Merseyside Police have confirmed that Thomas Cashman has today, Thursday 30th March, been found guilty of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Following an 18-day trial at Manchester Crown Court, Cashman, 34, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, was also found guilty of...
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NEWS | Man fined £1,880 after being found guilty of fly tipping waste at Haugh Woods in Herefordshire
Former resident found guilty of fly tipping business waste at Haugh Woods Herefordshire Council has won an enforcement case against a man found guilty of fly tipping and failing in his duty of care when disposing of business waste at Haugh Woods, Hereford. On Tuesday...
FEATURED | Spring has arrived on Small Breeds Farm in Kington which means fluffy lambs, newborn kids, sweet chicks and even baby owls hatching!
Spring has arrived on Small Breeds Farm in Kington which means fluffy lambs, newborn kids, sweet chicks and even baby owls hatching! The popular Herefordshire tourist attraction was taken over last year by young local couple Ella Pillidge and Lewis Jones and...
NEWS | Mountain Rescue Teams help rescue a lady with Hypothermia on Fan y Big in Wales
Mountain Rescue Teams were called out on Wednesday afternoon to help assist a lady walker. “Brecon Beacons Mountain Rescue were called out this afternoon by Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police to assist with a lady walker suffering the effects of hypothermia near Fan Y Big in...
BREAKING | 66-year-old man arrested in West Mercia Police force area following a double murder in CambridgeshireÂ
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder following the shooting of two men in Cambridgeshire. Police were called to a property in Meridian Close, Bluntisham, at just after 9pm yesterday (29 March) with reports of gunshots. Officers arrived...
NEWS | Daffodil Line Bus Service linking Ross-on-Wye with Upton Bishop, Gorsley, Newent, Dymock, Much Marcle and Ledbury to start from Sunday!
Daffodil Line Bus Service linking Ross-on-Wye with Upton Bishop, Gorsley, Newent, Dymock, Much Marcle and Ledbury to start next month! From Buses4Us: The Daffodil Line bus service has been awarded to local operator DRM Bus and the new service will start on...
NEWS | Activists in swimwear queue up outside Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s heated pool to highlight electricity grid scandal
Lucy Cartwright / Greenpeace On Wednesday morning (29 March 2023), Greenpeace activists are staging a demonstration outside Rishi Sunak’s Grade-II listed manor house in Richmond, Yorkshire, where earlier this month it was revealed that Sunak paid...
REVEALED | Bartonsham Meadows on the edge of Hereford City are to become a 100-acre nature reserve, managed by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust
Photo Credit: Lisa Stevens Bartonsham Meadows lie within the meander of the River Wye to the south east of the city and are a popular place for walkers as they are circled and crossed by footpaths. The meadows have been owned by the Church Commissioners for England...
NEWS | Police seek public help in identifying a man following an arson at a canoe centre in Symonds Yat
Officers investigating an arson in Symonds Yat are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they believe may be able to help them with their enquiries. The arson happened at the Wye Dean Canoe Centre in Symonds Yat Road in Symonds Yat between 9pm and 9.25pm...
NEWS | Herefordshire Council says it expects all asylum seekers staying at the Three Counties Hotel to be adult males due to pressures in asylum system
Google Street View - Three Counties Hotel Hereford. Herefordshire Council says it expects all asylum seekers staying at the Three Counties Hotel to be adult males due to pressures in asylum system. In a recent update, Herefordshire Council said: “It is anticipated...
NEWS | The National Living Wage will rise from Saturday (1st April 2023) with hourly pay for everyone on minimum wage and aged over 16 set to increase by at least 9%
The National Living Wage (NLW) will rise to £10.42 from 1 April 2023, an increase of 92 pence or 9.7 per cent. The Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendations ensure the NLW continues on track to reach the Government’s target of two-thirds of median earnings by 2024....
NEWS | It’s set to cost more to park your car in Herefordshire from Monday with Council saying inflation is behind an increase in charges
Following a decision taken by Full Council on 10 February, Herefordshire Council will apply an inflationary increase to its parking charges from April this year. Residents and businesses will also be asked for their views about on street parking in roads that surround...
NEWS | St Michael’s Hospice Big Spring Walk raised more than £12,000 for the charity thanks to the efforts of more than 300 people
Hundreds began British Summertime with a walk throughHerefordshire’s beautiful countryside in support of a county charity. The St Michael’s Hospice Big Spring Walk raised more than £12,000 for the Bartestree-based charity which provides palliative and...
NEWS | Morrisons has unveiled two unique new eggs to its Easter range – made entirely of cheese
Cheesy does it! Morrisons has today unveiled two unique new eggs to its Easter range - made entirely of cheese. The new Lancashire & Cheddar and Stratford Blue Soft Cheese Easter eggs are handmade in rural Lancashire, using the finest British...
NEWS | Hospitals in Herefordshire have been given the thumbs up by volunteer patient assessors
Hospitals in Herefordshire have been given the thumbs up by volunteer patient assessors in the national Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE) results published on 23 March 2023. The PLACE inspections involve patients or former patients who assess the...
NEWS | MP Bill Wiggin welcomes Employment Minister Guy Opperman MP to Leominster Job Centre Plus
On Thursday 23 March, MPs Bill Wiggin and Guy Opperman visited Leominster JobcentrePlus. Sir Bill and Employment Minister Guy Opperman L discussed with the branch managers topics including the need to increase employer and company engagement with the...
NEWS | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews help get George the horse back on his feet
Pershore Fire Station's animal rescue team got George back on his feet in a call-out to stables in Alvechurch. The on-call crew was joined by Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service colleagues from Redditch Fire Station at stables in Radford Road. George, a...
NEWS | Dog owner concerned about number of vaping cartridges and batteries being dumped in a Hereford parkÂ
A dog owner has contacted Your Herefordshire to share her concerns about the number of vaping cartridges and batteries being dumped in a Hereford park. Rachel, who lives in Hereford shared concerns raised about the number of vaping cartridges and batteries dumped in...
NEWS | New and significant information has led to an investigation into a brutal murder of a woman being reopened three decades later
‘New and significant’ information has led to an investigation into the brutal murder of a Bristol woman being reopened three decades later. Carol Clark was 32 when she was strangled, her neck broken and her body dumped in reeds and undergrowth at the side of the...
NEWS | Man to be sentenced next month after being found guilty of stabbing a man to death at a party last year
A man has been found guilty of the murder of his friend in Ross-on-Wye last autumn. Kestutis Lekunas, 36, was found guilty today, at Worcester Crown Court. On 2 October 2022, Lekunas stabbed his friend, 40-year-old Nerijus Liukpetris, on Bluebell Close in Ross-on-Wye...