A LIME tree on Colwall Green has been felled after it was attacked by a fungal infection. The tree, which stood near the Yew Tree pub, had fallen victim to the Kretschmaria deusta fungus, which attacks from the inside out, leaving its victim brittle and
THERE will be a plant sale with a wide range of unusual hardy plants and shrubs at Colwall Village Hall tomorrow (Saturday) from 9.30am-11.30am. A quiz night in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice in Worcester will be held at Colwall British Legion at 8pm
THE last surviving swan on Newent Lake has undergone emergency treatment after swallowing fishing tackle. The incident has led to a protest over unauthorised fishing late at night, with baited lines being left and tackle discarded. Newent Town Council
MORE than 150 people turned out to watch the Drybrook Silver Band perform by Newent Lake on Sunday. The next concert is by the Pillowell Silver Band, from 2.30pm to 4pm on Sunday, August 14. The Gloucester Brass Band performs on Sunday, September 11.
A RIVERBOAT cruise on the Pride of Avon will be held to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Newent and District Craftworkers' Guild. Members and guests will enjoy a three-hour trip up the Avon from Tewkesbury to Strensham on Saturday, August 24. There will
n A DECISION by Newent Town Council to increase allotment fees has been attacked. Fees will rise to £30 a year from November 2006. At the council meeting on Monday, Coun Peter Pain, himself an allotment holder, said: "We must have the most expensive allotments
A LEDBURY woman is still officially missing more than a week after a terrorist bomb attack which targeted the London Under-ground network. Sam Badham, 36, was travelling with her boyfriend Lee Harris, 30, on the train that was blown up between King's
LEDBURY Poetry Festival has been hailed a success. The festival ended on Sunday and attracted a host of big names in the poetry world. Director Dr Charles Bennett said: "We don't measure the success of the festival in terms of how many people were there
THE parents of a girl who died of a heart complication have met Newent town councillors to discuss why it banned them from putting pebbles on her grave. Joanna Matheson died, aged 13, two years ago at Gloucestershire Royal Hosp-ital where she was undergoing
A WEBSITE has been set up as part of a Wellington Heath couple's bid to save the childhood garden of Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. Peter and Sharon Maiden are fighting plans to build a country house on the 18th Century Walled Garden at Hope End, which they
SIXTY years after the end of the Second World War, eight Ledbury veterans have been honoured for their contribution. Jock and Audrey Taylor, Cyril May, Tom Dean, Ivor Stephens, Jim Davis, Bob Earle and Philip Powell were awarded veteran's badges at Hereford
EASTNOR Castle helped make a dream come true for armour enthusiast Henry Howland. Mr Howland, from Hereford, was allowed to wear one of the suits of armour from the 19th Century castle as a birthday treat arranged by his wife Tricia. "Making this happen
A Ledbury woman enjoyed writing her first novel so much, she is already hard at work on a sequel. Suzette Hill will launch her crime novel, A Load of Old Bones, with a signing at Ledbury Books and Maps in the High Street on Saturday, July 23, from 11am
INE weather and a great atmosphere made Ledbury Parish Church's fete one to remember. The event took place at St Katherine's Hall on Saturday and raised more than £1,850 for church funds. Visitors enjoyed cake, book and toy stalls, as well as a children's
n THE owners of a house in Apple Tree Close, Bromyard, disturbed two would-be burglars. The intruders were disturbed in the porch at 2am on Thursday, July 7. Both fled the scene, one on foot, one by bicycle. They were wearing hooded tops obscuring their
THREE former Hereford students separately boarded a London Underground train with only metres between them - metres that made the difference when a bomb on the train exploded. Lee Harris was critically injured in the blast, his girlfriend Sam Badham is
THE owner of a 16th century mansion near Ross-on-Wye has been ordered to pay his former lover more than £400,000 by a High Court judge. Kim Brooker was told on Tuesday he must give Penny van Laethem £420,000 for her financial and physical contribution
FLOWERS and more were under inspection yesterday as judges from Britain in Bloom made their way to Bromyard and Leominster. Both towns were looking their best for the Royal Horticultural Society judges, who looked around yesterday under a beating sun.
YOBS who wrecked 11 flower displays outside the city's cathedral have been slammed as "drunken maniacs". With less than a week to go until Britain in Bloom judges come to inspect Hereford, this latest incident - the third attack on flowerbeds in five
THE future of the annual business and technology show in Ross-on-Wye is in doubt unless new sponsorship can be found. For the last 10 years the event has become a showcase for business and commerce in the town and south Herefordshire. But the organisers
A DEAL over the sale of historic Hampton Court castle, near Leominster, is imminent and staff hope they will keep their jobs. The 15th century castle and its 1,000 acre estate was put on the market with a price tag of £10 million following the decision
LEOMINSTER could be the scene of a summer sensation if the town is found to be the site of an ancient monument of international importance. Archaeologists start digging beneath a social services car park next month to uncover the hidden remains of a massive
THOUSANDS of pounds of damage has been caused to a First World War memorial in Kington. Police say it will cost £2,000 to repair the ornamental concrete ball that was smashed into pieces outside the recreational ground in Park Avenue at the weekend. It
THE body of a young Ukrainian man is expected to arrive at his family home today (Thursday) after a Herefordshire community raised the required transport costs. Villagers and foreign workers emptied their pockets to ensure the parents of Andriy Kiyuv
HEREFORD Map Centre has charted a route they hope will take them in the direction of more satisfied customers. Until now, it has been impossible to get an OS map showing the whole of Herefordshire and this has frustrated visitors and locals alike. "Until
A HEREFORDSHIRE priest is celebrating his golden jubilee. Father Stephen Holdsworth is the priest for a rural parish which includes Weobley and Kington and to mark his milestone, they organised celebrations at Broxwood Court, where he conducted his own
UNDER a blazing sun, 3,000 women made their way round a 5km track at Hereford Racecourse on Sunday to remember and celebrate friends and family who have been affected by cancer. It was Hereford's third annual Cancer Research UK Race for Life and the most
THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of dumped and burnt out cars in Herefordshire and Worcestershire according to figures obtained by Bill Wiggin. The Leominster MP says car dumping has "rocketed" by 44%, - from 299 vehicles a year in 1997 to 431
TV gardener Monty Don's scheme to get young offenders working the land could go ahead in a North Herefordshire community if residents approve. Monkland voted to reject plans drawn up by Mr Don and the Probation Service and villagers complained they were
FAMILIES across Herefordshire are set to benefit from a £3.6 million cash injection to boost children's services. The money has been secured under the Government's Sure Start initiative and will be used to create nine new flagship Children's Centres,
A PROJECT that aims to get youngsters out of trouble by getting them into fishing is to be launched in Newent. It is being organised by Newent Angling Club and chairman Rob England said: "We're trying to get kids that are pretty close to crime into fishing
JUDGES of the first Newent in Bloom competition are in for a tough job as they decide on the town's best gardens, shops and businesses. Preliminary judging began this week with gold, silver and bronze standards due to be given out in ten categories. The
CROWDS flocked to Upleadon over the weekend to take advantage of all the village has to offer. An open village event was organised by the Village Hall Management Committee and featured 12 open gardens, horse-training, clog-dancing and craft stalls. Cream
THE Fire Officer has declared the Market House as safe for the town council to continue to hold its meetings in. Concern had been raised about the fact that there is only one way in and out of the historic building and the fire officer was invited to
MARK Harper has stepped down from the governing body at Newent Community School. Mr Harper has served since 2000 but says his election as Forest of Dean MP earlier this year means he is away in London too often to devote the necessary time to the role
OUTRAGE at 'sexually explicit and violent' content of the GCSE English poetry syllabus prompted a woman to stage a protest outside a Ledbury Poetry Festival event. Patricia Hill, a teacher from Newent, is appalled by the nature of poetry pupils have to
LEDBURY Lifeboat Guild member Rhinned Krinks has been given a special award for commitment to fundraising. Mrs Krinks was given the RNLI bronze award by Guild chairman Sue Farr at its annual garden party at Haffield on Saturday. About 120 people turned
LEDBURY has become the first Herefordshire market town to employ a Streetscene Steward, with responsibility for ensuring that streets and public toilets are clean. Mark Jones began his rounds this week and his appointment is part of a campaign to clean
LEDBURY, Ashperton, Brock-hampton and Bredenbury primary schools will get a share of £124,900 of Government funding towards schemes to get more children walking and cycling to school. The schools will each receive about £5,000 to draw up Travel Plans
THE history books came to life for pupils at Much Marcle Primary School when they took part in a VE Day-style street party. Organised to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, children enjoyed wartime food followed by games and
A photographic campaign to name and shame Ledbury's grot-spots has attracted 24 entries. The finest of them are on show in the window of the town council's offices, where they will remain for at least the next few weeks. Competition organiser Cyril Stone
JOHN Masefield High School has celebrated the end of another year with its annual prize-giving ceremony. Pupils picked up awards in a range of subjects, with special prizes for outstanding progress, service to the school and community relations. There
SIXTH-form students from John Masefield High School are preparing to fly to South Africa to take part in a series of outreach projects. Teachers Diana Hawkins and Carl Bates will accompany 23 pupils on the trip. They fly to Johannesberg on Monday and
A PLANNING application to demolish and rebuild Leadon Bank OAP home goes before Herefordshire Council's planning committee today (Friday). The meeting is at 10am at the council offices in Brockington. In another major development, Ledbury Town Council
A RACING driver has been kitted out in clothes supplied by a Ledbury firm. Online lifestyle clothing specialists Ko-Gee have paid for racing overalls and accessories for VW Racing Cup driver Claire Tippet. The company, based on the Homend Trading Estate
A crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Bromyard town centre will come into force for a second time on August 1. Police will have powers to remove anyone causing harm, harrassment or distress to others in a designated area of the town, under a six-month
Bright sunshine and an array of floral displays greeted judges for this year's Bromyard in Bloom. On Wednesday, Heart of England in Bloom regional judges Bob Harris and Les Goodman were taken on a tour of the town. A highlight was the official dedication
A Whitbourne nursery teacher has celebrated two landmark events. Sylvia Garness celebrated the 40th anniversary of Tiblands Nursery School, which she started at her Whitbourne home in 1965. Friends and staff at the nursery also organised a surprise visit
A RENOWNED Herefordshire jeweller who admitted making and possessing indecent images of children has been put on a sex offender programme. Apollonius Nooten-Boom II, aged 52, from Kingsland, will also serve out a three-year community rehabilitation order
JUST 16 months ago a teenage schoolgirl from Ross-on-Wye went to the dentist complaining of tooth ache. It was a visit that was to change the life of Helen Boughen and those around her forever. The enthusiastic youngster from Pontshill spent the next
HEADTEACHERS across Herefordshire are celebrating sharing in cash aimed at taking cars off congested roads and encouraging children to walk and cycle to school. A total of 22 schools will share £124,900 of Government funding after they successfully developed
LEOMINSTER has remembered a warm-hearted market trader who helped old people and schools and made sure needy children did not go without Christmas stockings. Mohammed 'Mike' Sharif, who died in 2001 aged 89, has been remembered with a seat bearing his
Emotions were running high when Herefordshire veterans marked 60 years since the end of the Second World War. More than 50 survivors took part in a march past and service at Hereford Cathedral, which included the issuing of badges to those who fought
A HEREFORD nightclub is putting on a benefit evening to help send five-year-old Joel Rees to swim with dolphins in Miami. The Lock Up (formerly Scream), in Aubrey Street, will be donating all the profits from the event on Thursday, August 4, from 9pm-
A HEREFORD family have praised a brave neighbour who risked life and limb to rescue their children from a bedroom blaze. Keith Richardson, from Kingsway, on the College Estate, Hereford, rushed to help when he saw flames coming from his neighbour's first-floor
MORE than 20 churches in and around Ledbury are being encouraged to find new ways to express themselves to the wider community. The initiative follows a study day for all the Deanery's parishes to look at the recent C of E report entitled The Mission-Shaped
DRIVERS on the M50 will continue to "fade away" when taking calls on a stretch of the motorway. This follows the decision of Herefordshire planners to throw out a bid to put up a telecommunications mast at Gorsey. Mobile phone operator T Mobile had wanted
AN initiative to get Herefordshire's run-down and empty buildings back into use is looking to help business in the county. The Redundant Business Grant Scheme is designed to turn buildings that are no longer used into centres of activity and enterprise
