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BNP money goes to Brazil
THE first time I ever encountered racism was as an innocent adolescent watching the English football team’s visit to Dublin in 1995. Hooligans with links to far right groups such as Combat 18 and the British National Party sang racist songs
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Was cyclist involved in an accident?
POLICE would like to know how a cyclist ended up on the side of a road in north Herefordshire with facial injuries yesterday. Two women were driving along the A4110 towards Lawton Cross at around 9am when they saw a male cyclist lying at the
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After cathedral, LEA pool should be next
ICAN sympathise with Wendy Watkins (March 26) that the councils have not funded the repair of the LEA swimming pool, as pools nurture fitness, water safety, confidence and interactive skills among the community. However, the councils have
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Hereford and Worcester Fire Service launches boat safety week
HEREFORDSHIRE boat owners are being encouraged to take simple steps to protect their vessels from fire. As part of Boat Fire Safety Week, which runs between Monday (May 25) until May 31, Hereford and Worcester Fire Service are urging the boating community
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Fire service called to Hereford Butter Market
THE fire service were called to The Butter Market in Hereford city centre this morning. Smoke was seen coming out of the cellar at around 8.30am, which set the alarms off. Alec Mackie, fire press officer, said the fire was in a fuse
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Suspicious fire at disused Hereford home
POLICE have confirmed that they are treating a fire at a disused home in Hereford as arson. The fire service were called to a cottage in Hampton Park Road at around 2pm yesterday. The fire was caused beneath the stairs of the property which has been
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Hereford United fans to help Macmillan Renton appeal at Hay Festival
A GROUP of Hereford United fans will man a car park at the Hay Festival to raise funds for the Macmillan Renton appeal. The appeal for new cancer facilities at Hereford County Hospital will be the main beneficiary of their efforts at the festival
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Angels on mission to fulfil a final request
A PAIR of motorcyclists are travelling to Italy to track down villagers who harboured a prisoner of war. Rob Edwards and Rob Taylor are used to epic journeys with their Hospice Angel motorcycle team. But their latest journey isn’t a
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Church 100 club goes from strength to strength in Bredwardine
BREDWARDINE residents celebrated the latest 100 Club Draw winners recently at the fifth draw since it began. Charlotte Sellar was named top prize winner at The Red Lion Hotel alongside second prize winner Helen Furnell and Roger Bowen in third place.
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Organisers thank traders for a fun day in Presteigne
THE organisers of a Presteigne fun day have thanked all the visitors and traders who opened their hearts and purses to make it a success in the fact of the economic climate. Those behind the event said local residents and businesses had been extremely
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Krays collection auctioned at Leominster
A HUGE collection of Kray twins memorabilia has been auctioned in Leominster. Almost £15,000 was bid during the 122-lot auction, which featured letters, books and artefacts relating to the notorious London gangsters. The items were collected
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On shortlist
TONY Killeen, managing director of allpay, a Withington-based payment and revenue collection service provider for the public and private sectors, will compete with 37 other business leaders for the title of Ernst & Young’s North & Midlands entrepreneur
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ESG will create even more traffic chaos
IT is good to see, in your correspondence columns, some common sense about, and much persuasive opposition to, the ESG – qualities sadly lacking in the council that supposedly should champion and protect our city. There are two fundamental and
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Branch is set to celebrate
THE Hereford branch of the Parkinsons’s Disease Society is 20 years old this year and members are finalisng events to mark the occasion The national organisation, established in 1969, is 40 in the same year, making it a double celebration. The
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Minister tours historic orchards
FARMING minister Jane Kennedy made a fact-finding visit to Herefordshire to look at some of its oldest fruit orchards. She was the guest of the Co- Operative Farms’ 880-acre unit at Tillington, near Hereford, where it grows apples, pears, cherries
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Special Hay bus
A bus service running between Hereford and Hay-on-Wye during the Hay literature festival has been announced. The Hay 22 will leave Hereford railway station frequently during the day from Thurs-day, May 21, to Sun-day, May 31. Fares cost £5 one-way per
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Council HQ ‘seen as a palace for pen-pushers’
HEREFORDSHIRE Coun-cil now has its heart set on a £17 million dream home that it says the downturn gives it the best ever chance to buy. The council’s cabinet passed the plan to make the former Bulmers offices in Plough Lane, Hereford, its new HQ saying
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Five golds for Ross at Birmingham
ROSS Rowing Club’s boys side dominated the Junior Academy regatta at Birmingham, picking up five gold medals in their first event of the season. Nick Burden picked up the win in the J11 single sculls, Johan Lai and Gregory Fitz-Horswell were successful
