Hereford firm Kingspan Insulation led the way at the annual Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce Awards, held at Eastnor Castle last night. The Pembridge-based company scooped the coveted title of Business of the Year. The firm
FRIENDS of a Hereford athlete who died training for a marathon are to hold a race in his honour. “Gentle giant” Calvin Macintyre was the fittest man in Hereford, but died last June while cycling back from Brecon. Friends of the former
OPEN GARDENS – This is on Saturday from 2pm to 6pm at Dulas Court. Free entry and parking. Donations to the residents’ fund.
PARISH COUNCIL – At the last meeting of Clehonger Parish Council held at Innesfield Community Centre on Thursday, May 1, five councillors attended, along with the clerk, four members of the public and Laura Tyler (community safety officer from Herefordshire
CONCERT EVENING – The Friends of Cascob Church are holding an evening of entertainment by the popular local choir, The Llanfair Singers, with Graham Trew and Richard Lewis, on Saturday, June 14, at 7pm in the church. Tickets are £7.50 to include a glass
QUIZ NIGHT – A quiz night will take place on Friday, June 13, at The Nags Head, Canon Pyon. Teams of four to six people, £10 entry per team. Register at 8pm, quiz starts at 8.30pm. SUMMER FAYRE – This will be held on Saturday, June 21, from 1pm to 4pm
RETIREMENT CLUB – At the next meeting, today (Thursday), Lesley Wilding will be giving a presentation entitled ‘Nanny in the Royal Household’, starting at 2.30pm in the Simpson Hall. CAP – The next access point session will be held today (Thursday),
HISTORIC BUILDINGS PROJECT – A one-year project to research the historic houses of Bromyard is about to start. To mark the beginning of this exciting investigation there will be an illustrated talk by Duncan James at the Conquest Theatre on Wednesday,
VICTORIAN FAIR/PICNIC – This will take place on Sunday, from 2pm to 6pm, in the gardens of Brobury House. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the Victorian attractions. Adults £3 and children £1. Proceeds to St Andrew’s Church and Bredwardine and Brobury
CONCERT – Last Saturday’s concert by The Seven Deadly Sins and West Woodwind attracted a large and enthusiastic audience and raised more than £400 for church funds. The next concert is on Friday, June 13, at 7.30pm and, by popular demand, the New Orleans
WI – The WI will meet in the parish hall car park at 6.30pm, on Tuesday, ahead of a visit to the gardens and nursery at Audlen Farm, Leominster. Entry to the gardens is £2.50 and refreshments at £1 will be served after a walk around the grounds
FETE – The village fete will take place on the green from 2.30pm on June 21. Anyone wishing to enter a tug-of-war team is invited to send the team’s name to nhkh@mac.com
VILLAGE LOTTERY – Edna Green won £25 with her number 17. WACKY WALKERS’ MAY WALK – The weather forecast was wet and windy. Sixteen walkers set off in high winds and driving rain to walk to the top of the Sugar Loaf Mountain near Abergavenny on Monday
THIS month’s Book Group selection is Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, the second novel from the author of the best-selling The Kite Runner, and like its predecessor, a book that doesn’t relinquish its grip on the reader until the last
A WHOLE community is celebrating following the announcement of this year’s Elgar in Hereford award – which the judges decided should go to Tarrington Brass, known locally as “The Band”. Originally formed to provide the music for the village
A FETE will raise money for a Herefordshire church on Saturday (June 7). The Kingsland Church Fete, in aid of St Michael and All Angels Church, starts at 2pm on Kingsland Millenium Green. Kingsland School are providing entertainment by way of steel
THERE was a time when it seemed the leading contenders in the 4x4 market didn’t have any more mountains to climb. For a time they ruled the roost, shrugging off feeble challengers – only for a whole new generation of 4x4s to emerge and take an increasing
THE suggestion by an Independent councillor of closing Newmarket Street to all vehicles except public transport, to enable integration of new development with city centre, makes me glad the Independents do not have control of the council. Closing
I WAS so pleased to read Councillor Matthews’ letter as it chimes exactly with my own thoughts. Very recently I was wandering around the Broad Street, King Street area and thought this is surely the area the council should be redeveloping. I have made
YOUR article about the new river crossing provokes, apart from an ironic and twisted smile, a few comments and questions. First, a crossing at Breinton is judged “good enough” - good enough for what? To be, on its own, as useful as will be the Rotherwas
READING the national newspapers it is clear we are in the throes of a growing environmental and economic crisis. We have almost certainly reached peak of oil, climate change is on us, food prices soar, house prices collapse. It is abundantly clear
MIKE Symonds is the new player-manager at Presteigne St Andrews Football Club. Symonds has replaced Adriano Griolami who was dismissed before the end of the season. Tom Ammonds will be assisting Symonds as Presteigne look to challenge for honours next
NOW that the dust has well and truly settled on our promotion celebrations, it is now the serious business of planning for next season. I am quite pleased with the pre-season programme that we have got so far because of the quality of clubs coming to
BRIGHT sunshine and a relatively strong cross wind did not deter athletes from Hereford schools as a large number of athletes battled for victory at the annual District Championships. Sam Griffiths (John Kyrle) produced the sprint performances of the
BROMYARD lie in second place in Division 1 of the Crusader Worcestershire County League after gaining a comfortable seven-wicket win at Flaggoners Green against Netherton. Netherton made 173 batting first but Oliver Bailey scored his first half century
DESPITE the driving wind and rain, The City of Hereford Regatta was a huge success and attracted 160 entries from all over the country. A crew from Worcester took the honours in the most exciting race of the day in the Senior 1 8s. A closely fought
PAUL Preedy carried off the top honour at a men’s open competition in Belmont Golf Club’s 25th anniversary week. The event was a successful one for the home players, with the top three finishers all coming from the Belmont club. Preedy finished top
A HEREFORD man who cycles to work in Wolverhampton is taking part in the world’s toughest bike ride next week. Mat Wilson, from Credenhill, will be jumping in the saddle for the 3,000-mile Race Across America (RAAM) bicycle race, which gets
HEREFORDSHIRE’S prospective Conservative candidate has met two former world chess champions and helped raise almost £2,000 for a cancer charity. Jesse Norman welcomed Garry Kasparov to the Hay Festival before forming part of a 20-strong team that took
Herefordshire-based organic dairy company The Dairy House has beaten off competition from more than 70 other specialist food and drink producers across the West Midlands to win the first Special Diamond ‘Excel’ Award at a prestigious new awards ceremony
THREE Herefordshire doctors are taking part in a road trip with a difference. The doctors from Prometheus Medical, which is based at Hope-under-Dinmore, are working to provide the safe passage of travellers taking part in Land Rover’s GO60
The British Horse Society has met Welsh Assembly Minister for Environment, Sustain-ability and Housing, Jane Davidson, in order to press for more equestrian access. Key representatives of the society attended the meeting, where the minister recognised
Bluetongue disease serotype 8 first appeared mysteriously in Northern Europe in 2006, with cases being diagnosed in Holland, Belgium, France and Germany during the summer and early autumn. With the disease established in the counties bordering the North
THIS foray into The Marches, border country between England and Wales, will be a little less frenetic than some 15th century incursions. Gently climbing Green Lane from the church with separate bell tower, our first goal is ‘the pool formed for catching
A LEDBURY architect is overseeing restoration works at the church which houses William Shakespeare’s cursed tomb. Stainburn Taylor Architects and Historic Building Consultants were drafted in to inspect the Collegiate Church of The Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon
COUNTY residents interested in joining the police force are being invited to a recruitment evening in the city next month. West Mercia Constabulary needs to recruit around 120 new officers over the next 12 months and would like to hear from
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have this week unearthed one of the most significant finds ever made in the county – and maybe the country – but no-one knows what it is. Experts agree that the discovery at The Prospect, Ross-on-Wye, is Roman – and there the certainties
HEREFORDSHIRE’S prospective Conservatve candidate has raised almost £2000 by taking on two former world chess champions in a match at the Hay Festival. Jesse Norman welcomed Garry Kasparov to the event before forming part of a 20 strong-team that took
A HEREFORDSHIRE excavation that appeared on national television is being opened-up to the public. Time Team had a field day on Credenhill hill fort - and now walkers can see the work for themselves. The Woodland Trust is holding a guided walk around
LIGHT from the sun reflecting off a bathroom mirror set curtains on fire in a Herefordshire manor house yesterday. A worker at the property, near Much Birch, put out the fire using a shower head but suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital
PUPILS in Whitton have marked a special day in celebration of their school founder. Students at The Dame Anna Childs Primary School sang solos, played musical instruments and took part in maypole dancing in her honour. Llewellyn Powell and Molly-Beth
VISITORS to a Herefordshire country house will be stepping back in time this weekend. Berrington Hall, near Leominster, is hosting a Second World War-themed weekend, with displays of military vehicles, re-enactments and a Hitz of the Blitz tea dance
ROSS residents are being invited to find out more about the Women’s Institute. Linton village hall is hosting an evening on the history and the objectives of the Women’s Institute (WI) followed by supper. The meetings are open to everyone and new members
After months of agonising about when Freya should start nursery, I decided to take the plunge and put her on the waiting list, which, I had been assured was at least two years long. However, literally 45 minutes after dropping off the registration
