MYSTERY surrounds the midway cancellation of a street collection in Ross on behalf of Japan's tsunami victims, organised by Ross Rotary Club on Friday March 17th.

According to members of the club, including one who has written to the Ross Gazette to complain about what happened (see page 10), the collection was given permission by Herefordshire Council's licensing department to go ahead, "and the people of Ross responded with their customary generosity". Read the full story in this week's Gazette.