Herefordshire | Archive | 2004 | January
Newent Community School is just one of 14 from around the UK to reach the finals of the Schools' Question Time Challenge, backed by veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby. more...
Newent town councillors will be looking at a possible site for the new children's play area by Lakeside tomorrow (Saturday, January 31). more...
Concerns about the level of dog mess on Newent's Recreation Ground have been expressed by both Newent Town Wanderers Football Club and Newent Town Council. more...
The introduction of specially-bred micro-organisms into Newent Lake last summer to reduce algal bloom and prevent fish deaths has been hailed as a success. more...
Newent Beekeepers have been extra busy because of the mild winter and welcome the recent cold snap as a chance for their hives to settle down. more...
A girls' soccer team from Newent Community School is to represent Hereford United in a regional tournament at Bristol Rovers' ground. more...
EXTRA space for social and educational events is to be created at a church in Newent. more...
THE next meeting of the Wyche & Colwall Horticultural Society will take place on Monday, February 2, at Colwall Village Hall. The speaker will be Timothy Walker whose subject will be Plant Hunting in Australia. more...
A CRADLEY man has won a nationwide competition for agricultural insurance brokers. more...
PLANS for a housing development at Colwall have been put on hold for a second time to allow Herefordshire councillors to visit the site. more...
Colwall Primary School has been given an award for its environmentally-friendly projects. more...
RAIL users will have an opportunity to raise concerns directly with those responsible for providing services at a public meeting organised by the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter. more...
A MOUNTAINboard centre in Cradley will remain open after being granted temporary planning consent. more...
COLWALL man Mike Forecast is running the London Marathon in April to raise funds for the NSPCC. more...
MEMBERS of Bromyard Local History Society turned detective on Sunday (January 25) when expert house historian Barbara Stewart took them around Peppercorn, the home of Pauline and Graham Perkins. The event raised around £150 for the society. Mrs Stewart is now hoping to assemble a small team who can help her to conduct future surveys of interesting and historic properties in the area. For details of the house survey group or the Local History Society, contact David Grant on 01885 482565. more...
Pupils from St Richard's School in Bromyard will represent the county in the next stage of a national mini-hockey tournament. The under-13s won the Herefordshire leg and go on to represent the county at the South West championships at Millfield, Somerset, on March 14. more...
A CHARITY performance of the Conquest Theatre pantomime Humpty Dumpty last Wednesday raised more than £230 for St Michael's Hospice. more...
BROMYARD Rugby Club donated £2,500 to charity at its second sportsman's dinner. more...
THE new owners of the Live and Let Live pub in Whitbourne have praised the support they have from locals since their arrival. more...
A husband tried to strangle his wife with a length of rope as their marriage crumbled, Worcester Crown Court heard. more...
A PLAN to build 21 apartments on the site of Bromyard's former hospital has been approved by Herefordshire Council. more...
Ledbury parishoners have sent £100 for Mothers' Union projects in the Tanzanian link parish of Mtwara. more...
A grant of £3,000 has been made to help restore the bells of Coddington's parish church. more...
Ledbury in Bloom supporters will be working hard this winter, tidying up shrub borders and flowerbeds around town in preparation for the spring planting. more...
Guided walks to daffodil meadows will be among the highlights of the two-day spring fair at Dymock Parish Hall on Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14. more...
A new shop opened in the Homend Mews, Ledbury, on Saturday, January 24. The Anu store is specialising in crystals and items that include tarot cards, fossils, incense sticks and dream catchers. The owners are Debbie Booth and Deborah Irving. more...
Ledbury Young Farmers, and the not so young, will celebrate the group's 60th anniversary with a marquee dance on July 3. more...
Age Concern in Ledbury is seeking people to help run a craft club. The club, which has eight regular members, meets on the first Thursday in the month at Turner Court, The Homend, from 2pm to 4pm. Further details on 01531 631280. more...
dates for the Kempley daffodil weekend have been set for Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21. more...
A regular events list from Herefordshire Council should include major Ledbury events or be scrapped, says Chris Clarke, supervisor of Ledbury Tourist Information Centre. more...
A FILM describing the history of Dymock from a personal perspective has raised £1,500 for the village hall. more...
Police have travelled to Greece to take a statement from a drugs counsellor who saw Rachel Whitear on the day she died. more...
Dancing group The Amazing Jiving Lindy Hoppers will perform at Ledbury's Market Theatre on Saturday, March 6, at 8pm. The group will also hold workshops at St Katherine's Hall on the same day, from 2.30pm. For further details, ring 01531 633760. more...
The next meeting of the Ledbury Floral Art Club takes place on Friday, February 6, at 7.30pm, at the Community Centre in Lawnside Road. Andrew Lloyd will give a demonstration called "Spring Window". Both the demonstrator and the title of the demonstration are different to those originally advertised. The change is due to illness. more...
Ledbury weatherman Norman Selkirk estimates that no more than a quarter of an inch of snow fell on the town during a flurry on Wednesday evening. more...
Police have launched a fresh appeal for witnesses as inquiries continue into the death of Emma Hole in an accident on the A417 near Parkway. more...
RAIL users will have an opportunity to raise concerns directly with those responsible for providing services at a public meeting organised by the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter. more...
Ledbury artist Wendy Gibson was awarded a silver medal for her painting of hellebores, which was displayed at the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show in London last week. more...
PLANNING consent has been granted for a mobile phone mast at Stifford's Bridge. more...
A DELEGATION from the town has been briefed on the £20 million refit of HMS Ledbury, which could considerably extend the ship's active life. more...
Ledbury firefighters will be trained to deal with chemical, nuclear and biological incidents. more...
Severn Trent is spending almost £8 million improving Ledbury's sewage plant to meet strict new Environment Agency standards. more...
MORE than 60 protesters gathered at Newtown crossroads on Saturday to oppose plans for traffic lights at the busy junction. more...
landlords in Ledbury have welcomed the prompt action of police in dealing with a disturbance at the Seven Stars pub, where officers used CS spray. more...
aROUnd 200 friends are expected to attend a fundraising charity auction and disco in memory of Bosbury father and "gentle giant" Stephen Jackson, who died in a car crash in July. more...
LEDBURY U12s once again found themselves visiting the Gloucester suburbs for this hard fought encounter, the home side fielding the heaviest pack that Ledbury are likely to come up against. more...
LEDBURY II 12pts, more...
LEDBURY RFC entertain Camp Hill at Ross Road tomorrow (Saturday) and have selected the following sides. more...
HEREFORD United are confident that a second successive blank Saturday won't seriously affect their Nationwide Conference title push. more...
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LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB more...
MANOR Park Pumas moved into second place in the Brewin Dolphin Securities sponsored Malvern Table Tennis League Division Two, with a hard fought win over fellow promotion-chasers YMCA Vulcans. more...
COLWALL resumed normal service following their surprise defeat by Wootton Bassett with a 5-2 win against Badgers in Gloucester on Saturday. more...
BOTTOM-placed Ledbury Town Reserves were boosted by the inclusion of Nick Welch, Stuart Hall, Lee Clueit, Neil Gardiner and Phil Preedy against reigning West Midland Division One (South) champions Bewdley Town on Saturday. more...
LEDBURY made the short trip to Piddle Park to play an in-form Pershore side in this Midlands West Three (South) fixture. more...
LEDBURY Town's West Midland Premier Division clash at Smethwick was the first test for new management duo of Ian Ford and Kevin Barry and their side gained the expected victory. more...
LEDBURY Swifts took a depleted squad of just 11 players to this U16s league game. more...
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