SWIFTS put in a very lack-lustre performance last Sunday when they entertained third-in-the-table Brimfield and went down to their heaviest defeat of the season. LEDBURY SWIFTS U14s 1, BRIMFIELD BOYS U14s 8 After only going down to a 2-0 defeat earlier
LEDBURY Town saw another three home West Midland premier division points slip away when they were defeated 2-1 by Shawbury United at New Street on Saturday. LEDBURY TOWN 1, SHAWBURY UNITED 2 The visitors opened the scoring when Simon Kirk netted but Ledbury
DEVELOPERS pushing for a housing development on Ledbury's football and cricket grounds have suffered a major setback. A Government inspector says the land should not be used for homes, which will offer both sites greater protection until 2011. The inspector
The Attorney General has opened the way for a fresh inquest into the death of student Rachel Whitear, whose parents live in Ledbury. Wiltshire Police are asking to have the original inquest verdict quashed and a new hearing held. They can now pursue it
St George's dragon emerged from the mothballs this week to huff and puff on behalf of the Ledbury English Festival. The event runs from Friday to Saturday, April 21-29, and will be launched with a barn dance and a performance by the Lassington Oak Morris
A family tragedy provided the motivation for a Ledbury runner to face the challenge of the Paris Marathon. Andrea Seeberg, of New Mills, lost her father to cancer 18 years ago. The 36-year-old was working in French capital when she heard about the onset
Members of a Zulu royal family will attend a musical remembrance evening at Putley Village Hall. The event will raise money for the hospital on St Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic. Folk singer John Noden, who used to perform at the village
A plan to withdraw funding for several local bus services is being opposed by Ledbury Town Council. Services axed as a cost-cutting measure by Herefordshire Council could include the 478 and 479 Much Marcle to Ledbury via Putley bus and the 670 and 671
Dognappers have taken a liver and white springer spaniel called Bramble from her kennel in the back garden of a house in Bannut Tree, Bromyard. Tina Halling, 18, was given the dog when she started high school. She said: "My family are devastated. We just
PUPILS played computer games and solved puzzles on-board a special discovery truck. The children from Brockhampton Primary School learnt about the dangers of electricity and studied 'Hazard Valley', a model landscape full of potential risks to identify
Former mayor Pearl Briggs has resigned from Bromyard Town Council after becoming "disenchanted" with the behaviour of fellow councillors. Mrs Briggs said she had been finding it difficult to attend meetings for some time due to work and family commitments
FIXTURES have been finalised for the East Herefordshire Primary Schools Cricket League, with all games being hosted by Colwall Cricket Club. Games are: Monday, May 22, Ashperton v Colwall; Thursday, May 25, Bosbury v Ledbury; Tuesday, June 6, Ledbury
LEDBURY Town Football Club are holding a singles open darts knockout tournament next Sunday, April 2. Registration takes place at 12.30pm and the entry fee is £5. The winner will pick up £200, the runner-up £100 and losing semi-finalists £50 plus trophies
Colwall and Upton residents are being asked to volunteer for a life-saving scheme, that will see local people being first on the scene if someone has a heart attack. When someone calls 999 an ambulance will be sent but also a local 'community first responder
Malvern Hills Conservators' car parking passes for the financial year beginning on April 1 are now available. Residents of Malvern, Malvern Wells, West Malvern, Guarlford, Colwall and Mathon are eligible for the £2 passes, as they contribute to the Conservators
THE Elms' Girls' U12 hockey side finished their season on a high with a 3-0 victory over Hereford Cathedral School in the county final held at Hereford Leisure Centre. An important first goal just before half-time, from Jemima Bailey, clearly settled
SATURDAY FOOTBALL THE TRAVEL FACTORY MIDLAND FOOTBALL ALLIANCE Oadby Town v Malvern Town (3.00). WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Shawbury v Ledbury Town (2.45); Bromyard Town v Market Drayton Town (2.45). Division One: Malvern Town Reserves v Ellesmere
FOLLOWING last week's Midlands Three West win over Old Silhillians, Ledbury travelled away to Pershore with several enforced changes due to injury and unavailability. PERSHORE 36PTS, LEDBURY 10PTS From the off, Ledbury came under pressure from a very
HOUSEBUILDERS are being urged to 'get on with it'and regenerate two disused garage sites in the centre of Newent. The call comes from mayor Fred Passant, as the former Direct Autos site joins the long-standing eyesore that is Bennions in awaiting redevelopment
PUPILS at Newent Community School have almost completed a £38,000 fundraising drive to pay for a visit by Kenyan students and a return visit by local teenagers in June. Trouble with visas meant the visitors arrived seven days later than expected last
Only three members of the public, one the mayor's wife, attended Newent's Annual Assembly on Monday night. Mayor Fred Passant, who said he was disappointed by the worst turn-out he can remember, is calling for a major re-think of an event he says should
Newent Town Council's reserves at the end of 2006 will be slightly lower than at the close of the last financial year. But the figure will still be in the region of £127,000. Of that, £53,000 has been earmarked for specific projects, including the cemetery
SUNDAY saw the semi-finals of both cup competitions in thesoccersite.co.uk Malvern Football League. In the inaugural Norman Simmons Senior Cup, current holders of The Senior Cup, Oak Allstars, will meet Cross Keys at New Street, Ledbury on May 14. Oak
A BID to move Ledbury Library into the Master's House in St Katherine's looks close to collapse. Herefordshire Council says English Heritage has set stringent limits on what can be done to the historic building, making the conversion to a library difficult
WORK on Ledbury's Market House will begin on Monday, May 22. It cannot start earlier because of work at the adjacent Bakers Oven shop, which will involve extensive scaffolding. The pillars of the Market House will be lifted up on jacks, so repairs can
Ledbury has a new troubleshooter in the shape of town steward Richard Harris. Mr Harris, 24, will become a familiar, uniformed figure in the streets of his home town, where his brief will range from litter-picking and weeding, through to checking on the
A LEDBURY-based dingy racer will run with five-times Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave in this year's Flora London Marathon. David Davies, 42, a former chairman of Ledbury Round Table, will be running for the Steve Redgrave Trust on April 23.
The Horseshoe Inn Companions have taken a tip from the Ledbury Reporter by choosing to raise money for the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association. Last week, to mark the move by Coral to new premises in Bye Street, reporter Gary Bills-Geddes was invited to
A proposal to allow housing close to one of Bromyard's key industrial areas may see hundreds of jobs leave the town, firms have warned. This follows the publication of a report by a Government inspector into Herefordshire Council's Unitary Development
THE A44 at Bringsty, near Bromyard, was closed for several hours on Wednesday after a lorry overturned. The 44-tonne yellow Daf articulated lorry had been negotiating a sharp bend, around two miles outside Whitbourne. It was carrying 20 tonnes of plastic
MUMS will get a special treat at the Brockhampton Estate on Mothering Sunday (March 24), with free admission to the manor house if accompanied by their families. Special cream teas and cakes will be served and children can be kept busy by making mum a
A health fayre takes place at the Public Hall in Bromyard on Friday, March 31, from 10am to 4.30pm, as part of the Making Bromyard Happy campaign. There will be a dietician, speech therapist and nurses in attendance as well as representatives from various
LEDBURY Town's West Midlands premier division relegation woes were eased on Saturday with a 4-2 win over in-form Pelsall Villa. LEDBURY TOWN 4, PELSALL VILLA 2 Ledbury started the better and always looked dangerous, with Nicky Welch and Alex Volosanovs
MARGARET Edgell, a member of Ledbury and District ASC's masters section, was in action at the Swansea National 50m Olympic-sized pool during the Welsh Open Championships. She swam all frontcrawl events, the 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m and having competed
WEAKENED Bromyard Town paid the price for sloppy defending in a 3-2 defeat at Heath Hayes in the West Midlands premier division. HEATH HAYES 3, BROMYARD TOWN 2 Play was fairly even for the first 20 minutes but the visitors were 2-0 down by half-time after
COLWALL finished off their home Severn division one programme with a fine 7-0 against Cheltenham Civil Service at Ledbury Leisure Centre on Saturday. COLWALL WHC 7, CHELTENHAM CS 0 Colwall opened the scoring when Gemma Richards ran down the right, drove
GRAHAM Turner is hoping for two favourable results by 5pm tomorrow -- one at Edgar Street and another at the Kit Kat Crescent. Hereford United enter the derby showdown against Kidderminster Harriers still believing they can mastermind the mother of all
Colwall poet Norman Buller will launch a collection of 40 poems with a reading and book-signing on Wednesday (March 29) at The Mayor's Parlour, Hereford Town Hall, from 7.30pm-9.30pm. The collection, Travelling Light, costs £3.50. Admission is free, with
LEDBURY & District Harriers' Chris Law and Dave Gwilliam stepped up their London Marathon training by taking on the Rhayader Round The Lakes 20-mile race on Saturday. Despite the cold, windy conditions both Chris and Dave achieved good times on this
FOWNHOPE BRIDGE CLUB Wednesday Pairs: 1 Ted Dutton and Geoff Cole 65.83, 2 Heather Brace and Graham Forster 63.75, 3 Barbara Ferris and Pam Hill 61.67. Monday Pairs: N/S 1 June Homes and Greta Dallimore 65.41, 2 Judy Eaton and Barry Stephenson 52.53.
AN exciting season is under way at Colwall Cricket Club with the star of net practice at Ledbury Leisure Centre on Thursday's at 7.30pm. All new and current members are welcome to be part of the club's campaign in the Worcestershire Cricket League. Colwall
LEDBURY continued their winning ways at Ross Road on Sunday by defeating their north county rivals Luctonians. LEDBURY U14S 24PTS, LUCTONIANS U14S 12PTS Playing the first half up the slope on the main pitch, Ledbury took early control from their own kick
Organisers of this year's Newent Onion Fayre say they have overcome the disappointments of the massive downpour in 2005, which wiped out the event. An excellent programme is being lined up, according to spokesman Charlotte Jones. She said: "The fayre
