ARMED police tasered a man in Ledbury after officers believed they were being threatened with a firearm. It is probably only the second time that a taser has been used by officers in Ledbury, according to police. A West Mercia Police press
VOLUNTEERS will plant 100 plum trees at Tiddesley Wood after a funding windfall from the Lafarge Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund.The trees will extend the site of the current orchard, part of the Tiddesley Wood nature reserve near Pershore, and ensure
The next meeting of Tarrington Parish Council will take place on Monday, March 9, at 7.30pm, at the Lady Emily Community Hall.
THERE will be a Flicks in the Sticks screening of "Before I go to Sleep" at the Lady Emily Community Hall, Tarrington, on Saturday March 14, from 7.30pm.The plot concerns a woman who wakes up every day without any knowledge of who she is.
With the age of the telephone kiosk drawing to a close, thanks to the age of the mobile phone, people in the Dymock area may soon be able to use the distinctive red boxes for poetic inspiration, instead of for emergency calls.Dymock Parish Council is
Gloucestershire Police are appealing for witnesses and information, following the burglary of a family home, last week.The property in Solomon's Tump Road, Huntley, to the south of Newent, was broken into between 5am on Tuesday, February 17 and 1am on
The Ledbury Branch of the WEA has organised a talk on conscientious objectors in the First World War.The illustrated lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 17, from 2pm to 4pm.Anyone seeking further details, or wishing to book a place, should phone
Ledbury Rotary Club will enjoy a skittles social at the Walwyn Arms, Much Marcle, on Wednesday, March 18, at 7pm.
The "Poets Path Potter" events in the Dymock area will celebrate more than a century of local poetry history.Those taking part, on Saturday, March 28, will take a choice of three distances to walk or run, of eight miles, 16 miles or 26 miles
PHOTOGRAPHERS have got just over a month left to enter their best photos to a popular annual photography contest.Conservation charity Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, which runs the competition, is looking for photographs that put Worcestershire’s fabulous
LEDBURY vicar, the Reverend Howard Mayell, says standing on the sidelines is not an option when it comes to standing up to evil in the world, in this time of "great instability".Writing in the latest community newsletter for Much Marcle, Mr
The next meeting of the Much Marcle Gardeners' Club will meet next Thursday March 12, at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall.It will be a DIY meeting, with the theme "Useful Tips and Problem Solving."
Two open meeting have been planned to discuss a Neighbourhood Plan questionnaire for Much Marcle.The first meeting will take place on Sunday March 22 at 2.30pm, and the second on Monday March 23 at 7.30pm, at the Memorial Hall.At each meeting, there will
WORCESTERSHIRE Wildlife Trust has become a ‘species champion’ of the brown hairstreak and wood white butterflies.The announcement has been welcomed by West Midlands Butterfly Conservation, as the organisation seeks to publish its first book on butterflies
