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• Jim Miller Makes Official Complaint to West Mercia Police

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  Created: Friday, 29 July 2011 12:21 Author: John Eager

  Leominster councilor Jim Miller has made an official complaint to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police and the IPCC regarding the conduct of a police inspector. Mr Miller has had three police visits to his Leominster home in recent years all in conn...

• Disappeared in Syria

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  Created: Friday, 29 July 2011 11:55 Author: Avaaz

  Muntaha's sixteen year old son was abducted from a peaceful democracy protest by Syrian security forces. She has spent the last eight weeks scouring the country for her child -- braving warnings from the Syrian regime that her other son would also be "dis...

• Walk! Around the Malverns

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  Created: Thursday, 28 July 2011 13:31 Author: Bob Greaves

  Thirty walking routes centred on the Malvern Hills, ranging from gentle strolls to strenuous hikes, and stretching from Bredon Hill in the east to the River Wye in the west, are detailed in this new publication. Walk! Around the Malverns has been produce...

• Childrens’ Orchard Day

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  Created: Thursday, 28 July 2011 12:48 Author: Hannah Day

  Childrens’ Orchard Day at Dragon Orchard next Thursday (4th August) from 10am-3pm. It’s free of charge, and we have lots of activities for children, plus teas, coffees and cakes for sale. Children's Orchard Day...

• Going with the Grain - Making Chairs in the 21st Century

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  Created: Thursday, 28 July 2011 09:34 Author: Mike Abbott

  This ground-breaking book takes a radical approach to working with unseasoned wood. Although it starts with the centuries old techniques of cleaving and shaving, it then incorporates modern technology such as tenon-cutters and cordless drills to enable an...

• Wye Valley Canoe Launches get a Makeover

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  Created: Tuesday, 26 July 2011 09:37 Author: Nikki Moore

  The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Unit is managing a project to refurbish the canoe launches at Ross-on-Wye and Kerne Bridge which will commence in August. The alterations will take 3 to 4 weeks to complete and the project will crea...

• Group of Four

  Culture

  Created: Monday, 25 July 2011 11:35 Author: John Eager

  The Group of Four - artists Anthony Bateman, Joanna Dixon, Martin Richards and Mike Purkiss - are exhibiting at Weavers Gallery in Church Lane. The exhibition starts today and extends to Saturday 6th August. Opening times 10-5, Sundays 12-4. Last year A...

• Faster Broadband Coming to Ledbury

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  Created: Saturday, 23 July 2011 09:43 Author: Emma Tennant

  More than 5,000 more Herefordshire homes and businesses will have access to faster broadband by the Spring of next year, BT announced today. Ledbury is among the next communities in the region to be included in the latest roll-out plans for BT’s next g...

• Public are sometimes welcome

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  Created: Friday, 22 July 2011 10:53 Author: John Eager

  Members of the public and the press are welcome at council Working Party meetings - under certain circumstances. The Ledbury Portal had recently been informed that Ledbury's mayor, Mr Conway, had issued an edict stating that members of the public and mem...

• 800 New Houses over next 20 Years

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  Created: Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:27 Author: John Eager

  Herefordshire Council Planning Policy Manager, Peter Yates, has told Ledbury councilors to expect a halving of Ledbury's growth  with 40 new dwellings to be built each year over the next 20 years: "The Council's current policies are set out in the Unita...

• Council Looks to Go Online

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  Created: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:27 Author: John Eager

  Ledbury Town Council will soon allow live media access to their meetings via the Internet. At least that is the plan after one councilor recently made the proposal. Councilor Tony Bradford told the Ledbury Portal that at last night's town working party m...

• Tesco Plans Submitted

  Supermarket Debate

  Created: Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:48 Author: John Eager

  Tesco has submitted plans to Herefordshire Council for its proposed hypermarket build off Leadon Way. Rumours flying around Ledbury that Tesco had changed its mind about its proposal were rejected by Tesco press officer Sophie Akokhia, who told the Ledbu...

• Truthful Views from a Small Domain

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  Created: Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:38 Author: Jan Long

  An exciting new website with positive thinking, fun, competitions, exposés, substantiated truths and much more.  A sleepy rural village?  Judge for yourself. Please leave a comment on our guestbook. Truthful Views from a Small Domain....

• Man Sets Himself on Fire

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  Created: Friday, 15 July 2011 12:44 Author: John Eager

  According to 24dash.com a man in his twenties set fire to himself at Sainsbury's in Hereford after dousing himself with petrol. Emergency services came to his aid and the man was taken to the burns unit at Swansea's Morriston Hospital....

• Herefordshire Bus Services public consultation - ends today!

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  Created: Friday, 15 July 2011 10:15 Author: Ruth Busbridge

  There's a public consultation on the future of our threatened bus services.  I only found out at the last minute - it ends today, Fri 15 July.http://consult.herefordshire.gov.uk/consult.ti/busservices/consultationHomeThere's an online questionnaire.  Yo...

• People power vs Murdoch

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  Created: Friday, 15 July 2011 10:02 Author: Avaaz.org

  For decades Murdoch has ruled with impunity -- making and breaking governments with his vast media holdings and scaring opponents into silence, but this week we showed that people power can beat him.Since November we've led the fight against Murdoch’s m...

• Borge Attacks Herefordshire Elite

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  Created: Thursday, 14 July 2011 17:35 Author: Ray Borge

  Dear Mr Wiggin MP, Robert Jenrick, Chris George, Cllr Pauline Davies, WMP Inspector Taylor, I understand my morally honest friend Jim Miller has once again received a visit from WMP [West Mercia Police] because Mr Miller has supposedly [Ed: allegedly] be...

• A Hot Day in August

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  Created: Thursday, 14 July 2011 10:37 Author: Ros Bissell

  Moors Meadow Gardens & Nursery hosts “A Hot Day in August” the Bromyard Garden Festival in aid of St. Michaels Hospice. This is an exceptional day out for all the family and will include demonstrations by the talented Artist Blacksmith Joshua De Lisl...

• End Murdoch Media

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  Created: Tuesday, 12 July 2011 16:42 Author: Avaaz

  Hacking murdered children's phones, paying off police, destroying evidence of crimes, threatening politicians -- MPs are saying the Murdoch empire has "entered the criminal underworld". But Murdoch is still calling the shots and could still get the BSkyB ...

• MP Wiggin Uses Police to Warn Off Councilor Miller

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  Created: Monday, 11 July 2011 11:14 Author: John Eager

  North Herefordshire MP Bill Wiggin has used West Mercia police to deliver a warning to Leominster councilor Jim Miller to desist from his alleged harrassment of the MP. Mr Miller has told the Ledbury Portal that he believes Mr Wiggin is using the police ...