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Trinity pupil with Christmas card competition
THE ARTISTIC skills of a Year Six pupil from Trinity Primary School caught the eye of the local MP, and her design will now be printed and distributed on more than 4,000 of his Christmas cards.Makayla Garcia won a competition to design Hereford and South
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Witnesses sought after large scale disorder in Hereford city centre
THREE people were arrested after a large fight broke out in Hereford and left two men injured. Police were called to High Town following the disorder at 11.30pm on November 28. The disturbance is reported to have begun near the Christmas tree
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Hanging around nets award for county student
TRISTAN Jones, of Hereford Cathedral School, is an Arkwright winner. Tristan's 2014 Arkwright Scholarship Award identifies him as one of the country's future leaders in engineering and related areas of design. His hammock frame - part of a
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Herefordshire care home owner scoops award
THE owner of Herefordshire Care Homes has scooped a prestigious award. Karen Rogers was noted for her “outstanding contribution to social care” at the Great British Care Awards. Ms Rogers said she was delighted to receive the award. Judges
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Christmas trade battle hots up
THE boss of a group supporting businesses in Hereford says by next Christmas the city will be a position to shout about being a national shopping destination. John Jones says his fledgling BID (Business Improvement District) organisation will help
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Sample figures show the number of sports related injuries presenting at Hereford County Hospital
OVER 3,000 sports related injuries ranging from major trauma to shortness of breath presented at Hereford County Hospital’s under-pressure A&E between April 2013 and October this year. The month-by-month figures released by Wye Valley NHS
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Western Power to be operational at new Rotherwas base by next month
WESTERN Power Distribution (WPD) has supercharged its shift to Skylon Park, with staff expected to be working in the new purpose-built base at Rotherwas as soon as next month. Bill Jackson, chairman of the Hereford Enterprise Zone board, said the
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Fair trade Fair in Hay-on-Wye
A FAIR TRADE Christmas Fair in Hay-on-Wye this Saturday is pushing its slogan ‘Tis the season to shop ethically. Organised by Fairtrade Hay, the event will feature a variety of gifts from across the globe, including the town’s Malian twin Timbuktu.Julia
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Prizes for county sheep breeders
MARK Lloyd’s Sarnesfield flock was the big winner at the Clun Forest Sheep Breeders Society AGM and awards lunch.Breeders from all over the UK were brought together on the day.The Sarnesfield flock took the champion title in the Flock Competition awards
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Borders regeneration scheme would see 'return of heather and grouse'
A WELSH Marches grazier has said a proposed moorland regeneration scheme would see a return of the heather and grouse rich landscape he remembers as a boy return. Mike Lloyd, who farms over the Herefordshire border in Gladestry, Powys, believes
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Volunteers dig in to create nut grove and wild orchard in Leominster
VOLUNTEERS in Leominster helped to pay a fitting tribute to a former mayor.Leominster in Bloom, with help from local people and the town cadets, dug in to create a community nut grove and wild orchard on part of the town's Sydonia park on Saturday.Designed
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It's a real festive affair at Moor Park
STUDENTS at Moor Park School held a festive fair to help those less privileged.Money raised at the event will go to help Sophie House, a Martha’s Trust home in Hereford that offers lifelong care to profoundly physically and intellectually disabled young
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Autumn musical celebrations at John Kyrle
ON a gloomy evening, an audience at John Kyrle High School banished the autumn chills by enjoying a number of modern and classical performances ranging from Moussorgsky and Michael Nyman to Eric Clapton and Johnny Cash with music from film and TV thrown
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Passionate nine year fight for the county's first radiotherapy unit "more powerful" than its technology
"WOULD we do it again - of course we would" With those words Allan Lloyd left those assembled for the official opening of the county's own radiotherapy unit in no doubt as to the worth of his nine year £8 million fight. That fight ended in
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Award for state of the art housing for dementia patients
AN innovative residential community that helps Hereford residents with dementia keep their independence has picked up a national award.Henffordd Gardens is a 30-apartment cluster on Penhaligon Way in the city centre which opened in January 2014 with the
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Normandy trip for Academy pupils is a real lesson in language
A GROUP of students from the Hereford Academy recently took part in a school trip to Normandy. This trip inspired the language studies of the 39 students who went, but, the aim was also for them to prosper from the culturally rich, cross-curricular
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Bookings open for Flavours of Herefordshire Festival 2015
BOOKINGS for next year's Flavours of Herefordshire Festival are now open. And charges will be introduced for those visiting the popular event in order to ensure its survival. Next year's event – which will be the tenth festival – is lined up
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Christmas decorations go up in Knighton
A TWENTY foot Christmas tree donated by Prince and Pugh, Chandos Christmas tree shop in Knighton has gone up in Brookside Square, Knighton ready for the lights turning on at 6pm on Thursday, December 11.Local electricians led by Jonty Priday have been
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Temporary day surgery at Hereford County Hospital unveiled
CASH-STRAPPED Wye Valley NHS Trust has found £250,000 for a temporary day surgery at Hereford County Hospital. The temporary surgery, which will operate as an extension of the hospital’s existing day surgery unit for around six months, was supplied
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Developer proposes 100 homes in Bartestree
HOUSING developer Gladman is pitching the prospect of another major planning application in the county. This week the company is canvassing views on a mini village of around 100 new homes on land off Longworth Lane in Bartestree. The public
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Parish council in bid to save Kingsland Post Office
A PARISH council is considering whether to buy its village post office in a bid to secure its future. The current owner of Kingsland Post Office, parish councillor Jean Barbour, is looking to retire and has been searching for a buyer for some time
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Herefordshire rider Louise Harwood
Who is your sporting hero? Lucinda Green, as she won Badminton and Burghley so many times, on all sorts of different horsesWho is your sporting mentor? Andrew Nicholson, he is so helpful to me on any sort of advice with my horses and how to ride certain
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Louise looks to the future after best year yet
TWENTY years after first competing at equestrian events, Louise Harwood has recorded her best season to date.The Eardisley rider has achieved the impressive the remarkable feat of being ranked the fifth best British rider while boasting a horse, Whitson
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Herefordshire hotel serves up its own Bush Tucker Trials
A TASTE of life in the jungle came to a Herefordshire hotel when a popular reality TV show was recreated for charity.As contestants get to grips with eating bugs and battling rodents on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, the owner of the Pilgrim Country
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Hereford photography student sets project on fire
A HEREFORD photography student set his new university project on fire.Adam Stephenson, 20, used steel wool to create a powerful set of images as part of a project on his BA photography degree.Given the title Construction of Image – with a requirement
