LEOMINSTER MP Bill Wiggin nipped out between debates in the House of Commons to take an allergy test. One in three people in Herefordshire could be affected by an allergy at some point in their lives and Mr Wiggin believes allergies can have a devastating
A BETTER service is being promised to people who need special equipment to help them live independently at home. Herefordshire Council and Herefordshire Primary Care Trust are recruiting a team of people trained not only to deliver the equipment
THE police helicopter and three fire service rescue boats searched the River Wye on Tuesday night (April 1) after a teenager was seen in the water. The alarm was raised after a male youth was swimming across the Wye but not seen to get out. Neil Tipton
IT'S "business as usual" at Bulmers as parent company Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) prepares for a £7.8 billion takeover by brewing giants Heineken and Carlsberg. This week, S&N shareholders backed the sale of Britain's biggest brewer, but the
A SELF-employed businessman broke a pub customer's nose after accusing him of chatting up his wife. Worcester Crown Court heard that Michael Oldham, whose second marriage was on the rocks at the time, flew into a rage. The victim, Ian Mowdsley
A MOTORIST caused a head-on collision while trying to overtake on a county road. At Hereford Magistrates Court, Lloyd Gardener-Jones, aged 23, of Hampton Gardens, Leominster, admitted driving without due care and attention. Kris Ewing, prosecuting
IN 1941, Irène Némirovsky and her husband fled Paris for the small village of Issy-l'Eveque to join the two daughters they had sent there two years earlier. Once there, Irene embarked on a novel that would convey the magnitude of the times France was
AS The Courtyard enters its 10th anniversary year, the new season brochure is published, packed with the exciting and diverse mix of live events, film and Kids Club activities it has built a reputation for. A strong programme of dance, drama, music and
THE Anomalies recorded a session at Maida Vale on Sunday as part of BBC Introducing and the band's track Creatures of Habit is included in the BBC Introducing Podcast available to download for seven days from today, April 3. Tune in to BBC Hereford and
THE old hutted wards at Hereford County Hospital are to be replaced with a new block. Linked directly to the hospital, the new wing will cost up to £6 million and provide up to 75 beds by next spring. To make room, Monnow and Leadon wards will
A RENOWNED Devonshire author made a special detour recently to treat Kington pupils to a private reading. Mal Peet stopped at Lady Hawkins' School on his way home from Liverpool to read from two of his novels, Keeper and Tamar, and also spoke to English
Toros 4 Dore Valley 2. MARKSMAN Craig Forsyth fired in a hat-trick as Toros lifted the Hereford Times Herefordshire Football League FW Peterson Cup after an action-packed final at Broomy Hill. Toros let slip a two-goal advantage in atrocious weather
NO hanging about this year. I'll come straight to my prediction for the Grand National. And it's one of the few horses in the race with a Herefordshire connection. Experience over the Aintree fences is imperative, I believe, and two of my Grand National
A HEREFORDSHIRE man will be in charge of one of the world's biggest sporting events, the John Smith's Grand National. Julian Thick is overseeing the three-day meeting at Aintree Racecourse, which opens today (Thursday). The world-famous Grand National
Walsall 11 pts Hereford 13 HEREFORD took an important step towards the Midlands 2 West play-offs with a well-merited and hard-fought win against their nearest rivals for second place. And, in an unexpected twist, Hereford now have an outside chance
Scunthorpe 0 pts Luctonians 24 LUCTONIANS' challenge for a play-off spot and possible promotion to the national leagues remains on course after their convincing win over Scunthorpe . The result keeps the Kingsland club in third position in Midlands
England's 1966 success cost Jim a World Cup final place. PEOPLE from the world of football and beyond have been saddened by the death of former top referee, Jim Finney. Finney, who died at Hereford County Hospital on Tuesday, aged 83, was the best-known
TWO Hereford firefighters have been sent to help out at a large fire in Worcester. Hereford fire station has sent its aerial platform to Warndon where packaging firm, B Smith Packaging has been on fire since yesterday morning. The platform will help
HEREFORDSHIRE bank workers donated more than £2,000 to charity in 2007. Employees of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), which includes NatWest, took part in the company's Give As You Earn (GAYE) scheme, which allows staff to donate to a charity
HEREFORDSHIRE has been given almost half a million pounds to help projects for young people to get off the ground. Now the council is looking for volunteers to help manage the fund. A total of £450,000 has come from the government's youth opportunity
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to try to improve motorcyclists' safety. The Safer Roads Partnership (SRP) is aiming to reduce the number of motorcyclists killed or injured on the county's roads by increasing skills and improving education. According to
LAST week, we held our annual meeting with, once again, satisfactory accounts to be presented to shareholders. It was my 10th meeting as chairman and they have certainly got easier as the years have gone by, partly because of reasonable success on the
THE top-of-the-table clash in the Premier Division of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League was a close-run thing with the home team Woofferton claiming the precious points with a narrow 3-2 win over Ewyas Harold. Woofferton dominated possession during
WITH a name like Clint Easton, the Hereford United midfielder should be comfortable with shoot-outs. But the 29-year-old wants to avoid the play-off misery he experienced as a young player. Easton played for Norwich City in the Championship play-off
A HEREFORDSHIRE cricket club are holding an open day for junior players later this month. Hay-on-Wye Cricket Club wants boys and girls of any age to take part in the event at Gwernyfed Sports Centre on Sunday, April 13. The club have added a Sunday
SCORE, Herefordshire MIND and ECHO have successfully applied to the Football Foundation's Small Grant Scheme to fund the development of inclusive football for disabled adults over the next three years and beyond - a combined total of £25,700. (From
Atherstone 2 Westfields 0 WESTFIELDS failed to halt the title charge of the table-toppers in the Polymac Services Midland Alliance at Sheepy Road. The Adders were gifted a fourth-minute lead when the visiting defence failed to deal with a free kick
HEREFORD United are in the black for the fourth successive year, shareholders heard at the club's annual meeting at the Three Counties Hotel, writes RICHARD PRIME. Director Hugh Brooks presented the accounts which revealed a profit of £162,190. "The
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a chimney fire at a house in Ross-on-Wye last night (02/04/08). One fire crew from Ross was called to Springfield road just after 10pm. The fire had gone out when they arrived at the scene but firefighters carried out a safety
VISITORS to Hereford's Castle Pool are being asked to break with years of tradition by not feeding bread to the ducks. Signs appeared on railings near the pond warning people that bread not only stops ducks from foraging for their natural diet, but
HEREFORD fire services were called to a collision on the A466 at Wormelow last night (02/04/08). The collision involved one vehicle and took place just before 7.30pm. Crew manager Chris Ellsum said that the male driver did not require hospital treatment
