Herefordshire | Archive | 2001 | May
LOWER Brockhampton House, the picturesque manor house near Bromyard, is due to re-open on May 5. more...
A TEENAGER has been charged with the death of a Herefordshire schoolgirl through dangerous driving. more...
BUSINESS and social life in Bromyard has been dealt a bitter blow with the cancellation of the annual Gala. more...
A CASH boost for three Herefordshire market towns has been confirmed. Kington, Ledbury and Bromyard receive £1 million each over a three-year period, match funded from regional and European sources. more...
SOMETHING odd is going on at the Teddy Bear Museum in Bromyard! more...
A 74-YEAR-OLD salmon caught near Hay-on-Wye made a splash at an antiques auction last Friday. more...
A NEW edition of the Symonds Yat Map and Guide has been produced by the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Office. more...
SURVIVING Herefordshire D-Day veterans have been invited to a small village in Normandy to remember their comrades at this year's June 6 anniversary. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S `time team' is mapping missing medieval towns. Of 29 that bustled between our borders back then, just six survive - the rest having long since scaled down or vanished altogether. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE charity that has spent 15 years helping kidney patients is starting to be wound down this week. more...
TRIUMPHANT Herefordshire charity boosters Mike Shaw and Rob Powell have returned after running the London Marathon, writes SOPHIE BIGNALL. more...
A COTTAGE in the country with a little bit of land is many people's dream. more...
EIGHT thousand victims of domestic violence are cowering behind closed doors in Herefordshire - and the scale of the problem is still unfolding. more...
HEREFORDIANS have the chance to bring a touch of the Mediterranean to their gardens - and they'll get a penny change from £2,000! more...
FOR services to the community, including those of its members who attend local places of worship, Steve Gilling is to be the recipient of this year's civic award given by Kington Town Council. more...
THE wonderful Hergest Croft Gardens at Kington will open for the season on Saturday. more...
WHEN Father Simon McGurk left his Hereford parish to take up a post in Peru he carried with him a gift to help him keep in constant touch with his former parishioners. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE Council is investigating the possibility of giving the health suite at Hereford Leisure Pool a facelift. more...
EVENSONG at Hereford Cathedral on Sunday was especially poignant for the large congregation. more...
THE saga of Hereford's controversial King Street road works is continuing in the run up to the arrival of the May Fair. more...
A MAN was robbed of his wallet in the centre of Hereford after trying to defend himself against a teenaged girl and a man. more...
A HEROIN addict broke into a 70-year-old Hereford woman's home and stole her pension books, a court heard last week. more...
A KARAOKE event strikes just the right note for a very special cause. Hereford's Susan Parry appeal group starts its summer fundraising on Bank Holiday Sunday (May 6) with a singalong at the Welsh Club. more...
CHARLES Aubrey Pewtner was a bit of a mystery man. more...
SPIKY railings on the footpath near Hereford General Hospital could lead to an influx of patients to the casualty department. more...
A STUDENT was surrounded by a gang of youths in Hereford and threatened his throat would be cut, Worcester Crown Court heard last week. more...
A MAN and two young children fled from a blaze that badly damaged a flat in Hereford city centre. more...
A HEREFORD music scholar achieved the diploma of Associate of Trinity College of Music London, at the recent recital sessions in Cardiff. more...
A SEVEN-FIGURE production is planned for Hereford's Courtyard arts centre - Space Odyssey. "We've outgrown ourselves," says director Jonathon Stone of the £1.5 million idea to add another studio-style theatre. more...
The Bromyard Gala Committee, which last week cancelled the gala weekend because of the foot and mouth crisis, is hoping some of the attractions can be saved. more...
THIRTY-FOUR town criers from all over the UK and abroad will be in Bromyard this weekend for the UK Guild Championships. more...
Bromyard's fundraising postman Keith Lane is to attend the Royal launch of a brand new Air Ambulance at RAF Cosford on May 15. more...
The medical lifeline thrown to two seriously ill Belarussian youngsters by a Wellington Heath charity worker has shortened to just two months. more...
TICKETS will go on sale next week for the Ledbury Poetry Festival. more...
LEDBURY Town Council has sufficient reserves to "lessen the load" on Council Taxpayers, according to the chairman of its finance committee. more...
Ledbury Round Table's new chairman is Neil Morris. more...
A fundraising campaign is being launched to turn listed outbuildings at Hellens manor house into important centres for community and educational activities. more...
Wellington Heath student Christina Hammill is hoping to walk the 14.7 miles from her home to Hereford - and find herself in the Bahamas. more...
The Ledbury Ladies' Welcome Club raised £1,000 for charity during the last financial year. more...
PARTNERSHIP Housing Group, incorporating the Elgar Housing Association, has agreed to merge with the Spa Housing Group. more...
Two teenagers in Bishop's Frome have been served with the first Anti-Social Behaviour Orders ever to be issued at the request of Herefordshire Council. more...
The number of recorded drug offences rose in Ledbury last year, according to new police figures. more...
burglars targeted the Urchins after-school club, leaving children without a video recorder and their favourite play computer. more...
Ledbury writer Eric Pringle was presented with a "radio Oscar" on Monday evening at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in London. more...
Ledbury town councillors claim workers on the new hospital site have breached planning restrictions over working hours. more...
A cash injection of up to £1 million each could be on the way for Ledbury and Bromyard. more...
A GROUP from Leominster saw for themselves the extent of damage caused by the severe storms in France in December 1999, when they visited Saverne their twin town in the Alsace last week. more...
A RAY of hope has emerged at last for Hope-under-Dinmore Primary School with the prospect of pupil numbers doubling this year when a £2 million housing estate opens nearby. more...
A NEW access road for Leominster Industrial Estate - bringing with it the promise of 500 new jobs - moved a step closer this week. more...
LEDBURY Swifts U9s are taking part in The Ken Long Trophy Mini Soccer Tournament, which will be held on the Ross Road Playing Fields on Bank Holiday Monday (May 7). more...
A SECOND hat-trick by midfielder Wayne Hoskins helped Bromyard Town to register three more valuable points in the Banks's Brewery League Premier Division when they cruised to a 5-0 home victory over mid-table Bustleholme. more...
LEDBURY Town started the game looking to keep their good run going and maintain their charge for Banks's Division One (South) glory. more...
COLWALL 2nds triumphed over local rivals Ledbury in a thrilling last ball victory thanks to a Man of the Match 64 not out from Graham Watt. more...
BROMYARD racer Nick Adcock accelerated into fifth position overall in the Volkswagen Racing Cup after a brace of finishes at Oulton Park in Cheshire on Saturday. more...
LEDBURY Magpies recently completed their winter netball season in the Hereford league, winning 51-24 against their opponents, Beacon Babes. more...
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