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  • County youngsters' art work on display

    THE art work of around 90 Herefordshire children goes on display next month during a meeting detailing priorities for county youngsters. Work from children of nursery age to college students has been sent to Herefordshire Council to illustrate

  • Dolls House fair to celebrate tenth anniversary

    AN annual Dolls House fair held each October in a Herefordshire village will this year celebrate its 10th anniversary. The Bartestree Dolls House Fair raises funds for the Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust, which has received around £12,000 since the Fair

  • Residents invited to treasure identification session

    ANYONE who has unearthed something strange while digging in the garden can have their mystery items identified next week. Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, on Broad Street, is hosting an archaeological artefacts identification session on Friday (30th)

  • Noah's Ark opens in Hereford

    A CHARITY helping children and young people come to terms with a bereavement has opened a base in Hereford. Noah’s Ark Trust, which has a head office in Worcester, will operate from the Fred Bulmer Centre in Wall Street. To celebrate its opening,

  • Lottery cash for music group

    A LEOMINSTER music group is to run a series of workshops and concerts after scooping almost £6,000 of lottery money. Leominster Supersonics, led by Andrew Morris and Mark Baldwin, meet every Saturday from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Green Lane Methodist Church

  • Debut today for novelist

    A FIRST novel by Herefordshire writer Nicholas Dykes is having a pre-publication trial launch in Hay today. Old Nick's Guide to Happiness will debut at Booths Books at 12.30pm at an event hosted by the shop's owners Paul Greatbatch and Elizabeth

  • Masons walk miles to wish colleague well

    HEREFORDSHIRE'S Senior Freemasons were so intent on wishing a Welsh colleague well on his retirement they walked all the way from Kington to Aberystwyth to do it. Eight members walked 60 miles in relay over a day to mark the end of Dr John Lloyd's seven

  • Retail development proposed in Ross

    PLANS have been submitted to Herefordshire Council for a major retail development in Ross-on-Wye. The plans propose the conversion of the site of the former BP garage at Ross Labels into three warehousing units. The units would be occupied by Halfords

  • Masons step out in style with farewell message

    HEREFORDSHIRE’S Senior Freemasons were so intent on wishing a Welsh colleague well on his retirement they walked all the way from Kington to Abersytwyth to do it. Eight members walked 60 miles in relay over a day to mark the end of Dr John Lloyd’s seven

  • Away matches no handicap for Farmers Inn

    THE snooker team from The Farmers Inn have finished runners-up for the third year running in the Ludlow and District Snooker League. The team have to play all their games away from home. Their home games are played at The Royal British Legion Club in

  • Police raise awareness about bogus callers

    WEST Mercia police are calling for vigilance to clampdown on bogus callers. The police have re-publicised their Knock Knock campaign to reduce distraction burglary and doorstep crime. The campaign, launched in 2004, encourages communities to work together