John Masefield High School and Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Soc-iety are to join forces to create a new youth drama group. The group will be based at the Market Theatre and aimed at people aged from 14 to 18. The first meeting will take place at the theatre
A Ledbury in Bloom working party has collected 25 bags of rubbish from the bypass area. The haul has led to warnings that the litter problem needs to be tackled vigorously, if the town is to win the Britain in Bloom finals. Last year, Ledbury was the
The rising cost of attending professional drama productions were highlighted at Ledbury Theatre Club's annual meeting in the Burgage Hall. President Ken Dodsworth said that in the ten years since the club was formed, ticket prices have risen by between
Ledbury and Newent firefighters attended a house fire at Four Oaks, close to the Three Choirs Vineyard. They found that the kitchen blaze had been caused by an electrical fault in the fridge. The incident took place on Thursday, February 6, just after
The mobile police station known as the "Bobby Bus" will be visiting villages in the Newent area on Monday. Rural beat officer PC Simon Bailey will be available to speak to local residents about their crime concerns. The bus will be at Dursley Cross from
A fire crew from Ledbury station attended a car blaze close to the Marcle Ridge transmitter. The Vauxhall Merit car appeared to have been abandoned and was totally burnt out. Police are investigating. Two hose reel jets were used in an operation that
There has been a spate of vandal attacks on cars in the area. The windscreen of a Ford Focus was damaged while the vehicle was parked outside a house in Tarrington, between 10am on February 6 and 8am the following day. Vandals slashed the tyre of a Rover
Ledbury town councillors want a clear idea from the public of what should be done for the Market House to meet incoming disabled access regulations. The public can view a shortlist of options at an exhibition opening next week. Options include putting
A PORTABLE toilet near a site where workmen are building new public conveniences is causing a stink. It has been placed just off Bye Street, which is where a Herefordshire Council crew is currently at work. At last week's meeting of the town council,
Signs to stop dogs fouling the Bishop's Frome sports ground have been ordered from Herefordshire Council. The signs will call on dog owners not to let their pets foul the grass. The move follows a meeting of Bishop's Frome and Fromes Hill Parish Council
AN additional Wellington Heath Parish Council meeting was planned last night (Thursday) to discuss development of Warren Oak Scout Camp. The Scouts want to install an environmentally-friendly system of sewage purification at the camp and have applied
A POT of £25,000 is to be made available to Ledbury traders to spruce up the fronts of their shops. The funds have been secured through the Ledbury Initiative to regenerate the town. The fund is open to independent shop owners in the town who want to
SUPPORT for moving Ledbury's library to the Master's House on St Katherine's car park has been voiced by the chairman of Herefordshire Council. Peter Harling told Thursday night's meeting of Ledbury Town Council that the move would be "fantastic". New
BELL Inn 98 entertained The Soccer Site Malvern Football League leaders and present champions Bull Allstars on Sunday. This local derby lived up to expectations keeping spectators entertained throughout. The game started at a frantic pace and it was the
SWIFTS entertained Lads Club Colts on Sunday and continued their good form with another impressive win. LEDBURY SWIFTS U12s 6, LADS CLUB COLTS U12s 1 As with the previous week though, Swifts were slow to start and Lads Club pressed forward as Swifts struggled
LEDBURY Town entertain West Midlands League Premier Division leaders Westfields at New Street tomorrow (Saturday) in the semi-final of the HFA County Challenge Cup. Ledbury's league form has been inconsistent over recent weeks but they redeemed a 4-0
LEDBURY secured another two Midlands West Three (South) points and remain in fourth position but this was by no means an attractive rugby match. LEDBURY 20pts, BIRMINGHAM EXILES 15pts The visitors are struggling towards the bottom of the league and it
COLWALL gained a point from their clash with Portishead/ Firebrands of Bristol in a fast and furious game from start to finish. COLWALL 0, PORTISHEAD/ FIREBRANDS 0 Both teams started well with some slick passing, both defences cancelling out attacks.
SEVENTY five players have entered the Malvern Table Tennis League's championships to be held next Sunday (February 23) at the Forum, Malvern Theatres. Included is an encouraging entry of Cadets (U15) and Juniors (U18) - a testament to the success of the
A STAR of the Brom-yard stage was whipped off to hospital with appendicitis during a performance of Babes in the Wood on Saturday. Even with severe stomach ache, Summer Jones got through the first half of the pantomime at the Conquest Theatre but by the
BROMYARD primary school teacher Emma Brice has arrived in Tanzania to begin six months of voluntary work. Writing from Iringa, the 27-year-old St Peter's teacher said: "There are 29 of us now all the American and Australian volunteers have arrived and
BROMYARD Town Watch will be holding a public meeting at the Falcon Hotel at 8pm on Wednesday, February 19.
AGE Concern Bromyard is organising a 'Shop until you Drop' trip to Merry Hill from 11am on Wednesday, February 26. Tickets £7 per person. Residents of Stoke Lacy, Burley Gate, Bishop's Frome and Whitbourne will all be picked up in their villages after
YOUNG people in Colwall are the feature of a presentation at Colwall Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday, February 24. The talk is the culmination of a project by Youth In Colwall who think the area can be improved. The event will last one and a half hours
DAZZLE continues tonight and tomorrow afternoon and evening at Colwall Village Hall. This is the latest production by the Colwall Players with the Young Colwall Players. Evenings 7.30pm and the matinee performance at 2.30pm. Tickets available from John
THE Elms Junior Hockey sides were in action at the Herefordshire County U11 Mini-Hockey Tournament held at Leominster. The Elms U11 Boys' team became county champions following a 1-0 victory over St Richard's in the final, following a well-taken James
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A member of the Local Ministry Team of St Mary's Church in Newent is to travel out to southern India to cement a link between the Gloucester Diocese and two dioceses on the sub-continent. Gill Hubbard, a ministry team trainee, will begin her 24-hour journey
The Lakeside Women's Institute is planning a three-day coach trip to Ghent, in Belgium, departing from Newent on May 24. The group next meets at St Mary's Church Rooms at 7.45pm, on Wednesday, February 19, when Chris Carver will give a talk on the air
Thieves stole a child's bike from an unlocked garden shed at Court Lane, Newent, at some time between 3pm on February 1 and 10am on February 8. The cycle was a green Raleigh BMX, worth £200.
Newent Cricket Club will welcome new members at net sessions to take place at the Newent Leisure Centre, on February 24, March 3, March 10 and March 24, from 7pm to 8pm each evening. Further details on 01531 822208.
Newent Association for the Disabled will host a Valentine's dance at Newent Memorial Hall on Saturday, February 22. Tickets will be £6 each to include the cost of a ploughman's supper. Further details on 01531 821227.
LEDBURY'S historic Severn Stars pub will have risen from the ashes by the autumn. Many of the shattered pub's original timbers will have been saved despite the devastating fire which swept through the building. Long awaited restoration work has now started
The Ledbury Poetry Festival Competition 2003 was launched on Friday and already 1,000 entries forms have been sent out. The cover of the entry form, showing a Herefordshire country scene, is a "sneak preview" of the front of the July festival's main programme
THE minesweeper HMS Ledbury has arrived off the coast of Iraq as part of a military build-up of forces in the Gulf. The Ministry of Defence said yesterday (Thursday) that the Royal Navy flotilla, led by the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, has passed through
Forest of Dean District Council is to set its Council Tax precept on Thursday and the recommendation is for a rise of 4.5 per cent. The figure was put forward following an executive meeting yesterday (Thursday). Council spokesman Tony Wisdom said this
Around 30 visitors took advantage of Bosbury Primary School's open day on Wednesday. An impressive display of computer technology in the classroom was one of the main talking points. Prospective parents were shown the use of a computerised "white board
An active spring programme has been organised for Broms-berrow's Gardening and Social Club. The group, set up just over two years ago, now boasts more than 60 members and meets regularly at Bromsberrow Village Hall. Chairman Sara-Jane Watkins said: "The
A joint meeting of the Ledbury and Ross branches of National Farmers Union is being held. The meeting is at the Royal Oak, Much Marcle, on Thursday, February 20, from 7.30pm. Bill Young, regional manager for the Assured Combinable Crops Scheme, will give
Ledbury's Market House will cease to be a place where marriages can take place, unless something is done to make it meet incoming disabled access regulations. That is the warning from the town's superintendent registrar, June McQuaid, who said: "It's
Travellers may escape being moved on through a court order, unless ownership of a bridleway can be established. The travellers were first spotted in Green Lane, Dog Hill Wood, on January 22 and wood owners Ledbury Town Council served a letter warning
Ledbury firefighters used hydraulic cutting gear to release a pregnant woman from her car, following an accident, involving two vehicles. The rescue, shortly before 1am on Sunday, took place at the top of the Homend, close to the Railway Station. The
WAR in Iraq could prevent one of Ledbury Community Hospital's new staff from taking up her post. Samantha Fox was supposed to start work as clinical manager for the hospital's intermediate care and acquired brain injury units last week. But instead she
A new group of rag rug makers are meeting in Ledbury and are calling for more people to join them. The group will learn traditional and modern techniques, under the guidance of an expert. The Ledbury Raggers gather every month at the Belle Orchard home
LETTER-writing and a report from the recent regional conference will top the agenda at the next meeting of Ledbury's Amnesty International branch. The meeting will take place in the Leadon Bank Day Centre on Monday, February 17, at 7.30pm, and visitors
Cancer Research UK is looking for fundraisers in the Ledbury area. No support group for the organisation currently exists in the town and the nearest group of fundraisers is in Hereford. Volunteers interested in helping with a group can contact community
THE Ledbury and District Swimming Club team had mixed fortunes during the third round of the Wyvern League held at Monmouth as illness still affected many swimmers. Many swims were only fractions of a second slower than in previous rounds but with both
STEVE Guinan comes back into the reckoning for Hereford United's trip to Northwich Victoria in the Nationwide Conference tomorrow (3pm). Bulls manager Graham Turner omitted the striker from Tuesday's 2-0 win at Margate which propelled the Edgar Street
BROMYARD'S town crier Peter Dauncey will now also act as town councillor. The Euroheat salesman won a seat on Bromyard Town Council with 302 votes at a by-election last Thursday. He beat Bernard Hunt, who claimed 217 votes, and Andrew Pack, who came in
TODDLERS at the Bishop's Frome Jack-in-the-Box nursery school have helped raise £130.50 for charity. All 26 children at the nursery, aged between two and four, took part, with 18 raising sponsorship money for the I CAN! charity. The task involved was
POLICE are appealing to a Bringsty jogger to come forward to help with an inquiry into a road traffic incident. The jogger, wearing a black tracksuit with a yellow stripe down the sides, is believed to have been out for a run on the A44 in the Bringsty
A SUPPORT group to help Alzheimers sufferers in Bromyard is seeking help from the town council. The group meets on Wednesdays at Buttsfield House and looks after eight people, who take part in activities designed to keep their minds active and to help
BROMYARD visited Redditch for an important North Midlands One game but came away second best after putting on a poor performance. REDDITCH 34pts, BROMYARD 19pts Redditch came out determined although it was Piers Gaunt who kicked Bromyard ahead with a
COUPLES who married at the church of St James the Great, Colwall, are invited to a special celebration of marriage service on Sunday. Pauline Veale, head of Colwall Mother's Union, said she had the idea for the service when she discovered that it is currently
SATURDAY FOOTBALL WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Malvern Town v Wolverhampton United, Bromyard Town v Smethwick ST. Division One South: Chaddesley Corbett v Malvern Town Reserves (2.15), Malvern Rangers v Ludlow Town Reserves (2.15). HFA COUNTY
MAGPIES netball team were lucky again this week to win the toss and start the match as Uniswans began with the disadvantage of a player missing. The play started fairly even with Magpies failing to take advantage of the situation and with scoring opportunities
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB THERE were 13 teams assembled on February 5 and Team Six with its nonogenarian captain, Grace Francis plus Gisela Ogden, Mary Wollan & John Davies scored 69imp. 2nd, David Magee, Brian Snell, Ken Dodsworth & Nannette
RUGBY can be a great spectator sport but it was just as well that there were only a handful of spectators to witness what could at best be termed coarse rugby on the River Pitch. LEDBURY III 10pts, LONDON CIVIL SERVICE VETERANS (FEZ) 13pts The home side
LEDBURY U11s were well psyched up for this visit as they had a heavy defeat at the hands of the visitors earlier in the season. LEDBURY U11s 24pts, PAINSWICK U11s 14pts Painswick found themselves defending for most of the match and had it not been for
Pupils at Newent Community School are showing the card to bullying in a special pilot scheme that could be adopted by other Gloucestershire schools. The project has been developed by community police officer, PC Clive Harrison, who visits the school,
Newent looks set to benefit from a major road safety scheme by this summer. It follows a review of problem highways and junctions, which has been funded by Gloucestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council. New crossing points, signs and speed
TWENTY people descended on Newent Library on February 6 for the first meeting in 2003 of the Newent Beekeepers group. Guest speaker Dave Maslem, a professional bee inspector, gave a well-received talk on spring management, with the aid of slides. The
The annual meeting of St Mary's Parish Church, Newent, takes place on Saturday, February 22, from 7.30pm at the Church Rooms.
Newent police are investigating a vandal attack on a property at Jubilee Place, Staunton, when dustbins and plant pots were overturned. The incident was discovered by the householder, on Sunday after he returned from a weekend away.
A DISPLAY of wedding dresses at St Mary's Church will be one of the attractions at this year's Newent Onion Fayre, on September 13 Display organiser Julie Gillard said: "This obviously depends on people being willing to loan their dresses to us for this
