GEOFF Foster has retained the Seniors’ Club Championship title at Belmont GC. Foster took the prize for the second successive year with a return of 71-11-60. John Alexander was second with 74-11-63, while Tommy Boswell was third after carding 78-13-
STAFF at a Leominster store became their favourite film and pop stars – all in the name of charity. Workers at Focus DIY in Mill Street donned fancy dress to join colleagues from all over the country in holding a fun day in aid of the Meningitis
PARISH COUNCIL – The parish council will meet at Siward James at 7.30pm next Monday. All parishioners welcome. BODENHAM MOTHERS’ UNION – The Mothers’ Union will meet today (Thursday) at 10.30am at 14 Brockington Road. Wendy Cummins will show a DVD
THREE girls from Hereford Cathedral School have been picked for the last 16 within their region in hope of being selected for future England sides. Rebecca Heywood, Rene Johnson and Rosie Hanks were initially chosen from county tournaments when they
Pegasus Juniors 3 Marlow United 2. A STOPPAGE-TIME header from Mark Davies gave Pegasus a last-gasp win in an exciting FTL Futbol Hellenic League Premier Division clash. Davies headed in a deep right-wing cross from Ben Price, in the 91st minute, to
POLICE have praised a Ledbury pensioner who slammed the door on a bogus caller. A New Street resident was visited by a man claiming to work for Welsh Water last Tuesday. The resident, in his 70s, refused entry after the caller failed to provide
PEOPLE from Herefordshire will, this weekend, be among a 50-strong squad trying to secure a place on two epic rowing challenges. Record-breaking adventurer Leven Brown will be putting the squad through their paces at Lowestoft on Saturday. The rowers
GETTING ahead of the game is what it’s all about for start-ups at October’s Business Expo hosted by the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The chamber will welcome hundreds of the region’s businessmen and women to the home of
THE biggest fruit mill in Western Europe is about to start pressing in Ledbury. Universal Beverages are ready to start production at their massive new processing plant in Little Marcle Road. The firm is spending more than £110million into making
A HEREFORD eyesore could be replaced with housing and a restaurant if plans are approved. A proposal to redevelop the derelict Campions Restaurant site have been submitted to Herefordshire Council. Two blocks of flats containing 14 luxury apartments
THE lucky licensees of one Herefordshire pub will be able to put away their rent book for a whole year after impressing the judges of a national competition. Nigel and Tee Maud, of the New Inn, St Owen’s Cross, were winners in this year’s CaskForce beer
AN independent candidate has won the Leominster South seat on Herefordshire Council. Peter McCaull won the by-election with 515 votes beating Conservative Keith Miles by 118 votes Green party candidate Joan Thwaites got 200 votes and 131 people
HEREFORD people have had their say on a new city centre ‘urban village’ planned as a fundamental part of the overall Edgar Street Grid (ESG) project. Everything from housing designs to the shops nearby were discussed at a consultation day with
ENTERTAINMENT of a different kind could be coming to Hereford if a businessman gets his way. The venue, on Berrington Street, would host a wide range of acts from live music to comedians and tribute bands. It will be based beneath the Blue Lounge
CHURCH SERVICE – Harvest Festival will be celebrated at St Mary’s Church today (Friday) at 7pm. The service will be followed by a bring-and-share supper. Everyone is welcome. VILLAGE COFFEE MORNING – On Saturday, there will be a breakfast coffee morning
Ledbury Town 2 Darlaston 4. MANAGERLESS Ledbury Town had a player sent off in this defeat in the Premier Division of the FTL Futbol West Midlands League. Ledbury led 1-0 at half-time through Duncan Preedy’s superb lob after good work by Tom Boyle.
Swindon Town 6 Hereford United Youth 2. A BRACE from Chris Freddi could not stop Hereford United from crashing to a heavy defeat in their third match in the Puma Youth Alliance Cup. The pace and power of Swindon’s wide player Lloyd Macklyn was a constant
HOLDERS Woofferton scored twice in the final 20 minutes to beat Ledbury Town Reserves 2-1 at Aynall Lane and reach the second round of the HFA Charity Bowl. Woofferton were not at their best during this first-round tie but still did enough to deserve
FERRETT OLYMPICS - A score of frisky ferrets took part in the annual ferret olympics at the Cross Keys public house in Withington, and some even found new homes. Eleanor and Harrison Chaplain came to watch the games and ended up with a new pet they named
CITY of Hereford Swimming Club’s A team clinched an excellent second place in an exciting premier gala in Bristol. Competing at Horfield pool were Bristol Henleaze (Division 1 National League), Keynsham (Former South West premier division rivals), Stroud
A HEREFORDSHIRE woman has taken more than 50 students to Uganda where they helped to improve the lives of communities. Sue Gasston, from Over Ross, Ross-on-Wye, took two parties of 26 youngsters, many from the Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School, on
PUPILS and staff are celebrating after learning that their school has been awarded a prestigious eco award for the third time. Staunton-on-Wye Primary School has been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag after pupils organised a wide range of activities
Painswick 14 pts Ross-on-Wye 21. AFTER picking up just one point from their first two High Bridge Jewellers Gloucester 1 matches, Ross came away from Painswick with their first win to get their season up and running. They played some fine open rugby
CAPTAIN Emily Tompkins has been in splendid form in Hereford Cathedral School’s impressive start to the new hockey season. The team have secured impressive wins over Ludlow College (9-0), Christ College (7-1), Hereford Sixth Form College (6-1) and Malvern
WITH the loss of the legendary Tregaron fixture to the inclement August weather, the prestigious Welsh Dragon races for tw o and three-year-old pacers were hastily re-scheduled at York Raceway last weekend. Yarkhill woman Sue Young was delighted that
PUPILS and parents from a Herefordshire school have been getting their fingers dirty. The nature garden at Clehonger C of E Primary School was created by a group of parents over the summer holidays and children planted some of the beds last week. One
A CAMPAIGN to resolve parking problems in a Hereford suburb is continuing following a further complaint from residents this week. Sally Hollingshead, vice-chairman of the North Tupsley Action Group, contacted Hereford Sixth Form College after more congestion
WORLD Sight Day 2008 will be celebrated with an open day at the Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) to raise awareness about how the college prepares people with visual impairment for the world of work, university and independent living. The open
BY forcing through the programme of post office closures, apart from treating the people with insolent contempt, the regime appears to be scraping the barrel of public assets for conversion into corporate profit, for that is what it is. There is no
WESTFIELDS will be looking to make progress in the FA Vase when they entertain Lye Town in a first-round tie at allpay.park on Saturday, kick-off 3pm.
HOLDERS Westfields started their defence of the HFA County Challenge Cup with a 2-1 home win over lower-graded Sutton United on Tuesday. Westfields began the first-round tie strongly and Jamie Edwards rattled a post with an early free-kick. Former Sutton
THE recent letters fingering the EU as the main culprit for post office closures and changes to letter pricing are grossly misleading. The real villain lies closer to home. Responsibility for the latest round of post office closures lies largely with
A BIG thank you to all those people who joined in with the Friends of Castle Green Riverbank Project Volunteer Day last Saturday. Thanks to the great coverage in last week’s Hereford Times, we had more than 30 people turn up on the day - what a huge difference
I LIVE in New Zealand but use my sister’s house in Hereford as a base when travelling in the UK. On last Saturday I caught the 09.51 First Great Western train from Paddington to Hereford via Oxford. All went well until some time after leaving Oxford
I WRITE this letter to the Whittern Way resident who placed a note on my car on Tuesday, September 23. I am a student at HCT and the resident believed I should not be parking along Whittern Way, even though I had parked with care and blocked no other
A POLICE car and a camper van were in collision on a Herefordshire road. Firefighters were called to the accident on the A44 near Lyonshall yesterday at around 2.13pm. Alec Mackie, fire service press officer, said: “We sent a crew from Kington but no-one
A PRIEST serving in the Diocese of Hereford is to be the next Bishop of Mbeere in Kenya. The Rev Moses Masamba Nthukah is working in the Archenfield group of parishes and lives in Much Birch. The Bishop of Hereford, Anthony Priddis, has congratulated
AN elderly man was taken to hospital by air ambulance after being injured by a horse. The air ambulance was called to Kingstone yesterday at 12.45pm to treat the man suffering from a suspected hip injury. He was flown to Hereford County Hospital.
COUNCILLORS have refused permission for a one-family travellers site on a north Herefordshire farm. The retrospective application for a temporary change of use from agricultural land at Lower Field, Ash Farm, Barnett Lane, Wigmore, was rejected by members
A CAMPAIGN backed by Paralympic heroes Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis to re-open a Hereford swimming pool has received a vital boost. Herefordshire Council’s cabinet is to reconsider its decision to keep the LEA pool at St Martin’s closed following a
