Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver the most important budget in decades today, with households and businesses desperate for support over the coming months as the United Kingdom looks to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has supported families and...
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BREAKING | The furlough scheme is set to be extended until the end of September
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce in the Budget tomorrow that the furlough scheme will be extended until the end of September. The Budget will be revealed at around 12.30pm tomorrow afternoon, with both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have both said...
NEWS | Police arrest man wanted on recall to prison in Hereford
West Mercia Police have today arrested a man that was wanted on recall to prison. Police spent the day hunting down the individual before finding him in the city. The male was arrested after a short police chase, despite his best efforts to evade capture and is now in...
NEWS | Expert says that joggers should wear a mask when running
An expert from the University of Oxford has been saying that people going out jogging or running should wear masks to help protect themselves and others, especially if running past groups of people. Trish Greenhalgh, professor in primary care health sciences at the...
NEWS | County Lines – Knives, drugs and imitation firearm found as more than twenty are arrested
From West Mercia Police: A two week period during February saw regional intensification with heightened work. Criminal activity was targeted as part of the Force’s overarching Protect campaign. This campaign seeks to tackle organised crime and disrupt those causing...
NEWS | Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate has fallen again – CHECK YOUR AREA
Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate has fallen again, with data for the seven days up until 25th February showing an infection rate of 72.6 cases per 100,000 population. This is DOWN on data up until the 24th February that showed an infection rate of 76.2 cases...
INFO | The rules you must follow if you have CCTV or a doorbell camera protecting your property
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...
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 | Horse Racing faces further questions after disgusting video appears on social media
The British Horse Racing Authority has been made aware of a video that is circulating on social media sites such as Twitter, that appears to show a person jumping on the back of a dead horse. The video is likely to cause further issues for the sport in the lead up to...
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....
HORSE RACING | British horseracing acts over Gordon Elliott image
The BHA has this evening released a statement following concerns over an image that appeared on social media over the weekend: The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) will not allow the Irish trainer Gordon Elliott to race horses in Britain whilst the Irish...
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...
COMMUNITY | WOW! Hereford Clean Up Group Volunteers collected over 750 bags of litter in February
Fantastic achievement by Hereford Community Clean Up Group and Hereford Community Adopted Area Group Volunteers this month who have been working their little socks off during February and have collected a staggering 762 bags of litter. Some of the items they’ve...
NEWS | No further COVID-19 related deaths recorded at hospitals in Herefordshire
NHS England has released daily COVID-19 figures that confirm that no further COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded at hospitals in Herefordshire, meaning that the total number of COVID-19 related deaths recorded at hospitals in the county since the start of the...
FOOTBALL | Bulls face Woking at Edgar Street in FA Trophy Semi Final
Hereford FC have drawn Woking in the FA Trophy Semi Final. The tie is expected to take place at Edgar Street on Saturday 27th March. The winners of the tie will travel to Wembley Stadium for the final. The final is currently scheduled to take place on Saturday 8th...
NEWS | 89.8% of students get first preference as secondary school places are confirmed
Parents in Herefordshire join those across England today (Monday 1 March), in finding out which secondary school their child will be attending in September 2021. Herefordshire Council has made 1835 offers of places in schools across the county compared to 1763 in...
UK NEWS | COVID-19 infection rates under 100 cases per 100,000 population in ALL of Wales
COVID-19 infection rates continue to steadily fall in Wales, with every county reporting a COVID-19 infection rate of below 100 cases per 100,000 population in data up until 23rd February. MONMOUTHSHIRE: 56 cases per 100,000 population TORFAEN: 89.4 cases per 100,000...
NEWS | Positive Progress Continues at Hereford Academy
A recent monitoring inspection by Ofsted, conducted remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has praised leaders and staff at the Hereford Academy for the way they have been providing education during the current, unprecedented times. The report published following the...
FOOTBALL | Bulls await FA Trophy Semi Final draw after penalty shoot-out heroics
Hereford FC are looking forward to this afternoons FA Trophy Semi Final draw after a stunning penalty shoot-out victory over Aldershot Town at the weekend. The Bulls were ahead early thanks to Michael Bakare’s good finish. However, Aldershot levelled the scores deep...
VIDEO | More footage emerges of meteor above Herefordshire and wider area
More footage has emerged this morning of a meteor burning up in the skies above Herefordshire and the rest of the United Kingdom last night. Thousands of reports swept in to news outlets across the United Kingdom after a loud 'explosion' type noise and 'fireball' at...
NEWS | Surge testing starts after COVID-19 variant is identified in Gloucestershire
Cases of Variant of Concern first detected in Manaus identified in the UK Up to 6 cases of the Variant of Concern first identified in Manaus, Brazil (P.1) have been detected in the UK. Public Health England (PHE) has identified 3 of these cases of the...
NEWS | NHS invites people aged 60-63 to book life-saving COVID jab
Nine out of 10 people aged 65 and over have now had their first COVID vaccine, NHS England announced today, as invites to those aged 60 to 63 began landing on doormats. The NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in the health service’s history, has jabbed more than...
NEWS | Here are some of the incidents that emergency services were called to over the weekend
Here is a roundup of some of the incidents that emergency services from Herefordshire and the wider area were called to over the weekend. Police officers in Hereford received a call at just after 8am on Sunday morning saying that a supermarket delivery van had been...
GALLERY | Spectacular footage of meteor spotted across the United Kingdom
At approximately 9.55pm yesterday evening, huge numbers of people from across Herefordshire and the rest of the country reported hearing a 'loud explosion' with some people saying that they had seen what appeared to be a meteor break up in the sky as it approached the...
GALLERY | Your videos and photos of ‘fireball’ above Herefordshire
Here are some of your photos of the meteor/fireball that appeared to break up in the sky above Herefordshire this evening. Luke Nicholls: Milissa Shaw: Joshua Hayden Williams: https://twitter.com/ukmeteornetwork/status/1366156522120744963?s=21...
BREAKING | Reports of ‘fireball’ in sky before loud explosion was heard in Herefordshire
Members of the public have quickly taken to social media this evening after hearing what has been described as a loud explosion in Herefordshire and from areas far and wide. At approximately 9.55pm this evening, Your Herefordshire started receiving reports of a loud...
NEWS | Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate falls to 77 cases per 100,000 population – CHECK YOUR AREA
Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate has fallen, with data for the seven days up until 23rd February showing an infection rate of 77.3 cases per 100,000 population. This is DOWN on data up until the 20th February that showed an infection rate of 97 cases per...
BREAKING | Cases of Variant of Concern first detected in Manaus (Brazil) identified in Gloucestershire
Cases of Variant of Concern first detected in Manaus identified in England Up to 6 cases of the Variant of Concern first identified in Manaus, Brazil (P.1) have been detected in the UK. Public Health England (PHE) has identified 3 cases of the Variant of...
NEWS | Two arrested after supermarket delivery van is stolen in Hereford
West Mercia Police officers in Hereford arrested two people after a supermarket delivery van was stolen and abandoned in a field just outside Herefordshire. Officers chased the pair after they abandoned the vehicle in the field and made arrests for theft and also...
NEWS | 16 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Herefordshire
Public Health England have confirmed that 16 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Herefordshire, taking the total number of cases of the virus recorded in the county to 6,633 since the start of the outbreak. Last Sunday, 26 new cases of the virus were recorded...
NEWS | Pupils self-isolating after COVID-19 case was confirmed at primary school in Hereford
A small number of pupils are self-isolating after a COVID-19 case was confirmed at a primary school in Hereford. A parent of a child at St Martin’s School in Hereford told us that parents have received a phone call informing them that a staff member has tested...
UK NEWS | All households with children of school age to get 2 rapid COVID-19 tests per person per week
Regular, rapid testing will be offered to households, childcare and support bubbles of primary, secondary and college age children and young peopleIn line with the government’s roadmap, the latest expansion of asymptomatic testing will support the national priority to...
NEWS | No further COVID-19 related deaths recorded at hospitals in Herefordshire
NHS England has released daily COVID-19 figures that confirm that no further COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded at hospitals in Herefordshire, meaning that the total number of COVID-19 related deaths recorded at hospitals in the county since the start of the...
BREAKING | Over 20 million people have received first COVID-19 vaccine dose
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed that over 20 million people have now received a first dose of either the Pfizer or Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine. https://twitter.com/matthancock/status/1366029034761633793?s=21