch. 7.30pm 01981 540642/01423 851000

  • Bargain books

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council's library service is holding its big annual book sale on Saturday, August 18, from 9.30am until 1pm. Items for sale at Hereford's Shire Hall will include ex library non-fiction, fiction, large print and children's books together

  • Border churches open doors

    TWO churches in a border village will be opened to visitors next month as part of the annual Heritage Open Days event. St Mary's Church and St Edward's Church in Kempley, on the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire border, are taking part in the four

  • Call for cancer run

    CANCER Research UK is calling on Herefordians to don their running shoes and enrol on next month's 10K run at Eastnor Castle. The charity is holding a series of 10k runs across the country for men and women and is hoping to raise £28,000. There are

  • Cash stolen in Leominster

    CASH has been stolen from a house in a Leominster burglary. Money had been taken from the kitchen of a Ashfield Lane property last Friday between 11am and 1pm. Police are keen to trace a man who was later seen in the area at around 4pm. He was described

  • Samaritans winner

    HEREFORD Samaritans were helped in their recruitment drive by one of their most famous supporters. Ten-year-old Lauren Greig-Williams was delighted to win a signed copy of Monty Don's 'The Complete Gardener' at the Samaritans' recruitment drive at Wyevale

  • World music travels to Hereford

    TRANSGLOBAL Underground are bringing their unique sounds to Hereford tonight. The London-based group who specialise in bringing together world and electronic music will play at the Jailhouse. DJ Windy, from Symonds Yat, and Contraband, from Malvern,

  • Village vandals strike

    A CAR's window was smashed by vandals in Wigmore. The gold Rover 414 was parked off Ford Street when the damage was caused at around 3.45am on Tuesday. Nothing was stolen from the car and anyone with information can contact PC Wayne Strangwood on

  • WIN TICKETS TO THE FESTIVAL OF QUILTS !

    WIN TICKETS TO THE FESTIVAL OF QUILTS AT THE NEC, BIRMINGHAM TWO PAIRS OF TICKETS MUST BE WON For anyone with an interest in beautiful textiles The Festival of Quilts at The NEC, Birmingham, from August 16 - 19 is the place to be. Widely regarded

  • Underground lights

    MOTORISTS visiting Hereford city centre will soon benefit from new lighting which is about to be installed in the car park beneath the Maylord Shopping Centre. The work, being carried out by local contractors Melcon, will take around three months to

  • Toaster fire

    FIREFIGHTERS were needed after a toaster caught fire yesterday. Two crews from Hereford found a property in Manor Road to be heavily smoke logged at their arrival. They used ventilation equipment to disperse smoke after being called to the incident

  • 70 bales destroyed

    Around £500 of damage was caused when straw bales in a field at Risbury, near Leominster, were cut open. Approximately 70 bales were destroyed between 9pm on Wednesday (August 8) and 7am yesterday when the ties were cut. It is not possible to re-tie