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Six drug dealers who had been selling cocaine across the South West of the UK have been jailed. The group of men, including three from Gloucester, were given a combined sentence of more than 45 years behind bars for their parts in the drugs conspiracy, when they...
Emergency services are currently responding to a car fire on the A49 at Wellington in Herefordshire. West Mercia Police and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service are at the scene and motorists are advised to avoid the area for the time being....
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service are currently tackling a large grass fire near Kington. They have joined crews from Mid Wales at the scene and people are being advised to avoid the area for the time being. More soon.
A man has been arrested and a substantial number of cannabis plants have been seized from a house in Worcester. Officers visited Church Road yesterday (Thursday 29 April) to find the substantial grow of cannabis. A man, aged 32 was arrested on suspicion of production...
A road in a Herefordshire market town is closed this lunchtime after a sinkhole was discovered. Paradise Court in Leominster will be closed until the sinkhole has been filled in. https://twitter.com/HfdsStreets/status/1388096884561125380?s=20
We’ve received a report this lunchtime that the A4103 (Hereford to Worcester Road) is partially blocked by a RTC in Shucknall. A member of the public told us that West Mercia Police, West Midlands Ambulance Service and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service...
It may be May tomorrow but snow has been recorded this morning in a village close to the Herefordshire border. Clee Hill Weather Facebook page posted a photo this morning of a covering of snow in the village. The weather is expected to remain cold with showers of...
A footpath in a Herefordshire market town has been closed this morning after render fell from a building. Balfour Beatty confirmed that the footpath between Butchers Row and High Street in Leominster was closed this morning and is expected to remain closed throughout...
It wouldn’t be a bank holiday in the UK without it raining, would it? The Met Office has already confirmed that this weekend will be on the cool side, which certainly won’t be ideal for those of you that are heading to one of our wonderful local beer gardens....
Public Health England data has shown that a further 25 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Herefordshire yesterday, taking the total number of cases confirmed in the county since the start of the pandemic to 7,015. The increase in cases in Herefordshire comes as a...
Latest figures released by NHS England show that it’s now been over a month since a patient required mechanical ventilation as part of treatment for COVID-19 whilst at hospital in Herefordshire. Data shows that the most recent time that a patient required the use of...
Everyone aged 40 and over is now being invited to book a life-saving Covid-19 jab as the NHS vaccination programme, the biggest and fastest in the health service’s history, goes from strength-to-strength.Nearly three quarters of a million appointments were made...
Herefordshire's COVID-19 infection rate remains relatively low, despite one area of the county having one of the highest infection rates in the West Midlands. Infection rates in Lugwardine, Withington & Moreton on Lugg have risen sharply by over 400%, with 16 new...
A man from South Wales has escaped serious injury after being involved in a collision in the dream car that he had just won in a social media giveaway. Dream Car Giveaways posted the following on Social Media to announce the winner of their recent competition Adam...
Detectives investigating after a baby boy was found in Kings Norton last Thursday (22 April) have released a photo of him as efforts to find his mum continue. The baby boy was found on The Mounds, off Shannon Road in Kings Norton at around 5.40pm. The baby has been...
A headteacher at a school in Birmingham has caused controversy by banning teachers from using terms such as ‘man up’ and ‘good morning boys and girls’ by claiming that using such language is damaging children. Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, the headteacher of Anderton Park...
A police car displaying both lights and sirens was responding to an urgent incident in Herefordshire when travelling on the A480 in Credenhill yesterday evening (Wednesday 28 April). At just after 6pm the police car was involved in a collision with a car driven by a...
If you venture into Hereford city centre this weekend, you’ll notice that the Black & White House has been covered in ribbons, but why? It’s to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the May Fair visiting the city of Hereford. The irony being that this year the May...
The following article is from Tom Chance: “It is time for me to take it upon myself to try and make change not only for my sister but for all of those in our society who are vulnerable and struggle to go to the toilet and are in need of toiletry pads across the United...
A store that promised so much for the city of Hereford. Debenhams was an anchor store for the Old Market project in Hereford, however just seven years after opening, the store will close its doors for the final time next month. Since Debenhams announced that it would...