Ledbury, England News

FORMER Ledbury mayor Noel Roberts was arrested at his own 60th birthday party in the town's community hall for obstructing the police.

A SERIES of free open days at county heritage sites have been launched by Herefordshire council .

THE green cause in the county has suffered a huge setback with Herefordshire Council 's shock admission that six years of work to cut carbon emissions has been a waste of time.

RAIL services through Ledbury, Colwal and Malvern were disrupted yersterday due to a fatal incident on the line at Barnt Green.

PREVIOUSLY unseen Herefordshire heritage sites are opening their doors to the public for free in September.

IT'S all over for 18 "lifeline" phone boxes across the county unless someone speaks up for them.

BROMYARD'S buildings have given up some of their secrets during an exhaustive study by a historical specialist.

A LEDBURY man is seeking legal advice after what he claims is an unacceptable delay in treatment at Hereford County Hospital.

TWO men who set out to rob a Malvern garage but were thwarted by an employee brandishing an umbrella have been jailed.

POLICE are attempting to extradite a student from the US to face charges of attempted robbery at a bank in Ledbury.

A FORMER Ledbury town councillor has appeared in court on child abuse charges. Martin Eager, aged 50 of St Cuthbert's, The Homend, faces three charges of sexual activity with a minor.

LEDBURY residents want to help the ambulance service in providing emergency care as a tribute to an elderly man who died last week.

Everything from The Flintstones to funk was on parade at The Big Chill festival in the grounds of Eastnor Castle Great Malvern, in Herefordshire at the weekend.

Alfred "Pip" Parry, from Ledbury, Herefordshire, collapsed from a suspected heart attack while an ambulance was en route from more than 10 miles away because the local station was closed that day.

A SUPERMARKET manager who stole almost 20,000 from his store and went on a three-week gambling spree to Las Vegas has escaped immediate jail today.

PASSENGERS travelling to Worcester were left stranded when the train they were on ran out of diesel - ' or so the driver thought.

Using your letters page here in the local newspaper is the only way I can think of for doing this, but I would very much like to thank the kind person who handed in to the customer services desk at the Tesco ...

A 45-year-old woman who acted bizarrely before biting off part of her ex-lover's ear at a pagan wedding reception has been found guilty at Worcester Crown Court of unlawful wounding.

PLANNING permission is being sought from Herefordshire Council for the partial demolition and infill of the existing effluent plant and lagoons at the former Robertson's Ledbury Preserves site, off the Little ...

Gaile Stevens is on trial at Worcester Crown court where she denies unlawfully wounding Peter Lees, who had been hosting the wedding ceremony at his home in Wellington Heath, near Ledbury, on September 23 last ...