PLANS to create a world-class railway system for the UK have been boosted by a track safety breakthrough at a North Herefordshire experiment. Sub-track reinforcement trials launched at Leominster following the Hatfield and Potters Bar train disasters
LEOMINSTER Constituency Conservatives will gather for their AGM on March 28 to discuss their plan of action at the forthcoming local government elections. Association spokesman Peter Gooderham said: "We have worked hard over the year and we are hoping
HEREFORD United boss Graham Turner has swooped to sign two players - and is close to landing a third - ahead of Saturday's Nationwide Conference crunch match with Margate at Edgar Street. The former Wolves boss has signed 21-year-old former Bristol City
AN 80-YEAR-OLD motorist, who stopped to pick up an elderly frail friend, found his car clamped and received an on the spot fine of £94. Hereford pensioner Roy Pearce was returning to a PROBUS meeting at the Conservative club to collect a vulnerable friend
MIKE Johnson's success with his cider making continues to grow. Mike of Broome Farm, Peterstow, Ross-on-Wye, has just received an award from CAMRA for his cider besides being the overall champion at the annual competition held at Putley. Mike, a grower
THE growth and support for vintage ploughing was very apparent at Herefordshire Ploughing Association's annual spring match at Wistaston Farm, Kings Pyon, on Sunday by the number of classes devoted to the surge of competitors. And they turned up from
LEOMINSTER cattleman, Mike Brown, pictured right, is scheduled to judge a line up of 87 Charolais bulls at the breed society's spring show at Welshpool on Thursday, April 10, immediately prior to the entry coming under the hammer. "I'll be searching out
WINNERS of the Hereford Times Mid-West Farmer Challenge Cup at Hereford Market on Wednesday was Peter Vaughan of Oakfield Farm, Kingsland, a member of a well-known livestock farming family in the area. Selling to a strong trade, his champion pen of 15
RACEGOERS bathed in Spring sunshine at the Brecon & Talybont Hunt point to point meeting at Llanfrynach on Sunday and they saw another fine performance by Upton Adventure to take the Ladies' Open race. Ridden by Emma James for owner Peter Corbett
TWO of the largest fixtures take place at Hereford Racecourse within the space of 16 days next month. Sun Valley Race Day on Saturday, April 5, is the first of these two fixtures when racing at Hereford takes place against the most famous race in the
A LEDBURY touring party, consisiting mainly of veterans, made their sixth visit to Chiswick to play London Civil Service and gained a remarkable 32-27 victory. Tries from Rob Chapman, Denver Roll-ings and John Watkins and a Gareth Watkins conversion gave
FUGITIVE rapist Trevor Masters from Kington is serving an extra year behind bars for absconding from the country on bail as he was sentenced nearly three years ago. The 50-year-old farmhand, convicted of nine charges of rape, actual bodily harm, indecent
PAUL Scudamore was confirmed as the Ross-on-Wye Golf Club centenary year captain at the annual general meeting. He joined the club as a teenager in the late 1950's when they played at the old Rudhall course and was taught the game by a much respected
A CRICKETER who made an appearance for Herefordshire Minor Counties has been named in the Pakistan squad for next month's Sharjah Cup competition. All-rounder Rana Neveed-ul-Hasan played in Herefordshire's C & G first round defeat last season against
HAROLD 'Ginger' Williams remains Hereford's most notorious murderer - it was heard at the Royal Courts of Justice this morning (Thursday) . Judges upheld the late Williams' conviction for the murder of Margaret Davies at the end of an appeal brought by
A MOTHER'S love for her soldier son is tied up in a large yellow ribbon around a Herefordshire cider mill. For Maddy Williams it is a simple statement to 18-year-old Marine Commando Matthew Williams, serving with his regiment in one of the most dangerous
CHAMPIONS Leominster recorded a thrilling 5-3 home victory over county rivals Hereford 2nd in their penultimate West Clubs Women's League Severn Division 2 clash. Seeking to avenge their only league defeat so far this season, Leominster made a flying
A HEREFORDSHIRE Parliamentary Candidate for the Conservative Party is calling for a policeman to be based in every parish to become reality. Virginia Taylor voiced the opinions of her constituency and spoke of complaints she had received over the lack
Hereford Times, Herefordshire League Premier Division: Ewyas Harold 3, Ross Utd Services 2; Westfields 2, Woofferton 2; Painters 6, Leominster 0; Wellington 7, Pegasus 0; Hinton 1, Fownhope 1; Sutton 2, Weston 2. Division 1: Fownhope Res 1, Bartestree
WOOFFERTON suffered a setback in their challenge for the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division title when they were held to a 2-2 draw by mid-table Westfields at Rotherwas. The second-placed villagers looked to be on course for an important
LADS Club halted Hinton Eagles' splendid run and in so doing clinched the HGTA Herefordshire Junior League Under-10 Division championship with one game remaining. Ledbury Swifts overcame Hay on Wye to move into second spot and earn a real chance of honours
Ross Town 3 Easington Sports 2 RELEGATION-threatened Ross scored three times in the opening 25 minutes to set up a much-needed victory - and a rare double - in Division 1 West of the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League. Jorge Thomas put Ross ahead on 13
Kington Town 1 Tipton Town 1 INACTIVE West Midlands League Premier Division leaders Westfields were the only winners as this tense, and sometimes abrasive, struggle between two of their leading title contenders ended with them sharing the points. With
Lye Town Res 2 Hinton 1 DIVISION 1 South leaders Hinton gave a disappointing performance to crash to their seventh West Midlands League defeat of the season. The Hereford team made a lethargic start and midway through the half conceded a penalty when
HEREFORDSHIRE welcomed a television presenter and environmentalist most famous for offering the UK's 'thirty somethings' their first taste of current affairs on Monday. BBC Countryfile and former Newsround presenter, John Craven was invited to launch
A 'PICTURE postcard' painting of Symonds Yat by 'the father of English watercolour' has gone under the hammer at Sotheby's for £6,000. 'Symonds Yat on the River Wye', which was painted by Paul Sandby during the 18th century, was part of the British Sale
PRECIOUS possessions of a legendary engineer included in the will of descendant and former Hereford MP Lord Gibson-Watt made nearly £2 million at Sotheby's. The secret snap shot into the life of James Watt, who famously invented the steam train and is
HEREFORD United boss Graham Turner has swooped to sign two players - and is close to landing a third - ahead of Saturday's Nationwide Conference crunch match with Margate at Edgar Street. The former Wolves boss has signed 21-year-old former Bristol City
HEREFORDSHIRE cricketers competing in the top flight of this season's Flint & Cook Marches League look set to line up against the cousin of Australian pace ace Brett Lee, writes Ian Morgan. Indeed, a distinctive cosmopolitan welcome awaits the teams
A NETWORK of rural roads leading to a new Bridge Sollars bridge could become the subject of weight restrictions. A top limit of 18 tonnes is being suggested, with some exemptions for local people. More than 60 attended a meeting organised by the Golden
THE once thriving Hereford Evening Cricket League has been suspended this season because of a lack of interest. League spokesman Derrick Jones has warned that a similar scenario next year would spell the end of the oldest cricket league in Herefordshire
MINARDI were out of luck at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday with Jos Verstapen finishing 13th and Justin Wilson having to retire with a shoulder injury. The Italian-based Formula One team, who have a subsidiary at Ledbury, were hit early when Verstapen
MATCH girls and Victorian factory owners should strike sparks in St Richard's School play at Bredenbury about factory working conditions and the match girl strike of 1888. The play by Bill Owen is about the events surrounding the strike at the Bryant
LONG-STANDING demands in Leominster for disabled access at the town's railway station have been raised in the House of Commons. Leominster MP Bill Wiggin raised the issue in his debut speech from the front benches. Though he has frequently spoken from
HEALTH managers will have an extra £12.7 million to spend on NHS services in Herefordshire this year. It is the biggest single increase in funding ever, but is still not enough. To allow the progress of new developments costing £14.3 million Herefordshire
WHERE some of the extra money will go in the first year of the three year plan: £3 million to support the extra costs of drugs for patients, particularly for those recommended in National Service Frameworks and by NICE (the National Institute for Clinical
HEREFORD United defender Michael Rose has signed a one-year extension to his contract with the Nationwide Confer-ence outfit, writes Ian Morgan. The former Manchester United youngster has been an influential figure in Hereford's push for a play-off spot
THE last two away defeats have brought into focus what we have been trying to achieve over the last nine months. But, despite the losses, we still have a chance of making the Nationwide Conference play-offs. The most important thing for us now is to get
'HONK for Bronc' is the message from a former adventurer and SAS serviceman who is providing pedal power to support a special Taste for Adventure fundraiser this June. Michael 'Bronco' Lane is cycling round Herefordshire with a billboard on a trailer
HEREFORDSHIRE young people called for urgent changes to prevent the county from becoming a retirement hot spot when they spoke to more than 100 of the area's top decision makers at The Courtyard Theatre on March 25. The young people were the main attraction
A RECORD-BREAKING 65 people enrolled for IT classes in a single day at Whitbourne Village Hall. The surge of interest was for classes run by Holme Lacy College that cover IT for beginners and intermediate students, the promotion of rural businesses, book-keeping
THIS is the time of year when spraying gets into full swing for the farmer and a demonstration day of spraying equipment at Tenbury Wells is a timely event. Spraying specialist Agrimec will be showing off a range of sprayers from market leader Hardi at
FARMER Bruce Gilbert has been awarded a Nuffield Trust scholarship to make common sense out of agriculture policy. Says Bruce of Lower House, Canon Frome: "There is so much red tape, rules and regulations that farmers have to try to make sense out of
THE review of the Common Agricultural Policy is expected to affect the majority of farmers and lead to dramatic changes in cropping and stocking. And farmers, concerned about the future, have flocked to both seminars about the CAP's mid-term review held
THE recent spell of fine weather is said to be partly responsible for the surge in interest in the national Spring Gardening Show at Malvern from May 9-11. And, of course, the show which began life as a small regional flower show in 1986, now enjoys a
THE scourge of the foot-and-mouth outbreak hit Young Farmers' Clubs for six with activities grinding to a halt and during the aftermath it was a no easy task rebuilding membership figures and nurturing support for a wide range of activities. But the Herefordshire
GRAHAM Turner is set to complete his third signing in 48 hours today to boost Hereford United's flagging play-off bid. The Edgar Street manager has already snapped up 21-year-old Portuguese striker Albano Correia from Bristol City and Solihull Borough
TOBY Eckley won the Herefordshire County Table Tennis men's singles championship for the first time when he beat Chris Martin 3-1 in a well-played final at Whitecross School. Both players were new to the county's finals scene and Eckley made the pace
READY, Steady, Win hosted one of the regional trials for Born To Win - the BBC's biggest search for new sporting talent - at Hereford Leisure Centre on Saturday. The Herefordshire sporting charityorganised the trial and several young people between the
WEOBLEY High School's Daniel Middleton captured a sixth consecutive sculling gold medal in the inaugural Tideway Junior Spring Sculls in London. Competing in the youngest of the J-12, 13 and 14 sections over the Barnes-Mortlake stretch of the boat race
HEREFORD Rowing Club's junior women's sculler Rebecca Young has been selected for spring assessment trials for the Great Britain squad in Nottingham later this month. The Hereford Sixth Form College student overcame stiff opposition at the previous trials
HEREFORD-based motor-cycle racer Nick Preece is taking a break from the sport despite laying the foundations for a promising future. The 28-year-old builder made the decision following an outstanding debut season with the Derby Phoenix Motor-Cycle Club
THE Teme Valley Hunt point-to-point this Saturday has attracted an entry of 232 horses, resulting in a nine-race card for the afternoon, with the maiden already divided into three. The sport in prospect at the historic Brampton Bryan course delights entries
BISHOP'S rugby player Guy Thompson captained the England North 16-Group Schools' team in their narrow 17-15 victory over England South in Wolverhampton. Thompson, a flanker, helped the England North side to victory with a try and has now been picked to
HEREFORD Colts continued preparations for the North Midlands Cup final against county rivals Luctonian s next month with a 17-0 win at Cinderford on Saturday. The home forwards held the edge in the loose play but once the visitors spread the ball their
RFU LEAGUE Midlands 1: Bromsgrove 36, Kenilworth 11; Leicester Lions 43, Dunstablians 37. P W D F A Pt Longton 20 17 1 543 195 35 Luctonians 20 16 0 504 258 32 Whitchurch 20 15 1 494 262 31 Dunstablians 20 12 1 577 410 25 Leics Lions 19 10 0 443 398 20
NEVILLE Ovens celebrated his appointment as vice-captain of Ross-on-Wye by winning the RT Barnfield Trophy, the opening tournament of the club's centenary year. The 10-handicapper fired a superb gross 74 to accumulate 44 stableford points and leave the
Aug 17 Farnborough T (H) 2-1 (Pitman 2) Aug 20 Forest Green (A) 3-1 (Parry, Williams, Wright) Aug 24 Gravesend (A) 0-3 Aug 26 Morecambe (H) 1-2 (Pitman) Aug 31 Nuneaton B (A) 3-0 (Guinan, Parry,Pitman) Sep 9 Woking (A) 2-1 (Clarke, og) Sep 14 Chester
HEREFORDSHIRE registered a win and a loss in their opening round of matches in this season's West of England Women's Championships in Dorset. The county suffered a 2-0 defeat against Gloucestershire in their first match but they bounced back strongly
TWO sides from Hereford will be involved in play-off matches at Hereford Leisure Centre this Saturday, aiming to retain their status in respective divisions of the Gerrard West of England and South Wales League. Hereford's first team host Torbay and the
THE county's refuse collectors have put the lid on strike plans. UNISON says an increased pay offer from FOCSA means business as usual. FOCSA pitched three per cent from April 2002 and an additional one per cent from October 2002. That, said UNISON branch
IT'S not quite 'pennies from Heaven' but it all amounts to the same thing for a Herefordshire charity that maintains many of the county's churchyards. Caring for Gods Acre has been awarded a grant by the Severn Waste Environmental Fund. Project Officer
Oxfordshire FA 2 Herefordshire FA 0 ALTHOUGH suffering defeat to the unbeaten home county, the Herefordshire team can feel well pleased with their performance in the Midland Counties Under-16 Championship at Banbury. This was possibly their toughest match
ASSISTANT manager Ian Latimer has taken charge of West Midlands League Premier Division strugglers Bromyard Town until the end of the season following the departure of Martin White. White had been in the hot seat at the Delahay Meadow outfit for two years
Pegasus Juniors 0 Didcot Town 2 ADRIANO Girolami had a late penalty brilliantly saved as struggling Pegasus failed to take their chances in the Premier Division of the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League. The Hereford club dominated the second-half but
Hinton 2 Leominster Town 3 LEOMINSTER made a spirited second-half revival to overcome a two-goal interval deficit and book their place in the Leominster Senior Cup final where they will meet either Wellington or Woofferton. Hinton took the lead when the
Sedgley White Lions 0 Ledbury Town 1 WITHOUT several first-team players, a youthful Ledbury produced a spirited performance to claim their first win from the last six away starts in the West Midlands League Premier Division. The visitors took a while
Bromyard Town 0 Wellington 0 BROMYARD made light of the fact that new management duo Ian Latimer and Adam Higgins had little time to prepare their team for an entertaining West Midlands League Premier Division derby by giving a rousing performance to
HEREFORD Junior Dyna-mos FC are seeking to appoint a manager-coach to form and run a new under-9 team for next season. The club already run under-9 and under-13 teams in the Hereford-shire Junior League, but are looking to develop further. Interested
A PUB quiz held in Ross-On-Wye raised just over £180 for Herefordshire charity Ready Steady Win. The Crown and Sceptre hosted the event with Wine Rack and William Hill Bookmakers. First prize was won by a team named 'The Racers' comprising Alan Sharp
A BLIND old Springer Spaniel found wandering in Ewyas Harold has been offered a second chance in more ways than one - thanks to the power of the Internet. Sammy has undergone an operation to have his cataracts removed and restore his sight before heading
RIDERS and horses from around the country are preparing for a national trials event in Herefordshire next week. Up to 600 horses are expected on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first Sapey Cross Country event of the year. The British Eventing competition
WEST Midlands Football League leaders Westfields recorded their ninth double of the season with a 1-0 win over Ledbury Town. James Watkins scored the 40th-minute goal.
A one-man show featuring Corin Redgrave at Bromyard's Conquest Theatre could help thousands of people in Africa by raising funds for a dam project. The internationally renowned actor will present 'Blunt Speaking' on Sunday, March 30, adding his weight
