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Council calls for parking limits
LEDBURY Town Council is calling for the introduction of limited waiting for parked cars in Bye Street, following complaints from traders. Businesses say that unloading and general business is being affected by members of the public who park, free of charge
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Hats off to Santa Claus
A total of 18 youngsters, aged four to ten, enjoyed an activities session at Ledbury Library. The library was closed to the public for the special afternoon event, on Monday, December 22. The children heard a number of Christmas stories read to them by
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Riders urged to saddle up and meet navy fundraisers
KEEN cyclists are needed to greet the crew of HMS Ledbury when they arrive at Gloucester on a sponsored bike ride for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Local riders will then join the fundraisers on the final leg into town. Fourteen crew members from the minesweeper
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Silurians step out in Boxing Day dances
The Silurian Border Morris Men danced at the Market House following the start of Ledbury's Boxing Day hunt. A large crowd stayed to see them perform traditional dances including the Bromesberrow Heath Stick Dance. Dancer and mayor Keith Francis said:
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Civic couple visit hospital
The mayor and mayoress of Ledbury, Coun Keith Francis and Pam Juckes, visited Ledbury Community Hospital and Nursing Home on Christmas Day. Coun Francis said: "We stayed for an hour and noticed how all the staff were helping to create a festive atmosphere
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Caravan park plans growth
planning consent is being sought from Herefordshire Council to create a new fishing lake and extend the caravan park at The Millpond, Little Tarrington. The application would allow for 20 new caravan static pitches and 12 seasonal pitches, on top of the
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Nicholas is honoured
Entertainer Nicholas Parsons, who appeared at this year's Ledbury Poetry Festival, has been awarded the OBE in the New Year's honours list. He is one of several people with local connections to appear in the list. Road safety officer Roger Woodward, formerly
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2/1/04 - Town on travels
LEDBURY Town visit Ettingshall HT tomorrow (Saturday) in the Express & Star Premier Division and will be hoping to get back to winning ways following their 3-2 defeat at Bromyard on Saturday. Lowly Ettingshall's league game at Malvern Town last Saturday
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Restraint put on family pair
TWO residents of a Bromyard travellers' site have been issued with interim anti-social behaviour orders. Father and son Richard and Stephen Biddle were ordered not to contact other residents of the Open Fields Travellers Site at Hereford Magistrates'
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Builder one of UK's best
A STOKE Lacy man has been judged one of the best building site managers in the UK for the second year in a row. Dave Farmer, who has worked for Persimmon Homes South Midlands for four years, received a quality award in the National House Building Council's
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2/1/04 - Minardi sign up second driver
LEDBURY-based European Minardi Cosworth has officially signed Hungarian Zsolt Baumgartner as the second of its two racing drivers for the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship season. The promising 22-year-old from Budapest joins Italy's Gianmaria Bruni
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Kitchen fire put out
FIRE broke out in a kitchen at a house in Redland Drive, Colwall, on the morning of Tuesday, December 23. Two firemen entered the building wearing breathing apparatus and put out the blaze.
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Gardening made easy
LOW-maintenance gardening will be the subject of the first talk of 2004 for the Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society on Monday (January 5). The talk, at the village hall at 7.30pm, will be given by gardener Fiona Hope. Admission is £2.
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2/1/04 - Josh lands biggest fish
YOUNG Ledbury angler Josh Emery landed the biggest fish of the day at the Herefordshire Academy of Angling Youth Open held at The Millpond, Little Tarrington. Twenty-five youngsters attended the academy's second annual fishing match under the eye of Professional
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2/1/04 - Bridge results
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB On December 17 the club held its last meeting of the year. There was 15 1/2 tables for the weekly duplicate. Leading scores were: N/S 1 Brian Meadows & Graham Ling 60.7, 2 Janet Holder & June Homes 58.5, 3 Derrick
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2/1/04 - Fixtures ...
SATURDAY FOOTBALL WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Ettingshall Holy Trinity v Ledbury Town; Heath Hayes v Bromyard Town; Malvern Town v Kington Town. Division One South: Bustleholme Reserves v Malvern Town Reserves (1.45pm); Ledbury Town Reserves
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2/1/04 - Charity match a success
A CLEAR and cold day greeted the two teams at Upton Rugby Club as cars parked up in anticipation of an entertaining afternoon of rugby. ENIGMATICS RFC & UPTON RFC VETERANS v LEDBURY VETERANS In total a fantastic number (nearly 60) of players turned
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English Festival organisers reveal plans for a five-day spectacular
ORGANISERS of the Ledbury English Festival have revealed details of the five-day spring spectacular. The festival, which was launched last year, will run from April 21 to 25. Andy Ward, committee member and chairman of the Ledbury and District Tourism
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Public toilets cause concern
Herefordshire Coun-cil has been asked by Ledbury Town Council to look into problems of access caused by people parking in the tarmac area right outside the new toilet block at the entrance to Bye Street car park. Meanwhile Barry Ashton, Herefordshire
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Poems and songs help cancer cause
The recent Carols in the Pub evening at the Beauchamp Arms, the community-owned pub in Dymock raised more than £250 for Cancer Research. Event spokesman Vi Chester said: "The evening was dedicated to John Hobby, a regular at the pub and well-loved in
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Bridge closed
The old railway bridge at Dymock will be closed for 12 weeks from January 12. Dymock Parish Council clerk Jenny Thick said the work was to replace the bridge deck and parapet. She said: "Pedestrian and vehicular access to frontages will remain and therefore
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Hall gets £100k lottery windfall
A New Year lottery award of £100,000 means people in Much Marcle can look forward to an extended and refurbished village hall by next Christmas. The windfall takes the total raised so far to £185,000. The target is £248,000. Campaigners are now confident
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Focus on cameras
LEOMINSTER MP Bill Wiggin has called for greater openness about the money raised through the use of speed cameras. Mr Wiggin, whose constituency includes Ledbury and Bromyard, said there was growing concern that cameras were being used to raise revenue
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400 celebrate light service
St Michael and All Angels' Church in Ledbury was packed for the annual Christingle service on Christmas Eve. It was standing room only at the back with at least 400 people attending. Families with young children were very much in evidence and every child
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Hunt roared on by record 3,000 crowd
A record number of riders and the biggest crowd of supporters in decades turned out for Ledbury Hunt's Boxing Day meet. Hunt spokesman Donald Haden said: "In the 36 years that I've been hunting with these hounds I've never seen such a large crowd. There
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Better train service ahead
Train passengers have been promised a faster, better-quality service between the Malvern area and London from December 2004. This will be introduced by FirstGroup, which takes over the Thames Train franchise on April 1. FirstGroup has promised better
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Worth spouting about
MALVERN historian Cora Weaver will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of Colwall Ladies' Club on Thursday, January 8, at 10.15am, at the village hall. The subject will be spouts of the Malvern Hills
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Bird group on the move
WORCESTER and Malvern group of the RSPB is holding its first event of 2004 on Saturday, January 10. Dai Jones will lead a walk through farmland and woodland in Whitbourne, starting from the Coronation Hall at 9.30am.
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2/1/04 - Ledbury need to turn corner
LEDBURY Rugby Club's first XV are hoping to turn the corner of their Midlands Three West (South) season tomorrow (Saturday) when they visit Shipston-on-Stour. An unsettled Ledbury lost 26-10 at home to Shipston on the opening Saturday of the season. They
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2/1/04 - Ledbury defeated in thrilling local derby
BROMYARD Town beat Ledbury Town 3-2 in a tremendous West Midlands Premier Division derby played on a difficult surface at Delahay Meadow. BROMYARD TOWN 3, LEDBURY TOWN 2 Bromyard took the lead in the 12th minute when Mark Russell's through ball found
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School wins praise for 'caring environment'
COLWALL CE Primary School has been rated "very good" and praised for its caring environment in a report by Ofsted. Inspectors visited the school in October and spent three days observing lessons and talking to pupils, staff and parents. Richard Southall
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Exeter City 0 Hereford United 1
Thursday, January 1, 2004 DANNY Williams' excellently-struck free-kick in first-half stoppage time gave Hereford United a 1-0 win at Exeter City and brought their festive Nationwide Conference tally to four points out of six. Williams will certainly be
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2/1/04 - Point-to-point season starts
THE 2004 point-to-point season starts next weekend and each year the sport produces horses that go on to become household names under National Hunt Rules. Will this year produce a successor to last season's leading hunter chase and point-to-pointer Kingscliff
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2/1/04 - F Troop and Demons are top
F TROOP lead the Ledbury Skittle League Division One after their top-of-the-table game saw them soundly defeat the Brewery Pirates with G Vernall and R Gladwin top scoring with 43. The Beer Squad moved up to joint second winning by just four pins against
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2/1/04 - Key pair should be fit
HEREFORD United manager Graham Turner expects Danny Williams (ankle) and Steve Guinan to be fit to face Stevenage Borough at Edgar Street tomorrow (3pm) in the Nationwide Conference. Ryan Green and David Brown are available after suspension but midfielder
