Hundreds began British Summertime with a walk throughHerefordshire’s beautiful countryside in support of a county charity. The St Michael’s Hospice Big Spring Walk raised more than £12,000 for the Bartestree-based charity which provides palliative and...
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NEWS | Morrisons has unveiled two unique new eggs to its Easter range – made entirely of cheese
Cheesy does it! Morrisons has today unveiled two unique new eggs to its Easter range - made entirely of cheese. The new Lancashire & Cheddar and Stratford Blue Soft Cheese Easter eggs are handmade in rural Lancashire, using the finest British...
NEWS | Hospitals in Herefordshire have been given the thumbs up by volunteer patient assessors
Hospitals in Herefordshire have been given the thumbs up by volunteer patient assessors in the national Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE) results published on 23 March 2023. The PLACE inspections involve patients or former patients who assess the...
NEWS | MP Bill Wiggin welcomes Employment Minister Guy Opperman MP to Leominster Job Centre Plus
On Thursday 23 March, MPs Bill Wiggin and Guy Opperman visited Leominster JobcentrePlus. Sir Bill and Employment Minister Guy Opperman L discussed with the branch managers topics including the need to increase employer and company engagement with the...
NEWS | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews help get George the horse back on his feet
Pershore Fire Station's animal rescue team got George back on his feet in a call-out to stables in Alvechurch. The on-call crew was joined by Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service colleagues from Redditch Fire Station at stables in Radford Road. George, a...
NEWS | Dog owner concerned about number of vaping cartridges and batteries being dumped in a Hereford parkÂ
A dog owner has contacted Your Herefordshire to share her concerns about the number of vaping cartridges and batteries being dumped in a Hereford park. Rachel, who lives in Hereford shared concerns raised about the number of vaping cartridges and batteries dumped in...
NEWS | New and significant information has led to an investigation into a brutal murder of a woman being reopened three decades later
‘New and significant’ information has led to an investigation into the brutal murder of a Bristol woman being reopened three decades later. Carol Clark was 32 when she was strangled, her neck broken and her body dumped in reeds and undergrowth at the side of the...
NEWS | Man to be sentenced next month after being found guilty of stabbing a man to death at a party last year
A man has been found guilty of the murder of his friend in Ross-on-Wye last autumn. Kestutis Lekunas, 36, was found guilty today, at Worcester Crown Court. On 2 October 2022, Lekunas stabbed his friend, 40-year-old Nerijus Liukpetris, on Bluebell Close in Ross-on-Wye...
BREAKING | A man has been found guilty of the murder of his friend in Ross-on-Wye last autumn
A man has been found guilty of the murder of his friend in Ross-on-Wye last autumn. Kestutis Lekunas, 36, was found guilty today, at Worcester Crown Court. On 2 October 2022, Lekunas stabbed his friend, 40-year-old Nerijus Liukpetris, on Bluebell Close in Ross-on-Wye...
NEWS | Hereford Medical Group confirms that residents at the Three Counties Hotel will be registered with them
Hereford Medical Group has confirmed in a post on social media that asylum seekers housed at the Three Counties Hotel in Hereford will be registered with them. A post on social media earlier today confirmed the news. “Residents at the Three Counties Hotel will be...
BREAKING | Police reveal they responded to reports that a baby was at immediate risk of significant harm at a property on High Town in Hereford on Monday
Shortly before 3.20pm yesterday (Monday 27 March) we responded to a report that a baby was at immediate risk of significant harm at a property on High Town in Hereford. Officers were deployed to the scene immediately. Due to the nature of the threats being made,...
NEWS | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service joined emergency workers from across the country training exercise to practise how they would respond to a major plane crash
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service joined emergency workers from across the country in a 36-hour training exercise to practise how they would respond to a major plane crash. Firefighters from Avon, Hampshire, Devon & Somerset, Hereford &...
NEWS | Police appeal after a member of rail staff was attacked by a passenger with a screwdriver in Herefordshire
Officers are appealing for witnesses and information following an assault on a member of rail staff at Colwall Rail Station, Herefordshire. The incident happened on Tuesday 21 March at 10pm. A man, who was stood on the platform, shouted at the train guard...
NEWS | Herefordshire Coalition says that it put in place new project management systems in 2019 to avoid the cost overruns that had happened with previous projects like Blueschool House under the Conservatives
The Herefordshire Green Party and Independents for Herefordshire have released a fact checker that it says explains the truth on recent council tax increases, Hereford bypass, potholes, Children's Services, waste collections, our beautiful rivers and the planters on...
NEWS | One person taken to hospital following a collision near Hereford this morningÂ
One person has been taken to hospital following a collision near Hereford this morning. The collision occurred on the A49 at Lyde, around a mile north of Hereford. West Mercia Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service attended the incident. A spokesperson for West...
NEWS | Emergency services called to a collision on the A49 just north of Hereford this morningÂ
Emergency services are currently responding to a collision on the A49, just north of Hereford. The incident has occurred in the Lyde area. A lorry and a car are believed to be involved. Traffic is already building up in the area. West Mercia Police are...
NEWS | 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to stop following collision
Update: Officers have arrested a 28-year-old man from Gloucester in connection with this incident. He was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop and two other driving offences. A boy is currently in hospital following a serious collision in...
NEWS | Police issue warning after receiving reports of youths throwing items at cows and chasing themÂ
West Mercia Police officers have issued a warning after receiving reports of youths throwing items at cows and chasing them. The incidents have occurred in the Malvern area. A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “Following reports of youths throwing items at...
NEWS | Police provide a further update on the incident that occurred in Hereford City Centre this afternoon
West Mercia Police have this evening provided an update on the incident that occurred in the centre of Hereford this afternoon. A spokesperson for West Mercia Police told Your Herefordshire at 11.15pm this evening: “Officers were called around 3.20pm today (Monday 27...
NEWS | Police appeal after an 11-year-old boy sustained serious leg injuries in a collision in Gloucester
A boy is currently in hospital following a serious collision in Gloucester earlier this afternoon (Monday 27 March) and officers are appealing for witnesses and information. Police and the Ambulance Service were called at around 3.20pm today with a report of a...