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  • Cash call to help save lives in Ledbury

    PEOPLE in Ledbury are being asked to raise half the cost of a piece of life-saving equipment for the town. The British Heart Foundation will provide a £1,200 defibrillator if residents can find £600, with the foundation paying the rest. Earlier

  • Police seek Leominster robbers

    A TAXI driver was viciously assaulted and robbed in the early hours of Monday morning (September 29). The police say a female taxi driver was assaulted just after midnight when returning to Leominster having dropped a fare off in the Upper Hill area.

  • Herefordshire coffee date tomorrow

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council is hosting a series of coffee mornings on October 1 to promote services for older people. The events take place at village halls in Bredenbury, Dorstone, Kilpeck, Marden, Much Marcle, Pembridge, Weobley and Stoke Lacy. For

  • Hereford college allays parking fears

    PARKING problems in a north Hereford suburb are expected to improve, despite fears current arrangements are inadequate. Herefordshire College of Technology is increasing its car parking capacity to provide extra spaces for students and staff as

  • Flawless virtuosity at The Courtyard

    ON Monday evening Hereford Concert Society’s 10th season opened in fine style when its patron, celebrity cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, generously presented a warm-hearted fundraising recital at The Courtyard. The meat of his varied programme was to be

  • Event will give help to heroes

    HEREFORDSHIRE police officers and firefighters will play a major part in a day to raise money for servicemen injured in action. Parachute display teams, helicopters and demonstrations by bomb display experts are planned for the event on Sunday

  • Intense drama and high emotion

    POLITICAL corruption, blackmail and fear of discovery – the ingredients for a good juicy scandal have been making us sit up and take notice for years. And they make darned good dramas too. House of Cards anyone? State of Play? Well more than 100 years

  • £50,000 boost for Barrs Court

    BARRS Court School made a splash with the £1 million it raised for a hydrotherapy pool and now, out of the blue, it has got a little bit more to show what the pool can do. Headteacher Richard Aird says £50,000 coming to the school from new homes

  • Hereford school site goes back on market

    A FORMER Hereford school site is back up for sale after housebuilding plans were withdrawn. Herefordshire Council has put the former Whitecross High School site on the market for the second time in 18 months. The sale, being overseen by Savills,

  • Leominster blaze under control

    A MAJOR fire in Leominster is now under control. Firefighters are scaling down their operations at the blaze which engulfed Old Fields Garage in Green Lane. The surrounding area has been sealed off and neighbouring homes have been evacuated

  • Dramatic events at Bromyard school

    BROMYARD youngsters have been enjoying their school’s new state-of-the-art music and drama studio. Queen Elizabeth High School’s £16,000 studio was opened last week by Councillor Philip Price, cabinet member for children’s services. It features a

  • Madley car boot boost

    A COUNTY landowner can continue to hold up to 24 car boot sales a year. Planning committee members gave the thumbs-up to a request to renew permission for 10 extra sales per calendar year at Ashford Stables, Stoney Street, Madley. It is possible

  • Firefighters tackle water leak at Weobley High

    FIREFIGHTERS helped a Herefordshire school tackle a water leak yesterday afternoon. A crew from Eardisley attended Weobley High School after a water leak was reported at around 4.27pm. Alec Mackie, press officer for the fire service, said: "The water

  • Randall guests at Marches dinner

    FORMER England and Nottinghamshire batsman Derek Randall will be the guest speaker at the GB Liners Marches League’s annual dinner and presentation evening next month. Randall has replaced former umpire David Shepherd who stepped down owing to ill health

  • Two men injured in bicycle accident

    TWO people were injured following a bicycle accident in Leominster last night. The accident happened on Green Lane at around 9.20pm when crews arrived to find two injured men. Two ambulances, a rapid response vehicle, an incident support officer and

  • First ever Hayathlon a success

    MORE than 70 competitors went the extra mile in a Hay-on-Wye charity race by running and rowing their way to the finish line. The first ever Greeneye Challenge Hayathlon saw teams of two from across the UK run up to eleven miles before paddling canadian

  • Sink stolen from Eardisland garden

    KINGTON police are appealing for information after a stone sink was stolen from a garden in Eardisland. Thieves also took a chrome fox mascot from the bonnet of a car. Anyone with information should contact police.

  • Young cricketers get expert coaching

    YOUNGSTERS at three county schools have been bowled over by a series of cricket coaching sessions - with even heavy rain failing to stop play. More than 100 children from Kingsland and Shobdon primary schools and Wigmore School were treated to expert

  • Fee, fie, foe, fum... fairytale brought to life

    THE legend of Jack and the Beanstalk could be re-lived if the experience of a Herefordshire couple is anything to go by. Mike and Sandra Fletcher, from Wellington Marsh, planted a seed thinking it would grow into a squash plant only for it to shoot towards