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Big cash in the Long Room
A CHARITY auction led by Hereford auctioneer Bill Jackson has raised over £30,000 for Spinal Research West Midlands. Bill Jackson, auctioned prizes in front of 160 Cranfield University Alumni in the prestigious Long Room at Lords Cricket Ground,
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Beating the smugglers
SOME holiday shopping with a difference will be on show at the forthcoming Three Counties Show - and there's very little chance of finding it in duty free. Most tourists opt for cigarettes and alcohol, but ivory carvings, zebra skins and a dwarf crocodile
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CHURCH SERVICES
Hereford Cathedral: 7.30am, Morning Prayer; 8am, Holy Communion; 10.30am, Eucharist; 3.30am, Evensong. All Saints: 10.30am, Sung Mass with Children's Church. Holy Trinity: 10am, Parish Eucharist; 4pm, Joint Taize service at All Saints. 6.30pm,
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A chance to ride in the heart of stunning scenery
LOCAL and Internation-al riders will contest the Chevron BHS TREC Welsh Championships at Cott Farm in Pem-brokeshire on the 16-17 June. Situated near Narberth, Cott Farm offers competitors the chance to ride in stunning scenery, across tranquil farmland
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Free visits on offer to farmers
David Watkins, of Clehonger Court, was the lucky farmer who won the FWAG draw for fencing materials. He was entered in the draw when he requested a free FWAG visit under the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (ECSFDI), which is delivered
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A record number of farms to open gates
A record number of county farms will be celebrating Open Farm Sunday. Herefordshire farmers have once again risen to the challenge and on Sunday, which has been declared Open Farm Sunday, they will be leading the way in the West Midlands with the number
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A warm welcome awaits
VOLUNTEERS this week opened the doors of a friendship centre for the thousands of seasonal migrant workers who come to Herefordshire each year. Helpers running the centre for the fruit pickers at Leominster's Moravian Church hall declared themselves
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Bands line up for gig at college
Well-known Hereford bands are on the line-up as sound engineers on the combined RNC and HCT BTEC National Music technology course present their final major project at the college tonight (Thursday) from 6.30pm. The Anomalies and Blue Coma have been booked
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Children’s favourite rolls into Courtyard
BRUM - every child's favourite superhero car - is driving into The Courtyard this Saturday with a fast-moving mix of laughter, music and song. He'll also deliver four free tickets for another Courtyard Kids Club show to the child who can guess how many
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Leading lights shine at Hay
THE Guardian Hay Festival reached its 20th anniversary this year, firmly established as one of the world's foremost literary events. Leading figures from literature, the arts and entertainment - with a politician or two thrown in for good measure - continue
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Concert was fitting finale
an enthusiastic audience welcomed the Haffner Wind Ensemble at the Courtyard for the final concert of the Hereford Concert Society's 2007 season. The performers were aptly chosen, as their director, oboist Nicholas Daniel, is president of the society.
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Turn over a new leaf for community read
THE biggest community read ever has begun and Herefordshire libraries are joining in. Described by The Times as "a luminously beautiful book", Black Swan Green tells the story of Jason Taylor, a 13-year-old growing up in rural Worcestershire at the time
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Britain’s best-loved film critic treads the boards
ONE of Britain's best-loved film critics will be bringing his Favourite Films show to Leominster tomorrow (Friday) as part of the Leominster Festival. Having reviewed thousands of films and interviewed all the stars, Barry Norman is the definitive small
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WHAT'S ON
Events/talks June 8-17 Kington Festival, details: www.kingtonfestival.co.uk or 01544 262762. 9 St Mary's Church Fete, on the Green, Dilwyn, 2.30pm. 9 Herefordshire Headway Summer Fete, Trenchard Avenue, Credenhill, 1pm-4pm, opening by BBC Hfd and
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Flowers in focus for cathedral festival
IF you pick up your camera instead of picking your flowers this summer, you could be in with a chance of winning a major new photography competition launched by Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust in conjunction with the Festival of Flowers. "While the
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Make a date for Presteigne
GREAT news for any Hereford Times readers kicking themselves for missing Presteigne's newest music festival, Further Out, because the dates printed in last week's paper were incorrect. The festival in fact opens tomorrow (Friday) night, with Radik Tulush
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Food Future
With increasing frequency we are being urged to re-connect with the source of our food, and gain a better understanding of how it is produced. Experts from different areas are agreed it will bring many benefits, such as: helping to tackle obesity ; linking
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Flowers in focus for cathedral festival
IF you pick up your camera instead of picking your flowers this summer, you could be in with a chance of winning a major new photography competition launched by Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust in conjunction with the Festival of Flowers. "While the
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Suchet swaps Poirot for papal politics
A NEW play that has been attracting a good deal of attention in the national press comes to Malvern next week. Starring David Suchet, swapping the waxed moustache and little grey cells of Hercule Poirot for the vibrant red robes of a Roman Catholic cardinal
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There’ll be glitz, glamour ...and poetry
THERE is a sense in which the poetry world can seem quite small, says Ledbury Poetry Festival's new director, Chloe Garner, whose mission is to broaden the horizons of that world. The programme for Chloe's first festival as director has just been published
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World Environment Day
Every year the United Nations marks the World Environment Day on 5 June. It is celebrated in over a hundred countries and aims to raise awareness about environmental issues and inspire people to take action. Each year, one country is selected to host
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Second phase for Aylestone Park
WORK is underway on the next phase of the development of a Hereford park which will lead to the creation of a new leisure and recreation facility. The Aylestone Country Park will eventually contain sports pitches, a children's play area, a conservation
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Mum's warning over camping
A HEREFORD mum has sent out a warning to parents across the city after having a large tent stolen from her garden. Helen Nunn, of Southbank Road, says people should be made aware of the risks when allowing children to camp out in the back garden. She
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Devereux retains title at his home course
HOST club members turned their course knowledge to advantage by taking the first three places when Herefordshire County Men's Golf Championships were held at the Ravens Causeway, Wormsley. Defending champion Jonathan Devereux took the coveted title again
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Record-breaker Moran leads national series
SCOTT Moran went right to the top of national hill climbing when he captured the most prestigious course record at Shelsley Walsh. The Herefordshire racing driver broke the existing 23.75 seconds record four times at last Sunday's meeting and the previous
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Jones drives to joint first in PGA Assistants qualifier
BURGHILL Valley's Kris Jones finished joint first in the Midlands qualifier of the Powerade PGA Assistants' Championship at Whittlebury Park. Jones and Lee Mason, of Mickleover, Derbyshire, both shot 71s in difficult conditions on the Northamptonshire
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Prendergast produces winning start
HEREFORDSHIRE permit holder Kevin Prendergast is hoping for further success after a great start to his career at Sellack, the old base of former Cheltenham Gold Cup winning trainer John Edwards. For a small yard, there is huge encouragement to be gained
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RACING: Ladies’ Day at Hereford Racecourse Genghis comes good over
WELSH trainer Peter Bowen has long had the reputation for improving horses, but with Genghis he felt his powers might have been waning until he succeeded in the two-mile three-furlong Beginners Chase at Hereford Ladies' Day meeting. Having won the Scottish
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LLANGORSE Sailing Club’s cadet week for training youngsters took place once again during the summer half-term holiday.
WALTON Harness Races is one of the smaller traditional meetings that are the inner heartbeat of the BHRC circuits, and the sport at Walton last weekend certainly set the pulses racing. Colin Bevan is wearing a path to the winner's enclosure this season
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From Kington to Peru
A FUNDRAISER will walk nearly 30 miles through the South American jungle to raise money for air ambulance. Terry Griffiths, who lives at Old Radnor near Kington, flies to Peru later this month to embark on the Inca Trail - a 26 mile hike taking in mountains
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A49 closed
A TRAILER carrying cattle has overturned causing a stretch of the A49 south of Hereford to close this morning. A 4x4 vehicle was towing the five cattle out of Hereford towards King's Thorn when the accident happened. Ambulance and fire crews were called
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Llangorse’s cadet week becomes Royal occasion
LLANGORSE Sailing Club's cadet week for training youngsters took place once again during the summer half-term holiday. This was the 14th year the event had been held, but on this occasion the Princess Royal came to the club in her role as President of
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Joy for Jane with family horse
THE 2007 point-to-point season has been a mixed bag for many local trainers, but for Kington-based Jane Lloyd it has been a dream come true. Mister Falcon, the family horse that she owns and trains, was never out of the frame and has earned the Wales
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Women facing hepatitis recall
ANOTHER hepatitis C alert has been sparked at Hereford County Hospital involving 250 former patients. It is linked to a similar scare two years ago when 560 women treated in the maternity and gynaecology units were told they could have been exposed to
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Severn triumph
HEREFORDSHIRE'S Andy Burton and co-driver Shelley Rogerson won the Severn Valley National Rally in their Peugeot Cosworth. In spite of encountering mid-event brake problems, they held on to their lead through to the finish at the Royal Welsh Showground
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Primary coaching
THE annual It's a Knockout' event staged by second year BTEC National Diploma students was run successfully at Hereford Leisure Centre for Herefordshire primary schools. The event, which is part of a sports coaching module, has been run for the last
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Silver lady Eleanor
A HEREFORDSHIRE martial arts exponent has returned from an international competition in Hungary with two silver medals. Eleanor Lane from Little Birch represented the Great Britain team at the wado-ryu karate event against competitors from, amongst others
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Kingsland score narrow win to move up table
KINGSLAND moved into third place in the Tarmac League with a single shot win in their home match against Hay. The match was closely contested all the way with both clubs taking a seven-shot winning rink. But the eight-shot margin achieved by John Culver's
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Eastnor’s batsman earn Village Championship fourth-round place
A BLISTERING undefeated innings of 121 by Bretforton's P Jones eliminated Colwall from the National Village Championship almost single handedly at the third round stage. He blasted eight sixes and eight fours in his 65-ball innings to take the tie away
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All-rounder Zahid stars as Bromyard move to second
BROMYARD captain Zahid Saeed led his side to second place in Division 1 of the Crusader Worcestershire County league with a narrow one-wicket home win over Chaddesley Corbett. After winning the toss and electing to field, he ripped through the visitors
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Spinners prove key to Colwall victory
Spinners Charlie Griffiths and Mike King took seven wickets between them to steer Colwall to a 72-run win at bottom club Martley which keeps them in touch with the leading pack in the Crusader Worcestershire County League Division 3. Colwall batted first
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Platford and Bottoms set up Luctonians win
DUNCAN Platford and Dave Bottoms rescued the Luctonians innings after a disastrous start to set up a three-wicket win over Malvern in a low-scoring game at Mortimer Park in Division 2 of the Crusader Worcestershire County League. They were in all kinds
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Westfields will face Rovers
WESTFIELDS will entertain Blue Square Premier - formerly Conference - opposition during a busy pre-season programme. For their first home friendly, the city side will play host to Forest Green Rovers, managed by former Hereford United midfielder Jimmy
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Wyesiders can look back on title-winning campaign
HEREFORD Rugby Club will be able to reflect on a successful and satisfying season when they hold their annual meeting at their city headquarters next Thursday at 7pm. The Wyesiders will look back at a campaign which saw them win Midlands 3 West (South
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Kington suffer another defeat
KINGTON continue to struggle at the foot of the Birmingham League Division 3 after suffering a four-wicket home defeat against Whitchurch. Only Ben Stebbings was able to make any headway for the home side after they had been invited to bat first and
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Bulls boss bids to keep Williams with increased contract offer
HEREFORD United boss Graham Turner has upped his offer to young star Andy Williams in a bid to keep the city-born player at Edgar Street, writes Richard Prime. But neither Williams, who has been a recent target for Bristol Rovers, nor any of the other
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Stores urged to stock Welsh lamb
NFU Cymru has welcomed the news that Welsh spring lamb will be the focus of a Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) promotional roadshow visiting Welsh supermarkets this week. HCC is running the roadshow in partnership with the Welsh Assembly, a
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Ledbury hit top spot in promotion assault
LEDBURY have hit top spot in Division 2 of the Flint & Cook Marches League but were made to fight all the way before notching a three-run success at Woolhope. Ledbury were all out for 131 batting first but the villagers fell just short despite 55 from
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Web boost for show
THE Three Counties Show regularly attracts visitors from all around the UK, but this year, interest has been coming from a lot further afield - and it's being put down to the power of the web. Three Counties Agricultural Society revealed that staff working
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A meeting of tradition and today’s technology
Kington Show has now reached the 21st century and although a traditional agricultural show for more than 125 years, it is meeting with modern ideas and approaches to farming and technology. The Kington Show website has been launched and will make life
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Sporting success
Radnor YFC sports day was held on Llandrindod Wells sports fields for the first time in six years. Aberedw won the novelty cup and flat races cup joint with Radnor Valley. Cantal YFC won the rounders cup and Radnor Valley won the netball cup, going on
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Minor Counties campaign starts with Oxford clash
HEREFORDSHIRE get their Minor Counties Championship programme underway when they travel to Oxfordshire for a three-day clash, starting on Sunday. And they will be hoping that this campaign will prove more profitable than the last two seasons in which
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Free visits on offer to farmers
David Watkins, of Clehonger Court, was the lucky farmer who won the FWAG draw for fencing materials. He was entered in the draw when he requested a free FWAG visit under the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (ECSFDI), which is delivered
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Key flood prevention sites under scrutiny
RIVER Lugg Internal Drainage Board members, led by newly elected chairman Charles Pudge, inspected key flood-prevention sites. They took a look at drainage at Leominster's Southern Avenue Industrial Estate, the town's new Enterprise Park and at the Wellington
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A record number of farms to open gates
A record number of county farms will be celebrating Open Farm Sunday. Herefordshire farmers have once again risen to the challenge and on Sunday, which has been declared Open Farm Sunday, they will be leading the way in the West Midlands with the number
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A warm welcome awaits
VOLUNTEERS this week opened the doors of a friendship centre for the thousands of seasonal migrant workers who come to Herefordshire each year. Helpers running the centre for the fruit pickers at Leominster's Moravian Church hall declared themselves
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Scheme could make planning minefield easier to navigate
Can you please all of the people all of the time? Any of you who have tried to build an extension or alter your house will know what a planning minefield it can be. Imagine, then, what it is like building something on a far larger scale - Terminal 5
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New tenant for park
AN IT systems firm which provides software solutions for office products dealers is the latest tenant to move on to the Leominster Enterprise Park. Heart Systems has moved operations, along with nine employees, to the new offices at Owen Way. The firm
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The right man for the job by far
BURGOYNES, of Lyonshall, the marquee hire and transport specialists, didn't have to go very far to find its new chief executive. Malcolm Thompson, aged 40, lives in Lyonshall with his family and joins family business Burgoynes from CDE, Ireland, where
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Making life taste sweeter for firms
Hereford businesses faced with the age-old problem of choosing the right consultancy support are to benefit from a ground-breaking new development. The West Midlands Supplier Register, a service under the Business Link West Midlands umbrella, will revolutionise
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Time for city to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit
Hereford must embrace the entrepreneurial culture if it is to compete in a global environment, a leading figure behind Business Link West Midlands has warned. Jill Parker, enterprise director at the new organisation, is looking to boost the region's
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Hospital event is success
MORE than 50 people who have signed up to be members of Hereford County Hospital were welcomed at a special event. Hereford Hospital Trust wants as many members as possible to join them before re-applying to the department of health for foundation trust
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Sun Valley’s gift to patients
HEREFORD'S Sun Valley has given equipment to the County Hospital to help cancer patients. The company spent £5,500 on new syringe drivers and a state-of-the-art Grasby pump for use by Macmillan nurses in the Charles Renton Unit. Sue Semple, of Macmillan
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Mum’s the word at successful cafe
MORE than 200 mothers and babies have taken advantage of the Baby Cafe in Leominster. In the last 12 months, they have dropped in and been given health information and advice on breastfeeding, as well as forging friendships between themselves. The cafe
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How Boston voted for a roads’ solution
THERE is another town in the British Isles with a dual carriageway running through its heart: namely the infamous John Adams Way. It is Boston in Lincolnshire, which suffers from the same gridlock disease as Hereford and lacks a second effective river
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Keep the chippings nesty neat for birds
THE most important thing in woodland management is to end up with a wood or forest whichever the case may be. To do this, one must have birds to eat the grubs in the canopy where they stay most of the time until they have to come down for water and grit
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Switch the lights off out of daytime hours
I CANNOT understand why Herefordshire Council has not adopted a temporary traffic signal policy in the city centre in certain areas. Being a Hereford resident, and using Hereford roads frequently between the hours of 9pm and 6am, it is so frustrating
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If you live here you’d not be too happy ..
I WAS interested to see that so many letters published in favour of retaining the May Fair in the city centre came from people who don't actually live in the centre or anywhere near it but in Abergavenny, Oxford, Mansel Lacy, Orcop, Hoarwithy Road, etc
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We have no future without history
I CAN'T understand why the whole of your front page was devoted to the rantings of Mr Martin Woodhouse, the new manager of Marks & Spencer against Hereford May Fair. He has only been in our city for three months and is now telling us what to do. For
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Too many fast food and coffee shops
THE problem is not with the fair, as it is only here for three days. In High Town there are three fast food/coffee shops which are not needed. There are enough coffee bars around High Town not to warrant their presence. For example fewer than 100 yards
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Now we need some creative use of this great space
Since response was invited, I felt compelled to take issue with the letter published last week on the cost of High Town, submitted by Kip Waistell. I grew up in London where there has been a recent explosion of creativity in building developments. Take
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Surprise find
WHILE walking across one of our fields to look at our cattle on Friday evening, I was amazed to find a field mushroom. We do not usually find them until mid August at the earliest, to find one on June 1 is unheard of! TONY LIMB, Sollershope, Hereford
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End these tolls
AN application has been made to the government for permission to increase tolls on the Whitney-on-Wye bridge. Most of these old tolls were removed many years ago, and our alliance believes that, as drivers pay £50 billion of taxes a year, there is no
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Letters are causing unnecessary fears
I WRITE concerning the report (Hereford Times, May 24): If we flood, all Hereford city will be under water. In recent weeks I have received no less than three letters from this agency which warned me my home was at risk from flooding and stating I should
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From climate change to concrete
BRIAN Tannatt-Nash seems worried (Hereford Times, May 31) by the legal challenge to Herefordshire Council's decision to fund the Rotherwas road with money from a housing developer. He is right to be worried. Developer funding is supposedly only allowable
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This just shows how heartless we are
IT COMES as no surprise that Channel 4 was going ahead last night (Wednesday) with screening footage of the wrecked car containing Princess Diana, helpless and fatally injured. When London hosted a permanent freak show of preserved, skinned and weirdly
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Learning is a dramatic experience
CHILDREN at a Hereford school have successfully learnt the art of playwriting, directing and performing during a six-week drama programme. The primary 1 pupils at Brookfields School on Grandstand Road were visited each week by Lisa Joyce, director of
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Highs and lows of play at Kington
KINGTON Golf Club's proud claim to be the highest 18-hole course in England can have its occasional drawbacks with extremities of weather - but low cloud stopped play was a first for the joint captains' charity tournament, writes Jeremy Finney. A view
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Hayley’s happy day
A HEREFORD bride-to-be got an unexpected wedding present when she dropped in to a local store. Hayley Barrel was in Ernest Jones in Trinity Square, Hereford, when she was invited to take part in the Leo Diamond Challenge, a national competition in which
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Charity loves new logo
When artist Clare Hearne was invited to design a new logo for a children's charity, she did not have far to look. Just one glance at her own family of mother, father and three young children gave her the idea. The result was in the style of a family
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Event kicks off Edgar St Grid consultation
THE design framework of the Edgar Street Grid development was revealed at a seminar, when Herefordshire organisations and individuals took the opportunity to voice their opinions. During the question-and-answer session, issues regarding cycling provisions
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One man, one bike and 1,300 miles
AFTER completing a gruelling 1,300-mile cycle ride around Ireland, a Herefordshire man has raised £3,000 for charity. Shaun Haydon, from Titley, near Kington, embarked on the fund-raising trip with a difference to raise money for Cancer Research UK,
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Acclaimed teacher and artist dies, 87
A FORMER art teacher and widely acclaimed artist has died at the age of 87. Peggy Watkins taught at Hereford Cathedral School and various colleges in the city. She was the daughter of Thomas Milligan, the former principal of the School of Art on the
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CSOs are welcome boost for county
THE Herefordshire Community Policing Board has welcomed news that the division now has 26 Community Support Officers in post, with a further 12 currently undertaking training. The CSOs are part of 20 new local policing teams established across Herefordshire
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Stephanie scores success
A HEREFORD pupil has hit a high note after landing a place at a prestigious music school. Stephanie Bissell, of Elm Road, Hereford, is studying the clarinet under music teacher Rebecca Griffiths at Aylestone High School, but from September will study
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Share our county’s hidden treasures in a new competition
THE manuscript of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Mozart's musical diary are just some of the fascinating pages saved for readers in the British Library. And you don't have to be in London to view them, because these are just some
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Golden moment helps St Michael’s
A RAFFLE to win a gold pendant/brooch raised more than £2,000 for St Michael's Hospice. The 18ct gold diamond set dove, donated by silversmith and jeweller Andrew Lamputt, St Owen Street, Hereford, was won by Adrian Shakeshaft, from Hereford. Second
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Court sets girl free
A TEENAGE Hereford girl who was locked up for the theft of a bottle of lager has been freed by a Recorder at Worcester Crown Court on appeal. Natasha Bowley, aged 18, stole the drink from a Hereford store while addicted to alcohol. The theft, which
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Villagers come together to uphold a fine floral tradition
SATURDAY saw the village of Fownhope uphold a tradition which dates back more than 120 years. The first Heart of Oak walk was held in 1876 by the Heart of Oak Friendly Society, and was held each year on May 29 to commemorate Oak Apple Day. For a number
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All a-buzz in churchyard
IT could have been the usual story, volunteers from Caring for God's Acre repairing a churchyard wall. But this time the story had a sting in the tail. Tucked behind the dry stone wall at St Michael's, Mansel Lacy, was a nest of red tailed bumble bees
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Concern is expressed by judge
A PROBATION officer has been ordered to attend court to explain why she concluded that a convicted rapist was a danger to the public. Stephen Alexander served sentences totalling 10 years for raping a woman and indecently assaulting a child. His latest
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Busy time for the man from MARS
ONE of Herefordshire's volunteer flying doctors was called out to five separate road accidents in the county last Thursday. Dr David Houston, a local GP based in Hereford, described roads on that day as "hazardous". "The intermittent showers caused
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More children should have the chance to share something that's genuinely special
DAD did his homework, his son got results. Now James Puxty wonders what happens next. The Puxtys could be any family with children at one of the county's small rural schools. Four-year-old Ethan Puxty goes to King's Caple primary, which has just 44 pupils
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Grant for cathedral work is set in stone
HEREFORD Cathedral has been given a £50,000 boost as it embarks on a new programme of restoration. The Heritage Lottery Fund announced the grant to support the first phase of works and the training of a stonemason apprentice in particular. The Dean
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I would like to get hold of whoever did this and make them clean it up
THE owners of a long-established market town business, which has suffered a spate of attacks by thieves and vandals, have appealed for information following the latest incident. Michael and Anita Philpotts are offering a reward for information after
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Engineers are set to start on flood defences
ENGINEERS have put the final touches to Hereford's £5.5 million flood defence scheme. Work on the programme to protect 196 properties started earlier last month even though questions marks remained over the Hinton Road section of the scheme. Other problem
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50 homes could be constructed on village outskirts
DEVELOPERS have revealed plans to build almost 50 homes on the outskirts of a Herefordshire village. JP Homes Ltd this week submitted a planning application to construct 46 houses and three flats on agricultural land in Weston-under-Penyard, near Ross-on-Wye
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Prince Charles to visit Three Counties Show
HEREFORDSHIRE'S role as the host county at this year's Three Counties Show will be enhanced by a Royal visit. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall have accepted an invitation to attend the event, which is held at the Malvern Showground from
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New CD puts sparkle in cider
THERE is an old joke that it takes four men to drink a pint of Herefordshire cider - two to hold the man down and one to pour it down his throat. In reality, the potent brew made on Herefordshire farms for centuries had a special place in the affections
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Police using their heads in the fight to cut crime
A NEW device aimed at deterring crime and disorder is being trialled by police officers in Herefordshire. The state-of-the-art head cams attach to a headband worn under a helmet and allow immediate filming when officers are on patrol. Footage from the
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Afghan War victim told not to wear body armour
A HEREFORDSHIRE soldier who was shot dead during an ambush in Afghanistan had been ordered not to wear body armour or a helmet, an inquest heard on Monday. Lance Corporal Steven Sherwood, aged 23, and his comrades were told to wear only webbed-vests,