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First-class success for Katie
A HEREFORDSHIRE law graduate is a true example of courage and determination over loss and tragedy. Katie Hughes, of Bishopstone, has been gaining recognition and a reputation in her field in London. She is the daughter of the late Lorna Hughes, of Bishopstone
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Tributes to club founder
Members of Hereford Stroke Club have been saddened by the death of one of its founder members, the late John Grady, better known as Jack. Many went to his funeral following his death at the age of 92 at the County Hospital, earlier in August, He helped
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Honeymoon spot was final choice
A STALWART of Hereford's business and social circles has died on the last day of his "51st honeymoon" in Cornwall. Family members from as far way as Florida were with Neville Wiggins at the end. The bone cancer Mr Wiggins, aged 76, had battled since the
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MPs wade into market debate
HEREFORDSHIRE'S two MPs have locked horns over plans for a new Hereford Cattle Market - revealed by the Hereford Times last week. Hereford MP Paul Keetch slammed cash-strapped Herefordshire Council for wanting to buy the site at Stretton Sugwas when the
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Bioganix win a top contract
AS Herefordshire struggles with mounting rubbish, groundbreaking local technology for turning waste into compost is being "exported" to help another county meet recycling targets. Leominster-based Bioganix is signing a 10-year contract with Suffolk County
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Home's plan to house nurses
A NURSING home in Herefordshire has warned that it faces being in the same dilemma as a pub with no beer. The Brockhampton Court Nursing Home is pressing ahead with a major 16-bed extension but faces not having enough nurses to meet the needs of its residents
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Hoping to reel in money for rivers
THE rivers Lugg and Arrow were once famous for their wildlife and excellent trout fishing. Sadly, there has been gross deterioration in the last 10 years with great reduction in invertebrate life and, as a result, in trout and other fish and in birds
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Death due to a rare condition
AT 47, Brett Hackett was fit enough to run marathons - his post mortem proved it. An inquest was told of no reason why Mr Hackett should have died so suddenly earlier this year when he "looked after himself" and even had his asthma well under control.
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Kate is set for a life of Bliss!
A LIFE of bliss is assured for one new Herefordshire bride. Because last Saturday at Byford church, Kate Alcock, a former Cathedral School student and now a familiar face on TV in a range of antique shows, including Flog It, Bargain Hunt and 20th Century
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Car park slowly starts to give up its secrets
A LEOMINSTER car park is giving up the secrets of more than a thousand years of history. The council car park has been dug over by a team of archaeologists led by English Heritage and has revealed its past dating back to the 10th century. Dedicated volunteers
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£150,000 claim for widow's loss
A WIDOW whose husband died from an asbestos-related cancer has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £150,000. Jean Beeden's husband, Kenneth, died in hospital after developing the terminal disease malignant mesothelioma. Now Mrs Beeden, of
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New president roars into action
AT a recent garden party at his home in Orleton, Leominster Lion Colin Tether accepted the president's chain of office from out-going president Tony Roberts. Colin said he was very privileged to take on the role of president and promised that the fund-raising
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Time for harvest of the spirit
THE Bishop of Hereford says "good religion" is crucial in the fight against terrorism. In a letter to all parishioners, the Rt Rev Anthony Priddis says the alternative to good religion is bad religion. Using a harvest analogy, the Bishop says the harvest
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Assurances over £300m sale of parent company
ONE of Hereford's biggest employers has been sold in a deal worth more than £300million. The American company Special Metals Corporation (SMC), which owns Special Metals Wiggin, was bought by another US firm, Precision Castparts Corp, for $540million
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New use for derelict site
AN expanding Hereford engineering company that manufactures old extraction equipment for export has bought the derelict wire mill site at Wiggins Special Metals in a £2 million deal. The move marks a major expansion for KGD Industrial Services, based
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UK's longest gas pipe to tunnel beauty spots
HUNDREDS of acres of rural Herefordshire - including areas of outstanding natural beauty - are to be bought and dug up over the next two years to lay one of Britain's longest gas pipelines. The Hereford Times can confirm this week that that gas supplier
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Fears for 190 jobs at clothing company
A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of 190 jobs at a Leominster clothing company this week after the firm was placed in administration. E Walters (Ludlow) Ltd - which moved its headquarters from Ludlow to Leominster in 1997 - blamed "difficult" trading
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Treasure trove is a mystery
A CHANCE "treasure" find hailed as the most significant of its kind ever made in Herefordshire has stumped experts in history and heraldry over who it could have belonged to. Mystery even extends to why the two-inch tall 16th century silver fob seal was
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History is up for sale
PORTRAITS of two of Herefordshire's greatest talents - one a natural born county son, the other by accident of birth - will be on sale at a London auction house in October. Ledbury-born Poet Laureate John Masefield and the actor David Garrick, a giant
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Hero drove burning lorry away
A HERO driver risked his life by driving his burning lorry away from homes and highly flammable materials when his load of straw was set alight. Police are treating the fire at Red Barn Drive, on the Westfields Trading Estate in Hereford, as arson and
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Probe under way into pub blaze
AN investigation is under way to determine how a fire swept through a Hereford pub yesterday (Wednesday) morning. The blaze at Karlo's in Widemarsh Street started at 8.30am and it took more than 30 firefighters to make the three-storey pub safe. Keith
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Tanker fire prevented
QUICK-thinking by a lorry driver and a senior police officer averted a major incident just north of Hereford on the A49 on Tuesday. Telford-based Nigel Wilkinson was driving a load of granulated sugar past the Holmer Church layby at 7.45am when fire broke
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Leslie's appealing offer for bellringers
There is never a dull moment for Herefordshire's oldest church bell ringer. For 80 years Leslie Evans, aged 92, has pealed the bells at his local church in Eardisland where he has been a long-serving tower master. These days if he is not caring for the