An eye witness took these shots of a lorry that pulled into Ledbury Police Station yesterday after driving down the Worcester Road on fire.

We can’t have a new superstore AND preserve the High Street, can we? Actually we can. Here’s how

Throughout the superstore debate, those for and against an out of town superstore (OOTS) have made one assumption: we can’t have a superstore within Ledbury because there simply isn’t a suitable place for one. Local architect Anthony Peake thinks otherwise. His proposal could actually be the solution to the whole problem, one that could be acceptable to nearly everyone.

Anthony knows a bit about this. He designed, among many other things, a giant out of town store for John Lewis off the M40 near High Wycombe. When Tesco applied for planning permission for an OOTS off Leadon Way, they dismissed the option of redeveloping their current site on Orchard Lane. Not only did Anthony think that this could be done, he has drawn up a plan.

"Edible Gardening" talk by Kate Clowes at Wellington Heath Village Hall on Wednesday 8th February, 2012 at 7.45pm.

"Kate has a wealth of experience in many areas of horticulture and is partner at Newent Plant Centre. She will be talking about growing plants for food, grow bags and garden beds."

Wellington Heath Gardening Club: New members and visitors welcomed. Annual membership £10. Visitors £2.50.

The Homend Poets are back at Ice Bytes tonight with their special brand of poetry and folk music, enlivened with a big dollop of humour, and washed down with Ice Bytes world renowned coffee.

Join compère Nick Halligan from 6.30 to 8.30 for the best monthly poetry entertainment in Ledbury.