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A PRACTICE manager at a Herefordshire vets practice has been shortlisted for a national award.

The manager of a Ledbury vets has been nominated for an industry award.

A HEREFORDSHIRE vets has held a rise-and-shine party for tortoises, giving dozens of them a health check after their winter slumber. Leadon Vale Veterinary Centre in Lower Road Trading Estate, Ledbury, held the event to ensure the tortoises, which hibernate over the winter months, were in fine fettle after waking. Owners of 30 tortoises took their pets in for checks at the practice. The vets also offered advice to owners on how to ensure their tortoises could enjoy a healthy summer. Rachel Mowbray, clinical director at Leadon Vale, said: “We held an extremely popular ‘pyjama par...

A Ledbury vets have hailed a rise and shine party for reawakening tortoises as a ‘turtle success’ after dozens of pets were given a health check following their winter slumber. Leadon Vale Veterinary Centre, in Lower Road Trading Estate, held the event to ensure the tortoises, which hibernate over the winter months, were in fine fettle upon waking for the spring and summer. In total, owners of 30 tortoises took along their well-rested reptiles for post-hibernation checks at the leading Linnaeus vet practice, which saw vets carry out a full health check, including a weigh-in and taki...

The "golden triangle" area is known for its wild daffodils and other rare plants and also fungi. But Covid restrictions meant the planting could not happen this year. However, for Chris Bligh of Dymock Forest Rural Action, the area can still be enjoyed, and should be enjoyed. He said: We can still celebrate that nature is enduring in the time of Covid. The beautiful display of wild daffodils and the follow-on spring chorus of ancient woodland flora will still be blooming wonderful. "Even though lockdown restrictions have prevented volunteer activity of the habitat management areas f...