A developer behind plans for new homes off Albert Road says he is so sure it would improve the Victorian street, he wants to move there himself. His comments follow a site visit on Tuesday, at which Herefordshire councillors and officers were greeted
LEDBURY Rugby Club will pay tribute to one of its stalwart players in a match on Easter Monday. Rob Chapman, a prop forward, has links with the club going back 30 years and even turned out for the 1st XV earlier this year at the age of 49. A testimonial
COALITION forces feel vindicated by scenes of jubilation in Baghdad at the fall of Saddam Hussein, according to a Ledbury serviceman. Flight Lieutenant Stuart Naylor is currently serving as an engineer with No 12 (Bomber) Squadron in the Gulf, helping
Ledbury's Silurian Border Morris Men are appealing for new blood. At its height several years ago, it could muster up to 25 dancers, but now full strength is 15 members. Spokesman Keith Francis said: "It reflects something that is happening nationally
BALLOT papers have been posted out to everyone registered to vote in and around Ledbury, Bromyard and the surrounding areas. A total of 135,000 parish and county election papers were sent out across Herefordshire over the first three days of this week
The Ledbury in Bloom litter blitz on Saturday is being hailed as a great success by organisers. A campaign stand at the Market House attracted a lot of attention, with several more people signing up as volunteers. Ledbury is the defending champion for
The Bromsberrow Gardening and Social Club is thriving, if attendance at the last meeting is anything to go by. Around 40 members attended the event in the village hall last Thursday, to hear a representative from Hartpury College talk about the establishment
The Ledbury and Bromyard areas feature heavily in this year's programme for the Herefordshire Walking Festival. The festival will take place from June 14 to 22 and will make use of 2,100 rights of way throughout the county. Local highlights will include
PAUL Parry is poised to start for Hereford United's clash with Leigh RMI at Edgar Street tomorrow (3pm). The Welsh non-league international midfielder missed the 1-0 defeat at Halifax Town last week but is likely to come back into contention as manager
THE A44 near Bromyard had to be closed for two hours after an accident. The rider of a Honda quad bike had to be taken to hospital after he was in collision with a blue Toyota Avensis near Bringsty Common at around 10.55pm on Sunday. The female car driver
A DAY of point-to-point racing will be held at Wolferlow, near Upper Sapey, on Sunday, April 27. The first race is at 2pm. Ring 01885 482354 for more information.
A SESSION of Easter bingo will be held tonight (Friday) at 8pm at Stoke Lacy Village Hall. All proceeds go towards the hall's funds.
A SLIDE show entitled Colwall Then and Now will feature during Colwall Village Society's annual meeting. The presentation, by Graham Cowan and Jim Savage, contrasts photos and scenes of the village in Victorian times to the present day equivalent. Reports
PALM Sunday at St James Church Colwall began at the morning service with a donkey led procession and children waving palms together with other members of the congregation following on behind. In the evening a performance of The Passion of Christ by Handel
Thieves made off with a stone trough valued at £200 from the front garden of a house in Mathon Road, Colwall, between April 9 and the following day.
Drivers and vehicles with towbars are needed to help regular Newent Christian Youth Project activities. Helpers would take a caravan used by the project between Gorsley and Newent. Spokesman Martyn Davy said: "Our caravan towing team urgently needs a
Police in Newent are appealing for information after vandals targeted a Vauxhall Cavalier. The car was parked in Bury Bar Lane between 11.15pm on Saturday and 1am on Sunday. The owner returned to find the rear windscreen had been shattered and someone
Newent Town Council has negotiated a reduction in the money it must pay towards maintenance of the Recreation Ground toilets. Originally, the town council was asked to find £5,000 a year for the Forest of Dean District Council to keep the toilets open
The next Flicks in the Sticks screening at Gorsley Village Hall will be Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PG) on Thursday, April 24, from 7pm. Doors will open at 6.30pm and entrance will be by ticket only on 01989 720221.
Volunteer door to door collectors are needed in Newent for the Christian Aid Week collection from May 11 to May 17. Anyone wishing to help should contact St Mary's Church office on 01531 821641.
DEVELOPERS have submitted plans for a £3.5 million DIY store and garden centre on the Lower Road Trading Estate in Ledbury. Shipston on Stour developers Pettifer Estates Ltd wants permission for a 21,500 square feet DIY store and 10,000 sq ft garden centre
The Ledbury Poetry Festival is asking for volunteers to help drive poets around, or even have them to stay for a short while. Jo Kingham, chairman of the Friends of Ledbury Poetry Festival, said: "We especially need hosts in and around Ledbury, who would
A reunion for former Ledbury County Secondary School pupils will take on Monday, April 28, at the Farmers Arms pub, Wellington Heath, from 7.30pm. Organiser Val Linwood, of Tupsley, said: "It will be for people who attended during the years 1962/63, in
The manager of the Wales under-12s chess squad is to set up a new club at Ledbury Primary School. The first session takes place on Tuesday, April 29, from 4pm to 6pm, and will be led by county grand master Kevin Thomas, who was manager of the Welsh team
musicians from south-east Africa held workshops at John Masefield High School on Wednesday. World Muzik Makers will also be giving a performance at the Market Theatre at 7.30pm tonight (Friday) with tickets available on the door. Martyn Moxley, head of
A TABLE top sale and craft stalls helped to raise money to protect children. The Bromyard branch of the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) raised £567 from the event. Produce on sale included home-made jams and other foods
LEOMINSTER MP Bill Wiggin will be visiting villages around his constituency tomorrow (Saturday). Mr Wiggin is due to field questions at the Burley Gate Village Hall car park between 11.15am and 11.35am and the Pencombe post office from 11.50am to 12.10pm
THE Colwall Singers have celebrated their 35th anniversary with a supper at Colwall Village Hall. To celebrate the landmark an anniversary cake was cut by three founder members during the evening, also attended by several husbands and partners. The choir
The National Lottery has turned down a £200,000 bid for money to enhance and redesign the changing rooms at Newent Leisure Centre. But project organisers are still hopeful that they will be able to get £150,000 worth of funding in place by this autumn
CHEF Paul Hackett, owner of the Yew Tree Inn, Clifford's Mesne, is to appear in a new television series that aims to promote the diversity of country pubs. He has been filmed for a forthcoming episode of Particular Pubs, an ITV1 show that takes a look
Newent Town Council has described repair work to york stone paving in the Market Square as "appalling". The work was carried out by Gloucestershire County Council because the paving was starting to break up. But Newent mayor Coun Fred Passant said: "It
Newent Quilters will host a workshop at Gorsley Village Hall on June 7. A masterclass will reveal the techniques of Anja Townrow, a Dutch-born quilter of international repute. The next major event after that will be an outing to the NEC in Birmingham
Newent will witness "The Way of the Cross" this morning, a Good Friday procession starting from Our Lady's Church in Ross Road at 10.45am. The procession will pass through the town centre and will end at St Mary's Church, around noon.
DRAGONS have made an early appearance on the streets of Ledbury, ahead of the town's English Festival. The five day event is being opened on Wednesday with an evening parade to St Michael and All Angels Church. Ledbury in Bloom's 2003 campaign will also
Ledbury's long-awaited second toilet block was opened quietly on Wednesday, without ceremony. Plans to put new toilets at the entrance to Bye Street car park have been on the cards since spring 2001, after the old Bye Street block was demolished to make
Herefordshire Council and English Heritage have opened talks over plans to turn the Master's House into a new library. As part of the process, English Heritage is now formally looking into the council's proposal to upgrade the listing of the medieval
Doctors at Ledbury's Market Surgery are organising a sponsored bike ride to raise funds for a £3,000 defibrillator. The event will give cyclists a choice between a 6-mile and an 18-mile route on Sunday, May 11. The ride has been organised in support of
Mrs Muffin's Tea Shop in Ledbury's Church Lane has entered the Tea Council's annual competition to find the UK's best spot for a cuppa. Now staff can expect a mystery customer this month from the Tea Guild, if the teashop is to make it through to the
BROMYARD residents can learn more easily about their family background after archives were moved to a new home. Bromyard Local History Society completed the move from its cramped Little Hereford Street base to Sherford Street at the weekend. The new resource
TOWN criers from across the world are preparing to descend on Bromyard for the annual town crier competition. Thirty criers will be competing in the town on Saturday, May 3, and Sun-day, May 4. Three criers will be travelling from Australia and one from
POLICE have appealed to coach companies and hauliers to take extra care following the latest in a spate of diesel thefts. Around £1,000 of diesel was siphoned from a coach business in Ocle Pychard overnight on Saturday, April 12. The incident was the
A LISTED barn on a Bringsty farm could be made into a luxury home. Mark Perry, of The Nuttage Farm, Bringsty Common, has applied to Herefordshire Council for his Grade II building to be made into a five-bedroom house including an indoor swimming pool
The National Birds of Prey Centre at Newent has two special Easter chicks to greet the crowds. Last week, a pair of Asian Wood Owls were hatched at the centre, an event which director Jemima Parry-Jones described as pleasing because, although the species
Newent's Crime Through Time Mus-eum is mentioned in a new book by investigative journalist Stephen Richards. His publication, also called Crime Through Time, has been brought out by Mirage Publishing and gives details of many of the lurid 20th Century
The Newent town flagpole, by the library, is rotten and needs replacing. There is wet rot in the base of the pole and the problem was outlined to Newent Town Council at Monday evening's meeting in the Market Hall. Coun Len Lawton said: "It's in a very
Newent Carers' Group is looking to boost its membership this spring. The group, which next meets on Wednesday, May 7, at 2pm at Sheppard House, is open to all carers, male and female. One attraction at the next gathering will be a visit from an acupuncturist
Newent Town Council is still waiting to take delivery of its new £10,000 mechanised street cleaning machine.
