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BREAKING | Major route near Hereford closed in both directions following a collision where a car and a lorry were destroyed by fire
BREAKING NEWS | Police launch attempted murder investigation after a man was discovered with serious injuries
BREAKING | Police urge driver of vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident to come forward after a two-year-old boy died
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ROADS | A small number of road closures remain in place in Herefordshire following Storm Darragh last weekend
A small number of roads remain closed following Storm Darragh last weekend. Herefordshire Highways have provided an updated list of road closures today (Sunday). Motorists that use these routes are advised to continues to use alternative routes. Road closures in...
MISSING | Police urge public to come forward with information about a missing woman after a burnt out car was discovered
Detectives have made a further breakthrough in the investigation into the disappearance of Cardiff woman Charlene Hobbs. From South Wales Police: A mobile phone photo has confirmed Charlene was at a property in Broadway, Adamsdown, on July 24, 2024. Charlene’s hair...
MISSING TEENAGER | Police share new appeal asking for dashcam footage as efforts to locate a missing 18-year-old continue
Motorists using M48 bridge urged to check dashcam in missing Caldicot man appeal From Gwent Police: Gwent Police is asking motorists travelling on the M48 early hours on Tuesday 3 December to check their dashcam footage as part of enquiries to locate a missing...
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NEWS | Hereford supporters remember Sven- Goran Eriksson visiting in 2009
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson sadly passed away today the age of 76. He took England to three major tournaments during his spell in charge from 2001-2006 When he left his job as England manager in 2006 he returned quickly to management taking charge at...
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...
UK NEWS STORIES
MISSING TEENAGER | Police appeal for help in finding a missing 17-year-old boy who was last seen on Friday
Police are appealing for information to find Deacon Powell, 17, who is missing. Deacon was last seen in leaving an address in Abertillery at around 2pm on Friday 8 November. He was last seen wearing black jogging bottoms and a black jacket. Deacon is described as...
NEWS | Asda has announced a major new policy that will help support parents with extra paid leave
Asda has launched a new neonatal care leave policy that will provide colleagues with additional leave and pay if their baby is born needing neonatal care treatment after birth. From today, Asda colleagues with a baby in neonatal care treatment for 7 full days or more...
NEWS | Asda brings back its soup, roll and unlimited Tea and Coffee for just £1 initiative to support the over 60s during the winter
Asda and Asda Foundation pledges almost £1 million to help combat loneliness and isolation in the older generation this festive period through its ‘Don’t be Gnome Alone this Christmas’ campaign** Supermarket teams up with national treasure Larry Lamb to reimagine its...
NEWS | The Beefy Boys could be set to open two new restaurants with a big hint at the proposed locations
Hereford’s The Beefy Boys are looking to open another restaurant – and there’s a big hint that more could be on the way. The burger kings, who opened their first eatery on the Old Market in 2015, have submitted a planning application to Bath and North East Somerset...
NEWS | Man jailed for over three years for using and selling Firesticks to stream Premier League football matches
An individual who had been loading illicit streaming services on to so-called “Firesticks” has today been sentenced to three years and four months in prison. This includes a separate concurrent sentence of two years and three months for accessing and viewing the...
NEWS | Investigation launched after a teenage girl got out of a stationary police vehicle before being hit and killed by a vehicle on the M5
From Avon & Somerset Police: A mandatory referral has been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct following the death of a teenage girl on the M5 overnight (11-12 November). We can confirm the 17-year-old was being transported in a police vehicle...
BREAKING | Counter Terrorism Officers arrest a serving Police officer in Gloucester on suspicion of a terrorism offence
*The below press release has been issued on behalf of Counter Terrorism Policing South West* A serving Gloucestershire Police officer has today (Tuesday 12 November) been arrested by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South West (CTPSW) on suspicion of a...
NEWS | A section of the M5 is closed this morning after a 17-year-old girl died after being struck by a car overnight
The M5 is closed in both directions between junctions 24 (Bridgwater) and 25 (Taunton) following a fatal collision. The collision, involving a pedestrian and a car, happened at about 11pm yesterday (11 November) and sadly the pedestrian, a 17-year-old girl, died at...
NEWS | Murder investigation launched by West Mercia Police after a 44-year-old woman was stabbed to death
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was stabbed in Redditch on Monday morning. (Monday 11 November). Officers were called to an address on Other Road in Redditch at around 9.30am. A 44-year-old woman was found with stab wounds and sadly pronounced...