A POLICE campaign has been launched to show how safe it is to live in Herefordshire. “Not In Herefordshire” is designed to address what police say is an imbalance between the fear of crime in the county and reality. Supt Kevin Purcell, who is spearheading
AN accident on the A49 has closed the road. Three cars were involved in a collision at around 2.30pm. A rapid response vehicle and ambulance attended and one person was taken to Hereford County Hospital. The incident is affecting both
A JUMBLE sale at a Hereford opticians will help a charity working in Africa. Dolland & Aitchison in Commerical Street are hosting the sale from October 27 to November 1. All proceeds will go to Vision Aid Overseas’ Ethiopia Project.
PUMPKIN trails and spooky goings on are on offer at Goodrich Castle this Hallowe’en. Eight pumpkins will be hidden around the castle and children who find them all and decipher the secret message will be rewarded with a sweet treat. Wendy Amer
HEREFORDSHIRE Council froze Icelandic banks out of its investment portfolio just before the credit crunch sent a chill through several neighbouring authorities. Icelandic banks and their UK subsidiaries came off the council’s approved lending
THE Queen’s new representative for Herefordshire has been chosen. Susan Darnley, of Thornbury, near Bromyard, officially takes over from Sir Thomas Dunne as Lord Lieutenant from Friday. Sir Thomas, of Gatley Park, near Wigmore, had been
A HEREFORDSHIRE charity has completed its management restructuring with a new chair of trustees. Janet Stevens (pictured right) joins the brain injury rehabilitation specialists Herefordshire Headway following a long career in health and social
HEREFORDSHIRE Council is already on course for a near £2 million overspend on its budgets for the current financial year, with all services warned that further savings are expected – on top of last year’s efforts – to balance the books. The council
A NIGHT in the company of Simon Cowell and Leona Lewis is up for grabs in Hereford next week. Tickets to see the X Factor live are among the lots at a charity auction taking place as part of Saxtys’s annual black and white ball next Thursday (October
A LEOMINSTER-based charity is holding a community get-together tonight (Wednesday). The Herefordshire Supported Housing for Young People Project’s (SHYPP) Leominster Foyer wants to get to its neighbours better and is hosting the event for residents of
THE Hereford Times road safety campaign has a result – a speed limit is planned for the village where a teenage campaigner has long been trying to slow motorists down. A 50mph limit through Wormbridge can happen because the A465 through the
THE county air ambulance was stood down after being called to a Herefordshire school yesterday. The service was called to John Masefield High School in Ledbury at 12.07pm after reports of a schoolboy being injured playing rugby. But it was decided to
HEREFORDSHIRE Council has struck a deal to save itself, and county schools, thousands of pounds on computer equipment. Over the past year the council has undertaken a review of how it purchases ICT equipment, as a four-year replacement programme
A LEOMINSTER woman is slimming down thanks to a TV show. 45-year-old author Vicky Argyle is one of six overweight competitors taking part in the second series of ITV 1’s Slim to Win with Rosemary Conley. Viewers can watch Vicky, who is also the manager
