SOURCE: Domestic CCTV systems - guidance for people using CCTV | ICO There are many domestic CCTV systems on the market to help you protect your home. If you’re thinking of using one, you need to make sure you do so in a way that respects other people’s privacy. If...
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NEWS | Volunteers at the heart of the vaccination roll-out programme in Herefordshire
Herefordshire General Practice has been an integral part in the delivery of COVID Vaccinations throughout the county. Working through five ‘Primary Care Networks’ (based in Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury and Leominster), GP teams have so far delivered thousands of...
NEWS | An important message from police in Hereford
Hereford Safer Neighbourhood teams have had numerous reports today from members of the public, receiving phone calls from unknown persons claiming to be the police or connected to the police. Members of the public are being asked to confirm their address's and told...
NEWS | 7 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Herefordshire
Public Health England have confirmed that 7 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Herefordshire, taking the total number of cases of the virus recorded in the county to 6,643 since the start of the outbreak. Last Tuesday, 13 new cases of the virus were recorded...
NEWS | Fire crews tackle car fire in Herefordshire
Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Crews from Leominster have tackled a car fire at Leysters this afternoon. Two hose reels jets and two breathing apparatus used to extinguish fire. Car checked over with thermal image camera, no casualties from incident....
NEWS | Police appeal for witnesses after a lamb is killed in a dog attack
From Gloucestershire Police: We are appealing for witnesses and information following a dog attack resulting in a lamb dying in the Forest of Dean. At around midday on Friday 26 February the owner of some lambs saw an Alsatian type dog attack and kill a lamb before...
NEWS | What can we expect in the Budget tomorrow?
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will deliver the Budget tomorrow, with families and businesses across the United Kingdom nervously waiting to see how any changes and support will affect them. There have been suggestions of numerous increases in tax such as...
UK NEWS | Pair fined £10,000 each for breaching Covid travel regulations
We can confirm that we have issued two fixed penalty notices for failing to comply with Covid regulations following international travel. On Tuesday, 23 February, it was reported that a man and woman from Wirral had failed to quarantine after returning home from...
NEWS | One further COVID-19 related death recorded at hospital in Herefordshire
NHS England has confirmed that one further patient that had tested positive for COVID-19 at hospital in Herefordshire has sadly died. It means that 221 patients that had tested positive for COVID-19 whilst at hospital in Herefordshire have now sadly died since the...
NEWS | Police issue warning after residents targeted by fake Royal Mail emails
West Mercia Police have shared an appeal after a number of residents across the United Kingdom were targeted by a Royal Mail scam. West Mercia Police shared the following post on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmerciapolice/status/1366749406205247500?s=21 Please take...
COMMUNITY HEROES | Becoming an on-call firefighter has made Chris feel a real part of his community
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has a responsibility to keep our communities safe in both our cities, our large and smaller market towns, and also in the rural areas of our beautiful counties. All 25 fire stations in Herefordshire and Worcestershire...
NEWS | Search underway for meteorite fragments after stunning display on Sunday evening
Members of the public have been asked to keep an eye out for possible fragments of a meteorite. It is believed that the meteorite that lit up the skies across Herefordshire and the majority of the United Kingdom on Sunday evening could have landed in the Bishops...
NEWS | Wye Valley NHS Trust welcomes CQC report on emergency care at Hereford County Hospital
Care Quality Commission inspectors who visited Hereford County Hospital concluded that patients in the Emergency Department (ED) receive good care. The team of inspectors carried out an unannounced visit to the hospital’s ED in mid-December when the staff were coping...
NEWS | Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate continues to fall – CHECK YOUR AREA
Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate has fallen again, with data for the seven days up until 24th February showing an infection rate of 76.2 cases per 100,000 population. This is DOWN on data up until the 23rd February that showed an infection rate of 77.3 cases...
NEWS | Emergency services called to incidents overnight
Emergency services have responded to a number of incidents in Herefordshire and the wider area overnight. Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service crews were called to a RTC on the A4110 at Kingsland. Only one car was involved. No further details have been...
NEWS | Two arrested in connection with county lines drug offences in Hereford
West Mercia Police officers have this evening arrested two males in Hereford in connection with county lines drug offences. The arrests follow a busy day for officers that included taser support at a domestic incident and also a cannabis cultivation job in Malvern....
CHARITY | Two friends from Hereford to cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats for St Michael’s Hospice
Samuel Leonard and Jordan Chance from Hereford will be cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats this summer to raise money for St Michael’s Hospice. Samuel’s Story Sam’s wife’s Grandad, Des Rees, was looked after brilliantly by St. Michaels Hospice staff when his fight...
NEWS | New data shows vaccines reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults
Today Public Health England (PHE) has submitted a pre-print of a real-world study that shows that both the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are highly effective in reducing COVID-19 infections among older people aged 70 years and over. Since January,...
BREAKING | Herefordshire records lowest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since early October
Public Health England have confirmed that 3 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Herefordshire, taking the total number of cases of the virus recorded in the county to 6,636 since the start of the outbreak. Last Monday, 18 new cases of the virus were recorded...
NEWS | Here’s where last nights meteor is predicted to have landed
Thousands of people across Herefordshire were alarmed yesterday evening when a sudden loud bang shook properties across the county. Reports soon circulated on social media of a meteor being spotted breaking up in the atmosphere with sightings across the United...