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Andy's invention attracts US offer

ELECTRONICS giants in America and Holland are beating a path to the door of a former John Masefield High School pupil.   more...

New hospital costs soar

LEDBURY'S planned new community hospital could cost £200,000 a year more to run than was expected, according to "worst case scenario" figures put out by the Herefordshire Primary Care Group.   more...

Planning probe

THE Ombudsman is to investigate two complaints concerning the granting of planning permission last February for the new Ledbury Community Hospital.   more...

Poetry festival set to break all records

THIS year's Ledbury Poetry Festival was always going to be record-breaker, not least because its £90,000 budget was the biggest to date.   more...

Poet in threat to sue High School

JOHN Masefield High School has been threatened with legal action by a poet after it pulled out of a sexually explicit poetry reading.   more...

Parish backs call for countywide GM referendum

CANON Frome electors are to write to Herefordshire Council, urging a county referendum on the growing of GM crops.   more...

Festival cars anger resident

A BRAY Avenue resident is up in arms about people attending Ledbury Poetry Festival events parking in her street and along Mabel's Furlong.   more...

MP pledges help to `harassed' Quintiles workers

LEDBURY'S MP, Peter Temple-Morris has offered his support and help to any Quintiles workers facing harassment from animal rights activists.   more...

Grant helps pay for town centre facelift

Ledbury town centre is to get a £28,500 facelift, thanks a grant from regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.   more...

Market House access probe

Questionnaires are being sent to groups in Ledbury asking their views on access to the Market House, where town council meetings are currently held.   more...

Eco-friendly house attracts TV cameras

WHEN Norman Stanier's eco-friendly house at Putley featured on the television's Discovery television channel on Wednesday, he was suspended on a rope outside the medieval windows of Warwick Castle.   more...

Plans to save Chartist village

A PUBLIC meeting and exhibition are being staged over plans to seek further protection for the historic Chartist settlement at Snig's End, near Staunton.   more...

Town to be Milton Keynes of Midlands

MILTON Keynes has its concrete cows and Bromyard could soon be equally famous for life-sized sheep in bronze and even a wild boar, all likely candidates for the town's proposed sculpture trail.   more...

Mark's back on beat

BROMYARD has its third beat manager, in the shape of PC Mark Herbert, who has returned to the town following a 15-month stint in Leominster.   more...

Sport

Century for Baker

LEDBURY continued their fine form and not only managed to beat the weather last Saturday but more importantly beat Marches League division two leaders Burghill.   more...

Unlucky Colwall miss out

COLWALL'S run in the Wadworth 6X Village Knockout was ended by the narrowest of margins on Sunday, losing just one more wicket in a tied match against Derbyshire side Elvaston.   more...

Bosbury II recover after poor start to cruise home

BOSBURY 2nds put in to bat by Brockhampton on a green damp wicket soon lost both openers and after seven overs were 11 for 2.   more...

Sutton's hat-trick inspires Colwall

IN a remarkable game at Cirencester on Saturday Colwall took their third league win of the season mainly down to a superb Dave Sutton hat-trick.   more...

Ledbury Seconds battle on to third win in a row

ON an overcast afternoon Ledbury visited Wormelow and picked up their third success in a row when Ledbury won the toss and captain Matty Ehrlich decided to bowl and this proved to be a wise decision.   more...

Eastnor fall to Nomads

YET another defeat for Eastnor in their WCL Division Two game this time at the hands of Worcester Nomads in a low scoring match and by just one wicket, following their nine run defeat last week.   more...

Thirds struggling

EASTNOR 3rds lost their fourth successive league match this time against Newent 3rds in this Hereford Times H&DCL Division Three game.   more...

Ledbury BC host triples

LEDBURY Bowling Club is holding its annual invitation mens triples tournament on Sunday at Bank Crescent.   more...

Tickets for Young Rider Championship

TICKETS have now gone on sale for the European Young Rider Champion-ships 2000 that are being held at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire from August 23-27.   more...

Mark stays on

LEDBURY RFC have received a boost that their New Zealand coach Mark Morrison has decided to stay on in the UK and also stay with the North Midlands One side.   more...

Bridge results ...

LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB   more...

World Cup date for McMorran

BROMYARD'S Janet McMorran will represent Great Britain in the Invacare World Team Cup, the Davis and Federation cups of wheelchair tennis.   more...

Herefordshire Junior Football League line-ups

HEREFORDSHIRE Junior League line-up for 2000-01.   more...

  
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