Herefordshire | Archive | 2001 | March
WAKING up to a heavy snowfall certainly put a smile on the faces of youngsters in the county. more...
SCHOOLS and markets are being forced to close, jobs are being lost and tourism is suffering as the effects of foot and mouth hit the wider community. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE man is on course to register an amazing first for British exploration as he crosses the frozen Bering Strait this week. more...
BECAUSE of the foot and mouth crisis, rules relating to drivers' hours have been relaxed. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE is open for business. That is the message going out across the country to help reduce the impact of the foot and mouth crisis on local tourism. more...
WITH Herefordshire's countryside out of bounds, another of the county's major boasts is being promoted nationally. more...
UNOFFICIAL signs closing off roads because of the foot and mouth risk will be respected by refuse collectors, Herefordshire Council has said. more...
WITH National Farmers' Union chiefs saying that restrictions on livestock movement could continue for the rest of year, farmers are bracing themselves for a chaotic spring - the busiest time in the farming calendar, writes ROY LEWIS. more...
THERE are organisations who can offer help, support and advice to those in need. more...
KEVIN Feakins has written to the Countess of Mar after criticism in the House of Lords over compensation for slaughtered animals. more...
THE funeral mass of a Roman Catholic priest from Presteigne whose body was found in a river last December will be held in Swansea tomorrow, (Friday). more...
RAIDERS ransacked a Leominster youth club causing thousands of pounds worth of damage for a haul of just £2. more...
DENTAL records and DNA will identify the body in a blazing car near Leominster. Police are probing possible scenarios surrounding Saturday's grim find at Arrow Fisheries, Hereford Road. more...
RIDING schools are suffering severe hardship and many face going out of business. more...
A £100,000 boost to Powys from the Wales Tourist Board will be used for a marketing campaign to combat the drop in visitors in the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak. more...
A QUALIFIED teacher who has been running a popular tourist attraction in the county for the past decade is back in the job market, desperate to keep his 300 animals fed and healthy. more...
FOR 150 years members of the Woolhope Club have looked after the interests of Herefordshire. more...
INTERNATIONAL Women's Day was marked in Herefordshire with a special display in Leominster Library. more...
BRIGHTWELLS will be auctioning off a `thoroughbred' rocking horse in aid of St Michael's hospice funds. more...
BRECON AND Radnorshire's MP, Richard Livsey, has expressed his outrage at the decision to site the new Powys Divisional Headquarters of the Dyfed Powys police in Newtown. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE woman is angry at the sneak thief that stole her mother's 'memory'. more...
A FORMER Hereford mayor with a distinguished military and political career has died aged 83. more...
WORK on the Golden Valley's first fire station is due to be completed by the end of March, writes JONATHAN LAND. more...
THE Ross-on-Wye International Festival has received a one-off grant of £80,000 from the Arts Council to ensure its continued success. more...
POLICE want to know the welfare of a Ross-on-Wye woman last seen in London's Leicester Square on February 23. more...
ONE of the world's biggest and most successful arts events that brings big business for local tourism is monitoring the development of the foot and mouth crisis to see if it can go ahead. more...
PAUL and Sue Snell of Little Meadow Pigs, Pencoed, hope they have achieved a breakthrough for pig farmers overstocked as a result of the outbreak. more...
ONE of Herefordshire's biggest annual events and a major charity money-spinner has been postponed because of the foot and mouth outbreak. more...
LLANCLOUDY farmer Kevin Feakins admits he may have unwittingly exported foot and mouth to the Continent. more...
IT will be a red letter day for villagers of Eastnor later this month when they bid a fond farewell to their popular postmistress. more...
THE desperate plight of rural businesses caused by the foot-and-mouth crisis is being highlighted in a survey of members of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA)in the West Midlands. more...
NOVICE handlers of Welsh cobs will be able to compete for prizes of £100 at the Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, in July. more...
BEN Gill, the National Farmers' Union president, has issued an appeal to shops, pubs, libraries and newspapers to help the union say `thank you' to the public on behalf of the farming community. more...
WINNER of the entertainments competition held by the Radnor Federationof Young Famers' Clubs at the Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, was Rhosgoch with Penybont second and Dolau third. Joint fourth was Howey and Llanbadarn Fynydd and Teme Valley. Sixth was Rhayader and seventh Radnor Valley. more...
AS the current crisis with foot and mouth continues, with little sign of an early end, there is growing speculation about the likelihood of agricultural shows being held. more...
THE large-scale transfer of direct suppliers of milk and the formation of a new, two-billion litre farmer-owned supply business is now underway, with the wholesale move of individual producer groups under the umbrella of the Association of Milk Producers (AMP) to the Milk Group. more...
BUILDING work can start on 60 new homes at a controversial site in Belmont after central area planners gave the go ahead to the development, writes ADAM WORKMAN. more...
A MAN was robbed at knifepoint close to Hereford Leisure Pool last week. more...
HEREFORD Sixth Form College has been mourning the tragic loss of popular staff member Jeff Creaton who lost his brave two-year battle with cancer, earlier this month. more...
ONE of Herefordshire's fastest growing schools is going nowhere because Whitecross High has again missed out on a multi-million pound move to new premises. more...
GOLDEN girl Ceri Park shone through in a national maths challenge as the youngest St Mary's High School entrant with the highest score. more...
A SPECIAL NHS task force, which aims to get Hereford patients back home promptly after a hospital stay, launched the new project earlier this week. more...
ONE of Hereford's busiest roads is to be designated an air quality management area due to excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide. more...
A MINI explosion underground opposite a city petrol station saw emergency services poised for action at lunchtime on Wednesday. more...
THE sister of convicted killer Harold `Ginger' Williams has died without knowing the outcome of a posthumous appeal to clear his name. more...
WITH livestock markets closed and equine sales on hold, auctioneering firms are having to tighten their belts. more...
LECTURERS at Herefordshire College of Technology have come up with an inventive response to the need to disinfect vehicles. more...
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