Thursday, 21st August 2008

Pollution fears give mileage to bypass bid

Leominster continues to make steady progress in building the case for a solution to worrying levels of traffic pollution.

Banners are flying high

They’re big, they’re beautiful and they’re here!

‘Springboard to Success’

Parents, teachers and pupils at Pembridge C of E Primary School stand to be “floored” by a novel fund-raising project.

A concert for strings at church

Leominster Supersonics, recently awarded a Lottery Awards for All grant, will be performing in Eye Church, near Berrington Hall, this Saturday, June 28, at 7pm.

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Plans to replace Minster College

Plans to replace Leominster’s Minster College at a cost £20 million are set to be unveiled to the public this week.

Petition has 7,169 signatures

The county’s campaign to ‘Save Our Post Offices’ had yesterday, Tuesday, collected 7,169 signatures – an astonishing one in every 10 Herefordshire households – as organisers aimed to reach 10,000 before delivering the petition to No 10 Downing Street next month.

Great news for readers!

There’s great news this week for our readers and advertisers alike, as the county-wide Hereford, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye Journal series reached an important target by covering no less than 51,810 door-to-door letterbox deliveries every week (subject to a VFD Audit for January to June this year) – an increase of 1,482 copies of Herefordshire’s top read.

Firm’s fond farewell to Bob

After more than half a century in the business, well-known Leominster vehicle repairer Bob Crump is retiring this weekend.

Tents for Brownies and Guides

Kingsland Brownies and Guides are looking forward to plenty of fresh air and exercise this year, thanks to grants from the Kingspan Insulation Community Trust.

Leominster in ‘twin city’ spotlight!

Leominster’s sister city, which is thousands of miles away across the pond, is currently putting its Herefordshire counterpart under the spotlight.
American reporter Erik Radvon has been in touch with “local officials” in regard to a feature he is preparing to write for the Leominster Champion, a newspaper reflecting life in a small city located 40 […]