Evidence has come to light as to how Sainsbury's is spinning the local media to get its message across to councilors and the wider public and how it  influences supporters for its proposed off-centre grocery hypermarket on the outskirts of Ledbury.

Sainsbury's is paying the public relations company Gough Bailey Wright to influence the local media and to coordinate local support for the grocer's.

For the second year running, Herefordshire Council is delivering a budget which reflects the national reduction in government funding for public services.

Mrs Carol Davis-Terry, the Chair of the Governing Body at a rural primary school, St Mary's C of E (Aided) in Bromesberrow was provided with a cake for her birthday party in October.

The cake was in the shape of an erect part of the male anatomy, with candles placed in the testicle appendages.

A photograph of this very graphic image was posted on Mrs Davis-Terry's Facebook Account.

In this our tenth year, we have an outstanding selection of films, events and speakers to offer you in 36 venues from Whitchurch in North Shropshire all the way down to Garway in South Herefordshire.

Lots of treats with a particularly strong selection of rural documentaries and features, some locally made, others feturing such far-flung places as Tibet and Inner Mongolia.

Our website with all the details will go live next week with the print brochure hitting outlets and doorsteps from Thursday onwards but here is an exclusive online sneak peek at the programme. You can also download the pdf.