Public Health England have confirmed that 14 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Herefordshire, taking the total number of cases recorded in the county since the start of the outbreak to 2,578. Last Tuesday, 5 new cases of the virus were recorded in...
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NEWS | Risk of flooding as heavy rain is set to return later this week
The Flood Information Service is warning of further flooding in Herefordshire with heavy rain set to affect the county later this week. Torrential rain is likely at times over the hills of South and Mid Wales, which could lead to levels on the River Wye in...
NEWS | Hampers, gifts and letters delivered to vulnerable and isolated veterans and families of the Armed Forces
St John and Red Cross Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) welfare officers Lee and Ash have been busy delivering to vulnerable and isolated veterans and families of the armed forces. Working in partnership with SSAFA and two local schools (St James and Lord...
NEWS | Hospitals in England on standby as COVID-19 crisis in Wales escalates
The UK Government has sent a letter to Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford to offer its support, with rumours that hospitals in Wales are considering postponing non-COVID-19 treatments to deal with the pandemic. The letter states that the UK Government ‘stands ready...
NEWS | Pressure grows on government to adjust Christmas plans due to rise in COVID-19 cases
The Government is considering altering the planned Christmas COVID-19 relaxation of restrictions, with many areas of the United Kingdom seeing an increase in cases. Michael Gove is set to hold a call with the devolved nations this afternoon, to discuss whether to make...
COMMUNITY | Whitecross Hereford High School makes donation to Hereford Food Bank
Staff, parents and students at Whitecross Hereford High School have donated this incredible amount of food and drink to Hereford Food Bank to help support struggling families this Christmas. What a fantastic donation!...
NEWS | RNC Student to Feature on BBC2 ‘Strictly: It Takes Two’
A little touch of Strictly magic came to The Royal National College for the Blind on Saturday 5 December.A BBC ‘Strictly: It Takes Two’ film crew came to the College to follow the story of 16 year old A Level student, Crispin Gell, who has shown real talent for...
NEWS | Secondary school and college students to get weekly rapid COVID-19 tests from January
The government has announced that weekly rapid COVID-19 tests will be rolled out to secondary schools and colleges in England from January. The news follows an announcement from the Welsh Government yesterday that confirmed plans for testing in schools and colleges...
NEWS | Christmas and New Year holiday bus services 2020/21 – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
Bus services in Herefordshire will operate over the Christmas and New Year period as follows. Wednesday 23 December Normal weekday school holiday services. Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December Normal weekday school holiday services except: Yeomans/Lugg Valley - only...
NEWS | Community of Leominster comes together to provide Christmas Eve meal
The community of Leominster is coming together to support those in need this Christmas. Lee Ellesmore, General Manager at Clifton Bingo in Leominster had the idea to provide a three course meal for people in emergency accommodation, parents and guardians that...
NEWS | Leominster firefighters honoured for their service to the community
Two firefighters from Leominster Fire Station have been honoured for their time serving their local community by Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service’s Chief Fire Officer Nathan Travis. Crew Commander Bryan Rodgers received a long service and good conduct...
NEWS | Murder investigation continues after man is found dead in car
A murder investigation is continuing this morning after a man was found dead in a car just over the border in Worcestershire. A murder investigation has been launched after police were called to reports of a vehicle fire in Cotheridge, Worcestershire at 10.30pm...
NEWS | More information on the new variant of COVID-19 found in parts of England
The strain was identified due to Public Health England’s (PHE) proactive and enhanced monitoring following the increase in cases seen in Kent and London. The variant has been named ‘VUI – 202012/01’ (the first Variant Under Investigation in December 2020). As of...
NEWS | Wales at risk of lockdown as infection rates continue to sharply rise
Wales faces a further lockdown if COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise. Infection rates in parts of South Wales are some of the highest in Europe and First Minister Mark Drakeford yesterday announced a new four tier system that the Welsh Government hopes will...
UPDATE | Missing Hereford girl found
UPDATE - HANNAH HAS BEEN FOUND. Thank you to everyone that shared our appeal.
NEWS | Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate falls slightly – FULL LIST
Herefordshire's COVID-19 infection rate has slightly fallen again, with data up until the 9th December showing an infection rate in the county of 44.6 cases per 100,000 population. This is DOWN on yesterday when the infection rate was 45.1 cases per 100,000...
NEWS | Suspected drug driver taken off the road near Hereford
Police in Herefordshire have been busy training and refreshing themselves on drink and drug driving legislation today and managed to catch a drug driver near Hereford when they were on their way back. https://twitter.com/opuhereford/status/1338567583826644999?s=21
NEWS | 24 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Herefordshire
Public Health England have confirmed that 24 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Herefordshire, taking the total number of cases recorded in the county since the start of the outbreak to 2,674. Last Monday, 11 new cases of the virus were recorded in...
NEWS | Recycling Centre closed due to vandalism
Unfortunately, due to vandalism, the Bromyard Recycling Centre is currently closed. All bookings for tomorrow, Tuesday 15 December, have been cancelled & Herefordshire Council apologises for any inconvenience caused.
UK NEWS | Welsh government announces new four tier alert levels
From the Welsh Government: Today, we are publishing an update to our Coronavirus Control Plan, which builds on the traffic-light framework of restrictions we originally put in place in May.  The revised plan puts in place four alert levels, aligned to the measures we...