IF you thought you were helping the environment by buying green sacks for garden waste and leaving them out for recycling - forget it. Garden waste in the sacks, the sale of which nets Herefordshire Council £80,000 a year, goes straight into a landfill
Bosbury is to host this year's Crucial Crew event next week, bringing the 'stay safe' message to hundreds of local schoolchildren. Bosbury Primary School will be a key venue as ever, but other events will be planned to take place at other locations throughout
There has been a change to the programme of films at Ledbury's Market Theatre. Millions (12), about a small boy who finds stolen money and believes it is a gift from God, will now be screened on Sunday, November 27. Neverland (PG) will be screened in
More lights, street entertainment and a prize draw will be new features of the Christmas lights switch-on in Ledbury on Sunday, November 27. 'The organising committee, chaired by town councillor Phill Bettington, will meet at the end of the month to discuss
Librarian Lauren Price will compete in the Great North Run on Sunday to raise funds for the Cardio-Mythopathy Association. Mrs Price picked the charity because her best friend, Vicky Sutherland, whom she worked alongside in Hereford Library, died suddenly
The GlazyDayz Ceramic Caf near Ledbury Station is up for sale. Owner and artist Jacky Hole, who paints portraits on both tile and canvas, says she is selling up to concentrate on her own work instead. The caf has been running for four and a half years
Herefordshire Male Voice Choir will be singing at Ledbury Community Centre on Friday, September 30, at 7.30pm. Proceeds will go to the official charities chosen by Ledbury mayor Mary Cooper, the Ledbury CVA minibus appeal, St Dunstan's, for war-blinded
Bromyard got back to its musical roots at the weekend when the town staged its annual folk festival. The heavy rain that disrupted events elsewhere in the area on Saturday, largely spared the 38th event. "The heavens did open in the afternoon and I dived
A PLANNING application to create a car repair workshop in Bromyard has been submitted to Herefordshire Council. The application, by Burley Court Investments Ltd, is for Unit 2 at Erlam Place, Tenbury Road. The unit is currently zoned for retail and warehouse
BROMYARD Town Council meets on Monday (September 19), at 7.30pm, at the Council Chamber, Rowberry Street.
LEDBURY Town were away to mid-table Pelsall Villa on Saturday in the West Midland premier division and once again failed to find the net. PELSALL VILLA 6, LEDBURY TOWN 0 Although missing Nick Stockley and Jamie Hyde, the young Ledbury team only really
EASTNOR had a mixed weekend of results with a Friday fixture against touring side Winscombe. Batting first, Eastnor were dismissed for 145 runs with S Hughes (30), J Taylor (23) and S Large (22), being the main batsmen. Winscombe had I Fraser and A Hunt
BROMYARD'S final game of the season at Kidderminster Victoria thirds was washed out without a ball bowled after heavy, persistent rain from lunchtime onwards left no chance for any play. Bromyard firsts finished the season with a record of played 22,
HEREFORD United are chasing a loan striker to partner Danny Carey-Bertram in tomorrow's Conference clash with Morecambe at Edgar Street. Injuries to Guy Ipoua, Adam Stansfield and Graham Evans have forced the Bulls' director of football Graham Turner
COLIN Marschall easily defended his club championship trophy at Dymock Grange Golf Club and set a new record of 150 over the two days. On day one he carded a gross 76 playing to par with his 4 handicap. With a good lead to carry into day two, the course
FOR the first time in the club's 25- year history, heavy rain caused the postponement of the Mathon, Cradley & Storridge tennis finals to the following day. After defeating the reigning men's singles champion in the semi-finals, Chris Brandon-White
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB Fifteen teams took part in a Pivot competition on September 7. The winners with a score of 50 were Jenifer Baker & Mary Anne Reay with Liz Delahay & Joy Spencer. Others teams scoring well were: Jenny Clayphan &
SATURDAY FOOTBALL FA CARLSBERG VASE First Round Qualifying: Malvern Town v Long Eaton United. WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Bromyard Town v Goodrich; Market Drayton Town v Ledbury Town. Division One: Blackheath Town v Malvern Rangers; Tenbury
NEWENT Town Council faces paying out around a further £3,000 for its unsuccessful attempts to defend a case at an industrial tribunal. The council has already paid £17,500 to former deputy town clerk Jocelyn Herath after she won a claim for unfair dismissal
PLANS for the Christmas lights display are back on track, Newent Town Council has been told. Confusion over the council's role on the organising committee earlier this summer had raised questions about the event. However, at a meeting on Monday, it was
The autumn programme of Newent and District Camera Club is now out. The group meet every Tuesday at Newent Library, Broad Street, at 7.45pm. This Tuesday's first meeting will include an audiovisual show, presented by Mike and Lavinia Hardwick called Contrasts
NEWENT town councillors have agreed to meeting members of the Tewkesbury Road Action on Polytunnels group. The meeting will be to discuss protesters' concerns about the potential for the expansion of the use of polytunnels in the local area.
'Stinking Bishop', a cheese made at Dymock, is destined for world fame by being featured in the next Wallace and Gromit movie. Until now, mild-mannered Wallace has been best-known for his love of the equally-mild Wensleydale. But constant references to
A Ledbury mother and daughter who have both survived breast cancer have helped launch Cancer Research UK's new All Women Together campaign. The theme of the fundraising and awareness drive is pink but when the charity approached Tickled Pink shop in Church
Dozens of cards and phone messages have poured into Argus Veterinary Surgery following the death of the German-born vet, Dr Michael Koepps in a road accident. Dr Koepps, whose funeral will be in Germany, died near the village of Llowes, near Hay-on-Wye
Ledbury's upgraded CCTV cameras were officially switched on this week, with town councillors impressed by the results. The system of five cameras has been enhanced and linked by fibre-optics to a central control in Hereford, where the special launch took
The late summer flower and produce show in Dymock Parish Hall on Sunday attracted 31 exhibitors and 230 entries. Show spokesman, Jenny Thick said it was a very pleasant afternoon and, although not intended as a fundraiser, it yielded £70 for hall funds
IN the second round of games in this year's thesoccersite.co.uk Malvern Football League, two potential title hopefuls met at Ross Road, Ledbury, when Oak Allstars entertained Cross Keys and a very tight game ensued. Oak Allstars took the lead when Lee
LEDBURY Swifts entertained Bromyard in their opening HJFL game on Sunday. LEDBURY SWIFTS U12s 8, BROMYARD U12s 0 The Swifts started confidently and caused the Bromyard defence a number of problems. The Swifts full-backs, Harry Smith and Alexander Firth
FOR budding shot-stoppers, the Goalkeeping Academy are running courses for the goalkeepers of the future. Allan Hawkins, who runs the coaching centre, said: "Whilst outfield coaching is not difficult to find, the specialist position of goalkeeping is
MORGAN fans from across the world will converge on a Herefordshire village for the dedication of a stained glass window. The window at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Stoke Lacy, commemorates the life of Peter Morgan, of the famous sports car company,
THE Women's Institute is hoping to restart its Bromyard branch. A special evening is being held at the town's public hall on Thursday, September 29, at 7.30pm, to show local women what the WI is all about. "So much is on offer, from music and drama, travel
Money was stolen from collection boxes at two churches in the Bromyard area. The first incident took place at Edwyn Ralph Church, which was broken into on Thursday or Friday, September 8 and 9. The second was at Pencombe Church, between 5pm and 7pm on
THE air ambulance helicopter was called to a motorcycle scrambling event at Southern Farm, Bromyard, on Saturday, September 10, shortly before 2pm. A man had complained of back pains after falling from his bike and was taken to hospital in Worcester.
AN Ifor Williams trailer was stolen from a farm at Stoke Lacy on Saturday or Sunday, September 10 and 11. A Landrover Discovery was taken from Bishop's Frome the same weekend. Thieves also stole a gate from a house in Norton overnight on Thursday (September
BROMYARD second XIs' last WCL division two game at home to Kidderminster Victoria IV was washed out on Saturday. Though the seconds had a disappointing year, with a record of played 22, won two, lost 13, drawn two with five abandonments, there were mnay
MALVERN Hills Conservators passed up the chance to buy two plots of land at Upper Colwall. Mineral Water Field and Glenwood Paddock, both off Chase Road, came up at auction on August 25. A surveyor valued them at £28,000 and £10,000, but the Conservators
THINGS should go with a swing at Orlin Road, Colwall, with the official opening of a new play area. There will be a barbecue, tombola, raffle, table-top sale, games for children and a band from 2pm on Sunday. Rhod Scott-Wilson, chairman of the residents
COLWALL Scout group will hold its annual jumble sale tomorrow (Saturday). The sale begins at 2pm at Colwall Village Hall and Scout Hut. It boasts two halls full of thousands of bargains. Entry is 20p
Newent's tenth Onion Fayre was decimated by a cloud-burst and major flooding on Saturday, with over three inches of rain falling in just three hours. Several town centre shops and homes were flooded and one person was released from a car in Horsefair
National Vegetable Society Medal & Card, best exhibit in show: Andrew Jones, Oswestry; G & E Freeman Cup, most points in show: Terry Godwin, Sandhurst, Gloucester; National Vegetable Society Sponsorship Plaque, most points in GL18 area: John Blewitt
A decision over planning permission for an extension to Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church on the Ross Road, Newent, will be made by October 26. The church won permission for a side extension in March last year, but has put in an amended plan to
