Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 10
Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 10
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10 THE HEREFORD TIMES Thursday, January 28, 2016 herefordtimescom Battle to save Village school By Ben Goddard GOVERNORS have vowed to tight plans to close a second- ary school near Hay~0n~Wye. Cwernyt‘ed High School. in Three Cocks. is once again under threat after propos- als were drawn up for it to be closed and pupils trans- ferred to a new £50 million campus in Brecon instead. Chair of Governors. Rev erend lan Charlesworth. said he will fight against the plans which will be consid- ered by Powys County Coun~ cil‘s cabinet next month. He said: "We have to fight to prevent an excellent school from closing. If we do not. we condemn future gen- erations of local children to hours spent on a bus and being dislocated from their geographic communities “We create an area where young families will not want to settle and we will lose their skills and contribution to our Villages and towns. "We threaten local busi— nesses with a downturn in ’_ ...“.‘ . Gwernyfed High School trade anti local clubs and so cieties with closure. “We are concerned that this decision is entirely based on finance.“ This draft proposal comes from the council‘s School Organisation Review Panel. If accepted. the cmmcil will have to bid for the money to spend on the new campus in Brecon from the Welsh Gov- ernment. While they await fund ing it is proposed that from September 2017' both Gw- ernyfed High School and Brecon High School will be closed before re-opening as a new medium 11 to 16 sec- ondary school. Rev Charlesworth said that a public meeting would be called once they had met with the council and more information was available. So far. 800 people have signed the latest petition to save the school. Following a legal challenge from a parent. the council had to restart the closure process after a judge ruled the authority had not fol- lowed its own procedtue in its transformation policy or the Welsh Government’s Schools Organisation Code. Cabinet Member for Schools. Councillor Arwel Jones, said: “The panel is recommending the option because it creates a critical mass of pupils that meets the council‘s BOOpupil threshold at key stage three and four needed to meet the school reorganisation policy. “The option provides an opportunity for learners to have a broader post-16 cur- riculum in a single location and removes the need for inter-school travel. “It will improve costeffec- tiveness and efficiency and eliminate current mainte‘ nance costs at both schools.” Mum-of-four dies in freak accident THE HUSBAND of a wom- an crushed to death by her own car on her driveway has told how he desperate— ly tried to save her. Mum-of-four Kerrie Hewitt, 36, was hit by her car after she opened the double gates outside her cottage in Storridge on the Herefordshire, Worcester~ shire border while return- ing from work. Husband Darren, 43, was making a cup of tea in the kitchen when he saw his Wife fall as her Renault Megane rolled over her. MISSED: Tragic mum Kerrie Hewitt , described as lovely and caring by family, friends and neighbours. He rushed outside and he and a neighbour desper- ately tried to lift the car off her while another resident called the emergency ser~ vices. Mrs Hewitt was pro- nounced dead after the ac- cident on Sunday, January 10. Mr Hewitt said: “I will probably never get over her. We did everything to- gether. “She was fantastic, she couldn’t do enough for me and the kids. I will be lost without her.” BBC show comes back in the hunt for bargains TWO towns renowned as being treasure troves for antique enthusiasts were Visited by television cam— eras. Bargain Hunt returned to Hay-on-Wye last Thursday with two teams of contest- ants who were each given £300 to spend within the town’s shops. The filming crew also re— turned to Leominster last Wednesday to film for a separate episode. Items brought will be sold at auction in March and the winning team will be the one who has the biggest profit margin after the auc- tion. In Hay, antiques expert Kate Bliss led the blue team, Paul Laidlaw led the red team and Natasha Raskin was the presenter for both programmes. BBC producers said that two episodes of their 43rd series were filmed last week but would not say who the contestants were. The programmes are due to be aired later this year. 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