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Ludlow Market Prices

LUDLOW MARKET McCartneys report the entry of 280 prime cattle at Ludlow Market on Monday as desperately disappointing in terms of numbers. However, the entry sold to the dearest trade we have probably seen on a commercial day. Steers peaked

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Hereford Market Prices

Hereford Market Hereford Market Auctioneers report a most excellent trade on an entry of 1,079 prime lambs in Hereford Market on Wednesday, December 31, leading to an overall average of 147.8p per live kilo and to £70 for 44.5kilo. Far more sheep

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Tiny Coral Chloe is a pony with a big personality

SHE may be tiny, but Welsh Mountain Pony Doddenhill Coral Chloe’s big personality and good looks scooped her the top spot at the prestigious Royal Welsh Winter Fair. The grey yearling was bred by Angela Yarnold-Wright and her husband David at their Doddenhill

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Bluetongue still remains a fear to haunt farming

THE past year, 2008, has seen a welcome increase in livestock prices right across the board reports, John Uffold, chairman of auctioneers McCartneys, in a review of the year just ended. But he warns that vigilance against disease, particularly Bluetongue

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Builth Wells Market

BUILTH WELLS MARKET Brightwells report an excellent day at their Christmas Primestock Show and Sale held recently at Builth Market. With more than 4,500 sheep present in all, and every class well subscribed, Mr Alun Witcomb had the difficult task

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Kington Market Prices

Kington Market McCartneys of Kington report an excellent store cattle trade to start the New Year on Tuesday, January 6. A smaller entry of quality cattle forward sold to a full ring of buyers from a wide area including the East Midlands. The

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Add pizzazz and a riot of colour to your Herefordshire garden

NOW that the new year is underway, you may consider which flowers to grow from seed to create colour in the months ahead – and there is no shortage of new varieties. Seed catalogues all look tempting, promising masses of blooms in a vast array of colours

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Manchester Utd youngster joins Hereford United

MANCHESTER United midfielder Sam Hewson believes his style of play will suit Hereford United’s attempt to safeguard their League 1 status. The 20-year-old has joined the relegation-threatened Bulls on loan until the end of the season. "Graham Turner

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And as the chill goes on, a breath of summer for Almeley Cricket Club

ALMELEY Cricket Club will be looking for further progress in 2009 after enjoying one of their most successful seasons for several years in 2008. The club achieved 10 wins during their GB Liners Marches League Division 4 campaign and finished in runners-up

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Holme Lacy's Carl Jenkins’ late goal salvages draw for the league leaders

Holme Lacy 1 Hay St Mary’s Reserves 1. AN equaliser from Carl Jenkins maintained Holme Lacy’s unbeaten record in this top-of-the-table clash in Division 1 of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League. The striker ran on to a through-ball and

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Hereford County Hospital visitor ban revised

A ban on visitors to Hereford County Hospital has been partially lifted. One visitor is now being allowed to visit a patient at any one time. A full ban has been in force for nearly two weeks following the outbreak of the norovirus causing sickness

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Frost sends sport into hibernation

NATIONAL Hunt racing is virtually in hibernation as the country freezes over. Racing on turf has been widely affected with abandonments up and down the land, so extra all-weather racing fixtures have been staged to keep the betting industry ticking over

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River Lugg deaths - post-mortem shows there was no third party involvement

THE post-mortem examinations on the two friends from Leominster found dead in the River Lugg have concluded that there was no third party involvement. The bodies of Andrew Smith, aged 40 and Paul Smith, 43, were discovered in the river on Saturday

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Hereford County Hospital team's electronic innovation to fight infection in hospital

A TEAM from Hereford County Hospital reached the finals of the regional NHS ‘Oscars’. As part of Hereford Hospitals Trust determination to cut out infection, they developed an infection prevention and control system which is now being used in clinical

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Why change for Hereford isn’t always for the better

I ENJOY reading the Hereford Times every week and one letter recently, about modernising the city centre and from D A Rolls, made my day. My education, a good many years ago, was only with Mr Campbell at Yarkhill School, so I couldn’t put a letter

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Such a great show - thank you Hereford Times

I AM writing to thank you for so kindly arranging a film show for pensioners on Tuesday, December 16. Your staff went out of their way to make this a special occasion and the mince pies with sherry also provided an excellent touch. The choice of Brideshead

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A kitchen hero in Hope-under-Dinmore

MY New Year Resolution is never again to joke with family and friends about my husband’s lack of ability in the kitchen. Up to December 27, his achievement ended with a basic fried breakfast and scrambled egg - albeit excellent scrambled egg! We were

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Hereford and Gloucester Canal, poets and cider with Garth Lawson

THE family of poet John Philips had their estate at Withington Court, close to the village church. They were royalists during the English Civil War and Philips, praising Charles I, deplored “The mad, headstrong rout” who “defy’d their prince to arms

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Seat Ibiza - Good looks with crisp handling

With the cost of owning and running a car continuing to hit the pockets of many motorists, the subject of financial incentives is more pertinent than ever. So Seat’s Ibiza Ecomotive supermini with no road tax payable and capable of returning 74.3mpg

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Herefordshire Katie’s future is so engaging

A TEENAGER who landed a job at a Hereford jewellers just days after buying her engagement ring there has been named Sales Associate of the Year. Katie Pembridge went into H Samuel in High Town with partner Jim Davies last November, little knowing it

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Hereford company wins Team of the Year award

TPG DisableAids Ltd, the Hereford company that, for more than 20 years, has catered for the needs of those who require assistance with mobility or age related difficulties, has gained national recognition, winning the Team of the Year award from the

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Herefordshire motorists bid to beat commuter chaos is derailed

MANY Herefordshire motorists take to the roads every day to attend jobs outside of the county. Simon Burnett is one such driver who makes the daily commute – and finds the journey usually ends in frustration. MANY Herefordshire residents work outside

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Herefordshire carers have the chance to find help

UP to 20,000 people in Herefordshire are believed to be caring for elderly or disabled relatives or friends in their own homes. But only 1,876 have registered their names with Herefordshire Carers’ Support, an organisation pledged to look after their

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Enduring love story turns 50

THE 50th anniversary production of West Side Story is currently playing to packed houses at Wales Millennium Centre, and once again the tragic feud between Sharks and Jets is played out to the accompaniment of enduring songs - Maria, Somewhere, Tonight

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Double maintains Venetia’s good run

FOLLOWING the high-profile win of Mon Mome at Cheltenham races, the Kings Caple yard of Venetia Williams has been flying and she continued the good run at the pre-Christmas meeting at Hereford when saddling a double with National Petition and Stow, both

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Flasher warning for Herefordshire village

WOMEN walking across rural areas of Leintwardine are being urged to be on their guard after a man exposed himself to a woman walking in a field. The woman was on her own near a stream in a field off Jays Lane at around 2.45pm on Tuesday when

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Drivers ignoring temporary one-way system In Ledbury

DRIVERS in Ledbury are ignoring a temporary one-way system, which is not only dangerous, but could result in a prosecution, according to police. Water board road works are now in place at Top Cross, which are expected to last for several weeks

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Well-known Hereford businessman dies

HEREFORD businessman John Doughty has died at St Michael’s Hospice at the age of 67. He had worked in textiles all his life and his businesses, involving haberdashery, fabrics and crafts and, more recently, quilting were known country wide. Mr Doughty

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Wellington’s young guns are shooting for top-spot

MIDWAY through the season, Wellington are undoubtedly the star turn, and surprise package, when reviewing the local soccer scene. Starting the season still in a period of transition, their young side has exceeded expectation, and they go into their

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Looking at life through a lens for Hereford Times photographer

A NEAR half-century has passed since a cynical senior reporter on the former Hereford Evening News sought a cheap laugh by sending the newsroom’s copy boy out on an “impossible” errand – finding red mustard. As keen as the condiment, young Ray Lloyd

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League table does not lie and changes will be made

THE general opinion in football is that the league table does not lie. After half a season, we find ourselves second from bottom and generally it is thought that is where we deserve to be. However, on a number of occasions this season we have been billed

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Clubs hoping to beat weather

HEREFORDSHIRE’S sports clubs and fans will be hoping that the weather doesn’t intervene this weekend. Westfields, Wellington, Bromyard Town and Ledbury Town football clubs are all in home league action on Saturday. Wellington have an attractive match

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Herefordshire sports duo honoured

TWO Herefordshire sporting stars have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Paralympian swimmer Sascha Kindred was awarded an OBE for services to disabled sport. Ross-on-Wye Swimming Club head coach Trixie Pulsford has received an MBE

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Bucknell murder - Three still in custody

THREE people arrested in connection with the murder of a 41-year-old man from the Herefordshire border were continuing to be questioned by detectives today. Two women and a man were arrested in the Leominster area early yesterday by officers investigating

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Comings and goings start at Edgar St

THE Hereford United transfer window merry-go-round is already underway with players arriving at and departing from Edgar Street. The Bulls have acquired the services of 20-year-old central midfielder Sam Hewson on loan from Manchester United until the

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Crunch talk in Peterchurch

PETERCHURCH residents keen on beating the credit crunch can get a helping hand tonight at a talk entitled 'Living on Local Food'. Trish Marsh will join the Golden Valley Environment Group at the Community Centre from 7.30pm to discuss ways

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Parishioners seek permission to move church plaques

PARISHIONERS near Kington are seeking permission from relatives of former residents remembered on three church plaques in Gladestry to move them. Congregation members want to put them on the north wall of St Mary’s Church to make way for a small kitchen