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  • Give blood

    DO something amazing next week and give blood. The National Blood Service is holding donor sessions at the Bromyard Centre next Monday (June 9). Sessions take place from 1pm to 3.30pm and from 4.30pm to 7.15pm. Booking by appointment

  • SKENFRITH

    SHEARING MATCH - GRAIG FARM, CROSS ASH. Llangattock-Vibon-Avel & District Ploughing and Agricultural Society are holding their annual Shearing Match at Graig Farm, Cross Ash by kind invitation of the Turner Family, on Sunday, June 8th from 2.30pm onwards

  • Business talk is food for thought

    IS the credit crunch a taste of things to come - or do Bromyard firms have a recipe for success? All could be revealed this Tuesday at the Bromyard Business Breakfast. Dozens of tickets have been sold for the 7.30am meeting at the Hop Pole. The meeting

  • SKENFRITH

    COFFEE MORNING. Frances David and Jill Bacon are having a coffee morning in aid of Mission Aviation Fellowship. It will be held at Moat House, Skenfrith on Wednesday 4th June from 10am to 12.30pm. There will be plants, cakes and bits and bobs.

  • Fire at Hereford factory

    A FIRE at a Hereford factory is now under control. Around 100 employees and contractors were evacuated from the Bulmers site on Plough Lane around 1.45 this lunchtime. Three fire engines were sent from Hereford to deal with the incident

  • Sophie’s set for a Cuban adventure

    A HEREFORDSHIRE woman is embarking on a 100km trek across Cuba later this year in aid of the British Heart Foundation. Sophie Hamar from Wigmore who works for Teme Valley Youth Project and is also a self employed dance teacher, will set off on her five-day

  • Herefordshire Council's 'spying' on you

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council has used special spying powers – supposed to target terrorists and top criminals – to go after sneaky smokers, benefit scroungers, joy-riders, underage drinkers and illegal taxis. All told, the authority has approved 27

  • Rio de Ledbury

    WATCH out, Rio de Janeiro - you’ve got a party rival much closer to home. Ledbury Primary School is getting into the samba spirit by holding a Brazilian Carnival week. The fun starts today (Monday, June 2) and culminates on Friday with

  • Herefordshire/Welsh borders wind farm protest

    RESIDENTS upset about a proposed wind farm on the Welsh border have protested on the foothills of the planned site. The Stonewall Hill and Reeves Hill Conservation Group, chaired by Doctor Stephen Hugh-Jones, held banners and placards to passing

  • Charity show seeks support

    The Ross Oxfam charity shop is appealing to their female residents to donate their old bras. Bras are the most sought after items to send overseas and Oxfam raises funds through the sale of old bras to wholesalers in developing countries.

  • Ross weather recorder steps down

    A ROSS woman who has recorded the town's weather everyday for 23 years, has stepped down. June Swallow and her husband Rex have retired from their meteorological duties and were presented with a crystal bowl with the Ross coat of arms. Mrs Swallow was

  • Scrappies comes to Kimbolton

    A CHILDREN’S art store is coming to a north Herefordshire village. Scrappies will be bringing a variety of arts and crafts items to Kimbolton Village Hall on June 19 between 4pm and 6pm. The event is open to anyone who works with children or young people

  • Talented line-up for Indian orphans

    A TALENTED line-up of musicians will play in Llanigon this week to help orphans in India. Cwmbach Quire, the Cwmbach Quintet and friends are appearing at St Eigon’s Church at 7.30pm on Friday. The Quire formed a year ago and specialise in rustic, earthy