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NEWS | Search and Rescue teams have recovered a body from a river
Search and Rescue Teams have recovered a body from a river. From Severn Area Rescue Association: Yesterday teams from SARA were deployed to search the river in Tewkesbury, supporting Gloucestershire Constabulary. Very sadly, during the afternoon and working with the...
NEWS | Police appeal for information after two people died following a fatal collision
West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Shropshire yesterday (Saturday 27 December) after two people died. The collision happened around 3:30pm on the B4380 and involved a silver Volvo XC60. The car was travelling between the...
NEWS | Major incident declared after reports of three people left unaccounted for following house fire
Emergency services are at the scene of a house fire In Gloucestershire. At around 3am on Boxing Day morning (Friday 26 December) police were called to a report of a fire at a property on Brimscombe Hill. Officers attended the scene along with crews from...
SPORTS NEWS
DARTS | Nick Kenny speaks to Matt Healey ahead of the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship Finals
Newport dart player Nick Kenny spoke to Matt Healey ahead of the 2026 World Darts Championships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dN37E-fHJo
DARTS | Terry Jenkins speaks to Matt Healey about his 2026 darting plans
Former PDC darts player Terry Jenkins spoke to Matt Healey at the annual charity darts tournament at the Richmond Club. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KMZ0lJTtgxY
REVIEW | Doubles for Tom Bellamy and Ben Pauling at Hereford Racecourse on Tuesday afternoon
The Tuesday afternoon race meeting at Hereford Racecourse brought a good range of results, with some winning favourites alongside some winners at double-figure odds, but the main story of the day’s sport was jockey Tom Bellamy and trainer Ben Pauling each coming home...
FOOTBALL | Cawley Cox aims to ‘improve every week’ to help Merthyr Town do as well as possible as The Martyrs continue impressive form in National League North
The National League North has been a league with many critics over recent years - with many complaints over the style of play that some teams adopt, but that can’t be said about newcomers Merthyr Town. They play a style of football that sees them play out from the...
TRIBUTE | John Newman – 1933-2025
TRIBUTE | Former Hereford United manager John Newman sadly passed away over the weekend aged 91 . Matt Healey spoke to former player Stewart Phillips this lunchtime and has penned the following tribute to him "A proud Herefordian Newman was born in the city on the...
NEWS | Former Hereford United manager John Newman has passed away aged 91
Former Hereford United manager John Newman has passed away aged 91 A proud Herefordian Newman played in the 1956 FA Cup final for Birmingham City. He also played for Leicester City, Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City. He later managed Exeter City, Grimsby Town, Derby...
HORSE RACING | Racing returns to Hereford Racecourse for a seven-race card this afternoon
Racing returns to Hereford Racecourse this Tuesday for a seven-race card, which features four hurdle races, two steeplechases and a bumper. Read on for a preview of and tips for the Hereford card, courtesy of Betway. The action begins with a two and a half mile...
HORSE RACING | Racing returns to Hereford Racecourse today for a seven-race card
Racing returns to Hereford Racecourse today for a seven-race card, consisting of five hurdle races and two steeplechases. Read on for a full preview of and tips for the Hereford card, courtesy of Sporting Life. For more -...
FOOTBALL | Former Hereford United player and manager Colin Addison has died at the age of 85
Photo Credit: MJH / Bulls News THE man who masterminded the FA Cup’s greatest ever giantkilling has died at the age of 85. Colin Addison not only managed but also played for Hereford United in their seismic defeat of Newcastle United in 1972. The match is remembered...
UK NEWS STORIES
NEWS | Almost £200,000 raised to support serving police officer following a devastating fire that killed his young family
More than £190,000 has been raised to support a serving police officer following a devastating fire that killed his wife and children. Lucy, who set up the fundraising page, said: This has been set up following a devastating house fire at Tom’s home in Brimscombe, in...
BREAKING NEWS | Police confirm that a mother and two children have died in a house fire
Police have confirmed that a mother and two children have died in a house fire. Gloucestershire Constabulary confirmed in a press conference this morning that three people had died in the fire at a property in Brimscombe, Stroud, in Gloucestershire. Emergency...
NEWS | Search and Rescue teams have recovered a body from a river
Search and Rescue Teams have recovered a body from a river. From Severn Area Rescue Association: Yesterday teams from SARA were deployed to search the river in Tewkesbury, supporting Gloucestershire Constabulary. Very sadly, during the afternoon and working with the...
NEWS | Police appeal for information after two people died following a fatal collision
West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Shropshire yesterday (Saturday 27 December) after two people died. The collision happened around 3:30pm on the B4380 and involved a silver Volvo XC60. The car was travelling between the...
NEWS | Major incident declared after reports of three people left unaccounted for following house fire
Emergency services are at the scene of a house fire In Gloucestershire. At around 3am on Boxing Day morning (Friday 26 December) police were called to a report of a fire at a property on Brimscombe Hill. Officers attended the scene along with crews from...
NEWS | Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted ram raid burglary at a Co-Op store
Officers are appealing for witnesses to an attempted ram raid burglary at a shop in Newent during the early hours of this morning (Monday 22 December). Police were called at around 12.35am with a report that four masked men had used weapons to force entry to Co-Op on...
NEWS | A woman has died following a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle
A woman has sadly died in a road traffic collision in Worcester this morning. West Midlands Ambulance Service received a 999 call from the police at 7.41am reporting a pedestrian had been involved in a collision with a van on Worcester Road in Chadbury. An ambulance,...
NEWS | Aldi announces that it has slashed the price of its festive veg to 5p following announcement from Morrisons
Following Morrisons’ recent price drop announcement, supermarket Aldi has announced it will drop the price of its festive veg staples even further as it retains its promise to be the cheapest supermarket to buy a Christmas dinner. Shoppers will be able to pick...
BREAKING | Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of murder after 9 year old child found dead
A murder investigation is being carried out following the death of a nine-year-old girl at an address in Weston-super-Mare. From Avon & Somerset Police: We were called by paramedics to a residential address in Lime Close, in the Mead Vale area, at 6.09pm yesterday...