I QUITE agree with Paul Ferguson (Hereford Times, Sept 9) that it seems quite incredible roads such as Three Elms Road has a 30mph speed limit and others alongside some schools have a higher speed limit. Fortunately, I have never been caught speeding
THE HEREFORDSHIRE Primary Care Trust shares Nick Wagner's concerns about the urgent closure of Campbell Manor Nursing Home. The requirement for nursing beds for older people with dementia illness is of paramount importance to the mental health service
TWO Leominster teenagers have taken to the high seas to sail away for the adventure of a lifetime. Minster College sixth form students Matthew Bailey, aged 17, and Jimmy Kerwood, 16, joined the crew of the Stavros S Niarchos, one of Britain's premier
BUDDING young artists are being urged to focus on an important symbol in Herefordshire's heritage, the apple. The organisers of Leominster Apple Fair are running an art competition following a huge response to last year's first contest. Entrants in three
THE launch of a new complementary health care initiative for Herefordshire takes place on September 23. A team of experienced local Herefordshire homoeopaths are concerned that homoeopathy is still only available to those able to pay for their health
LEOMINSTER swimming pool fundraisers are aiming to raise a bumper sum at a charity auction which includes more than 100 lots, refreshments and entertainment. Organiser Karen Harris said supporters were offering all kinds of services to bidders, including
VISITORS to Croft Castle, near Leominster, can enjoy the fruits of the season at the Autumn Fayre on Sunday and take part in a historic landscape walk to Bircher Common next Wednesday. There will be produce on sale at the fayre and visitors will be able
THE Britten Singers, led by the winner of the Elgar in Hereford award, Pamela White, celebrates its 30th birthday in January. To celebrate the occasion, David Briggs, former organist of Gloucester Cathedral, has been commissioned to write a piece for
THE first concert of the St Briavels Music Society autumn season will be given by Harriet Stock (violin) and Peter Lutter (piano) on Saturday, at 7.30pm in St Briavels Church. Harriet, who is 16, lives in Abergavenny and has just left the Yehudi Menuhin
A LINE-UP of six musicians playing accordion, fiddle, woodwind, bass and assorted percussion will perform traditional English and Irish tunes and American airs at Colwall village hall this Saturday at 7.30pm. Tickets, including a combine harvester's supper
SOME of the best established and up-and-coming bands in Wales are to perform at Wyeside in Builth Wells this Saturday. Headlining the night will be the passionate and aggressive rock band from Merthyr Tydfil, Midasuno. Winners of the 'best unsigned act
WESTFIELDS face one of the biggest games in their history when they bid for a place in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time against Carlton Town at allpay.park on Saturday. Their Nottinghamshire opponents, who play in the Northern
UNICORN singers, under their director Stephen Marshall, have given several autumn concerts - including Monteverdi's Vespers - in Dore Abbey, Abbeydore. The choir is honoured to have its president, Clifford Bartlett, and the renowned soloist, Catherine
Westfields 2 Oadby Town 1 WESTFIELDS' win over their Leicestershire opponents Oadby at allpay.park sent them to the top of the Travel Factory Midland Alliance on goal difference from Racing Club Warwick. It is the highest-ever position in the non-league
THE masterplan for the multi-million pound regeneration of the area around Hereford's cattle market and football stadium has been slated by top urban design experts. A report by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) as part
HEREFORDSHIRE Council has issued the following statement in light of CABE's review of the Edgar Street Grid masterplan: "THE masterplan for the Edgar Street Grid has been presented to the Government's advisers on urban design, the Commission for Architecture
A COMPREHENSIVE programme of events marked the 60th anniversary of the freedom of Vierzon from German control. All those who helped the town's war effort were remembered in a series of events, which included a public exhibition and a civic parade through
THERE were emotional scenes as the City of Hereford French Twinning Association members boarded the coach at the end of their trip. It was clear how much the visit had meant to both the 35 Hereford members who stayed with families in the Vierzon area
THE good name of Hereford could be seen around the town of Vierzon - and the city even has a pub in its honour! In fact, some members of the party found time on the latest trip to sample some of the local beverages in Le Pub Hereford. But there is little
CITY of Hereford French Twinning Association chairman Geoff Rawcliffe spoke of the many friendships made over the past decade. The latest trip to Vierzon marked the largest party travelling from the Hereford association to their friends in the Loire Valley
IT was all bouquets and no brickbats when the winners of this year's Hereford City Floral Decorations competition and the Hereford Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Society 'summer judging' contest were announced. Geoff Dimbylow, who judged the competition
KIRIO Birks has a flair for software - completing computer construction, maintenance, and operation courses aged just nine. But if Microsoft wants a word, this budding Bill Gates from Hunderton, Hereford, is on hold. He's studying to be Britain's youngest
HEREFORD Baptist Church has a new senior minister. The Rev Antony Wareham comes from Bretton Baptist Church, Peterborough, and is looking forward to an exciting new ministry in Hereford, with a strong outreach into the community. A large congregation
A HEREFORD businessman, regarded as one of the best precision engineers in the county, has died suddenly at the age of 57. Tributes have been paid to Hereford-born-and-raised Colin Michael Lloyd, who died at his home in the city last Thursday. Colin was
PEOPLE living in the Tupsley and Hampton Bishop areas of Hereford have said a tearful goodbye to an influential member of their community. Mike Morris, the curate at St Paul's at Tupsley and St Andrews at Hampton Bishop, is moving with his family to Milton
HEREFORD Lions Club helped a summer party for children with disabilities and their siblings go with a real swing by contributing £500 towards the costs. The party, at Bishops School, is organised annually by the Marches Family Network, an organisation
THE Ross committee for Macmillan Cancer Relief, held its annual Big Sale in Ross Market Place. Despite a spectacular rainstorm in the middle of the event, it was extremely successful. The committee was aided by friends and volunteers on the day and by
HEREFORD fight fans will have to wait just a little longer to see their local favourite Darren 'Dazzo' Williams in action again, writes Richard Prime. The British featherweight champion was hopeful of staging his next title defence in the city in October
HOPE-under-Dinmore rider Claire Williams (pictured) is celebrating after carrying off a top title at the Midland Association of Riding Clubs' Championships at Bridgnorth with her horse Glanhafren Seren Fach. The duo beat off the challenge of 17 other
THE weather may have been disappointing for the Ladies' Day meeting under BHRC rules at Leominster, but the sport on the 14 race-card was anything but. Spirits were definitely high after both divisions of the C Class driver's event. Carl Morgan, who had
LEOMINSTER rally driver John Perrott fought back from 36th place to take his first win in the BTRDA Gold Star Rally Championship. Partnered by 18-year-old co-driver Shelley Rogerson in his Mitsubishi Evo 5, Perrott overcame a drive shaft failure on the
SCOTT Moran featured in a thrilling final run-off in the Avon BMTR Top Ten Hill Climb Challenge at Shelsley Walsh last Sunday. The 28-year-old from Orleton was fourth fastest qualifier in the morning session with a time of 25.67 seconds over the historic
ED Hadley maintained his lead in the Herefordshire Raceways karting grand prix heavyweight championship with a narrow win over James Master and Roy Harris in round six. Shaun Dixon was the star in the lightweight section with a B final victory promoting
Luctonians 0 pts Walsall 19 LUCTONIANS started their new league season the same way as they finished the last - with defeat to Walsall in the Powergen Midlands 1. It was a disappointing result for Luctonians at their Mortimer Park headquarters and a fillip
Stratford 20 pts Hereford 0 HEREFORD gave a disappointing display to slide to their first defeat in Midlands 3 West (South). Stratford attacked Hereford from the kick-off and fly-half Simon Brain went over for their first try in only two minutes following
Greyhound 5 pts Stourport 23 STRONG Stourport defence earned the visitors the points in this opening North Midlands (South) 2 encounter at the Racecourse. Stourport's heavier and better-drilled pack dominated the first period but the Greyhound backs caused
KINGTON Show goes from strength to strength. The bad weather forecast for last Saturday may have deterred some from attending but the thousands that did enjoyed perfect weather and a bumper show. There was an extravaganza of farm stock, horses, horticultural
PIP Davies of Weobley was the champion at Llanwarne ploughing match on Saturday. His world-style ploughing was good enough to win the class and the overall championship. The match, which attracted an excellent entry of 70 ploughmen, was held on an ideal
BREEDING ewes were in demand at the annual show and sale at Hereford Market last week. There was almost a hundred per cent clearance of the 2559 ewes penned with the ewes being sold to buyers from a wide area. Quality stock sold at a premium with a bunch
A KINGTON nursery is building on its success with plans to create more childcare places in the town. Arrows Childcare has grown out of its Gravel Hill home into a purpose-built extension due for completion by Christmas 2004, allowing Arrows to have spaces
52 pages on homes for sale in this week's edition. 32 pages of motoring.
NEXT WEEK - Our not-to-be-missed Birthday Bonanza Competition.
THIS weekend's Abergavenny Food Festival combines the talent of art-rock guitarist Peter Blegvad alongside foodies such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Franco Taruschio and local writer Lindy Wildsmith. Admired for his musical career as well as his long-running
MANY young girls dream of having their name up in lights. And for 13-year-old Lorna Dale, of Kingsway, Hereford, that dream came true in more ways than one this summer. First she was chosen to play Louisa in the Courtyard's current production of The Sound
SCORES reflected the near-perfect conditions for Joan Morgan's Kington lady captain's day with a host of big points tallies coming from the 48 competitors. And it took a countback to decide the winner with Marion Weaver pipping Anita Dart after both had
FIRST prize in The Friends of Herefordshire Museums and Arts grand draw is this fabulous patchwork quilt, made using over 1600 pieces of Liberty fabric by the charity's chairman, Kate Renshall. Second prize is lunch for two at Castle House. All profits
THE Grove Golf Centre's new nine-hole course near Ford Bridge will be open for play on Saturday. The new course, designed using grasses on tees and greens as at the Celtic Manor 2010 Ryder Cup venue, is a separate loop of nine from the shorter course
A LECTURE by school catering manager Jeanette Orrey this Sunday at Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, aims to demystify the government-inspired attempt to change children's eating habits and tackle the obesity timebomb. Hear her story and take part in a discussion
Sat Aug 14 Farnborough H 3-1 (James pen, Travis, Mills) Tue Aug 17 Crawley A 1-1 (Stansfield) Sat Aug 21 York City A 3-0 (Williams, Brown) Sat Aug 28 Stevenage H 0-1 Mon Aug 30 Northwich A 4-1 (Stansfield 2, Gren, Brown) Sat Sep 4 Halifax H 2-3 (Stansfield
BOSBURY clinched the final title at stake in the Flint & Cook Marches League when they were crowned as champions of Division 5A on Saturday despite not bowling a ball. The villagers game at Hay 2nd had to be called off due to the wet conditions and
FLINT & COOK MARCHES LEAGUE Division 2 Ledbury 126-9 (R Yeomans 29, S Evans 18. T Pugh 4-29, M Rone 2-29) Hereford 127-2 (J Tobin 57 no, N Salt 48) Luctonians 3rd v Garnons - abandoned due to wet conditions Division 3 Shobdon 241-8 (J Evans 57, A
A YOUNG Herefordshire man, excitedly anticipating the trip of a lifetime, has died in a tragic farming accident. Andrew Pursey, aged 21, of Trevase, near St Weonards - a member of one of the county's best-known farming families - had just graduated from
DO you have a business that would benefit your community? Or are you part of a group that wants to raise money for your activities? There is a new social enterprise start-up programme beginning in the South Wye area of Hereford. Contact Paul Griffiths
HEREFORD-based milliner and wedding dress designer Emma Lewis will be exhibiting at the UK Wedding Show at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on September 25 and 26. It is the second time that her company Ulifas has exhibited at such a prestigious show
THINGS are changing at Brightwells with the introduction of a new woman auctioneer and new sales pattern as well. Caroline Atkinson joined Brightwells 18 months ago having decided to pursue a long held ambition to become an auctioneer, taking a complete
BAKER TILLY in Hereford is giving directors of local businesses a helping hand by giving away free copies of a guide entitled Directors: responsibilities and liabilities handbook. As a result of today's busy workplace, there is often insufficient time
Pradip Rai, a University College Worcester student who did work placement at Taylor Lane Timber Frame, Rotherwas, has been awarded the Shell Technology Enterprise Programme (STEP) award for Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The 25-year-old will now go
A TIME capsule has been unearthed on the site of the former Victoria Eye Hospital in Hereford - more than 100 years after it was buried. The find was a surprise to developer Phil Collins, of Pontrilas Developments, who knew of the capsule's existence
CRAFT CLUB - The Almeley Craft Club will be exhibiting members' work when they meet in Almeley Village Hall on Saturday from 10am to 3pm, and Sunday from noon-4pm. This exhibition is part of Hereford Art Week, and members will be demonstrating their arts
MICHAELMAS FAIR - Following the crisis meeting in January over the future of the festival, a number of volunteers stepped forward to help out in almost every aspect of helping the fair to succeed. There has been a proactive fundraising strategy in 2004
WACKY WALKERS - The next walk is on Saturday starting at 10.30am. Meet in the car park of the Nags Head, Canon Pyon. BISHY BOYS - Last Saturday at Little Dewchurch, the Bishy Boys soap box racing team emerged as downhill champions. The Bishy Boys came
A LOT of interest was created by the story in last week's Hereford Times about Arborbolt Ltd, of Brockhampton, which specialises in protecting trees from lightning damage. Managing director Ben Fuest can be contacted on 01989 740608.
JAZZ CONCERT - A concert is to be held in Cradley Village Hall on Friday, September 24. Local and national jazz musicians will perform, and proceeds will go towards the task of restoring Cradley Village Hall. Doors open at 7.30 until 11pm. For information
COFFEE MORNING - Once again, Mrs Josephine Burgoyne, of Mill Stream Gardens is hosting a coffee morning in aid of the Macmillan nurses fund. This will be, as all over the country, on Friday September 24 from 10am-12.30pm. PARISH PLAN - An open meeting
St Michael's Church - The PCC decided to have a celebration to thank the many people who have been involved in the church restoration programme. Sunday, September 5, coincided with a visit by the Rt Rev Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford, to St Peter's
ANNUAL SHOW - The Flower Club and the Garden Club join forces again this Saturday for the annual flower and vegetable show in the New Memorial Hall. Judging commences at 11.30am, and the public will be admitted from 2pm. There will be a raffle, tombola
HEREFORD United supremo Graham Turner spoke of his delight at the club's success in overcoming a major financial hurdle. The Bulls chairman said he was proud the cash-strapped Edgar Street club had finally freed themselves of their long-standing Company
VILLAGE HALL - On Saturday, September 25, there will be an auction held in Moccas Village Hall, viewing 1pm with the auction starting at 2pm, with refreshments available throughout the afternoon during the light-hearted proceedings. Tomorrow (Friday)
Model Air Show - Record crowds thrilled to aerobatic flying from the country's leading model aircraft pilots from the Large Model Association at Much Marcle Model Air Show on September 4 and 5. Among them was Steve Holland, recent winner of the British
COFFEE MORNING - Green Farm at Felton will be the venue for another Macmillan Biggest Coffee Morning, from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm, on 24th September. There will also be stalls including bric a brac, tombola, home-cooking, nearly new and a draw. Host will
Peterchurch - Peterchurch Primary School was open during the summer holidays on a Tuesday afternoon with children enjoying five weeks of swimming, games and activities on the playing field. An average of 25 children took part every week. Funding for these
BAPTIST CHURCH - Ross-on-Wye Baptist Church welcomed two new members of staff this week. They are Fiona Stutton who will fill the role of Children's Ministry Co-ordinator and will work in the Church and the local community, including schools, and Matthew
SHOBDON PLAYGROUP - The playgroup has passed a recent Ofsted inspection with flying colours. The outcome was very positive, stating the Group is run extremely well by Selena Dykes and Lisa Bownes, both who have a diploma in Pre School Practise Level 3
REMINDER - Social evening with Tarrington Brass on September 25, at 7.30pm, proceeds to Tarrington and Yarkhill churches. ADVANCED NOTICES - Harvest Festival in Tarrington Church on October 1, at 7.30pm. Tarrington Brass at Ledbury Church for a promenade
BOWLING CLUB - Weobley Bowling Club is hosting a Gardeners Question Time with Mike George and Reg Moule of BBC Hereford and Worcester, and a ploughmans' supper on Monday, September 27, at Hopelands Village Hall at 7.30pm. Contact 01544 318283 or 01544
Malvern 2nd 0 Hereford 2nd 4 HEREFORD Ladies 2nd opened their season with a 4-0 away win in a friendly match at Malvern with Clare Milton taking the individual honours by netting a hat-trick. The city side dominated the early play and went into the lead
ACORNS Children's Hospice is bringing a roadshow to Hereford's Maylord Shopping Centre next Monday as part of National Children's Hospice Week. Goodie bags and the chance to name Acorns' new mascot, which will be the future face of fund-raising, await
A PRESENTATION was held at Hereford Probation office to celebrate the success of 17 offenders who have passed exams in literacy. Literacy courses are offered to all offenders on probation in a bid to brush up their skills and to help improve their employment
LEINTWARDINE has taken a step in helping to meet the widespread shortage of affordable village homes for local people with the completion of a new eight-dwelling development. The Marches Housing Association's new Middle Wardens development, opened last
THE threat of rain wasn't enough to deter scores of cyclists taking to the road last Saturday to raise funds for their local churches and the Herefordshire Historic Churches Trust. Among those pedalling from church to church was Sue Dakin from Hope-under-Dinmore
THE Herefordshire Talking Newspaper is looking for a new director to oversee operations and ensure that it goes out every fortnight without a hitch. The position is voluntary and should not, says former director John Bulbeck average more than half-a-day
"IT'S all in the genes". That's the secret to a long and happy life, according to 100-year-old Winnifred Durrant. The former teacher celebrated her centenary with a glass of sherry, cake, streamers, balloons and masses of birthday cards at Hampton Grange
WHILE most people preparing to move house would be packing crates, Nicholl and Talitha Williams at Trebandy House, Marstow, were hosting another fundraising event in aid of RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Association). With little more than a month
PRIMARY school children make up most of the youngsters caught by truancy sweeps in the county so far this year - and nearly all of them were out with their parents. "The parents had a range of excuses ready. Some simply don't see it as important if their
VILLAGE halls throughout Herefordshire will be bursting with colourful events from now until the new year, and it's all down to Arts Alive! Halls will be bulging with Cartoon de Salvo, Peepolykus, Black Voices, Sid Kipper, Big State Theatre, Lempen Puppets
READY Steady Win - the not-for-profit company nurturing Herefordshire's young sporting talent - has smashed the Guinness world simultaneous egg and spoon race record. Now, business fund manager Joanna Jones hopes to crack the kind of funding that turns
THE proudest moments and the biggest adventure of Ted Griffiths's life took place during the Second World War, and he never forgot them. "He'd talk about the war at every opportunity," said son Len and daughter-in-law Angela. Fittingly for a man who saw
A DECISION by rail bosses to make an early morning train run 30 minutes earlier has upset commuters travelling to Hereford and Leominster. Gerald Dawe, chairman of Rail for Herefordshire, has written after complaints to Arriva Trains asking for the re-instatement
Under-9 Division: Pegasus Juniors 5 (Edmonds 2, Spink 2, Lear) Ross Juniors Colts 1 (Aubrey), Ross Juniors Rebels 0 Westfields Colts 4 (Craddock, Penson, Bunclark, og), Belmont Eagles 0 Credenhill 0, Lads Club 3 (McNally 2, Hughes) Bartestree 0, Greyhound
LEOMINSTER Town maintained their 100 per cent record in the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division with a 3-2 home win over Hereford Lads Club. But the city club gave them a hard battle before going down to a Matt Smith winner in the dying
Pegasus Juniors 2 Ardley United 1 DEFENDER David Hart turned attacker when he snapped up a stoppage-time goal which gave Pegasus their first GLS Hellenic League Premier Division win of the season at the sixth attempt. Both Pegasus and Ardley were seeking
Bustleholme 0 Ledbury Town 2 AFTER beating bottom team Bustleholme, Led-bury are now the only side in the West Midlands League Premier Division to boast an unbeaten record. It was the Herefordshire club's fourth win in five matches and they are lying
Ross Town 1 Shrivenham 2 ROSS suffered their first GLS Hellenic League Division 1 West defeat of the season. Shrivenham took four points from Ross last season and, after strengthening their side with several signings from champions Purton, were always
HEREFORD United have a chance to boost their promotion bid with two home matches during the next week. Scarborough are the visitors to Edgar Street on Saturday, while next Tuesday United will host Aldershot Town, who eliminated them in last season's play-off
Hereford United 0 West Bromwich Albion 3 TWO late goals at Hereford Leisure Centre helped West Bromwich Albion continue their perfect start in the Football League Youth Alliance South Central Conference and inflict the young Bulls' third successive defeat
Newark Town 0 Bromyard Town 1 BROMYARD Town gave a gritty performance to knock out United Counties League rivals Newark Town in the first qualifying round of the FA Vase and return with £500 winning prize money. Neither side was able to make a breakthrough
BROADLANDS School have come out on top of all the county's FA Charter Standard schools to receive a special award. More than 40 schools in Herefordshire now fulfil the criteria for the charter standard award and each year a top school in the county is
IN an illustrated lecture to Ross-on-Wye Horticultural Society's at the Larruperz Centre on September 21, Christopher Grey Wilson is set to share stories and anecdotes of his plant hunting experiences in Tibet. As a veteran of plant collecting expeditions
HEREFORD United have a chance to boost their promotion bid with two home matches during the next week. Scarborough are the visitors to Edgar Street on Saturday, while next Tuesday United will host Aldershot Town, who eliminated them in last season's play-off
HEREFORD United's chairman and director of football Graham Turner has welcomed the settlement of the club's long-standing Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA). The Bulls entered the CVA with the agreement of their creditors when they hit a severe financial
WESTFIELDS face one of the biggest games in their history when they bid for a place in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time against Carlton Town at allpay.park on Saturday. Their Nottinghamshire opponents, who play in the Northern
BRIMFIELD were the winners of Leominster Bowling Club's eighth annual charity tournament which raised £640 for the Leominster swimming pool appeal. Bill Copp, Bill Wheatley, Marion Wheatley and Joan Copp gained a 12-10 victory over Kington's Ken Edwards
TWO thousand visitors enjoyed a safe, successful and highly enjoyable Bromyard Folk Festival over last weekend. "The marquees flapped a bit, but once they've come and set up their tents and caravans, they want to enjoy it," said festival director Annie
I HAVE just returned from a tour of the D day landing beaches and battlefields in Normandy, Northern France. Although I no longer live in Herefordshire, I was born and raised in Hoarwithy, and will always consider myself a Herefordshire man, so you can
ON the week ending September 4, during my first visit to Hereford, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Sunday morning service at Hereford Baptist Church. The atmosphere was delightful as the church was welcoming their new Minister, the Rev. Anthony
I, AS well as many other patients who have received dental treatment from Church Street Practice, Leominster, am totally disgusted with them. We all received letters stating they are unable to recruit a dentist, to replace our old one, and have asked
I REFER to Mike Pullen's letter re the lack of road signs concerning the twinning of Hereford with towns in France and Germany (Hereford Times, July 29). The City of Hereford Twinning Association has been seeking the erection of suitable signs for some
THE Department of Transport would consider a proposal for an A44 southern bypass around Leominster, on its merits, a Government Minister told the Hereford Times. Tony McNulty, Parliamentary under secretary at the department, was in Leominster to officially
OLD friends gathered for a special reunion nearly 50 years after they last met in a Leominster schoolroom. Fifth form students from Leominster Grammar School in 1955 met again at the Talbot Hotel along with three former teachers, Kate Pugh (French), Ken
HEALTH care chiefs pledged this week that "no stone is being left unturned" in a bid to solve an NHS dentistry crisis in North Hereford-shire. Herefordshire Primary Care Trust has been swamped with calls from worried dental patients, many of them elderly
A ONE-day revival of an ancient law - a hat tax levied on those going bareheaded in public - prompted some people in Leominster to parade in weird and wonderful headgear last Saturday. The We Want Our Pool group raised £620 when it introduced a Hat Tax
TRAFFIC chaos brought the A49 near Leominster to a standstill after accidents resulted in nine casualties, two wrecked vehicles and two arrests. Seven police vehicles - one of which was damaged while traffic diversions were put in place - went to the
A HEREFORDSHIRE estate agent will be making a dash for Leukaemia CARE when he takes part in the Great North Run on September 26. Jason Hicks, who manages the residential sales department at Jonathan Preece & Co, will join 49,000 other competitors
An evening of chamber music will be performed by the English Symphony Orchestra at The Great Barn, Hellens next Wednesday evening. The programme will include Haydn's Quartet in G Major Op.54 No 1 and Beethoven's Quartet in C Minor Op.18 No 4. Proceeds
AUDITIONS for Attitude Dance Company will be held at the Courtyard in Hereford next Tuesday (September 21) between 5.30-8.30pm. They are open to girls aged 15 plus and boys aged 16 and over. To book contact Michele Holder on 07779 507593.
RENAISSANCE Music Quintet, Vox Praeterita will perform in the medieval church of St Mary's, Linton, near Ross-on-Wye, this Saturday evening at 7.30pm. There will be canapes and a complimentary glass of wine and all profits will be donated to Linton Church
A MAJOR project to revitalise Hereford city centre is about to begin. Herefordshire Council has received a £395,000 grant from Government agencies and Eign Gate has been chosen for the first phase of development. Councillor George Hyde, cabinet member
THERE were three special reasons to celebrate a visit to Hereford's French twin town of Vierzon. For Hereford was the guest of honour at the 59th international show in Vierzon, from September 4 to 12, an exhibition that gave the county as a whole an opportunity
KIT Gundy, the then Mayor of Hereford, sealed the twinning link with Vierzon on September 3, 1994. She and a party from the city council and Hereford Twinning Association were the guests of Vierzon, 50 miles south of Orleans. Kit and the then twinning
A SNAPSHOT of Herefordshire life was top of the bill at the Vierzon 59th International Show. Hundreds of visitors poured into the Hereford stand to taste some of the county's culture and watch wooden toy maker Gabi Pfeiffer in action. Hereford was the
A GOVERNMENT transport minister is due in Hereford next month to talk over the Rotherwas relief road project - but the local delegation doesn't know who's on the way. Originally, Hereford MP Paul Keetch persuaded Roads Minister Tony McNulty to meet him
MYSTERY surrounds the power failure which left more than 100 Hereford businesses without electricity on Monday morning. Energy company Powergen blamed the disruption on Transco workers repairing gas pipes in Widemarsh Street. Speaking shortly after the
A HEREFORD motorcycle enthusiast, who died aged 51, has been laid to rest next to a son killed in a bike accident three years ago. Kim Powell-Aubrey died peacefully of heart disease at his Bodenham Road home. A motorcycle convoy escorted the procession
A NEW members night for Young Ramblers in the 20's and 30's Worcestershire group is planned from 7.30pm onwards at The Three Pears, Warndon, Worcester, on Thursday, September 23. For further details contact Angela on 01527 575202 or email: roberts@mayf1eld.freeserve.co.uk
THE Abbeyfield/SSAFA Hereford Society is taking part in the Biggest Coffee Morning in the World for Macmillan Cancer Relief on Friday, September 24, at Ainslie House, 4 St John Street, Hereford. Organiser is executive chairman Wally Bowles. Telephone
KOI Carp enthusiasts in Hereford are looking for other Koi fanatics to help them to start a Koi club or society. The first meeting will be held at Credenhill Social Club on Monday, September 20, at 7.30pm. The first meeting will be to discuss setting
HEREFORDSHIRE province, under the leadership of Rodney Smallwood, has been given the honour of hosting the 2008 Festival for the Grand Charity. This is a five-year campaign and the members of 14 lodges have already raised approximately £40,000. The Freemasons
MEMBERS of the Hereford Branch will be out and about during September asking members of the public to dig deep and donate as much as they can afford as part of this years Annual Wings Appeal. Further information is available from the Hereford Branch Wings
MEMBERS of the Whitecross Townswomen's Guild met on September 1 after their summer break with the chairman reporting a get-together at Hedley Lodge, Belmont, of the three local Guilds to celebrate 75 years of Townswomen's Guilds. Arts and Crafts continue
HEREFORD & District Riding Club enjoyed a successful weekend at the National Riding Club championships at Lincoln Showground. The club fielded three senior teams in the open show jumping, equitation and dressage where Isobel Lee came second as an
RFU LEAGUE Powergen Midlands 1: Dunstablians 42, Bromsgrove 31; Kettering 38, Broadstreet 14; Longton 41, Scunthorpe 26; Luctonians 0, Walsall 19; Mansfield 10, Derby 42; Whitchurch 15, Leicester Lions 40. Midlands 3 West (South): Droitwich 7, Barkers
Hereford 2nd 26 pts Old Saltleians 2nd 5 ALTHOUGH forced to make seven changes from the side which had beaten Shipston 2nd 61-0 the previous week, Hereford still had too much power for Old Saltleians. They took the lead on the half-hour with a try from
WHEN the autumn grass growth slows, there are many horses and ponies in fields and on poor land that start to lose condition. All too many are either neglected or end up being sold at markets for meat. Sanctuaries like Equine Market Watch at Bromyard
HEREFORD-based filmmakers Cuppa Tea Productions have been awarded funding to produce a functional video art installation at The Courtyard. The money goes towards the making and housing of a new clock, the first of its kind anywhere in the world. Taking
THERE is much more to Warren Mitchell than Alf Garnett, as anyone who goes to Malvern's Festival Theatre next week will discover. Following a critically acclaimed run in the West End, he is appearing in the American playwright Arthur Miller's scorching
"Hot and well-hung" was how one of the selection panel described h.Art's third annual exhibition which opened at the Hereford City Art Gallery last Friday night. I think he meant the temperature in the crowded gallery, which was sweltering, but I also
THE Schools Minister, David Miliband has written to Herefordshire Council's Director of Education and Cabinet Member, congratulating the county on this summer's 'excellent' Key Stage 2 results for 11-year-olds. The results for both English and maths combined
CHILDREN at St Mary's C of E Primary School in Fownhope were on cloud nine when they came back after the summer holidays to find their mural flying high. Last term, the whole school designed and painted the hot air balloons during the 'enrichment' afternoons
THE club has just enjoyed an excellent long weekend. Saturday's win at Gravesend was a very big result for us. Although all wins count for three points, over a season some are more important than others, and Saturday's was one of those. After the Halifax
KEVIN Gibbons completed a notable double at Leominster when he added the President's Bowl to the Knockout Scratch Cup he clinched the previous week. In the President's Bowl the three-handicapper went round in 70 for a nett 67 to beat Andrew Manns by a
CONTROVERSIAL strawberry growers S&A Produce are expanding their empire further into north Herefordshire - but not without a fight. Outraged residents in an outlying area of Stoke Prior, near Leominster, are up in arms at the company's plan to put
'BUILDING detectives' proved they had a sharp eye for architecture during a competition on Hereford's streets. And all the hard work paid off for Sarah Glover when she was awarded the first prize of a digital camera. The competition, run by Herefordshire
HEREFORD man Robin Duckering has been appointed supply chain director of Halo Foods Group, the UK's largest manufacturer of specialist snack bars for customers' own brands. Robin, aged 46, will be responsible for purchasing, production planning, supplier
MALE VOICE CHOIR - Talgarth Male Voice Choir performed to a packed Hall at Brilley on Sunday with over £700 being raised for Brilley Church Porch. Jumble Sale - The PCC are organising a Jumble Sale in Kington Market Hall on Saturday, October 23. If anyone
Charity Luncheon - Jennie and Bill Layton of Grafton Villa Farm hosted a charity luncheon in the marquee where the reception had been held for the wedding of their daughter, Niki to Dominic Gallagher the previous day. A total of £510 was raised for the
DONATIONS - Best friends Julian Lewis from Dilwyn and Chris Price from Stretford raised £257 for the Charles Renton Cancer Care Unit in Hereford Hospital at a joint birthday party.
FAMILY SERVICE - The Family Service at 10.30 am on Sunday in Kingstone Church will be The Family Harvest Festival. Guest speaker will be Peter Strevens.
COFFEE MORNINGS - Macmillan Cancer Relief will hold two coffee mornings in Knighton on Friday, September 24, as part of a national appeal. One will be at the Sir Francis Edwards Centre and the other will be at the Knighton Hotel. Both will be from 10am
WI - Presteigne members spent an enjoyable afternoon at the Thomas Museum, Penybont, in August The next meeting is on Wednesday, September 22, at 2.30pm in the Assembly Rooms, when the speaker will be Mrs Peggy Fraser-Scott. Guests and new members are
PLOUGHING MATCH - Llangattock-Vibon-Avel and District Ploughing and Agricultural Society holds its annual Ploughing Match on Sunday at Llangattock Farm, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouth, by invitation of Mr and Mrs David Jones. There will be horse and
SCHOOL FETE - Wigmore Primary School Autumn Fete on Saturday at 1.30pm features the Paws for Thought Dog Display Team. Organised by the Friends of Wigmore Primary School the event is to raise funds for the school. More details about the event can be obtained
KINGTON Ladies' Hockey Club welcomed 10 teams to their summer tournament which featured some excellent eight-a-side hockey. Two closely-fought semi-finals saw Radnor and Presteigne reach the final, leaving Kington and Gwernwydd to fight it out for third
THE 1,700 Herefordshire Council staff that help keep the county's schools running have learned the details of their new pay package. Non-teaching staff like cooks, cleaners, laboratory technicians and secretaries are the last council employees to see
A HEREFORDSHIRE war veteran hopes he will not have to eat any tinned fruit when he returns to the Far East islands where he served in 1945. While 78-year-old Les Rowles says the fruit chunks kept him fit and healthy and free from disease then, he hopes
PLANS for a controversial mini housing development on Fromes Hill have been refused. Councillors unanimously agreed that the four three-bedroom properties should not be built in the car park of the closed Wheatsheaf Inn because of road safety fears. However
AN exhibition of the work of David Swinnerton, from Tudorville, Ross-on-Wye, will open in the town's library next Tuesday. His work includes large canvases in acrylic and delicate charcoal and pastel drawings, and although David loves painting skyscapes
HEREFORDSHIRE was garlanded with awards at last Friday's Heart of England in Bloom award ceremony, including a special judges' award for one of the competition's youngest participants. Ledbury took top honours, winning the regional overall title for the
HEREFORD Sixth Form College's Football Academy members are anticipating a landmark date next Wednesday when they play their first ever fixture. The academy, which has been formed this year, will sit alongside the college's rugby academy which has been
Wellington 0 Cradley Town 2 WEST Midlands League Premier Division club Wellington's hopes of embarking on a run in the FA Vase fell at the first hurdle as they were beaten by higher-graded opponents Cradley. The Herefordshire club's officials were also
HEREFORD United's chairman and director of football Graham Turner has welcomed the settlement of the club's long-standing Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA). The Bulls entered the CVA with the agreement of their creditors when they hit a severe financial
BROAD Street in Ross-on-Wye will be closed for one day on Friday, October 1, for the return of the town's European Market The road closure, from the junction with High Street and Gloucester Road to the junction with New Street, will take place at the
FORTY thousand young salmon have been released into rivers on the Herefordshire border by the Environment Agency. The fish, which have been bred at a fish farm at Clywedog in Mid Wales, have been stocked into the River Teme and the nearby River Redlake
THE Grove Golf Centre's new nine-hole course near Ford Bridge will be open for play on Saturday. The new course, designed using grasses on tees and greens as at the Celtic Manor 2010 Ryder Cup venue, is a separate loop of nine from the shorter course
A BROMYARD councillor discovered how the 'thin blue line' is operating in Herefordshire by reporting for duty. Bernard Hunt, who represents Herefordshire Council on the West Mercia Police Authority, teamed up with officers on the beat around Bromyard
three years of parliamentary majorities for a hunting ban, Tony Blair seems to be ready to invoke the Parliamentary Act to override Lords' opposition. This is welcome news, long overdue. Many foxes killed by hunts are young cubs which stand little chance
WHETHER OR not you support hunting and the benefits to the countryside, or if you see it as archaic and anachronistic has little to do with the debate on hunting. What many people across the spectrum are failing to recognise is the huge impact on civil
I WOULD like to reply to Judy Gilbert of POWA (Hereford Times, September 2). Hunt monitors, as she calls them are very unlikely to be welcomed by Herefordshire farmers or the hunting community. It is disgraceful that people like this say that they are
I FEEL compelled to respond to the letter from Judy Gilbert of High Wycombe in order to congratulate the Hereford Times for having such a wide geographic circulation in reaching as far afield as Buckinghamshire! I presume Protect Our Wild Animals are
AT last, somebody else who doesn't turn a blind eye (Hereford Times August 5) regarding polytunnels. I would much rather eat vegetables grown in our own county under polytunnels than imported produce. As for those poor chickens, it is a subject I feel
THE theme of the latest exhibition by the Bromyard and District Local History Society is Memories of Schooldays which runs until Christmas. The society's photographs highlight past and present schools in and around Bromyard. The History Society's Exhibition
REPRESENTATIVES of the two main charities to benefit from the AM/AM Golf Day organised by Hereford City Rotary Club were invited along to the Three Counties Hotel last week. Cheques were presented to Sarah Sharpe-Smith, of The Martha Trust, and Cyril
HEREFORD racecourse had its first winter jumping season meeting last week and the opening novice hurdle race saw a familiar win for a horse from the Martin Pipe yard as his Marcel easily confirmed 2/11 favouritism in the hands of Herefordshire jockey
TENBURY Wells eventer Rosie Thomas enjoyed the best win of her career on Sunday with success in the Cleobury Mortimer Horse Trials intermediate section. Twenty-three-year-old Thomas, from Grafton Farm Riding Centre in Bockleton, achieved her success,
THIS year's Ledbury Chase takes place on Sunday, September 26 starting at 10.30 am at Ledbury Rugby Club. The multi-terrain race, organised by Ledbury & District Harriers and Ledbury RFC, covers approximately 13 miles with only one notable climb,
Hereford under-17 18 pts Bromsgrove under-17 7 HEREFORD made a fine start to the new season with a win over reigning North Midlands Cup holders Bromsgrove. The home side produced a series of early attacks and were rewarded when number eight Mark Lee released
A FARM walk giving information about new agri-environment grants is being held at Devereux Wootton, Norton Canon, next Monday at 2.30pm. During the walk, being organised jointly by FWAG and the NFU, the options under the entry and higher-level schemes
ALL is set for a bumper ploughing match at Garnons, Byford, on Friday, September 24. Weobley and District Agricultural Improvement Society have changed the match from a Saturday to a Friday to allow some of the entrants to compete in another ploughing
PREPARATIONS are well advanced for the Eskleyside Agricultural Society's ploughing match and show at Wilmaston, Peterchurch, on Sunday, September 26. Tractor entries are heading for record numbers while five contestants, including the present world champion
SET in 1969, cult classic Withnail and I continues to enthral new audiences. Newly formed Openeye Theatre Company, working in association with Herefordshire College of Art and Design has adapted the film for a stage production, which opens tomorrow (Friday
HEREFORDSHIRE schools have joined forces to ensure pupils spend a minimum of two hours each week playing sport. On Tuesday, five schools and 34 primary and special school PE consultants met at Belmont Lodge for the Whitecross School Sport Coordinator
IT is inspiring and overwhelming in equal measure to contemplate the length of artistic tendrils in this country. Herefordshire art week, now in its third successive year, encourages many artists out of the woodwork, to open their homes and workplaces
BRIDGET Drakeford's studio at Fownhope is included in this week's openings for h.Art. Bigger and better than last year, with nine artists showing their work, garage art includes a superb selection of the best of British contemporary art, from near and
THE Elgar in Hereford Group is making steady progress with its fund-raising appeal for the Elgar statue, which is to stand in the Cathedral Close in Hereford. The London-based Solaris String Quartet and concert pianist Raphael Terroni are to add their
KINGTON'S youth section marked the end of their season with their presentation evening when Ben George was presented with the junior clubman of the year award in recognition of his work for the club. Guy Pearson-Gregory won the under-15 batting award
HEREFORD Jobcentre will be holding a Christmas Jobsfair in the Town Hall, Hereford, on Wednesday, September 22, from 10am to 6pm. Many vacancies, both temporary and permanent, will be on offer. Although some vacancies are limited to the festive season
LEGAL software specialists Pracctice Ltd , of Straight Mile Road, Hereford, have won six contracts worth a total of £300,000 in six weeks to supply both their Osprey.TM PMS solution and email system, Groupware. Sales director Martin Siddle said: "I've
THE search is on for Herefordshire's most enterprising individuals and those who play a significant role in encouraging or developing entrepreneurial skills and attitudes in others could receive a new Queen's Award. The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion
Fire Station - Parents and young children enjoyed exploring the inside as well as the outside of the Fire Engine and Water Tender when the local Fire Station held an open evening on Friday, September 10. Air Cadets - For the last seven years an Air Cadet
Country and Western - There will be a Country and Western Dance in Richards Castle village hall on Saturday, September 18. The visiting artist will be Dave Christie.The event will begin at 8.30pm and admission will cost £3.50. There will be a licensed
TREASURE has been found on Herefordshire land owned by the Prince of Wales, an inquest has ruled. County coroner David Halpern declared that a 13th Century silver brooch fulfilled the requirements to be labelled treasure during the unusual hearing last
HEREFORDSHIRE Council says it is determined to crack down on benefit fraud and is appealing for the public's help in catching the crooks. A large proportion of the council's fraud referrals are from county people who are fed up with others cheating the
events/talks Every Wed 'til Sept 29, Haunting and Horrors of Hereford, Guided Walk, 7.15pm outside Hereford TIC. 16-19 Woodland Art Trail with resident artists, Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill 1-5pm. 17-18 Annual Autumn Fare, Kington Market Hall
KETTLES will be boiling throughout Herefordshire on Friday, September 24, as more than 100 people take part in Macmillan's annual fundraiser, the World's Biggest Coffee Morning. Among those stocking up on the coffee and biscuits are many veterans of the
Herefordshire FA 1 Gloucestershire FA 3 A MORE physical and sharper Gloucestershire under-18 side proved too strong for Herefordshire under-18 who were playing their first game together. Gloucestershire led by a single goal at the interval and, although
Wolverhampton Casuals 3 Kington Town 0 KINGTON dropped into the bottom half of the West Midlands League Premier Division table after this heavy defeat at Wolverhampton, although they have games in hand over most of the clubs above them. Kington manager
Wellington 2 Evesham United 1 WELLINGTON notched their second Midland Floodlit Youth League Southern Division win in three outings. The home side took the lead with a scorching 30-yard free-kick from Steve Brotherwood. Wellington were pushed back after
Hereford Pegasus Ladies 12 Tyburn Aztecs 0 GOALS from Lauren James (2), Etty Greenhouse (2), Lucy Blandford (2), player-of-the-match Karen Hackley (2), Lucy Belcher, Roxy James, Lisa Price and captain Julie Nicholas secured the points for Pegasus in a
Hinton 2 Tenbury United 2 HINTON let two West Midlands League Division 1 points slip from their grasp after going two goals up in the first half at Broomy Hill. Tenbury should have struck first, however, when home keeper Dave Spencer brought down one
Hereford Times Herefordshire League, Premier Division: Pegasus 1 Westfields 5, Sutton 0 Ewyas Harold 1, Leominster 3 Lads Club 2, Weston 2 Ledbury 2, Fownhope 1 Hinton 2. Division 1: Allpay 2 Colwall 5, Ewyas Harold Res 4 Pencombe 0. Division 2: Orcop
AS a supporter of the countryside and all related activities I am, nevertheless, fully supportive of Judy Gilbert-Powa's comments on Cub-hunting (Hereford Times, September 2). I can do no better than ask you to reproduce suggestions that have been published
THE article in Farming Times (September 9) quotes Mr. Snell of the NFU West Midlands Regional Horticultural Board as saying that "everyone is a winner" when it comes to the use of polytunnels ! Not so. Sure, the growers do very well out of them, and the
IN the Governments recent leaflet "Preparing for Emergencies" there is a space for inserting the telephone number of the local police station. As, presumably in the interests of efficiency, we can no longer telephone any police station in Herefordshire
