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Store's tribute to brave Sandra
HEREFORD'S new-look Woolworths store has been dedicated to one of its longest serving staff members - who died the day before it was due to open. Sandra Winney had worked at the Eign Gate store for 33 years, starting as a 16-year-old Saturday girl and
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Community mourns the death of Betty Finney
MANY people in Hereford and beyond are saddened by the death of Betty Finney, wife of former top football referee Jim Finney. Her life was largely governed by football, the licensing trade and bringing up a happy family. She died at St Michael's Hospice
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Blue is the colour to back appeal
BLUE will be the colour on Friday, September 16, when Hereford supports Barrs Court School's Hydrosense Appeal. Maylord Shopping Centre and the surrounding area will be the focus for a packed programme of events, including live music from Barrs Court
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Partners to take county into a bright future
WHILE Herefordshire's greatest assets are its distinctive and beautiful landscapes and high quality of life, it is said to be in urgent need of imaginative and exciting developments to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations
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Grants still up for the taking
VOLUNTARY groups across Herefordshire are being reminded they can benefit from hundreds of pounds in funding under a scheme aimed at improving communities. Grants of up to £600 are available for community groups under the Market Towns' Initiative Community
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Matron Betty - heartbeat of hospital
WHEN Betty Bray, former matron of Stretton Sugwas Hospital, began her training as an ophthalmic nurse at the Royal Westminster Hospital in 1940, leeches were routinely applied to the eyes of patients suffering with glaucoma. But the relegation of leeches
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President on the road
THE president of the Mothers Union in the Diocese of Hereford is to take to the roads in a vintage car to raise funds for MU projects at home and abroad. Freda Davies, a pharmacist from Ross-on-Wye, will set off at 7am in a 1946 MGTC on August 17. "I
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Volunteer medics play a vital role
TWICE in three nights last week Dr Malcolm Russell was called out to major road accidents in Herefordshire. The total casualties included one dead and several seriously injured. By coincidence, on the day between the two crashes, Dr Russell was at Hereford
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Sun Valley's cash for charities offer
SUN Valley is inviting local charities to apply for financial support by the end of the month. For 20 years, Sun Valley Foods has offered support to local charities as part of its annual corporate donation scheme. The call for applications follows a company-wide
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John to lead Prince's Trust in the county
A FORMER international boss with Microsoft has swapped his hot seat with the computer and software giant to lead the Prince's Trust in Herefordshire. John Leftwich, from Rochford, near Tenbury Wells has been appointed chairman of the Prince's Trust in
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Angel plan takes flight
IN the week that CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale) launched its Community Pub Foundation to encourage locals to buy their local, one village on Herefordshire's border showed how it should be done. Six Grosmont residents learned two weeks ago their £250,000
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Carnival fun for thousands
MERRY-makers turned up in their thousands to have a good time at Ross-on-Wye carnival. The number of floats was up on last year and the quality was also high, said carnival committee chairman Melvin Hodges. "We had the best procession for a long time
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Duo save suicide attempt woman
TWO men who won a life and death struggle on a 40ft high bridge at Gorsley to prevent a suicidal woman jumping to her death on the busy M50 motorway below are to receive one of the country's top rescue honours. Had Richard Haynes, aged 43, of Talbot Cottage
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Brook Hall proves perfect for nursery
CONTROVERSY raged over plans - now shelved - to convert a former Leominster church into a snooker hall but another project is giving historic Brook Hall a new lease of life. It has proved to be "perfect" for the new Hickory House Nursery says organiser
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MP hits out over licensing hours
LEOMINSTER MP Bill Wiggin has criticised the Government's plans for longer drinking hours. Mr Wiggin claimed the new licensing laws allowing pubs and clubs to stay open longer will only increase the amount of alcohol-fuelled yob behaviour. The Conservative
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Duo hoping to strike a chord
A HEREFORDSHIRE songwriting duo is celebrating success in the UK Songwriting Contest, with two of their compositions reaching the finals of the prestigious competition. Richard Horlock, of Bodenham, and co-writer Tim Powell-Tuck only read about the contest
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'Excessive' prison tariff is cut
A SICK thug convicted of locking a teenage girl in a cupboard under his stairs before subjecting her to a "mock trial" using his friends as a jury, has won a cut in the number of years he must spend behind bars before he is eligible for parole. Daniel
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The ball's in their court!
A NEW games facility for young people in Hereford has been launched. The court at Waterfield Road was opened by Councillor Roy Stockton and was soon being used for an inaugural basketball tournament organised by Jo Tomlins, a community action youth worker
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Family mourns their 'beautiful young man'
A HEREFORD family has paid tribute to a much-loved son and brother, who died in a crash in the early hours of Saturday. Former Aylestone High School pupil Paul Goodwin, aged 18, was travelling out of Hereford on the A438 Ledbury Road when his car overturned
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County charity is tackling African famine
A HEREFORD charity is working in appalling conditions to bring much-needed aid relief to the drought-stricken African country of Niger. The Christian Broadcasting Network, based in Wye Street, has sent out a humanitarian assistance team to distribute
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Blooms bring their reward
THE competition to find Hereford's best-dressed premises has been a blooming success. Banks, hotels, pubs, restaurants, shops and even the County Hospital took part in the Hereford City Floral Decorations competition. With the objective of making Hereford
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Former 999 man, 73, dies
A FORMER ambulance officer who worked for 33 years in the service in Herefordshire has died, at the age of 73. Harold Reece, of Walnut Tree Avenue, Hereford, retired from Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service in 1997. He started his service in Hereford
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Wheels set in motion for community green
A HEREFORD suburb near the banks of the River Wye is set to get a new community green. Hunderton is one of 20 areas in the West Midlands that will benefit from a £2.2 million partnership between The Countryside Agency and the Big Lottery Fund. A grant
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Hereford 4 Scarborough 0
Saturday, August 13 HEREFORD United's bid to win promotion back to the Football League could hardly have had a more convincing start than this excellent win over their old league rivals. The Bulls built on their good pre-season form with the sort of commanding
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Hope blooms in battle against Alzheimer's
A TINY daffodil growing in the Black Mountains on the Herefordshire border is being hailed as a potential boon in the battle against Alzheimer's disease. Its secret lies in the bulb. This certain species of daffodil thrives in the area of the Black Mountains
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Silent tribute to soldiers on tragic mission
A CORNER of Hereford fell silent on Tuesday morning as people remembered the county soldiers who bravely embarked on a Turkish mission 90 years ago to the day. Prayers were said and flowers were laid at the war memorial in St Peter's Square as the First
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No common ground in centre plan
VILLAGERS can find no common ground to settle an argument that is threatening to split their small border community. The dispute began when the Garway Hall Committee submitted a planning application to Hereford-shire Council to build a new community centre
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Riverside inn fetches £595,000
A FIFTEENTH century riverside inn at Symonds Yat has been sold for almost £600,000. Ye Old Ferry Inn has been empty since the last tenants moved out in the autumn of last year. The Inn has a bar for up to 70 guests and seven bedrooms, six of which are
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From house of God - to just a house
A 1960's Herefordshire church is set to change from being a house of God to a home. Planners have given the go-ahead for the conversion of the Roman Catholic Our Lady of Lisieux Church at Symonds Yat. The church was built in the early 1960s in Whitchurch
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Bad girl Jasmyn's reign of torment
"BAD girl" Jasmyn Lawson brought misery to her Bromyard estate bullying young and old alike - aged just 11. On Monday, Hereford magistrates made sure she couldn't do it anymore. Lawson, now 12, of Firs Lane, Bromyard, is the youngest offender in Herefordshire
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Convent site plan rejected
A SCHEME to build a block of flats on the site of a Victorian convent in Ross-on-Wye has been thrown out. The plan would have also involved demolishing an extension built in the 1970s and replacing it with a three-storey block of eight two-bedroomed flats
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Countryside spectacular
ORGANISERS of the Herefordshire County Fair are celebrating the most successful event for many years. More than 6,000 people poured into the fair at its new location at Castle Meadows, Sellack, near Ross-on-Wye. "This was the best for many years and if