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The A49 is closed this morning between Leominster and Ludlow due to a collision between a car and a fuel tanker. A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “We are currently responding to a road traffic collision involving a car and a fuel tanker on the A49 at...
Crews from across Herefordshire were called to a petrol station fire overnight. Fire crews from Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service acted quick to stop the fire spreading from the store to the fuel tanks. The location of the incident is yet to be...
A trade deal between the UK and the EU has been struck, just days before the deadline. The treaty will apply from 1 January 2021 and take over from the existing arrangements under the transition period, which has seen the UK continue to follow the vast majority of EU...
NHS staff have vaccinated more than half a million patients against coronavirus in under two weeks, according to official figures published today. The NHS delivered the world’s first COVID vaccination outside of a clinical trial to Margaret Keenan in Coventry on...
Worcestershire County Council has this morning warned residents that they are seeing a spike in cases of COVID-19 in the Malvern area. The council has also reported that these cases have been traced back and indicate that they come as a result of households mixing....
Its been a busy 24 hours for fire crews from Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service, with the service reporting that crews have rescued 44 people from vehicles that had become stuck in floodwater in the two counties....
After careful consideration of the latest data, the following local authority areas will move to Tier 4: Stay at Home from the beginning of 26 December: Brighton and HoveCambridgeshireremaining parts of East Sussex not already in Tier 4 (Eastbourne Borough...
Hereford North East currently has the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the county, according to the latest data released by the government for the seven days ending 18th December. Herefordshire's COVID-19 infection continues to rise, with the county now recording...
Flash flooding caused major travel issues in Herefordshire yesterday, with some motorists forced to abandon their cars due to getting stuck in floodwater. Heavy rain spread across Herefordshire with over two inches (50.6mm) falling at Ross-on-Wye, making it the...
From Environment Agency: Flooding is expected - immediate action required River levels are forecast to rise at the Bishops Frome river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding (of property) is imminent. We expect flooding to affect properties off...
The Environment Agency has issued an update on the flooding situation on the River Wye in Herefordshire. The update says: River levels are high at the Mordiford and Ross on Wye river gauges following persistent rainfall. We expect flooding to affect low lying land and...
63 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Herefordshire, according to data released by Public Health England. This takes the total number of cases recorded since the start of the pandemic to 3,002. It also means that 302 cases of the virus have been recorded in...
Herefordshire will move into Tier 2 (High Alert) at 0.01am Saturday 26 December The government has today announced that Herefordshire will move up to Covid-19 Tier 2 (High Alert) at 0.01am Saturday 26 December and Herefordshire Council has welcomed this decision. The...
Two cases of another new, "more transmissible" COVID-19 variant linked to South Africa have been identified in the UK, the health secretary has said. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that both cases are contacts of people who travelled from South Africa over the...
Herefordshire will return to Tier 2 COVID-19 restrictions from Boxing Day, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed. In tier 2: you must not socialise with anyone you do not live with or who is not in your support bubble in any indoor setting, whether at home or in...
A statement from Dr Rebecca Howell-Jones, Acting Director of Public Health Herefordshire council is issuing an urgent warning to anyone who has travelled into the county in the past few days from a Covid-19 Tier 4 area or Wales. They are being urged to act as though...
There is a new refund process for West Midlands Railway (WMR) for any customers whose Christmas journey plans have changed following the latest Government advice. Passengers with tickets for travel from Wed 23rd until Sunday 27th December which were...
Neil Parkinson, 66-years-old, from Clifton-Upon-Teme was found on Saturday (12 December) in Cotheridge, and a murder investigation was launched.  Mark Chilman, 51, from Pencombe, Bromyard has been charged with murder and will appear in Worcester Crown Court on 15...
Compulsory microchipping for cats could be introduced as early as next year, helping to reunite thousands of cat owners with lost or stolen pets. An eight-week public consultation on the proposal to make it mandatory for pet owners to microchip their cats...
The Environment Agency has issued an update on its Flood Alert for the River Wye in Herefordshire. From Environment Agency: River levels are high at the Mordiford and Ross on Wye river gauges following rainfall. We expect flooding to affect low lying land and roads...