I HAVE no problem with speed cameras being used, but the one on Aylestone Hill would have been far better at Newtown Crossroads, which I negotiate every day. Speed cameras positioned in appropriate places undoubtedly save lives, but when sited in areas
YOUR ARTICLE on the Macmillan Nurses appeal (February 5) issue has prompted me to write to you. My wife has suffered from cancer since 1982, when she had a mastectomy followed by secondary tumours some years later. At the time we lived in Essex, but moved
AN new 'village' is planned for the heart of North Herefordshire - and the self-contained community is intended to have a cinema, library, surgery, swimming pool, internet links and even a disco. But no one will be staying long. The 18-acre site just
A ROMANTIC farm worker married his childhood sweetheart in fine style before whisking her away in a John Deere tractor on Valentine's Day. Tractor-mad Kevin Cooke has been obsessed with farm vehicles since he was a child so it seemed obvious that when
A DELAY in performing an operation on an elderly woman who fractured a hip while watering a lavender plant at home could have caused her death some days later, an inquest in Hereford heard. Herefordshire coroner David Halpern recorded a verdict of misadventure
Boldmere St Michael's 0 Westfields 3 IN-FORM striker Paul Burton bagged a brace as Westfields continued their impressive run and climb up the Midlands Alliance with a sixth straight win and a second league double of the season. The visitors gave notice
ELGAR enthusiasts should blank Sunday from their diaries and spend the day from 1pm at Ludlow Assembly Rooms. The timing is apt as Monday is the 70th anniversary of the composer's death. Along with talks by experts on Sir Edward's reputation and his massive
ELLY Jarmain was training as an opera singer in Manchester when she discovered Madonna. Now she takes the stage nearly 200 times a year as the Material Girl. On Saturday she brings her tribute show Vogue - Experience Madonna to Ludlow Assembly Rooms.
HEREFORD band Blush welcomes local talent Glen Roberts as their new frontman, following the recent exit of their two lead singers. A talented vocalist and musician, Glen's confident vocal style is well-suited to the band's repertoire and for weddings
COSTS for hiring The Courtyard main stage are set to rise, causing concern among local amateur companies. The new price - £370 per performance plus 10% of gross box office takings - is "not unreasonable" according to the Hereford venue's chief executive
HISTORIAN Sir Roy Strong slams Hereford as a city 'past redemption' in an edition of a national magazine devoted to the county. In his article Herefordshire: The Green and Golden County Sir Roy says that beyond the obvious attractions of the cathedral
TONY Hodges is big on small acts of kindness. His mission is to make complete strangers smile. That's why Tony has been rewarded with the title of Silver Joinee as a member of a huge collective called 'Join Me' dedicated to 'niceness' and 'random acts
WHEN Peter Tomlinson saw someone in the water by Hereford Rowing Club he thought it was a woman snorkelling. But after watching her face down and motionless for 30 seconds he realised she was drowning. What he did next has been praised by the emergency
WHILE Herefordshire Sports Council were presenting their awards last week, a county athlete was benefiting at a similar awards ceremony a little further south. Hereford hockey player Chloe Barrett, who attends the Royal High School in Bath, received the
REIGNING BTRDA Gold Star champion Andrew Burton and co-driver Rob Morgan continued last year's successes into this with an outright win in the Wyedean Forest Rally 2004 over the weekend. The Herefordshire Motor Club pairing drove their Peugeot/Cosworth
THE end of this month marks the first point to point meeting of the season in the county. Saturday, February 28, will see the usual marathon card at Whit-wick Manor, Lower Eggleton, for the North Herefordshire Hunt fixture and the start of the Welsh Border
HEREFORDSHIRE'S world number five ranked indoor bowler Rob Weale suffered another tie-break defeat when he was beaten in the quarter-finals of the Norwegian Coastal Voyage WBT Welsh Masters by American Neil Furman. Having lost in sudden-death finishes
Luctonians 17 pts Scunthorpe 27 LUCTONIANS' title and promotion hopes were all but ended by a home defeat to Scunthorpe - a side they pipped by one point away - in Power-gen Midlands 1. It left the North Herefordshire club 10 points adrift of leaders
RFU LEAGUE Powergen Midlands 1: Kettering 39, Luton 5; Leicester Lions 23, Broadstreet 8; Luctonians 17, Scunthorpe 27; Spalding 6, Bedford Athletic 26; Walsall 49, Old Laurentians 7; Whitchurch 12, Dunstablians 13. P W D F A Pt Bedford Ath 17 15 0 489
Cheaper by the Dozen (PG) Dir: Shawn Levy A depressing slide for veteran Steve Martin who, stuck at home with a dozen kids, juggles to keep the family together as his wife is out-of-town promoting her new book. Okay to fill a few hours; few new laughs
27 years old, born in Hereford. Apprentice with Hereford United and moved at the age of 21 years to Total Network Solutions and then Pegasus Juniors joining Westfields in season 2002/03. Member of our championship winning squad.
WEOBLEY actress Zoie Kennedy, who came to our attention last year as Staff Nurse Meryl Taylor in ITV drama The Royal, returns to home territory next week. Appearing in Noel Coward's The Marquise alongside Kate O'Mara - and three of her co-stars from The
A NORTH Hereford-shire paint plant, containing thousands of deteriorating drums of hazardous substances should be cleared urgently, the Environment Agency has warned. Fire risks and solvent fumes are at the forefront of concerns raised by the EA over
A POWERFUL play that packed punch proved that fact can be stranger than fiction and lit up Ross-on-Wye's Phoenix Theatre last week. The premiere of Peter Terson's newest work, The Humanitarians, played to full houses in the intimate theatre space that
Saturday, August 16, 2003 A BRACE of goals from Ben Smith led table-topping Hereford to a comprehensive win over much-fancied Morecambe at Edgar Street in the Nationwide Conference on Saturday. Marksman Steve Guinan also found the net for free-scoring
IAN Fraser and his partner George Beattie found the shortened Leominster course to their liking when they posted a fine nett 52 to win the Daily Mail qualifying competition. With the river holes at Ford Bridge still holding standing water, the event was
A SPECTACULAR volley in the third minute of stoppage-time from super-sub David Brown fired unbeaten Hereford United to a dramatic win over Aldershot in a pulsating Nationwide Conference top-of-the-table clash at Edgar Street yesterday. The former Manchester
RALPH Goldstein switches on the television to hear Ruud Gullit coining the famous phrase 'Sexy Football' and realises how his own love of the game has developed along a parallel stream to his sexual education. It causes him to reminisce about his life
AN new 'village' is planned for the heart of North Herefordshire - and the self-contained community is intended to have a cinema, library, surgery, swimming pool, internet links and even a disco. But no one will be staying long. The 18-acre site just
businesses are increasingly willing to offer their employees non-cash benefits in addition to the traditional salary - according to a survey released by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in association with the Office of the e-Envoy. The survey found that
THE merging of two veterinary companies is expected to produce the largest practice in Herefordshire. The Ryelands Veterinary Clinic and John Horlock and Associates, both of Leominster, are to merge on June 1 and become known as the Marches Veterinary
HEREFORDSHIRE Girls Under-14 hockey team found the going tough but battled hard in the West of England Tournament at Bristol, drawing two and losing five of their seven games in a tiring day. But there was good news for Aylestone School goalkeeper Simone
ST RICHARD'S School, Bredenbury, will represent the county at the South West Championships at Millfield, Somerset after winning the under-13 Herefordshire mini-hockey tournament. St Richard's won their three pool games against Weobley 1-0, The Downs 1
THE proposed site of a multi-million pound waste treatment plant in Hereford's Golden Valley will be inspected by county planners. With about 100 objectors to the scheme packing Herefordshire Council's chamber, councillors decided insufficient information
THE body of Herefordshire heroin addict Rachel Whitear is again the focus of widespread attention. Rachel's death shocked the nation when a photograph of her three-day-old corpse, crouching face down with a syringe in her hand, was released as a warning
Kington Town 0 Lye Town 3 KINGTON'S West Midlands League Premier Division title aspirations were dented when they gave a disappointing display and slipped to a rare home defeat against a Lye side who took the few chances that came their way. Early home
Wellington 3 Wednesfield 0 WELLINGTON gave another first-class team performance to continue their rise in the West Midlands League Premier Division table when they saw off the challenge of Wednesfield. After pressing in the opening quarter, Wellington
Kidderminster Harriers 2 Wellington 0 WELLINGTON'S dreams of reaching the semi-finals of the Midland Floodlit Under-18 Youth Cup were dashed by two late goals at Aggborough. Appearing in the quarter-final stage for the second year running, the villagers
PEGASUS reached the semi-finals of the Hereford Times Hereford-shire League Strongbow Senior Cup with a convincing 4-0 home win over Weston. Pegasus looked the sharper side as the visitors struggled to find any rhythm after a couple of weeks of inactivity
Ludlow Town Res 0 Hinton 5 LUKE Semple led the way with a hat-trick as Hinton maintained their recent return to form with an easy win over Ludlow in Division 1 South of the West Midlands League. The win closed the gap on their fourth-placed opponents
Leominster Town 3 Malvern Rangers 2 AFTER beating the visitors 5-2 at Malvern the previous week, a rather complacent Leominster had to thank Wesley Evans for the late goal which completed a West Midlands League Division 1 South double. Possibly expecting
Hereford United 4 Quorn 0 AFTER a goalless first half, United's youngsters came to life to register a comfortable Midland Floodlit Youth League victory over Leicestershire visitors Quorn. Few chances were created as the defences dominated the early exchanges
THE semi-finals of the HFA Burghill Cup will take place on or before Saturday, March 6. Three of the clubs taking part are from Division 1 of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League, the outsiders being Allpay. But they are challenging for the Division
IT'S called Crows Feet, a landmark in Ross-on-Wye and a prime target for buses and lorries. In just 30 months it has been clobbered 12 times by tall vehicles. Shopkeepers Howard and Vicky Eldridge say enough is enough and are calling on Herefordshire
A MASSIVE state-of-the-art soft fruit pack house is earmarked for land off the A49 trunk road at Windmill Hill, at Harewood End. Growers A.J and C.I. Snell say it is vital for their rapidly expanding business to meet the stringent requirements of supermarket
A ROSS-ON-WYE pensioner who left his home because there was no cricket on the television was found later that day floating in the River Wye, an inquest in Hereford heard. Gilbert Sydney Hawkins, of Greytree Road, was already dead when he was pulled from
A PILOT narrowly avoided disaster when he landed his ailing light aircraft in a field near Ross-on-Wye, a new report has revealed. The self-build Fred Series plane dodged hay bales, telephone wires and trees as its pilot carried out the emergency landing
PLANS by a Hay-on-Wye company to create 100 new jobs for the town have been welcomed by the Welsh Development Agency. Brecon Pharmaceuticals Ltd is to expand its high-tech pharmaceutical packaging facility at the Wye Valley Business Park. The company
HEREFORD United's hopes of completing a fourth Nationwide Conference League double when they meet Woking at Edgar Street on Saturday received a blow with the news that influential midfielder Ben Smith could miss the rest of the season. Smith, who is the
HEREFORDSHIRE Sports Council secretary Bryan White has called on the county to back the London Olympic bid for 2012 and use the opportunity to promote its own sporting talent, writes Richard Prime. "There is an opportunity now for Herefordshire to look
HEREFORD wheelchair tennis player Matt Faucher rounded off a successful week at the Australian Open by reaching the semi-finals of both the men's main draw consolation singles and men's second draw doubles. He then fell to fourth seed Ralh Weisang, of
HEREFORD athlete Simon Bullock ran the second fastest indoor 800m by a UK runner this season with a personal best 1 min 49.78 sec in Birmingham, last Sunday. After missing qualification for the AAA finals, Bullock decided to extend his indoor season and
WE LIVE on Newtown Crossroads and are against traffic lights. These are some points why: 1. Vehicles (including a quantity of HGVs) would stop and start constantly creating high levels of noise and emission pollution and vibration to homes. No good night's
I DRIVE articulated lorries and use the crossroad regularly. I understand the difficulties of negotiating this junction in a car, in particular from the Leominster direction. If you consider the size and length of an HGV even if unladen, it is a difficult
WHY DO people want to get rid of Hereford's Mayford/ Widemarsh bus stop. Many elderly, disabled and other people do their shopping and business elsewhere because of Hereford's high parking fees and insufficient parking spaces close to the shopping centre
A FORMER Leominster church, once a hot-bed of anti-drinking Christian fundamentalists, could become a snooker hall and bar. Ross-on-Wye entrepreneur Martin Roberts who established a successful snooker club in Ross - which he sold last year - has bought
VIOLINIST So-Ock Kim, will perform at The Wyeside, Builth Wells, on February 29 as part of her UK tour. Born in Seoul in 1982, So-Ock moved to London at the age of three. At the age of 15 she won the gold medal in the prestigious Shell/LSO competition
A U-TURN similar to that of the Italian army was how the former leader of Herefordshire Council described plans to create a new housing suburb at Bullinghope. Councillor Terry James went on the attack at last Thursday's cabinet meeting as changes to the
POLICE are appealing for information about a 'vulnerable' Hereford man who has been missing from home for two weeks. Forty-six-year-old Peter Charlton (right) was last seen packing his caravan outside the Vaga Tavern, in Hunderton, on the morning of Thursday
IN more recent times the racing yard of Warren Place in Newmarket has been synonymous with classic winners trained by Noel Murless and Henry Cecil. But, with trainer Cecil sub-letting part of his yard to colleague Neil Graham, Thalys became the first
HEREFORDSHIRE'S Short Mat bowling team beat Somerset 28-8 to book a quarter-final in the English A Team Knockout with Kent at Daventry on Sunday, February 29. The scores were level at lunchtime in the match at Bishopswood but Herefordshire then took over
Ledbury 16 pts Keresley 14 LEDBURY'S recent good form in the Midlands 3 West (South) faltered after building up a substantial lead but they still gained victory against the bottom team. Ledbury started brightly and scored a fine early try through winger
Captain. 29 years old, born in Gloucester. Now in his seventh season for Westfields, he joined the club at the age of 21 years and moved on to Llandrindod Wells and Eastbourne Town. Received Westfields Player of the year Award in season 2002/03.
21 years old, born in Hereford. From the age of 11 years to 19 years he was a schoolboy and YTS player with Hereford United turning professional for a short period and being released in season 2000/01. He then joined Bromyard Town moving to Westfields
A KINGTON nutritionist is hungry to help a cause close to her heart by pounding the pavements in April's London Marathon. Daphne Lambert, organic chef, proprietor and gardener of Penrhos Hotel, is joining the Soil Association team bidding to raise £50,000
FOR 40 years, originally as the Wiggin Pantomime Group, Hereford Amateur Pantomime Society has transported audiences to the land of make-believe. Saturday night was no exception when Cinderella (Nicole Dillon) and Prince Charming of Romantica (Tina Virgo
Saturday, August 23, 2003 A DEFLECTED late strike from former Tottenham player Ian Hendon denied unbeaten Hereford United their fourth straight win in as they drew 1-1 in a hard-fought Nationwide Conference clash at Barnet on Saturday. The Bees skipper
IT'S not every day that teenagers are given the go-ahead to resort to wrestling on college grounds... But that's exactly the brief that six A-level students at Hereford's Sixth Form College are working to this term. Preparing an excerpt of Trafford Tazi
BEHIND the scenes at Hereford Museum is far from the dusty, dormant affair you may envisage. A band of volunteers has been helping with a wealth of small tasks - boxing fossils, labelling tools, going through donations - and donating expertise that the
COSTS for hiring The Courtyard main stage are set to rise, causing concern among local amateur companies. The new price - £370 per performance plus 10% of gross box office takings - is "not unreasonable" according to the Hereford venue's chief executive
SMALL businesses must prepare to be hit in the pocket by an increase in the level of compensation payments that can be awarded for employment law breaches, according to a local employment law expert at Associa Employment Service. Associa Employment Service
HEREFORD gave a disappointing performance against title-chasing Robinsons 2nd in the Gerrard West of England and South Wales League North Division 1 and crashed to a 9-2 away defeat. Robinsons quickly took advantage of slack marking by Hereford's midfield
Presteigne 2 Kington 3 KINGTON quickly aveng-ed the previous week's Mid-Wales Cup extra-time defeat by neighbours Presteigne when they came from behind to snatch victory and clinch the Mid-Wales League championship. Once again there was little to separate
THERE have been two reports published recently concerning football. One is from an all-party group of MPs about finance with a recommendation that money should be more evenly distributed throughout the Premiership, Football League and Conference. It is
A SMALL Herefordshire village church proved the idyllic setting for a St Valentine's Day 'Royal Wedding'. Born-and-bred Herefordian Hywel Breeze married the maternal granddaughter of the last King of Sialagan, Henrik, who ruled a small kingdom in North
THE leader of Herefordshire Council has defended a council tax rise of nearly 10.5%. The proposal, which was first revealed in the Hereford Times earlier this month, will be debated by Cabinet today (Thursday). During a briefing this week, Councillor
Events/talks February 19 Voluntary Sector Assembly, Aylestone School, Hereford, 2-9pm. 01432 343932. 21 Singing Workshop with the Polisumi Sisters, CARAD Arts Studio, Rhayader, 2.30pm-4.30pm. 01597 810192. 22 'Mudlarks' Auctions Antique Sale, Llanarth
BEFORE raising the roof in celebration, Acorns Children's Hospice needs its many supporters to 'be a brick' and help put the actual roof on the building. A final £1.3 million is needed to complete and equip the hospice, as well as recruit and train care
EWYAS Harold booked their place in the final of the HFA Charity bowl with a narrow, hard-earned 1-0 home victory over Hinton. To compound the misery of the Broomy Hill side, it was their former player Peter Lamb who netted the single goal. Ewyas Harold
LEDBURY Swifts Under-15 may not have a playing record to be envied but they are a role model to other more successful teams in the HGTA Herefordshire Junior League. Every week they play with a full squad of players knowing that there is every chance of
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League, Division 1 West: Ross Town 1 (McDonnell) Witney Utd 1. Hereford Times Herefordshire Football League, Strongbow Senior Cup quarter-final: Pegasus 4 Weston 0. Premier Division: Fownhope 1 Hereford Lads Club 0, Sutton
FORMER Hereford United star Paul Parry came on as a 33rd-minute substitute and plaed a part in two of Wales' goals in their 4-0 win over Scotland at the Millennium Stadium yesterday (Wednesday). A delighted Parry said: "Only three months ago I was in
HEREFORD United's leading marksman Steve Guinan's FA Cup player-of-the-round award has earned him a place at the FA Cup Final in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on May 22. Guinan gained the accolade following his hat-trick against Harrow Borough in the fourth
HEREFORD United's hopes of completing a fourth Nationwide Conference League double when they meet Woking at Edgar Street on Saturday received a blow with the news that influential midfielder Ben Smith could miss the rest of the season. Smith, who is the
HEREFORD United's leading marksman Steve Guinan's FA Cup player-of-the-round award has earned him a place at the FA Cup Final in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on May 22. Guinan gained the accolade following his hat-trick against Harrow Borough in the fourth
FORMER Hereford United star Paul Parry came on as a 33rd-minute substitute and plaed a part in two of Wales' goals in their 4-0 win over Scotland at the Millennium Stadium yesterday (Wednesday). A delighted Parry said: "Only three months ago I was in
Hereford is renowned for poor quality transport links yet Herefordshire Council is considering stopping traffic at Newtown crossroads with traffic lights. All agree the junction is unsafe and needs improvement but we local residents believe tailbacks
I WAS really upset and shocked when I saw the new bus station at Leominster, which is supposed to be finished. It faces south-west, so getting the full force of the wind and the rain from that direction. When it rains one cannot sit down as the seats
TWO busy streets in Hereford city centre are to be closed to traffic for six weeks this summer. Widemarsh Street and High Street will be closed during July and August to enable gas company Transco to carry out a £305,000 scheme to improve gas supplies
THE county's sports people turned out in large numbers to celebrate the achievements of the county's top performers at Herefordshire Sports Council's annual county sports awards evening. A packed house heard the opening address from Hereford's mayor Ursula
Derby 46 pts Hereford 0 HEREFORD found Powergen Midlands 2 leaders Derby formidable opponents at their splendid new headquarters but, to their credit, the Wyesiders battled hard to restrict their hosts to a single try after the break. Forced to make several
26 years old, born in Hereford. Played for the Lads Club Hereford before moving to Pegasus Juniors at the age of 17 years. He later joined Westfields and after joining Knighton Town returned to Westfields in 2000. He assists the English Blind soccer team
IN the American sector of divided Berlin, at the end of the Second World War, the dreadful fallout of the conflict continues. A foul-mouthed, culturally thick American major sets out to discover whether the renowned conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic
Next week- only in your Hereford Times - £1,000 worth of Land Rover prizes must be won!
THREE county teams are still very much involved in the Shropshire and Here-fordshire Hargrove Trophy and Hargrove Plate competitions after victories last weekend. Kington and Hereford-shire could still contest the first all-Herefordshire Trophy final
Aug 9 3pm Tamworth (A) 3-1 (Smith 2, Guinan) Aug 12 7.45pm Forest Green H) 5-1 (Purdie 2, Guinan 2, Carey-Bertram) Aug 16 3pm Morecambe (H) 3-0 (Smith 2, Guinan) Aug 23 3pm Barnet (A) 1-1 (James pen) Aug 25 7.45pm Aldershot (H) 4-3 (Williams, Rose, James
TWO million tonnes of sand and gravel will be dug from beneath parts of the former Ministry of Defence depot at Moreton-on-Lugg. Traffic-calming measures, including a new roundabout, will be built to allow heavy goods vehicles easy access to the 34-hectare
HEREFORDSHIRE'S 14 ageing high schools - significant parts of which are said to be unfit for 21st century teaching - are not going to be given the £150 million in Government money needed for a major maintenance programme. Whitehall has said that the local
FAMILIES with love ones buried at Withington Churchyard have been assured the 'least possible disturbance' will be caused during the exhumation of Rachel Whitear's body. Diocese of Hereford spokeswoman Anni Holden said Rachel's grave was reasonably accessible
ROSS United Services produced a good, solid all-round team performance to move out of the bottom two in the Hereford Times Here-fordshire League Premier Division with a 4-0 win at Sutton. Services' defence performed admirably against a Sutton team who
Presteigne 4 UWA 0 PRESTEIGNE produced a dazzling performance to keep the pressure on the top two sides in the Spar Mid Wales League and Chris Jones capped a fine individual game with a couple of goals. Presteigne were on top from the start with Dave
Ledbury Town 1 Bromyard Town 1 IT was certainly a tale of two halves in an entertaining West Midlands League Premier Division mid-table clash between local Herefordshire rivals. From the start Bromyard, with dangerous striker Carl Fairhurst prompting
Ross Ladies 2 Pegasus Ladies 2 (Pegasus won 3-0 on penalties) PEGASUS booked their place in the final of the Hereford & Worcester County Cup when they got the better of their hosts in a penalty shoot-out after a thoroughly entertaining tie. Ross took
Bicester Town 0 Pegasus Juniors 0 PEGASUS ground out a hard-earned and well-merited draw to retain the three-point advantage they hold over their opponents in the Premier Division of the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League. Pegasus could have taken the
