Herefordshire | Archive | 2005 | August
TOURISM chiefs are looking at plans for the future of an attraction in Bromyard that commemorates Herefordshire's historic links with hops. more...
A FORMER Herefordshire vicar is to form part of a team hoping to strengthen the link between this area and a remote part of Southern Africa. more...
ONE of the most famous bookshops in the world has been put up for sale for £1 million by the self-styled King of Hay-on-Wye. more...
TOMORROW is too late for Hereford mum Rebecca Millikin. more...
THIS year's Ross-on-Wye Horticultural Show was a milestone in the horticultural society's history - a 70th birthday celebration. more...
THE date has been set for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of shareholders of Hereford-based Wyevale Garden Centres. more...
A LEADING conservationist has joined the row about plans for a new community hall for the village of Garway. more...
THOUSANDS of licensees and owners of premises selling take away food face a real danger of having to shut up shop in November. more...
A RECRUITMENT drive has been launched by Herefordshire Council to sign up members of the public keen to see the county's crime-busting CCTV cameras continue to deter criminals. more...
A NEW Young Person's Guide to Elgar has been released at The Elgar Birthplace Museum. more...
THE annual Flavours of Herefordshire competition has proved tougher than ever to judge, say the organisers, but they have now published their shortlisted candidates in each of seven categories. more...
THANKS to another year's grant from the Local Network Fund, the Children in Divorce project can offer counselling to more children and young people who are resident in the more rural areas of Herefordshire. more...
QUARRY operators are asking parents and teachers across Herefordshire to be on the alert this summer to deter youngsters from putting their lives at risk in search of adventure. more...
THREE years ago, "a stunningly successful" public appeal raised more than £70,000 towards the Woodland Trust's purchase of Credenhill Wood and hill fort. more...
THE man set the task of helping to try to bring the Herefordshire economy up to standard spent a year working in the city after leaving university. more...
SHE could dish out a good tongue-lashing but could also be caring and kind. more...
A YOUNG mum says she's been left distressed and embarrassed by negative reactions when she breast-feeds her baby in public. more...
A BLACK woman has vowed never to set foot in Hereford "by choice" again after she and her friends were subjected to vile racist abuse during a night out in the city centre. more...
A PAIR of identical twins have signed up for a career with the British Army, enlisting at Hereford Army Careers Information Office. more...
MORE than 250 visitors to a Hereford exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb signed a petition calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. more...
HEREFORD said "howdy" to two cowboys and their steeds when they moseyed into town last Friday. more...
HEREFORD designer Emma Lewis and her millinery company Ulifas are celebrating one of their creations winning the best hat award at Uttoxeter Racecourse ladies' day event. more...
CHARITY fund-raisers hope no one gets cold feet when they stage a fire walk in Hereford. more...
TRAFFIC outside a Hereford school is to be restricted to 20mph. more...
IN the 10 years since it was set up, Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust has worked "to support the urgent restoration programme being undertaken on the fabric of the cathedral and its environs". more...
HEREFORD County Hospital is keeping up a vigorous hygiene campaign to combat a new and potentially fatal superbug that has been linked to the deaths of four patients over the past month. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S strongest man is taking on the county council in a battle over a shed. more...
CHILDREN on some North Herefordshire housing estates are going wild this summer. more...
A NEW terrace of five homes would enhance the Leominster town centre Conservation Area claimed county planning officials - but councillors did not agree. more...
PARTY members have unanimously reselected Bill Wiggin MP as the Conservative candidate for Leominster (North Herefordshire) constituency for the next General Election. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE schools are top of the class in national tests for 14 year olds, national figures have revealed. more...
NOVICE cheerleaders from Leominster's Minster College - The Minster Lions - won praise for their performance in the British National Cheerleading Championships, which attracted more than 3,200 entrants. more...
CUSTOMERS of a pioneering Leominster organic food shop have reacted with shock and dismay to news that the business is being wound up. more...
WHEN Alan Greer left school in 1955 and became a trainee motor mechanic, he began the job of a lifetime. more...
WOULD-be allotment cultivators in Leominster have won a campaign for plots after "digging up" an old by-law. more...
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