Source:  http://www.police.uk/

Crime reported in February 2013 within 1 mile of Bromyard All crime(Total for all categories)19

•Anti-social behaviour (Includes personal, environmental and nuisance anti-social behaviour) 11
•Burglary (Includes offences where a person enters a house or other building with the intention of stealing) 1
•Criminal damage and arson (Includes damage to buildings and vehicles and deliberate damage by fire) 3

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

The Falcon ballroom was the venue for this year’s Celebration of Children’s Poems. Prizes were presented to the winners of our fourth Young People’s Poetry Competition, held annually in memory of Josie Ann Dolan (nee Redfern). Ann was co-founder of Poetry for Pleasure and was passionate about sharing her love of the Arts with the local community. 

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

From Bromyard & District Chamber of Commerce
I know it seems like a lifetime since last year’s “Switch On” but the fundraising for the Christmas lights is an all year round activity. As ever, it seems that the goodwill and generosity of our local community can always be relied on despite these difficult times.

From the Hereford  Times

HEREFORDSHIRE Council has gone ahead with big changes to the way the county’s “hatch, match and dispatch” registration service works.  This change was said to offer a “more flexible service” and opportunities to streamline registration practice, certification, accommodation and staffing – with the resulting savings estimated at £58,572 to £66,603.

More... 1 comment

From the Ledbury Reporter

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

STUDENTS packed in all the sights and sounds of the Big Apple as they spent a busy half term holiday in New York. Youngsters from Bromyard’s Queen Elizabeth Humanities College took in Broadway shows Stomp and Jersey Boys, visited the imposing Empire State Building at night, took the Staten Island ferry and even found time for a spot of shopping on Fifth Avenue.

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

Craig is back and this favourite venue for eating out in Bromyard continues to provide exceptional quality and value for money.

 From Peder Nielsen. M.A.H.G.T.C. Bromyard & Winslow Town Crier.
Just to let you know that the 1st Town Criers competiton of the season took place Easter Saturday in Alcester, Warwickshire. This is the prestigious "Heart of England Championship" and Criers from all corners of the England (and occasionally Wales) appear to do battle. Competition was, as always, very friendly and no punches were thrown before, during or after the contest.

 From Cllr Ray Whittaker

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

We have now had confirmation that the drainage to the underpass has been cleared; however the highways drainage to which the underpass drainage connects into is  blocked by tree roots.  As soon as the jetting/root cutter unit is free it will address this problem by the end of next week.  I am informed by Amey that the underpass footpath has now been washed down and cleaned.  (thank you Ray - News Editor)

From the Ledbury Reporter

REVELLERS attending one of Herefordshire's most popular music festivals will be encouraged to go green. Nozstock is looking to reduce its environmental impact at Rowden Paddocks, Bromyard, when it returns from July 26 to 28 with a number of initiatives.

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

HOPE Family Centre are offering Easter activities to families on 9^th April during the school holidays.  The morning (9.30 to 12.00) will be absolutely free but it is important that people sign up before the day as places will be limited.

Conquest need a Musical Director  - Whistle Down the Wind (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Jim Steinman) is planned for April 2014. Long time ahead but the planning starts now!  We have a Director (Allan Flaxman)- but we need a Musical Director - any ideas out there? Please get in touch if you're interested in being involved in any way at all - but a Musical Director is important right now!

From The Hereford Times
A PLANNED new home near Bromyard looks set to receive the green light despite falling foul of council guidelines. The earmarked property, on a former veterinary practice car park off Panniers Lane, goes against policy because it is considered to be "outside the adopted settlement boundary".

{gallery}Marcery}h2013/kat{/galerylA Herefordshire visitor attraction is gearing up for an Easter holiday full of muddy, messy fun.The National Trust’s Brockhampton Estate near Bromyard is hosting two weeks of events and activities for all ages that are all about dirt.

Source: Hereford Times
A ROW over our ‘compensation culture’ has erupted after a town council’s insurers paid out thousands to a man who was injured when he slipped on berries in a churchyard.Councillor Tony Burt is angry that Bromyard and Winslow Town Council’s insurers did not contest the case in court - more than £32,000 was paid out in an out of court settlement – but he reserved some of his wrath for the Church of England, which owns the closed churchyard at St Peter’s Church and does not accept responsibility for such incidents.

BBC News Hereford & Worcester
Herefordshire Council has been told to improve child protection services or face having the government step in to take them over. Ofsted inspectors said in October that the authority's safeguarding services for children were "inadequate." The Department of Education has now issued an urgent improvement notice.

More... Add new comment

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

The Public Hall will be open from 10.00am to midday on Saturday 23rd March (this weekend), when the new features will be on display. These include the new meeting room and the extended kitchen facilities. Gill Churchill and Nick Cronin will be there to show visitors around and to discuss what the Public Hall has to offer. There will be refreshments available!

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

 The state of the subway under the Bromyard bypass. is such that most pedestrians, including many children and the elderly, will not use it. Preferring instead  to risk crossing the busy A44! Until recently the subway was regularly cleaned.This has been reported to Herefordshire Council and is being followed up by Bromyard Ward Cllr. Jonathan Lester.

 

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

Brockhampton estate is seeking skilled wood workers and crafts people to be part of a week long celebration of their woodlands. Picture: Ranger Nick Hinchliffe with rounder’s bats made by volunteers on the pole lathe at Brockhampton Estate – photo by Alison Minshall. The National Trust at Brockhampton Estate near Bromyard is looking for people who can carve, whittle, lathe and weave wood to join them in an event dedicated to wood and trees.

From the Ledbury Reporter

• Click to open image! Click to open image!
•  

A GROUP of ‘game birds’ who ditched their clothes for a calendar last year have raised £30,000 for the Midlands Air Ambulance.. They chose the charity in memory of their friend Richard Warr of Pencombe. who died in a car crash near Shobdon, Herefordshire, in August 2011.

From the Hereford Times

THE four top seeds in the men’s singles won through to the semi-finals of the Herefordshire County Table Tennis Championships when the initial phase was held at Queen Elizabeth Sports Academy in Bromyard.  All spectators are welcome and admission is free.