AN appeal is being made to developers Taylor Woodrow to save a unique part of Leominster's heritage from the bulldozers. More than 400 homes are planned at Barons Cross Camp, the former 25th General Hospital of the US Army, where pioneering surgical techniques
A HEREFORD mother has been given a bravery award for helping police catch the pervert who targeted her baby. Tracy McGrath endured increasingly sick calls from the man so the telephones he was using could be traced. When William Sims, aged 47, of Bronllys
IT is more than 20 years since Vietnam War veteran Hugh Guill arrived in Hereford. For much of that time he has been at the helm of Sun Valley Poultry, the county's biggest private sector employer and one of the major players in the UK and European meat
AFTER almost a year as part of the Haberdashers family of schools, Hereford's Redcap School is poised for another big change. The governing body of Haberdashers' Redcap has taken the decision to welcome boys to the pre-prep - nursery to the end of Year
THEY'RE in a lather of excitement at Barrs Court School where 10 pupils attending the further education department have just won an award for Soap Box, the business they set up in January. The award-winning company was created as part of Team Enterprise
WHEN Tess Ormrod from Kington was forced to give up her job teaching nursing with the NHS, a completely unexpected opportunity opened up. Tess, aged 59, had collected fossils as a hobby for many years and decided to get down to some serious study. She
A GOLFING community in Hereford is setting its sights on raising more than £13,000 to send a little boy to Florida. Joel Rees, aged five, is unable to talk, walk or eat - but loves to splash about in water. Now members of Belmont Golf Club have taken
LOCAL RoadPeace facilitator Jackie Boys, Social Responsibility Officer for the Diocese of Hereford, has ensured the work she undertakes locally will also help people on the other side of the world. The Rev Andy Calder, Senior Chaplain from the Epworth
A TOTAL of 27 new jobs will be created in the next five years thanks to a grant given to an expanding satellite communication business to convert a building. ETL Systems has received the redundant building grant, funded through the Rural Regeneration
THE first animal to hop from the lay-bys to the towns springs into action in time for summer. The Streetscene Kangaroo character is here to remind people how to keep town centres, highways and byways clean. Katie the Clean-up Kangaroo is a reminder that
THE man who made his name by alerting the world to the famine in Ethiopia 20 years ago is set to help make the Herefordshire trail known to ramblers. Michael Buerk, BBC news correspondent, will step out to launch the 154 mile Herefordshire trail. The
THE Bishop of Hereford, the Right Reverend Anthony Priddis, went back to school recently - to bless the newly completed extension at Pencombe C of E Primary School. The day's celebrations began with the ancient ceremony of "clypping" the building, a tradition
HEREFORD'S oldest gardener has left TV personality Alan Titchmarsh lost for words. Bridgett Scott, aged 104, met the television gardener at the Malvern Spring gardening Show. Bridgett, from Brockhampton, has attended every event since it started in 1986
AS PART of its charity programme, Fownhope Bridge Club has donated a bench for the use of patients at Ross Community Hospital. Handing over the bench to Cicely Symonds, chairman of the hospital's League of Friends, Bridge Club's chairman, Sue Shore said
A RARE pewter chalice dating from the 13th century has been stolen from St Faith's Church, Dorstone. It is not known exactly when the chalice, which stands less than six inches high, was stolen, but the church is always locked overnight. Nothing else
SEVEN pupils have earned eight scholarships between them as a testament to St Richard's School headmaster Richard Coghlan who is retiring at the end of this term after 25 years. Out of a total 16 leavers at the Catholic Preparatory School, the seven are
HEREFORDSHIRE Council's former cabinet member for transport has fired a parting shot at Whitehall over safety standards on the A49. Councillor Mike Wilson, who swaps his transport role for resources this week, slammed the Highways Agency for the way it
MEMBERS of Leominster Accordion Club held back the tears as they played Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again in a town centre pub. Emotions were stirred because the sentimental wartime refrain was their Black Swan swansong. Members in their 70s and 80s were finding
LEOMINSTER'S deserted enterprise park is in a terrible state, according to a former leader of Herefordshire Council. Councillor Terry James urged more to be done to attract potential investors to the site during last Friday's full council meeting. He
More than 200 people - plus many children - put their best feet forward for the Kingsland Walk and raised more than £8,000 for the Charles Renton Unit at the County Hospital. They came from all over, young and not-so-young, mothers pushing babies in buggies
A GROUP of Hereford traders say businesses will close if Widemarsh Street is pedestrianised for much longer. The city centre street was closed to traffic from the junction with Blueschool Street through to Broad Street following the May Fair and will
LANDLOCKED Herefordshire is determined to make a splash to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar - and the county's sailors are calling for a major refurbishment to the monument to the famous admiral. Nigel Trigg
THE new Mayor of Hereford is ready to put robes and chains aside and lead the clean-up of her "shabby" city. Marcelle Lloyd-Hayes says she wants a Hereford where "everyone is first citizen". And she's up for getting down and dirty to set that example.
HEREFORDSHIRE Council has received national recognition after a transport scheme aimed at helping people in isolated communities was shortlisted for top honours at an awards ceremony in London next month. The "Out and About Transport Project" has provided
A HEREFORDSHIRE couple who count themselves fortunate to have been involved in what looking back looks a comparative golden age for farming are celebrating 50 years together. Eric and Isabel Dee are a golden couple who look back with golden memories on
TWO new initiatives in Hereford and Leominster will contribute towards the £2.7 million needed every year to run St Michael's Hospice. A new shop has been opened in Eign Street - the fourth hospice shop in Hereford. It started trading in December but
TWO longstanding members of Herefordshire Soldiers, Sailors and Air Force Families Association (SSAFA) have been remembered this week following their recent deaths. Colonel Ted Smeeden, DL, was vice-president of the Herefordshire branch. His life will
THE importance of a healthy diet and the benefits of many complementary therapies will be celebrated at "The Food Life Health Event" being held at Broadfield Court on Monday, June 20. The event, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief, will feature a wide range
TEACHERS and staff at a Herefordshire primary school have been celebrating their improved status following the latest Ofsted inspection. Following a visit in 1999, Ofsted reported that they thought Brockhampton Primary School had many weaknesses in important
TELEVISION news presenter Nick Owen was the special guest at a lunch as part of the Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes' 85th anniversary celebrations. The journalist and BBC Midlands Today presenter was a popular choice, with 140 members and
YOUNGSTERS in Ross-on-Wye will soon be able to get creative once a major refurbishment of a town centre youth centre is complete. The Y-Zone building, in Hill Street, will soon temporarily close its doors to allow workmen to begin transforming the venue
MOTORBIKE nut Gordon Lucas has his hands on the handlebars of Ross-on-Wye. Gordon, who is the new Mayor of the town, came to Herefordshire from his native South Wales in May 1945, as a temporary move, and has stayed. When he arrived, Gordon got his first
A PROMINENT businesswoman who gave her name to one of Herefordshire's best-known night-spots has died suddenly, aged 60. Jacqueline Danter, a former town councillor and mayor of Ross, collapsed at her caf in the town last Friday lunchtime. Mrs Danter
A HEREFORDSHIRE horticultural society is calling for a record turnout in its 70th year. Wallace Knowles, chairman of the Ross-on-Wye Horticultural Society, hopes changes will encourage more competitors to take part. "We need you even more than ever this
IT'S time for tea as Acorns puts out the call to tea-lovers in the county to put their kettles on, warm the pot and make a brew, all in the interests of raising money for the children's hospice. The tea-time fundraiser is part of a national campaign,
