Saturday, 5th July 2008

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Workers found dead

Strawberry pickers and staff at a Herefordshire farm were in shock this week after the bodies of two Polish workers were found within hours of each other at a campsite early on Saturday morning.

MP sparks ‘road rage’

A row broke out this week between Herefordshire Council and Paul Keetch MP, after he was said to have wrongly accused the local authority of failing to apply for government funding to repair roads damaged by last summer’s flooding.

Have say over Grange future

Townspeople in Leominster are to have a voice in plotting the future of the town’s most important civic building.

Spotlight on Ledbury

Thousands of post offices may be under threat throughout the UK, but villagers at Colwall, near Ledbury, were celebrating last week when their local branch re-opened after a year’s closure.

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Fines for Legionnaires case

Hereford cidermakers Bulmers, and their contractors Nalco Ltd, have each been fined £300,000 with £50,000 costs for what a judge described as “systemic and fundamental failures” following a Crown Court hearing in the city yesterday afternoon (Tuesday).

Spotlight on Bromyard

Schools from across the UK will soon be able to get their hands on millions of pounds by tapping into the lucrative internet shopping market thanks to an ingenious idea dreamt up by a couple who live near Bromyard.

Mum scared to go home

A terrified Hereford single mother with a two-year-old toddler has told the Journal of how she spends her days away from her home, returning late in the evening, after neighbours put her “through hell”.

Volunteers create ‘breathing place’

A team of volunteers has worked around the clock to create a new ‘breathing place’ for Leominster.

Gearing up for big ‘transition’

A series of events will be paving the way to Leominster becoming a ‘Transition Town’.

Police keen to calm concerns

Police hope to bridge the gap between people’s perceptions of crime and the real figures at a new style public meeting to be held in Ross-on-Wye later this month where residents will be given the chance to ask about crime in the region.