A NORTH Herefordshire vicar says parish churches are "feeling the pinch" and asks if the church can survive. The Reverend Jeff Middlemiss, a member of the Leominster Team Ministry, says he has a "growing concern" about the future of the Church of England
ONE of Herefordshire's most prestigious public buildings is the prize for two councils who are taking each other on in a "title" fight. Herefordshire Council has included Hereford Town Hall in a planned sale of its sites and offices that pays for the
FURNITURE made by Hereford craftsman Tim Hawkins is not the sort you take home in a box assured that a five-year-old could put it together only to find there is no five-year-old about when you need one! His latest oak desk comes completed, took three
A HEREFORD restaurant owner is hoping the presence of doormen will allow him to sell food during the early hours. Serkan Sipahi has also installed four CCTV cameras at Flames Kebab House in an attempt to convince councillors that trouble and disorder
A TIME capsule has just been buried at Holy Trinity Church where a generous donation by a long-standing member of the congregation has funded the installation of a permanent stage. The church is home to many of Hereford's musical groups, among them Hereford
NO-one can miss the 14ft granite slab at Rotherwas in honour of women employed in the bomb factory there during the last war. But it is almost a physical impossibility to go behind it to read the names of dozens of war time bomb workers engraved on the
A SHAGGY dog story had a happy ending in Hereford on Saturday. Chocco, the Shi Tzu, missing from his home for nearly four months, was reunited with his distraught owner. But while the happy reunion was taking place the most important question remained
FOR a colourful funeral, Carol Aston is at your service. And now the Kington coffin painter - who featured in the Hereford Times last year - is entering history. Two of Carol's coffins are going off to Russia as exhibits in a Museum of Death displaying
HEREFORDSHIRE Nature Trust has joined forces with a private waste company to help protect some of the county's most important wildlife sites. More than 50 sites, covering more than 700 acres, are looked after by the trust and its 2,500 members. Under
A COUPLE of rare visitors to Herefordshire in the summer have provided St Michael's Hospice with a rare fund-raising opportunity. When a pair of African Bee-eaters flew into the county they attracted the attention of hundreds of ornithologists, amateur
SEVEN of Herefordshire's selfless volunteers were recently presented with Year of the Volunteer medals by Lord Lieutenant Sir Thomas Dunne KCVO - four of them for their work with St Michael's Hospice. Two of the women honoured are involved with the hospice's
A NEW move has been made by the company attempting to tackle Herefordshire's growing waste mountain. Estech Europe Ltd has sent new documents to Herefordshire Council to revive a flagging application to build a multi-million pound waste treatment plant
A UNIQUE wall-hanging commissioned to mark Hereford Haven's first birthday has been completed, thanks in part to a huge response to the artist's appeal for unwanted bras. As Breast Cancer Awareness month draws to a close, Christine Reeve-Tucker is inviting
LEOMINSTER Town Council is to press ahead with plans for a £60,000 skateboard park despite a move by a councillor to scrap the scheme. "This whole project is very, very, questionable," said Councillor Graham Walker. He said residents feared the facility
A POPULAR riverside footpath in North Herefordshire could stay closed for 20 years, the Ramblers' Association said at the launch of a campaign to have the route re-opened. Eardisland, a magnet for tourists on the Black & White Village Trail, is promoted
HEREFORDSHIRE Council is launching a six-week public consultation over proposals to develop Whitecross High School. The existing school and its 900 students will move from Baggallay Street, Hereford, to a new building at Three Elms Road next summer in
ONE of Hereford's oldest buildings has a new future - as long as it stays up. The latest fears about the impending collapse of Cathedral Barn, Cathedral Close, come in the most recent Hereford Civic Society newsletter. Society vice-chairman Graeme Allen
A £500,000 transformation is planned for a Hereford outdoor activities centre if the money can be found. Plans have been unveiled for the Dinedor Centre, which include demolishing the existing accommodation block and replacing it with state-of-the-art
THE history of Hereford could be written on its streets - and set in stone - under the latest multi-million pound makeover plan for the city centre. This plan, which is out for public consultation, goes to ground making street names and historical features
HEREFORD'S ancient wall - first line of defence for the city through the ages - could be back as a "ring of light." Restoring the wall and each of its gates as a unique project was discussed when RRA worked on the High Town plan, said design consultant
A HEREFORD mother has complained that she was left stranded in a Worcester hospital waiting room with her injured child with no means of getting home. It was the middle of the night and Roxann McGovern, of Newton Farm, said she had no money to pay for
VISITORS to Hereford's Courtyard Theatre have been warned to respect the rules of the car park or expect financial penalties. The message comes from the theatre's chief executive after a number of Hereford Times readers complained they had received fines
KINGTON Festival has found itself short of volunteer members to plan and run its events in 2006 - a milestone year. It has issued an appeal to representatives of other local community organisations to join its ranks and share the load. Outgoing festival
GRAHAM Turner believes Hereford United can be a force to be reckoned with when a string of players return to the fold. The Bulls have limped to ninth in the Nationwide Conference table but are still in touch with the leading pack, despite a number of
A HEREFORDSHIRE fox hunt has been accused of betrayal by some who marched alongside them against the hunting ban. Anger has been directed at members for allegedly flying against advice from experts by using birds of prey to exploit a loophole in the hunting
YOUNG people in Herefordshire believe they do not have a big enough say in local issues, according to one of the biggest youth surveys carried out in the county. As a result, Herefordshire Council is backing a bid to create a youth council, with a first
IT will not be third time lucky for aspiring Conservative MP Virginia Taylor. After fighting two General Elections for the Tories and twice being within a whisker of toppling sitting Liberal Democrat Paul Keetch for the Parliamentary seat in Hereford
VITAL shelter has arrived in quake-hit Kashmir to help the earth tremor victims left homeless in remote areas, courtesy of Rotary clubs from Herefordshire. Generous communities are being asked to dig deep to help fund the Rotary International Shelterbox
TWO communities claim the Church of England is pricing them out of the market and preventing them from buying a 100-year-old parish hall for local people. Hopes that Cusop Parish Hall could be purchased for villagers and people living in nearby Hay-on-Wye
MUSHROOM myths, toadstool tales and other fungi fables are part of the fun at the Herefordshire Festival of Fungi. Running all this week, the festival is a chance to find out more about the various forms of fungus that grow all around the county's countryside
SAS soldiers are using the Herefordshire skies to learn how to fly a military model aeroplane before it is employed in the battle to track down insurgents in Afghanistan. The highly-regarded military periodical, Jane's Defence Weekly, reported that trials
AN award-winning Herefordshire tourist attraction is hoping the industry will not be badly affected if bird flu hits the county. Kate Kavanagh, who runs a complex of self-catering cottages near Cradley, said her experience during the foot-and-mouth outbreak
THE right transport is of crucial importance to people with multiple sclerosis. They need space, easy access and a comfortable ride. The Hereford and District Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society has worked hard to provide all three. It has taken
REASSURANCES have been given over fears that two electricity wind turbines could have a negative effect on the surrounding agricultural land. Jane and Martin Bradney of anti-turbine group, Save our Scenery, voiced their concerns after a preliminary meeting
