COFFEE MORNING IN AID OF MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT – Doris Edwards will be hosting a coffee morning at Preston on Wye Village Hall tomorrow (Friday) from 10.30am to noon. There will be a bring-and-buy stall and raffle. All welcome.

COWPATS (PRESTON’S COMMUNITY ACCESS POINT) – Open every Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm and Saturdays from 9.30am to noon at Preston Village Hall. Free broadband access available. We will be hosting a Microsoft Publisher night on Wednesday, November 12, from 7pm to 9pm. This will be a free session, and please let us know if you would like to attend by e-mailing: cowcowpats@hotmail.co.uk.

WII NIGHT – A night of ‘virtual’ fun and frolics is programmed in as COWPATS will be hosting an ‘Evening of Wii’. It is at Preston Village Hall on Saturday, October 4, from 7.30pm. Admission is £3 to include light refreshments and the bar will be open. Try your hand at tennis, rally driving or cow riding! It’ll be fun to just come along and watch too. All ages welcome.

STOP PRESS – Celebrity to visit Preston – Terry Walton, Radio 2’s official allotment keeper. Even if you are not keen on gardening this should tickle your rafters. Terry Walton is coming to Preston for an evening of ‘edible entertainment’ which will definitely not be Gardeners’ Question Time. Star of the BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show, Terry has made a name for himself with dispatches from his vegetable patch in the Rhondda Valley and he will be joined by Wiggly Wigglers worm and wildlife expert Richard Fishbourne. They make a monthly podcast together.

All profits will go to St Michael’s Hospice and the Bobath Centre (for children with cerebral palsy). The event is being held at the village hall, Preston on Wye, on Friday, October 10, from 7.30pm to 10pm. Tickets are £10 and include a light supper and a glass of mulled cider. There will also be a prize draw with some lovely goodies to take home, book signing and a bar will be available. To buy tickets, call 01981 500391.