CHAMPAGNE corks popped in Luston on Saturday as villagers celebrated the culmination of many months of work with the unveiling of a pictorial parish map. Parish council chairman Roger Onions and David Macleod, of the parish plan action team, welcomed
A ROSS-on-Wye man almost killed a migrant worker after kicking him in the head, a court heard. Jiri Bosak suffered bleeding around the brain and was admitted to intensive care following the attack by David Marsh in the centre of Ross last October. Marsh
THE youth club has been up running now for four years and in that time has grown rapidly to provide youngsters between the ages of 10 and 16 with a place to go in the evenings and holidays. The club is more than just keeping the children off the streets
Meeting on the second Thursday afternoon of every month at the Young Farmers’ Club, Tillington Road, this group continues to have a varied range of talks and demonstrations and, twice a year, workshop days. The meetings are open to everyone and are a
Leominster Inner Wheel made the Macmillan Renton Unit their charity for the year and joined The Rotary Club of Leominster in organising a jazz concert at the Lion Ballroom, Leominster, to raise funds. The concert, which was arranged by Dave Griffiths
FOR the June meeting of the Kington WI, members and friends visited Arrow Cottage gardens near Weobley. Despite the forecast of rain, we had a pleasant hour wandering round various ‘rooms’, followed by tea and homemade cakes. The July meeting is on Wednesday
At the meeting of the Kington U3A, members were entertained by Janet Thomas, who gave an amusing and informative talk about her early career as a studio manager for BBC radio. This was followed by the AGM, with the election of the committee and officers
THE youth club has been up running now for four years and in that time has grown rapidly to provide youngsters between the ages of 10 and 16 with a place to go in the evenings and holidays. The club is more than just keeping the children off the streets
AT the June meeting, plans were made for the garden party at Dora Roberson’s in July. Our speaker, Mr David Barrie of Nature’s Own, gave an informative talk on nutrition and essential vitamins and minerals. Mrs C Jones thanked him for all the useful details
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL – A large cast from Weobley High School will be performing the musical Bugsy Malone from Tuesday, July 8, to Friday, July 11, in the school hall at 7pm. The show will feature catchy songs accompanied by a live band, dance routines
PARISH COUNCIL – The parish council meets this evening (Thursday) at 7.30pm, in the community centre. As always, members of the public are encouraged to attend, and you will have the opportunity to raise any concerns or comments on any agenda item with
FETE – The Sutton village fete will take place on Saturday, July 12, at 2pm at Court Farm, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs R Andrews. VILLAGE HALL – Sutton Parish Council has announced that an official opening of the new hall will be held soon and
PROGRESSIVE LUNCH – There will be a progressive lunch at three local homes on Sunday, July 13. Tickets cost £10 for a three-course meal with coffee from 12.30pm onwards. This event is to raise money for improvements at the hall. For further details,
JAZZ EVENING – Stoke Lacy Village Hall presents ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Evening’ from 8pm to 11pm on Thursday, July 10. Tickets at £7 are available from 01432 820068. Light refreshments are provided, but BYOB. All proceeds will go to the hall car park fund
PUDDING FESTIVAL – Despite the weather, another very successful pudding festival was held for St Mary’s Church, Humber, at the lovely Great Marston Farmhouse on Friday, June 27. Many delicious puddings were consumed with the record now standing at 15
WI – Members of Felton and Preston Wynne WI would like to thank all those who supported their coffee morning and sale on Sunday, June 1. They are pleased to say that they raised £485 for the Renton Macmillan Appeal. BARN DANCE & BBQ – This will take
COMPUTER ACCESS POINT – The CAP is open on Wednesdays from 7pm to 9pm and on Saturdays from 9.30am to noon. The COWPATS Cafe is also open during these times, so drop in and see us! Contact us at powcowpats@hotmail.co.uk SPORTS CLUB – The club is now
100 CLUB – The football club recently held the 100 club draw for the month of June at The Radnorshire Arms. Hotel owner, Debra Oswald, drew the following winners: £100; W K Parker, £50; Alan Boundford, £40; Marjorie Glancy, £30; Dawn Lund, £25; Christine
SUNDAY LUNCH – A Sunday lunch in aid of Much Cowarne Church will be held at Foxwhelp, Much Cowarne, from 12.30pm on Sunday, July 13. Tickets cost £11 each or half price for under-11s. Bookings can be made via Ted and Jean Parkes on 01432 820402. SUMMER
SCHOOL QUIZ – A very big thank-you to everyone who supported the Much Marcle Nursery School quiz last Saturday. We raised a tremendous £215 which will be used to buy wooden equipment for outside play. We would like to mention the Ledbury companies who
PRIMARY SCHOOL FETE – Madley Primary School summer fete will be at the school on Saturday, July 12, at noon. There will be all the traditional games and events, as well as owls from the rescue centre and a raffle with great days out for the summer.
NIGHT OF THE STARS – This will be an evening of entertainment featuring songs from the shows at Lynhales Hall Nursing Home, Lyonshall, starting at 6pm on Tuesday, July 15. Everyone welcome, call 01544 340238 for further details.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY – The Historical Society AGM will take place next Monday at 7.45pm in the village hall. The society has had a successful season with an average attendance of around 60. The committee would like to thank all the speakers who came this
PRIMARY SCHOOl – There will be a promise auction in the village hall this Saturday at 6pm. A group of parents has worked extremely hard and managed to get more than 80 lots for auction on the night. These include a signed Hereford United football, signed
THE mystery of bright lights and apparent UFO sightings in the Herefordshire sky may have been solved. Residents in the north and east of the county have been reporting sightings of different coloured lights appearing shortly after dark. But according
LINGEN CHURCH – A tiny Herefordshire village has set itself the task of raising £70,000, the equivalent of more than £430 for every resident. With £4,000 raised and 30 members signed up, the Friends of St Michael & All Angels’ Church in Lingen, on the
STRAWBERRY CREAM TEAS – To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, Knighton hospital staff are holding an open event tomorrow (Friday) from 2pm to 4pm. Members of the public are welcome and will have an opportunity to look around the
PRIMARY SCHOOL – During assembly last week, the children heard that because of money donated from last year’s harvest festival a village in Kenya now has water. Years 5 and 6 were enthusiastic about their residential visit to Snowdonia, in spite of
SUMMER FUN DAY – Garway Primary School is holding its annual summer fun day tomorrow (Friday) from 1.30pm at the school. A parade of hats will be judged during the afternoon so bring your creations with you. Birds of prey displays will take place at 3.30pm
MIDSUMMER MUSIC – At a recent concert in the Memorial Hall, we were royally entertained by Roger Tomlinson, retired director of music for the Blues and Royals and fellow trombone player, Graham Banks. Arthur Bancroft played the musical saw and a violin
CRICKET CLUB – The club enjoyed an exciting match on Sunday, June 29, when Eardisland scored 127 and Presteigne 47, Eardisland winning by 80 runs. Cricket practice takes place at the club ground in Burton Court Lane every Thursday evening at 7pm. The
OPEN GARDEN – On Sunday, July 13, from noon to 4pm, the gardens at Tyglyn in Cusop Dingle will open in aid of the Cusop Village Hall fund. Entry is £3 for adults, accompanied children are free. Come along and stroll around the beautiful streamside garden
FESTIVAL – ‘Images and Colours in Poetry and Music’ is one of the concerts at the Colwall Festival. Internationally famous published poet Dick McBride and talented professional flautist Nicola Shorland together present an evening of unforgettable poetry
CLIFFORD SHOW – The show takes place at the community centre on Saturday from 2pm to 6pm. Come and enjoy scrumptious cream teas, a dog show, a bunting-making workshop, clowning, a scarecrow competition, live music with the Lonsdales, Busy Bees maypole
PRE-SCHOOL – The pre-school would like to thank all children who took part in Clehonger Carnival last Friday. They all looked brilliant in their costumes and thank Mrs Phyl Wall for making the children aprons, scarves and hats to complement the outfits
EIGHT would-be adventurers are being interviewed this weekend for a place on two epic rowing challenges. Record-breaking Herefordshire man Leven Brown wants to assemble a powerful new crew for the attempts. Brown skippered the 14-man La Mondiale crew
A438 BT TELEPHONE BOX – The parish clerk reports that no letters have been received and that the deadline for writing to save this box has passed.
RETIREMENT CLUB – A strawberry tea is being held in the Simpson Hall today (Thursday) at 2.30pm. MOBILE LIBRARY – This will be visiting the parish once more, and will be at Tillington Village Stores on Saturday from 1.35pm to 1.55pm. TILLINGTON
BROMYARD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY – the society will be attending the Bromyard Gala with the new exhibition, WWI – 90 Years On, on Saturday and Sunday at Birchyfields, Bromyard. Admission to the history tent is free of charge so please do
CREAM TEA AT HILL HOUSE – On Sunday, Eileen and Peter will host a cream tea at Hill House, Bredwardine, from 2.30pm to 6pm. All are welcome. In addition to the yummy cream teas, there will be plants and sweets for purchase. All proceeds will be
HELP FOR HEROES CONCERT – This will be on Saturday at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church. Tickets on the door, £6 for adults, £3 for children, £15 for a family, to include drink and nibbles. WI – On Thursday, July 10, at 2pm, Bosbury WI has a garden
BODENHAM WI – A cream tea fundraiser in support of the Macmillan Renton appeal will be held at Redvers, Chapel Lane, the home of Mrs Linda Creaton, on Sunday from 2pm to 5pm. Entrance is £3.50. There will be stalls and sales tables. All are welcome
WACKY WALKERS – Twenty-nine walkers enjoyed a warm, sunny morning’s walk along woodland paths on Saturday, June 28. The view from the top of Oyster Hill was well worth the effort. Two new walkers joined the group, and most stayed for a meal and
SAFARI SUPPER – Fromes Hill Church will be holding a safari supper on Saturday, with each course being served at a different venue within walking distance of the church. Tickets cost £8 and can be obtained on 01531 640288/640587. YOUNG SLOVAKIANS
PUPILS, staff and parents of Ivington Nursery Group have donned their walking shoes to raise funds for nursery equipment. The group went to Dinmore Woods near Leominster and the children aged between two and a half and four years-old also learnt
A DRUG gang boss who ran Hereford’s heroin trade was busted by his own boasts. Christopher Mitchell’s gang of eight used homes across south Hereford to peddle crack cocaine and heroin throughout 2006. The group was sentenced at Worcester
THE family of a baby boy who defied the odds when he was born 17 weeks early, have been fundraising for the hospitals that cared for him. Little Tom Pugh was born at 23 weeks and his parents Emma and Gary Pugh spent weeks commuting to Birmingham Women
THIS was the moment when James Payne lived every footballer fan’s dream. The youngster from Ross-on- Wye succeeded where England failed by having a starring role in the Euro 2008 final in Vienna. James, aged 11, became an official player mascot
ONE lane of a Hereford road bridge was closed briefly this morning after two vehicles were in collision. Traffic was slowed on the A49 across Greyfriars Bridge after the accident on the inbound lane at St Martin’s Street at 11.27am. Police said no-one
AN elderly woman had her bag snatched in Hereford. The victim was approached by a man as she walked through the alleyway between Ryelands Street and Sainsbury’s car park at around 10.20am on Tuesday, June 24. He snatched the bag and ran off up
BRIAN Dix took the overall top place in Burghill Valley Seniors’ Open which attracted a 160-strong field. Dix, who plays at Burghill Valley, secured the top position with a return of 43 stableford points. Mike Buffey, another Burghill golfer, was second
HEREFORD United centre-back Dean Beckwith has committed himself to the Bulls’ cause for a further 12 months after signing a new deal. And with the players reporting back yesterday for pre-season training, the flow of new signings has begun with Bulls
FIVE cars were seized and two men were arrested last week in a bid to cut crime on border roads. Officers from West Mercia Police joined their Welsh counterparts in Operation Ohio. More than a dozen patrol cars took part in the three-day operation
FIRE crews were called to a Hereford service station last night after staff found LPG fuel leaking from its storage cylinders. One appliance was sent to the Texaco garage on Holmer Road at 11.25pm. Firefighters made the site safe before an engineer
MEN, women and children will be strutting their stuff at a charity fashion show in Hereford tonight. Nicola Hickinbotham, from Whitecross, has been organising fund-raising events in aid of her son Jack, a 12-year-old who suffers from cerebral palsy
A TRADITIONAL sports day is to take place at an 18th century mansion in north Herefordshire. Visitors to Berrington Hall, near Leominster, are being challenged to try their hand at croquet, skipping and skittles. Three-legged races and egg and spoon
EAST Radnor Ramblers are inviting people for a short walk on Monday. The group’s latest monthly stroll will start out from Knighton Community Centre car park at 10am and follow the Offa’s Dyke path. Those attending should wear walking
GANGSTERS and their molls are hitting Weobley in a school production of Bugsy Malone. The musical is Weobley High School’s summer production and involves 90 students. Former pupil Alex Thomas, now a qualified teacher and dance instructor
A HEREFORDSHIRE man is about to fly himself thousands of miles across Australia after a TV programme made him feel life was passing him by. Documentary crews will follow Ian Nuttall, aged 49, in his microlight from Perth to Brisbane after the
