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Off-licenses have licences suspended
FOUR county off-licenses are to have their drinks licenses suspended for serving underage customers. Hereford’s M & G County Wines on Commercial Road will have their licence suspended for 48 hours; Ashby Stores on High Street in Kington for a week and
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Bredwardine & Brobury - Bredwardine & Brobury Victorian Fair & Picnic
Don't miss the Bredwardine & Brobury Victorian Fair & Picnic on Sunday, June 8th! From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the beautiful gardens of Brobury House located in Brobury on the edge of the River Wye. Bring a picnic lunch. Stay for the Victorian attractions
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Bredwardine & Brobury - Merbach Commons May 2008 Work Day
Next volunteer work day on the Merbach Common is due to take place on Wednesday 21st May. We will continue to make steps on the public footpath that runs up through the woodland in the north-eastern corner of the common. Plan to meet at 10:00 am at
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Bredwardine & Brobury - Crafta Webb at the Hay-on-Wye Festival
A big reminder! 'Crafta Webb', directed by Adrian Lambert, is showing at The Hay Festival on Friday May 23rd at 6.30 pm. Tickets are £3.00 - The Booking office number is 0870 990 1299. More details of the event are on the Festival website, www.hayfestival.com
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City parking charges to rise
CAR parking charges in Hereford are set to rise to a minimum of £1 an hour in some city car parks. The hourly rate has been set from June 2 for short-stay car parks such as Gaol Street and West Street. Bays in medium-stay areas such as the Garrick House
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Freehold pub under hammer
A FREEHOLD pub near Ross-on-Wye is set to go under the hammer in London tomorrow. The Cross Keys Inn, at Goodrich, will be auctioned by Colliers CRE and is expected to fetch around £325,000. The pub has a bar and adjoining function room on the ground
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Parking charges to change
CAR parking charges in Leominster are set to rise next month, apart from the long stay on Broad Street which will remain free. The Central Area short stay car park will cost 40p an hour and charges at the Dishley Street car par will be 30p an hour. Season
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Family hit by second tragedy in three years
A HEREFORD woman whose husband died three years ago from cancer has now lost her teenage son in a motorbike accident. Ainsley Smith died in hospital last Saturday morning after his motorbike was in collision with a Range Rover on the main Hereford
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County residents invited to Learners Fair
ANYONE looking to learn new skills and improve their job prospects is invited to a Learners’ Fair in Hereford next week. Part of Adult Learners’ Week, the Fair is aimed at adults across Herefordshire who are interested in giving learning a go for the
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Planning guru on board with ESG
A LEADING architect who has revived public spaces throughout Europe is bringing his expertise to Hereford. Ben Hamilton-Baillie is promising a “fresh approach” to the Edgar Street Grid (ESG) scheme. The Bristol-based planner is an expert on street design
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House fire in South Wye
A DEEP fat fryer was the cause of a house fire in Hereford on Saturday. Fire officers from Hereford were called to Springfield Avenue at 5.22pm. The fire set off smoke alarms and the occupants were not home. Samantha Jones, for the fire service, said
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In the right spirit
A LEOMINSTER company is hoping to change the county’s drinking habits when its first bottles of potato vodka roll off the production line later this week. Tyrrells have been planning the move into alcoholic drinks since founder Will Chase came
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Car fire at Homebase
SHOPPERS were held in a city store for almost an hour on Saturday while emergency crews tackled a car fire outside. Two crews from Hereford attended the fire at Homebase, in Three Elms Road, at around 1.50pm. A number of customers were kept inside the
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Collision in Leintwardine
TWO vehicles were involved in a collision in Leintwardine yesterday. Police and fire crews attended Rosemary Lane at around 11am and found petrol leaking from one of the vehicles due to a large split in its fuel tank. No-one was trapped in the vehicles
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Medalist backs Bromyard paralympic bid
A PARALYMPIC gold medalist is coming to Bromyard to boost a club's olympic credentials. Officials have approved Bromyard Equestrian Centre (BEC) as a training camp for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime
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Leominster shed fire
A FIRE in an extractor fan caused a shed to set on fire in Leominster on Saturday. Two fire engines from Leominster found a shed in Coningsby Road well alight at 5.39am. Once the fire was out, crews cleared smoke from a house adjoining the shed and
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Timber fire in Hereford
FIRE officers were called to a fire on Widemarsh Common in Hereford at the weekend. A pile of timber was found well alight near the old Sportsman public house at around 4.20pm on Saturday. One crew from Hereford put out the fire and left the scene at
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Fire near A49 at Leominster
A PILE of rubbish caught fire on the side of the A49 Leominster bypass on Friday night. One crew from Leominster attended at around 9.30pm and dealt with a small amount of rubbish and some grass which were well alight.
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Sauna fire
FIRE officers were called out to sauna fire in south Herefordshire yesterday. Two crews from Ross-on-Wye attended a small timber-framed building in Hope Mansell at 5.52pm. A fire engine from Whitchurch arrived in support but was not needed.
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Festival baking for youngsters
AUTHOR of Baking Bread with Children Warren Lee Cohen will be on hand this Hay Festival to help children make and shape dough to bake in his on-site clay oven. He is also looking for new bread recipes and would like to hear from aspiring young bakers
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Motorcross rider airlifted to hospital
A MOTORCROSS rider was airlifted to hospital from a farm in north Herefordshire yesterday. The County Air Ambulance attended Temple Farm, Little Hereford, at 4.19pm. The rider was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital with spinal injuries.
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Fitness Pete retires for second time
A HEREFORD fitness instructor has retired for the second time. Pete Taylor, who first took retirement in the early 1990s, worked in leisure in Herefordshire for more than 30 years. Pete started working at Hereford Swimming Baths in the early 1970s and
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New care scheme to help
A NEW care scheme to support people with mental health problems, and their families, has started in Herefordshire. The pilot scheme has been introduced by Herefordshire Council and Herefordshire Mental Health Services, which have contracted SureCare
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United end season with comfortable home win
Hereford United 2 Grimsby Town 0. HEREFORD’S promotion party got the extra celebration it wanted with a comfortable win over mid-table Grimsby. Goals from Ben Smith and Theo Robinson ensured that there was no danger of the celebratory champagne going
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Brown deserves his player-of-the-year plaudits
WHAT a fantastic nine days it has been in the history of the club! The celebrations at Brentford when we clinched the third automatic promotion spot and the accolades coming in for everyone connected to the achievement made it a pleasure dealing with
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Loan stars: Toumani and Theo reflect
STRIKER Theo Robinson bade farewell to Edgar Street with his 18th goal of the season. The 19-year-old signed off from his season-long loan spell with Hereford’s second goal against Grimsby. Hereford’s top-scorer confirmed that he will be back at Watford
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Rubbish found alight
FIRE fighters were called out to a fire on open land in Hereford this morning. Rubbish was found alight in Mortimer Road at around 6.30am.
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Work begins at Leominster park
WORK to make a Herefordshire park more user-friendly is underway. Herefordshire Council’s parks, countryside and leisure development service are improving and re-aligning pathways at Leominster’s Sydonia Park following an upgrade of the children’s play
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Long stay parkers stay free
KINGTON’S three long stay car parks in High Street, Love Lane and Market Hall Street will remain free of charge despite a countywide review of parking prices. But the town’s medium stay Mill Street car park will be 30p an hour and all-day parking will
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Cutting edge wood carver
A CHAINSAW wood carver has been given the Royal seal of approval by being commissioned to create a wood sculpture for Sandringham. Harry Thomas, 53, from Kinnerton was contacted to create a five foot red squirrel out of redwood for the royal
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Vaughan family has made its mark in world of sport
ONE of Herefordshire more remarkable sporting dynasties was in at the beginning of what was then the Old Luctononians Rugby Club, writes RICHARD PRIME. The Vaughan family hit the news again last year when Justin Vaughan was appointed chief executive
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Sheppard is quick off the mark
EASTNOR trainer Matt Sheppard did not take long to record his first winner of the 2008/9 jumps campaign. And he did it at his local racecourse too. Top Dawn, who is ridden by his 67-year-old owner Will Gaskins regularly in the mornings, took the Dorothy
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Trio prove winning worth
THE triumvirate of owner Clive Hitchings, trainer Andy Hobbs and rider Adrian Wintle again proved worth following at the North Ledbury Hunt meeting at Maisemore on Bank Holiday Monday as their Saint Reverien easily scored in the Men’s Open race, writes
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Katie appointed clerk of course
HEREFORD Racecourse's Katie Stephens has become an accredited 'Clerk of the Course' in double quick time. It usually takes applicants one year to achieve the necessary qualifications, but the 30-year-old has taken just five months. In horse racing,
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Minsgill Mans retains top title
THE highlight of the Radnor and West Hereford two day meeting over the Bank Holiday weekend at Cold Harbour near Leominster was the victory of Minsgill Mans and jockey John Tudor in the Men’s Open race for the Crudwell Cup on the second day for the second
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Prosser is tops at Llandegfedd
THE third of Hereford Fly Fishing Club’s competitions this year was a boat match held on the picturesque 434-acre Llandegfedd reservoir near Pontypool. The lake proved to be well stocked and most of the thirty one competitors caught their limit of six
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Rivers equals course record
HEREFORD Wheelers moved to the Lugg Bridge course for the start of their third 10-mile time trial of the season. The weather was much the same as for the previous week’s race at Leominster but this was a tougher course and the overall times reflected
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Three-shot reduction in handicap after win
TWO juniors have won the Herefordshire GC’s Times Trophy in which competitors play at different times to their partner. Alex Allen and Oliver Northcliffe won the Canadian cup event with an eight-under-par total of 272. Allen has reduced his handicap
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Carol hits form in Sapey’s open competition
SAPEY’S Carol Moore fired 34 points to win Division 1 of Sapey’s senior ladies’ open competition. J Penrhyn, from Worcestershire, was second with 30 points, while clubmate B Jones was third on a countback. Alyson Cox, from Worcestershire, took first
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County heritage workshop
HEREFORDSHIRE residents keen to explore their heritage can get help from a paleography workshop showing how to read old family, house and community records stored at Hereford’s record office in Harold Street. Starting at 10.30am on Thursday, May 22,
