CHILDREN affected by one of the world's worst nuclear disasters have been enjoying the fresh air of Herefordshire. Fourteen youngsters from the Chernobyl region of the Ukraine spent two weeks at Dinedor Outdoor Centre, and enjoyed activities including
PETER Florence, founder and director of Hay Festivals, and Rhonda Wilson, international photographer and creative director of Rhubarb Rhubarb - the UK's festival of the image, have been made fellows of Hereford's College of Arts.
A MUSICAL extravaganza at a Ross-on-Wye school has raised the roof for students thousands of miles away. Last Saturday's show at John Kyrle High School struck a chord with the audience, and featured strong performances from the Forest of Dean Male
A CHARITY with over 150,000 members nationwide has set-up a base in Hay-on-Wye. The University of the Third Age (U3A) was officially formed following a meeting of 70 people at the border town's Swan at Hay Hotel. The charity, which enables older people
CONFECTIONERY giant Cadbury has to pay more than £1million in fines and costs over a nationwide salmonella food poisoning outbreak centred on its plant at Marlbrook, near Leominster. Cadbury was being sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court today after admitting
INTERNATIONAL glass experts, including renowned artist Emma Varga,have helped the celebrations of Exemplar Glass's first anniversary in Leominster. Emma conducted a masterclass at the county's only hot and warm glass teaching studio.
A FAMILY of pied wagtails has brought a temporary halt to a major restoration project at Croft Castle. The National Trust has stopped work on the scheme to repair the castle roof so as not to disturb the birds that are nesting in the beams. The wagtails
PAUL Keetch, Hereford's MP is now in a low dependency ward of the London Chest Hospital, after his collapse on a trans-Atlantic flight last week. His consitituency office said, at noon today, (Monday): "Doctors are pleased with paul's progress and this
HEREFORD'S MP says he's recovering by the hour from the mystery illness that struck him down on a trans-Atlantic flight on Sunday. Speaking from his hospital bed last Friday he told the Hereford Times: "I am a very lucky man, twice over. "If I had been
PAUL Keetch, Hereford's MP is now in a low dependency ward of the London Chest Hospital, after his collapse on a trans-Atlantic flight last week. His consitituency office said, at noon today, (Monday): "Doctors are pleased with paul's progress and this
HEREFORDSHIRE parents are being warned to be vigilant about their children's safety and to talk to them about the perils of strangers following several suspicious incidents. There have been two reports of young children in the South Wye area of Hereford
TESCO stores in Ledbury and Hereford were temporarily closed on Saturday afternoon following a security alert that affected a further 12 stores nationwide. Police in the county closed the Hereford store at Belmont and the Ledbury store on Orchard Lane
A MINISTER is leaving Herefordshire for pastures new after five years in the county. James Mercer, who moved to Herefordshire with his family in 2002, will take up a new post in London in September after leaving his position as an associated minister
FIRE crews in the county are warning canoeists to be careful in the water after an accident on the River Wye at the weekend. Crews from Hereford were called to a stretch of the water close to Bishop's Meadow just after 4pm on Saturday after reports
HEREFORD residents donating their clothes to a collection firm could be unwittingly helping an international clothing scam. According to Herefordshire Trading Standards, clothes destined for poverty-stricken nations often end up in Eastern Europe, and
IT was a disappointing day for Herefordshire's title contenders in Division 1 of the Crusader Worcestershire County League. Brockhampton were able only to scrape a losing draw at Astwood Bank while Bromyard suffered their first defeat of the season at
Ok, l must calm down now! We walked the Race for Life at Hereford Racecourse for the 1st time today, we did it in 59 minutes, in the POURING RAIN!! it threw everything at us except hail and thunder and we were expecting that at any moment! But would
