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  • Hereford gymnasts qualify for regional squad

    HEREFORD Dynamix Trampoline Club are celebrating after 12 of their gymnasts secured a place in the West Midlands Squad for the National Team Finals National Development Plan event later this year. After working hard in training the gymnasts took

  • It's spring! And here are 15 photos to make you smile

    SPRING has officially sprung! This year's Vernal Equinox fell on March 20, marking the beginning of astronomical spring. The Met Office explains that astronomical spring differs from meteorological spring, which began on March 1, as it refers

  • Futsal junior winners crowned

    THE popularity of the Herefordshire Junior Football League's winter Futsal program for the two youngest age groups continued to grow this year. In the fifth year that the programme has ran 24 teams took part in the under-eight age competition and

  • College welcomes Year 10 students to STEM Club

    OVER the past couple of months, students from Aylestone School, Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School and Whitecross Hereford High School have been coming to Herefordshire & Ludlow College on a weekly basis to attend STEM Club. Herefordshire & Ludlow

  • Reader's letter: MP's climate complacency

    Bill Wiggin’s comments on climate change (Talking Point 14 March) displayed alarming complacency. He writes that the UK’s CO2 emissions fell in 2018 for the sixth consecutive year and were 361 million tonnes. This he says is good progress. The Committee

  • Reader's letter: climate emergency - rapid response required

    A Climate Emergency was unanimously declared by Herefordshire Council on March 8, but do all Councillors recognise the urgent implications of climate change? It is not just about all the little things we can for ourselves, like avoiding single-use

  • Photographer finds artistic beauty in everyday life

    ‘WITTY, generous, humane’: Billie Charity, the Welsh border’s resident and prolific photographer belongs to that rare breed. Hard-working, highly productive, celebrated in her craft: and all heart. Ask any of her subjects – there are legions of

  • Continuous improvement is key to success for Fycun

    DEDICATION to a 'continuous improvement' culture at Ross Golf Club sees Sally Fycun continue her rise and her latest victory came in the club's winter mixed foursomes final. Fycun, who was a complete beginner with a 36 handicap when she took up

  • Music in the moonlight

    John Hymas (violin/viola/accordion) is composes and plays a variety of instruments and effortlessly merges one musical genre with another. He, along with his classical music group "Quartette Lunoire" will give a concert in St Mary's Parish Church in

  • Police report increase in hate crime over last five years

    MORE than 3,500 cases of race hate crimes have been recorded by West Mercia Police in the last five years, the latest figures reveal. A freedom of information request showed that a total of 762 cases were reported last year across Herefordshire

  • Police reveal dog theft figures

    DOG owners reported a total of 39 pet thefts to West Mercia Police last year, a freedom of information request has revealed. The dognappers targeted animals kept at homes, gardens, worksites, boarding kennels, campsites and vehicles. Three

  • BREDWARDINE ART GROUP: April dates for your diary

      The art group meets in Bredwardine village hall between 1pm and 4pm each Friday.  In April the dates are 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th. The sessions are ‘drop in’ and cost £5 each week, which includes the cost of tea and biscuits.  Our members work

  • FRIENDS OF ST ANDREW’S: April 100 CLUB DRAW

      The Friends of St Andrew’s 100 Club draw is on Thursday, April 4th.As usual, it takes place at 8pm in the Red Lion Inn which opens at 6pm and serves a delicious curry buffet for anyone who wants to eat before the draw.We look forward to seeing

  • Annual Bredwardine & Brobury Quiz

      This is happening later than usual this year, on Friday 29th March with a 7.30pm start in the Village Hall.  We welcome teams of four: come along as a team or make up one on the night.  Please bring a bottle if you would like.  Entrance is £4

  • This week's sports fixtures

    THURSDAY, MARCH 21 FOOTBALL MIDLAND FLOODLIT YOUTH LEAGUE Premier South Hereford v Alvechurch SATURDAY, MARCH 23 FOOTBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH Hereford v Guiseley MIDLANDS FOOTBALL LEAGUE Premier Division Shepshed

  • Delivery call driver's sex assault on woman

    A DELIVERY driver sexually assaulted a woman after dropping off an order at her flat. Alino Basanga was working for DHL when he took the medical items to the Herefordshire home. The dad of four was found not guilty of rape but convicted

  • Dynamic duo tackle hot topic

    The Hiccup Project is back and this time Cristina and Chess are challenging themselves to the max with one of the biggest and hottest topics of the day. Repeated references to the two of them as ‘lovely girls’ or ‘the lovely Hiccup girls’ and the

  • Reader's letter: council needs to mind its language

    Mainstream national news media currently focuses on the piecemeal solution of increasing policing to reduce knife crime. Meanwhile, UK central government’s cross-government plan aimed at reducing suicides fails to include the Department for Work &

  • Move to provide scholarship for new university students

    HEREFORD’S new university aims to secure £500,000 in donations to financially support its first batch of students during their first year. New Model in Technology and Engineering bosses made the announcement last Friday at the presentation of their