Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 34
Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 34
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| Date of Publication | 28th January 2016 |
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34 THE HEREFORD TIMES Thursday, January 28, 2016 Hotel granted new licence five months after attack A LEOMINSTER hotel has been granted a new licence, five months af- ter losing it following a serious assault. Bosses at the Royal Oak on South Street have been battling to re- instate the licence for some time but had pre- viously failed to meet the requirements of a Heret‘ordshire Council committee. However. this week, the Regulatory Sub<Com~ mirtee agreed to the li- cence. although commits tee chairman, Cllr Dave Greenow. had some stern words for appli- cant Charmain Brooke. “it was August last year when this started and the process has been a huge cost to the public purse," he said. "This is a chance for you anti 1 hope you take it.“ The matter was de- ferred before Christmas for Ms Brooke to submit a tire safety order. At Monday's meeting at Hereford Shirehall the council‘s legal advi- sor, Mike Jones, said the committee was satisfied the requirements had been met. Speaking afterwards, Ms Brooke said she was happy the licence had been granted. The venue has been open since Christmas on Temporary Event No— tice‘s but can now open permanently. Its licence was revoked on August 13 after a DJ was seriously assaulted in a bottle attack while trying to break up a fight in the hotel's basement Bar 44. Since then CCTV has been installed. Quote ROPJC Bournemouth Weekend Fri 4 to Mon 7 Mar Your break includes: 3 nights dinner, bed 8r breakfast at a selected hotel, Bournemouth l ' 99p Bar! - Excursion to Weymouth - Optional excursion to New Forest (£6.99) - Return coach :ravel from Hereford, Leominster & Ludlow / 08 Travel Speed! for Times Readers 32 244 239 tell somebody... With over 1.3 million' impressions delivered across over 180,000‘ devices what better way could there bel? heirefordtimescom Start telling people now, call 01432 845801 herefordtimescom Peg Conolly was joined by family, friends and staff at the Bupa care home in Leominster where she now lives, to celebrate her 1001b birthday Peg celebrates 100th birthday A LEOMINSTER woman who was born in the same month the Gallipoli campaign came to an end during the First World War has celebrated turning 100. Centenarian Peg Conolly was joined by family, friends and staff at the Bupa care home in Leominster where she now lives, to celebrate the mile- stone last Thursday. The youngest of three sib- lings, Mrs Conolly was born in South Shields in 1916 and trained as a nurse in Halifax before enlisting in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps at the outbreak of the Second World War. By the end of 1940, aged 24, she was serving at The Shaft- esbury Military Hospital as a theatre sister. She was then posted overseas, spending time in Durban and Madagascar, whereshe met Dr By Jessica Phillips 01432 845884 jph'c'herefordtimescom Twitter Ie‘iHTnewsroom Francis Conolly (Frank), who would later become her hus- band. Later. she was posted to Lady Moore Military Hospital in Nairobi, before a spell in Ken- ya and then Mombasa in India and the Burma campaign. As the end of the war neared, she was posted from Deolali back to the UK and served at Catterick on theatre surgical duties until demobilisation; She was released from active service in February 1946 and returned home to Northaller— ton, and Frank was demobbed from Pirbright Barracks. The couple married on June 16, 1946 at Northallerton Reg- istry Office and honeymooned in Liverpool, staying at the Adelphi Hotel before taking the Irish ferry to Frank’s fam- ily home in Coachford County Cork. Theirson, Peter, was born in Cork Hospital and the family were by then living in Leades House, Coachford. They moved briefly to Audenshaw, Manchester, where Mr Conolly worked as a GP, and second son, Tim, was born in June 1951. In 1982, Mr and Mrs Conolly moved to Defford, Pershore, and then to Eye to be closer to Peter and his family. Peg moved to Buckfield Road after her husband died in 1992. She has been a BUPA resident for the last six years and has a grandson, Simon, who lives in Australia, and a granddaugh- ter Rachael, who lives in Bro- myarcl. She also has two great grandchildren, Louis and Mia. Fridges were stolen, court is told A MAN stole two fridges worth £1,000 each from a Hereford factory after “thinking they were scrap”. Leon John Abbey, 27, from Corporation Road, Tipton, admitted taking the refrigera- tion units from the Rotherwas Industrial Estate. Clare Linehan, prosecuting at Hereford Magistrates Court last week, said that at 4pm on September 27 the defendant was seen on the industrial es- tate with his father driving a van. They were then seen loading the fridges into the van before driving off. The company’s installation manager saw that the fridges were missing and viewed the CCTV recording to get the reg- istration number of the van, leading to Abbey’s arrest. “When interviewed Abbey said he was driving past and didn’t think they belonged to anyone,” said Mrs Linehan. Chris Morgan, mitigating said that Abbey thought they were scrap. Hereford magistrates ad- journed sentencing in order for a probation report to be prepared. It’s time to judge, so don’t Sloe down... A GOLDEN Valley village will host its annual sloe gin com~ petition this weekend with 10- cals fighting it out to be named Grand Master of the Sloes. Now in its seventh year. the Dorstone Sloe Gin competition is taking place at 8pm on Sat- urday at The Pandy Inn. There are three different cat- egories being marked by pub- goers which include: 2015 sloe gin, vintage sloe gin and other fruity tipples. ' Last year’s competition saw 41 entries from across the country which were all tasted and scored by 50 judges. All en- tries will be judged in a blind- tasting format. The pub‘s new owners James and Lisa will be serving bar snacks through the evening. If'you would like to enter or Judge the entries, then go along to the Pandy on Satur- day evening. |
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