Thursday, 21st August 2008

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Patients lose out in drugs ‘lottery’

Eight patients in Herefordshire suffering from rare forms of cancer may have lost their last chance of life after the county’s Primary Care Trust rejected their bids to take rare drugs.

Residents’ anger at composter

Four North Herefordshire villages are in uproar over proposals for a green waste composting operation based off the busy A49 between Hereford and Leominster.

Visitors’ thanks for city’s Mayor

St Michael’s Hospice is £200 better off thanks to a group of grateful American students.

Missing boy slept in barn

When a nine-year-old Fromes Hill lad went missing as darkness fell on a July evening, off-duty local officer for Bromyard Town, Pc John Meek, had a phone call at home from a concerned member of the public.

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Water works to shut road

Fears that a vital intersection in Ledbury would grind to a halt have been allayed after it emerged that the vital water mains responsible for the delay work would take less that half the amount of time first predicted.

Happy meeting for Blanche & Crew

A 70-year-old South Herefordshire woman, who faced slim chances of survival after an horrific accident last summer, has been praised for her courage and resilience during a special presentation.

Patients in drug ‘lottery’

Eight patients in Herefordshire suffering from rare forms of cancer may have lost their last chance of life after a league table survey revealed the county’s Primary Care Trust rejected their applications for innovative drugs.

Show’s a big hit

Organisers were certainly kept busy as crowds flocked to the Larrurpurz Centre in Ross on Saturday for the Horticultural Society’s 73rd annual show

Man, 35, admits to two charges

A 35-year-old man who pleaded guilty to intimidation and drug offences was remanded in custody by Worcester Crown Court.

Waste plan stirs anger in villages

Four villages are in uproar over proposals for a green waste composting operation based off the busy A49 between Hereford and Leominster.