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FESTIVALS | The Manic Street Preachers were among the stars who helped kick off the Hay Festival in style
Credit: Ian Morris The Manic Street Preachers struggled for many years to gain mainstream success. However, when huge record sales and Brit Awards arrived so too did changes to personalities. “I became a massive pain in the arse,” Nicky Wire admitted at the Hay...
UK NEWS | Morrisons makes a major announcement affecting all stores in the UK including in Hereford, Malvern, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye
Morrisons has announced the nationwide installation of male sanitary bins in customer toilets across all its stores, becoming the first supermarket to meet ‘The Bog Standard’ guidelines. A hallmark of good practice, The Bog Standard is a set of guidelines...
NEWS | “Stickman Steve” has passed away aged 45
Information has reached us that Steven Richards — Better known locally as ‘Stickman Steve’, has passed away. Steven was living in Hereford from May-July 2024 and regularly had a stick on his head. He was recently living in Stourport. Steve is reported to have suffered...
SPORTS NEWS
NEWS | Bulls Chairman Ammonds celebrates ‘huge moment’ for Hereford FC as club agrees lease to remain at Edgar Street until 2070
Herefordshire Council and Hereford Football Club confirm agreement that secures the Bulls’ future at Edgar Street Herefordshire Council and Hereford FC have confirmed that a deal has been agreed that will see the club remain at the iconic Edgar Street stadium until...
FOOTBALL | Former Bulls chairman Jon Hale blasts the FA after it announced that FA Cup Replays would be scrapped from next season
Former Hereford FC Chairman Jon Hale has taken to Twitter to criticise changes made to the FA Cup, following an agreement between the FA and the Premier League. A number of Football League clubs and Non League clubs, including the likes of Tranmere Rovers and Exeter...
INTERVIEW | Hereford FC Chairman Chris Ammonds gives an update on the current financial position at Edgar Street
Hereford FC Chairman Chris Ammonds speaks to Bulls News about the current financial position at the club, plus talks budgets for 2024/2025. Click on the play button below to hear the interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxEmWKnuiUI
NEWS | Former two time European Cup winner Larry Lloyd has passed away
Former Nottingham Forest and Liverpool defender Larry Lloyd has passed away aged 75. Lloyd was part of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest side that won the First Division in 1977-78 before going on to claim back-to-back European Cups. The former England international...
HORSE RACING | Two extra fixtures for Hereford Racecourse this May with extensive flooding causing continued issues at Worcester Racecourse
The BHA has confirmed that the Horse Racing fixtures scheduled to take place at Worcester on Tuesday 7 May and Monday 13 May will be transferred to Hereford. Following extensive flooding at Worcester over the winter, additional time is required to ensure that the...
NEWS | Young footballers across Herefordshire given huge boost with news that a new, independently run Hereford Development Centre to open
Young footballers across Herefordshire and the wider area have been given a huge boost, with news that a new, independently run Hereford Development Centre is to open. A number of coaches, including Hereford Lads Club’s first team manager Danny Moon are involved in...
NEWS | Important information for anyone attending the Cheltenham Festival later this week following heavier than expected rainfall
The Cheltenham Festival have shared an important update, following heavier than expected rain overnight. It means that areas of the Cross-Country course are currently waterlogged. A spokesperson for The Cheltenham Festival said: “After receiving 6mm of overnight...
FOOTBALL | Bulls could get a further 400 tickets for Banbury United fixture following request from Hereford FC
Photo Credit: Craig Anthony Photography Hereford FC could get a further 400 tickets for the fixture at Banbury United on Good Friday (29th March) after the club received a response to the letter it sent to the Oxfordshire based club last week. An update shared by...
MATCH PROGRAMME | Hereford Lads Club vs. Longlevens
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NEWS | A 59-year-old man who groomed girls online before travelling to meet and sexually abuse them has been jailed for 15 years
A 59-year-old man who groomed girls online before travelling to meet and sexually abuse them has been jailed for 15 years. Gloucester Crown Court was told that Derek Johnson set rules for the children, and would punish them if they did not comply with what he...
NEWS | Aldi launches world’s first lickable pigs in blankets wrapping paper
Pigs in Blankets are a cult Christmas favourite and this year, supermarket Aldi is launching a ‘lickable’ Pigs in Blankets wrapping paper to give shoppers a fun and tasty twist when it comes to gift-wrapping. With over 561 million Pigs in Blankets predicted to be...
BREAKING NEWS | A man who was involved in a serious collision involving a vehicle and a tree has died
A man who was involved in a serious collision last month has died. Police are investigating after a grey BMW 3 Series estate left the road and collided with a tree on an unnamed road in Hawling, Cheltenham. The incident happened close to the A436 at around 11.40am on...
NEWS | A huge development that will include the UK’s longest ski slope, an indoor water park and other leisure facilities has moved a step closer
A to build the UK’s longest Ski Slope, as well as a water park and other leisure facilities and accommodation, have been approved by councillors. From Merthyr Tydfil Council: “The Planning, Regulatory and Licensing committee met to discuss the proposed Rhydycar West...
NEWS | Ex leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill jailed for ten years for taking bribes
An investigation by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command has led to a former Member of European Parliament for the UK being jailed, after he accepted bribes from a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician in exchange for making statements that supported...
BREAKING NEWS | Police confirm that a 13-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body
Police have launched an investigation following the death of a woman inside a property in Swindon on Friday evening (21/11). From Wiltshire Police: At around 7pm on Friday evening, we received a report of a disorder which had taken place inside a house in Baydon...
NEWS | 23-year-old man sentenced to eight years in prison for child sexual offences involving twenty victims
On Friday, November 7, Rowan Barnett-Davies, a 23-year-old resident of Brecon Road, Hirwaun, was sentenced to eight years in prison at Newport Crown Court. He had previously pleaded guilty to multiple serious charges involving child sexual offences, including 21...
BREAKING NEWS | Customers are facing major delays to Christmas and January sales parcel deliveries nationwide as Unite members ballot for strike action
Consumers are facing major delays to Christmas and January sales parcel deliveries nationwide as Unite members working for UPS ballot for strike action. Over 2,000 Unite members at the firm, which is headquartered in Feltham, West London, are being balloted over...
NEWS | Police confirm that a body has been found by rescue teams searching a river for a missing man
A body has been found in the search for a man who entered the River Severn near Gloucester Docks on Thursday 20 November. Police were called at around 10.20am with a report that a man had entered the water near the Old Prison and not resurfaced. Officers were...