AS a full-time Caretaker at the Larruperz Centre for over 14 years, Les Phillips has tirelessly looked after the many organisations using the facilities. Counting amongst these is the thriving Ross Bridge Club which holds duplicate bridge sessions
THIS carefree otter looks for all the world like a dog out for a stroll in the park. It was spotted by Barbara Barnett at the river walk in Ross-on-Wye yesterday (Friday). The river Wye, which passes through the town, has one of the most well-established
A high street chain with branches in Hereford, Leominster and Ross, is to stop selling wet wipes from the end of September to limit the damage they cause to water systems. Holland & Barrett is removing all 34 products in its wet wipe range from
AAn outstanding Anglo/American quartet led by award winning trumpet player Chris Hodgkins, a man of many talents - musician, bandleader, administrator, author, broadcaster and much more. For this tour he has recruited South Korean pianist from New
CHASE Distillery Managing Director Andrew Carter will share his drinks industry expertise at the Herefordshire Conservative Business Forum. During a career spanning over 25 years, Andrew has worked in a range of international sales and marketing
A FAMED cross-country running event will return to Herefordshire this summer. For 24 years from 1977 to 2001, the Offa’s Dyke 15 Cross Country Race, which follows the Offa’s Dyke Long Distance Footpath from Hay-on-Wye to Kington, was a huge success
CREWS tackled a major house fire in a Herefordshire village. A spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said teams from Kingsland, Leintwardine, Knighton, Presteigne, Kington and Hereford worked hard to extinguish what as described
FORMER Hereford FC manager Pete Beadle will return to Edgar Street on Sunday to watch Rob Purdie’s testimonial match. A Hereford FC XI side comprising of the players signed during Beadle’s time as manager will take on a Hereford United XI side
MORE than 400 rafters made their way down the River Wye in May of 1980 perched aboard milti-coloured inventions. Most had to carry their bulky assortment of welded barrels for the first 100 yards with only inches of water covering the river bed.
PRESTEIGNE husband and wife David and Tracey Christopher took part in their third London Moonwalk for Breast Cancer recently. The marathon walk (26.2 miles) began at midnight with the couple finishing early Sunday morning. Both David and Tracey's
As part of the Orchestra of the Swan’s residency at The Courtyard, Nicholas Daniel plays Strauss and Ravel on Friday, May 17. City of Birmingham’s associate conductor Michael Seal conducts a concert which illustrates the differing ways in which
FOLLOWING on from last week’s wonderful May Fair photographs taken in the 50s and 60s, today we turn to a more contemplative selection of pictures from the Derek Evans Studio archive. Vaughan Jenkins and John Seage feature in these photos taken
