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  • WIN A EUROHIKE ELECTRON TENT AND MORE!

    Millets, the outdoor store are offering Hereford Times readers the chance to win some fantastic prizes in preparation for Eastnor Castle's Do it Outdoors' programme on the 7th, 8th & 9th August for 11-16 year olds. Here are the fabulous prizes! 1st

  • WIN TICKETS TO CADBURY WORLD PLUS FREE TRAIN TRAVEL!

    WIN a family ticket plus travel to Cadbury World The Hereford Times has teamed up with train operator Central Trains to offer ten family tickets plus complimentary travel to Cadbury World, Bournville, Birmingham. Free travel is available from

  • Third place for Hereford entrepreneur

    HEREFORD'S Justin Chieffo has come third in ITV's search for the UK's next entrepreneur. Tycoon, the 10-week reality show chaired by multi-millionaire businessman Peter Jones, reached its climax with a live final presented by X-Factor host Kate Thornton

  • Boost for cancer campaign

    The campaign to bring improved cancer treatment to Hereford is to receive a boost after the new president of the city's Lion Club pledged his support. The Macmillan Renton Appeal for a new cancer unit at Hereford County Hospital will benefit from John

  • WIN TICKETS FOR THE HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTRY FAIR!

    10 pairs of tickets must be won which means that you could enjoy a wonderful day out on Sunday 5th August at the Herefordshire Country Fair which is being held at Castle Fields, Sellack, near Ross-on-Wye. Main ring attractions include Rockwood stunt

  • Appeal to motorists

    Herefordshire Council are reminding motorists that the road into Hampton Bishop is still closed while the Environment Agency and the Fire Service continues to pump floodwater out of the village. Car drivers have been swerving around road closed signs

  • 100th walk for archaeologists

    WALKERS enjoyed a glass of the county's finest export last weekend after completing a milestone walk in the countryside. A glass of cider was a just reward for Herefordshire Council's archaeology service, who have just completed their 100th historic

  • Businesswomen needed

    HEREFORDSHIRE women running their own business are being invited to join when a support group meets in Ross-on-Wye. The WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) Gloucestershire Network are a group of like-minded women who run or are thinking of running their

  • Hampton Bishop pump-out continues

    FIREFIGHTERS are continuing to pump thousands of litres of water out of Hampton Bishop today (Wednesday). The operation started yesterday and continued overnight. Alec Mackie, a spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, said pumping

  • Kington fun for kids

    THE Kington area Summer Youth Activities Project is offering five action-packed weeks of free activities for young people of all ages. The project, which runs from July 30 at the Youth Centre, next to Lady Hawkins School, includes hawk and animal displays

  • Firefighters tackle barn fire

    FIREFIGHTERS tackled a barn fire at a Herefordshire farm last night (Tuesday). The fire service was called at 8.03pm to the blaze at Coldwell Farm at Steen's Bridge. The barn contained hay and the fire generated considerable heat and smoke. Leominster

  • Youths fined after river search

    TWO youths have been fined following reports that someone had entered the River Wye. Police were called to the main bridge in Builth Wells at around 3.30am on Tuesday morning, before a large scale search involving Mountain Rescue teams, the Fire and

  • Herefordshire python looking for home

    THREE months after Monty, a six-foot Burmese python, was found abandoned in a Herefordshire wood, he is still looking for a new home. Staff at the wildlife rescue centre where Monty is being cared for say he needs a caring owner who is experienced with

  • Last chance to have your say

    THE consultation on radical proposals to bring together how the primary care trust and the council plan and purchase public services in Herefordshire is drawing to a close. On Tuesday the consultation will end so people are being urged to make their

  • How to help the flood victims

    THE British Red Cross has launched appeals to help flood victims with both cash and practical help. The charity's national flood appeal for money was launched on Tuesday and today, a local appeal for the stricken three counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire

  • Bulls win at Bath

    Bath City 0 Hereford United 1 HEREFORD United won their second pre-season friendly when they came away from Twerton Park with a narrow success. Triallist Simon Johnson grabbed the winning goal midway through the second period after good work by Lionel