Herefordshire | Archive | 2005 | November
There will be a Christmas concert at Sheppard House day centre in Newent on Tuesday, November 29, at 7.30pm, featuring the Dean Singers. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served and tickets, priced £3.50, are available on 01531 821227. more...
MEMBERS of an anti-crime group are ready to sift through rubbish to find clues to the identity of fly-tippers in the Newent area. more...
Newent traders are being urged to get involved in a new Forest-wide scheme to promote the benefits and attractions of local shopping. more...
This year's grape harvest at Compton Green Vineyard near Newent produced bumper yields for both red and white wines. more...
THE owner of the National Bird of Prey Centre has attacked the use of eagles and large owls to get round the anti-hunting law. more...
A charity Christmas card shop at Colwall Library opens on Tuesday (November 15) and runs until December 16. Opening hours are: Tuesdays, 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm; Wednesdays, 2pm-7pm; Fridays, 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm; Saturdays, 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm. more...
A storytime session for under-fives takes place at Colwall Library from 11am to 11.30am on Tuesday, November 15. more...
A CATTERY in Colwall built without planning permission can remain . . . for now. more...
SINGING on stage at The Downs school, Colwall, on Thursday were 223 children from nine local schools. more...
CARE and welfare standards in the nursery department at the Downs School, Colwall, have been rated outstanding in an Ofsted report. more...
ANYONE interested in working from home or starting their own business should drop in to Bromyard's Hope Family Centre next week. more...
Bromyard WRVS needs help delivering meals on wheels. more...
A NEW community web site is being launched in Bromyard. more...
BROMYARD'S new Mr Fix It is being kept busy doing odd jobs for elderly residents in and around town. more...
A NEW communications mast could be erected at Bromyard Town Football Club, close to the current Vodafone mobile phone mast. more...
Ledbury and District U3A's annual meeting is on Thursday, November 17, at 2pm. more...
Two businesses in the area have made it into the prestigious Les Routiers British Pubs and Inns Guide, due out this autumn. more...
A Ledbury woman and her daughter will spend Christmas in Romania, as charity workers with the Smiles Foundation. more...
Wednesday saw the official opening the new £400,000 nursery unit at Ledbury Primary School. more...
DYMOCK Parish Council is planning to apply for grants to help meet the cost of refurbishing the village play area. more...
Runner Phillip Howells of Kempley Brook, Ledbury, tackled the New York Marathon and finished in the top 10 per cent of those competing. more...
PART of a field behind the Ann Cam School in Dymock is being offered to a housing association for a possible homes scheme. more...
Thieves broke into the Newtown crossroads service station at Lower Eggleton and made off with a large quantity of cigarettes. more...
The Ledbury man whose skull was fractured after he was attacked in Hereford city centre on Sunday, October 30, has been discharged from hospital. more...
STAFF at John Miles the Butchers have used a magazine article from 1953 to re-create a long-vanished Herefordshire speciality, The Elizabeth Pasty. more...
Ledbury firefighters used cutting gear to free a trapped and badly injured man from his car, following a serious road accident at Donnington. more...
ALMOST 90 years after the guns fell silent, two casualties of the First World War will finally be commemorated on war memorials close to where they fell. more...
LEDBURY Rugby Club travelled to Old Leamingtonians on Saturday to try and avoid their sixth successive defeat of the season. more...
BISHOP'S Frome were able to celebrate promotion to division five of the Flint and Cook Marches League at their well attended annual dinner and awards evening at the Tarrington Arms. more...
HARD-HITTING batsman Pete Butler is the new Colwall Cricket Club captain after a unanimous vote at the club's annual general meeting on Monday. more...
SATURDAY more...
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB more...
PENCOMBE driver George Thomas has become the youngest ever BTRDA rally champion in the organisation's 67-year history. more...
GRAHAM Turner believes Hereford United's FA Cup success will give his side a much-needed lift ahead of tomorrow's Conference clash with Woking. more...
ONCE again Bromyard dominated for long periods of this West Midlands Premier Division game but individual defensive errors cost them the match. more...
LEDBURY's Terry Jenkins had mixed fortunes at the weekend in the Budweiser UK Open Scottish regional finals. more...
COLWALL kept up their unbeaten run with a 4-1 win against Stroud at the Ledbury Leisure Centre on Saturday. more...
LEDBURY RFC first XV will be looking for their first Midlands Three West South points of the season tomorrow (Saturday) when they visit Bedworth. more...
LEDBURY Town visited local rivals Kington on Saturday in the West Midlands premier division and came away with a deserved draw. more...
WIDEMARSH WANDERERS U11s 3, more...
FOUR teams from thesoccersite.co.uk Malvern League played in the Herefordshire FA Sunday Cup. more...
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