A man from the Forest of Dean has been jailed after attacking another man with a knife in a Gloucester flat on Christmas Eve last year (2024). Daniel Mann, aged 22, and of Leominster Road, Dymock, was sentenced when he appeared at Gloucester Crown Court yesterday...
After five years of distinguished service as Chief Executive of Herefordshire Council, Paul Walker has announced that he will step down from the role in March 2026. Paul Walker, who joined Herefordshire in May 2021, said: After 43 years in public service,...
A man from Hereford who raped an underage girl he befriended on social media has today (Thursday 18 September) been sentenced to four years and three months. Scott Chapman, 24, of Hereford, was convicted at Worcester Crown Court of one count of rape of a girl aged 13...
Speller Metcalfe has been appointed as the contractor for the redevelopment of Hampton Dene Primary School in Tupsley, Hereford. The £2.4 million council-led initiative will deliver two brand-new classrooms, improved accessibility throughout the site, and expanded...
From Gloucestershire Constabulary: At 4.40pm yesterday (Wednesday 17 September) we received a report a taxi driver had been robbed by a man with a machete in Gloucester. Shortly after, we received two separate reports of a man with a machete on Silverstone Walk in the...
