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NEWS | Police launch investigation following a concerning incident at an historic graveyard
IMPORTANT | Disruption expected with a major route in Hereford closed for FIVE DAYS for resurfacing work to take place later this month (August)
NEWS | Multi-agency organisations carry out rescue following an incident on a hill
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BREAKING NEWS | Counter Terrorism Police issue important message to all Herefordshire residents
Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands, which covers the three counties covered by West Mercia Police, is urging parents to help keep their children safe online over the summer break. With the school holidays underway, young people will be spending more time online...
NEWS | Police ask for help in identifying a woman they think could help with investigation into an incident in a shop in Hereford
From Hereford Police (West Mercia Police) Do you know this woman? We would like to speak to her as we believe she can help with our enquiries into theft from a shop in Hereford. Around 12:45pm on Monday 30 June a woman entered Pets at Home on Commercial Road and stole...
BREAKING NEWS | Police and Fire & Rescue Service crews responding to an ongoing incident this afternoon
Police and Fire & Rescue Service crews are responding to an ongoing incident this afternoon. The incident is just off the A49 at Ludlow, near the Sainsbury's superstore. Traffic is backed up along the A4117 towards Clee Hill. West Mercia Police and Shropshire Fire...
SPORTS NEWS
FOOTBALL | Former Hereford FC player signs for a Premier League club
Former Hereford FC player Dara O'Shea has signed for Premier League club Ipswich Town. Ipswich Town put the following statement on their website. "The Club is excited to confirm the signing of defender Dara O’Shea from Burnley. The centre-half joins Town for an...
NEWS | Former Hereford United defender Darren Peacock is featured in popular Newcastle United kit video
Newcastle United fans have been treated to one the best launch videos going for their new away kit for the 2024-25 season. The video, which focuses on supporters travelling on a train to an away game, includes a host of current and former Newcastle stars. The...
NEWS | Former Hereford United legend Eric Redrobe is 80 today
Eric Redrobe is 80 today “Redrobe, Redrobe, Redrobe Redrobe, born is the King of Edgar Street”. So sang the Meadowend to Big Red who was born this day in 1944. Having played Rugby League for Lancashire schoolboys. Eric made the decision to play football and originally...
FOOTBALL | Former Hereford FC player signs for Kidderminster Harriers
Tope Obadeyi is the latest former Hereford player to sign for Vanarama National League North rivals Kidderminster Harriers. The forward, who joined Hereford on loan earlier this year as Banbury United shipped out experienced players ahead of their looming relegation,...
CRICKET | Herefordshire beat Shropshire by four wickets to regain NCCA Western Division One place
HEREFORDSHIRE have regained the NCCA Western Division 1 place they lost last season after ending their campaign with a four-wicket success against near rivals Shropshire. In a thrilling match at Eastnor, Herefordshire finally came through after Shropshire, for long...
FOOTBALL ROUND-UP | Hereford FC put on a show to win opener, Hereford Pegasus continue good league start with victory; Westfields beaten at Longlevens and Wellington thrashed at home by Wantage Town
HEREFORD FC 3-0 South Shields Hereford FC put on a show in their opening game in the National League North, with a 3-0 victory over South Shields in front of 2,888 supporters at Edgar Street on Saturday. The victory will leave the Bulls full of optimism for a good...
FOOTBALL | Striker Cawley Cox has signed for Westfields Football Club
Striker Cawley Cox has signed for Westfields Football Club, follow a spell during pre season at Merthyr Town. Cawley Cox is no stranger to Allpay Park, having played for Fields previously, before moving to Hereford Pegasus, where he helped them secure promotion to the...
FOOTBALL | Former Hereford FC Captain signs for National League North side
Former Hereford FC Captain Nathan Cameron has signed for fellow National League North side Rushall Olympic. The club tweeted the news this afternoon. Cameron aged 32 left Edgar Street in May after spending one season at the club and making 37 appearances. His previous...
NEWS | VAR Referee who was dropped from a Champions League game for being drunk was born in Hereford and the son of former player Adam Musial
The VAR officials selected for Rangers' Champions League qualifying match yesterday Dynamo Kiev against were reportedly arrested hours before kick-off. Polish official Bartosz Frankowski had been appointed as the video assistant referee, with compatriot Tomasz Musial...
UK NEWS STORIES
URGENT! | Lidl urges Herefordshire shoppers to check shopping after recalling popular product due to concerns that it may contain metal
Lidl GB is recalling a popular product due to concerns that it may contain metal. Lidl is recalling Harvest Basket Hash Browns because they may contain pieces of metal. Product details Pack size750gBatch code5144LBest before24 May 2027 This product may contain metal...
NEWS | Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman died in a collision involving two vehicles
A woman has died following a two-vehicle collision in Gloucestershire on Thursday 12 June. Emergency services were called following a report that a blue Fiat 500 and a silver Ford Fiesta had been involved in a collision on Cainscross Road in Stroud at around 8.45pm....
NEWS | Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 scrambled six times in just six days in extremely busy week
Since Saturday 07 June 2025, Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons have conducted a total of six NATO enhanced Air Policing missions in six days, intercepting a total of 15 Russian aircraft. The aircraft have been based at the 22nd Tactical Air Base, Malbork, Poland since 01...
UK NEWS | Men who groomed vulnerable girls for sex in Rochdale brought to justice
Seven men who groomed vulnerable girls in Rochdale have been brought to long-awaited justice after a dedicated GMP investigation into non-recent abuse was bravely supported by two survivors of child sexual exploitation (CSE) who were ‘abused, degraded, and discarded’....
NEWS | NHS waiting list hits two-year low as staff work to ‘turn the tide’
The NHS waiting list has fallen to its lowest level in two years, the first April drop since 2008*, as health chiefs hailed staff for continuing to tackle demand and drive progress for patients. New data published today shows that the NHS waiting list has...
BREAKING | It has been confirmed that a local family – including a 4-year-old girl – has died in the Air India plane crash
It has been confirmed that a local family, from Gloucester, including a four-year-old girl, has died following the Air India plane crash. In a post on Facebook, the Gloucester Muslim Community said: “Today, we are profoundly heartbroken by the devastating loss of life...
NEWS | Two women have died following an incident at a National Park
Two women have died following an incident in Nant Gwynant, Gwynedd on Wednesday, 11th June. Police were called at 21:31hrs following a report that one female had been pulled from the water, and another was reported to be in the water at the pools on the Watkin Path....
URGENT! | Lidl recalls popular product due to concerns that it may contain metal
Lidl GB is recalling a popular product due to concerns that it may contain metal. Lidl is recalling Harvest Basket Hash Browns because they may contain pieces of metal. Product details Pack size750gBatch code5144LBest before24 May 2027 This product may contain metal...
NEWS | Three lion cubs have been born at West Midlands Safari Park with the public set to get a glimpse of them later this summer!
The cat’s out the bag as keepers proudly announced the birth of three lion cubs. The adorable trio arrived on 13 April 2025, to mum, 12-year-old Amber, so now, at just over eight-weeks-old, they have had their first health checks, confirming the sex of each cub. The...