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  • 50 jobs lost in restructuring

    FIFTY people lost their jobs earlier in the year following a headquarters restructuring at Wyevale Garden Centre in Hereford. Earlier this year, the company that has been taken over announced that is was moving part of its UK headquarters from the city

  • Police believe new powers are working

    POLICE in Leominster believe they are winning the battle with groups of noisy and abusive youths. In the West Mercia Constabulary's monthly report for Leominster, the force newsletter outlines the success of a section 30 dispersal order that was introduced

  • Teenager charged following death crash

    POLICE have charged a man for his involvement in a collision in which a 17-year-old man died. Colin Thomas Fletcher, from Ledbury, was killed when the car he was travelling in left the A438 on the Hollybush side of Eastnor Village in July. Two other

  • Charities go head-to-head for TV cash tonight

    Tune in to tonight's ITV Central South's 6pm evening news and cast your vote for one of two Herefordshire charities who will be going head-to-head on the programme to win a £50,000 Big Lottery Fund in the People's Millions contest. Battling it out for

  • Jigsaw is complete

    THE Jigsaw dance performance is entering its sixth year, bringing together on stage young people with disabilities, able-bodied school pupils, and dance students. I watched the matinee performance, along with a packed house of primary school pupils from

  • Theatre to encourage reading

    A PLAY engineered to encourage children to explore the importance of reading and the importance of imagination is currently touring local libraries. Welcome To Your Brain is aimed at children aged 12 and under, to encourage them to feel confident in

  • Candlelit concert to launch new CD

    TWO of Britain's leading early music virtuosos have chosen the tiny, ancient church of St Michael at Discoed to launch their new CD. David Ponsford, one of Britain's best-known harpsichordists, and recorder maestro Alan Davis have recently recorded the

  • Cathedral choir sing Evensong in Windsor

    HEREFORD Cathedral School Junior School choir are travelling to Windsor next Wednesday to sing Evensong in St George's Chapel. The service will be accompanied on the organ by former Cathedral School pupil John Challenger, who is now organ scholar at

  • Children In Need Concert at Shirehall

    HEREFORD Police Male Choir, supported by local schoolchildren, will be staging a special concert in Hereford Shire Hall this Saturday at 7pm in aid of Children in Need. On stage with the police choir will be the Kingstone School Chamber Choir, Bishop

  • Mayor to turn on Christmas lights

    A DATE has been fixed for the Mayor of Hereford to turn on the city's Christmas lights. Councillor Bob Preece will be joined by school children to light up the city centre at 5.30pm on Sunday, November 26.