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Student may help Presteigne growth

EMPLOYMENT in Presteigne could be increased if an undergraduate's research project is successful.   more...

£6,000 arts awards

A CIRCUS skills workshop and an environmental fashion show are just two of the enterprising projects in Herefordshire to benefit from grants made by West Midlands Arts.   more...

Jailed for attack on couple in bed

A WOMAN and her new lover were scalded by her ex-partner when he threw boiling water over them as they lay in bed together, a court heard.   more...

Trial fugitive collected his dog from Kington

RUNAWAY rapist Trevor Masters headed home to Herefordshire just hours after jumping bail. Detectives think the fugitive collected his dog from Kington and has since phoned friends in the town to protest his innocence.   more...

South Wye blueprint on show at Big Event

HEREFORD'S South Wye Regeneration Partnership is into the second year of an ambitious area improvement programme.   more...

Emergency plan swings into action after technical hitch at Ross

NORMAL service has been resumed at Ross International Festival after a technical problem forced the cancellation of last Saturday's events.   more...

Hereford stages play's world première

HEREFORD's celebrated Mappa Mundi provides the launchpad for the play of the same name which is having its world première at The Courtyard until Saturday.   more...

Courtyard continues Saturday Café series

THE Saturday Café, a popular series of lunchtime music sessions at the Courtyard in Hereford, will be carrying on into September.   more...

Looking for home together

AN inseparable couple are looking for a loving home in which to grow old gracefully together, writes JON LAND.   more...

Appeal to give £200,000 boost to Dial-a-Ride

THE Countess of Coventry is to chair a major appeal by Plynlimon Trust Dial-a-Ride to expand the service in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.   more...

Attack girl's dad hits at violent city

A BROMYARD father has slammed `violent' Hereford after his teenage daughter was beaten up in broad daylight on a busy shopping street.   more...

Art experts baffled over county work

MYSTERY surrounds the identity of an artist whose portrait of a Herefordshire heiress is expected to fetch up to £3,500 when it is auctioned in London on September 7.   more...

Son given a few hours to prepare for father's burial after long wait

A HEREFORD man says he's been short-changed over the funeral he couldn't afford for his father.   more...

Girl, 14, dies of meningitis

A 14-year-old Hereford schoolgirl, described as a `little star', has lost her two-week valiant battle against meningitis.   more...

Town to take up floral challenge

Bromyard looks set to rival Ledbury in 2001 by entering the prestigious Britain in Bloom competition for the first time in 15 years.   more...

Your chance to comment

The public consultation period over the Bromyard Action Plan ends this month, and then work will begin on drafting its final form.   more...

Double boost for projects

TWO Ledbury community projects have received windfalls in the latest round of Grass Roots Awards from West Midlands Arts.   more...

Festival due to blossom

THE Much Cowarne Flower Festival will blossom over the whole Bank Holiday weekend, from tomorrow (Saturday, August 26) to Monday.   more...

Area targeted for rural jobs survey

Ledbury and Bishops Frome have been picked as target areas for a major Herefordshire Council survey this autumn into how local people work in modern rural communities.   more...

Site identified for new village primary school

A SITE for the new Cradley Primary School has been identified on the outskirts of the village, on the Worcester side of Bury Fields.   more...

Volunteers, your town needs you

Ledbury Town Council is considering appointing a trained body of volunteers to cope with emergencies like the great flood of Easter 1998.   more...

Restoration wins award

REPAIR work to historic St Michael and All Angels Church has been highly commended in a national awards scheme.   more...

Mountain Board event takes off at Deer Park

The British Mountain Board Championships appear to have found a permanent home at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, so great was the success of last weekend's event.   more...

School celebrates its best ever GCSE results

John Masefield High School in Ledbury is celebrating its best ever GCSE results this week.   more...

Farmers take direct action over milk prices

A LEDBURY farmer joined a mass picket of the Somerfield depot in Ross-on-Wye, which crippled night deliveries to supermarkets for six hours.   more...

A chance to clown around

BANK Holiday Monday offers the perfect opportunity for plenty of clowning around when the circus arrives in Ledbury.   more...

It's time to celebrate as a carnival circus is coming to town!

THE 26th Ledbury Carnival on Bank Holiday Monday looks set to be another winner according to chairman Steve Clegg.   more...

Sport

Hopkins in super form

A GOAL in the 85th minute by Scott Jackson denied Bromyard Town what would have been a hard earned draw in their first ever home Banks's Brewery League Premier Division.   more...

Fair Play for Swifts

LEDBURY Swifts U15 were presented with their spoils for winning the Herefordshire FA Fair Play award last week.   more...

Town edged out

LEDBURY Town began this League game slowly and were tested early on, but the Ledbury defence managed to cope with it well.   more...

Colwall holding sixes

COLWALL Cricket Club hold their Annual 6-a-side Competition on Bank Holiday Monday.   more...

Eastnor III defeated in a real nail-biter

EASTNOR Thirds lost by just one wicket in this nail-biting Hereford Times H&DCL division three match at Ameley on Saturday.   more...

Colwall's impressive total proves too much

AFTER Saturday's league tie against Dumbleton was called off Colwall entertained Bolingbruck from Swindon and secured an emphatic 157 run win in this Sunday friendly.   more...

Sandford stars but Eastnor fall

EASTNOR grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory in this Division Two Worcester County League match at home against Barnards Green.   more...

Ledbury Rugby Club at sevens

Ledbury RFC kick off their campaign tomorrow (Saturday) with a Seven's Tournament at Upton-upon-Severn.   more...

Bill Athey opens for Bishops Frome

WORCESTERSHIRE CC coach Bill Athey will be performing the official ceremony when Bishops Frome opens its new sports pavilion on Bank Holiday Monday.   more...

Dean again in GB team

GREAT Britain under 22, wheelchair basketball player Dean Smith who lives at Staunton, near Gloucester has once again been selected to play for Great Britain in an International competition in Belgium.   more...

Bridge results ...

LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB   more...

  
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