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Herefordshire Heartstart makes it 16,000
MOST of the people on this photograph have experienced cardiac health problems. Most attended the cardiac rehabilitation course at Hereford County Hospital following their treatment. It was there they heard of Herefordshire Heartstart, an organisation
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Womaston MacIntyre School opens
TWO international superstars were at the grand opening of a landmark resource centre – well, almost. A Kylie Minogue lookalike and a James Bond impersonator joined staff and pupils who saw 18 months of hard work finally pay off at Womaston MacIntyre
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Tanners Wines lead the field
TANNERS Wines, which has a key branch in St Peter’s Square, Hereford, has received two major national awards beating off stiff competition from the best wine merchants in the UK. The International Wine Challenge played host to one of the largest
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Hereford youngsters prepare for tough challenge
A TEAM from a Hereford school is gearing up for a cup final after beating off competition from more than 300 teams across the country. Eight teenagers from the Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School are eagerly anticipating the Fieldfare Kielder Challenge
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Bishopstone
VILLAGE LOTTERY – With her number 35 Pauline Jordan won this week’s £25 prize. MEETING – Bishopstone and District Group Parish Council will meet today (Thursday) at 7.30pm in the Portway Inn Hotel, Staunton-on-Wye. On the agenda will be the problems
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Canon Pyon
QUIZ NIGHT – Canon Pyon School and the Bush Inn, Bush Bank, are holding a quiz night on Friday, September 26. Teams can enter from 8pm, quiz starts at 8.30pm. Teams of four to six people, entry fee £10. A raffle will also be held on the night. Please
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Aymestrey & Leinthall Earles
CEILIDH CANCELLED – This event was to have taken place at Hall Farm and was cancelled due to a barn fire.
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Police investigate unexplained death
Hereford police are investigating an unexplained death. A body was found close to Hereford Racecourse this afternoon. Paramedics were called out to a grassland area close to the main grandstand at around 4pm and found the body.
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Food production has widest appeal
THE Hereford MP, Paul Keetch, appears to have made rather a schoolboy error in failing to distinguish between a centuries established primary industry that feeds our population and a ball game. His attempt to equate livestock markets and a football
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CHURCH SERVICES
Hereford Cathedral: 8am, Holy Communion; 10am, Eucharist; 11.30am, Matins; 3.30pm, Evensong. All Saints: 10am, Sung Mass with Children’s Church. St Peter: 8am, Holy Communion; 10.30am, Holy Communion. St James: 9am, Parish Communion
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Well done: you’ve spoken out for us
WELL done Mr Keetch MP. At long last you have spoken up for the majority in Hereford over the waste of approximately £10 million of our money on another market. With markets at Ross and Leominster why do we need another? This £10 million could be put
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Cattle market could be a world-beater
WHERE is Hereford’s pride and imagination? We are known across the world as the home of one of the finest breeds of cattle. Why not make the cattle market the centre of a distinctive tourist attraction - a refreshing change from the delusory folly
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The true costs of going green
SIMON Gurney (Readers Times, September 4) is quite right to draw attention to the failure of businesses selling - and governments advocating - so-called ‘green’ products to take any account of the environmental costs of both manufacture and eventual
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Buying Local is a Postcode Lottery
Buying local is postcode lottery ANYONE travelling around the country on holiday this summer may have noticed that there is a huge discrepancy between the foods that supermarkets stock in different parts of the country. The availability of good
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Listen to the words of HRH
I DO think we all need to take what Prince Charles said about GM very seriously. It has certainly attracted a response from our government, in that they are on the point of accepting GM into this country. I have been very wary of GM
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Supporting our rural economy
I WAS delighted to see coverage of the recent decision by Herefordshire Council to grant the soft fruit grower EC Drummond and Son planning permission for the rotational use of polytunnels (Hereford Times, August 28, 2008, Polytunnel plan gets
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COUNTRYMAN - Inclement weather seems to have led to increased activity among dragonflies
IT will come as no surprise to learn that the latest Met Office summary confirms our suspicions that we experienced one of the wettest Augusts ever, ranking seventh for rainfall since modern records began in1914. In addition, the month also gave us some
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Heart and sole
A HEREFORDSHIRE fundraiser has been declared “the wettest man ever to enter a Northumberland pub” after abandoning a charity cycle ride. Phil Martin, aged 63, of Wellington Heath, entered the Twice Brewed Inn in Once Brewed, to discover he had filled
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Hereford group in search for new blood
A HEREFORD-based youth project is on the lookout for new recruits for its flagship online magazine. Youth Times, based in Widemarsh Street, is looking for young journalists, photographers, animators and film makers aged between 13 and 19 to join
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Award for Hereford fundraiser
A HEREFORD fundraiser has won an award for his outstanding contribution to Cancer Research UK. Alan Owen was named Cancer Research UK Honorary Fellow at the charity’s annual Flame of Hope Awards, which recognise remarkable efforts in fundraising
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Authority suspends chief as probe gets underway
THE head of Brecon Beacons National Park Authority has been suspended while investigations are carried out into how it is run. Chief executive Chris Gledhill has been given leave for two months on full pay while external and internal investigators
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Exhibition at All Saints
7 AN exhibition at All Saints Church, Hereford, features the paintings of Lorenzo Gavarini, who studied art in Italy and has lived in Herefordshire since 1994. Visitors to All Saints can see his large depiction of the legendary abduction of the Sabine
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Singers invited to Tudor workshop
SINGERS with a reasonable standard of sight-reading are invited to take part in an all-day workshop with a unique theme in Tarrington on Saturday, October 4. Dr Stephen Rice, director of the award-winning Brabant Ensemble, will be bringing music by Byrd
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Julian Lloyd Webber returns to Edgar Street
A REGULAR visitor to Hereford – on both sides of Edgar Street – internationally renowned cellist and patron of Hereford Concert Society, Julian Lloyd Webber will return to the city on Monday, September 29 for a 10th anniversary fundraising concert for
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A treat for young theatre fans
A treat for young fans of theatre MALVERN Theatres has launched a new Kids’ Club with members getting tickets to all of the children’s theatre taking place that season, as well as a t-shirt and a membership badge. Members will also get a free cinema
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Masterworks of piano music in Leominster
PIANIST Duncan Honeybourne brings Masterworks of Piano Music to Leominster’s Lion Ballroom in a series of seven recitals, the first of which takes place on Sunday. Duncan designed the series to chart an exciting voyage through four centuries of keyboard
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My supreme little pony
FOR little Charlotte McDowall of High Leadon, Newent, clinching the supreme championship at the British Pony Horse Club Show Wales was, quite literally, a dream come true – she had to be woken up to join the class. Charlotte, aged six, who was with her
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Babes, bouncers and the pick of drama
DRAMA lovers are in for a treat this autumn as The Courtyard unveils a season featuring plenty of exciting drama, ranging from comic to cutting edge. Oh What a Lovely War, The Courtyard’s autumn musical, runs until Saturday, September 20, the day on
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A life on the hoof
FARRIER Arlo Stephens has been looking after horses’ feet for 12 years and in that time he has learned quite a thing or two about his four-legged clients and the kind of world in which they live. Working with horses means knowing more than how to trim
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Evergreen victory in championships
AFTERr many months of hard work and hectic qualifiers, the British Riding Clubs National Championships took place at Lincolnshire Show Ground – and a Herefordshire competitor was victorious. The Evergreen Horse title was won by Glynn Jones and Red Monarch
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History repeats itself for Lynn
HISTORY repeated itself when a bride arrived at church in a Land Rover which had also taken her dad to his wedding 37 years ago. Lynn Burton, from Chickward, followed in her parents’ footsteps last Saturday when she tied the knot in St Mary’s Church.
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Star store for guide dogs
A HEREFORD store has won praise for its awareness of guide dog owners. Visually impaired residents Tony Doverman and Jeanette Rose were joined by their dogs Robbie and Beth in presenting Marks & Spencer with a Dog Star Award. Mr Doverman said:
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Horsepower is the driving force behind traditional way of life
IT could be said that Richard Cook was born of the wrong generation as he travels the country with his horse to plough, harrow, bracken roll or move timber. But the traditional way of life is now looking like making a comeback and, along with it, the
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GARDENING - Leafy autumn retreat
When it’s hot in September, (and everyone is hoping for an Indian summer this year!) there’s nothing like sitting under, or among trees. Courtyard and urban gardens have long made a feature of compact trees and, with the ranges available now, so can
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BRIDGE RESULTS
Wyeside BC: September Teams of Four: 1 Ben Britton, Gisela Ogden, John Tacker, and Cathy England 98 Points, 2 Peter Bellamy, Bob Underhill, Peter Watts, and Sarah Weller 81 points, 3 John and Christine Baldwin, and Alex and Jeannie Shave with 80 points
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Lucs coast to four-try win
Malvern 3 pts Luctonians 27. LUCTONIANS made a solid start against newly-promoted Malvern in Midlands 1. They went into their opening league fixture with much the same squad of players which had taken them to last season’s divisional play-offs.
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Managers are given little time in the ‘sack race’
IT was always thought that October and January were the sacking months in football. Managers whose teams had not started well had about 10 to 12 matches to prove themselves good enough to manage their clubs. Poor results for that period could be enough
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Woofferton drop their first points of new season
REIGNING champions Woofferton lost their 100 per cent record in the Premier Division of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League when they were held 1-1 at home by Wellington Reserves. Despite going ahead in the first half, Woofferton were not at their
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Hereford pools to close for maintenance
THREE swimming pools in Hereford will be closed for two days next week. The main pool, learner pool and diving pool at Hereford Leisure Pool will be closed from 11am on Tuesday to 8pm on Wednesday. During this time, which has been taken up by
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Sibbet aims for second place in national racing championship
YOUNG Ross-on-Wye driver James Sibbet is aiming to secure the runners-up spot in the Bookatrack Caterham Graduates national championship. The 20-year-old has two races remaining and is now neck and neck with Eddie Benson for second place. Trevor Newman
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New boss Layton weighs up his task at a familiar club
WESTFIELDS’ new manager, John Layton, was realistic after watching his side for the first time at allpay.park last Saturday. The former Hereford United boss is looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead. Layton, a former Westfields and Hereford
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Goals from Edwards and Hibbard fail to prevent Westfields’ defeat
Westfields 2 Biddulph Victoria 3. A GOAL from Paul Macari, the son of former Manchester United and Celtic star Lou, helped to sink Westfields in this entertaining Aspire Midland Alliance clash. Westfields started well in front of their new manager,
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Ex-national champion makes a spectacular sporting comeback
A HEREFORDSHIRE man has made a spectacular return to BMX biking after 21 years away from the Olympic sport, writes IAN MORGAN. Tony Baldwin has been snapped up by a major sponsor and is ranked second in the national series. He has gained global recognition
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Ron and Andy take gross prize at Kington Open
KINGTON Golf Club Seniors’ Open attracted a good field of players from as far apart as Aberystwyth and the Wrekin. It was very much a day of two halves with the earlier players enjoying reasonable weather and the later players experiencing very wet
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Josie narrowly misses out on a Paralympic bronze
HEREFORDSHIRE’S Josie Pearson has narrowly missed out on a medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing. The Brilley-based wheelchair rugby player created history when she became the first woman to represent Great Britain in the sport at the Games. Pearson
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Herefordshire dog owners put on disease alert
HEREFORDSHIRE dog lovers have been warned to protect their pets against two dangerous conditions. Cases of potentially fatal parvovirus have led to calls for owners to have their dogs vaccinated. The county has also been hit by an outbreak of kennel
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Talk could shed light on Hay's happiness
HAY-ON-WYE residents comforted by recent news that Powys is the cheeriest place in the UK might also get to find out why at a forthcoming talk entitled What Is Happiness? Consultant psychologist Dr Karen Baistow, who was director of mental health studies
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Residents left disappointed ahead of chapel decision
KINGTON town councillors say they are disappointed plans for the long-awaited development of the town’s Wesleyan Chapel were not discussed with residents before a decision is made next week. Agents from JR Homes declined to attend a public meeting on
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Leominster solicitor comes home
A LEOMINSTER solicitor says she is glad to be back in the midlands after a spell working in London. Suzannah Strickland will focus on commercial leasing and property at Worcester-based Thomas Guise after moving from Mayer Brown in the capital. An economics
