Herefordshire | Archive | 2005 | January
RECTOR David Howells dons a pinny instead of a cassock to do a job of work at Bromyard on Monday morning. He was taking part in Farmhouse Breakfast Week, cooking a meal over a hot kitchen stove at Longlands Farm, Whitbourne. more...
THE Environment Agency is asking the world of angling for its views on how to play a role in developing and promoting the sport over the next decade. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE craftspeople and volunteers are being sought for a new attraction to be unveiled this spring where visitors will shake off the 21st century, step back in time and be part of a living history. more...
AN apparently straightforward farming job ended in tragedy for a young Herefordshire man, an inquest heard. more...
A TOUGH review of Hereford's Courtyard Centre for the Arts could see its cash subsidy from Herefordshire Council cut back. more...
THE Highways Agency, which plans to site a speed camera on the A49 at Dinmore Hill, has come under renewed pressure for action at Ashton. more...
FOR a quarter of a century two unusual paintings have languished in the bell tower of a Herefordshire village church. more...
IN response to feedback from local young people, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Connexions will be piloting Saturday opening. more...
PLANNERS played estate agents to "sell" six new homes for a Herefordshire village. more...
A COUPLE who have declared their guesthouse a a supermarket-free zone say their policy of sticking to local produce is paying off. more...
CONROY Maddox, who was born in what is now Woolworths in Ledbury, and who went on to become one of the leading exponents of British surrealism, has died in London at the age of 92. more...
THE message is clear from Student Union president Martha Palmer: "We want our college!" more...
HEREFORDSHIRE doctor Frank Ryding has just returned from Thailand after leading a medical team helping British victims of the tsunami and their families. more...
ALTHOUGH the fund-raising goes on, Acorns Children's Hospice is now appealing for people to give something more than money. more...
HEREFORD'S Sticky Fingers Nursery is providing "very good quality nursery education", according to its recent Ofsted report. more...
CONTRACTORS have been given the go-ahead to start work at the new Whitecross High School in Hereford. more...
OFSTED has praised a Herefordshire primary school, rating it good or very good in most areas. more...
A TRADITIONAL post office in a medieval north Herefordshire village wants a new first class owner. more...
A SINGLE Payment Scheme roadshow arrives in the West Midland next month, starting with a visit to the Three Counties Showground, near Malvern, on Wednesday, February 23. more...
EN route for Malvern Spring Gardening Show is top BBC television gardener Alan Titchmarsh. more...
WITH biomass projects throughout Britain coming to fruition this year, more growers are needed to support the ventures. more...
A FORMER warehouse close to Hereford Cathedral could be destined to become an important business block in the city. more...
A HEREFORD couple have returned home this week after a dream round-the-world cruise on the ocean liner Aurora got no further than the Isle of Wight. more...
PUPILS at St Thomas Cantilupe Primary School in Hereford are learning to stay healthy and stay safe thanks to the success of a bid to encourage children to walk to class. more...
THERE is no money to make Hereford's very own Nelson's Column shipshape in time for the Battle of Trafalgar bicentenary celebrations later this year. more...
A COMMUNITY centre in Hereford has been kitted out with new sofas, thanks to a Hereford company. more...
SHOPPERS in Hereford could get a taste of what a car-free Widemarsh Street would be like if it was pedestrianised. more...
THE MINISTER was special responsibility for the homeless, Lord Rooker has opened a refurbished Hereford city centre hostel for vulnerable people. more...
HEREFORD Cathedral is celebrating after landing £100,000 to restore the turrets of the central tower and re-lead the tower roof. more...
PLANS for a major transformation of Hereford city centre came a step closer this week with the sale of a site essential to the Edgar Street Grid scheme. more...
THREE of the major shareholders in Mercia Healthcare, which owns Hereford County Hospital have sold out. more...
MORE people are needed to join a Hereford user group that can influence the way cancer care services are developed in the county. more...
THE future for mental health services in Herefordshire will be outlined at the next meeting of Hereford Carers in Mind. more...
THE intervention of off-duty firefighter Dean Granger prevented another serious accident on Dinmore Hill during Tuesday evening's rush hour. more...
A WOMAN was taken to hospital suffering from shock after volunteering to abseil from a church tower for charity. more...
LADY Alethea Constance Dorothy Sydney Eliot, of The Old House, Kingsland, near Leominster, died on July 25, 2004, leaving estate valued at £942,505 gross, £931,956 net. more...
A DIFFERENCE in national highway codes may explain why a Ukrainian fruit picker died on a Herefordshire road, an inquest heard. more...
HUNDREDS of people in Herefordshire are to be quizzed about the service they receive from their GPs. more...
MEMBERS of a Leominster church who were moved by the plight of the tsunami victims raised £4,000 for the disaster appeal when they met for a Sunday service. more...
TARNISHED angels who have lost their youth and beauty look set to be given the sack by Leominster Town Council. more...
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