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UK NEWS | Funeral Director pleads guilty to 30 counts of preventing lawful and decent burial
Following an incredibly heartbreaking and complex sixteen-month investigation into what began as concern for care of the deceased at a funeral directors in Hull, Robert Bush has today pleaded guilty to the remaining 31 offences that he was charged with, taking the...
NEWS | Police have launched an appeal after several badgers were shot and killed
Officers from Gloucestershire Constabulary's Rural Crime Team are appealing for information after several badgers were shot and killed near Tewkesbury. Police were contacted on Saturday 21 March with a report that three dead badgers had been found on the public...
NEWS | Home Bargains will open its new store in Ledbury on Friday (3rd April) at 8am
Home Bargains has invested approximately £6 million into its new Ledbury store, which will be officially opened at 8.00am on Friday 3rd April 2026. As one of the UK’s largest family-run retailers, Home Bargains is creating 50 new jobs in the local community with its...
SPORTS NEWS
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...
FOOTBALL | Former Hereford FC player set for Premier League return
Former Hereford FC player Dara O'Shea is set to leave Championship side Burnley, with Brentford leading the race for his signature. Media reports suggest O'Shea has rejected a move to newly promoted Ipswich Town to link up with Thomas Frank's Bees. O'Shea was at Edgar...
FOOTBALL | Former Hereford FC striking partnership reunite at Abingdon United
Former Hereford FC strikers John Mills and Pablo Haysham have been reunited at Abingdon. Mills is currently the player manager of the Hellenic League side and has added his former strike partner to his squad. During his three seasons at Edgar Street Mills scored a...
ATHLETICS | Hereford’s Clara Evans is called up to Team GB’s Olympic Athletics team.
Clara Evans is off to the Olympics Hereford born and Former Hereford & County Athletics Club club member Clara is joining up with the Team GB Athletics team replacing Charlotte Purdue in the women's Marathon Team at the Paris 2024 Olympics We wish Clara the very...
UK NEWS STORIES
NEWS | National Highways provide important update after a bridge was struck by a tractor along the A49
Photo - National Highways Earlier this month, an incident occurred on the A49 at Onibury where a bridge was struck by a tractor. From National Highways: While the road remains structurally safe, both the road bridge and adjacent footbridge have been severely damaged....
NEWS | Severely ill children from Gaza requiring urgent medical treatment recently arrived safely in the UK with their immediate families
Severely ill children from Gaza requiring urgent medical treatment recently arrived safely in the UK with their immediate families. As part of the Gaza medical evacuation operation, these young patients are now receiving the urgent medical care they need at NHS...
BREAKING NEWS | Police launch urgent investigation following reports that a dead swan that was discovered had been strangled
Police are investigating after a dead swan was found at the Balancing Ponds in Saintbridge, Gloucester, on Saturday (13 September). Officers were called after the swan was discovered by a member of the public. It is believed that the swan was strangled and officers...
NEWS | A dangerous driver whose actions resulted in the death of a woman and left her daughter seriously injured has been sentenced to eight years and eight months
A dangerous driver whose actions resulted in the death of a woman and left her daughter seriously injured has been sentenced to eight years and eight months. Anayat Ur-Rehman, 26, of Holcombe Road, Birmingham, pled guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and...
NEWS | UK fighter jets to join NATO operation to bolster European security
British fighter jets will fly air defence missions over Poland to counter aerial threats from Russia, including drones, as part of NATO’s Eastern Sentry mission. Royal Air Force Typhoons will join allied forces, including from Denmark, France, and Germany, to bolster...
MISSING PERSON | Police growing increasingly concerned about a missing 66-year-old man who was last seen on Friday
Police continue to appeal to the public to help find Andrew Phillips who has been missing from Droitwich since Friday (12 September).The 66-year-old was last seen at his home on Jackdaw Lane around 7am. Andrew is a white man, around 6ft 3ins tall and of slim build. He...
BREAKING NEWS | A couple who were arrested following a police search across the UK have been sentenced for killing their newborn baby
A couple who were arrested following a police search across the UK have been sentenced for killing their newborn baby. Mark Gordon, 51 (08.06.74) and Constance Marten, 38 (16.05.87), both of no fixed address, lived outside in a tent in freezing conditions with...
BREAKING NEWS | Three teenagers have been jailed for their part in the murder of Reuben Higgins
Three teenagers have been jailed for their part in the murder of Reuben Higgins. Reuben, 17, was fatally stabbed inside a shop in Marston Green in October last year. Now, three of his attackers have been jailed for more than 50 years. On the night of 29 October last...
FOOD RECALL | Sainsbury’s has recalled a popular product due to possible presence of E.coli
Sainsbury’s has taken the precautionary step of recalling JS Classic Houmous and JS Lemon & Coriander Houmous because these products may contain Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC). Product details Pack size315gBatch code8001352Use by13 September 2025 Pack...