The National Blood Service is appealing for volunteers to attend sessions to help meet the demand for blood from local hospitals. The next sessions will be held on Tuesday, February 3, at The Bromyard Centre, Cruxwell Street, Bromyard, from 1pm to 3.30pm
Ten and eleven-year olds in Herefordshire will soon have the opportunity of finding out how to keep themselves "socially safe" in the second phase of this academic year's Crucial Crew project. Around 1,600 schoolchildren from Year 6 of schools across
A MAN and a woman were airlifted to hospital early this morning after a collision near Ross-on-Wye. Paramedics were called after a one-vehicle crash happened between junction four and five of the M50 at around 4.45am. Ambulance spokesperson John Hawker
A HEREFORDSHIRE teenager who refused a live-saving heart transplant is back in Britain after the holiday of a lifetime. Hannah Jones, from Marden, was granted her wish in December when insurers covered her trip to Disney World Florida. The 13-year-old
A steering group has been launched to help Ross become a Fairtrade town. Retailers, consumers and employers with an interest in the cause are invited to a launch meeting at 6.30pm on February 10 at Edde Cross House, Edde Cross Street.
A HEREFORD youngster with leukaemia has received an award for coming to terms with his illness. Chris and Jane Compton-Leese faced a parent’s worst nightmare last May when their son, William, was diagnosed with the illness. The family, from Whitecross
HEREFORDSHIRE lost out narrowly in their final Inter County Champion-ship group clash with Warwickshire at the Larruperz Centre in Ross. It was a closely-fought contest with the morning sessions ending on equal points but with Warwickshire slightly ahead
A PUB near Ross-on-Wye is set to become Food pub of the Year after it was shortlisted in the finals of a national competition. Staff at the Mill Race Pub in Walford are keeping their fingers crossed that judges from trade magazine The Publican will take
ENTRIES for the Eskleyside Agricultural Society silage competition are being sought. Competitors taking part in the contest on Thursday evening at the Nags Head pub in Peterchurch must enter by 7.30pm at the latest. Refreshments will also be available
FREEMASONS in Hereford have been doing their bit for charity after they donated £1000 to help those with sight and hearing difficulties. Past master of the Dean Waterfield Masonic Lodge John Knight presented the cheque to Sense after members raise the
ORGANISERS of the yearly firework display in Kington have thanked Recreation Ground trustees who let them hold it there by making a donation towards its upkeep. Tony Price MBE of the Bonfire and Fireworks Committee presented chairman John Grant
WETHERSPOONS is still ready to deliver a pub to Leominster’s old post office – and work could be underway this summer. The conversion hasn’t happened yet because the pub chain put other projects first and denies the delay is anything to do
