This week saw the completion of our second year of Butteryfly Transects which is part of the Merbach Commons Project. Butterfly Monitoring was carried out weekly through the summer, beginning April 1, ending September 29, 2008. The length of this
In an effort to raise money for the maintenance and upkeep of St Andrew’s Church, Bredwardine, we plan to run a monthly draw; first draw will be January 2009. To date we have sold 80 of the 100 tickets. So do not delay if you would like to buy a
The metal collection is going well. So far there have been several trips to the processing plant and in excess of £230 has been raised to date. Plumbing scrap, even small quantities of pipe bits, fittings, taps, etc are particularly lucrative. Please
Reminder! Sheila Spence, a local field mycologist, is coming to Merbach Hill Common to lead a Fungus Foray on Monday, October 6th at 10 am. Sheila will describe the ecology and life-cycle of British fungi and will lead a walk to discover which species
POLICE are dealing with a sudden death in Hereford. There is a large police presence in the Hunderton area of the city tonight as investigations are carried out into what police are calling "a sudden and unexpected death".
A TOTAL of £3,000 was raised for charity by a Herefordshire woman at a charity ball. Jayne Jones, from Bromyard, organised the event at the town's gala to raise money for the Charles Renton Unit. Mrs Jones was diagnosed with breast cancer in January
CHURCH NEWS-As a result of the special collection in church, together with other donations, a cheque for £500.00 has been sent to the Hamlin Fistula charity. St. Mary’s choir will be practising for Christmas at 7.30pm on each Wednesday in October
THE organiser of a multi-terrain run is looking for participants and sponsors to help raise charity funds. Ronnie Scully, of Fownhope, organises the eight-mile Hope Valley Run each year, and this time is looking to help the British Red Cross
MORE than £1,000 was raised at a folk dance to raise money for charity. The ceilidh dance, held at New Radnor, was in aid of the Huntington’s Disease Association (HDA) and was organised by a Kington family who have experience of the disease at first
A WELSH gardener and a compost expert are giving villagers a night of green-fingered humour. Radio 2 star Terry Walton will recall his life among the leeks at Preston-on-Wye Village Hall on October 10. He is being joined by Richard Fishbourne, of Wiggly
TWO Herefordshire students impressed the judges at Ludlow Food Festival. Callan Kendal and Vicky Franzen, who are studying hospitality and catering at Herefordshire College of Technology took the second and third prize respectively in the young
A LATE goal from Mark Davies gave Pegasus an exciting 3-2 home win in the FTL Futbol Hellenic League Premier Division yesterday (Saturday). Davies headed in a deep right-wing cross from Ben Price, in the 91st minute, to seal Pegasus’ second
AFTER their weekly golf competition, admiring cohorts arranged a presentation to Herefordshire Golf Club’s oldest member, Frank Meigh, who recently celebrated his 87th birthday. Despite reaching this milestone, Frank still manages to get up to Ravens
PENNY Southwood wants to hear from Herefordshire’s gifted sports people. She will be identifying and promoting the development of the talented sports stars of tomorrow. Southwood has been appointed as the new Herefordshire Sport’s Aspire
A CHILDREN'S centre has been opened in the Golden Valley. The Kingstone and Golden Valley Children's Centre caters for families with children up to the age of five and was officially opened by Councillor Jenny Hyde. The centre, based at Kingstone High
ARE the public ignoring pleas to "gel" their hands when visiting Hereford County Hospital? It seems many people are not co-operating with staff in the important battle to protect patients against serious infections such as MRSA and C.diff. The hospital
A FIRE started in a Hereford garage last night. Firefighters found a tyre to be at the source of the fire in Muir Close, Newton Farm, when they arrived at around 10.30pm. One hose reel was used to put out the fire.
IN the letters about Hereford parking, one of your correspondents describes the parking attendant lurking to beat him to the car in order to book him. Could I redress the balance a little? I received nothing but kindness recently from a lady attendant
