THE former landlady of the Seven Stars pub in Ledbury's Homend has been acquitted of starting the fire which gutted the pub last summer. The pub was nearly destroyed and neighbouring buildings severely damaged by the blaze in the early hours of Sunday
A former landlord of the Seven Stars public house in Ledbury died on Tuesday, a day before the outcome of the arson trial of Janet Kaye. John "Godfrey" Seager had followed news of the fire and the trial with interest but lost a long battle with cancer
ORGANISERS of the annual Ledbury Chase have urged teams to sign up for the competition and help boost dwindling numbers. Just one club, Ledbury Rugby Club, contested the Team Challenge Cup last September, despite the race proving a platform for the town's
The Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society (LADS) is to be offered a £5,000 grant towards the £10,000 cost of installing a cinema in the Market Theatre. The windfall will come out of Ledbury Town Council reserves. A further £5,000 could also be made available
A FIRM with a potato factory in Castle Frome is due in the dock at Hereford Magistrates' Court today (Friday) to answer a charge of breaking health and safety laws. Greenvale AP is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after a female worker
POLICE are searching for two men posing as bogus officials who entered the home of an elderly woman in Ledbury. The incident took place between 12.30am and 1.30pm on Thursday, July 25. The men claimed to be water officials needed to turn off the water
Ledbury's Royal British Legion Club has asked the town council if it would be willing to sell part of its rear yard so that the club can build an extension and comply with new disabled access regulations. The Church Street club will have to comply with
LEDBURY Swifts under-16 side returned home from Strmstad on Monday after losing in the final of the Roberts Cup tournament on penalties. The team had travelled to their Swedish twin town to play in their third international soccer youth tournament with
A PAINTED wooden flag and crown put up last week to promote Ledbury Carnival were stolen the same night. Rosey Ford, a member of the carnival committee, said they had finished work on the 2ft by 2ft hand-painted decorations on the Tuesday evening, in
Ledbury Town Council has given its backing to a two-storey steel and glass lighting showroom and new workshops in the heart of the conservation area. Businessman Alexander Clive is seeking planning permission and listed building consent to demolish some
Ledbury accommodation working party is to look again at the possibility of installing a chairlift in the Market House. The move would help the building meet the new Disabled Access Regulations, which come into force in 2004. Town clerk June McQuaid said
TWO Ledbury poets claimed first and second places in a national competition last month. First place in the readers' popularity poll in Reach poetry magazine went to the Ledbury Reporter's Gary Bills for his poems Awake and Pheasant. The first poem was
The only female winner of BBC's One Man and His Dog, Katy Cropper, will be the speaker at a charity night at Ledbury Rugby Club on November 15. The event is in aid of St Michael's Hospice and the Ledbury Hospital Equip-ment Appeal Fund. Club manager Terry
MAGPIES won the toss to start the match but it was a slow start for them with their GS missing the first two shots. MAGPIES 22, HORNETS 16 Keeping their nerve and pulling together, they finally led the first quarter 6-4. In the second quarter, Magpie
THIEVES stolen several tonnes of aluminium worth £20,000 from a Bromyard firm. The raid took place at Holden Technologies, on the Linton Trading Estate, some time between last Friday evening (July 26) and 6am on Monday. Police are appealing for witness
IN order to show goodwill regarding an outstanding loan from Herefordshire Council, Bromyard's Public Hall management committee has decided to use some of its income to pay the interest due and reduce the outstanding debt from £19,000 to £18,000. The
COLWALL Girls' XI played their fourth game in the Michael Parkinson Bowl competition away at Pershore on Tuesday night. COLWALL GIRLS' XI v PERSHORE GIRLS XI Despite rain everywhere else it was fine in Pershore until the last two remaining overs. Colwall
CAVES Folly Nurseries in Colwall will open on Sunday, from 2pm-6pm, as part of the National Gardens Scheme. The Evendine Lane nursery boasts an organic nursery, meadow walk, pond, ducks and chickens. Teas, organic cakes and ice creams will be available
THE roles of the teams were reversed in the return match of this Marches League Division Two fixture. KNIGHTON v LEDBURY It was Ledbury's turn to field a depleted side, concede rather too many runs and be bowled out well short of their target although
COLWALL made it a double winning weekend with a comprehensive six wicket win over Hereford City in the Herefordshire Sunday League, with Tim Riley's 75 runs the highlight. COLWALL v HEREFORD CITY Despite Hewlett's and Chadani's excellent 95 opening partnership
COLWALL Thirds scored their lowest total of the season on Saturday against Worcester Nomads Thirds leaving their challenge to win the WCL Third Division Double at risk. COLWALL III v WORCESTER NOMADS III They do, however, have a game in hand to encourage
A WINNING draw for Eastnor in this local derby WCL Division II match kept the village side in contention for second place. EASTNOR v BROCKHAMPTON Batting first, Eastnor started well with openers Arshad (31) and Keith Fortey (33) rattling up 71 runs in
THE Worcestershire County League defeated the holders of the trophy, the Notts Cricket Board Premier League in the semi-final of the Midlands Club Cricket Conference Inter League Knock Out at Old Elizabethans last Wednesday. Notts having won the toss
SATURDAY CRICKET WEST OF ENGLAND CLUBS GLOS/WILTS Division One: Colwall v Winget. Division One 2nd XIs: Winget II v Colwall II. WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE Division One 1st XIs: Romsley & Hunnington v Bromyard. Division One 2nd XIs: Bromyard II v
A FORMER John Masefield High School pupil believes justice has been done following the conviction of a man whose knife attack left him fighting for his life. Paul Tanner, an inspector with the British Transport Police, was attacked and stabbed in the
LEDBURY ice cream manufacturer Just Rachel has been highly commended by Waitrose in the supermarket's small producers awards. Just Rachel was one of four Midland companies to make it through to the competition final after being selected for its excellence
Ledbury Town Council is asking local youngsters to come up with specifications for a new skateboard park on the Recreation Ground. The idea of a the skateboard park came about after 30 local children raised a petition calling for better facilities. Since
SUCCESSFUL Ledbury-based author Eric Pringle is about to enter the busiest time of his writing career. He has a new paperback due out, a Radio 4 Classic Serial set to be broadcast and Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society is preparing to stage one of his plays
A three-month waiting list for routine treatment already exists at the new NHS Dental Access Centre, which opened at Ledbury Community Hospital on May 1. Practice manager Sue Clark said that 600 patients have been seen so far, with 120 more still waiting
AN award-winning architect partnership celebrating its 20th anniversary has pinpointed its Ledbury location as a key factor in its success. Church Lane firm Stainburn Taylor is renowned as a conservation specialist and after two decades of success has
A NINE-year-old fan of TV's Carol Smillie is waiting to hear if she made an impression on judges at a young mimics competition. Bethan Tector, who goes to Ashperton Primary School, took part in the regional semi- final of the Haribo Young Impressionist
Former mayor Philip Sharpe-Neal, who attended a Herefordshire Council survey of the level of street litter and cleansing in Ledbury, has reported that cigarette stubs are a particular problem. He told last week's full town council meeting: "Smokers need
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB IT was Ladies & Mens Pairs night at the club on July 24. The women collected 19 pairs and some new partnerships produced a spread of results. The winners with 63.5 per cent were Judith Chamberlain & Irene Culcheth
BROMYARD faces a wait of nearly a month to see if its first venture into the Britain in Bloom competition has been a success. Months of planning and preparation came together last Thursday (July 25), with the arrival of regional judges Les Goodman and
A BROMYARD man was killed as he walked along the Ridgeway Road, between Sutton St Nicholas and Withington, at around 1.15am last Sunday. Anthony Smith, aged 38, who was wearing black polo T-shirt and blue jeans, was in collision with a black Ford Puma
A LANCASTRIAN woman has been united with her Bromyard brother and Stourbridge sister when a search for her long lost father ended in disappointment. After the Ledbury Reporter carried a plea last month to help her find the father who left for Clehonger
A JOB Centre minibus initiative has helped a Bromyard company fill 90 job vacancies in two months. By organising minibus runs from Hereford to Polytech Holden, Natalie Jones, from the Department of Works and Pensions, said people were now finding it easier
MUCH Cowarne Women's Institute is holding its annual show of village produce, flowers and handicraft in Stoke Lacy Village Hall tomorrow (Saturday). The show runs from 2.30pm to 5pm with displays of flowers and vegetables as well as art, photography,
A VERY high scoring match saw 599 runs in a day's cricket, Eastnor losing to Wellington in this Catley Staite Sunday Division III match, 40 overs per side. EASTNOR v WELLINGTON Matt Phillips claimed the top order of Wellington in a fine opening spell
GARDENS in Bringsty will be open to the public on Sunday (August 4) as part of the National Gardens Scheme. The Bannut, Brookside and Wittanacre will all open from 2pm to 5.30pm. Combined admission is £3, children are free but no dogs are allowed. Refreshments
THE London Beer Monsters returned to Eastnor for their 12th annual tour, this time reversing last year's victory by Eastnor of 53 runs with a fine six wicket victory in this friendly 35 over per side match. EASTNOR SUNDAY v LONDON BEER MONSTERS. Eastnor
DANNY Wilson brings his Bristol City side to play Hereford United in a pre-season friendly at Edgar Street tomorrow (3pm). Included in the Second Division side's squad will be striker Christian Roberts who spent a loan period with the Bulls in 1999 when
Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society has a new format and new venue for its annual show. The event at the village hall on August 10 includes new classes alongside traditional flowers and vegetables.
THE next meeting of the Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society will take place on Monday, August 5 at 7.30pm in the village hall when the subject will be daisies.
BROMYARD Town opened their pre-season fixtures by entertaining The Cresconians AFC from the Birmingham & District AFA Premier Division at Delahay Meadow on Saturday afternoon. With some controlled passing, confident ball play and some clinical finishing
LEDBURY bowed out of the Flint & Cook Marches League Knock Out Cup, having been beaten soundly by a better side. GARNONS v LEDBURY Ledbury captain Jamie Bullock won the toss and surprisingly inserted the opposition on a hot afternoon. Unlike the previous
AN inspired bowling comeback saw Colwall claim a 19-run victory over Swindon on Saturday and continue their improving league performances. SWINDON v COLWALL Losing the toss and being put into bat, Colwall were reduced to 22-2 early on as Fox's pace removed
COLWALL Cricket Club will be hoping for third time lucky when they visit Elvaston on Sunday (August 4) in the national quarter-final of the Village Championship. Colwall have met Elvaston at the same stage the previous two years but have so far failed
EASTNOR Cricket Club's annual pub/club six-a-side competition is on next Sunday, August 11, and at present ten teams will be taking part. Play starts at 11am in two groups, which has turned out to be, over the past few years, the opening of a very entertaining
