Herefordshire | Archive | 2001 | March
HEREFORD Sixth Form College is hitting the heights thanks to an outstanding effort in the `ALPS'. more...
HEREFORD'S Courtyard was this week under the spotlight after being awarded a record-breaking cash injection from the Arts Council. more...
THE Foreign Office believes one of the people arrested in Azerbaijan is one of those widely suspected as being involved in the murder of Hereford man Peter Kennedy. more...
A BID by Herefordshire Council to restrict the use of three ancient highways to walkers, horse riders and cyclists has been turned down by Leominster magistrates. more...
ROMANS are back in the county. History and science are being combined in a newly-launched series of school workshops. more...
A COUNCIL tax rise of almost 10 per cent was approved by councillors on Friday, writes JONATHAN LAND. more...
DESPERATE farmers in Herefordshire and border counties were plunged deeper into crisis this week as new cases of foot and mouth were confirmed, writes ROY LEWIS. more...
A KGB spy whose perverted actions in Hereford led to his downfall, is back in the news. more...
BREATHTAKING countryside is Herefordshire's biggest selling point so the foot and mouth crisis has hit the county's tourism right at its core. more...
NEARLY £3 million of extra money is coming to Herefordshire to help build new homes and improve older ones. more...
BRIAN Johnson has been elected on to Bromyard Town Council following the resignation of Councillor Bernard Hunt and the disqualification of Councillor Bernard Haycock. more...
A NEW home is on the horizon for Age Concern Leominster. more...
A MAN who wants to create a memorial at a famous Herefordshire church to his late wife is a step closer to realising that aim - but he still has to get approval from the Government. more...
WORK has started on safety improvements to a short stretch of the A49 at Hope Under Dinmore by the Highways Agency. more...
THIEVES who broke into Leominster's popular Blue Note Café/Bar last week shocked staff and customers with their heartless act, writes Jen Green. more...
Leominster's Priory Centre has become the first Pupil Referral Unit in the county to be awarded a Young Enterprise plaque as a participating centre. more...
THE Friends of Wigmore High School are holding an Irish Ceilidh featuring `Between the Acts' on March 24. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE mother is appealing for witnesses to a mysterious car accident, which resulted in the death of her son, to contact police. more...
A DIET of curry, chips and cider has worked wonders for Tina Ingram, pictured left, who has found a new hunger for life - not just for food! more...
AN INQUEST opened on Tuesday on a Roman Catholic priest whose body was found in a river. more...
ROSS Labels has unveiled the design of its giant new store planned for Overross. more...
A HEREFORD girl guide has been chosen to represent the county at an intercultural exchange at the "Museum of the World" near Salzburg in Austria. more...
A CHARITY that supports young families under stress could have had problems of its own when it needed to find a temporary new base. more...
A TIMBER-framed farm building at Trumpet was severely damaged by fire in the early hours of March 9. more...
PUB-goers in Abergavenny raised their glasses yesterday to celebrate the arrival of a major new hostelry in the town. more...
POLICE found heroin with a street value of more than £2,000 when they raided a house near Ross-on-Wye. more...
A STALKER who terrified a shop worker he became obsessed with has been found guilty of four offences of harassment. more...
PLANS to create the county's first site of excellence in environmental educational studies have been unveiled. If successful, the Madley Environmental Study Centre, which lies in the shadow of the huge British Telecom satellite communication dishes, will be transformed into a unique facility for children and adults alike. more...
A LEADING Hereford employer, Bulmers, is toasting the Chancellor's cuts in tax but not with a glass of cider, writes ANITA HOWELLS. more...
KEEN skittles players are being urged to team up for a fundraising match to be staged at Hereford's Richmond Club. more...
IT'S official - Hereford is one of the top 100 places in Britain to shop, according to a new national survey. more...
A BIRD more at home in the chilly climes of Scandinavia and Western Russia made a rare appearance in Hereford last weekend. more...
A PLANNING controversy involving the historic heart of Hereford took a dramatic turn this week. more...
A TOTAL of 14 offers have been received for the General Hospital site in Hereford. more...
DR Roy Massey's proud record as the longest serving cathedral organist in the country comes to an end next month when he retires and leaves Hereford. more...
TO MARK the end of 27 years in the organ loft at Hereford Cathedral for Dr Roy Massey, there is to be a gathering of former choristers and lay clerks on April 28. A special evensong in the Cathedral will be followed by a dinner as a finale on his retirement. more...
STAFF at Eardisley Saw Mill have paid tribute to a popular and well respected colleague who was killed in a car crash last week. more...
GOVERNMENT minister David Lock, Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Department, visited Hereford to inspect the new court building under construction. more...
POLICE acting on a tip-off foiled a planned raid on a Hereford engineering company, Worcester Crown Court heard. more...
A LEADING Hereford doctor and councillor who campaigned to improve facilities for people living south of the river has lost his own battle against cancer. more...
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