GOVERNMENT minister David Lock, Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Department, visited Hereford to inspect the new court building under construction. Mr Lock, MP for Wyre Forest, together with Hereford MP Paul Keetch, arrived at Court House
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
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. The Cathedral Close will never seem quite the same again without Dr Massey and his beloved dog Winston
A TOTAL of 14 offers have been received for the General Hospital site in Hereford. The grade II-listed building will become vacant when Hereford's new hospital, now under construction, is opened late next year. Jon Turner, of Turner and Co of Hereford
IT'S official - Hereford is one of the top 100 places in Britain to shop, according to a new national survey. Hereford comes in at 84th in the UK and ninth in the West Midlands Region in the study by global information company Experian. This retail ranking
A LEADING Hereford employer, Bulmers, is toasting the Chancellor's cuts in tax but not with a glass of cider, writes ANITA HOWELLS. It is the 3p cut in diesel tax that bosses are celebrating. The duty freeze on wine, beer and spirits has disappointed
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
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. Katie Hancock, aged 14, of Churchill Close, is required to raise the money to cover the cost of the visit
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! Tina, of Bodenham, joined up with Slimming World and was delighted that she could still tuck into her favourite
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. Eight students set up their own business, Priory Products, making and selling a range of crafts and gifts
WORK has started on safety improvements to a short stretch of the A49 at Hope Under Dinmore by the Highways Agency. Bob Bilbie, Highway Agency project manager, said: "We are adding new road markings, including coloured surfacing and hatching, to the junction
A NEW home is on the horizon for Age Concern Leominster. Work has started on the charity's new premises, which will see it move from the High Street and Chapel Walk to a dedicated centre at West Street. And in keeping with its support for the local community
A KGB spy whose perverted actions in Hereford led to his downfall, is back in the news. Moscow's key British agent, Geoffrey Prime, was jailed for 35 years in November 1982 after admitting he had been selling secrets to the Russians for 14 years. He has
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. Hopes that the disease was beginning to level off were dashed as a fourth outbreak was confirmed
A COUNCIL tax rise of almost 10 per cent was approved by councillors on Friday, writes JONATHAN LAND. The 9.81 per cent increase is more than the Government's target of just short of six per cent. The complexities of local government finance, however,
ROMANS are back in the county. History and science are being combined in a newly-launched series of school workshops. Herefordshire Council's heritage services is running the scheme after its city museum was one of only 40 in the country to get a grant
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. A marathon 12-day hearing ended when the three magistrates agreed with the council that
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. The Foreign Office told Paul Keetch, MP for Hereford and Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister
HEREFORD'S Courtyard was this week under the spotlight after being awarded a record-breaking cash injection from the Arts Council. The popular arts centre has had its funding increased by a staggering 417 per cent. Receiving one of the biggest handouts
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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. Dr Robin Andrews, a partner in the Greyfriars Practice, died in St Michael's Hospice on Friday,
POLICE acting on a tip-off foiled a planned raid on a Hereford engineering company, Worcester Crown Court heard. A gang cut their way into a unit on the Holmer trading estate, but officers pounced as Robert Richards jumped into a Ford Transit van in an
STAFF at Eardisley Saw Mill have paid tribute to a popular and well respected colleague who was killed in a car crash last week. Ian Shaw, aged 26, from Beattie Avenue in Hereford, died on his way home from work last Friday when his red Cavalier left
A PLANNING controversy involving the historic heart of Hereford took a dramatic turn this week. Hereford Cathedral Junior School has withdrawn its plans for new classrooms on its Castle Street campus - but stress the move is only temporary. The school
A BIRD more at home in the chilly climes of Scandinavia and Western Russia made a rare appearance in Hereford last weekend. The distinctive waxwing was spotted by Newton Farm resident Chris Gale as he walked along the Great Western Way close to Hunderton
KEEN skittles players are being urged to team up for a fundraising match to be staged at Hereford's Richmond Club. Proceeds will help swell the coffers of the Gordon Mcleod Leukaemia Fund which raises much-needed cash for research, medical equipment and
A STALKER who terrified a shop worker he became obsessed with has been found guilty of four offences of harassment. Conrad Pritchard broke a court order by phoning up Gillian Wright and staking out her place of work in Hereford. She also complained at
POLICE found heroin with a street value of more than £2,000 when they raided a house near Ross-on-Wye. Stephen Williams tried to hide one wrap by stuffing it down the side of a sofa but more than 20 grammes of the drug were discovered in other parts of
PUB-goers in Abergavenny raised their glasses yesterday to celebrate the arrival of a major new hostelry in the town. It was eyes down as national chain, JD Wetherspoon finally unveiled its £1 million Coliseum on the site of a former bingo hall and cinema
A TIMBER-framed farm building at Trumpet was severely damaged by fire in the early hours of March 9. Firefighters from Ledbury and Hereford teamed up to tackle the blaze, which was soon brought under control. Gas cylinders close to the building were cooled
A CHARITY that supports young families under stress could have had problems of its own when it needed to find a temporary new base. But Woody Woodpecker's nursery club has made sure Home-Start Family Group feels at home on the old Marlbrook School site
ROSS Labels has unveiled the design of its giant new store planned for Overross. Work on the new 40,000-sq. ft. building started this week, with the first 'sod' being turned by managing director Angie Ellis. "I am absolutely thrilled at the prospect of
AN INQUEST opened on Tuesday on a Roman Catholic priest whose body was found in a river. The body of Father William Welsford, aged 69, formerly responsible for the parishes of Knighton and Presteigne, was recovered from the River Severn in December. The
A HEREFORDSHIRE mother is appealing for witnesses to a mysterious car accident, which resulted in the death of her son, to contact police. Alison Davies, of Green Hill Cottage, Wigmore, is unable to recall why her car left the road at Whitney-on-Wye,
THE Friends of Wigmore High School are holding an Irish Ceilidh featuring 'Between the Acts' on March 24. It has taken more than two years for the Friends to raise the £6,000 needed to replace the original curtains in the school hall. Unfortunately the
THIEVES who broke into Leominster's popular Blue Note Caf/Bar last week shocked staff and customers with their heartless act, writes Jen Green. Using a brick to smash reinforced glass in an upstairs back window, the intruders stole around £250 in cash
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. Churchwarden John Hinchliffe wants to lay a new path at St John the Evangelist
BRIAN Johnson has been elected on to Bromyard Town Council following the resignation of Councillor Bernard Hunt and the disqualification of Councillor Bernard Haycock. Mr Johnson topped a list of six candidates with 285 votes - well over twice the amount
NEARLY £3 million of extra money is coming to Herefordshire to help build new homes and improve older ones. The cash compares with just £1 million last year and is almost double the amount expected. It comes from the Housing Corporation West Midlands
BREATHTAKING countryside is Herefordshire's biggest selling point so the foot and mouth crisis has hit the county's tourism right at its core. The short-term effects of the disease are already being felt by businesses that rely on visitors for their success
HEREFORD Sixth Form College is hitting the heights thanks to an outstanding effort in the 'ALPS'. The college has just achieved the third highest score nationally in the A-Level Performance System (ALPS) produced by experts at Greenland College in Yorkshire
