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Trial entrants on firm ground
The North Ledbury Hunt had 167 entries from across the county and beyond at its Two Phase Horse Trials, at Hilltop Cross Country Course, Ledbury, earlier this month. Riders came from all over the Midlands and Wales to compete in classes from 2' 3" to
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A thoroughbred of a horse's tale
"THE grass streaks beneath his glossy body. He plunges and gallops through the grasse to the distance, to a pebbly river where there is a horse just like him and then another emerges from beside the trees." It was at this point I knew I was about to
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First time buyer? Use horse sense
OWNING your first horse is a very exciting prospect and what most riders aspire to, but there are many things to consider before buying to help ensure a happy and safe relationship and not a complete disaster. The British Horse Society's (BHS) welfare
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Equitation, equitation, equitation
AN exciting new discipline which rewards riders for their horsemanship skills is coming to Bromyard. Equitation is a combination of correct basic flatwork movements and show jumping and, in this discipline, the ability of the rider is of paramount importance
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Abbey opens its doors for music extravaganza
ONCE again, as music lovers have come to expect, this year's Dore Abbey Music Festival welcomes a musician with an international reputation. John Lill, CBE, whose concert career spans more than 50 years, has been described as the leading British pianist
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Chance to make music
"MUSIC can change the world," said Beethoven. At Barrs Court School, they're hoping that the Hydrosense Music Making week will contribute to changing theirs. The week has been organised to help raise funds towards the building of an interactive performing
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Choirs join forces
MUSIC and prose for a summer evening is the theme of a concert given by two choirs, Border Voices and Laus Deo, on Saturday at Hereford's St Nicholas' Church. "From Madrigals to barber-shop, and a funny alternative to Rule Britannia, we want to give
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Mesmerising show set to wow audiences
A SHOW that has had audiences around the world reaching for their superlatives arrives in Malvern next week. Le Grand Cirque arrives festooned with praise - "spellbinding", "magical...electrical...beyond belief", "an incredible spectacle" - and a cast
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Lear goes for the heart
KING Lear - it sounds like a one-man show and all the pre-publicity about this new production from the Royal Shakespeare Company reinforced that view. It was a virtual sell-out on the strength of Ian McKellen as the lead, and then there was the controversial
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WHAT'S ON
Events/talks 'til September 20, Guided historic walks, weekdays 11am, Sundays 2.30pm. Tourist Information Centre, opp Hereford Cathedral. June 21 Herefordshire Scope AGM, HDLC, Marshall Business Centre, Westfields Trading Estate, 7.30pm. 01432 265444
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Potted Potter is just magic
THE excitement is building among thousands of Hereford's Harry Potter fans as they count down to the launch of the seventh and final book. To keep them happy while they wait, The Courtyard currently has a little bit of alternative Potter magic on offer
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Hot jazz on a summer day
ONE of Ludlow's summer pleasures is sitting in the courtyard of the Bull Hotel in Corve Street with a glass of real ale, listening to cool - or even boisterous - jazz. On the festival's opening night, Joanne Shaw Taylor will bring her fiery guitar
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Shakespeare’s Comedy and much, much more.
SATURDAY marks the start of the 48th Ludlow Festival, with Glen Walford's production of The Comedy of Errors as its centrepiece, and the Inner Bailey of the castle transformed into a magical and exotic Arabian Nights-style world. The plot is, predictably
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Top batsman back for County trip
HEREFORDSHIRE will be looking to bounce back from their defeat at Oxfordshire when they travel to Bournemouth to take on Dorset in their second Minor Counties Championship fixture on Sunday. And the county side will be boosted for the three-day clash
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Bulls boss still awaiting decisions from players
HEREFORD United director of football Graham Turner is still waiting for decisions from his five out-of-contract players about whether they intend to stay at Edgar Street for the coming season. Andy Williams continues to be linked with a move to Bristol
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Handicap secretary makes his own cut after victory
HEREFORD Municipal Club handicap secretary Shaun Vivian's latest competition success led to the official having to adjust his own ranking. Vivian won the inaugural Tyne Trophy with 44 stableford points, 12 coming from the three gross birdies on his card
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Betty’s an ace golfer at age of eighty
THE sport has a saying that it's never too late to take up golf. And that has certainly been the case with Ross-on-Wye member Betty Spacey who achieved a hole in one just two weeks after her 80th birthday. Betty, who only took up the game at the age
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Alice has new partner in Fran
HOARWITHY rider Alice Hurley has a new challenge on her plate this year. The 19-year-old, who gained international recognition riding Solitaire's Secret in 2006, is for the first time developing her own horse, the four-year-old Hanoverian chestnut mare
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Sheppard scores before the break
HEREFORD Racecourse staged their final fixture before the traditional summer interval on Monday when Ledbury trainer Matt Sheppard scored in the feature race. The Sheppard trained Super Judge, owned by Simon Gregg, won the £8,000 Charles Dawson Memorial
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Sarah earns British Festival eventing place
A NORTH Herefordshire rider has qualified for a major tournament after enjoying her biggest win to date at a horse trials in Wales. Pembridge rider Sarah Turner saw off fierce competition to win the Novice Regional Final class at the hotly-competed Llanymynech
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Sarah clocks top times in sprint double
PUPILS from the Hereford District excelled at the Hereford and Worcester County Schools' Athletics Championships. Sarah Weaver (Aylestone) was outstanding in the inter girls sprints, leaving the opposition in her wake while clocking an English Schools
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Wigmore netball girls collect five trophies
Wigmore Primary School's netball team produced splendid form throughout a season in which they collected five trophies - as winners of the Radnor Valley and Border tournament, the Wigmore tournament, Mitchell-Hamer Trophy and Credenhill Cup, and runners-up
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Hereford veterans claim three gold medals at Nottingham
HEREFORD Rowing Club made a very successful trip to Nottingham for the combined National Veterans Championship and Loughborough Regattas held at the National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepont. The women's veteran A coxed four of Clare Fenton, Alex
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Combat Academy’s grappling triumph
TWO Hereford Combat Academy members have returned from the National Ju Jutsu Kumite Councils open grappling championships in Derby with gold medals. In the junior section, Olly Bohn collected the gold medal in the under 35kg category while another gold
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Leominster’s run halted by the reigning champions
LEOMINSTER'S fine unbeaten run in the Tarmac Bowls League was brought to a halt when they visited reigning champions Kington and went down by 10 shots. Leominster's challenge was spearheaded by the rink skipped by John Harris who came off the green with
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County bottom of group after second defeat
HEREFORDSHIRE played their second match in their Middleton Cup section at Ledbury where they suffered a 148-102 defeat to Worcestershire, winning on only two rinks and losing by 18 points to four. It was their second successive defeat in the national
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Trophies aplenty at Hay
MOVE over Chelsea and Manchester United, for a junior team in the Welsh borders has just claimed a double with a difference. Hay Junior Football Club's under 11s side has just completed a tremendous season in which they won the league, a cup competition
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Driver flown to hospital
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after a road traffic collision near Burley Gate yesterday afternoon. The collision involving a volkswagon car with two occupants, and a livestock vehicle carrying a horse, took place on the A465, Hereford to Bromyard road
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Lads Club beat rain to batter Frome
ONLY a handful of Flint & Cook Marches League matches survived the damp conditions and Division 4 side Bishop's Frome probably wished that it had rained even harder over East Herefordshire after being shot out for just 18. None of their players reached
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Archie stars in big win
HEREFORDSHIRE under-11s beat Mid Glamorgan by 70 runs at Colwall to give them their second victory in two outings. Six Herefordshire batsmen reached double figures as they totalled 126, and Herefordshire then bowled out their Welsh visitors for just
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Max factor critical to Monmouth’s success
MONMOUTH fast bowler Max Harris snapped up seven wickets to lead his club's second eleven to an emphatic 120-run home win over their Luctonians counterparts in Division 2 of the Crusader Worcester-shire League. Playing his first game of the season for
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Spinners strike as Academy go down
THE Hereford Academy Xl went down by 41 runs to a strong Worcestershire Academy side in a 50-over friendly at Eastnor last Sunday. Chasing a victory target of 187, they were lifted by a 47-run last- wicket stand between Ollie Powell and James Morris
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Hereford United Fixtures 2007-2008
August 11 Rotherham H 14 Yeovil T (Carling Cup) H 18 Barnet A 25 Rochdale H 28 Carling Cup 2nd round September 1 Wrexham A 8 Macclesfield H 15 Morecambe A 22 Bradford H 25 Carling Cup 3rd round 29 Grimsby A October 2 Notts County
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Presteigne youngsters sign for Westfields
WESTFIELDS have boosted their squad by signing two of Presteigne's Spar Mid Wales League winning side ahead of their new Midlands Alliance season. Joining the allpay.park club are promising young forwards Paul Allam and Shaun Prince who were both regular
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Ross club leave Hellenic League with return to county football
ROSS Town have decided to leave Hellenic League football and return to their county roots. The club, who have finished bottom of the Sport Italia Hellenic League Division 1 West for the last two seasons, have rejoined the Hereford Times Herefordshire
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United kick-off at home to relegated Rotherham
HEREFORD United begin their 2007-8 League 2 programme by entertaining newly-relegated Rotherham United on Saturday, August 11. The first away trip the following weekend brings the seemingly traditional early season visit to Barnet with Rochdale then
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Wright is top of the match
AT the second meeting of the National Junior Athletic League at a very wet RAF Cosford, four Hereford and County AC under-20 members helped composite club Border Olympians to first place out of eight teams with a total of 351 points. Athlete of the match
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Bevis on target with gold double
ACE marksman James Bevis has netted the biggest win of his career after carrying off the 2007 British Disability Target Shooting Association Wheel Power National Championship at Stoke Mandeville. Bevis had no problems getting used to his new gun, provided
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Dropped catches prove costly
DROPPED catches proved costly for Canon Frome as they went down by one wicket at home to Old Elizabethans in the Crusader Worcestershire League Division 4 South. With the visitors chasing 154, they had already dropped top-scorer S May twice, but recovered
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Rain stops play for day in most county club fixtures
RAIN played havoc with the cricket programme last Saturday. Many games were abandoned without a ball being bowled, others were called off after brief play, and just a few were played to a conclusion. Both of Kington's fixtures in Division 3 of the Birmingham
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Six courses and 102 holes played from 4am start
TWO Herefordshire golfers have tested their limits of endurance while raising more than £1,500 for a good cause. Dave Masefield and Steve Knight completed the staggering feat of playing 102 holes of golf on six different county courses in a single day
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Why not make our town user friendly?
I DON'T honestly think our local council can justify charging us excessive council taxes when all you have to do is look around our beautiful little town of Leominster and see what a dreadful state our footpaths are in. It is by some miracle that nobody
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Alienated will seek alternative voices
WHAT an extremely depressing introduction to the views of Hereford's new mayor you provided recently unless Councillor Chris Chappell was being ironic when he said special interest groups should "back off and leave it to the ballot box". Surely a little
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Hit the litter louts where it really hurts
T has become more apparent that litter is a huge problem in Hereford, in common with many other towns. The police/wardens cannot be at every street corner, even if their numbers were far greater, so it comes down to educating people to change their attitudes
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The hypocrites who moan but don’t vote
ON the very day of the local elections (May 3), the Hereford Times' editorial stressed the importance of voting, and expressed the opinion that this opportunity to take part in local decision making was vital. Indeed, you suggested that not to do so was
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But there’s candidate apathy around too
CANDIDATE apathy has again been a winner at the local elections. Nothing has changed since the last county elections. Only one candidate bothered to canvas in our ward. Entering the polling station I discovered the existence of three other candidates
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A kick in the teeth for pupils, teachers and parents
TODAY, Thursday, we will all learn where our newly elected cabinet stand on the issue of parental choice in schools. A seemingly innocuous agenda item, proposing a county-wide review of primary school education provision, hides a proposal to further
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Concert to help virus-hit woman
A CONCERT will raise funds so a wheelchair-bound Hereford woman can see top specialists after being hit by a virus. Proceeds from the concert at Hereford Shirehall will help Jenny Hammond, of Central Avenue, Portfields, to finance a trip, possibly abroad
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Hearing aid boost
A BACKLOG of 2,000 people in Herefordshire waiting for new digital hearing aids could be cleared by the end of the year. Extra clinics are being held during evenings and weekends at Hereford County Hospital and a service from a mobile clinic should be
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Mum used her IVF experience for book
ANYONE trying for a baby might find a new book, co-written by a woman from Ledbury, worthwhile reading. Jill Anthony-Ackery was invited to help write Fertility & Infertility for Dummies because of her own experiences, particularly of IVF treatment which
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George’s journey raises cash
"Fantastic" - that was the verdict of George Harrison as he paddled his kayak into Hereford during the Regatta recently. He had just completed a trip down the River Wye from Glasbury, the last stretch of a journey around the whole boundary of Herefordshire
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Paying bills from your TV is just a click away
A HEREFORDSHIRE business has started a service that allows household bills and one-off payments to be paid over interactive digital television (iDTV). allpay.net, the bill payment and collections specialist based near Withington, said the move comes
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Muddy Boots ties up deal worth £1.5m
STAFF at a south Herefordshire software firm have been celebrating after tying up a huge contract with an international manufacturer. Champagne corks have been popping at Muddy Boots Software, near Ross-of-Wye, which recently completed a £1.5m deal to
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Tributes to public-spirited woman
A PUBLIC-spirited Herefordshire woman who was a keen member of local clubs has died after a period of illness. Margaret Hardy-Bishop, a keen member of the Women's Institute and Inner Wheel Club, died on June 9 after battling against cancer. Mrs Hardy-Bishop
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Top artist dies aged 89
A HEREFORDSHIRE artist who taught Prince Charles to draw has died at the age of the 89. John Ward, who was born in Church Street, had advised the Queen and Prince of Wales on buying paintings and had been commissioned to paint the late Princess Diana
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£15,000 target for the hospice angels
THE Hospice Angels, a group of bikers who take on long distance rides to raise money for St Michael's Hospice, have returned from Orkney after discovering they were better known in the Highlands than they thought. The team have been raising money for
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3 Mad Ladies on the Loose!!!
Hi Everybody I am 37 years old, married with a 12 year old son and I work part-time in a well known Coffee Shop in Maylord's Shopping Centre in Hereford. I am fundraising at the moment for Cancer Research and walking Race for Life next month at the
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Out of the mud, beauty will flourish
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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Teenager rescued after 60ft fall at Symonds Yat
A TEENAGER was rescued after falling down a cliff face at a popular Herefordshire location for rock climbers. The 17-year-old was rescued by firefighters after they were called to Symonds Yat on Sunday. Crews from Herefordshire and a specialist team
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MP backs radiotherapy campaign
SUPPORT for a radiotherapy service at Hereford County Hospital has come from across the border in Brecon and Radnorshire. MP Roger Williams said he was 100% behind a campaign to persuade the Three Counties Cancer Network to agree to a satellite unit
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End of an era as John retires after 40 years
FOR 39 years, John Hemmings has been helping to keep the roads of Herefordshire safer. During that time, he has been one of the men responsible for testing lorries, buses and minibuses to ensure they are roadworthy and meet the highest safety standards
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Bus aims to ‘walk’ into record books
CHILDREN from a Herefordshire primary school last week attempted to walk into the record books, as part of the world's largest walking bus'. St Mary's CE Primary School in Fownhope took part in the event at Fownhope Recreation Ground to highlight road
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Winners and losers in review of day care
THE hundreds of people - many of them elderly - who receive day care through social services in the county are to have that care reviewed to ensure it is still meeting their needs. Herefordshire Council's cabinet ordered the review as it voted through
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Team do their best for breast cancer
TWO Bromyard men are embarking on the Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for a cancer charity. Nick Frost and Richard Harrison are hoping to raise £2,500 for the Breast Cancer Campaign by climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 24 hours. Nick
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Joseph’s Japanese trek raises funds
A HEREFORD student has completed a gruelling 62-mile trek to the foot of Mount Fuji in under two days. Joseph Tame, aged 29, walked almost non-stop for 31 hours over seven mountain peaks to raise money for the Oxfam Trailwalker fundraising event. The
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The show must go on - despite the weather's best efforts
TORRENTIAL downpours failed to cast a cloud over the much anticipated visit of the royal couple to this year's Three Counties Show. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended the first day of this year's event - of which Herefordshire was
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Mansion on the market for £3m
A MANSION made famous by Nelson has an eye on a new owner. Rudhall Manor, near Ross-on-Wye, is up for sale with an asking price of around £3 million. The current owner, Herefordshire councillor and cabinet member for resources Harry Bramer, says he's
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Good response to hepatitis alert at County Hospital
MORE than 60% of women offered a hepatitis check at Hereford County Hospital have responded. "It was a very good return and things have gone smoothly," said medical director Peter Harper. The women, 250 of them, were patients in the maternity and gynaecology
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Entrepreneur aims to be a TV winner
A HEREFORD man takes centre stage on a new television show this month. Justin Chieffo, who runs his company Be-Eco with wife Michele, has been selected from thousands of other hopefuls to appear in Tycoon - an ITV production which offers one entrepreneur
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Hotelier who’s got a lotta bottle
A HOTELIER has threatened to dump "a boot full of bottles" at the door of Herefordshire Council if they will not help him recycle glass. Robin Biddlecombe, of the Pilgrim Hotel in Much Birch, says that for the last two years he has been asking the council
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Now county can honour its pioneers of the stars
A TRIO of pioneering Herefordshire astronomers, who brought the stars closer to the public, will be celebrated thanks to a Lottery grant. Most people cite Galileo as the father of modern astronomy, but Thomas William Webb, George Henry-With and Henry
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Fishing friends pull in cash for charity
TWO Herefordshire schoolboys took each other on in a fishing challenge to raise money for charity - and landed over £200 in sponsorship. Ben Reynolds, from Brimfield, and Joe Paget, from Kingsland, both aged 12, thought up the idea as a way of raising
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Helicopter search after man lied about crash
A LEOMINSTER man lied to police by saying he had not been driving moments after he crashed his car through a hedge. Daniel James Edwards was travelling on the B4361 when his Renault Megane left the road and came to rest in a field upside down. Hereford
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Fears over future of voluntary group
FEARS have been raised about the future of a voluntary group that has taught thousands of Herefordshire people how to help save the lives of heart attack victims. Herefordshire Heartstart is battling to survive after a £5,000 a year grant from Herefordshire
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Keeping the lid on odour nuisance
A £200,000 scheme to reduce odour nuisance in Hereford was completed when a large steel and glassfibre reinforced products cowl (GRP) was lowered onto the sewage works at Rotherwas. Herefordshire Council has been pressing for odour improvements at the
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Peter packs up his pipes for the last time
A CHAPTER in Hereford's retail history will come to an end this weekend when the city's only remaining tobacconist trades for the final time. Peter Brundrett has operated from his tiny Church Street premises for 35 years, but Saturday will signal the
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From selling cars to singing West End hits
FOUR young Herefordshire singers will perform the hits of Broadway and the West End all over the country when they embark on a nationwide tour. Back to Broadway starts the tour at the Blake Theatre in Monmouth on June 30 after spending months in rehearsals
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Residents help foil petrol station raid
PEOPLE living close to a Hereford supermarket helped foil a raid on its petrol station. They raised the alarm after hearing a disturbance at Tesco's Belmont store. The raiders made off empty-handed after the incident at about 11.40pm on Sunday. General
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Villagers sign up to petition to keep post offices
HUNDREDS of people across the county have signed petitions as concern grows over which rural post offices will be closed by the government in the coming months. Whitehall announced last winter that around 2,500 post offices were to close across the country
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Afternoon Race for Life is called off
CANCER Research UK has been forced to cancel the second race at 3pm at this year's Hereford Race for Life. The event has been running since 2003 and proved extremely popular, with a second race added this year. However, it became apparent that fewer
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Thousands affected as storms strike county
FLASH flooding hit Herefordshire and thousands of people were left without electricity during torrential storms this week. The Ross-on-Wye and Ledbury areas were particularly badly hit by heavy rain as thousands of homes and businesses lost their power
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County’s wackiest wedding
HEREFORDSHIRE'S wackiest wedding of the year featured cross-dressing, trousers held up with binder twine and a Vicar of Dibley-style church choir. The English upper classes rallied behind the posh bride Titania (Cadbury's worker Adrian Jones in drag)
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Ancient law sees end of village hall scheme
AN ancient law dating back to Norman times has partly scuppered plans to build a new village hall in Garway. The village is in desperate need of a new community centre but a controversial application to build on the common has split the close-knit community
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Hospital sees a big drop in superbug cases
HEREFORD County Hospital has not achieved core standards to reduce cases of MRSA. However, the number of cases is dropping - in some cases dramatically - and the hospital is satisfied that all infection control and prevention policies, procedures and
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Brigadier’s CBE for outstanding service
A DISTINGUISHED army officer who recently addressed Tony Blair when he was in Africa has become a CBE. Brigadier Iain Cholerton RRW received the award for outstanding service to the Army following an impressive tenure as the senior officer in Wales.
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Community stalwart recognised
WHEN Kenneth Reeves left the bright lights of the south coast for sleepy Herefordshire, he probably expected a quiet life and a peaceful retirement. But the former bank manager became more involved in a community than he ever imagined and last week,
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Cessa follows in family’s footsteps with honour
DAYS after stepping down as chairman of Hereford Hospital Trust, Cessa Moore has been made an MBE for services to healthcare. Mrs Moore has spent much of the last 30 years working for the health service in Herefordshire in a number of different roles
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MBE for West case detective
A HEREFORD man who investigated the Fred and Rosemary West case has been made an MBE for services to the police. David Griffiths left the city in 1976 for Gloucester, where he still lives. During the Cromwell Street investigation, he was responsible
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Three die in road accidents
THREE people died in two separate accidents on Herefordshire's roads. A 51-year-old woman died on the A480 Norton Canon to Sarnesfield road after two vehicles were in collision, and two motorcyclists were killed in an accident on the Callow. Barbara
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Question mark over the future
CONFECTIONERY giant Cadbury may have to pay millions in fines, costs and compensation after admitting charges of sending chocolate contaminated with salmonella out from its factory at Marlbrook, near Leominster. The company also faces further charges