Herefordshire | Archive | 2006 | October
WYEVALE'S in it for the long run - that's the message for country people from the Hereford-based garden centre chain's boss in charge of the purse strings. more...
Stamp out crime at work in Herefordshire - county employees are being urged to call Crimestoppers and give information about offences in the workplace. more...
STAFF at Specsavers Opticians in Hereford have seen their way to being nominated for three Excellence in Eyecare awards. more...
A Herefordshire businesswoman is jetting off to the other side of the world to expound the virtues of her homeland to Japanese tourism operators. more...
A Ross-On-Wye firm is the first memorial mason's in the county to receive BRAMM Business accreditation. more...
THE Flint & Cook Marches Cricket League presentation evening will take place at the Three Counties Hotel, Hereford, tomorrow (Friday) when the guest speaker will be former Wales rugby international Clive Rowlands. more...
A SCHOOL for students with severe learning difficulties has celebrated its 20th birthday. more...
A SCHOOL has risen from the ashes after suffering a serious fire in 2004. more...
MUDDY feet should be a thing of the past for children at a Herefordshire school - thanks to major improvements to a public path. more...
THE Royal National College for the Blind shines like a beacon for Hereford in more ways than one. more...
JAMIE Oliver may be working on school meals but Hereford schools are now also getting their fitness improved. more...
Leominster Junior School's playground has been given a makeover. more...
FIFTEEN pairs of magnificently turned-out heavy horses, top vintage tractor ploughmen and the country's premier ploughmen will compete at the British National Ploughing Championships, when the event visits Surrey,at Loseley Park, near Guildford, on Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, promising a great day out for the family. more...
DEMAND for females at the Hereford Auttumn Show and Sale outstripped supply with Hereford Cattle selling to a top price of 5,400gns. All females on offer at the Hereford Cattle Society Sale on Saturday found a home. more...
PIP Davies won his class and was champion of the day at Wormside Agricultural Improvement Society ploughing championship at Eaton Bishop. more...
THE weather was against the 100 ploughmen who took part in the 63rd annual match of Trumpet and District Agricultural Society last Thursday at Veldt House, Preston Cross. more...
MORE than 4000 livestock schedules have been sent out to potential exhibitors at this year's Royal Welsh Agricultural Winter Fair which takes place on the Royal Welsh showground at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, on November 27 and 28. more...
DAIRY farmers are planning to expand milk production according to a survey conducted at last week's Dairy Event. The survey shows that 60 per cent of those farmers interviewed intend to expand milk production during the next 12 months, by an average of 15 per cent. more...
HEREFORD Market Auctioneers report the following prices at their weekly sale in Hereford Market on Wednesday. more...
VACCINATION of piglets as early as seven days of age is the best way to prevent enzootic pneumonia, according to Professor Stan Done, senior veterinary investigation officer, at the Veterinary Laboratory Agency at Thirsk, Yorkshire. more...
Hereford Under-15 2 Erdington & Saltley Under-15 1 HEREFORD came from behind to win a West Midlands Schools Football League clash and proved to be worthy of the result. more...
Lincolnshire FA 6 Herefordshire FA 1 HEREFORDSHIRE suffered their heaviest defeat at under-18 level for 10 years when soundly beaten by a strong home side in the Midland Counties Youth Championship. more...
Studley 0 Westfields 2 WESTFIELDS have moved up to 16th place in the Polymac Services Midland Alliance table after gaining their first away victory of the season. more...
Cheltenham Town 3 Hereford United 1 HEREFORD gave an improved performance but found luck was not on their side in this latest defeat in the Puma Youth Alliance Cup. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE FA under-16 will play their Hunting-donshire counterparts in the Midland Counties Youth Championships on Sunday at Ledbury Town's New Street ground with a 2pm kick off. more...
Wellington 0 Racing Club Warwick 2 aet WELLINGTON turned in a brave showing before making their exit from the Midland Floodlit Youth League Cup at the first round stage. more...
Almondsbury Town 3 Pegasus Juniors 2 MISSED chances cost Pegasus the chance of bringing home at least a point from their visit to the Sport Italia Hellenic League Premier Division leaders. more...
Bromyard Town 2 Wolverhampton Casuals 1 AFTER looking the better side for 75 minutes and creating numerous chances, Bromyard had to withstand a late rally by the Casuals before picking up three useful West Midlands League Premier Division points. more...
RICHARD Wozencroft scored both goals to fire Woofferton into the semi-final of the Ludlow Hospital Cup with a 2-0 win over Knighton Town in the quarter final. They will now meet Presteigne. more...
WOOFFERTON maintained their lead at the top of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division with a 2-0 home win over Lads Club. more...
AFC Wulfrunians 2 Hinton 2 HINTON came from behind twice to earn a merited West Midlands League Division 1 away point against high-riding opponents. more...
Hereford Times Herefordshire League, Premier Division: Hinton 2, Colwall Rangers 1, Wellington Rangers 2 Ewyas Harold 1, Westfields 5, Bartestree 2, Bartestree 5 Weston 1, Bromyard Town Res 2 Kington Town 2, Colwall Rangers 1 Wellington Rangers 3, Hinton 1 Westfields 4, Ledbury Town Res 0 Ewyas Harold 3, Leominster Town 3 Fownhope 3, Pegasus 1 Sutton United 1, Woofferton 2 Lads Club 0. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE will be leading the way when it comes to coaching disabled footballers. more...
Pelsall Villa 0 Ledbury Town 1 LEDBURY finally gained their first West Midlands League Premier Division win of the season after a hard-working, determined team performance. more...
SOPHIE Grigson makes an appearance at Ledbury's Ceci Paolo next Tuesday lunchtime to launch her new book, Vegetables. A demonstration, tastings, lunch and a discount voucher for the book are included in the price - places are limited so book on 01531 632976. more...
SECRETS of the Herefordshire countryside will be revealed on a guided walk to the ancient hill fort of Croft Ambrey on Saturday at 2pm. more...
BEDECKED Fine Trimmings and Haberdashery is celebrating the launch of its new range of Rowan yarns and books with a funky knits workshop in Hay next Monday, under the tutelage of textile artist Marietta Alker. For details or to book call 01497 822769 or drop into the shop on Back Fold, Hay-on-Wye. more...
STAFF and friends at St Michael's Hospice in Bartestree are hosting a ceilidh in aid of their sister hospice in Tanzania on Saturday at 7.30pm. more...
THE heavier conditions were reflected in the scores when Ross-on-Wye Ladies held their Autumn meeting which attracted a field of 52. more...
PHIL Green returned to Hereford Municipal Club as Ross-on-Wye champion and partnered Manu Bonnel to add the Hyde Shield to his trophy collection. more...
UP to 26,000 people in Herefordshire are being advised to roll up their sleeves and get a flu jab. more...
ROSS, who have been more accustomed to struggles at the other end of the table in recent seasons, sit proudly at the top of the West Clubs' Women's League Severn Division 2 after extending their winning run to three matches with a 4-3 success against previously-unbeaten Cirencester. more...
LEOMINSTER enjoyed a double home success over Bristol opponents at the weekend to move up to a position just behind the leaders in the Gerrard West of England and South Wales League North Division 1. more...
HEREFORD Veterans will have the chance to defend the National Plate after being eliminated 5-1 in the first round of the National Hockey Association Veter-ans Cup at Marjons of Plymouth. more...
KINGTON completed their first win of the season in the KBS Hockey League with a convincing 10-1 win over home team Builth/Llandrindod Wells. more...
TENBURY maintained their excellent start to the Worcestershire Ladies League Division 1 season with a 4-0 win at Harborne 2nd. more...
THE £17 million plan to revamp Herefordshire's biggest business park falls under the spotlight on Monday. more...
CAROLINE Bird was pushing 60, heavily in debt and on benefit as unable to work - but made regular trips to the Middle East as a major tobacco smuggler. more...
FIFTEEN lucky Herefordshire women lost some of their locks but found a whole new look when a celebrity hairdresser came to town. more...
TWO professional burglars who targeted post offices along the Herefordshire and Worcestershire border have started 12-year custodial sentences. more...
BLIND and visually impaired people say they are risking serious injury every time they enter Hereford city centre following the recent refurbishment project in and around High Town. more...
BLIND and visually impaired people say they are risking serious injury every time they enter Hereford city centre following the recent refurbishment project in and around High Town. more...
AN INCREDIBLE £250,000 has been raised in the name of a Herefordshire teenager who died from cancer a year ago - and that's just the story so far. more...
A 39-YEAR-OLD man is facing jail after pleading guilty to molesting a girl under the age of 16. more...
AS A group which is working to try and change negative perceptions of mental health in the media we read with mounting concern the letter (Hereford Times, October 5) from the unnamed lady in Leominster. more...
We've moved out of the dark ages WITH reference to your letter concerning the pregnant lady's incident in Leominster. more...
I WAS really shocked and angry to read the views of a woman from Leominster. more...
WHAT is all the fuss about? more...
IT WAS great the Hereford Times reported on a children's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. more...
A GAS-tronomic overload! So, we will shortly be having a new gas pipeline into the UK that will meet almost half of our requirements? more...
I HOPE I speak for your readers when I say that we realise and relish the fact that we live in a beautiful rural part of England. more...
Events/talks til 28 Hereford Photography Festival. www.photofest.org. 01432 351964. more...
SIXTY years is a significant achievement in any field and Hereford Concert Society has constructed quite a programme to celebrate its diamond jubilee. more...
SIXTY years is a significant achievement in any field and Hereford Concert Society has constructed quite a programme to celebrate its diamond jubilee. more...
AWARDS were presented during the Hereford Diocesan Choirs Festival to successful candidates from Ledbury, Hereford and as far away as Bridgnorth. more...
AWARDS were presented during the Hereford Diocesan Choirs Festival to successful candidates from Ledbury, Hereford and as far away as Bridgnorth. more...
HEREFORD Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society has started rehearsals for its spring production of Johann Strauss's operetta, Die Fledermaus and wants new members to swell the ranks. more...
REHEARSALS are going well for Kington and District Operatic Society's (KADOS) forthcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe, being performed in Presteigne and Kington this month. more...
THE 24th season of Music in New Radnor gets underway on Sunday with a gala performance featuring stars from previous concerts including Hoover the Dog, Jane Samuels (Welsh College of Music), Peter Fielding and Philip Heyman (Welsh National Opera). more...
EASTNOR Castle is hosting a classical flute and harp concert tomorrow (Friday) in support of the British Red Cross. more...
WHITECROSS composer Robert Spearing will have a new work performed at The King's School, Worcester on Saturday. more...
CHUMBAWAMBA will play Hereford Courtyard tomorrow (Friday) night, to promote their new album, A Singsong and a Scrap. This year they've headlined at Cambridge, Sidmouth, Beverley and other festivals. Tickets from 0870 1122330. more...
HEREFORD Rail Choir is on track for a concert at Holmer Parish Church on Saturday, and it plans to start its musical performance right on time, at 7pm. more...
HEREFORD United will be looking to maintain their good home form when they meet Darlington in Saturday's League 2 clash at Edgar Street. more...
WESTSIDE gained their second win in three opening matches in the West Midlands Regional League Division 2 when they beat Molineux 42-25 away from home. more...
FIFTEEN-year-old Tyler Harvey from Whitecross High School is the 0800 Reverse Mountain Board Schools Champion for 2006. more...
THE final Wales and West meeting of the season under BHRC rules at Leominster was a high-spirited affair despite the sodden conditions. more...
HEREFORD Snooker League is this season being played in one division of 16 teams. more...
HEREFORD rider Becki Powell has beaten off competition from all over the country to take the 16-and-under class at the 2006 Dressage Championships of Great Britain. more...
HEREFORD rider Becki Powell has beaten off competition from all over the country to take the 16-and-under class at the 2006 Dressage Championships of Great Britain. more...
TALES of Anfield's glory days abounded when former Liverpool skipper Tommy Smith was principal guest at Westfields' 19th annual sportsmen's dinner at the Three Counties Hotel. more...
Studley 0 Westfields 2 WESTFIELDS have moved up to 16th place in the Polymac Services Midland Alliance table after gaining their first away victory of the season. more...
HEREFORD cattle market marks its 150th birthday next week with only the present to look forward to as Herefordshire Council is still locking horns with landowners over the market's future. more...
FIFTEEN lucky Herefordshire women lost some of their locks but found a whole new look when a celebrity hairdresser came to town. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S newest nature reserve has been dedicated to the memory of a man widely acclaimed as the top UK environmental journalist of his generation. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE animal farm opened its own Millennium Dome' to mark national red squirrel week. more...
A DEDICATED group of Herefordshire residents is hoping to keep up its 24-year tradition of taking 10 children with learning difficulties on holiday. more...
TO the teenager from landlocked Leominster, whales and dolphins were a source of wonder. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE Council is being asked for an explanation over what led to the sudden felling of a much-loved acacia tree in Leominster's Corn Square. more...
RENEWED interest from developers in land by Ledbury viaduct could lead to the completion of a bypass extension to the Bromyard Road within five years. more...
THE Hereford Times is saying goodbye to one of its most dedicated helpers after three decades. more...
A DANCE created by a Herefordshire mother and son will be taught around the world by sequence dancers following their victory at a recent competition. more...
HUNDREDS of supporters of Hereford's Breast Cancer Haven raided their wardrobes, swooped on the fancy-dress shops and went as pink as possible for the charity's third Think Pink day last Friday. more...
A MUCH-loved Hereford mother and grandmother has died from a rare heart condition, aged 36. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE planners have rejected a plea from the city's MP and parish councillors for more time to consider a proposal for a waste treatment plant at Madley. more...
A MAN who spent his life on the move has celebrated his 100th birthday. more...
ONLY a handful of people attended a union rally in Hereford at the weekend seeking support to protect hospitals and health services in the county. more...
THE mother of the Herefordshire girl found dead clutching a heroin needle has spoken out following the news that a second inquest is to be opened into the death of her daughter. more...
A GROUP of teenagers were caught trying to dig their way into Hereford's Castle Green last weekend. more...
KEEN Herefordshire photographers have managed to capture amazing images of a rare visitor to the county. more...
A HEREFORD teenager died after crashing into a faulty road barrier at nearly double the drink-drive limit. more...
PEOPLE who live in Bishop's Frome have been reassured their postcode does not put them in no-man's land when they need emergency out-of-hours health care. more...
A "RUN of the mill" plan to tap Herefordshire into its own water-driven power supply is a step closer to reality. Herefordshire Council is ready to research the potential for mini hydroelectric power plants along the county's rivers. more...
POLICE are investigating a failed attempt to set fire to a Leominster school. more...
A DECORATED soldier and dedicated youth worker led a double life as a paedophile preying on young boys from other Army families wherever he was based. more...
STEPHEN Reed-Darby faked an e-mail from a teen magazine to tell a schoolgirl she was in a modelling competition - then took sexually explicit pictures of her for the "photo shoot." more...
STEPHEN Reed-Darby faked an e-mail from a teen magazine to tell a schoolgirl she was in a modelling competition - then took sexually explicit pictures of her for the "photo shoot." more...
STEPHEN Reed-Darby faked an e-mail from a teen magazine to tell a schoolgirl she was in a modelling competition - then took sexually explicit pictures of her for the "photo shoot." more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE woman who claimed up to £25,000 from an insurance company after faking a burglary has been given a suspended prison sentence. more...
MID Wales Opera presents The Bartered Bride. more...
SPINNING towards Bishops Frome village hall next week are the incredible singing Sous' Chefs... more...
ANUREKHA Ghosh and Company will perform at Hereford Courtyard tonight (Thursday) at 7.30pm. more...
WILDLIFE photographer Ben Osborne brings his new show to rural venues this week, with a tour of Jungle Journeys that includes Wigmore tonight (Thursday) and Bromyard's Conquest Theatre on Sunday. more...
TALENTED Ross-on-Wye theatre group, X-entricity, will thrill audiences with its new show, Musical Magic, this weekend. more...
AUDITIONS are being held for Leominster Community Theatre's forthcoming production about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes this Sunday at 2pm. more...
BORDERACTIVE Arts and Lady Hawkins Community Leisure Centre present A Punjabi Tale by Leominster's About Face Theatre Company tomorrow (Friday) at 7pm. more...
Manager Neil Clarke (left) and sales adviser Nick Whittal. more...
Mike Quinn (left), Hilary Lewis and Beau Beere. more...
Daphne Didus, customer (left), Mandy James, assistant manager, Rachel Jones-Stephens, manager, Julie Harrison, staff member, Fran Horobin, manager and Sharon Organ, community fundraiser for Breast Cancer Haven. more...
Frankie Devereux (left) Cynthia Spall and Bobbie Heavens more...
Pupils George Tasker (left), Elouise latham, Harriet Castle and Jennifer Newport. more...
WE are having one of those periods that we would certainly like to have avoided where points are not too readily forthcoming for us and one or two problems in the side are arising. more...
THE sixth annual young photographer of the year competition attracted over 130 entries across two age categories from young people across Herefordshire. more...
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