A Dymock school caretaker struck down by a brain tumour says it is the support of pupils which has helped pull him through. John Fishpool, caretaker at Ann Cam CE Primary, returned to the school on Tuesday for a sponsored silence to raise funds for the
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion will return to the Ledbury Poetry Festival in 2002, organisers have announced, as the dust settles on this year's event. Mr Motion packed out the sports hall of the John Masefield High School in 1999, just weeks after he became
Herefordshire Council will continue legal action against travellers who set up camp in breach of foot and mouth restrictions. The camp had moved from Riverside Park Walk by Wednesday, but the travellers spent a fortnight there without eviction or arrests
PROPERTY developer Shaw Homes is confident of meeting the deadline for Ledbury's new Community Hospital, despite being behind schedule on the project. Shaw is said to be two or three weeks behind schedule on the project but claims the spring deadline
The Government has given Herefordshire Health Authority and the Primary Care Trust a grant of £270,000 to fund a mobile dentist's unit for the communities of Ledbury and Kington. Gill Jones, the health authority's consultant in dental public health, said
Bosbury Primary School is celebrating two successful concerts that delighted friends and family and put pupils' individual talents on display. The school's orchestra played for the first time in public on July 3, under the baton of Steve Tommey of John
A fundraising auction in aid of Ashperton Primary School on Thursday, July 5, raised £2,107. The star lot was the first gold album earned by rock act The Pretenders, which went for £590. Alison Hope, the former chairman of the friends' group, said: "Everyone
Newbridge Farm Park at Aylton is to open again on Saturday, July 21, after foot and month restrictions were finally lifted. The Gardner family, which owns the attraction, say it is like "the end of a nightmare" and follows four months of restrictions
Council for Voluntary Service, Ledbury and District has changed its name to the shorter Community Voluntary Action. The decision was taken at the body's recent AGM in St Katherine's Hall, Ledbury. Chairman Alan Moorhouse said that instead of having a
Ledbury's Tanzanian exchange visitors have written to the town to express their delight at the kindness show to them. The visit by Ernest Kasoyaga and Elizabeth Milanzi, now back home in Mtwara, was seen as an important step in furthering links between
Newent and District Rotary Club has presented three cheques of £2000 each to St Michael's Hospice, Gloucestershire Macmillan Cancer Relief and Marie Curie Cancer Care. The money came from fundraising events for the charities. A 50-mile walk from the outskirts
Tickets are on sale at Ledbury Books and Maps for Passports Please, the latest offering from Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society (LADS). The show will run at the Market Theatre on Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28. The doors open at 7.30pm on both nights
Sarah Hervey-Bathurst, of Eastnor Castle, has officially turned on the water to a restored Victorian drinking fountain in Eastnor. In a special ceremony watched by youngsters from the local primary school, Mrs Hervey-Bathhurst also gave the children a
A SUMMER evening walk is being held at the Brockhampton estate, near Bromyard, on Sunday, July 22. Walkers will meet at 6.30pm in the car park and be led by property manager Les Rogers. The route is between two and three miles and steep in places, so
Ledbury Parish Church Summer Bazaar takes place tomorrow (Saturday), from 10am in St Katherine's Hall. Attractions include the Ledbury Handbell Ringers, Five Star Liners, face-painting and a fancy hat competition.
A COUNCILLOR is trying to contact owners of properties in The Homend in an attempt to get them to carry out maintenance work. Coun Barry Ashton was responding to comments made by a visitor to the town, who complained that Ledbury was being let down by
Trumpet Inn near Ledbury is hosting a Rolls Royce Club Rally on Sunday, August 5. Publican Andrew Riga said: "This is something quite unique and I am obviously very pleased to have them here." Mr Riga estimated that there could be as many as 20 Rolls
A CONCERT at Burley Gate Primary School raised more than £500 for school funds. It was part of a tour by Hereford Amateur Operatic Society, which included Tarrington and Hampton Dene, performing songs from award-winning musicals. Among the highlights
A Children's Fun Week is being planned at Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury. The "action packed programme" has been designed to appeal to children of all ages and will run from Monday, August 13 to Friday, August 17. Further details on 01531 633160.
A Chinese-born author is returning to Bromyard for a book signing, in recognition of the role the town played in her success story. Writer Anhua Gao's book To the Edge of the Sky was published by Viking last year, and has just come out in paperback. The
It's arts week again at John Masefield High School, and the whole of Ledbury will feel the benefits today (Friday) as scores of youngsters bring Latin America and Africa to the streets. Nine arts professionals have been in school all week, and the result
The Ledbury Pre-School group will host a "Teddy Bears Picnic" tomorrow (Saturday) from 2pm, at the Cricket Pavilion, the Masefield High School, Ledbury. Each child will be charged a £1 entrance fee, to cover the cost of refreshments and entry into a teddy
A luncheon party on Sunday put on by Ledbury Friends of the Samaritans raised £1,355 for the charity. Organisers thanked supporters for making it a success.
MATHON, Cradley & Storridge (MCS) Mixed A team travelled to Worcester Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday and came away with a hard earned draw against the unbeaten league leaders. Carol Dandy & Duncan Hannaford started strongly and won the opening rubber
A PLACE in the last 16 of the Wadworth 6X Village Knockout was the reward for Colwall after Damien Berry and Stuart Bailey's heroics with the bat secured a nerve racking one-wicket win at Isham in Northamptonshire on Sunday. ISHAM v COLWALL Winning the
Bromyard'S Town Watch meeting has been scheduled for the Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, on September 19, from 8pm. Businesses and the town council have supported the project, which involves civilians on a rota "logging on" with Hereford Police and patrolling
A cast iron George V Royal Mail post box, number 425, was stolen from a lamp post on the Hereford to Worcester Road in Much Cowarne, between June 27 and the following day. The offenders simply cut the straps holding the box to the post to make off with
The date of next year's Bromyard Spring Festival has already been decided by the Festival Management Committee. It will take place on May 4 and May 5, and the Committee reports that many Town Criers have already got it pencilled in their 2002 diaries,
A GUEST appearance by Bob's Full House Band and Barmy Boxing are two of the attractions at the Ledbury Town FC funday on Sunday (July 15) from noon to 5.30pm at the Clubhouse. There will be many other events including a car boot sale (£3 or £4 on the
CRIME figures in the part Herefordshire which includes Bromyard and Ledbury have risen - but police say it is because of a new way of recording offences. The total number of crimes in north Herefordshire, which includes Bromyard, in April-June this year
A WELL-known Ledbury man who ran the Talbot Hotel for many years has died at the age of 89. Leslie Wrist, of Leadon Bank, was a journalist, soldier, publican and a family man. He moved into the area 54 years ago. Mr Wrist was the first chairman of Ledbury
Ledbury nursery Rushfields added to its spring success by scooping a prize at the Hampton Court Palace flower show last week. The nursery picked up another Royal Horticultural Society award at the event, to continue its successes at the Malvern Spring
Herefordshire Council is to order the completion this month of improvements to the car park next to the Oatleys Meadow beauty spot in Ledbury, for the benefit of summer visitors. The council's parks and countryside service says it hopes the planned maintenance
TWO and a half acres of formal and informal gardens will be open on Sunday (July 15) at the Bannut, Bringsty, as part of the National Gardens Scheme. The gardens are east of Bromyard on the A44. Visitors are welcome from 2pm to 5pm. Admission is £2 for
A coffee morning in aid of Little Marcle Church will be held on Old Lilley Hall, Lilley Hall Lane, on Saturday, July 21, from 10am to noon.
Ledbury Age Con-cern left its home at Salters Yard this week for new premises in Bye Street. Chief officer David Randle said he was "delighted" with the new premises, which have "full access at ground floor level". "It will enable all the older people
Ledbury and District Embroiderers' Guild will be hosting a talk by Ann Raphael next week entitled Inspirational Ideas. The guest speaker will talk about her methods of working, and will bring along work books and designs. The event, which will be combined
NEARLY 150 Americans called Hereford are heading this way, writes Sophie Bignall. They will visit Herefordshire at the end of the month after donating their dollars to a church restoration project. When essential repairs to the 12th Century church at
HEREFORDSHIRE CBA visited Cheltenham for their last Middleton Cup match of the season against Gloucester CBA but unfortunately the match had to be abandoned with 30 ends to play when torrential rain flooded the green with the home team leading by 95 shots
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB THE monthly Teams Competition was held at the Club on July 4. The winners, with a score of 61, were Doreen Sallis & Margaret Westbrook with June Homes & Warwick Ackland. The other leading teams were: Wendy Clegg &
THE Midlands Regional Mountain Bike Championships will be taking place at Eastridge, Habberley, Nr Pontesbury this weekend (July 14 & 15). The Eastridge course, 10 miles south of Shrewsbury, has seen more National Championships than any other course
LEDBURY RFC host a Rugby Football Union for Women's all day coaching session on Saturday, July 28. For the first time in the Midlands 60 (Under 16) girls, who all winter have been involved with a tag rugby leagues, will be introduced to contact rugby
WITH cloudbursts in surrounding area and thunder throughout the afternoon, it was amazing that only a few drops of rain fell at Bartestree. BARTESTREE & LUGWARDINE 2ND XI v CANON FROME 2ND XI To the surprise and relief of all, this Marches League
EASTNOR were in a strong position in their WCL Division Two match at home against Romsley & Hunnington when the weather curtailed play. EASTNOR v ROMSLEY & HUNNINGTON Electing to field Eastnor started well with Shahid clean bowling opener Moore
WITH heavy rain causing the 1'sts and 3rd's games to be abandoned Eastnor 2nd's were lucky to complete a game on Saturday and made the most of it with a 21 run victory at Romsley. ROMSLEY II v EASTNOR II At home the first team were only able to bowl 25
Herefordshire Council has unveiled plans to move Bromyard's library facilities, doubling its size and improving access to services and information. The aim is to move the existing library out of its current location in Church Street and into a function
Bromyard'S Good Citizen Awards will be presented at the Royal Oak, Bromyard Downs, on September 9. Recipients include former Bromyard vicar the Rev Walter Gould and his wife, Hazel, cancer and ME fundraisers Alec and Margaret White, Sylvia Jenkins, manageress
A man who videoed Bromyard town councillors in action and put them on the Internet has agreed not to do it again, although he believes he was acting in the public interest. Peter Jarman, of New Road, attends most town council meetings and has previously
A Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator is needed for the Burley Gate area. Anyone seeking information should contact the beat managers at Bromyard Station, on 01432 276422.
PLANNING officers at Herefordshire Council are to consider whether or not to grant a Certificate of Lawfulness for a caravan site in Bromyard. Mr A Morgan of Munderfield Harold, Bredenbury, is asking the council to allow him to use the site officially
Bromyard's new beat manager, PC John Meek, is available on 07974 025989, the same as his predecessor, PC John Bridges, now a civilian forensic investigator for West Mercia Police. Mr Bridges has sent "sincere thanks" for cards received on his retirement
