TARNISHED angels who have lost their youth and beauty look set to be given the sack by Leominster Town Council. "Sadly, age is taking its toll on the Angels of West Street," town clerk Christina Bromage said about the key features of the town's Christmas
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. New Life Community Church spokesman Paul Millichap said church members and visitors meeting at
HUNDREDS of people in Herefordshire are to be quizzed about the service they receive from their GPs. They will be chosen on a random basis and will soon receive questionnaires through the post. Herefordshire Primary Care Trust will be carrying out the
A DIFFERENCE in national highway codes may explain why a Ukrainian fruit picker died on a Herefordshire road, an inquest heard. Brierley Court farm worker Denys Butenko was returning home on foot from Leominster with three fellow Eastern Europeans when
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. She left her estate mostly to relatives but also left £10,000 to the Church of England
A WOMAN was taken to hospital suffering from shock after volunteering to abseil from a church tower for charity. The middle-aged woman - who has not been named - was thought to have suffered a panic attack while abseiling from the top of Leominster Priory
MORE people are needed to join a Hereford user group that can influence the way cancer care services are developed in the county. The views of people with first hand experience of the disease are taken seriously by those trying to improve the services
THREE of the major shareholders in Mercia Healthcare, which owns Hereford County Hospital have sold out. They owned 75% between them, all the shares being bought by Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund (SMIF) for a price believed to be around £17 million
THE MINISTER was special responsibility for the homeless, Lord Rooker has opened a refurbished Hereford city centre hostel for vulnerable people. The former Wooldridge Court, run by supported accommodation provider Stonham Housing, has been upgraded into
SHOPPERS in Hereford could get a taste of what a car-free Widemarsh Street would be like if it was pedestrianised. Herefordshire Council is to launch a public consultation on options for a trial period in Widemarsh Street and High Street, which will take
A COMMUNITY centre in Hereford has been kitted out with new sofas, thanks to a Hereford company. The Women's Royal Volunteer Service has used a £600 donation from Sun Valley Foods to provide a more comfortable atmosphere at its Riverside Community Learning
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. The Coningsby Street school started its Travel Plan in March last year and has exceeded
Saturday, January 29, 2005 AFTER three successive defeats, Hereford United finally got their Nationwide Conference new year underway with an excellent away win. The Bulls completed a double over their play-off rivals yesterday to move back up to sixth
A TRADITIONAL post office in a medieval north Herefordshire village wants a new first class owner. Ye Olde Steppes Village Shop and Post Office in Pembridge has gone on the market for £395,000. Owners Stan and Anna Latisinski have run the business for
HEREFORD'S Sticky Fingers Nursery is providing "very good quality nursery education", according to its recent Ofsted report. The nursery, which has 51 children on its roll, was assessed as very good in many areas of its provision. In the six key areas
ALTHOUGH the fund-raising goes on, Acorns Children's Hospice is now appealing for people to give something more than money. With the first families due to arrive in early March, the charity is now appealing for time as it starts to recruit more than 100
A COUPLE who have declared their guesthouse a a supermarket-free zone say their policy of sticking to local produce is paying off. Carolyn and Henry Chesshire, who have just added another gong to a clutch of awards, say consumers can help the environment
PLANNERS played estate agents to "sell" six new homes for a Herefordshire village. The homes at Orcop were given a go-ahead - against a recommendation - but with a condition that kept their price down. Officers had advised Herefordshire Council's planning
IN response to feedback from local young people, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Connexions will be piloting Saturday opening. From February 5 until April 30, the Hereford office will be open for business from 11am to 3pm. Chief executive Roger Little
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. Herefordshire Council is asking Agency officials to attend a meeting next month to discuss the notorious accident
A TOUGH review of Hereford's Courtyard Centre for the Arts could see its cash subsidy from Herefordshire Council cut back. The review - due to be debated by the council's social development scrutiny committee next Monday - offers the centre a 12-month
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. The magic and mystery of the past will literally
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. 'Angling 2015 - first consultation report' is the first step toward a strategy for the angling work of
THE intervention of off-duty firefighter Dean Granger prevented another serious accident on Dinmore Hill during Tuesday evening's rush hour. An injured deer in the road was causing cars to swerve into the opposite carriageway and Dean realised immediately
THE future for mental health services in Herefordshire will be outlined at the next meeting of Hereford Carers in Mind. Mark Hemmings, mental health services manager for the county, will be the speaker at the open meeting on Thursday, February 1. The
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. The Hereford Times can confirm that Herefordshire Council paid £1.9 million to Imperial Properties
HEREFORD Cathedral is celebrating after landing £100,000 to restore the turrets of the central tower and re-lead the tower roof. English Heritage will help to fund the second phase of a three-year project through its Cathedrals Grant Scheme. The Dean
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. The Castle Green column will get cannons and a fence as an anniversary concession but Colin Birks, property
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. Former boss of Keg Services, John Johnson and wife Rita, both in their 70s, were among 1,752 would-be
A FORMER warehouse close to Hereford Cathedral could be destined to become an important business block in the city. Plans have been submitted to convert the Gwynne Street warehouse into four floors of office accommodation. Hereford solicitor Stephen Townley
WITH biomass projects throughout Britain coming to fruition this year, more growers are needed to support the ventures. One privately-owned factory will be operating at a location in the Tenbury, Leominster, Ludlow triangle as a 100-kilowatt unit while
EN route for Malvern Spring Gardening Show is top BBC television gardener Alan Titchmarsh. He will head another illustrious line-up of stars this year to include Chris Beardshaw, Joe Swift and James Alexander Sinclair. The show, which attracts an audience
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. Sixteen locations across the country will be visited by policy experts from Defra
OFSTED has praised a Herefordshire primary school, rating it good or very good in most areas. Marden Primary School was commended for its leadership, management and teaching. Inspectors thought it led to the school having an overall good standard of education
CONTRACTORS have been given the go-ahead to start work at the new Whitecross High School in Hereford. Bricks can now be laid at the Three Elms site after Herefordshire Council and Stepnell Ltd signed a construction contract last week. The contractual
HEREFORDSHIRE doctor Frank Ryding has just returned from Thailand after leading a medical team helping British victims of the tsunami and their families. The Bodenham doctor was with the British Red Cross team in Phuket that helped patients in Thailand's
THE message is clear from Student Union president Martha Palmer: "We want our college!" Martha, in her second year of a national diploma in fashion design at Herefordshire College of Art and Design, is a textbook example of a student who set her sights
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. Maddox was born in 1912, the grandson of a Ledbury seed merchant, and
FOR a quarter of a century two unusual paintings have languished in the bell tower of a Herefordshire village church. Now, through the efforts of former church warden Roy Jones, they are about to see the light of day again in St David's Church at Little
AN apparently straightforward farming job ended in tragedy for a young Herefordshire man, an inquest heard. Andrew Henry Pursey, of Trevase Farm, St Owen's Cross, was working alone transferring fertiliser from one tractor to another on his family's land
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. The parish was one of around
