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Letter from Steve Lloyd of Leominster says Sainsbury's store plan would be good for town

8:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

I WRITE in reply to the article about Sainsbury’s plan for Leominster (Hereford Times, May 9) and concerns over level crossing traffic.

Letter from Barbara Ferris of Dinedor, Herefordshire says relief road talk is wasting time

8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

I WORRY about the amount of disagreement over plans for a relief road.

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Letter from Elizabeth C Bunce of Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire asks can you help us trace our family?

3:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

I WAS wondering if any of your readers would be able to help me trace some relatives.

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Letter from Martin Field of Burley Gate, Herefordshire asks who spends our money?

8:00am Monday 20th May 2013

THE government provides services and a ‘safety net’ for all the citizens of this country.

Letter from Michael and Mary Ernest of St Charles Court, Lower Bullingham re cuts to hit literacy and learning

8:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

TODAY we heard the devastating news that the council is proposing to cut the libraries funding by 75 per cent and the museums by 100 per cent.

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Letter from Richard Aird OBE, Headteacher, Barrs Court Specialist (SEN) School and College, Barrs Court Road, Hereford says council plans not fair to the disabled

3:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

ON two recent occasions Herefordshire Council has published statements in the Hereford Times about its proposal to charge post-16-year-old disabled young people for their transport to their place of education.

Letter from Chris Davis of Church View Barns, Wellington says Aylestone Business and Enterprise College site would be good university

3:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

I HAVE read recently that Aylestone Business and Enterprise College is having financial problems due to falling roles and a large campus to upkeep.

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Letter from Ian Roberts of Bedford Street, Hereford says shopping figures sound like fantasy

8:00am Friday 17th May 2013

WHERE can I get hold of a copy of the Old Livestock Market retail study by Fripp Sandeman and Partners, referred to in the story headed “Store Plans Revealed”

Letter from Brian Hubbard of Dorchester Way, Hereford, congratulates members of Hereford Guild of Guides for their protest re fire damaged site near Old House

3:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

I CONGRATULATE the members of the Hereford Guild of Guides for their protest in high town about the fire damaged site near to the Old House.

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Letter from Mike Ledlie, Secretary, Rail for Herefordshire, Green Street, Hereford tells of boost to public transport through the summer

8:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

AT a time when many buses are under threat, Rail for Herefordshire – which also supports buses – is delighted that service 34 between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth has just started running on Sundays and bank holiday Mondays all through the summer until September 29.

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Letter from Coun Alan Seldon of Old Road, Bromyard says plan is unsuited for farm site in Bromyard

3:37pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

MARSDEN Developments has renewed its application to build up to 127 houses on the Porthouse Farm site in Bromyard.

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Letter from Keith Pratley of Litley Close, Hampton Park says west is experts’ best road option for the bypass

3:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

TO have 57 owners and managers of businesses in and around Hereford signing a letter to your paper (Readers’ Times, April 25), appealing for the eastern link road to be built from Rotherwas to the A438 Hereford to Ledbury Road, was quite impressive.

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Letter from Malcolm Whyatt of Hampton Park, Hereford says eastern choice is road to nowhere with the bypass

8:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

I HAVE every respect for our two MPs but think their recommendation for the eastern relief route is wrong.

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Letter from Andrew and Carol Manning of Whitehouse Drive, Kingstone, Hereford says homes plan is too big for any village

8:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013

I WRITE concerning the planning application submitted by Archihaus to build 150 homes in Kingstone.

Letter from Julian Davies of Homend Crescent, Ledbury says wasted closure as no work was done on Knapp Lane

8:00am Monday 13th May 2013

AFTER many months of wonderful silence the Ledbury rat run has been reopened by Herefordshire Council. Without any alterations at all.

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Letter from Ian and Heather Broom of Park Street, Hereford says path proposal is not popular plan

8:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

THE article headed “Gate opens way to compromise in field dispute” Hereford Times, April 18), while informative, did not fully reflect local opinion.

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Letter from Anne Adams of Luston, Leominster says have a say now over new Sainsbury's store

3:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

THE promoters of the plan for a large superstore with a 500-space free car park and petrol station at Mill Street, Leominster, appear to have jumped the gun in claiming a positive response from the town council and community (Hereford Times, April 25).

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Letter from Roger K Bailey of Powell Croft, Upton Bishop, Ross on Wye says VIP treatment at Hereford County Hospital

8:00am Friday 10th May 2013

I STAYED in Hereford County Hospital for three days.

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Letter from Roger Shutt of Glebe Close, Credenhill says quiz night will back epic cycle ride of Eddie Mahon

3:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

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Letter from Kevan Gilbert of The Merton Hotel, Commercial Road, and Gilbies Bar and Bistro, Commercial Street, Hereford says local independent businesses struggle to compete with national chains whatever the day

8:00am Thursday 9th May 2013

I WRITE with reference to the sarcastically worded letter (Readers’ Times, April 25) inferring that the independent shops in the “old town” should open on a Sunday.

Letter from Andrea Fox of Mayfield, Eardisland says Leominster needs infrastructure

8:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

IN reply to Peter Blench’s letter in the Hereford Times (April 18), I would not be in favour of more than 50 homes being built on Dales site in Leominster.

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Letter from Jackie Gwilliam of South View, Abbey Dore, Hereford says bad roads will drive away trade

8:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

HEREFORDSHIRE Council you are aware that we have a prestigious French restaurant here in our area because you granted the proprietors permission to build it, charged them a very handsome sum for the privilege of doing so and are now charging them exorbitant business rates.

Letter from Crawford Powney of Geldof Grove, Hereford says traffic will only get worse still

8:00am Monday 6th May 2013

ONCE again I must sing the praises of this newspaper for being the voice of the people here in Hereford.

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Letter from The Very Reverend Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford explains flying St George's flag at half-mast

3:00pm Sunday 5th May 2013

MR Bugler’s letter querying the flying of St George’s flag at half mast from the cathedral tower on the day of Baroness Thatcher’s funeral (Readers’ Times, April 25) gives me the opportunity to explain a little of the thinking behind such occasions.

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Letter from Christopher Short of Aberystwyth Crescent, Barry, South Wales, says what a contrast in the funerals of Clement Attlee and Mrs Thatcher

8:00am Sunday 5th May 2013

THE late Clement Attlee had his funeral in 1967.

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Letter from Bill Rowlatt, Funeral Director, Oak Tree Funeral Services, Eardisley says great respect is shown to funeral cortege

3:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

I AM the proprietor of Oak Tree Funeral Services and have two businesses based at Eardisley and Leominster.

Letter from Ian Quayle of Garden House, Fownhope, Hereford says married couples don’t all have children

8:00am Saturday 4th May 2013

AFTER previously maintaining that allowing homosexuals to marry would demean marriage, R Garvey now asserts (Readers’ Times, April 18) that procreation is the critical defining aspect of marriage, which gives the traditional heterosexual relationship its special value.

Letter from Ann Brady, Marie Curie Nurse, Herefordshire and Worcestershire thanking everyone in Herefordshire who helped with Great Daffodil Appeal

3:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

I WOULD like to thank everyone in Herefordshire who helped make Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal a huge success this year.

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Letter from Glenys Stocker of Eyton, Leominster says early birds hear the first cuckoos

8:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

WE heard the cuckoo twice on Friday, April 19, here in Eyton near Leominster, and wondered if any other readers have heard it.

Letter from Carole Protherough of Birch Hill, Clehonger, Hereford asks if the Hereford County Hospital will cope with increased demand

3:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

IT is very surprising that the recent consultation material on the Herefordshire Core Strategy has minimal mention of health services and none of the potential impact of the proposed 16,500 additional homes, equating to a town the size of Hereford city, added on to an ageing population on the demand for hospital services.

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Letter from Pippa Griffith of Australia, is organising a reunion for Amestrey prep school attendees

10:08am Thursday 2nd May 2013

I AM trying to contact anyone who had connections with a boys’ prep school, Aymestrey School, which closed in 1998.

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Letter from business managers in Herefordshire signed saying Hereford needs eastern link road

8:00am Wednesday 1st May 2013

We the undersigned all own or manage businesses in and around Hereford.

Letter from Greta Beresford, Clerk to the Parish Council, Almeley, Hereford is grateful to police for reassurances following recent stabbing incident

8:00am Tuesday 30th April 2013

ALMELEY Parish Council would be most grateful if a note of thanks to the police could be published in the Hereford Times.

Letter from Jeff Hancorn of Aylestone Hill, Hereford hopes the new retail shops will be open on Sundays.

8:00am Monday 29th April 2013

IN my Sunday morning constitutional I sadly see tourists and locals peering into the atavistically closed independent shops and Buttermarket of Hereford city.

Letter from Jean Sharples of Church Road, Eardisley, Herefordshire, saying thanks for your dedication to them at Central Stores

8:00am Sunday 28th April 2013

I WISH to say a really big ‘thank you’ to Andrew, Sandra and Chris Rea for kindly running Central Stores, Eardisley for the past four years.

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Letter from Kelsey Davies of Vernon Williams Close, Newton Farm, Hereford says don’t trim back support for youth

8:00am Saturday 27th April 2013

I AM writing this letter because I am concerned at changes that may be taking place after this term. I am a young person who attends Girl Group on a Monday night and I think what I am saying is also on behalf of many other young people in Hereford.

Letter from Peter S Sackett of Stretton Sugwas Herefordshire regarding community toilet scheme

8:00am Friday 26th April 2013

I HAVE a few comments to make about the operation of the community toilet scheme.

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Letter from Jeremy Bugler of Blakemere, Hereford says Cathedral made political decision re lowering flag for Lady Thatcher's funeral

3:00pm Thursday 25th April 2013

I was surprised to see the flag of St George flying at half-mast over Hereford Cathedral on Wednesday, for Lady Thatcher's funeral.

Letter from Councillor Emma Pardoe, Town councillor for the North Ward, Leominster asks does council care about our roads?

8:00am Thursday 25th April 2013

I WAS born in Leominster and have lived in the town most of my life and in all that time have never seen the roads and pavements in such a poor state of repair as they are now.

Letter from Thomas R Hawkins of Bosbury, Ledbury, Herefordshire tells how to get bypass right

8:00am Wednesday 24th April 2013

I WRITE in support of Jesse Norman MP’s common sense advice on the major traffic problems of Hereford city (Hereford Times, March 28).

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Letter from G B Dipper of Freedom Democrats Party, Wegnalls Way, Leominster says strong leadership lacked ever since Margaret Thatcher gone

3:00pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

MARGARET Thatcher was like Marmite –people either loved her or hated her.

Letter from J Stanton of Green Colley Grove, Walford says sensible comment on our NHS

8:00am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

I WAS most impressed with the Hereford Times leader comment of April 4 on the NHS.

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Letter from R Garvey of Bush Bank, Hereford says procreation is key to real marriage

3:00pm Monday 22nd April 2013

FURTHER to the letters from Rev Graham Hellier and Ian Quayle (Readers’ Times, April 4), historically it may be correct that there have been ritualised same sex unions.

Letter from S Bruce of Gurney Avenue, Hereford says transport vital to child’s safety

8:00am Monday 22nd April 2013

I HAVE read the article in the Hereford Times (April 11) regarding the £660 bill for disabled students’ transport.

Letter from Vivien Goodwin of Sidcup, Kent asks is author Richard A Botzum still local to Herefordshire?

3:00pm Sunday 21st April 2013

I AM trying to help my elderly stepfather who lives in New Jersey, USA, to trace Richard A Botzum who wrote a book entitled 50 Years of Target Drone Aircraft published by Northrop Ventura Division and who, in 1985, moved to Herefordshire.

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Letter from Coun Angela Pendleton (Independent), Leominster says Leominster has a strong voice

8:00am Sunday 21st April 2013

Leominster Town Council not having any decision-making powers.

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Letter from Stephen Morris of Charles Ransford and Son Ltd, Station Street, Bishops Castle, says a colleague assured him of name of mystery bird

3:00pm Saturday 20th April 2013

Mystery of little bird deepens...

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Letter from Pete Blench, Chairman, North Herefordshire Greens regarding Leominster housing

8:00am Saturday 20th April 2013

FURTHER to your report headed “Homes protest group in first meeting” (Hereford Times, April 11), congratulations to Leominster’s newly-formed Leopard action group for organising such a well-attended public meeting.

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Letter from Jane Hill, PR Ambassador, Sainsbury’s, Hereford says thanks for books

3:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

I WOULD like to thank all our customers and Hereford Times readers who have brought second hand books into the store for our charity bookstall.

Letter from James Stevenson of Coldstone Cross, Kingstone, Hereford says road works will be daylight chaos

8:00am Friday 19th April 2013

I JUST can’t believe the front of the Hereford Times (April 11) – causing chaos seems to be this councils main aim.

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