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HORSE RACING PREVIEW | The first meeting of the New Year at Hereford arrives on Monday with a seven-race card over the Jumps
The first meeting of the New Year at Hereford arrives on Monday with a seven-race card over the Jumps. The action gets underway at 1pm with a handicap chase for conditional jockeys, before coming to a close four hours later at 4pm when a...
NEWS | Police provide a further update into a devastating fire that killed a mother, her two children and their pet dog
From Gloucestershire Constabulary: Update on Brimscombe Hill house fire, along with messages of thanks for your continued compassion, and to those who responded and have worked at the scene, or have provided support in any way: Emergency services have now completed...
NEWS | Former teacher who taught at a Hereford school banned from profession after being jailed for sexual offences against children
A former school teacher who was jailed in 2022 after admitting a string of historical sexual assaults on young girls between 1984 and 2005 has now been banned from the profession. Peter Jenkins, also known as Peter Greenham, pleaded guilty to 15 charges including...
SPORTS NEWS
FOOTBALL | The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) has once again demonstrated its dominance in European blind football by clinching the European Blind Football League (EBFL) title for the second consecutive year
Pictured: Champions of Europe (Image: EBFL) The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) has once again demonstrated its dominance in European blind football, clinching the European Blind Football League (EBFL) title for the second consecutive year, in a thrilling...
FOOTBALL | Your Herefordshire’s coverage of the Hereford Lions Tour of Holland has received more than 500,000 views as players return to Hereford with trophies
Your Herefordshire’s coverage of the Hereford Lions Tour of Holland has received more than 500,000 views across social media, with players returning to Hereford with a host of trophies. The U13, U15, U17 and U19 boys all won their various age groups, with the U17...
NEWS | Over 1700 children and young people are set to attend one of the biggest county sporting events of the year this July
Over 1700 children and young people are set to attend one of the biggest county sporting events of the year! The Herefordshire Summer School Games Festival is returning to Halo Leisure Centre in Hereford on Wednesday 2nd July. Stride Active and Active...
NEWS | Royal National College for the Blind’s Women’s Goalball team secures historic silver medal at Goalball Clubs World Cup in Finland
Photo credit: Goalball Clubs World Cup The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) Women’s Goalball team has secured a silver medal at their inaugural Goalball Clubs World Cup appearance in Finland. The team demonstrated exceptional skill, resilience, and teamwork...
CRICKET | Herefordshire gained their first Vitality Blast Women’s League 3 Division 2 success with a six-wicket win over Lincolnshire
CAPTION: The winning Herefordshire squad, back row (left to right): Jane Powell (coach), Aimee Denton, Emily Kibble, Chloe Tingle (capt), Anusha Chauhan, Liv Kendrick, Samarhi Samadakoon, Georgie Williams, Lily Wood, Gareth Matthews (coach); front (L-R): Lottie...
NEWS | Apex Functional Fitness celebrates podium finishes at HYROX in Riga in Latvia
Apex Functional Fitness celebrates podium finishes at HYROX Riga. On 31st May, 14 athletes from Apex Functional Fitness represented Hereford at the first-ever HYROX event in the Baltics, held in Riga, Latvia, alongside 3,000 international competitors. Gym owner Kyle...
FOOTBALL | Your Herefordshire to travel to Holland to cover the 2025 Hereford Lions Club tour
Your Herefordshire will be hopping onboard the bus and travelling to Holland with several teams from Hereford, as part of the Hereford Lions Club tour later this week. Departing Hereford and travelling to Holland during the early hours of Thursday morning, the trip is...
FOOTBALL | Cameron Davies picks up two awards at Westfields Football Club’s end of season awards
Westfields FC held their presentation of awards evening at the weekend and defender Cam Davies picked up the two principle awards as he was named Westfields First Team Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year for 2024/25. Players’ Player of the Year went to...
FOOTBALL | Hereford FC announce that season tickets will go on sale from next week (Wednesday 4th June)
Hereford FC have announced that 2025/26 Season Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday 4 June. From Hereford FC: Sales will start online at 4pm and Season Tickets will then be available between 10am and 4pm in the Club Shop on Tuesdays and Fridays from Friday 6...
UK NEWS STORIES
NEWS | Tesco issues important message to all customers with deadline rapidly approaching
Tesco is urging Clubcard members to check if they have any Clubcard Vouchers that need to be used up, with £16.5 million-worth set to expire at the end of this month. The vouchers, which are valid for two years, need to be exchanged before the clock strikes midnight...
BREAKING NEWS | Two child benefit to be scrapped plus other announcements as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers Budget announcement
All the important announcements from The Budget. Sir Keir Starmer is taking part in Prime Minister’s Questions before Rachel Reeves delivers The Budget at 12.30pm. ▪️ The two-child benefit cap will be scrapped in the budget, and this change will come into effect in...
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...