VILLAGE LOTTERY – Winning £25 this week is Jim Fisk, with number 20.

PARISH COUNCIL – Tonight (Thursday) at 7.30pm in the Portway Inn at Staunton-on-Wye, the annual meeting will be held to elect a chairman and vicechairman for the parish council. The normal parish council meeting will follow and it will decide on how Bridge Sollers is spelt for the new road signs to be placed on the A438, discuss the prospect of losing the local bus to Hereford, a 30mph speed limit through Bishopstone and many other items on the agenda. The meeting is open and all are invited to attend.

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING – Everyone will have received an invitation to attend this meeting, which will be held in the village hall at Stretton Sugwas on Tuesday, May 12, starting at 7.30pm with cakes and drinks. It should be a good social event and very interesting, with the head of planning and transportation for Herefordshire Council as the guest speaker.

PARISH FREIGHTER - Another opportunity to remove all that unwanted clutter from home and garden. The parish freighter will be by the telephone kiosk in Bishopstone on Saturday,