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Drug death: two are charged
TWO people have appeared in court in connection with the death of a Ledbury man. Catherine Mary Lord, of Arosa Drive, Malvern, appeared before Herefordshire magistrates on Friday charged with being concerned in the supply of a quantity of heroin to Kevin
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Bloom boss bids farewell
Glowing tributes have been paid to Tom Deane who is to step down as chairman of Ledbury in Bloom. In the seven years he has been at the helm, Ledbury has gone from being a constant runner-up in the small town's regional category of Britain in Bloom, to
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'It was an amazing game of football and something very special'
Goals by Ledbury's Robbie Colwell and Stuart Hall in the second half were the highlight of the evening, both men almost moved to tears at scoring against the team they support. After the game Manchester-born team captain Stuart, from Newent, said: "I
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Hollywood glitz at town carnival
The theme of next year's Ledbury Town Carnival, the 30th to be held since the popular event was revived, will be 'Ledbury Goes to Hollywood'. The celebration of films and musicals on August Bank Holiday Monday is expected to attract up to 10,000 people
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Team talk their way to second spot
A team from John Masefield High School in Ledbury were runners-up in the Herefordshire branch final of the English Speaking Union's public speaking competition for schools. Chairman Mark Carless and questioner Keil Morris were very effective in presenting
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Paint scheme irks council
A decision to paint the railings in front of St Katherine's flats grey has left Ledbury town councillors seeing red. The colour was chosen by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral, despite a request by the council for black and gold. Mayor Keith
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Pledge given on tax rises
DON Rule, Herefordshire councillor for Ledbury, has promised that the authority will take "every effort" to keep council tax rises down next year. Last year, the rise for band D council tax was 14.5 per cent and council reserves were used to stop it rising
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Cider book goes on sale
Herefordshire author Fiona Mac, who has performed at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, launched her latest book at the Bottle Museum at Westons Cider, Much Marcle. The writer collected information for her Ciderlore, Cider in the Three Counties, which covers
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Saddle up for charity
A charity race night takes place at the Community Hall in Lawnside Road, Ledbury, on Friday, November 28. Proceeds will go to Herefordshire Multiple Sclerosis Society and youth sports teams in Ledbury. The event, at 7.30pm, has been organised by mayor
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Burial fees go up
Burial fees at Ledbury Cemetery, off New Street, will increase by three per cent, in line with inflation, from January 1. An improvement at the site, agreed by the town council, will see the creation of a hard surface for the council's pick-up truck,
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21/11/03 - Goals galore as Town run riot
LEDBURY TOWN 7, COSELEY TOWN 0 LEDBURY Town completed a great week in their history on Saturday when they crushed visitors Coseley Town. After their mid-week efforts against Westfields and Manchester United it was back to the nitty gritty of West Midland
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21/11/03 - Colwell and Hall stun United
LEDBURY TOWN 2, MANCHESTER UNITED 4 LEDBURY Town started this charity match at New Street well last Thursday against a Manchester United side that included four players with Premiership experience. Town's leading goalscorer Robbie Colwell nearly got the
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21/11/03 - Junior Soccer Scene
LEDBURY SWIFTS U13s 0, FC PHOENIX U13s 1 SWIFTS slipped to a home defeat against high-riding Phoenix on Sunday in a match that was a close affair. Without regular centre half Ross Davis, due to illness, Swifts reshuffled with Josh Emery dropping back
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Police station is on the move
BROMYARD police station will move in mid-January if planning permission for a new station is granted. The move into the site of Herefordshire council's area office in Rowberry Street will be temporary, while the old police station is demolished and a
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Fundraising record is broken
ONE form of pupils at Bromyard's Queen Elizabeth High School has broken a school fundraising record. By holding a slave auction, a sale of goods donated by local companies and organising other school activities, the pupils in Gaynor McClarey's Year 11
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Festive fun at history society
Bromyard History Society is holding a host of festive events at its Sherford Street exhibition centre tomorrow (Saturday) to coincide with the switch-on of the town's Christmas lights, due to take place at 5.30pm. George Storey, who first worked on the
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Two plans fail to win support
TWO planning applications looked at by Bromyard Town Council this week failed to win its support. The council would not back plans for a driveway off New Road for properties being built nearby. The driveway would be on land next to Bromyard Fire Station
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A very special tradition
A very special set of lights will adorn a 24-foot Christmas tree at St Peter's Church this December. The Light up a Life campaign for St Michael's Hospice allows people to remember a loved one at Christmas time and donate money to the hospice by sponsoring
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Society hears plants' history
NINETY members of the Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society attended the November meeting and enjoyed an illustrated talk given by Dr Murray Mylechreest (a former Dean of Sciences at what is now University College Worcester) entitled The Origin of Plants
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Village Voice
DON'T forget to come along tonight (Friday) to the village hall at Colwall for the annual village quiz at 7.30pm. Teams of four £6. Proceeds go towards holidays for children who live in our link parish of St James, Aston. Bangers, beetles and booze will
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21/11/03 - No sentiment for Turner
GRAHAM Turner will boot sentiment into touch when he takes his Hereford United side to Shrewsbury Town tomorrow for the Conference match-of-the-day. The Bulls' boss may have cut his managerial teeth during six years at Gay Meadow from 1978-84 but remains
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21/11/03 - Ledbury make light work of it
LEDBURY RFC will play their Midlands West Three (South) game at Droitwich under floodlights tonight (Friday). Division high-flyers Droitwich make club history when they play their first ever floodlit match at the Glyn Mitchell Memorial ground with the
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21/11/03 - Bromyard enjoy friendly wins
STOURPORT 3pts, BROMYARD 17pts BROMYARD enjoyed their break from the league with a hard-earned victory over their lower graded local rivals. After two closely fought league matches last season this was never easy but Bromyard's youngsters won the day,
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Garage deal falls through
A businessman has pull-ed out of a deal to buy Newent's Gloucester Road petrol station. The station, owned by Total, closed in the summer after the previous owners ceased trading. The property caught the eye of Stephen Morgan, who owns the Newtown Cross
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Closure of Market House looks likely
LEDBURY'S Market House faces closure following a decision not to install new stairs or a lift in the foreseeable future. The town council is to seek legal opinion on its agreed policy of doing nothing in the face of incoming disability access laws. The
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New group fights for better trains
A MALVERN woman is calling on fellow rail passengers to add their voices to a protest about the state of services locally. Jackie Carey, of Jamaica Road, who struggles to travel to work in Hereford, is planning a rail user group and wants to hear from
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Match will linger long in memories
A PACKED ground and friendly atmosphere meant the Ledbury Town FC versus Manchester United match will stay in the memory of the town's people forever. Brothers Matthew and Richard McCoig-Lees, aged 19 and 16, were at the event with a large group of family
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Crowd share a closeness
Speaking to members of the crowd on Thursday revealed a closeness unlikely to be found at any Old Trafford game. More than 1,000 tickets were sold, creating a very different atmosphere from the usual attendance of 150. It also seemed as if everyone had
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Memorial game inspires Tony
Ledbury artist Tony Coppin used his skills to give Manchester United a colourful greeting when they arrived for their memorial game against Ledbury Town Football Club last week. Mr Coppin, of Bridge Street, is known for his stunning murals at Ledbury
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Poet's new book is hailed by his peers
LEDBURY poet Gary Bills has had his second collection of work published. His first collection The Echo and the Breath came out with Peterloo Poets in 2001 and a poem from the book was featured as a Saturday Poem in The Guardian newspaper. Since then,
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Developer loses planning appeal
RESIDENTS of Albert Road in Ledbury have welcomed news that a developer has lost its planning battle to build 12 homes and an access road. A government inspector has upheld Herefordshire Council's decision to deny planning permission to the company, Rural
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Council presses ahead with live CCTV
Ledbury Town Council is pressing ahead with plans for live monitoring of its on-street CCTV cameras. A party of councillors, led by mayor Keith Francis, is to visit the control centre in Hereford on Tuesday on a fact-finding visit. At present, Ledbury's
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Blitz a shared memory
Diamond wedding couple James and Betty Salmon will enjoy a convivial meal with family and friends at the Farmer's Arms in Wellington Heath this weekend. The couple, from Robinson's Meadow in Ledbury, were married at Holy Trinity Church in Barnes, London
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Archbishop consecrates new window
A newly-restored stained glass window at the Roman Catholic Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Ledbury, has been consecrated, along with the rest of the building. The Archbishop of Cardiff, the Most Rev Peter Smith, carried out the service on Sunday (November
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Loos to get low priority
Herefordshire Council plans to set aside £120,000 for the refurbishment of the Church Lane toilets in Ledbury, but work may not begin until 2009. The likely five-year delay was revealed by Herefordshire councillor Barry Ashton at last week's town council
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Weight limit
A 33-tonne weight restriction is to be imposed on the Long Bridge at Dymock. The move by Gloucestershire County Council has been welcomed by Ledbury Town Council. However, councillors expressed the hope that more heavy vehicles would not be diverted through
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Action buffet
Ledbury Community Action's annual buffet lunch takes place on Wednesday (November 26), from noon to 2pm, at the Market House. The guest speaker will be Katia Herbst, chairman of the national disability charity, SENSE, who be discuss how effective management
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Court hosts charity fair
A fundraising Christmas fair will be held at Preston Court, near Ledbury, on Friday, November 28, from 5.30pm to 9pm, and from 10am to 4pm the following day. Proceeds will go to charities including the Acorns Trust, Diabetes in the Young, the County Air
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Following in the (sore) footsteps of pilgrims
THE vicar of the Bredenbury group of parishes has raised more than £6,000 for charity on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Rev. Chris Fletcher and his wife Maggie walked a total of 440 miles in 42 days to raise funds for Bromyard Hospital's physiotherapy
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Grave concerns
A BROMYARD town councillor is concerned about the cost of safety tests for gravestones in the town's cemetery. Coun Gill Churchill said tests would cost £6.75 for each headstone, which would cost the taxpayer around £17,000 a year. The testing is a health
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Anyone for bowls?
NEW players are needed for Bromyard Bowls club. Anyone interested should go along to the club's annual meeting on Friday, November 28, at 3pm in the clubhouse on the Tenbury Road sports field. The club is keen to attract younger members. A coffee morning
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21/11/03 - Minardi make historical move
AN Arabic driver could be soon making his debut in Formula One if if things work out for Ledbury's European Minardi. The Minardi team announced last Friday that it has entered into a contractual agreement with Algerian driver, Nassim Sidi Sad, to evaluate
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Fashion stores owners brace themselves for more anti-fur protests
Two High Street fashion boutiques in Ledbury are bracing themselves for more anti-fur protests tomorrow (Saturday). Sez and In Stark Contrast have been the target of placard-waving by animal rights activists. Margaret Stark, owner of In Stark Contrast
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21/11/03 - Bromyard draw
BROMYARD TOWN 0, WEDNESFIELD 0 HAVING beaten their opponents 5-1 away earlier in the season Bromyard will be disappointed not to have completed a West Midlands League Premier Division double. But since their last meeting Wednesfield have appointed a new
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Mum jailed over benefits rip-off
A mother-of-three who conned social services out of £16,000 has been jailed for four months. Paula Russell legitimately claimed benefits at first but failed to tell the authorities when her children were taken into care, Worcester Crown Court heard. She
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Bargains raise £3,900
A HALL full of eager bargain hunters bid at an auction of promises held in aid of Cradley's new school on Friday. Under the hammer of Mike Vockins, the school's fundraising committee chairman, more than £3,900 was raised for the building. Organiser Sue
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Samples confirm Legionella bug source
TEST results received today (Friday) have confirmed that the type of Legionella found at the HP Bulmer site at Plough Lane, Hereford, is scientifically consistent with the samples taken from patients confirmed as having contracted Legionnaires' Disease
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21/11/03 - Fine start by Ledbury swimmers
LEDBURY swimmers made an excellent start to their annual long distance championships with two new junior records in the 400m individual medley event. Hannah Bloxsome used her best stroke, butterfly, to full advantage over the first four lengths and managed
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School celebrating after praise from Ofsted team
Teachers, pupils and parents at Newent Community School are celebrating after it was given an excellent report. The report said the school had made great improvements since its last inspection, five years ago, and that students achieve well and standards
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Auction is a great success
THE grand charity auction on Saturday at the Travell-ers Rest, Malswick, raised £3,500 for the Newent Christmas Lights Appeal. Organisers Newent Cham-ber of Commerce hoped to raise more than £1,000 for new lights, but since it was so much more successful
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Organ fundraising pays off
THE grand charity auction on Saturday at the Travell-ers Rest, Malswick, raised £3,500 for the Newent Christmas Lights Appeal. Organisers Newent Cham-ber of Commerce hoped to raise more than £1,000 for new lights, but since it was so much more successful
