LEDBURY firefighter Andy Phillips used his first aid skills to save the life of a choking woman during a dramatic roadside incident. Mr Phillips has now been put forward for a commendation from the Chief Fire Officer, David O'Dwyer, as well as receiving
A total of £2,000 has been donated in memory of Ledbury horserider, Rachael Watkins, who died in January following a riding accident. The money will be divided between the Air Ambulance Flight for Life Appeal and the neuro-surgical unit of Bristol's Frenchay
Ledbury High Street was blocked and traffic diverted after a fire in a chimney at the historic Feathers Hotel. The chimney blaze, the second at the premises in recent months, was attended by one engine and a crew of six from Bye Street fire station yesterday
Ledbury fire station has two new recruits for the retained service. They are Thomas Rowberry and Robert Merrick, and both have just completed the brigade's two-week residential training course. Mr Rowberry works at Tesco's and will be able to provide
The Marcle Ridge parishes will welcome visitors for "Blossomtime: a Springtime Celebration" on the weekend of May 4-5. The Big Apple event will feature cider tastings in blossoming apple orchards, plus to chance to speak to cider manufacturers about their
Members of the Ledbury Quilters have broken out needle and thread to provide a new talking point for the town's Tourist Information Centre. The wall hanging In the Land of Hops and Poets is proving to be very popular with visitors, as a visual celebration
Ledbury fire crews were called out to the Malvern Hills on Saturday and Sunday. Firefighters were called to deal with the first grass fire of the spring, close to Worcestershire Beacon. Around five hectares at the Peachfield Common site were ablaze, an
A NEW fruit storage and pressing building is planned for Pixley Berries at Poolend Farm, near Trumpet. Herefordshire Council is seeking more information about the application for a steel building measuring 40m by 15m and 7.32m high. There would also be
Budding young artists at Much Marcle Primary School enjoyed their first professional exhibition, to raise funds for their school. Around 100 paintings by children aged from five to eleven were framed up for the grand sale in the school hall, on Friday
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
HEREFORD United's promotion push will succeed or fail at Edgar Street beginning with Margate's visit tomorrow (3pm). The Bulls have six games remaining and with four at home are still well positioned to stake a claim for a Nationwide Conference play-off
THE manor house at Brockhampton Estate is opening a new display to mark the start of the estate's new season of activities. An exhibition of antique machinery and tools, including a fire engine from the 19th Century and a 1920s chainsaw which was used
Guide Dogs for the Blind will benefit from a fundraising party being held in Edwyn Ralph. The event has been organised by Pervez Hussain, who will act as a DJ on the night. Mr Hussain, who is blind and works with the civilian support staff for Hereford
A GRAND auction is to be held at Burley Gate Primary School. Household items, garden equipment and general bric-a-brac will be included in lots going under the hammer on Sunday, April 6. Viewing begins at 10am and the sale starts at 11am. Ring 01432 890332
A MONTHLY farmers' market will be held in Cruxwell Street, Bromyard, today (Friday). Stalls will be open from 10am to 2pm.
RENOVATION work on two town houses in Bromyard has begun. A pair of buildings on the south side of Cruxwell Street, which were previously privately owned, have been bought by Elgar Housing Association, which intends to rent them out at about £65 a week
CHIRPY Liverpudlian musician Mal Brown is coming to Bromyard. Mal will be playing at the Hop Pole pub in The Square from 8pm on Friday, April 4. Tickets cost £6.
TOP honours went to 15-year-old Ledbury and District Swimming Club team captain Hywel Pothecary and 10-year-old Thomas Stokes, who both won their age group at the Worcester County Championships last weekend. Both boys were victorious in the 200m breaststroke
PRESTEIGNE U15s 5, LEDBURY SWIFTS U15s 1 SWIFTS opened this U15s league game with promise, Jack Hodges and Tim Rutherford going close within a few minutes of kick off. Presteigne then started to over run Swifts three man midfield, spraying balls out to
THIS penultimate match of the winter season for Magpies was always going to be a difficult as Malvern Comets were one of the few teams which had already beaten them this season. The pressure was on Magpies to win this game and their captain Jackie Dixon
A HERB specialist will give the latest Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society talk. Kim Hurst's A Taste of Herbs will begin at 7.30pm in Colwall Village Hall, on Monday, April 7.
MORE than £700 was raised for St Michael's Hospice at an event at Colwall Village Hall. Over 90 people attended the concert and ploughman's lunch last Thursday where Christine Paterson sang, accompanied by The Reverend Carl Attwood on the piano. Pat Robinson
THE under 13 girls at The Elms School, Colwall, overcame the disappointment of missing out 8-7 to a strong St Mary's side in the U13 County netball final the previous week, to gain reward on the hockey field. The Elms girls recorded a 4-0 semi-final victory
LONDON CIVIL SERVICE (FEZ) 27pts, LEDBURY TOURISTS 32pts A LEDBURY RFC touring team, consisting mainly of veterans, made their sixth visit to Chiswick to play against the Civil Service and won an exciting match in the dying minutes. Arriving in London
The developer of Newent Business Park has announced the site's final phase of commercial development. Brochures have now been printed to advertise Phase Five of the 9.5-acre business park, off the Gloucester Road. The sale is being handled by Ledbury
An auction of promises at The George Hotel on Friday raised £1,500 towards a £300,000 expansion of Picklenash Primary School in Newent. The event was organised by the Parents and School Association, which has now raised over £10,500 in just one year,
Tributes have been paid to the organiser of Newent Age Concern Day Centre, who retired on Friday after 12 years. Daphne Waugh was presented with a basket of flowers and a cheque at a special presentation at the day centre, at St Bartholomew's, the Forest
Help the Aged's "Speaking up for Our Age" will make a stop in Newent as part of a countywide tour. The information bus will be at Budgens on Saturday, April 5, from 9am to 12.30pm. The event is also being supported by the Gloucestershire Pensioners' Forum
The next Flicks in the Sticks screening at Gorsley Village Hall will be East is East (15), described as "an amiable comic drama", on Thursday, April 3 from 7.30pm. Further details on 01989 720221.
The minesweeper HMS Ledbury is playing a key role in the drive to bring humanitarian aid to Iraq. The ship is clearing mines in the seaways off the key port of Umm Qasr, which will allow Sir Galahad, laden with aid, to dock. On Monday, up to 70 mines
Bird watchers have been flocking to New Mills in Ledbury with the unexpected arrival of rare visitors from Scandinavia. Starling-sized birds called waxwings, seen only infrequently in this part of the world, have been spotted on the estate. Ledbury bird
OPERATORS of Ledbury Community Hospital are preparing to celebrate its first anniversary. But one of the first residents at the hospital's att-ached nursing home has beaten them to it, Muriel Watkins reaching 101 on Friday. Hospital operators Shaw Homes
The Dymock area has lost one of its oldest survivors, with the death of Violet Hawtin, aged 102. Mrs Hawtin's funeral took place at St Mary's Church in the village on Saturday. She celebrated her last birthday on Sunday, Feb-ruary 23, in Eastnor. Mrs
LEDBURY in Bloom's campaign for the national and regional titles will be launched at the town's English Festival next month. An evening of entertainment, music and dance, organised at St Michael and All Angels Church for the festival, will be be the occasion
Ledbury Poetry Festival has welcomed an Arts Council announcement that secures funding for the next three years. The festival was having to bid for Arts Council money on an annual basis but the body has guaranteed the current level of support until 2006
A majority open verdict has been delivered by a jury at the Birmingham inquest of former Ledbury man, Bert Loveday. Mr Loveday was found hanged while an inmate at Winson Green Prison in 1998. The coroner and jury heard that Mr Loveday, aged 29, formerly
Ledbury Red Cross group is in danger of disbanding after 60 years because of the sale of the St John Ambulance building. The group has found itself in the same situation as the Elizabeth Baker Dance Studio, whose uncertain future was highlighted in the
Ledbury in Bloom is arranging for two spring clean days for the town. Volunteers will be out in force on Saturday, April 12, and again on May 17 making sure the town looks its best. Ledbury in Bloom chairman Tom Deane said: "The national judges state
A study will be launched this summer into the feasibility of setting up a network of "quiet lanes" in the Ledbury area. Herefordshire Council is considering the idea to encourage walking, cycling and horse riding. The bold initiative, linking Ledbury
THE organiser of Bromyard Folk Festival has warned of the financial loss facing the town if repairs to the Church Street bridge go badly. Annie Jones said festivals like the one in Bromyard are estimated to bring in around £500,000 to host towns. She
AN appeal has been launched for photographs of old pubs and cider houses in and around Bromyard. Bromyard and District Local History Society is looking for the pictures for its exhibition at this year's Bromyard Gala. It is particularly interested in
A NIGHT of ballroom and sequence dancing is on offer in Edwyn Ralph. From 8pm to 11pm on Friday, April 4, at the village hall, dancers can step to the beat of live music for £2.
Bromyard and District Garden Club's 50th spring show takes place on Saturday, April 5, at Bromyard Leisure Centre, from 2pm to 4pm.
THE recent dry spell had a detrimental affect on the number of runners at several point to point meetings last weekend, so courses that have watering facilities will reap the benefits in the future. This Sunday's Ledbury meeting at Maisemore Park falls
MALVERN 1, NEWENT 2 MALVERN entertained Newent in this friendly match and were unlucky to be on the wrong side of a 2-1 scoreline. In a even game it was the visitors who opened the scoring in the 15th minute when the ball was crossed from the wing and
THE finals of the Winter Doubles were played last weekend at Dymock Grange Golf Club. On Saturday the doubles final was played in superb conditions between the new captain David Linnie, his 12-year-old son Sean (both from Malvern) and two members from
BROMYARD TOWN 0, WELLINGTON 0 MANAGERLESS Bromyard Town entertained Wellington for this local derby match in the West Midlands League Premier Division. In an entertaining well fought game neither side managed to penetrate the well organised defences of
A PLAQUE commemorating the life and work of David Percy will be unveiled on Saturday. Mr Percy, who died in 1985, was a member of Colwall Parish Council, the Probus Club and Malvern Hills Conser-vators, all three of which arranged for the plaque with
A COLWALL woman's protest against the war in Iraq has drawn criticism from nearby residents. Dicken Justice-Courier has painted multicoloured slogans and signs on the side of her house overlooking Colwall Station. But locals say it is spoiling the look
Cancer Research UK's Race for Life started with just 600 women taking part in Battersea Park in 1994. From these humble beginnings it has grown to become Cancer Research UK's biggest fundraising event. Since 1994 over 590,000 women have taken part in
AN appeal against the refusal of planning permission to build four houses in Gorsley has been turned down by a Government inspector. The appeal was brought by Mr M Jackson, over a plan for the demolition of two poultry sheds at Brandons Poultry Site,
Saturday's walks to Newent's daffodil fields are being hailed as a great success by the organisers, the local branch of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Elaine Shears, a member of the Newent branch of the trust, said around 40 people took advantage
Newent Town Council is to ask Gloucestershire County Council to look at street lighting levels in the town's older outlying estates. Town councillors in particular have expressed concerns that levels are not what they should be in areas including Watery
Newent Town Council is to spend £10,000 on a new mechanised street-cleaning machine. The Mayor of Newent, coun Fred Passant, said he expected the new machine to be on Newent's streets within the next few weeks. It will replace an existing machine which
A fundraising coffee morning will take place at Gorsley Village Hall on Saturday, April 5, from 10.30am. On May 10, from 10am, there will be another coffee morning, combined with a plant sale.
The next meeting of the Newent Gardening Club will take place on Thursday, April 17, in the Memorial Hall when Tony Russell will give a talk on Cotswold gardens.
