A former West Mercia Police officer has been sentenced to a nine month community order for sexual assault. He will also serve 140 hours of community service and pay £300 in compensation and £2000 in costs. Liam Smith, 30, of Lancer Road in Shrewsbury was handed the...
The Herefordshire Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service, which is part of the social enterprise Turning Point, announced today that they have achieved Hepatitis C micro-elimination. Hepatitis C is a bloodborne virus that damages the liver. Over time, persistent infection...
From Herefordshire Council: ‘You have a legal responsibility to ensure that your child attends school regularly and this includes arranging travel to and from school, meeting the costs of this and accompanying your child as necessary. ‘In some cases, we have a...
A Herefordshire team has been left with no choice but to withdraw from the league ahead of the new season, after failing to find a manager. A statement shared by Shobdon FC on social media said: Shobdon FC statement “Sadly after a search for someone to take over and...
Credit: Barcud-Coch Photography Wellington Football Club and Radnor Valley FC continued their preparations for the upcoming season last night as they met last night for a pre-season friendly at the Kensal Ground. The hosts opened the scoring when a 10th minute corner...
Illegal vapes and counterfeit cigarettes worth an estimated total of £8,500 were seized from a Malvern store on Wednesday in a partnership operation. Officers from Malvern Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) supported partners at Worcestershire Trading Standards on a visit...
The RSPCA has warned that animal cruelty is on the rise – with the charity receiving 115 cruelty reports so far this year in Herefordshire alone, with its busiest period yet to come. The new figures, exclusively released today (17 July) by the RSPCA, show there...
Leominster apprentice named UK’s youngest EV-qualified mechanic A Herefordshire apprentice mechanic has become the youngest vehicle technician in the UK to be awarded withan Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Level 3 qualification in...
A new diagnostic centre with high-tech X-ray and scanning facilities has moved a step closer now that boots are on the ground and work has begun in earnest on the new facility, which will be managed by Wye Valley NHS Trust. The new building is part of a national...
With airports up and down the UK about to enter the busiest period of the year with the arrival of the summer holidays, new RAC analysis shows that seven of the top 20 by passenger numbers have further increased their prices for drop-off parking since last summer.*...
