A FORMER Herefordshire detective has been found not guilty of attemtping to kidnap a teenage girl. However, Geoffrey Alan Gough still faces one charge of sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl. A jury of seven women and four men returned
NEWLY-promoted Reds are sitting at the top of the Hereford Snooker League after a narrow defeat to champions Potting Shed Z who share the same points. The champions were 2-0 down at home but won the last three frames, Chris Richards clinching the decider
Claverdon 0 pts Bromyard 11. BROMYARD went clear at the top of Midlands 6 West (SW) when the they beat the only other unbeaten side, and maintain their 100% record. Led by Sam Walsh, the Bromyard pack dominated the set-pieces, gaining quality ball
Bamako, Mali. I arrived under a leadened sky which looked Like England in November, only the heat stepping out of the plane assured it was not. An ancient taxi driver in an almost equally old taxi negotiated his way along the dual carriage way
LECTURE – Malvern Hills Decorative and Fine Arts Society is holding a special lecture at Colwall Village Hall next Wednesday at 7.30pm when Painton Cowen, the author of many books on stained glass, will give a lecture on English stained glass windows
THANKSGIVING – An informal thanksgiving service at the Crown Inn was introduced for the first time last year and proved to be very popular. This year’s service next Monday will start at 7.30pm and give everyone an opportunity to sing those favourite
BINGO – The Friends of Canon Pyon CE School are holding a bingo night tomorrow (Friday). Doors open at 7pm, eyes down at 7.30pm at Canon Pyon Village Hall. We have some great prizes, so come along and see if the numbers are lucky for you. VISIT – Children
POLYTUNNELS – The parish council has been told that Oakchurch Farm will be submitting a planning application for the erection of polytunnels on land at Bishopstone. In accordance with procedure a public pre-planning presentation and exhibition will
FOUR Brazilian imports are being showcased in Hereford this weekend. The visitors are new Volkswagen Campervans available to hire from city company Passage Unwritten and will be in High Town on Saturday (October 18). Passage Unwritten will have some
CHOIR – Bargoed Male Voice Choir will be giving a concert in St Mary’s Church on Saturday, October 25. Following the concert the choir will move to the village hall to provide further entertainment. CRICKET CLUB – Almeley Cricket Club wishes to thank
LEOMINSTER’S swimming ‘family’ turned out in force to welcome back their favourite ‘son and daughter’ after their Paralympic success. Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis returned from Beijing with four medals – two gold, a silver and a bronze – to show for
Wellington 2 Goodrich 0. TWO goals from Will Perkins gave Wellington a comfortable win over 10-man Goodrich in the FTL Futbol West Midlands League Premier Division. Perkins scored twice from free-kicks – the first on the stroke of half-time after Goodrich
HEREFORDSHIRE rider and stud manager Melanie Phillips finished second in the National Dressage Championships at Stoneleigh. Phillips and Ruxton Whisper also won the Best of British Bred in the Novice Open Championships. They were beaten by fewer than
Hereford Cathedral: 8am Holy Communion; 10am, Eucharist; 11 30am, Matins; 3 30pm, Evensong. All Saints: 10am, Sung Mass with Children’s Church. St Peter: 8am, Holly Communion; 10 30am, Holy Communion; 6 30pm, Evening Worship. St James: 9am
Finished Cattle - 402 An excellent trade despite the reduction in dead weight prices. Quality was again at a market premium. Genuine barren cows up to 143.5p/kg all be it for a Limousin cow. Old Bulls to 103.00p av. 86.32p Steers to 132.50p av. 117.03p
WESTFIELDS Reserves appeared to be heading for their fourth win in the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division when they opened up a two-goal lead at Sutton United. The home side battled back to draw 2-2 and dent the visitors’ 100% record
McCartneys report an entry of 1520 Lambs and 399 Cull Ewes at Knighton Market on Thursday, October 2. Lamb trade averaged 121.66 pence per kilo selling up to 129 pence per kilo for 46 kilo Texel X Lambs to £59.40 from H & J Lewis, Neaudd. Also to 127.14
VISITORS to a county park are being given the chance to get to the root of its historic trees. Bookings are being taken for the Autumn Tree Colour Walk around Croft Castle & Parkland on Sunday (October 19). Warden Pete Johnson will lead the walk, which
A POLICEMAN with 30 years' experience of working in Hereford did not know where the main entrance to the Belmont Tesco store was, a court heard today. Geoffrey Alan Gough parked his Saab in the far end of the supermarket's car park with two drunk teenage
When speaking at the international farm management conference at Reading several years ago, the late Prof Ed Schuh, who was recognised as a world guru on agriculture, food and finance, said with the advent of modern computers and telecommunications, it
A FORMER Herefordshire detective did not call for back up when two drunken teenage girls got into his car because he thought he could be over the drink-drive limit, a court heard this week. Geoffrey Alan Gough drank one pint of beer and two or three
TURNING heads in the high street is no easy task for the smaller vehicle that isn’t shaped like a door wedge and doesn’t cost the earth. But BMW’s Mini still manages to do just that even after seven years of production. And if the car happens to wear
YOU saw them on TV in the BBC’S Last Choir Standing, and now you can listen to Hereford Police Male Choir in a series of concerts in Hereford. The choir won the applause of the nation in the TV programme to find Britain’s top choir, just missing out
THERE is something immensely satisfying about a musical banquet when it is served up by a virtuoso master chef like the pianist John Lenehan. For his recital at The Courtyard, he offered the Hereford Concert Society a menu of palate-tingling variety
ACHEREFORDSHIRE Libraries are proud to present a range of events to celebrate Black History Month. Every October, Black History Month provides a forum to highlight the positive contributions made by black and minority ethnic communities living in the
FIFTEEN brilliant young singers from Vermont, USA, will be bringing their sheer agility, vitality and power to Herefordshire next week. Northern Harmony, led by Larry Gordon and Patty Cuyler, stretch the normal boundaries of choral music with
AS John Read prepares to open his forthcoming Herefordshire tour of Anorak of Fire at The Courtyard, he is looking forward to coming back to the place where his acting career really began. John, a former Minster School student and a founding member,
HEAT and Hello!, Celebrity Big Brother and daytime TV – celebrity is everywhere. But it’s never been as hilarious as it is in Tony and Twizzle – The Glory Years, presented at The Courtyard tomorrow by Lipservice Theatre Company. Join T and T for a laugh-out-loud
POTTERY, hats and jewellery are among the feast of work on display in The Hay Makers Gallery’s autumn exhibition. Two guest potters have work featured in the exhibition – Irena Sibrijns and Annie Hewitt. Dutch potter Irena has an impressive
THE Wye Theatre Company celebrated 60 years of high-quality amateur theatre last week with its production of Tom Stoppard’s comedy The Real Inspector Hound. Stoppard’s satire on the murder mystery premiered in London in 1968 starring Richard
WITH daylight getting shorter and the nights drawing in, there is an increased risk for anyone using the county’s roads. This is especially true for children, who are walking and cycling to and from school in the dark and are often unseen by motorists
IF you're one of the 15 million people in England living with a long-term condition, then you'll know exactly how frustrating and life-affecting it can become. Long-term conditions are those which cannot, at present, be cured but can be controlled by
HUNDREDS of people came to Herefordshire at the weekend to get a taste of the Big Apple. Much Marcle’s celebration of apples and cider drew big crowds on its 20th anniversary. Business was booming at Gregg’s Pit on Saturday, which offered tastings,
FTL Futbol West Midlands (Regional) League, Premier Division: Bromyard Town 2 Shawbury United 3, Ledbury Town 1 Wulfrunians 2, Wellington 2 Goodrich 0. FTL Futbol Hellenic League, Premier Division: Pegasus Juniors 2 Carterton 3. Spar Mid-Wales League
THE Herefordshire Football Association have organised a series of courses: FA Safeguarding Children in Football workshop (November 4); FA Junior Football Organiser Course (November 6, 13, 20, 27, December 4, 11); FA Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football
THE career of one of Hereford United’s most celebrated players is to be commemorated in a new book to be published later this year. Constant Paine, by David Bull, will provide the full story of the long and distinguished career of Terry Paine MBE, who
Pegasus Juniors 2 Carterton 3 PEGASUS conceded two goals in the last 17 minutes to crash to a home defeat in the FTL Futbol Hellenic League Premier Division. The Hereford side fought back from an early deficit and looked to be heading for victory
COMMENTATORS are being sought for a new match-day service at Hereford United Football Club. The new service will allow blind and partially sighted football fans to follow the action at Edgar Street. Commentators will provide a quality and descriptive
FOLLOWING our 4-0 defeat at Oldham, there is a big black cloud hanging over the club which we have got to move. If we expect to win games or get good results, we cannot keep giving goals away in the manner in which we are. Effectively, Oldham had taken
COUNTY schools are being offered free advice on how to apply for the Artsmark Award. The Artsmark is a national award is given to schools that deliver a wide range of arts opportunities to their pupils. A free advice day is being held at the Courtyard
Hereford 2nd 14 pts (Try: Phil Jones; pens: Colin Osborne (3)) Nuneaton 2nd 19. Hereford 3rd 50 (Tries: Chris Williams (5), Laurie Jenkins (2), Chris Hill; convs: Hallet (5)) Cinderford 4th 19. Malvern 3rd 7 Hereford 4th 24 (Tries: Matt Millson
Camp Hill 14 pts Hereford 23. AFTER making a good start to the game to establish a healthy lead, Hereford’s performance dipped. They still did enough to keep their noses in front, though, and went on to record their fifth straight win in Midlands
Ledbury 21 pts Southam 6. LEDBURY picked up their third win of the season in Midlands 4 West South at Ross Road when they ran in three tries without reply to beat Warwickshire opponents Southam. In a competitive division, where no team is unbeaten
HEREFORD suffered a disappointing 5-1 home defeat to Yate in Premier Division 3 of the N4 Financial Solutions West of England and South Wales Hockey League. Yate seized upon a poor clearance to open the scoring and they added a second goal against the
Ross BC held their annual ladies’ and men's pairs event, and the results meant that some new names will be engraved on the respective trophies. In the ladies’ event, the new name will be that of Penny Roberts for partnering Pat Phillips. They proved
JOAN Morgan, Enid Crowe and Bee Baxendale fired 51 points to win a 12-hole Waltzing competition at Kington GC. Pauline Betteridge, Janet Pennell and Marion Weaver were second with 46 points. q Tily Hare fired 34 points to win the Silver Division in
THE Goodrich Hill Race will take place on Sunday, not tomorrow (Friday) as stated last week. We apologise for any confusion.
TWO Hereford bodybuilders will be performing on the national stage in Nottingham on Sunday. Pyramid Fitness owner Lindsay Bruce and member Dave Kitt will be vying for a top spot at the UKBFF British Championships. Another Pyramid Fitness member, Deividas
WESTFIELDS have been drawn away to Shropshire side Shawbury United in the second round of the FA Carlsberg Vase. The Hereford club will aim to avenge a defeat to Shawbury in last season’s competition. Westfields, who sealed a 2-1 home win over Lye Town
MARCEL Veillet carried off the President’s Bowl in the singles knockout competition at Kington GC. Veillet met Ross Moore who reached the 36-hole play-off for the second year running. Veillet took control of the match and was four-up at the half-way
HEREFORD RFC’s thriving junior and mini section started the season with a series of matches against Malvern. The under-nines won two out of three while the under-10s won all four matches. The under-11s won both of their games and the under-12s won their
Aretians 12 pts Ross-on-Wye 21. ROSS extended their unbeaten run to three matches in High Bridge Jewellers Gloucester 1 when they came from behind in the second half, to run in three tries and win a tight game. Aretians went in 7-0 up at the break
HEREFORDSHIRE have returned from the Young Farmers National Netball tournament in Stafford with a fourth place finish. The county side made the semi-finals where they lost 6-4 to Cornwall and then went down to Devon in the third-place play-off. Wins
MANY memories will be rekindled for Hereford United fans when the Bulls line up against Brighton & Hove Albion in a League 1 game at Withdean Stadium on Saturday. Few fans who were present will ever forget the last time that the clubs squared up in league
HEREFORDSHIRE gymnast Emily Goring has been crowned the West Midlands Senior Champion. The 16-year-old hit top form in the competition at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium. Emily looked in control throughout the event and won the class by five marks.
Saturday 18th October 2008 at allpay.park Kick-off 3pm. WESTFIELDS v BOLDMERE ST MICHAEL'S. 1. JON PUGH 2. SAM HARRISON 3. TERRY GREEN 4. SCOTT JACKSON 5.
HUNDREDS of people came to Herefordshire at the weekend to get a taste of the Big Apple. Much Marcle’s celebration of apples and cider drew big crowds on its 20th anniversary. Business was booming at Gregg’s Pit on Saturday, which offered tastings,
FIRE crews were called to a fire in Norton Canon yesterday evening. The log burner fire spread to the roof of the property in Pig Street shortly after 6pm. A crew each from Hereford and Eardisley were called to help put out the blaze
WITH the premature end to the season on grass, several Wales & West competitors have been making the long trip to York Raceway, and bringing home a share of the spoils. Beacon Temptation, the classy three-year-old owned by Roy Wilson, has been runner-up
A FUNDRAISING dairy farmer stopped off in Leominster on a charity bike ride following the route of his own milk. Gerry Wildy and three friends cycled from his farm in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, to Cadbury’s Marlbrook factory and then on to
FARMERS in Herefordshire have been told to ensure machinery taken on the road complies with legal limits. The warning comes from county coroner David Halpern following an inquest into the death of a young driver who died while appearing to avoid a wide
