Thursday, 21st August 2008

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.

Riverside walk will help boost tourism

Bromyard will extend a better welcome to visitors in the future after news emerged that an exciting tourist development is to take shape in the town.

OAP dies waiting for ambulance

The distressed family of a collapsed pensioner waited more than 15 minutes for an ambulance – despite the fact there was a station only 100 yards away.

Estate plans pulled at the last minute

A controversial application for development at Hereford’s Holmer Trading Estate has been pulled for the second time from a planning committee agenda as council boss Chris Bull promises a full investigation into the issue.

Banned car driver told to get a job

A judge has told a banned motorist to “get on his bike” and find a job after he blew most of a £10,000 inheritance.

Polish workers are attacked by gang

Three Polish workers have been attacked by a large group of youths in Hereford.