Herefordshire | Archive | 2000 | May
THE Royal British Legion could be asked to pay a heavy price for holding Remembrance Day parades in Hereford and the market towns. more...
MORE than 300 speeding drivers were caught out on one of Hereford's `safe' school routes in just four hours, writes BILL TANNER. more...
MYSTERY surrounds the future of around 20 Golden Valley jobs after a manufacturing firm shut its gates this week, writes RICHARD WILSON. more...
THE sky's the limit for a Shobdon woman who has gained her assistant flying instructor's licence. more...
PRISONERS of Hereford police are part of a pioneering project to keep Bobbies on the beat. more...
A BUS DRIVER who sexually molested six young girls over an 11-year period was has been jailed for four years. more...
THE Government's Committee of Inquiry into Hunting chaired by Lord Burns visited the Royal Welsh Showground at Builth to listen to oral evidence from an audience of 50 invited guests. more...
BROMYARD adventurer Gerald Kingsland who found fame when he advertised for women to share his life with him on deserted islands across the world has reached his final resting place - a field in Herefordshire. more...
A DEAL has been done to divide political control of Herefordshire Council. Liberal Democrats, Independents and Labour are partners in a power-share, with Conservatives opting for opposition, writes BILL TANNER. more...
ONE of cinema's most famous automobiles is to make an appearance in Herefordshire. more...
LEOMINSTER Junior School singers could be heading for an appearance on national TV after a victory in the first round of the Choir of the Year competition. more...
BROMYARD is set for one of Herefordshire's best-ever firework displays as a prelude to this year's summer gala. more...
PLANS for Kington's £8.5 million regeneration bid and new hospital development are on show in the town. more...
POLICE in Hay-on-Wye are hunting for a slurring, beer-bellied thief after an elderly lady fell victim to a distraction burglary in the town. more...
"THE camel will be probably dead in a couple of months and all we can do for him is give him a couple of tablets for worms," Beverley Tunley said with regret. more...
LEOMINSTER will be celebrating 1,000 years of its history in music as part of the BBC's Music Live event on May 29. more...
A MAN whose family was suffering from `acute financial pressure' defrauded the DSS out of £1,016 over a period of three months. more...
A PAGEANT to `the greatest Welshman who ever lived' is at the centre of a medieval weekend in Knighton. more...
A CHARITY bike ride with a difference will be heading through Leominster on Sunday. more...
A BUDDHIST-based meditation movement is thinking big to boost its Herefordshire base. more...
THE new owners of an historic Ross-on-Wye hotel have swapped big city life for rural Herefordshire. more...
FRESH allegations have been brought against the two Herefordshire men who have been remanded in custody since March in connection with the alleged kidnap of a Peterchurch couple. more...
IT'S going to be a family affair at Mad Dogs Theatre Company's production of `In the Beginning...' which continues at Dore Abbey until May 27. more...
GAS pipeline company Transco has started work on a £16,000 project to replace the gas main in Kyrle Street and Trenchard Street, Ross-on-Wye. more...
A PREGNANT woman came `perilously close' to a prison sentence this week after pleading guilty to stealing nearly £1,000 from her employer, writes RICHARD WILSON. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid in the Village News magazine to Goodrich shop owner Malcolm Bishop who has died after a long battle with cancer. more...
A LISTED Hereford landmark is seen as a mobile phone mast - but not everyone's on the same `wavelength' about it, writes BILL TANNER. more...
BEGGING in Hereford did not pay off for one man. more...
HEREFORD Open Door could soon find itself homeless unless new premises can be found, writes JON LAND. more...
A HEREFORD burglar who raided homes to pay for a heroin habit costing up to £60 a day has been jailed for five years. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S newest parish council will take on the might of Whitehall to rush through a speed limit. more...
A NEW shopping estate is rapidly taking shape on the former farriery site in Newtown Road, Hereford. more...
A 30-YEAR-OLD mother of seven who cheated the DSS out of £620 in benefit would have received only slightly less had she told the Benefits Agency she was working, a court heard. more...
A HEREFORD grandmother broke down in tears after admitting to defrauding more than £5,000 from the Benefits Agency. more...
CHILDREN from Lord Scudamore School are leading lights in a national newspaper competition thanks to their keen collecting skills. more...
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