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Media's London bias
This week the BBC has been told that it needs to improve its coverage of the UK's regions in its main news bulletins and factual programmes. A review for the BBC Trust said the Beeb was falling short of its own high standards and was failing
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Mummy PR
This morning I got a bit overexcited and casually sent out a text to everyone I know with children saying: ‘Sun just popped out from behind cloud, fancy coming over to play in Freya’s paddling pool this afternoon?’ thinking it would be great if even
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2 Month Review
I've recently been for a review meeting with Sue Mullinger at Halo which I was almost dreading, as I know I'd not been doing as much as I was at the time of my last meeting. It was quite interesting though and a new source of fresh inspiration, as my
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Accident on A465
FIRE crews were called to an accident involving seven cars on the English/Welsh border yesterday. A pump from Ewyas Harold joined others from Wales on the A465 Hereford to Abergavenny road near Llangua at 5.50pm. Alec Mackie, for the
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Police urge vigilance in Shobdon
POLICE are asking Shobdon residents to be vigilant after a spate of thefts in the area. The latest involves two bicycles stolen between the evening of May 30 and the morning of the 31 from the back garden of a house in The Grove area.
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Shed catches fire
A SHED caught fire in a Herefordshire village yesterday morning. Fire crews from Hereford and Peterchurch were called to Archenfield, Madley, at 8.15am and dealt with the fire quickly.
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Open house at Brilley
A 17th century Herefordshire farmhouse will be opening its doors to the public this weekend. Cwmmau, in Brilley, will be open between 2pm and 5pm on June 14 and 15. Visitors can join free guided tours or explore the black and white-framed property
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Loss for Hereford festival
THE early closure of a Hereford music festival lead to a loss of money, according to one of the organisers. The Wyeside Music Festival was closed down early Sunday evening after police were called at around 11pm because an allegation of rape was made
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War heroine remembered at county museum
THE life of Herefordshire’s adopted war heroine will be remembered at a county museum’s eighth annual gathering. The Violette Szabo Museum, at Cartref House, Wormelow, will host the gathering on June 21, starting at 2pm. Jean-Pierre Barrault, the
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Olympic training role for Herefordshire
HEREFORDSHIRE is set to play an important role in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics. A guide to the games has identified Hereford’s Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) as a pre-games training camp for paralympic sport. The organising committee
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Villagers help prevent floods
A HEREFORDSHIRE village has been working hard to avoid a repeat of last summer’s flooding. The Bodenham Flood Prevention Group, formed after 40 homes in the area were flooded last year, have been filling and stockpiling sandbags, patrolling problem areas
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Family upset at muddy funeral
SAYING goodbye to a loved one is always upsetting but one Kington family is claiming contractors made it worse by leaving the cemetery coated with mud before a funeral. Mary Coe and husband Richard said pall-bearers at the interment of Richard
