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Deadline looming
FARMERS who want to enter Hereford Grassland Society’s summer grassland competition have until May 22 to do so. It is split into two sections, dairy farms and beef and sheep farms and judging will take place in the first week of June. The judge
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Hereford duo star
A TOUCHDOWN each from former Hereford Chargers duo Gary Williams and Kieran ‘Kiwi’ Helps guided the Gloucester Banshees to their first-ever win in the British American Football League. The Banshees recorded a 41-26 home success over the Berkshire Renegades
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Thrower’s victory in Glasgow to Edinburgh race
HEREFORD Kayak Club’s Shaun Thrower achieved a notable success in the annual Glasgow to Edinburgh Kayak Race. The race is held over two days, racing 24 miles on Saturday and 31 miles on Sunday. After day one, Thrower was placed third, just 26 seconds
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Working together
AFTER spending more than 23 years in the manufacturing industry, starting out as a temp and finishing as an operations manager, I found myself unemployed in January. There must be many like me out there – unemployed but with skills to offer,
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Firm offers to help
STUDENTS in Herefordshire are to gain a valuable insight into the working life of a leading international company following the launch of a work experience programme. Cargill Meats Europe invited five pupils from The Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat
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Candidates line up for Euro elections
FIVE candidates from Herefordshire are among the 71 hopefuls from 12 parties contesting the West Midlands seats in the European Parliament. The fate of the five will be decided on the June 4 UK election day, but they won’t know what that fate is until
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Ross cap season with Vase success
Ross-on-Wye 12 points Evesham 6 ROSS retained the North Midlands Vase after an epic struggle against Evesham in the final at Stourbridge. Adam Clements and centre Luke Gray scored second-half tries for Ross who sealed last Sunday’s victory with only
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Record NHS staff
THE number of people working for the NHS has reached an all-time high. Staffing levels across the country are reported as 1,368,200, up two per cent from the previous year and 27.7 per cent compared to 10 years ago. The number of qualified nurses
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Don't make a pig's ear out of farming terms
FOR the uninformed who think market reports are in a foreign language, Richard Hyde of Hereford Market Auctioneers has produed this glossary of names and descriptions. PIGS Sow: Female pig having had one or more litters of piglets. Gilt
