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Banned book is revealed at last
AN uncensored version of a John Masefield book about the evacuation at Dunkirk, officially banned amid fears of its effect on wartime morale, can finally be read. Sixty years after the end of the Second World War, the Ledbury-born Poet Laureate's work
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Giant heave to find funds for pub
A tug-of-war competition in Dymock on Sunday raised £1,700 towards new toilets and an extended bar area at The Beauchamp Arms pub. Organisers, the Friends of the Beauchamp Arms, now have a fighting fund of £8,000. A meeting later this month will set a
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Skaters ready
Ledbury's first skatepark competition takes place tomorrow (Saturday) at 1pm. The winner will get a Woodward BMX bike, worth £400, provided by the Ledbury firm Playworld, which actually built the skatepark. Over 20 sponsors are supporting the contest,
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Good results
students at Queen Elizabeth High School are celebrating after collecting their GCSE results. In a rise on last year, 45 per cent of pupils gained five or more A* to C grades. Twelve per cent of pupils achieved four or more A* to A grades. Top performers
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Table-top sale
Bromyard Floral Club holds a table-top sale at the Public Hall tomorrow (Saturday) from 10am to noon. Tables are £5 each from 01885 482021.
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Help needed
Help is needed to run a new community website in Bromyard. The site, organised by Bromyard Means Business, will include information about local groups, news articles and directories. Anyone who can contribute information, help run the site or is interested
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2/9/05 - Five star show lifts the Town
LEDBURY Town followed up their 1-0 win against Brierley and Hagley in mid-week with a 5-0 thumping of Heath Hayes. LEDBURY TOWN 5, HEATH HAYES 0 The home side were in control from the start and when Sean Maynard was pulled back when through on goal, the
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2/9/05 - League season ends in style
LEDBURY finished their Marches League division three campaign in fine style with an emphatic nine-wicket victory against a woeful Talgarth side. LEDBURY v TALGARTH II Skipper Ehrlich was once again successful at the coin toss and inserted the visitors
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2/9/05 - Bromyard return to top division
A MIXED August Bank Holiday weekend ended with Bromyard securing promotion back to division dne of the Worcestershire County Cricket League at the first attempt. After the disappointment of losing to second-placed Barnards Green away on Saturday Bromyard
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Mast plan approved
PLANS for a 14.7 metre-high mobile phone mast at Chances Pitch, Colwall, have been approved. At a meeting on Friday, Herefordshire Council's planning committee ruled the T-Mobile mast could be built next to the A449. Colwall Parish Council and Malvern
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2/9/05 - Ledbury crib AGM
LEDBURY Cribbage League is holding its annual general meeting on Monday, September 19, at the Prince of Wales at 8pm. Teams of six required for forthcoming season on Sunday evenings.
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2/9/05 - Juniors shine in county open
MANOR Park Tennis Club hosted the annual Junior County Closed Championship last week and great success was enjoyed by its junior members who competed amongst the best from Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Thirteen boys and ten girls entered this year
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2/9/05 - Record attempt at Prescott hill
MARTIN Groves clinched the 2005 British Hillclimb Championship at Craigantlet in Northern Ireland in early August after a brilliant summer in which he won 19 of the 26 title rounds. He finished second six times and had only one blank score, when a heavy
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2/9/05 - Pigeon racing
LEDBURY & DISTRICT HS RESULTS of Southsea race. (Five members sent 52 birds). 1 M Williams 1358, 2 M Williams 1357, 3 L Wood 1249, 4 I & K Farley 1248, 5 L Wood 1240, 6 L Wood 1224, 7 I & K Farley 1156, 8 I & K Farley 851. Pools M Williams
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2/9/05 - Bridge results
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB In a 14-table Mitchell movement event at the club on August 24, the N/S winners were David Magee & Brian Snell with a score of 60.58. They were followed by: Graham Jones & Brian Kingsley 59.62; Graham Ling & Brian
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Wind turbines plan blows in
An alternative energy company is targeting the Newent area as a possible location for a wind farm. Andy Jennings, a spokesman for Marlborough-based Green Amps, confirmed this week that the company is looking at the Forest of Dean area as a location for
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Open day looms as canal restoration efforts focus on Newent area
Oxenhall and Newent is now the focus for major restoration projects carried out by the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust. Much of the group's latest achievements will be on show at the Oxenhall open day on Sunday, September 25, from 11am to
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Guild ready for Onion Fayre
Newent and District Craftworkers' Guild will be at the town's Onion Fayre next weekend fresh from a successful appearance at Ledbury Carnival. On Monday, members took over St Katherine's Hall in Ledbury for an exhibition and show during the event. On
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School praises efforts
A Newent Community School pupil has been praised by his school for outstanding performance at A'Level, achieved while recovering from serious illness. Tim Crewcock achieved two A-grades and a B-grade, even though he missed four months of schooling having
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Limited edition prints
Prints of a painting by the late Newent artist, Mike Thurston, showing St Edward's Church at Kempley, are being sold to raise funds for the Friends of Kempley Churches and Sheppard House. Mr Thurston's widow, Muriel, has given permission for 50 high quality
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Tuck in after music
The Cotswold Male Voice Choir will be raising the rafters of Pauntley Church on Saturday, September 10, at 7pm. There will be a pig roast and barbecue afterwards at Pauntley Village Hall. Proceeds will be in aid of the hall and the church. Tickets, costing
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Climbing landmark
National Trust area ranger David Armstrong will lead a three-mile walk from Clifford's Mesne Village Hall to the top of May Hill on Sunday at 10.30am. Participation will be free.
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2/9/05 - Changing pitch makes it hard for Colwall
A MUCH-CHANGED Colwall XI needed big performances from key batsmen at the top of the order to challenge a confident Hatherley team. An unfortunate misreading of the pitch characteristics by skipper Tom Wolfendale, who won the toss for the first time since
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2/9/05 - Eastnor in spin
EASTNOR thirds' final league match ended in defeat against Lads Club by 116 runs. EASTNOR III v LADS CLUB A very young Eastnor side fielded first and after a lengthy first over from Tom Watkins he struck the first blow in the fifth over with Cordone lbw
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2/9/05 - Frome in late run riot
CANON Frome batted first with Chris Styles and Rob Mence taking strike and they forged a fine opening partnership of 100 before Styles fell for 66 in the 23rd over. CANON FROME v LLANDRINDOD WELLS Two quick wickets then fell as Neil Andrews and Richard
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OAP home work set for New Year
Shaw Healthcare is planning to move contractors onto the Leadon Bank site by Christmas and start major building work in the New Year. Herefordshire Council approved a planning application on Friday for a new old people's homewith a main wing fronting
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Thousands enjoy carnival day
The August sun beat down and the crowds came out in force for Ledbury Carnival. Up to 10,000 people gathered in the town centre to cheer the procession. Carnival committee chairman Steve Clegg believes that the crowd was slightly up on recent years. Organisers
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Crash-link to death
A WOMAN who spent four years in a semi-coma after falling off her bicycle died after suffering a chest infections she caught while in care, an inquest heard. Herefordshire coroner David Halpern ruled the death of Joyce Hawkes was accidental. The 61-year-old
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Pair travel 1,000 miles on just three wheels
Bosbury couple Brian and Liz Clutterbuck have completed a 1,000-mile journey in a Morgan three-wheeler vintage sports car, which included a visit to Ledbury's twin town of Stromstad. The couple took their 1930 motor by trailer to Newcastle, where they
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Reunion plan for class of '78
A year group reunion for former pupils of Ledbury Grammar School is being planned. The event is being organised by a former head girl, Fiona Clark, and prefect, Rosalind Martin, nee Carter. The gathering, at Wellington Heath Memorial Hall at noon on Sunday
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Council makes call for talks
Ledbury Town Council has sent a letter of concern to a gravedigger, after a complaint from a member of the public. Clare Turner discovered a mound of soil covering the grave of her mother, Catherine Rothery, when she visited it last week. The soil came
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Festival is a big highlight
Thousands of visitors and big names from the folk world will converge on Bromyard for the biggest music event in the town's calendar. Song, music and dance will fill the streets during the 38th Bromyard Folk Festival, from Friday to Sunday, September
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Talks over Old Street traffic calming
MEASURES to tackle speeding traffic in Old Road, Bromyard, could be in place within months. If money can be found, the road could be narrowed in places to make it harder to speed. The move would also allow for wider pavements. Town councillor Alan Seldon
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'Wicked' verdict on new BMX track
BMX riders in Bromyard can practice their skills in safety, thanks to an overhaul of their track. The track, on a section of the town's playing fields, was deteriorating and users had attempted to build their own. New jumps and rails have now been created
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Last night
A last Night of the Proms event takes place at Queen Elizabeth High School on Saturday, September 10, from 8pm. Guests are invited to dress in red, white and blue, with prizes for the best outfit. A big screen will broadcast London's event and a buffet
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2/9/05 - Rugby club in opening game
LEDBURY Rugby Club start their Midlands Three West (South) campaign tomorrow (Saturday) with a visit to Old Coventrians (3pm). The Ross Road outfit will be hoping for some improved performances from last season, when Ledbury were never far away from the
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2/9/05 - Adeel back to fine form
LUCTONIANS won the toss and decided to bat first in this Worcestershire County League division one derby. LUCTONIANS v EASTNOR They scored 187 for the loss of nine wickets with several batsman looking established but none making a high score. J Platford
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2/9/05 - Mark Powell hits 140no
STROLLERS won their final game of the season by a huge margin of 228 runs away at Hereford City Sports Club. Invited to bat, the visitors made the most of the conditions to pile on 290 runs from their 45 overs. A steady start gave Strollers 74 runs for
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'Sorry' seemed to be the hardest word
COMPENSATION of £24,000 has been awarded to a Colwall man who spent a year in a wheelchair after routine surgery. An infection Derek Turner, 67, contracted after a hip replacement operation at Worcestershire Royal Hospital was not spotted until it was
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Attacked by dog on his own doorstep
AN elderly man was bitten by a dog and had liquid thrown in his eyes when his Jubilee Drive home was burgled on Saturday. A pair of men, one of them holding an Alsatian-type dog, knocked at the elderly victim's door between 3pm and 4pm. They verbally
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Brooch stolen
Burglars stole a gold brooch and loose change from a house in Evendine Lane, Colwall between noon and 1.15pm on Monday while the householder was working in the garden. The brooch is in the shape of a fox's head.
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Natural formula for miniature gardens
Magical miniature gardens, willow lanterns and tasty salad dressings were created by children at an activity week in Colwall. Children used natural ingredients to create a range of masterpieces at Caves Folly organic nurseries. Nearly 100 children joined
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Water way
THE development and maintenance of water gardens is the subject of the talk at a meeting of the Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society on Monday (September 5). The speaker is Malcolm Edwards, of Kentchester Water Gardens, near Hereford. The group meets
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2/9/05 - Bulls squad is fit to cope with player loss: Turner
INJURIES are beginning to bite at Edgar Street -- but Graham Turner admits there is plenty in the Hereford United locker to dampen the spirits of new boys Altrincham. The Bulls were without crocked quartet Tamika Mkandawire, Guy Ipoua, Simon Travis and
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2/9/05 - Fixtures ...
SATURDAY FOOTBALL HARVEY WORLD TRAVEL ALLIANCE Malvern Town v Biddulph Victoria (3.00). WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Bewdley Town v Bromyard Town (2.45); Ledbury Town v Ludlow Town (2.45). Division One: Malvern Rangers v Stafford Town (1.00)
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Theft of quad bike
Intruders broke the locks on a container at a football ground at Wildsmith Meadow, Malswick, near Newent, on Friday night. They took a dark green quad bike, valued at £600 and a £400 yellow ride-on mower. Meanwhile, a thief made off with an unsecured
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Passage to India
An evening of distant travel and remarkable sights is being planned at the Sheppard House day centre in Newent. On Tuesday, September 27, Len Ore will give a talk and slide show on The Highest Motorcycle Trip in the World, an Indian Extravaganza, at 7.30pm
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Sessions resuming
Newent Camera Club will meet for its first meeting of the autumn session, after a full summer break, on Tuesday, September 20, at 7.45pm, in Newent Library, Broad Street.
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2/9/05 - Spirited display by Colwall seconds
COLWALL'S seconds final away league game of the season produced a spirited display at Hatherley and Reddings seconds. With an under-strength and under-manned side, the away side lost the toss and were put into bat on an overcast, humid day. Openers James