Thursday, 21st August 2008

Ledbury set to Bloom

Ledbury is all set to bloom after a £3,500 Lottery grant and as teams of volunteers plant and tidy up a variety of garden beds and containers ready for the summer season.

‘Learning by doing” at forest school

An outdoor learning facility based near Bromyard is set to help scores of students when it officially opens later this year.

Attacks launched on 300-home plan

A two-pronged attack has been made against a proposed 300-home site on the outskirts of Hereford, on the eve of a High Court hearing to decide if the development should remain in the blueprint for future building.

Tennager sentenced to 20 months

A 16-year-old who attacked a total stranger and was seen with an imitation gun in Hereford has been sentenced to 20 months in a young offenders’ institution.

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Man is attacked beside busy road

A 50 year-old man was left with bruises to his arms, leg and back after being pulled to the ground, then punched and kicked in broad daylight as he walked near a Hereford road layby.

Swimming pool plan dealt a blow

A bid for a a swimming pool to be built in Bromyard have been dealt a blow after a planning application was refused by Herefordshire Council.

Businessman to head haulage Assoc.

A Ledbury businessman has been named as the new chairman of the Road Haulage Association.

Council struggles to find new HQ

An urgent study of accommodation has been ordered as bosses struggle work out where to put thousands of workers involved as the Herefordshire Council-Primary Care Trust merger gets under way.

Over 7,100 sign up to save POs

The county’s Save Our Post Offices campaign had yesterday, Tuesday, collected 7,169 signatures – an astonishing 1 in every 10 Herefordshire households.

Backpack leads cops to graffiti artists

Back-tracking a backpack and some smart detective work by the local policing team has led to five teenagers from Ledbury receiving cautions for criminal damage after spraying graffiti around the town.