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  • Hostel makes a good start

    LEOMINSTER Youth Hostel extended its hospitality to the public when it held an open day to show the town residents how the building was now being used. The centre which was opened last year by the Bishop of Hereford has already received over 900 guests

  • Access road inquiry looms

    A NEW access road for Leominster Industrial Estate - which brings with it the promise of 500 new jobs - could be the subject of a public inquiry. The Government has received two objections to the proposed road within the agreed deadline and the Secretary

  • Death of Bodenham pensioner accidental

    THE death of a Bodenham pensioner who was given a massive morphine overdose at Leominster Community Hospital last year has resulted in an overhaul of drugs administration procedures, writes ANITA HOWELLS. Richard Taylor, 90, of Siward James Close, had

  • Pat is guest of honour

    THE Mayor of Leominster, Councillor Pat Thomas, will be guest of honour when All Saints Church, Monkland, holds its annual garden fete at the Beeches on July 14 at 2.30pm. Among the attractions on the day will be open-air swimming.

  • Age illness

    THOUSANDS of people who expect to enjoy healthy old age will be disappointed according to a new MORI survey. It showed that 69 per cent of people thought they would be fit and well, but in reality at least two thirds of people over the age of 75 have

  • Busy few days for Wyastone Series

    THE week ahead is extremely busy at the Wyastone Summer Series with a run of four very diverse concerts in the space of only six days. Tomorrow evening the internationally acclaimed Ysaye Quartet fly in from Paris to give a recital, which includes Haydn's

  • Sheep Music's 10th birthday

    THIS is the 10th anniversary of 'Sheep Music' and Presteigne's three-day funk, folk and roots music festival, on July 20, 21 and 22, is celebrating in style. Many of the performers who played at the first event will be returning, including the Czech duo

  • Musicians show talents

    THE Music Pool, Herefordshire's community music charity, is working with 2-Faced Dance Co., Herefordshire Youth Service and Nightjar Music to bring local young musicians, dancers and artists into Hereford's High Town and Maylord Shopping Centre's Trinity

  • Appeal at half-way mark

    HEREFORD Hospitals Trust's two year appeal for £850,000 has reached the half way mark, and half the target, writes LIZ WATKINS. Appeals co-ordinator Jenny Dereham and chief executive Jeremy Millar marked up the £400,000 plus figure on the thermometer

  • Another challenge

    ONLY days after helping to deliver her first grandchild, a Hereford woman is all set for another demanding challenge. Fiona White, of Stoneleigh Drive, Belmont, is planning to make her first parachute jump on July 14. Last Sunday the 36-year-old mother

  • A sixth pensioner victim

    A 70-YEAR-OLD woman is the latest victim in a spate of thefts targeted at the elderly in the city. This was the sixth incident of a pensioner being either assaulted or robbed in the city in the past few months. A purse was snatched from her hand as she

  • Courage of sportsman

    FIGHTING fit Kevin Hanna was embarrassed when he ran his car into the back of a stationary vehicle. "Get your eyes tested'', quipped family and friends. He did, and what the test revealed will change the course of his life for ever. Super fit Kevin, at

  • Blaze-hit Post Office gets ready to reopen

    THE post office at the Oval in Hereford is due to resume service a month after it was badly damaged in a fire. The counter will reopen on Friday following extensive refurbishment - but work is ongoing at the retail side and a temporary shop has been set

  • Maylord continuing to attract more shoppers

    THE number of shoppers using Hereford's Maylord Shopping Centre is continuing to increase - especially on a Saturday, new figures have revealed. The total number of people visiting the centre during the months of March, April and May has shown a significant

  • County hopes washed away in downpour

    HEREFORDSHIRE visited Cheltenham for their last Middleton Cup match of the season against Gloucestershire but unfortunately the match had to be abandoned with 30 ends to play when torrential rain flooded the green with the home team leading by 16 shots

  • Leader sets a hot pace

    ORLETON-based racing driver Roger Moran succeeded in defending his second place in the British Hill Climb Championship at Shelsley Walsh on Sunday. Moran left the famous Worcestershire course with an eight-point advantage over third-place man Tim Mason

  • What's on at your local cinema this week

    HEREFORD'S ABC Cinema will be showing the latest animated feature from Dreamworks, 'Shrek' starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz for seven days from Friday. Great fun for all the family and a likely contender at next year's

  • Paddington at Almeley party

    MARMALADE sandwiches were passed round when Paddington bear attended the teddies' tea party at Almeley Primary School last week. The party was to celebrate the opening of the new safe play area for the early years' children. The site was opened by members

  • Kington Town Council's work is called to account

    AN investigation into the handling of Kington Town Council's accounts has revealed serious financial and governing weaknesses, writes ANITA HOWELLS. The unusual step by district auditor, Richard Percival, uncovered seven areas for action on issues ranging

  • Rapist fights extradition

    TREVOR Masters, the fugitive rapist from Kington who fled to France after jumping bail in Cardiff, has lost the first round of his fight against extradition. The 48-year-old was refused bail on Tuesday by magistrates in Pau, south-west France. If extradited

  • United sign central defender Williams

    HEREFORD United have snapped up central defender Mark Williams to bolster their squad ahead of the new Nationwide Conference campaign, writes Ian Morgan. Liverpool-born Williams has signed a two-year deal after being released by Division One new boys

  • Original art at a reasonable price

    AN original Chagall for £750? It's true - 20 European masters including Chagall, Picasso, Matisse, Miro, Degas, Dali, Toulouse - Lautrec, Kokoschka, Ernst and Moore, are on show at Tidal Wave Gallery, Bridge Street, and the Gwynne Street Studios, Left

  • Host club players take top honours

    HOST club members Pauline Crockett and Joyce Busby won the top prizes in Burghill Valley Ladies' Open, with Crockett posting 38 stableford points in the silver division and Busby 39 points in the bronze. Results, silver: Pauline Crockett (Burghill) 38

  • Escape from fire to life of music

    AS the fierce flames threatened to engulf him the young man suddenly recalled moments of mischief in dear old Hereford - and those beautiful big banisters in Bodenham Road. Musician Donald Heins was visiting a violin maker in the top storey of a building

  • Last-wicket pair steer Colwall to final sixteen

    COLWALL secured a place in the last 16 of the Wadsworth 6X National Village Championship with a dramatic one-wicket win at Northamptonshire-club Isham. Chasing Isham's 145-9, Colwall looked doomed when they lost their ninth-wicket at 128. But Damien Berry

  • Now or never - for scuba diving, travel and fun cars

    STANDING in a queue at Wormelow Post Office to collect your first old-age pension concentrates the mind wonderfully on the passing of time. Way back when I was in my twenties I spent a few years as a commercial diver. Always surrounded by cold, dark,

  • Months of effort pay off for Elizabeth and Sinead

    TWO design students at Herefordshire College of Art and Design are celebrating after their final year projects won them the Sun Valley Foods sponsored awards for photography and media. The photography award was presented to Elizabeth Sherrott, for her

  • Musical inspiration

    Conquest Productions in Bromyard will present A Slice of Saturday Night, on July 20, 21, 27 and 28, from 7.30pm each evening at the Conquest Theatre. The show is described as "a teenage musical inspired by the music of the Sixties". On July 12, top folk

  • Pork and Pimms

    There will be a Pimms and Pig Roast Evening at the Bromyard Rugby Club tomorrow (Saturday), from 8pm, in aid of the mental health charity MIND. Attractions will include a band and a disco. For tickets, ring 01885 400245.

  • Items needed

    Pencombe Village Fete takes place on Saturday, July 14, at 2.30pm on the primary school playing fields. Organisers are still in need of items such as cakes, books and prizes for the tombola. Phone 01885 400273.

  • What's on in city and county over the next couple of weeks

    Theatre July Until 12 Weobley High School presents 'The Boyfriend', School Hall. 14 'The Lighthouse', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252. 16-17 'The Wonderful West End', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252

  • Hick ton too much for Herefordshire

    A CENTURY from former England batsman Graeme Hick led Worcestershire to victory over minnows Herefordshire in their Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy fourth round match against Worcestershire at New Road, writes Jeremy Finney. But Minor Counties Herefordshire

  • Bromyard's fire chief chalks up 30 years on call for action

    BROMYARD fire station has many original features. Sub Officer Neville Turner, a fixture for 30 years, is the foundation, writes JONATHAN RUSSELL. The self-employed builder started in 1971, bullied into joining the fire service by two brickies he was working

  • Skenfrith

    FUN DAY -- A Summer Fun Day will be held in Skenfrith on Saturday, July 21, starting at 2pm. There will be craft stalls on the Castle Green, refreshments in the village hall, a barbecue; and for the children, Corki the Clown and bouncy toys. Madley fire

  • Food tasters win the day at Bromyard

    COOKING up a storm, students at Queen Elizabeth High School, Bromyard, took on the purveyors of packaged food in a battle to bake the best pastries. A panel of tasters tried the students' Victoria sponges, scones, muffins and biscuits and compared them

  • Presteigne

    TOURIST CYCLE TRAIL -- Community development officer Lisa Bedford now has a draft copy of the new cycle trails booklet ready at her High Street office, and invites local cyclists to call in and give their comments. Using sketch maps and clear directions

  • Farming memories on tape

    HEREFORDSHIRE'S agricultural industry has probably hit its hardest times for 50 years recently. Now on the slow road to recovery, many people involved with farming during the last half a century will take solace from a new double cassette tape 'Memories

  • Pencombe

    FETE --This year's village fete will be held on Saturday, starting at 2.30pm. It will be a traditional fete, with all the usual stalls -- bottle, cake, produce and plants, tombola, white elephant with a wide array of goods, books, draw, children's games

  • Lyonshall

    LADIES LUNCHEON CLUB -- The July meeting of the Ladies Luncheon Club took place at The Kinnersley Arms on a very hot day. President Pauline Abbott was the speaker and gave an account of how she came to meet Prince Charles, first of all by going to help

  • Knucklas

    GARDEN PARTY -- There will be a garden party at Heyope Rectory, home of Dr and Mrs Keith Ackermann, on Saturday, July 22, at 3pm. The event is in support of Knucklas Community Centre.

  • Kingstone and Thruxton

    PARISH COUNCIL -- Several councillors were absent from the June meeting of Kingstone and Thruxton Group Parish Council, with three approved absences and four unapproved. District councillor Graham Morgan was present. Various items of correspondence were

  • Eardisley

    OVER 60S -- Members of Eardisley Over 60s Club enjoyed a pleasant afternoon in the gardens and grounds of Kymin Cottage, home of Mr and Mrs S Lanham, on Thursday, June 28. This was followed by a delicious strawberry tea at Bridge Farm, home of Mrs Olive

  • Allensmore

    DRAW -- Prizewinners in the Allensmore Church 100 Club on June 24 were: 1 Mr and Mrs Havard, 2 Pauline Mussell, 3 Watkins - Locks Garage, 4 Jo Winney. The next draw is on July 22.

  • Fast response after stabbings

    POLICE have praised neighbours who gave first aid to two officers who suffered stab wounds and lacerations at Steen's Bridge near Leominster. The pair had been sent to an address in Humber Close late last Saturday night (July 7). Benjamin Cooper, 37,

  • Jobs go at firm

    A LEOMINSTER clothing company has announced the loss of seven jobs. The redundancies at E Walters UK, based at the Southern Avenue Trading Estate, affect employees in the fabric cutting room. This aspect of the business is to be transferred to Slovakia

  • Steven in team

    CAPTAIN Steven Baggs, a Church Army officer, is to join the Leominster Team Ministry as an accredited lay minister, and will be licensed by the Bishop of Hereford at Leominster Priory on July 22 at 10am.

  • Tourism top issue in maiden speech

    BILL Wiggin, newly-elected MP for Leominster, has made his maiden speech and urged the Government to do more on the issues of tourism and foot and mouth. But he began by paying tribute to his predecessor, Lord Temple-Morris,whom he described as a unique

  • Age Concern open morning

    AGE Concern Leominster's Information Service is holding an open morning on Friday July 20 from 10am to 1pm. Staff will be on hand to answer any queries about the service and provide information about the range of benefits and amenities available to the

  • Nurses threaten High Town rally

    ANGRY nurses in Hereford hospitals are threatening a rally in High Town to protest about the allocation of their jobs in the new hospital. Around 70 members of the Royal College of Nursing attended a meeting where they agreed not to let the issue drop

  • Starring role for the piano

    THE programme of concerts and recitals at the Lion Ballroom, Leominster is continuing throughout the summer months, where the elegant surroundings of the dcor and a fine Steinway grand piano provide an excellent venue for a variety of chamber recitals

  • At the cutting edge of music

    THE fifth concert in the Courtyard's cutting-edge Music for the 21st Century season comes to Hereford on Saturday, July 14 with a major new opera, Music Theatre Wales' widely acclaimed production of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's 'The Lighthouse'. A potent

  • Red Priest heading for baroque and roll

    COME and hear a baroque ensemble on Friday, July 20 at Madley Festival. Red Priest? Red-haired Vivaldi, il preto rosso, gives the group its name. Music by Vivaldi certainly - Bach and Purcell too, but this is a baroque concert with a difference and 'faint

  • Scanlon back in home town

    ECONOLINE will be playing the Hereford Jailhouse on August 1, with support from San Quentin and a possible appearance from Exeter-based post-hardcore crew Kids Near Water. It will be a homecoming of sorts for Econoline frontman Ian Scanlon, born in Hereford

  • Job losses help Bulmers to keep up investment

    CIDER giant Bulmers has started its new financial year by announcing a healthy balance sheet and confirming 116 job losses. While the company continues to buck the downward trend of the alcoholic drinks market with turnover up 57 per cent and operating

  • Floral display sponsors are all definitely alive and well

    HERE is the photographic proof the Hereford public has been waiting for - the sponsors of the floral displays on the city's ring road are alive and well. Pictured clockwise from left are Shane Powell, of South Hereford Audi, Jamie Alexander, of Left Bank

  • Modern Miss takes on boys

    A 'MODERN Miss' is challenging one of Herefordshire's oldest institutions. Talented young trailblazer Elissa Shepherd says girls should have the same chance as boys to sing in Hereford Cathedral choir - exclusively all-male since 1381. Aged only eight

  • Sporting challenge

    A HEREFORD soldier took up a new sporting challenge at the annual Army rowing regatta. Craftsman Cara Wills, of the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, was one of around 90 rowers taking part

  • Gold medal hat-trick for city contact club

    HEREFORD Contact Karate club achieved a fine result at the English Contact Karate Assoc-iation National Champion-ships held in Birmingham. The Hereford club, smaller in numbers than most, were third overall in the trophy takings by gaining three gold,

  • Henley success

    HEREFORD Rowing Club crews are training hard for the National Championships after giving a good performance at the Henley Royal Regatta. Christian Jones, Paul Watkins, Ali Campbell, Les Morris, Pete Clarke, Darren Williams, Mark Weaver and Andy Moxon,

  • Wimbledon debut

    MATTHEW Faucher, Herefordshire's world-ranked wheelchair tennis player, made history when he appeared in the first ever wheelchair match at Wimbledon. The 21-year-old partnered another young prospect Shane Everitt-Sharpe in an exhibition match against

  • Blanchard bags shield

    NIGEL Blanchard caught a bag limit of four fish weighing 9 lbs 12 ozs to win Hereford Fly Dressers' Guild Shield at Peterstone Trout Lake, near Newport. John Traves was runner-up with 9-3 and third was John Cameron with 9-0. Both caught four trout. Seventeen

  • Tote man moves on to Hereford

    NORTHERN Racing, the recent new owners of Hereford Racecourse, have appointed Simon Kershaw as commercial manager for the course. He joins the company after four years working for the on-course marketing department of the Tote. "It is a great opportunity

  • Hereford maintain status

    ONCE again Hereford swimmers travelled to Nuneaton for the final round of the Nuneaton Junior Swimming League. They faced some tough opposition from the leading clubs, particularly Stourbridge, Nuneaton and Coventry. There were some good individual performances

  • F&M: No evidence of spread into Beacons

    INITIAL blood testing of stock on the Brecon Beacons suggests there is no evidence that foot and mouth has spread to the mountains. But this week further blood testing was being carried out with the co-operation of graziers. The news has come as a great

  • NFU officials discuss 'desperate situation' with Hereford MP

    LIVESTOCK farmers in Herefordshire, still struggling with foot and mouth, are worried that their problems will escalate out of control this winter if the disease is not beaten, writes Roy Lewis. In a bid to air problems and obtain fair treatment for local

  • Producers in F&M infected areas to get wool payments

    WOOL payments are to be made to producers in infected areas. The British Wool Marketing Board agreed at its last meeting to pay the balance payment for last season's wool clip to all producers who are unable to move their clip. Normally the balance payment

  • Wyesiders plan for clubhouse improvements over five years

    NEW plans for improvements to Hereford Rugby Club facilities at Wyeside were unveiled at the annual general meeting on Monday, writes Jeremy Finney. Colts secretary Mike Rowlatt, who is heading the project, said that as a successful club with a junior

  • Man's leg crushed in stone quarry accident

    A 38-YEAR-OLD man suffered a fractured leg in a stone crushing accident at a quarry near Kington last week - the Health and Safety Executive is investigating. The accident occurred at 12.30pm on July 4 as the Tarmac Western worker attempted to dislodge

  • Police praise for Kington's spirit

    A TALE of true community spirit unfolded when mystery writer Isobel Lambot went missing in Kington - and even if there was no happy ending the town has good reason to feel proud of itself, writes BILL TANNER. So says Sgt David Llewellin, whose officers

  • New mayor of Kington crowns long civic career

    THE new mayor of Kington knows which side his bread's buttered - his family have been bakers in the town for more than a century. Councillor Robert Hussey's first term as mayor is the culmination of a long career of civic duty. First a town councillor

  • Faith wins story competition

    A SWANSEA woman has won the Leominster Festival 2001 National Short-Writing Competition at only her second attempt. Lancashire-born Faith Barnes (44) who works in the Land Registry for Wales, was presented with a cheque for £200, by the Leominster-based

  • 'Dialogue' is the talk of Parkfields

    IT is sometimes said that communication is an art, well in the case of the brand new exhibition at Parkfields Galley at Pontshill, the phrase takes on exactly the opposite meaning. The 'Dialogue' exhibition brings together an eclectic mix of art, sculpture

  • Alex borrows father's driver for title success

    ALEX Catchpole, a last-minute replacement, overcame the loss of his favourite driver to fire a two-over par 74 and win the Herefordshire Schools Championship and Under-16 title played over his home club Ross-on-Wye course. Uncertain about his availability

  • Park aims for Open place

    BURGHILL Valley professional David Park is hoping for a return to form as he bids to get back among the top echelon of the European Tour. Today he competes in the Loch Lomond World Invitational where the top 15 non-exempt finishers are guaranteed a start

  • Cricket Scorecards in Brief

    VILLAGE WADSWORTH 6X NATIONAL VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIP National first round Isham 145-9 (T Robinson 54, P Hughes 17, K Lodder 14. S Bailey 4-26, R Williams 2-32) Colwall 146-9 (S Ferguson 25, T Wolfendale 24, R Bennett 16, M Oliver 12, D Berry 10 no. P Hughes

  • Will Kingdom's latest is another winner

    A HEREFORDSHIRE author looks to have another hit on his hands with his latest work. Will Kingdom's second novel, 'Mean Spirit', a terrifying paranormal thriller where crime knows no boundaries, is the sequel to 'Cold Calling' which was published in 1998

  • Jones extends haul to strengthen leaders

    KINGTON strengthened their grip at the top of Worcestershire County League Division 1 with a comfortable six-wicket win at Chaddesley Corbett. Kington cruised to victory in the 18th over, with Rhys Price hitting an unbeaten 21 and Ed Symonds, 24, after

  • City league retain trophy in convincing style

    THE Hereford Evening League retained the Wood-Power Trophy for the fourth successive time in convincing fashion with a seven-wicket win over their Worcester counterparts in the annual challenge match. Worcester totalled 138-7 in their 12 eight-ball overs

  • Bulmers lose opening bowler but secure win

    A FREAK injury to Bulmers all-rounder Steve Fortey just minutes before he was due to open the bowling failed to stop the in-form Cidermen securing a three-wicket win over former champions Talgarth in the only completed Flint & Cook Marches League

  • Shahid's efforts in vain

    EASTNOR'S in-form opening bowler Shahid rushed out five Romsley & Hunnington batsmen before heavy rain forced the Worcestershire County League Division 2 clash to be abandoned. The talented all-rounder took 5-26 and reduced the high-flying visitors

  • Nomads crash to first defeat

    WELLINGTON Nomads crashed by three-wicket to Woolhope to suffer their first Hereford Times Hereford and District League Division 1 defeat of the season. Chasing Wellington's 170-9 in a match reduced by rain to 35 overs a side, visiting Woolhope reached

  • Villagers collect third victory

    EASTNOR 2nd recorded only their third Worcestershire County League 2nd XI Division 2 victory of the season with a 21-run defeat of Romsley & Hunnington. Defending just 129, medium-pacer Arshad captured 4-36 and 16-year-old Tom Hurrell grabbed 2-28

  • Four kestrels manoeuvre in the dark...

    HEREFORDSHIRE farm manager Derrick James's bedroom has become a bird of prey sanctuary after a baby kestrel literally dropped in. The chick quit its bird hole in the early hours and soon started a trend among its siblings. Woken up by the noise, Mr James

  • County students recognised for their hard work in community

    FOUR Herefordshire students have been recognised and rewarded for excellent work in the community, writes JONATHAN RUSSELL. The teenagers were presented with 'Good Citizenship Awards' by Superintendent Guy Rutter at a ceremony at Hereford police station

  • Tributes paid to late Jesse Proctor

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a prominent member of the Church of England clergy who retired to Ledbury after playing a leading part in the post-war recovery of Coventry Cathedral. The Venerable Jesse Proctor, who has died at the age of 92, arrived in Coventry

  • Hereford clan gathers

    NEARLY 150 Americans called Hereford are heading this way, writes SOPHIE BIGNALL. They will visit Herefordshire at the end of the month after donating their dollars to a church restoration project. When essential repairs to the 12th Century church at

  • Recorded crime on rise in Herefordshire

    THE number of recorded crimes in Herefordshire has jumped 17 per cent from 3,125 to 3,686. Police say the rise, for the months of April, May and June, is due to a change in the procedure for recording crime. Following home office guidelines introduced

  • County hotelier played host to Frankenstein star

    A FORMER Herefordshire hotelier who played host to thousands, including Frankenstein's monster, has died at the age of 89. Leslie Wrist, who was living at Leadon Bank, Ledbury, was in turns a journalist, a soldier, a publican and a family man; a fixture

  • Go vote for your top scarecrow

    SCARECROWS are lurking in garden sheds all over Dormington at the moment, writes ELIZABETH WATKINS. But pop along on Sunday and they will be seen in all their glory posing in local gardens. More than 10 scarecrows are expected to be competing for the

  • Dedicated police officer retiring

    THE CID Steve Hinksman served for so long is now a 'crime management unit', but he won't be part of the new era. Steve's detective skills have helped crack many of the county's major criminal cases over the past decade. Now it is time to step back from

  • Walkers go out to further afield

    RAMBLERS in Herefordshire are organising a limited programme to keep members walking while the foot and mouth restrictions are still in force throughout a major part of the county. Walks organiser John Wride said: "We are arranging walks where it is possible

  • 'Any Questions' broadcast marks conference launch

    BBC Radio 4's 'Any Questions' is coming to Hereford tomorrow, Friday, July 13, at The Courtyard. Herefordians claimed all the tickets in a record three weeks while many more plan to listen to the live broadcast on air. Green Gate, Herefordshire's grass-roots

  • Great day had by all at 2001 business show

    EDUCATION was the theme behind the Herefordshire Business and Technology Show last week - and one of the brains behind the biggest event ever was a 55-year-old 'schoolgirl'. Multitalented grandmother, Sylvia Merriman from Howle Hill, Walford, organised

  • New gallery welcomed

    Bromyard woodturner James Edgar has welcomed the new Serica Art Gallery, in the High Street. Since the specialist shop opened five weeks ago, owner and silk-painter Annette Jackman has made a point of attracting local exhibitors, including Mr Edgar, whose

  • Wigmore triumph in hockey festival

    WIGMORE were the winners of the Herefordshire Primary Schools Hockey Festival and Leominster were runners-up. Twenty-eight teams took part in the festival which was whittled down to seven for the final day at Hereford Leisure Centre where Karen Brown,

  • Changes at the top for county league

    CHANGES in officials were made at the Hereford Times Here-fordshire Football League annual meeting. Bill Morris retired as chairman and was succeeded by Pat Ellis, a former player, referee and official, while Brian Nugent stepped down as general secretary

  • Town club appoint Ford manager

    ROSS Town have appointed Ian Ford as manager. Ford, who previously managed Cheltenham Saracens in the Hellenic League Premier Division, is dropping down to the Division 1 West as Ross step up their bid to gain promotion. Town director of football Chris

  • Website can help to plan your big day

    THE stresses and strains of planning a wedding could soon be a thing of the past thanks to an innovative Internet web-site launched by an enterprising Ross-on-Wye woman. Lynn Arr, of Wilton, has set up 'www.ourday.uk.net' to help the special day go without

  • Lions with a hat-trick

    COMPLETING a hat-trick with a difference. Mel Middlecote has taken over as president of Ross-on-Wye Lions club for a third time. He accepted the badge of office from outgoing president Jim Hamilton in front of 40 guests, including members, their wives

  • Death of huntsman

    AN eminent county horseman and leading huntsman of more than 50 years has died peacefully at home. Vivian Roger Bishop, aged 90, of Sheepcote, Clifford, passed away on July 9. He is celebrated as a driving force behind the success of the Golden Valley

  • Man died on his way back from funeral of a friend

    AN elderly Cusop man who died while returning home from a friend's funeral last December had driven into the path of a 14-tonne lorry, an inquest has heard. Cyrus William Clive Greenway, known as Clive, of Dinglefield Cottage, died at the scene of the

  • Rob Weale takes British Isles outdoor singles title

    HEREFORDSHIRE-based bowls star Rob Weale added the British Isles outdoor singles championship to his ever-growing list of honours when he took the title at Belmont, Belfast, writes Glyn Wictome. The Presteigne club bowler, who became the World Indoor

  • United sign central defender Williams

    HEREFORD United have snapped up central defender Mark Williams to bolster their squad ahead of the new Nationwide Conference campaign, writes Ian Morgan. Liverpool-born Williams has signed a two-year deal after being released by Division One new boys

  • County rivals to meet in North Midlands Cup

    COUNTY rivals Hereford and Luctonians have been paired for the second successive season in the North Midlands Cup. Hereford dumped Luctonians out of the competition at the quarter-finals stage last term in front of 1,700 fans at Wyeside. Again Hereford

  • Ellie wins national tennis crown

    ROSS Tennis Centre's Ellie Vicary has netted a national knockout title. Vicary, aged 17, swept aside Bradford's Rachel Hiron to capture the Powder Byrne Under-18 Trophy at Surbiton Racket and Fitness Club. She defeated the higher-rated Yorkshire player

  • Sellack

    BOWLS -- After the success of last year's Millennium Trophy event in Northamptonshire, the English Association of Short Mat Bowlers once again held a mid-summer bowls tournament. The tournament, held at Stantonsbury Leisure Centre in Milton Keynes, attracted

  • Wraps off plans for Bromyard's future

    THE wraps have come off ambitious plans to catapult services and access to information in Bromyard into the 21st century. The groundbreaking proposals include doubling the size of the town's library, providing a new Info in Herefordshire Shop and improving

  • Knighton

    take pART -- During takepART Week, from Saturday until July 22nd, there will be a concert and two consecutive exhibitions at St Edward's Church. On Saturday and Sunday, there will be an exhibition of graphic art and ceramics by students of John Beddoes

  • Kington

    FESTIVAL -- Summing up this year's Kington Festival, which ended with the customary gala and carnival day, organising committee chairman Rod Symondson said: "Everything went swimmingly." A favourite moment for him, one suspects, was on Kington Past Day

  • How Caple

    FAMILY EVENING -- The annual family evening and barbecue will be held at Churchfields, How Caple, on Saturday, July 21, at 5pm. The event includes an exemption dog show with pedigree and novelty classes. There will be a challenge cup for the best in show

  • Ewyas Harold

    ANNIVERSARY --The Baptist Church anniversary weekend started with a Saturday Sale organised by the Sunday Club and a Car Wash organised by the young people. A total of £433 was raised for the new building fund. The weekend continued with the Anniversary

  • Almeley

    FETE -- Almeley Church Fete will be held at Hall Mote, Woonton, by invitation of Mr and Mrs J Hibbert, on July 21, from 3pm until 5.30pm. Admission is free. Anyone wishing to have a lift from Almeley to Hall Mote should contact Evan Hughes on 01544 340588