Source:  Hereford Times

TRACTOR and trailer tours of a Bromyard farm are just one of the attractions on offer during a fund-raiser by the Hereford and District Branch of Parkinson’s UK.

The Bromyard Art History Group has a new lecturer and an exciting programme for the new Term which starts in September, with the first lecture on 14th September.

A New Pluralism is a series of 21 lectures given by Michael Lafferty that covers a range of subjects such as Greek sculpture and Gormley and Francis Bacon and Tracy Emin!

Designer Sadie May Stowell from Whitbourne writes about her garden for Hampton Court and its important message about the predicament of our bees, particularly relevent to our fruit growing, cider producing rural area.

Well known local couple Colin and Sue Clark, who ran The Wheelwright's Arms in Pencombe for ten years, have recently added to the raft of new shops that have opened in Bromyard in the last few months. "Country Matters", located in the beautiful building that is No.5 Broad Street, is selling top quality antiques, objet d'arts, textiles, fabrics, soaps, jewellery, cosmetics and artworks.

Source:  Ledbury Reporter

ENGLISH Heritage has included several local points of interests in its annual Heritage at Risk register.  The ruined church of St Mary, in Avenbury, just outside Bromyard, is described as being in very bad condition and in need of an “urgent need to stabilise corner of chancel to prevent collapse”. Bromyard itself, listed in the register as a Conservation Area, is also logged as being “at risk”.

 Source:  Ledbury Reporter

A GLIMPSE at plans for major housing growth across Ledbury and Bromyard over the next 16 years will be available this month.  Residents were consulted on the scale and location of 250 new homes across Bromyard as well as land for employment use earlier this year.

 Source:  Herefordshire Council

Countywide shop front grant scheme – open for another round  - apply before the end of August for up to £2000

 Source:  The Guardian  (picture M.O.D.)
 Rifleman William Aldridge, from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles was killed trying to rescue colleagues. A year ago this week, five soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles were killed and another five injured in Sangin, in a single bloody incident that brought home to many the dangers that UK troops faced in the area.

Source: Hereford Times

THE top boss of the council is paid more money than the Prime Minister, the Hereford Times can reveal.  Chris Bull, chief executive to both Herefordshire Council and the Primary Care Trust, now earns £183,724, rising to well over £200,000 with pension contributions thrown in.

 Source: Ledbury Reporter

A LONG-standing local councillor wants to ensure Bromyard lives up to its market town status by re-introducing a farmers’ market.