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• A whole new world to discover

  Created: Saturday, 30 January 2010 00:00 Author: Emma Smith

  From a cricket pavilion for literary legends to the largest rose in England and llama trekking in the Forest, there’s more to Gloucestershire than picturesque villages and people chasing cheese!We asked people throughout the county for their ideas about...

• Ledbury - Shaping Our Place 2010-2026

  Created: Friday, 29 January 2010 10:02 Author: Claire Moore

  The first consultation meeting with Herefordshire Council regarding the proposed development of Ledbury was held last night. In summary, Ledbury will see 900 new homes built as part of a wider plan for Herefordshire (the plan intends to encourage Heref...

• iPad ebook review

  Created: Thursday, 28 January 2010 13:18 Author: John Eager

  Apple has launched its latest device the iPad. Designed as a device that fits the niche between mobile phone and laptop, Apple says the iPod fulfills both functions and more. ...

• Website is the key to having fun

  Created: Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:33 Author: Jayne Bailey

  A website for families with disabled children now includes information on fun activities and places to go. The activity providers listed on The Key website have all taken part in the Inclusion Needs You programme which offers free training to any out-of-...

• Put the kettle on!

  Created: Thursday, 28 January 2010 10:17 Author: Fairtrade Foundation

  For this year's Fairtrade Fortnight we're asking the nation to join us in The Big Swap. For two whole weeks we'll be asking you to swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff. Your usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, your usual cotton socks for Fairtrade c...

• Wood Chipper Stolen In Cradley

  Created: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 11:05 Author: Peter Butcher

  Police in Herefordshire are appealing for information following the theft of a tractor-driven wood chipper used in the forestry business. The theft occurred in Chockbury Lane, Cradley between 7pm on Saturday 23rd and 9.30am on Tuesday 26th January 2010. T...

• The Cadbury Debate

  Created: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 10:35 Author: John Eager

  CadburyHouse of Commons debates, 26 January 2010, 10:04 pmLynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak, Labour)"A week today, we will know whether Cadbury shareholders have succumbed to the offer from Kraft, worth 850p a share. There is still time for investors to ...

• Portal Raises £40 for BBC Children in Need

  Created: Tuesday, 26 January 2010 11:25 Author: John Eager

  The Ledbury Community Portal has helped raise £40 for BBC's Children in Need Appeal thanks to donations from Alex Wilkins Blacksmiths, The Retreat, D.T. Waller & Sons and Wyatts Home and Garden. The Ledbury Community Portal thanks the above advertisers ...

• Keeping Well in Winter

  Created: Monday, 25 January 2010 13:45 Author: Mary Fielding

  Ledbury Area Older People’s Forum: Keeping Well in Winter (in spite of the weather.) Information and discussion about staying healthy, staying warm, getting meals and entitlement to benefits, with speakers from Fownhope Surgery, Meals on Wheels and Age...

• Keep Your Pin Safe

  Created: Monday, 25 January 2010 13:40 Author: Rachel Anstee

  West Mercia Police are warning the public to watch out for tricksters who appear to targeting people using cashpoints and chip & pin machines in supermarkets.There have been 19 similar theft offences since the beginning of September 2009, including three ...

• Disaster funding bid for Herefordshire’s £5.5m pothole bill

  Created: Monday, 25 January 2010 11:50 Author: Herefordshire Council

  As Herefordshire thaws after the big freeze, the full damage to the county’s road network is becoming clear. Herefordshire Council estimates it will cost over £5.5 million to repair the potholes created as the water froze, expanded and broke up road su...

• Drive drink and drug free

  Created: Monday, 25 January 2010 11:41 Author: Victoria Bristow

  As national drink/drug drive figures are released, the Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia is reporting a drop in those people that provided a positive breath test after a road traffic collision.  Over the Christmas period in 2008 just over 7% of thos...

• MP Wiggin Slurs Cadbury Workers

  Created: Saturday, 23 January 2010 16:29 Author: John Eager

  Our representative to Parliament, Bill Wiggin, has been criticised for an attack on the Leominster workforce at Cadbury's. Workers are concerned about their job security after Cadbury's takeover by Kraft. The Conservative MP told the BBC that the workers...

• Merlin's Beard!

  Created: Saturday, 23 January 2010 10:14 Author: John Eager

  Merlin's beard! What's going on at the old Woollies? Scaffolds are up, the lights are on and everyone wants to know, or everyone thinks they know, who is moving in. ...

• Haiti Earthquake Appeal

  Created: Friday, 22 January 2010 13:49 Author: British Red Cross

  The Ledbury British Red Cross shop is looking for good quality stock to help raise money for Haiti. It is now over a week since an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti. According to the US Geological Survey 3 million people have bee...

• What do they know? - Freedom of Information Act

  Created: Friday, 22 January 2010 11:58 Author: John Eager

  Want to know something Herefordshire Council knows that you are in the dark about? Something obfuscated? Something secreted? Something unfathomable? Not sure how to proceed using the Freedom of Information Act? Look no further than the What Do They Know w...

• The Right Trousers

  Created: Friday, 22 January 2010 01:50 Author: Marcus Morris

  Only a year or two ago it seemed like it was all about trousers. People would arrive in carloads at The Retreat open mic sessions, just to see what kind of trousers Tim (Rutter) Rutherford would be wearing that week. However, we all knew there was someth...

• New Land of Opportunity

  Created: Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:10 Author: Herefordshire Council

  Thousands of residents are expected to participate in discussions to help turn Herefordshire into a new land of opportunity, with more and better paid jobs, more decent and affordable homes, and better transport links.Herefordshire Council is launching ne...

• Eco Poetry

  Created: Thursday, 21 January 2010 15:08 Author: Transition Ledbury

  We are informed that at this evening's Talking Poetry event (Ledbury Poetry Festival) Thursday 21 January at the Brewery Inn, Ledbury, the discussion will include eco poetry. It starts at 7:30pm and costs £4 if you're interested......

• The Bitter-Sweet Taste of the Cadbury Deal

  Created: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 11:13 Author: John Eager

  The £11.9 billion sale of Cadbury to Kraft will create the world's largest chocolate and confectionary company. However, analysts and purists on both sides of the Atlantic are concerned by what Kraft may do to both the image of Cadbury and to the workers...