TOMORROW evening is the Tony Hickling Memorial Hill Climb on the notorious Capler Hill between Fownhope and Brockhampton. Climb-on-Bikes Cycling Club have been promoting this event for 10 years and the popularity is growing every year. Junior
THE gates of Hay Castle are to be removed for the first time in almost 400 years for restoration work to take place. The large wooden gates are currently fenced off and hidden behind scaffolding, but will be removed on September 14 as part of a
A MAN was rescued by emergency services after threatening to jump off a bridge in Hereford. Fire crews, police and paramedics arrived at the scene on Bridge Street to reports of a man threatening to jump off the bridge into the River Wye just after
FIRE raged at Castlemorton Common on Monday, much to the concern of nearby residents. Local resident Stella Bunn captured the blaze on camera as it ripped through gorse near her home. The fire began just before 7pm on Monday evening and was
A NEW Archdeacon has been formally welcomed to Hereford. The Venerable Derek Chedzey was appointed as Archdeacon of Hereford at Evensong at Hereford Cathedral on September 9. He was also made a Prebendary alongside Team Rector for Leominster,
McCARTNEYS are grateful to be favoured with instructions to offer for sale the charming and attractive small farm known as Old Court. Located in a most beautiful part of south Montgomeryshire, the sale presents a prime opportunity to acquire a small
DO you recognise this Herefordshire family from the First World War? This photo was taken in Leominster in September 1918 in the dying months of the conflict and shows a happy mother, father and child posing for a family photo. The photo has
The Barn Gamberhead Farm Wormelow Agent: Fine and Country Offers: £699,000 Call: 01989 764132 A SUPERB conversion of a former stone barn into a home of great character and quality with oak beams, ledge and brace doors and flagstone flooring
VOLUNTEERS are needed for a research project at Queenswood Country Park this autumn. The Queenswood Heritage Gateway Project will explore the history of Queenswood by pairing volunteers with Hereford Archive and Records Centre (HARC), Hereford Museum
THE village of Orleton certainly knows how to put on a scarecrow display. Mermaids under the sea, a ski jumper and a jumping pony were just some of the offbeat creations on display at the village's Annual Scarecrow Trail. Prizes were awarded
HEREFORDSHIRE osteopath Nicholas Handoll has been struck off by his professional body. The General Oseopathic Council's professional conduct committee (PCC) found Mr Handoll, of Ross-on-Wye, guilty of unacceptable professional conduct. The PCC
A WOMAN'S fatal lung condition was caused by industrial disease, an inquest has heard. Linda Smith, 64, died at St Michael's Hospice on May 21 this year after suffering from lung cancer. The inquest at Herefordshire Coroner's Court on September
