Herefordshire | Archive | 2003 | October
At the cinema from Friday: more...
I took particular interest in both your opinion column (October 16) and the facing letters page. more...
BROMYARD architects McMorran and Gatehouse are celebrating after their design for Pershore Town Hall has been awarded the Wychavon Distinction in Building Award for 2003. more...
The girls' team from Newent Community School have taken part in its first ever all-female soccer match for the County Cup Competition. The team members, who recently raised £360 towards the cost of their own kit, had been keen to find fixtures and show their mettle. more...
There is still plenty of room at the inn for Newent's adult nativity play, which has now been named The Story. more...
A free storytime session takes place at Newent Library on Thursday, October 30, with the seasonal theme of "sparkles, twinkles and rockets". The event has been designed as a half-term entertainment for children aged from three to seven. It will take place from 2.30pm to 3.15pm. more...
MAY Hill Gardening Club will meet next on Tuesday, November 11, at the Methodist Chapel, May Hill, from 7.45pm, when Chris Ridler will give a talk on The Forest Through the Seasons. more...
Gorsley Village Hall will be the venue for an autumn gift sale on Saturday, November 1, from 10am. more...
ONE World Week will be celebrated in Newent, with a Fair Trade sale of jewellery from developing nations. more...
AN inaugural concert is planned by parishoners to celebrate the successful restoration of the 18th Century organ at St Mary's Church in Newent. more...
THE Glebe Chapel Coffee and Kids Club in Newent is thriving, with up to 30 youngsters taking advantage of popular activity sessions there every Tuesday morning. more...
Plans to develop the former Co-op site in Newent for new housing have been submitted to Forest of Dean District Council. more...
TWENTY-TWO foreign nationals working illegally at a Herefordshire timber company have been detained following a Home Office operation last week. more...
CONGESTION charges across the country would put an unfair burden on rural residents, says Hereford MP Paul Keetch. more...
A WELL-KNOWN Moorhampton woman, the last in a line of Herefordians who helped shape the future for the Hereford Bull, has died peacefully aged 100. more...
A VISIT from a mystery shopper may have clinched the title of independent store manager of the year for a Kington Spar worker. more...
Local businesses have stepped in at the 11th hour to save Ledbury's annual town bonfire. more...
A GARAGE in Bromyard is seeking planning permission to extend its premises. Bishops of Bromyard hopes to build a two-storey extension to provide a reception area and more office space. more...
FIREFIGHTERS made sure that Herefordshire residents would sleep safely this winter, by testing their electric blankets. The community fire safety team visited Bromyard on Monday, as part of a tour that included Hereford and Ledbury. They gave out £5 vouchers to those whose blankets failed. more...
BROMYARD Town Council has given its support to plans to turn a former sorting office into a flat. more...
AN autumn walk is due to take place on Sunday at 10.30am. more...
SONGS from the shows will be performed by members of Whitbourne Amateur Dramatic Society as part of its latest production. more...
PLANS to build a bungalow in New Road, Bromyard, have not been supported by town councillors. more...
A Herefordshire mental health charity will meet next Tuesday. more...
PUPILS from a Bromyard school launched a campaign to promote road safety this week. more...
A BROTHER and sister who ruined a birthday party at the Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, with their violent behaviour have been jailed. more...
SEVERAL hundred pounds was stolen from a house in York Road, Bromyard, between 2.50am and 3.20am on Monday. Police are appealing for witnesses. more...
A GHOSTLY comedy is coming to the Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. more...
A SEARCH has been launched for new offices for Bromyard and Winslow Town Council, which is also considering opening a youth café as part of the development. more...
Bartonsham Retirement Club met at the Shirehall, Hereford. A cheque for £250 was presented to Mr Paul Weir, main fund-raiser for the County Air Ambulance. He also showed slides and gave a short history of this valuable service which relies solely on charitable donations. A mini competition was won by Liz Meigh. Final arrangements were made for the Christmas lunch which will take place on November, 27. more...
THE former Hereford Sixth Form College student and two teenaged friends who were killed in a horrific car crash in August last year died accidentally. more...
Westons Cider has scooped a prestigious Gold Award at the international Beer and Cider Festival in Stockholm, for the second year running. more...
Ledbury could be in line to record one of its driest years ever, according to Albert Road weather watcher Norman Selkirk. more...
Local businesses have stepped in at the 11th hour to save Ledbury's annual town bonfire. more...
The Ledbury Walkers' Club will tackle a four-mile walk near Newent, via Acorn Wood, on Thursday, October 30. The group and friends will gather no later than 9.25am at Bridge Street car park, Ledbury. more...
A blitz is being launched on advertising boards used illegally on the streets of Ledbury. more...
LEDBURY'S Bye Street stationer Data 3 has become part of the world's biggest organisations for the buying of office products. more...
The former star organist at Blackpool Tower, Nicholas Martin, will be at Ledbury's Market Theatre on Saturday, November 1, at 8pm, for a show called "The Organist Entertains". Mr Martin is now resident organist at the Turner's venue in Leicester. Tickets are available from Ledbury Books and Maps in the High Street. more...
More than 29 charities will be represented at the Cards for Good Causes shop at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ledbury, which opens tomorrow (Saturday) and runs Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm, until December 17. more...
MP Bill Wiggin, visited Tesco in Ledbury last Friday to present pupils and staff from Ledbury Primary School with a new computer. more...
Stoke Edith is preparing to celebrate the centenary of the dedication of the bells at St Mary the Virgin Church. more...
PLANNERS are facing opposition from owners of Chartist bungalows after ordering the removal of modern additions to the historic structures. more...
End of half-term was extra exciting at Eastnor Primary School on Wednesday as more than 70 youngsters came into class wearing masks of their own making. more...
A pensioner from Berrow was treated to a drive with a difference last Thursday afternoon, courtesy of veteran car restorer Dick Gittings. more...
A LEDBURY farming family is facing a large vet's bill after a sheep was savaged by a dog this week in a field below Frith Wood. more...
THE world-famous Cardiff Male Voice Choir is giving a concert in memory of a Ledbury family. more...
Ledbury people have sent £3,000 in just one month to the Ledbury Deanery Link Parish of Mtwara, Tanzania, which is in the grip of a terrible famine. more...
OBJECTIONS from concerned Herefordshire councillors have stopped Ledbury from losing its last free town centre car park, at least for the time being. more...
Ledbury-based TV and radio news presenter, Bernadette Kearney has praised the honesty of a local woman. more...
THE Severn Stars opened for business yesterday (Thursday), more than two years after a fire severely damaged the historic hostelry. more...
Ledbury and Newent were in shock this week following the deaths of two popular young women in road accidents. more...
A POLICEMAN with a colourful past, which included a spell as an undercover football hooligan, is to spearhead a police crackdown on rowdies in Leominster. more...
THE new out-of-hours county GP service is `in the hands of a bunch of untrained people in a call centre'. more...
MADAM, For years, generations of children have walked along Huntington Lane to feed the swans and ducks on what was a beautiful lake. more...
I WOULD challenge the assertion (Library must be info centre, October 9) that Hereford Library Users' Group represents the city's readers. more...
THE letter from Dr Richard Williams (October 16), regarding the lack of planned medical facilities for the proposed housing estate on the site of the former SAS headquarters made a great deal of sense. more...
I HAVE read about the improvements proposed for Leominster and would ask that more areas are included for children to play in, and more things for them to do in the town, as there is nothing available, hence this is why there is always so much trouble in the town. more...
CAN it be only be me who feels such anger over the car parking facilities in this city? more...
Let me not impatient be more...
HEREFORDSHIRE Youth Cricket Board are holding their presentation evening at Leominster's Bridge Street Sports Centre on Friday, November 7. more...
LEDBURY entertained their Gloucestershire hosts in this impromptu double header to cater for the visitors large squad and to give everyone a run-out. more...
LEDBURY Second XV travelled to Stourport for this Merit Table fixture. more...
IF anyone is aware of the pitfalls of falling prey to FA Cup giant-killers it must be Graham Turner and Hereford United. more...
LEDBURY'S first XV slipped to their third Midlands Three West (South) defeat of the season on Saturday at Birming-ham-based Camp Hill. more...
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LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB more...
THIS year Hereford Table Tennis League are running a handicap doubles (pairs drawn) tournament to raise funds for Children in Need. more...
BROMYARD were indebted to the young right boot of full back Ainsley Ralph for this tight victory in a sometimes bad-tempered North Midlands One match. more...
BROMYARD Tae Kwon Do School student Dave Smith has been named Cimac Superleague 2003 Grand Champion at intermediate middleweight. more...
BROMYARD Town bowed out of the FA Vase with a spirited performance to go down 3-1 at home against Midland Alliance team Studley. more...
FOUR days after the end of the Tour de Corse and a podium for the Ford BP Rallye Sport Team, drivers Markko Martin, whose co-driver is Much Marcle's Michael Park, and Francois Duval are back behind the wheels of their Ford Focus RS world rally cars to tackle the roads of Catalunya in Spain. more...
LEDBURY Town's third match in the FA Vase ended in failure as they slipped up in Leicestershire against a side who on a good day Ledbury would have defeated comfortably. more...
LEDBURY Town progressed through to the HFA Senior Cup quarter-finals without much trouble against Hellenic leaguers Pegasus Juniors. more...
CHILDREN from school years three to six are invited to attend a five day soccer course at Malvern Town FC during the half-term holiday. more...
WELLAND had little sight of the ball for fully 15 minutes but defended strongly against one of the top three sides in the Saturday Division One Worcester & District League. more...
THE West returned to winning ways on Saturday with a convincing away win at Fernhill Heath. more...
MALVERN Ladies travelled to Bewdley for a league game on Sunday. more...
THE Soccer Site Malvern Football League team of the month award acted as a jinx last week to both of the winners for September. more...
SWIFTS returned to U16s league action with an opportunity for revenge against the team that had beaten them in a cup game the previous week. more...
LEDBURY Town Swifts U18s started this Herefordshire Floodlit Youth League game well and were on top for the first 20 minutes although keeper Andrew Curtis made a fine save in the 10th minute. more...
SWIFTS returned to U16s league action with an opportunity for revenge against the team that had beaten them in a cup game the previous week. more...
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