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Engineering work for a major project to update and improve electricity supplies in Hereford starts this week. Pedestrians and drivers are being warned of potential disruption as we install two new high voltage cables. The 11,000V cables are being laid from the...
Searches have continued of the river since Saturday morning unfortunately the teams involved have not yet found the missing man. The search of the River Wye will continue with specialist support. His family continue to be supported by officers. The three men...
The family of Ceirion Galliers, 18, from Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, who died following a road traffic collision on the A4060 on Saturday July 22 has paid the following tribute to him: “Ceirion Galliers comes from a rugby mad family. It's important to state this...
Royal Mail has provided an important update ahead of changes to the use of stamps from today (31st July 2023). Some stamps will no longer be valid after this date. Further details from Royal Mail: “We’re adding barcodes to our regular stamps. After 31 July 2023,...
Searches have continued of the river since Saturday morning unfortunately the teams involved have not yet found the missing man. The search of the River Wye will continue with specialist support. His family continue to be supported by officers. The three men...
Police are appealing for help in finding a vulnerable teenager who has gone missing from Gloucester. Ben, aged 18, has not been seen since leaving a property in Brunswick Square at around 11pm yesterday (Saturday 29 July). Officers are growing concerned for his...
Search and Rescue Teams from West Mercia Police and other organisations are continuing to search the River Wye in Hereford, following reports that a man fell into the river in the early hours of Saturday morning. West Mercia Police, assisted by Nottinghamshire...
Officers investigating a report a man had fallen into the river near to the Victoria Bridge in Hereford in the early hours of Saturday 29 July have arrested three men. Police received a call at 12.05am from a man who said his friend, a man in his 20’s, had fallen down...
Officers investigating a report a man had fallen into the river near to the Victoria Bridge in Hereford in the early hours of this morning (Saturday 29 July) have arrested three men. Police received a call at 12.05am from a man who said his friend, a man in his 20’s,...
West Mercia Police and enforcement officers have successfully evicted a man from a property following a number of drug and anti-social behaviour offences. A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “At 10am on Friday, police officers from Malvern Safer Neighbourhood...
A Cabinet decision made at last week’s meeting (20 July) authorised the Council to explore options around forming a strategic investment partnership with Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group Training Association (HWGTA). Both parties have agreed to work on proposals...
Nationally, last year, there were almost 18,000 cat cruelty complaints* reported to the RSPCA. Of those reports 1,726 were intentional harm incidents** - which is around five a day. This is a 25% increase from 2021 when the number was 1,387. In Herefordshire there...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A470 near Storey Arms at approximately 8.20pm on Tuesday. A 43-year-old man died at the scene after the red Ducati 848 he was riding was involved in a collision in the area known locally as RAC...
Small donation bags pre-filled with items most needed by food banks are to go on sale in 300 Tesco stores this summer to help food banks meet increased demand. The donation bags, which customers can pick up as they enter the store, will contain the items most needed...
The July 21st box office showdown between Oppenheimer and Barbie is easily one of the greatest things to happen to cinema in quite some time. This summer has seen most of the big blockbusters struggle to break even financially, and news broke recently that The Flash...
Today (Monday 24th July), NMITE, New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering, confirms that it has received its New Degree Awarding Powers from the Office for Students, having successfully completed the assessment process describing this as “perfect...
A man from Herefordshire has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for an attempted murder in 2022. Alexander Stone, 38, of Bridge Street in Kington was handed the sentence on Friday (21 July 2023) at Worcester Crown Court. On 22 July 2022 Stone launched an unprovoked...
A Ross-on-Wye restaurant and its owner have been fined for fire safety breaches. SG Restaurants Ltd of Gloucester Road, Ross-on-Wye and company director Stuart Buckley of Jamaica Road, Malvern both pleaded guilty at Kidderminster Magistrates Court to offences of...
Asda has today announced price cuts on more than 200 own-label products as part of its ongoing support to help families during the cost-of-living crisis. The 226 products, which have been reduced in price by an average of nine percent, include a host of fresh fruit...
The RSPCA teamed up with the fire service to help rescue a gull in Worcester city centre last week. A young gull had become trapped between a window and an outer mesh cover at the front of a window at a Tolladine Road building. The bird was stuck at around 35 feet up...