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  • Plans to build Leominster apartments

    PLANS have been submitted to demolish a Leominster mill and build nine apartments in its place. Hereford-based Signtaure Homes and Construction Ltd are the applicants hoping to construct a three-storey building at Pinsley Mill.

  • Missing man found dead

    POLICE have confirmed that the body found in a pond at Much Marcle earlier today is that of 81-year old Roland Ivor Williams. Mr Williams had been reported missing on Tuesday, sparking a major police search.

  • MP to visit ambulance station

    HEREFORD'S MP is to visit the city's ambulance station. Paul Keetch will inspect new additions to the service's fleet, speak to staff and meet Chief Executive Anthony Marsh on Friday February 15. West Midlands Ambulance Service has recently acquired

  • WIN TOP BRAND GIFT VOUCHERS TO SPEND AT THE SALES!

    How would you like £50 to spend at one of your favourite high street stores, especially when now is the time to snap up a bargain in the sales? Here is your chance to win a gift voucher in the Hereford Times January sales competitions. Each week for four

  • Plans for egg laying facility

    PLANS have been submitted to build a free range organic egg laying unit for 12,000 birds on land near the Lodge at Hatfield near Leominster.

  • ALL YOU NEED FOR A WINNING SMILE!

    Four OralClens fresh breath kits must be won each containing OralClens Natural toothpaste, mouthwash, power floss, oral spray floss pic and more. The kits are worth £70 each and include all you need to help you have a winning smile in 2008! COMPETITION

  • Candidate backs accountability

    HEREFORDSHIRE Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Sarah Carr is backing proposals to force public bodies spending taxpayers' money to be accountable for their expenses. Ms Carr said: "Taxpayers' money should not be wasted on extravagant lunches,

  • Candidate hosts lunch for women

    WOMEN are invited to quiz parliamentary candidate Jesse Norman at a special lunch this month. The event at Castle House is a chance for the Conservative party candidate for Hereford to speak about local and national political issues. The female audience

  • Body discovered in pond

    A BODY has been discovered in a Herefordshire pond following a search for a missing man. Fire officers made the discovery near a Much Marcle house at 10.30am this morning (Wednesday). The police believe the victim is Roland Ivor Williams, 81, but identification

  • Westfields match abandoned

    WESTFIELDS' away Polymac Services Midland Alliance league match against Studley was abandoned after 53 minutes last night. High winds, torrential rain and hail forced the referee to stop the game with the score deadlocked at 0-0. Restarting the game

  • Charity to help adults too

    A DISABLED children's charity started by a Herefordshire couple in 2001 is to help adults too. Megan Baker House near Leominster is launching weekly sessions to help adults with the early stages of Parkinson's disease improve mobility. The charity has

  • Chimney fire in Docklow

    FIRE crews were called to a chimney fire near Leominster last night. One fire engine from Leominster was called to Springbank in Docklow just after 7.45pm. Crews put the fire out in less than one hour.

  • Concern for missing Much Marcle man

    POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of an 81-year old man from Much Marcle who has been missing since yesterday (Tuesday January 8). Roland Ivor Williams left his home in Glebe Orchard at around 11.20am to go for his daily walk

  • RSPCA releases cat cruelty video

    A HEREFORDSHIRE teenager has been banned from keeping animals for five years after hurling a cat from a 10 metre ledge. The cruel act, filmed on a mobile phone, showed Greg Cole, from Bartwood Lane, Pontshill, throw the elderly black cat from a seating

  • Hospital bug update

    HEREFORD County Hospital remains in the grip of the distressing winter vomiting disease which has led to the closure of some wards to new patients and a ban on most visitors. Huge efforts are being made to contain the infection which is leaving a trail

  • Adam meets big challenge

    A HEREFORD soldier has completed a gruelling 44-week course and graduated from Sandhurst. Adam Maxwell, aged 19, has become an Army officer and been commissioned into the Royal Logistics Corps in Germany as a second lieutenant. Adam said: "Sandhurst