Herefordshire | Archive | 2003 | January
Newent Youth AFC has written to the town council asking for funds to install an outside light above the changing room door. The council has agreed in principle, though the cost has yet to be finalised. more...
Newent Town Council has given its approval for Billy Danter's funfair to come to the Recreation Ground between April 3 and April 5 this year. more...
A request to Newent Town Council to remove trees adjacent to a footpath to the rear of the Community School has been turned down. The reason for the request, submitted by a member of the public, was that the trees were blocking the view to May Hill. But town clerk Deirdre Rosser said: "The trees are healthy and councillors felt they could set a precedent if they agreed." more...
A proposal to cut down a copper beech and a spruce tree in the Newent Conservation Area has won the backing of the town council. The work will be carried out at 15 Church Street, Newent, where outline planning permission has already been granted for a bungalow on the site. The reason for the request is that tree roots could interfere with foundations and drainage and the proposed bungalow would be in shade all day. more...
Newent Library is part of a Gloucester-shire County Council scheme that aims to introduce toddlers to the joy of books. more...
The owner of the specialist cookware shop, La Cucina, in Broad Street, says she will not close, even though the shop she rents is up for sale. more...
Visitors to Newent Library have two weeks to catch up with an exhibition celebrating the first 100 years of a local institution, the parish magazine. more...
Forest of Dean Community Radio is coming to town, launching the first of its monthly broadcasts from Newent on Sunday. more...
Newent Local History Society is hoping that a successful Lottery bid for £4,500 will enable the group to start printing its book on the town by this April. more...
A £794,000 `ticket to ride' boosts bus services across the county. The cash is coming from Government over the next three years with new routes running by summer. more...
AN amateur birdwatcher of 45 years will be giving a talk to the Colwall Bird Survey Group at the village hall at 7.30pm on Thursday, February 6. Dr David Boddington, a member of the Herefordshire Nature Trust, has studied the pied flycatcher in the county since 1968. Visitors are welcome. more...
WYCHE and Colwall Horticultural Society meet at Colwall Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday. Major Arbuthnott of Stone House Cottage Gardens near Kidderminster will give a talk entitled Buildings for plants and climbers. more...
FARMERS are concerned they will not be able to bury dead stock after May 1 when EU controls on animal by-products are imposed. more...
A SET of obsolete text books found in a Colwall school last year have found their way into the hands of grateful pupils in Africa. more...
the Duke of York was joined by 100 members of the public and dignitaries from councils and Malvern Hills Conservators for a march up Jubilee Hill on Friday (January 24). more...
MALVERN firefighters were called to a car fire in Winslow Road, Bromyard last week. more...
The sale of land at the site of the old public hall in Bromyard has finally been cleared by the Charity Commission. more...
A DISCUSSION about Nitrate Vulnerable Zones is to take place at the Plough, Stoke Lacy, on Thursday, February 6. more...
COMMUNITY groups in Bromyard keen to benefit from up to £600 are being encouraged to apply to the Market Towns Initiative for funding. more...
ANOTHER new business has moved to Bromyard. more...
IT WILL be all change at Bromyard's Crown and Sceptre pub next month as landlord Clive Walwyn moves to pastures new. more...
award-winning Bishop's Frome firm the Hereford Natural Oils Company Ltd has become insolvent. more...
A CRAFT centre in Bishop's Frome is planning to expand. more...
Ledbury's first dedicated cinema for half a century opened its doors to the public on Sunday and 150 enjoyed the hit musical Moulin Rouge. more...
The mother of Ledbury's outstanding young line dancer, Emily Williams, is appealing for sponsorship from local businesses to make sure her daughter can compete at this year's World Championships in Nashville. more...
Saturday's jumble sale at St Katherine's Hall, on behalf of St John the Baptist Church at Eastnor, raised a total of £182 for appeal funds. more...
Ledbury Town Council has received a report that illegal horse riding may be taking place on the Recreation Ground. more...
Ledbury's Youth Council, LYNX, is seeking closer links with Ledbury Town Council in a bid to develop better communication and involvement with young people. more...
A LEDBURY artists' group looks set to win town council backing for its bid to turn the former Toy Museum into premises for arts workshops and exhibition space. more...
AN internationally famous cookery writer, who was born and bred in Newent, is due to cross the border and give a demonstration at Ledbury's Ceci Paolo emporium, in High Street, on February 27. more...
Ledbury's mayor Noel Roberts believes the county's new recycling initiative will be unfair to people in rural areas. more...
Otters feeding in the River Leadon are dying on roads near Newent, according to the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. more...
Herefordshire Home-Start, which is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, is to launch its first ever preparation course for volunteers in Ledbury. more...
A Ryton woman is calling on Dymock Parish Council to employ someone to clear rural paths which have become overgrown following the outbreak of foot and mouth in 2001. more...
Herefordshire Council has refused planning permission for a 200-caravan storage site at Noad Farm, off the A417, two miles outside Ledbury. more...
Ledbury Town Council has sent a solicitor's letter to the travellers camping in the Dog Hill Wood beauty spot. more...
Troubled cider giant Bulmers has started to sell off its overseas assets in a bid to reduce debts of £100m. more...
Plans by Westbury Homes to build 11 new houses in New Street, Ledbury, have been met with a mixed reception. more...
A Worcester-based couple are seeking planning permission for a micro-brewery at Dymock, aiming to make some beer in time for their wedding day on May 10. more...
LEDBURY town councillors have expressed dismay that no money is available for a new car park to serve the Riverside Walk. more...
Herefordshire Coun-cil is warning Council Tax-payers to expect an average increase of between £80 and £160 or face severe cuts in services. more...
MORE than 100 members of the public and dignitaries joined the Duke of York for a march up the Malvern Hills. more...
Ledbury High Street was closed off to traffic for an hour on Saturday evening, due to a chimney fire at the historic Feathers Hotel. more...
A LEDBURY woman has died aged 100, just days after she able to hold her great-great granddaughter for the first time. more...
VETS have warned dog owners that the area is in its worst mange epidemic for decades with the finger of blame being pointed at the fox population. more...
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LEDBURY DUPLICATE more...
MATHON, Cradley & Storridge Men's (B) team had a fine 4-0 victory against old rivals Ledbury A tennis club. more...
BROMYARD Town travelled to the Garden Walk stadium and with a solid workmanlike performance they took the roar and the bite out of the Sedgley White Lions. more...
HEREFORD United manager Graham Turner will consider appealing against Danny Williams's red card for violent conduct at Morecambe. more...
THE Downs School, Colwall, U11 Girls' hockey team became Hereford-shire champions last weekend. more...
AFTER two weeks of inactivity Ledbury's Reserves returned to action in a scrappy, often bad tempered, Division One (South) match against Mahal. more...
IN this top of the table clash, a depleted Colwall side took on league leaders St Austell and were unlucky to lose 3-0. more...
ST Richard's School, Bredenbury, boys' hockey team were the Herefordshire title winners of the National Mini Hockey U13s Championship. more...
LEDBURY swimmers were rewarded for a fortnight of intense training when they were victorious in the second round of the Wyvern League held at Monmouth on Saturday. more...
LEDBURY travelled to Nuneaton for this rearranged Midlands Three West (South) fixture, confident that they had seen enough chinks in the Old Eds armour from the cup visit back in November to cause an upset against the league leaders. more...
LEDBURY Town striker Robbie Colwell returned to top form with a bang bagging nine goals in his side's last two games. more...
MALVERN Football League leaders and present champions Bull Allstars cruised into the semi-final of the Sunday Senior Cup with a 6-1 victory at Fromes Hill. more...
SWIFTS had the opportunity of going top of the U15s league if they could beat bottom club Bromyard Town but were hit by the news that regular goalie Mike Hill was ill. more...
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