BURNS NIGHT - Celebrate with Hazel and David at the Crown Inn next Tuesday. Haggis, tatties, neaps and a glass of whiskey, £4.50 per person from 8pm. Read out a poem or write your own up to ten lines long, the best one wins a prize or test your musical knowledge in the quick fire quiz.

SERENDIPITY - Proceeds from the raffle of a meter-high chocolate Father Christmas have been doubled by Sarah and Stewart Deacon from Ivington. Hereford Hospital benefited from the winning ticket which was drawn at Serendipity, the Deacons chocolate and gift shop in Hereford, to reveal the winner as a 'Nice chap, please donate to children's ward'. Hereford Open Door and Acorns Hospice each received £170.

SOUP LUNCH - Coffee Morning, Bring and Buy, Cake Stall from 10am, followed by a soup lunch until 2pm, in the Cedar Hall on Saturday in aid of the Asian Earthquake Appeal.

FLICKS IN THE STICKS - The film King Arthur will be shown in the Cedar Hall at 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday).