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Fire in Hay-on-Wye closes road
A FIRE has closed Oxford Road both ways, between Church Street and Lion Street. Emergency services are at the scene. The whole of Oxford Road is fully closed in both directions. Police confirm several of the surrounding local roads may
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Advice on hand for city cyclists
CYCLISTS riding along the Great Western Way tomorrow will be given cycling information and high-visibility clothing. The move has been arranged by Herefordshire Council as part of National Bike Week. Earlier today a cycle awareness day
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'Training Video'
Hi One and All... Just a short couple of lines to say about my training in preperation for an assault at what hopefully will be a World Record. To any new readers I am considering having a crack at the One Minute Push-Up record with a 44lb bergen
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Garden centre to host children's fun day
A GARDEN centre near Hereford has opened a new indoor area following five months of expansion work. To celebrate the growth, Radway Bridge Garden Centre, at Whitestone, will stage a Children’s Fun Day in aid of St Michael’s Hospice on August 16. On
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Inquest father thanks fireman
THE father of a nine-year-old girl who died in a canoe tragedy gave an emotional thanks today to the firefighter who found her lifeless body. Billie Holiday Clayton was paddling on the River Wye in Mid Wales with her twin brother Edward and
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Church hosting CAMEO day
A HEREFORD church is hosting a CAMEO day tomorrow. The Come And Meet Everyone day will be staged at Hereford Baptist Church, on Commercial Road, between 10am and 3pm. At the church will be exhibits and demonstrations covering a range of interests
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Inquest into canoe tragedy on the River Wye
AN inquest heard how a nine-year-old girl died after a family canoeing trip turned to tragedy. Billie Clayton died when her canoe capsized throwing herself, her twin brother Edward and their TV presenter father Ian into fast flowing water in
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Fire on farm
A FARM low loader was involved in a fire near Kington yesterday. Fire crews from Leominster and Eardisley attended Park Gate Farm, Titley Road, Lyonshall, at around 12.20pm and took a few minutes to put the fire out.
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Tax office fire
A FIRE at a Hereford tax office was put out before emergency crews could get there. Fire officers were called to Broadway House, Broad Street, at 8.10am on Monday (June 16) after reports of a burning smell coming from a lift shaft. They found the remnants
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Fire crews help collapsed person
FIRE crews on the way to Hereford County Hospital stopped to help a person who had collapsed in the road. One crew stopped to help the person in Kyrle Street, Hereford, at around 11.30pm yesterday. The other responded to an automated fire alarm at the
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Former soldier takes over brewery
A FORMER soldier has taken over a north Herefordshire brewery. The Mayfields Brewery, originally based at Bishops Frome, is now brewing in Leominster after being taken over by Adam Smith. Adam, whose previous experience was limited to homebrewing, made
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House fire in Hereford
TWO people suffered smoke inhalation during a house fire in Hereford last night. Fire crews were called to a property in Ledbury Road at 11.55pm yesterday. A chip pan fire in the kitchen had caused smoke to spread throughout the house. The fire service
