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Hundreds of entries for Radnorshire garden competition
MORE than 800 entries were submitted for the first ever Radnorshire garden competition. Walter Johnson from Milbank in Norton, near Presteigne, took the Best Kept Garden prize and the Best Kept Senior Citizens Housing Estate went to St Edwards
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Accidental death verdict at brothers' inquests
A verdict of accidental death has been returned at the inquests of two Herefordshire brothers who died following an accident on the A49. Mark Bricknell, deputy coroner for Herefordshire, returned the verdict into the inquests of Gary and Martin
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Hereford trio to take part in top exhibition
THREE Hereford jewellers and silversmiths are to head to London to take part in a prestigious exhibition Will Evans will exhibit a brooch at the Goldsmith’s Fair from Monday until Sunday, September 28. Louise Chesshire is one of 10 graduates who
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Driver flown to hospital
A MAN was flown to hospital by the county’s air ambulance after a head-on collision near Ross-on-Wye this morning. The injured man was driving a blue Peugeot when it was in collision with a small van on a slip road off the A40 at Whitchurch. Paramedics
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ROSS ROTARY CLUB
NORWEGIANS VISIT ROSS ROTARY – The Rotary Club of Ross-on-Wye played host to members of their twin club from Odal Rotary Club in Norway. The is part of an ongoing exchange programme which sees clubs visit each other every two years. The
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EARDISLEY
EARDISLEY WI DO IT WEARING TABARDS-Members of Eardisley WI took a stand against litter in their community last week. Donning their “BIG tidy-up” tabards the ladies spent an hour gathering up litter in the village and the local lanes. ‘This is a
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Leominster centre helps the hard of hearing
LEOMINSTER Community Centre is benefiting from a new hearing loop. Staff from the Pertemps People Development Group, which has an office in the building, put aside money from their wages each month for good causes and paid for the audio system to
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HEREFORD CITY ROTARY
THE club was delighted when the new district governor Dave Fenwick and his wife Sheila dropped in on their annual frugal lunch at the Royal National College for the Blind. Dave and Shelia were welcomed by Ron Giles, the president of the club, and
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Wellington
EXHIBITION – Richard Bavin, a Wellington artist, is exhibiting paintings and drawings of Wellington Wood at the Apple Store Gallery in Brockhampton (near Fownhope) until Sunday (open daily 10.30am to 5.30pm). Richard will be at the gallery on both Saturday
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Producer scoops top honours
A LYONSHALL drinks producer made it a double by winning big in this year’s Great Taste Awards before taking centre stage at Ludlow’s prestigious food festival last weekend. Jo Hilditch launched a brand new aperitif at the three-day event – a limited
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Presteigne
MUSIC – There is a balladeers and chancers session at the Dukes Arms on Thursday, September 25, at 8.30pm. For details of the night or to appear at future balladeers and chancers evenings call Stephe on 388015 or 07837 944090 or John at the Dukes on
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KINGTON
MENDELSSHOHN’S ELIJAH-Kington Choral Society invites you to join them for an evening of beautiful choral music at St Mary’s Church, Kington on Saturday 18th October at 7.30pm. The oratorio, Elijah, was written by Felix Mendelsshohn in 1846 for the Birmingham
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Monkland
COFFEE MORNING – On Friday, September 26, Monkland will hold the Macmillan coffee morning in the village hall between 10am and noon. Admission is just £1 to include coffee/tea/biscuits. Among others, various stalls include homemade cake and pickles, bric-a-brac
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Knighton
George Linaker, Cub leader at Knighton, has been awarded a certificate from the Scout Association by Fiona Preece, Assistant District Commissioner, for 30 years of service to scouting. George started working with Scouts in Southport, Lancashire, over
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Pudleston
Pudleston Garden and Nature Club enjoyed its annual show, having another good day despite the difficult year and a reduced number of entries. Sandra Backhouse won the overall show and received her prize and the cup from club chairman, Sheila Taylor. The
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Little Cowarne/Pencombe
FUN RIDE – The fun ride, in aid of Pencombe Primary School, will be held in Pencombe on Sunday. First horse will be available at 10.30am and the last at 2pm. There will be a 10-mile ride and a five-mile mini-route with optional jumps available throughout
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Kington
ARABIC/BELLY DANCE FOR ADULTS – Ladies, get in shape and learn Arabic/belly dance movements all at the same time! Classes will start next Tuesday and run for 10 weeks from 6.30pm to 8pm at Lady Hawkins Leisure Centre in Kington. For more details, please
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Auris: cool, comfortable and classy
THE compact hatchback market seemed to produce some rather ordinary cars before the ground-breaking Ford Focus came along. Since then there have been numerous advancements with buyers’ expectations having risen considerably and being more diverse than
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DILWYN
CEILIDH-Dilwyn Ceilidh will be held on Saturday September 27th in the Cedar Hall starting at 7pm. A sausage and mash supper will be followed by dancing to "Village Folk", with a "caller" for the dances. Dessert will be served in the interval and there
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Kylie meets 007 at Herefordshire school
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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‘If we had been here last week without these new flood defences... many houses would have been affected by the water’
HEREFORD’S £5.5 million flood defence scheme was officially opened last week – but Environment Agency engineers have promised that their work in the county still has some way to go. MP Paul Keetch was given the honour of speaking at the opening
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Narrow win for villagers seals historic promotion
BROCKHAMPTON clinched promotion to Division 2 of the Birmingham & District League with a dramatic last-over away victory on the final day of the season. In reply to Bablake Old Boys’ 174-8 declared, Brockhampton looked in deep trouble at 122-8. However
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£110 to spend a penny in Ledbury
HOW much does it cost to spend a penny? More than £110 if a charge made to Ledbury Town Council is anything to go by. The council has been told it will need to pay £110.94 a night to open Ledbury’s two public toilets during the October fair. The
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A green-fingered shock in garden
A HEREFORDSHIRE man who surprised his wife by digging up his entire lawn has won a vegetable competition. Martin Gallagher asked his wife Edwina if she minded if he dug up some of his lawn to grow a few vegetables but on her return from work she
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Racist grafitti scrawled in Hereford
ILLITERATE racists have left their mark close to Hereford’s Victoria Bridge. Vandals daubed the message “F*** off home you sticking Poles!” over 10 metres of a wall alongside the River Wye at the weekend. Herefordshire Council staff worked to
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You got away with it, says judge
A JUDGE told a man who pushed over his pregnant girlfriend that the charge brought against him was “ludicrous”. Andrew Walker knocked Zoe Williams down in Hereford city centre during a row over who the baby’s father was, Worcester Crown Court heard
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Kington vandals wanted by police
POLICE are trying to trace vandals who left a trail of destruction in Kington last weekend. A car parked outside the Co-op had its wing mirror ripped off and its side window broken, and the wipers of three vehicles were damaged in Mill Street. Three
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Talk to Leominster's CSOs
LEOMINSTER is to get more chances to talk to its Community Support Officers. CSO Christina Howard will hold a surgery at the Priory Church on September 21 at 11am while a session with CSO Gareth Maddox will take place at the Bridge Street Leisure Centre
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‘This is for all the guys I served with and for those who never came back...’
A FORMER SAS hero has been presented with a medal for his part in operations to free Malaysia from communist rule 50 years ago. Alfred ‘Jock’ Gerry received the honour during a special service, attended by his family, friends and many of his former colleagues
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Poor defending costs the Bulls in loss at Roots Hall
Southend United 1 Hereford United 0. HEREFORD slipped back to one place off the foot of the League 1 table after again losing by the odd goal against an ordinary Southend side. Some sloppy play at the back proved costly for the Bulls who failed
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Hereford beat Walsall
Walsall 13 pts Hereford 15. HEREFORD’S first match of the Midlands 2 West season saw them returning to the scene of their triumph last term against tough rivals Walsall. Although a difficult place to go and try to repeat the dose, since it was Walsall
