Herefordshire | Archive | 2006 | May
NEWENT has a new mayor following the election of Coun Bill Offord. Coun Offord has served as deputy mayor to Coun Fred Passant, who has stood down. He was elected on Monday after being proposed by Coun Barry Wellington. Coun Passant had nominated Coun Len Lawton, subsequently elected deputy mayor unopposed. more...
Newent's mayor says savings envisaged through making the deputy town clerk redundant have not materialised. more...
The National Birds of Prey Centre in Newent is enjoying a cracking good season, with lots of eggs hatching and visitor numbers on the up. more...
A GOVERNMENT inspector will rule on plans for five homes in the grounds of Scillonia in Bury Bar, Newent. more...
Burglars made off with the safe from the Red Lion pub in Broad Street, Newent, after forcing an office door open. more...
PLANS to ban on-street parking as part of major changes to the centre of Newent have been given a rough ride by town councillors. more...
Newent Town Council representatives are planning to meet with Forest of Dean MP Mark Harper to discuss concerns over plans to close the town's ambulance station. more...
VICTIMS of crime in Herefordshire have new rights. more...
FOR the first time, the Diocese of Hereford, the Church of England in Herefordshire, South Shropshire and parts of Worcestershire and Wales, has appointed a woman priest as the new head of training. more...
CHIP and pin technology enabled us to carry on consuming. Now officials looking for ways to reduce the county's waste mountain have come up with chip and shred. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S St Michael's Hospice has appointed Nicky West as chief executive. more...
THE long-awaited hospice which will provide care and support for life-limited Herefordshire children is here. more...
THE man charged with helping to raise £1.5 million for the Macmillan Renton Appeal is well-known in Herefordshire. more...
Acorns had been looking for a site in Worcester for several years, aware that many of the families in need of its services had to travel long distances to either Selly Oak or Walsall. more...
A NEW dedicated cancer unit at the County Hospital is what the people of Herefordshire wanted. more...
THE last 18 months have seen an empty field transformed into a light, bright and peaceful building offering a welcoming, homely space tailored to the children's and families every need. more...
This is Acorns's third hospice and is the newest children's hospice in Europe. more...
Local landlord Gordon Bucher is the brains behind a gig to raise money for children's charity Acorns on April 2. more...
Leominster-based Ian Storey, a tenor of international repute, will sing for the second time for Acorns Children's Hospice next Wednesday in Hereford Cathedral. more...
THE third Acorns Hospice is up and running in Worcester, but the fund-raising goes on. more...
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. more...
FOR a second time, Hereford's Eign Gate Acorns shop has sold a winning lottery ticket - this time to one of its own volunteers. more...
A FORMER Herefordshire school teacher will be leaving her training companion in kennels when she sets off on a fund-raising trek in India in October. more...
They were the days long before pubs were open almost all of the day and night and, in Wales, it was a case of "Never on a Sunday". NIGEL HEINS recalls a day almost half-a-century ago when a border pub hit the headlines. more...
ONE of Acorns' most dedicated fundraisers will be remembered on Sunday when the Three Counties Harness Race is re-named the Kath Shellam Memorial Harness Race. more...
The naval lieutenant settled down for a weekend of shooting at a county manor house. But, all at once, thoughts of sport disappeared and he left in haste. NIGEL HEINS recounts the tale of the robed ghost in `Bloody Mary's Room'. more...
ARCHIE the cartoon bear is the latest recruit to the Acorns fund-raising team, one part of a two-pronged fund-raising initiative from the children's hospice. more...
SIX months after she walked through the doors of the new Acorns, Bev Loader has visited the hospice twice with her five-year-old son, Josh. more...
MOVING into a new home is always exciting, but taking possession of the keys is just the start of a lifetime's commitment to caring for your investment. more...
MOVING into a new home is always exciting, but taking possession of the keys is just the start of a lifetime's commitment to caring for your investment. more...
Those who missed tenor Ian Storey perform in Hereford Cathedral last year can support Acorns Children's Hospice and buy a copy of his new CD. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE families will be among those feeling the impact of a 10% shortfall in income at Acorns Children's Hospice. more...
The cash-strapped Acorns Children's Hospice is staging a new, major running event to help raise much-needed funds. more...
ACORNS Children's Hospice is getting in the Valentine's mood and asking schools, colleges and workplaces to `Have a Heart' this February 14 by wearing red or sending their Valentine messages on a specially designed heart-filled poster. more...
YOUNG Herefordians James Wisker and Rachel Waring - both 17 - will perform songs from the shows in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice on Saturday at Pengethley Manor Hotel in Hereford. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE grandmother, who has already raised more than £7,000 for Acorns Children's Hospice, is now organising her first `goods and promises' auction. more...
MANY people in Herefordshire raised money to build the Acorns Children's Hospice in Worcester. more...
HEREFORD MP Paul Keetch made a special delivery to No 10 Downing Street last week when he presented an open letter from Ross-on-Wye's Rotary Club to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. more...
The West Midlands elected candidates in the European Elections are: Philip Bushill-Matthews (Conservative); Michael Cashman (Labour); Mike Nattrass (UKIP); Liz Lynne (Liberal Democrat); Philip Bradbourn (Conservative); Neena Gill (Labour) and Malcolm Harbour (Conservative). more...
THE race for Herefordshire's two parliamentary seats is on with the calling of a General Election for Thursday, May 5. more...
THE Bishop of Hereford has set out his agenda for the General Election. more...
IN moments like these, every girl needs a "best mate" to fend off unwanted advances. Sandra Howard's "chaperone" showed just what friends are for when Liberal Democrat Paul Keetch made his move. more...
TWO key border marginal constituencies are almost certain to have a big influence on the outcome of the General Election. more...
A SIXTH candidate has joined the fight for Hereford's seat at Westminster. more...
NEARLY 19,000 general election postal votes are expected to be cast across Herefordshire today (Thursday), but there are real worries as to what those votes will deliver. more...
In Hereford, Liberal Democrat candidate Paul Keetch is defending a 968 majority. more...
TOUGH being a Tory? Try telling that to Leominster MP Bill Wiggin who increased his majority while successfully defending his north Herefordshire seat in the General Election. more...
A PAUL Keetch hat-trick won Hereford for the Liberal Democrats with a more comfortable margin than pollsters predicted. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE is to share in a £2.6 million windfall that will be spent restoring and enhancing the Wye Valley's most important, historic and artistic treasures. more...
HEREFORD is to have a state-of-the art cancer unit, costing £3.4 million, at the County Hospital. more...
IN a pressure-cooker atmosphere at Edgar Street last night (Thursday), a 6,000-strong crowd cheered Hereford United to a 3-2 victory against fellow Conference side Morecambe (4-3 aggregate AET). more...
IT has taken Hereford a long time to appreciate and acknowledge the part it played in arguably the most creative and productive period in the life of Sir Edward Elgar. more...
AS midnight approached on a spring night over half-a-century ago, residents in a tiny Herefordshire community thought war had returned when a mighty roar rocked the neighbourhood. Flashback recalls the night Mother Nature succeeded where Adolf Hitler had failed. more...
A WAG with a pen was on the loose in Hereford one night in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. more...
WEMBLEY was in Southern League Hereford United's sights in the winter of 1971 and they were also bidding to silence some bragging from the north of the country. Flashback recalls the match which saw a scrap between two big fishes from different parts of a small pond. more...
He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of Herefordshire cricketers and their antics. Flashback recalls a sports fanatic of long ago and his memories of players' tastebuds, a Boer War hero and a batsman who could forecast his own dismissals. more...
In the early 1970s Herefordshire witnessed the dedication of the second biggest spire to be built in the country during the 20th century. Flashback recalls the days of newsmakers on high. more...
SHE was a plain Jane whose clothes were drab and dull, but her adoring fans thought she was the most beautiful thing on earth when she began to sign. Flashback recalls the time Herefordshire played host to Jenny Lind - `the Swedish Nightingale'. more...
IT was a night when an explosion and fire rocked the centre of Hereford. Flashback recalls misery at `Maison Irma' and a `Bobby's' safe pair of hands giving a new meaning to the expression `long arm of the Law'. more...
WHEN evangelist William Seward arrived to preach at Hay-on-Wye in 1740 he bravely faced a jeering, hostile mob. Soon he was dead. more...
CAPTAIN Crawshaw was an amazing eccentric who lived in an old chicken hut on the Doward, near Ross-on-Wye, around the 1920s. more...
The good people of a Herefordshire village were looking forward to worshipping in the warm but excavations to provide a new heating system produced a chilling sight. FLASHBACK recalls the time a community got itself into a lot of bother over bones.... more...
AN elderly woman looked from her window and saw a light flickering against some trees. As NIGEL HEINS recalls, it was a sinister glow that was to signal tragedy for a grand old Grenadier. more...
THE toddler was a lovely looking lad attired in fine clothes with a red tam-o-shanter atop his fair head. But within a few months he was to become unrecognisable. NIGEL HEINS relates the dreadful story of Walter Steers and how fate led him to the clutches of a wicked man... more...
AS the project to erect a statue of the great composer Edward Elgar more...
WILKINS Fitzwilliam Chipp was a true Herefordshire hero - its most decorated soldier. Flashback recalls some highlights in his long military career, including how stuffed snakes proved to be among his greatest allies. more...
SHE could dish out a good tongue-lashing but could also be caring and kind. more...
HURRICANES may hardly happen in Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire but Hereford is no stranger to another, equally dramatic, natural phenomenon - more earthquakes are recorded in Herefordshire than in any other county. more...
IN the years after the Second World War a big German overcame hatred and prejudice to earn the admiration of the enemy. NIGEL HEINS recalls goalkeeper Bert Trautmann and his memorable visit to Hereford. Remembered, too, is an accidental goalkeeping great. more...
AS the celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson come to an end - and as Remembrance Sunday approaches - NIGEL HEINS recalls Herefordshire's reaction to the passing of another national hero and how today that memory is sometimes tarnished. more...
HEREFORD United are on the brink of another glory run and victory over Stockport County on Saturday could see them given the chance to ruffle a few fine feathers. NIGEL HEINS recalls giantkilling feats - and the extra ingredients that help create an atmosphere to make soccer dandies wobble at the knees. more...
The man from the Golden Valley had achieved a great victory on German soil. NIGEL HEINS recalls Leslie Goodwin. more...
Hereford Cathedral School stages special days when it remembers former pupils who give their names to its houses. They were killed in the First World War and here, NIGEL HEINS recalls one such hero - Francis Eckley Oakeley. more...
IT is almost exactly a century ago that a Herefordshire lad, sharing the nickname of his king, performed the noblest of deeds - sacrificing his life to save others, writes Nigel Heins. more...
Pubs in Kington have joined forces with the police to battle late-night disorder. more...
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A HEREFORD D-Day veteran who has forged close links with a Normandy primary school was frustrated when he was sent first-hand accounts of the liberation of Caen in June 1944 - because he doesn't speak French. more...
ANYONE connected with Wyche Free Church, in Upper Colwall, is invited to celebrate its 150th anniversary this weekend. The main celebration takes place tomorrow (Saturday), at 3.30pm, when The Rev. Richard Underwood, general secretary of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, will speak. The service will be followed by tea. On Sunday, The Rev, John Cook, from Leominster, will preach at 10.30am and The Rev. Norman Pearson, of Blackburn, at 6.30pm. more...
COLWALL'S annual parish meeting will be held at the village hall on Monday (May 15), at 7.30pm. The guest speaker will be Nick Howells, editor of the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter. more...
AIR Cadets from Leominster and Hereford have recently returned from a week of adventure training in the Lake District. more...
Bromyard Friendship Club will host a talk entitled River Tales at the town's Public Hall on Friday, May 26, from 10.30am to noon. more...
BROMYARD'S Thursday Afternoon Fellowship will hear a talk by The Rev. Jayne Welde at Bromyard Methodist Hall on Thursday, May 25, at 2.30pm. more...
COMMUNITIES around Bromyard hit the jackpot this week when they were given a share in a £55,448 National Lottery grant destined to spruce up facilities in Herefordshire. more...
A move for Bromyard's ambulances is still on the cards, despite a decision this week to save Ledbury Ambulance Station from closure. more...
Olympic hopeful Alice Pearson has won enough food to feed two horses for a year. more...
Burley Gate Pre-School has completed the log cabin that will be its new base in the grounds of Burley Gate Primary School. more...
A VETERAN from Stoke Lacey has received a top medal for his service in Operation Chariot in the Second World War. more...
FRIENDS of Hereford Cathedral were treated to a rare insight into the process of portrait painting when Kathy Priddis, wife of the Bishop of Hereford Anthony Priddis, painted her husband's colleague, the Dean Michael Tavinor. more...
A PRESSURE group for people in Herefordshire with learning difficulties is calling for a better deal. more...
HEREFORD is facing having to turn away hundreds of people when the city hosts the Three Choirs Festival. more...
A GROUP of shopkeepers in Hereford say double yellow lines outside their premises are the final straw. more...
AMONG the first to nail their colours to the mast of the appeal are members of Hereford Round Table. more...
AS much food as two horses can eat for a whole year is not the latest marketing wheeze for a fast food restaurant. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE television celebrity and jewellery specialist came across a hidden piece of silver during a visit near Bromyard. more...
VICTIMS of crime in Herefordshire have new rights. more...
FOR the first time, the Diocese of Hereford, the Church of England in Herefordshire, South Shropshire and parts of Worcestershire and Wales, has appointed a woman priest as the new head of training. Sarah Cawdell is currently an unpaid curate in her husband's parishes of Claverley with Tuckhill on the Black Country edge of Shropshire. more...
CHIP and pin technology enabled us to carry on consuming. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S St Michael's Hospice has appointed Nicky West as chief executive. more...
THE man charged with helping to raise £1.5 million for the Macmillan Renton Appeal is well-known in Herefordshire. more...
A NEW dedicated cancer unit at the County Hospital is what the people of Herefordshire wanted.And that is what they will get, said Dr Lisa Robinson, lead cancer clinician at the hospital for nearly four years. more...
A WATER company has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise. more...
FRIENDS of Hereford Cathedral were treated to a rare insight into the process of portrait painting when Kathy Priddis, wife of the Bishop of Hereford Anthony Priddis, painted her husband's colleague, the Dean Michael Tavinor. more...
A PRESSURE group for people in Herefordshire with learning difficulties is calling for a better deal. more...
HEREFORD is facing having to turn away hundreds of people when the city hosts the Three Choirs Festival. more...
A GROUP of shopkeepers in Hereford say double yellow lines outside their premises are the final straw. more...
AMONG the first to nail their colours to the mast of the appeal are members of Hereford Round Table. more...
Pubs in Kington have joined forces with the police to battle late-night disorder.Herefordshire Against Night-time Disorder (HAND) is a scheme which takes direct action against anyone who gets involved with alcohol-related disorder, either in the pubs or on the streets. more...
TWO new shops and 11 new homes could be built on a site in Leominster town centre if planners give the go-ahead for a redevelopment scheme. more...
A FORMER mayor of Leominster has protested that civic leaders were "selling off the town silver". more...
THE Herefordshire air has a strange effect upon people as a couple proved when they got engaged on a balloon flight 2,000 feet above the county. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE Citizens Advice Bureau has announced that the CAB in Ross is to close in July. The trustee board of the long-established charity has made the decision in the face of a lack of cash. more...
PARISH CHURCH - Friday, May 19, musicians from Fairfield are performing in a concert in the parish church. Saturday, May 20, plant and craft day, additional plants or tools are welcome. more...
Work needed on roads, improvements to the Beauchamp Arms and a call for more car parking for the Crypt estate were issues at Dymock Parish Council's annual meeting. more...
Ledbury's annual town meeting was a time to celebrate people who have given special service to the community. more...
Around 60 members of the public attended Ledbury's annual town meeting to discuss key local issues and look ahead. more...
John Masefield High School pupil and Youth Achievement Award-winner, Stephanie Metcalfe, 15, has been picked for the UK Polocrosse Squad. more...
A rubbish fire that got out of hand badly damaged three lorry containers used for the storage of parts at Bavenhills Mechanics, Preston Cross, on Saturday evening. more...
The inaugural meeting of Ledbury Business Club attracted more than 20 firms to the Market House. more...
A Ledbury man has pleaded not guilty to ten sexual offences involving children. more...
The funeral of Rene Eaton, one of Ledbury's best-known charity fund-raisers, will take place at St Michael and All Angels' Church on Monday at 2pm. more...
A SPIRALLING row has marred the presentation of Ledbury's youth awards and already led to one resignation from the town council. more...
LOUD cheers greeted news that Ledbury's ambulance station has been saved from closure. more...
TWO new shops and 11 new homes could be built on a site in Leominster town centre if planners give the go-ahead for a redevelopment scheme. more...
A FORMER mayor of Leominster has protested that civic leaders were "selling off the town silver". more...
AS much food as two horses can eat for a whole year is not the latest marketing wheeze for a fast food restaurant. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE television celebrity and jewellery specialist came across a hidden piece of silver during a visit near Bromyard. more...
Events to celebrate the Trafalgar Bicentenary in and around Hereford more...
High Town will be decorated with bunting. Watch out for special flags and signals flying from public buildings! more...
A FLAG normally only flown by Royal Navy ships and ports is to fly from some of Hereford's most prestigious buildings. more...
NELSON memorabilia, normally locked away in private collections, is on public display throughout October as part of an exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the admiral's death at the Battle of Trafalgar. more...
CELEBRATIONS to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar reach their climax this weekend with a series of events running throughout Herefordshire. more...
HEREFORDIANS joined celebrations across the country over the weekend, as the nation paid tribute to its greatest naval hero and the victory that cost him his life. more...
TWO hundred years ago in the days of Nelson and Trafalgar there was no doubt about the role the Navy played - but times had changed, said a former Falklands Royal Marine commander at Hereford Town Hall on Sunday. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE is to share in a £2.6 million windfall that will be spent restoring and enhancing the Wye Valley's most important, historic and artistic treasures. more...
HEREFORD is to have a state-of-the art cancer unit, costing £3.4 million, at the County Hospital. more...
IN a pressure-cooker atmosphere at Edgar Street last night (Thursday), a 6,000-strong crowd cheered Hereford United to a 3-2 victory against fellow Conference side Morecambe (4-3 aggregate AET). more...
A WATER company has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise. more...
THE Herefordshire air has a strange effect upon people as a couple proved when they got engaged on a balloon flight 2,000 feet above the county. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE Citizens Advice Bureau has announced that the CAB in Ross is to close in July. The trustee board of the long-established charity has made the decision in the face of a lack of cash. more...
EASTNOR thirds had a good win over a depleted Ewyas Harold side by nine wickets in this Flint and Cook Marches division four match. more...
COLWALL'S fourth team started their season with a league cup match against Harborne. more...
COLWALL travelled to Knighton in Wales for their first Herefordshire League division three match of the season. more...
ON a day when the threat of rain interruptions seemed all too likely, Colwall were keen to press on for league victory against struggling Birlingham. more...
BOSBURY won their first Marches League division four game of the season by eight wickets against Herefordians at home on Saturday. more...
EASTNOR CC entertained Chaddesley Corbett in the second round of the national village knockout on Sunday and were defeated by five wickets. more...
STROLLERS started the league season well with a thumping 205-run win over an under-strength Burghill & Tillington side. more...
ON a slightly overcast afternoon, Eastnor won the toss and elected to bowl first in this Worcestershire County League division one game. more...
SATURDAY more...
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB more...
LEDBURY Bowls Club have made a good start to their season winning four of their opening five matches. more...
LEDBURY Cribbage League held their presentation night on Sunday at the Royal British Legion. more...
DAVID Brown is relishing a fresh challenge at Hereford United. more...
HEREFORD continued their unbeaten start to their pre-season programme with a comprehensive 5-0 win over a very young West Bromwich Albion side. more...
HEREFORD United suffered their first defeat in six pre-season matches when they went down 1-0 against a Birmingham City side featuring half-a-dozen players with Premiership experience. more...
Thursday, May 11, 2006 more...
LEDBURY swimmers spent a tough weekend competing in an open meet held in the 50m pool in Coventry in a last-ditch attempt to achieve their district qualifying times before the May 8 deadline. more...
ON a slightly overcast afternoon, Eastnor won the toss and elected to bowl first in this Worcestershire County League division one game. more...
NEWLY-promoted Ledbury enjoyed an encouraging start to their Marches League division two campaign with a comfortable 58-run win against their Welsh opponents Glangrwyney. more...
LEDBURY Town played their final West Midlands premier division game at Bromyard on Saturday and secured their first away win of the season. more...
LEDBURY RFC's inaugural sevens tournament last Sunday exceeded all expectations, the standard of rugby was first class and the level of competitiveness for the £5,000 top prize was very much in evidence. more...
BROMYARD firsts came down to earth with a bump following their nine-wicket victory in the opening game of the season, as they went down to defeat by 140 runs at Droitwich Spa. more...
TWO defeats for Ledbury Town over the Bank Holiday weekend has left the New Street side firmly entrenched at the bottom of the West Midlands premier division table and they are now certain to finish in the bottom two. more...
THE next two weeks see the soccersite.co.uk Malvern League sides Cross Keys and Oak Allstars meet twice in vital games. more...
THIS Sunday sees the inaugural final of the Norman Simmons Senior Cup at New Street, Ledbury, courtesy of Ledbury Town FC, kick-off 6.30pm. more...
LEDBURY Town played their final West Midlands premier division game at Bromyard on Saturday and secured their first away win of the season. more...
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