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Like many other councils across the country, Herefordshire Council is facing significant financial challenges. This is mainly because of rising costs due to inflation and the increased demand for both adult and children’s social care services. The budget set today...
There will be a change to opening hours at Household Waste and Recycling Centres in Herefordshire from 1st April. Due to entering British Summer Time, extended opening hours will be in place until September, at Household Waste and Recycling Centres across...
West Mercia Police have shared a message with residents in the Bobblestock area of Hereford following anti-social behaviour. A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “There have been reports of a group of youths in the Bobblestock area, aged approximately 12-15...
Your Herefordshire understands that McDonald’s is considering opening a new drive thru restaurant in Hereford, with other locations across Herefordshire also being considered. Potential sites in the Holmer area of Hereford are thought to be being considered. The...
At least 50 full time jobs are expected to be created in Hereford, as a local company submits planning permission for a new building that will include a small apprentice school. Techtest Ltd form part of the HR Smith Group of Companies who are an independent avionics...
A substantial and complex police investigation – which strived to get justice for a four-week-old baby – has ended with the boy’s father being convicted of his murder. In a case spanning more than six years, detectives worked tirelessly to gather evidence detailing...
Bill Wiggin MP enlists help of Prime Minister in fight for vulnerable children in Herefordshire. On Wednesday the Prime Minister agreed to meet with Sir Bill Wiggin, Member of Parliament for North Herefordshire, to discuss what more can be done to...
Members of an organised crime gang who were arrested after the UK’s largest seizure of Class A drugs have been jailed. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Guy Remington, 48, from Hereford, Luke Hirst, 37, of Deeside, Thomas Smith, 41, from Liverpool and...
Police would like to speak to anyone who was on Usk Road from Abernant Road to Usk between 10.10pm and 10.30pm on Wednesday 20 March. Gwent Police are appealing for witnesses after receiving a report of a road traffic collision on Usk Road near Newbridge on Usk at...
Your Herefordshire understands that a number of staff at Special Metals Wiggin Ltd in Hereford have been made redundant. The majority of those made redundant have worked for the company for just a few months, with one of those affected telling Your Herefordshire: “I...
A suspected case of Alabama Rot has been reported in our neck of the woods, in the south of the county near Ross-on-Wye. Alabama Rot is a disease that damages blood vessels in the skin and kidney and can be fatal. If you walk your dog in muddy, wooded areas of the...
Aldi has confirmed that it is looking for new sites in the Hereford area, to build a new store, as it invests £1.4bn over the next two years in the United Kingdom. Aldi currently has a store in Hereford, but this has limited space for further expansion, and is already...
A historic Hereford Jewellers has submitted a planning application to expand and refit its store in Hereford city centre. Pleasance and Harper, located on Broad Street in Hereford, submitted the application to Herefordshire Council this week, with the following...
Asda announce that its hugely popular ‘Kids Eat for £1’ café meal deals will continue to run in over 205 Asda Café’s all year round and not just during the school holidays. The retailer also last year refreshed the kids café menu with more nutritionally balanced...
The BHA has confirmed that the Horse Racing fixtures scheduled to take place at Worcester on Tuesday 7 May and Monday 13 May will be transferred to Hereford. Following extensive flooding at Worcester over the winter, additional time is required to ensure that the...
Co-op has announced that it is to reward its frontline store colleagues with a pay increase to at least £12 per hour, in line with the Real Living Wage. The move represents the convenience retailer’s biggest ever investment into pay with an increase of over 20 per...
A suspected case of Alabama Rot has been reported in our neck of the woods, in the south of the county near Ross-on-Wye. Alabama Rot is a disease that damages blood vessels in the skin and kidney and can be fatal. If you walk your dog in muddy, wooded areas of the...
West Mercia Police have confirmed that a body has been found during a search for a missing man. A body has been found in the search for a missing 23-year-old man from Honeybourne in Worcestershire. Formal identification has not yet taken place but the man's family...
Please Note: The following articles is a press release from law firm Leigh Day: A legal claim potentially worth hundreds of millions of pounds has been launched by law firm Leigh Dayin a bid to compensate thousands of people living in the Wye catchment likely to have...
The Chief Executive of St Michael’s Hospice has announced his retirement after eight years at the helm. Mike Keel will leave his role at the Bartestree-based Hospice at the end of this month. During his tenure, Mr Keel has overseen the charity’s extended reach to...